Chapter 6 (1/2)

The Eternal Club 6: Lu Li, the Time Merchant

Lu Li bought a SIM card from a small shop that didn’t require him to show any ID and inserted it into his phone.

He walked through a small alley within the Huangpu district and headed towards the famous Jinling Street of Shanghai.

Unlike yesterday, the weather was excellent today. The skies were bright and clear similar to Lu Li’s mood.

He had spent the last four years of his working life rushing from place to place. It was rare for him to feel so relaxed and unhurried like he did now.

His gaze casually scanned the people around him.

The stats of each person appeared on top of their heads.

The feeling of being able to see another person’s remaining lifespan made him feel like a grim reaper or a deity of sorts, as if he held these people’s fates in his hand.

He stopped walking to think of a good word to describe the way he felt right now.

“I feel…blessed, emotional, and a sense of superiority along with my ambitiousness…”

The countdown timer above everyone’s head represented the time they had left until their deaths. That was such a cold and cruel truth of life to face.

Lu Li continued on his way. He had arrived at Jinling Street in hope of finding a client.

Even though the seller had to be willing and personally responsible for any transaction that he made, Lu Li still hoped that his first seller would be someone with a longer remaining lifespan.

A young man standing outside the entrance to Yong’an Department Store caught Lu Li’s eye. To be more specific, a person wearing a Kumamon mascot costume had attracted Lu Li’s attention.

Lu Li looked at the young man’s stats.

Lu Li felt that he was now facing his very first client.

Firstly, Zheng Bowen was young, and he was going to live until he turned 86.

Secondly, since he was only 21 years old, he was probably still a student.

If he was a college student on a part time job, it meant that his family’s financial situation was only average, and he would probably be responsible with paying for school fees and other living expenses for a while longer.

If he wasn’t a student but still took up such a part time gig, then it meant that either this boy had poor education qualifications, or that he came from a fairly poor family.

Either way, the young man definitely fell within Lu Li’s target group.

Lu Li stood in an inconspicuous corner and observed this large Kumamon in front of him.

Over the course of the entire morning, this young man in the Kumamon costume never stopped giving out flyers or making cutesy actions.

At 1.30 pm, the young man was finally done with work.

Zheng Bowen removed the top of the costume to reveal his young and clean-shaven face. His hair and cheeks were drenched in perspiration.

A middle-aged man who looked like a manager walked out from inside the department store and handed out $200 to Zheng Bowen. That was the young man’s salary for his work.