sovbooks Chapter 5 11
Chapter 5 11
Lin Xiuyi's indifferent attitude left the other two momentarily stunned.
It wasn't until the boy stepped onto the stairs that the burly debt collector reacted first, grinning menacingly at the bluffing old man.
The landlord's arrogant demeanor vanished instantly. He trembled as he tried to say something more, but before he could utter a word, he was slapped across the face.
"The boss said he can give you another week at most, but before that, you'll have to suffer a bit."
The old man was so badly beaten that he saw stars and lost his balance, eventually collapsing to the ground against the wall.
"However, since you're such an old codger, I'll give you a light slap. But remember, it'll last a week."
The burly man spat between the old man's spread legs and left in the twilight.
sunset.
The old man sat alone on the ground, still feeling dizzy. All he could hear and think about was the "one-week" deadline for repaying the debt, and the despair of not being able to pay it off spread through his heart.
It wasn't until he heard the door close upstairs that his mind cleared and his consciousness returned, and a surge of resentment quickly welled up in his heart.
"Lin Xiuyi, you bastard!"
His face was still burning hot and in great pain.
He has always been the one slapping Lin Xiuyi. As an elder, when has he ever been the one to be slapped?
What's more, I've always been very good at educating him, yet he just stood by and watched him die!
With that thought in mind, he rushed upstairs, ran to a room, banged on the door, and kept cursing.
"You beast, open the door right now!"
Fortunately, the door opened quickly as he had hoped.
The boy he hated so much appeared before him.
"Fine, you actually dared to drive like that, you heartless bastard who wouldn't help, I'll teach you a lesson—"
He had just raised his hand to slap the boy when a slap landed on his face first.
It's not heavy, it doesn't cause much harm, but it's extremely humiliating.
The old landlord blinked twice, then reached out and touched his face in disbelief, rubbing it for a moment before confirming that he had indeed been slapped by the person in front of him.
"You, you, you, you..."
He was both shocked and angry, unable to utter a complete sentence. He looked up and met the boy's cold gaze as if he were looking at a stranger.
"Listen to me," Lin Xiuyi instantly took control of the conversation, "If you dare to barge into my room without my permission again, I'm moving out and moving to another place."
Upon hearing the words "termination of lease," the old man swallowed hard.
He is currently facing the pressure of paying off debts, and there are not many tenants in his shack to begin with, so it is not easy for any of them to terminate their lease.
He knew that Lin Xiuyi was an orphan with no parents and no one to rely on, and that he should not have the financial means to move from this dilapidated shack to another place.
Is this kid going to sleep under a bridge?
He pondered that there was no other possibility and felt that Lin Xiuyi was bluffing, but then he remembered that Lin Xiuyi had taken out a full 80,000 yuan a couple of days ago to pay off the rent he had been owing, and he felt uncertain again.
"Impossible! Where did you get the money? And you dare to terminate your lease with me..."
"I received a scholarship from the school."
Lin Xiuyi didn't waste any words, explained briefly, and then closed the door.
The old man was left outside the door, pondering this sentence for a long time.
Inside the room, Lin Xiuyi leaned against the door, silently waiting for the footsteps outside to sound and then fade away before continuing to check her room.
Lin Xiuyi used to not have to worry about being robbed because he was penniless, but since he got the mobile app, he has a secret that he absolutely cannot let others find out, and he has developed a concept of privacy and security.
He can carry small items like money with him as a reward for completing a task, but he can't carry large items like a realistic bear skin suit with him; he can only leave them at home.
He walked to his small desk, which he used for studying, moved the desk aside, and gently pressed the wooden board underneath.
The other end of the wooden plank was lifted up, revealing a small, filled space underneath.
This is a little secret that Lin Xiuyi discovered in the past—there was a gap under the floor of the room. After obtaining the bearskin case, he secretly took a small saw, modified it, and stored the bag containing the bearskin case inside.
The floor showed no signs of being disturbed, indicating that the landlord had not yet discovered the secret.
The only two things that had been disturbed in the room were a thin rope hanging behind the door that wasn't tied tightly. It was very inconspicuous and would be hard for most people to notice. If someone entered the room without lifting their feet, the knot would be broken.
Secondly, the three bags of rice he bought that morning showed signs of being dragged, with obvious hand marks on the packaging.
It seems that after the old landlord barged in without permission, his attention was completely drawn to the rice. He even considered stealing it and tried to do so, but then gave up.
Lin Xiu shook her head, her contempt for the old man intensifying. She thought she needed to move out of there as soon as possible.
In a slum like Kotobuki, it's not easy for someone to keep a secret forever.
He moved the table back to its original position, took out his phone, opened the app, and first claimed the rewards for the two commissions he had completed that day.
The 6 yuan reward for completing the "Rice Robbery" quest, plus the 5 yuan reward for completing the "Beat Up the Bad Guys" quest—a total of 11 yuan, eleven brand-new 11 yuan bills appeared on the table in the blink of an eye.
Aside from the mobile app, no one should know where this money came from. It could have been transferred from a bank remotely, or it could have been generated out of thin air by some supernatural force.
However, based on Lin Xiuyi's own verification of the banknotes at the bank, the money was undoubtedly usable for consumption.
He reached out and picked up the large bills, arranging them into a thick stack. Although it wasn't the first time, a sense of unreality still arose in his heart.
What does 11 yen mean?
Students like Lin Xiuyi who work part-time can usually earn 800 yuan per hour working at convenience stores or restaurants. If they choose to work part-time for 3 hours after school every day, they would need to save up this amount of money in a month and a half without eating, drinking, or making any other purchases.
Even for regular corporate employees in Tokyo (excluding part-time workers), the average monthly salary (excluding tax) is only 30 to 40 yen.
However, Lin Xiuyi played a prank and earned almost half a month's salary in a single day.
Earning 100,000 yen a day like this, that's 3 million yen a month (30 days), which is over 130,000 yuan or about 20,000 US dollars... A brand new iPhone costs 130,000 yen, a year's tuition at a national university is about 500,000 yen, a Rolex watch costs 1.2 million yen, a used Corolla costs 2 million yen, a small 20-square-meter apartment or empty house in the suburbs of Tokyo costs around 3 million yen, and a shirt costs nine pounds and fifteen pence...
Lin Xiuyi patted her face to snap out of the thoughts that kept popping into her mind. She took a deep breath and put the eleven banknotes into her wallet.
Without the mobile app, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to see such a large sum of money until he started working, let alone have it directly into his own hands.
To get the money, he only had to pull two low-risk pranks.
But is the risk really not that great?
Lin Xiuyi pondered.
He always felt that the pranks the app entrusted to him were somehow connected, forming a chain of actions that seemed to be pushing him to accomplish something.
That thing might be quite shocking...