Chapter 37 It Just Doesn’t Make Sense (1/2)

Chapter 37: It Just Doesn’t Make Sense

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Treasure hunting was a trade that was highly dependent on one’s observational skills and luck. Because people weren’t allowed into the storage units, they could only rely on analyses made from rumors about the contents, as well as observations made in a very short period from outside the storage unit. These things made it very difficult to earn money in this line of work.

”Every storage company has precious treasures. But to receive them, one needs God’s blessing.” This was a saying Li Du had learned in the treasure hunting trade. Everyone consoled themselves with it after buying a storage unit.

All the auctions that Li Du had participated in, however, had earned him money. Last month, his income had been very high, coming up to more than 50,000 dollars—even after tax. This made him a true middle-class income earner in America. Li Du knew the he shouldn’t look down on the middle-class. They were the backbone of the United States of America; the strongest country in the world was supported by them.

Hans had, naturally, joined the middle-class along with him.

But Hans was an extravagant spender. Each time he earned money he spent it right away on things like drinking and womanizing. He enjoyed and really lived his life to the fullest.

The bug was what sustained their current lifestyle. Li Du often felt anxious and afraid that the bug would leave him someday.

Luckily, it seemed like he had been worried for nothing. The bug hadn’t left, and had actually grown wings. Li Du felt lost about this; he had no idea how the bug had evolved.

After having his dinner, Ah Meow went out to play. It jumped up onto the windowsill, and down again very nimbly. Seeing this, Li Du hurried over to get a closer look.

Hans asked, ”What are you doing?’

Li Du said, ”Did you notice that Ah Meow isn’t limping anymore?”

He wasn’t too sure about this since, by all standards, Ah Meow’s leg shouldn’t have recovered so fast.

Doubtful, Li Du called toward the outside, ”Ah Meow, come back here first.”

”Meow…” Ah Meow turned its head and mewed, a look of bewilderment on its round, cat face. Despite this, it ran back obediently, its movements smooth and graceful.

Hans was amazed. ”Yeah. Its leg is back to normal. It really is a beast—no wonder it recovered so fast.”

Li Du knew that this wasn’t the reason for the cat’s quick healing. Ah Meow suddenly having strong powers of recovery definitely had something to do with the bug. If this was so, then he had to experiment a little. The bug must have evolved after entering Ah Meow’s brain.

The next day, he went to the park to look for stray cats and dogs.

Before he managed to find any, however, he saw the familiar and beautiful figure of Dr. Sophie.

The lady doctor was wearing a light blue, tight, boat neck dress. She sat on a bench, a large loaf of bread in her lap, tapping a light-hearted rhythm on the ground with the toes of her feet.

Li Du had seen many women wear boat necks in America, but few could wear it with the charming effect and style of Sophie.

The effect was wholly due to her beautiful figure. Her full breasts pushed the shirt collar forward, making her mildly curved clavicles just vaguely visible, like fluttering butterfly wings. It was an unearthly, sophisticated sense of beauty.

Young men and elderly gentlemen alike slowed their pace as they walked past the lady doctor, gazing at her appreciatively.

Li Du wanted to go and greet her, but the morning rays fell on Sophie and the mottled bench she sat on. The scene it created was a touchingly elegant, peaceful one.

Considering her and the scene that was created, Li Du thought about it for a moment and then just left.

They weren’t close, after all.

”If I had only brought Ah Meow.” Li Du shook his head in frustration. ”Damn, there’s only a cat between that goddess and myself.”