Chapter 293 - Selena Tang (42) (1/2)

”Have you been here before?” he asked the woman who kept looking around the crowded place.

”… When I was still in high school, this was one of the destinations for our field trip,” she answered.

The man smiled. He had already been here since for the past few months, all he did was to travel around, either to seek the second male leads and pull them to his side or simply treat the soul-deep fatigue that he kept plaguing him for months. The famous mountain city had been one of the places he visited before.

Yet he still said, ”Perfect! You tour me around then! I'm not familiar with the area. And the guides online are not always reliable. It's better to have somebody who knows the are leading me around to save both money and time.”

Selena gave him a glance. She then tilted her head and smiled knowingly. ”Sir. As usual, your shamelessness knows no bound. And you sure know how to invent a story.”

”... I would have believed you if I didn't hear from my cousin that for months, you have been jumping from one city to another for an inexplicable reason. Very good. At least you lived up to my expectations of you, Mr. Zheng.”

'You're indirectly calling me a liar, but you're a liar too, my girl. The cousin you mentioned only lived in your imagination.'

The man laughed but still insisted that she led the way. As he foresaw, the scriptwriter almost pummeled him down using her expensive limited-edition peach shoulder bag.

A minute later, she took him into a relatively large and air-conditioned department store. The woman changed her clothing into a more normal pairing, with no brand in fact. She also changed her bag into a black cheap one, the kind which no pickpocket would target.

To his surprise, she also bought him a regular shirt and a pair of faded jeans… but from an adjacent second-hand goods store. Mischief was dancing in her eyes when she pushed him to a fitting room.

”Wear all of these. You're not allowed to come out if you don't.”

”Huh?” By that time, the door already closed and locked from the outside. The girl ignored his calls so his eyes could only fall onto everything she shoved in his hands.

Not long after, he walked out of there. Since he was not really putting on a complicated attire similar to the ones nobles wore from the previous world, he only needed a couple of minutes to change.

As they headed to the department store which offered baggage services, he could not help but voice out.

”… You should compensate me. You've been unfair. There are other ways to be lowkey and not attract attention or pickpockets to us.”

His complaint got a beautiful smirk from her. ”Who asked you to make me the guide? Now, you have no choice but listen to me. And I'm telling you it's the proper way of securing expensive items in a bustling but insufficiently guarded places like this. Go there and change your bills into smaller denominations. I'll line up to get our stuff stored in the baggage counter.”

Once again, surprise flickered in his eyes as it was just hard to believe he would hear those words from her mouth. Why did she know all of this?

'Ah, right… She's a girl who grew up from a place like this. I'm an idiot for not remembering this earlier.'

With a wry smile, he headed over the money-changer booth. The person there gave him a weird look since he was not asking for another currency to be exchanged into yuan. Although, his request was still fulfilled, he couldn't help but wonder if this was also deliberately arranged by her to make fun of him.

Shaking his head, he went back and then walked with her side by side towards the exit. ”Will our things be safe there?” he asked.

To which she only shrugged and answered, ”At least, safer than carrying those with us as we roam around. This mountain city is quite a good tourist destination but because it has become densely populated, the marketplaces, plazas and some other crowded places became favorites of robbers and pickpockets. Wait, hail that cab.”

The place was the sidewalk opposite the famous park. There were many people there. So he was not surprised when the taxi only passed by him. He shrugged at her and waited for the next one. Yet he had already signaled to more than ten cabs yet all ignored him since they already have passengers inside!

Jiang Li felt that this was more awkward. He didn't know the situation would be like this without bringing their own vehicles. The last time, he did this, touring through public transport, was when he was still He Chen… Ugh, that was four worlds back. Did he encounter this kind of situation back then?

Selena who was not really that patient. She sat on a public bench and pulled up her phone to type some scenarios and ideas. She made sure her spot was only three or so meters away from a bank's burly and tall security guard so people with bad intentions would think twice.