Chapter 27 (1/2)

Clutching the buzzing mobile phone, Hao Ren was very much agitated. His thoughts jumbled, heck, even his hands felt like a wobbly mess. All this while, the old Nokia was vibrating furiously in his hand.

A normal phone call wouldn’t have elicited such a reaction, but god knows how Raven12345 did it, the buzzing of the phone was akin to a boombox. Much of it was to make sure Hao Ren did not miss her call, but the buzzing could even be heard a few blocks away.

“Hello?” Hao Ren took the call, weary of any pranks Raven12345 would pull to scare the daylight out of him.

“Yo! Hao Ren, still alive? Did ya take good care of the new guests?” Raven12345 spoke chirpily. It seems like she was still her usual self. “I messed up the other time. It seems that you are not the only one to have a furball of a werewolf at your place. I think you have someone from the Blood Clan as well, is she there? How’s things going? Nothin’ wrong I hope? Was out doing stuff earlier, oh, let me tell you about the Blue Horn Nebula….”

Hao Ren was pretty much floored by the pace Raven12345 went about blabbering. Thankfully he still held on to his wits and interrupted the loony Goddess “Hold on, hold on, I need to see you about something!”

“Something? Wazzit?” Raven12345 sounded puzzled. “Oh, you mean your salary? I haven’t actually thought about that… Oh wait, or is it about your benefits? It’s not even the end of the month yet….’

‘Can you please let me speak?!’ Hao Ren finally snapped and yelled at the phone. He regained his train of thoughts not long after and quickly cowered. He had just raised his voice at the loony Goddess. Some random thunderbolt would probably be striking him down any time now.

Lucky for Hao Ren, the sky was clear. At least he won’t be zapped by a thunderbolt this time around. Raven12345 demurred for a moment and chirpily went “Oh, sorry bout’ that, got all excited from that trip. Go on, hehehehe.”

Hao Ren wiped off his cold sweat, thanking lady luck for Raven12345’s apparent good mood. “Right… I still can’t make heads of tails after you left so suddenly. I ran into something really weird, and there’s that dream too…”

Raven12345 was silent, for once, when Hao Ren told her about the reality-altering dream that he had. Well, until Hao Ren finished talking at least.

“Oh…slurrrrppp…. You had a dream like that huh? Slrrruppp… That complicates things a bisssslurrrpp… Why not you drop by my plaissslurpppp…”

“What’s going on over there?” Hao Ren wondered at the distorted speech.

“Huh? Slurrrrppppp, oh I’m having cup noodles!’ Raven12345 continued eating “I forgot about breakfast earlier.”

Good lord above, did she just went to prepare her cup noodle when he was talking about the dream?!

Hao Ren recollected his thoughts, and after confirming with Raven12345 the meeting spot, he went out after changing into a more proper attire. Vivian was preparing some light snacks for Rollie and saw Hao Ren getting ready. “Heading out to see her?”

Hao Ren nodded went on “Oh yea, I might be late. If Lily’s back by then, just grab your meals outside, or you can have food delivery. The number’s on the calendar, that’s the only shop that delivers up to here.”

Vivian heard Lily’s name and frowned, before she could speak Hao Ren went “Oh don’t give me that. Your food is being paid for by Lily. You’re already piss poor as it is.”