The male supporting character was actually myself.

"Impossible. If he could teleport in our world, he could just save on shipping costs by selling some items; there's no need for the other party to pay him gold bars. Online banking is so convenient these days; buying and selling isn't illegal, so it wouldn't be this complicated."

He thought for a moment and continued to speculate, "If we've ruled out ancient and modern times, then it can only be the future. Think about it, Nannan, a gold bar with a serial number that the gold shop clerk in Daxia wouldn't notice anything amiss must be made using contemporary techniques. Our peaceful world has such strict regulations now; exchanging gold bars for fresh fruit confirms it's from the future!"

Chapter Twenty: Riding the Time Travel Wave!

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Chapter Twenty: Riding the Time Travel Wave!

Faced with the facts, Cheng Xiamu's eyes lit up with a sudden burst of inspiration. "Gold bar transactions mean that currencies are not interchangeable. If this were the future, given the speed of our technological development, we shouldn't have to worry about food and drink. Unless... unless the environment deteriorates and crops become scarce, fresh fruit would be extremely precious, and the other party would be willing to exchange it for gold bars!"

"A gold bar sold for 130,000 for such a small amount of fruit? Nannan is right, there must be some reason why fresh fruits and vegetables are so scarce that they can fetch such exorbitant prices." The old man slammed his fan down on his left palm. "Maybe your Mr. Right is waiting for you in the future!"

Cheng Xiamu:!!(o'?'o?)?

A love that transcends time and space? How bizarre!

"So what should we do now?"

"Let's head back home first, and wait for your second uncle to calculate an auspicious day before we make the next plan."

The grandfather and grandson took a taxi and left the warehouse. The little white cat figured that based on the bug's current performance, it shouldn't pose any threat to its host. It would be better to keep an eye on Chen Luoqi for now.

That guy has shifty eyes and doesn't seem like someone who can turn over a new leaf. What if he tries to do something to harm people?

As the host's right-hand man, I naturally have to help him guard against things!

That afternoon, Chen Luoqi diligently and conscientiously carried several loads of various fresh vegetables and meats, making Jiang Chen increasingly suspicious.

"This is the last batch of goods!" After finishing the last trip, Chen Luoqi wiped his sweat and said with a grin, "We've been working together for so long, I still don't know how to address you!"

"My name is Jiang Chen."

"I feel you must be a bit older than me, so I'll call you Brother Chen."

Jiang Chen didn't reply, but gave the little white cat a look, and a small gold brick fell to the ground with a clatter.

"These are the gold bars for the next transaction."

"Holy crap! This is a small gold brick?!" Chen Luoqi trembled with excitement as soon as he got it in his hand. It was much heavier than the big yellow croaker he had last time.

Sure enough, after rushing back to the gold shop just as the workday ended, I exchanged a small gold bar weighing over 500 grams for 210,000 yuan in cash!

With more money in his bank account, Chen Luoqi became bolder.

But this amount of money was clearly not enough to catch the eye of the beautiful landlady who owned three courtyards and collected rent. No matter how shamelessly he flirted with her, she ignored him.

"Ha, what short-sightedness!" After several failed attempts, and with the other party not even giving him a friendly look, Chen Luoqi spat out a mouthful of spittle, his eyes dark and his heart full of disdain.

This woman is a classic example of someone who's all looks and no brains!

She doesn't even consider that although she only has about 200,000 yuan in her bank account now, she earned it in just a few days! If her plan succeeds in time, and you, whom I met when we were both struggling, don't cherish this opportunity, will I still look at you when I've spread my wings and soared to great heights?

She's just a widow who lost her husband. No matter how beautiful she is, she's still secondhand goods that other men have used!

They really don't know what's good for them; they're hopeless.

He took his returned deposit and the remaining rent, cursing under his breath as he walked out with a long face.

"Hey? You haven't packed your things yet." The landlord chased after them, holding the keys in his hand.

Chen Luoqi waved his hand dismissively without turning his head, "Never mind, you handle it as you see fit."

Then, as if remembering something, he turned and looked at the other person coldly, saying slowly and deliberately, "If you're smart enough, you should clean up my things and put them away properly. When you come to your senses and are willing to be with me in the future, bring the things I used back to me, and maybe I'll still have some lingering affection."

Beautiful landlady: (ー_ー)!!

If you're mentally ill, go get it treated right away. Being addicted to the internet all day and not working is a classic case of being obsessed and mentally deranged!

"I hope you can understand my warning, and perhaps it can give you a way out in the future." Chen Luoqi took a deep breath, put his hands in his pockets, turned around and left, clutching the precious little black box tightly in his right hand, thinking that as long as he had it, his bright future was not a dream.

The beautiful landlady went upstairs, opened the door, glanced at the room, covered her mouth and nose in disgust, and retreated, then called the cleaner.

The bedding, unwashed for who knows how long, was piled up on the bed in a tangled mess; several pairs of dirty, smelly, worn-out shoes lay under the bed, never cleaned; a jumble of odds and ends was piled in the corner; and the table was covered in trash…

"What a bad day! If I had known, I would have taken his deposit. He made such a mess of the house and there's not a single useful thing in it. I'll have to pay the cleaning staff to clean it up..." She crossed her arms and looked very helpless.

Many young people leave their luggage behind when they move out because they find it too troublesome. Urban villages have cleaners who specialize in cleaning up rooms for landlords who move out.

It's free; you just need to haul away the things the other person leaves behind to cover your labor costs. Usually, you can sell a few pieces of old furniture, small appliances, or half-new clothes and shoes for a few bucks. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can even find forgotten stashes of cash, brand-new clothes, or handbags and make a small profit.

But Chen Luoqi's room was dirty and messy, and there wasn't a single thing of value in it. He would have to pay someone else to clean it up.

The beautiful landlady glanced down at the six-inch new electric scooter that Chen Luoqi had abandoned, and thought about having the cleaner take it away as payment for the cleaning fee...

Chen Luoqi never expected that the pile of junk he left behind would be thrown into the trash can as soon as he left.

At that moment, he was shopping at a mall. First, he bought the high-end mobile phone he had been eyeing for several thousand yuan. Then, he bought several sets of big-name clothes from head to toe, inside and out, which he usually wouldn't dare to look at closely. He then went to a high-end barbershop and spent a lot of money to have Tony cut his hair a new style. He even went to a beauty salon to try a beauty massage.

"It's so great to be rich! I don't even need to look at the price tags when I buy clothes! Hehehe... Tonight I'll book a presidential suite, get a foot massage and back massage, and call two girls..." After a hearty meal and drinks in designer clothes, Chen Luoqi, who had just become rich from a poor background, checked the price of the presidential suite at the most upscale hotel in Liuli City on his new phone.

He went limp within two minutes.

Holy crap! This place costs this much for one night?!

"Twenty-eight thousand for one night, this is insane..." Chen Luoqi gritted his teeth. He needed to use the money in his bank account for a long-term investment, and he couldn't afford to squander it recklessly for the time being.

Otherwise, the cooperation that has been so hard to establish with the other party will collapse, and wouldn't the well-thought-out plan be doomed before it even gets implemented?

His eyes gleamed as he glanced at the luxurious presidential suite, and after a long while, he finally chose a hotel room that cost 1,200 yuan a night.

A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. I'll wait a while longer and then I'll book the presidential suite for a year and stay there as much as I want. I want to see why it's so expensive. Is the bed inlaid with gold?

The fluffy little ball of fur lay on the table, idly playing with its big, fluffy tail, and muttered under its breath, "Suddenly you have a little money and you can't even hold it all? You know you're alone and you still ordered a whole table of food but you can't eat much of it. What a waste! My host is so rich, even he wouldn't act like you. You have no manners..."

"Achoo!" Chen Luoqi suddenly sneezed, called over the waiter and scolded them for turning the air conditioning up too high, saying that he had caught a cold and that they should be responsible for it. In the end, the restaurant gave him a discount so that he could escape a disaster.

"A meal cost over a thousand yuan, and the food wasn't even that good." He walked out with a toothpick in his mouth, carrying several bags, then threw the toothpick on the ground and spat angrily. "What a rip-off! I'm never coming back!"

"Hehe..." The little white cat followed behind with elegant cat steps, complaining, "You're really not suited to high-end restaurants that emphasize original flavors and light tastes. You should stick to roadside stalls. Those fast food places that are heavy on oil and salt, with lots of soy sauce, chili, and industrial seasonings, and even laxatives, masking the taste of the ingredients, are what you call 'taste'!"

Two weeks passed quickly, and the transactions between Jiang Chen and Chen Luoqi became increasingly smooth.

Each time, he increased the stakes, trying to see if the other party would stop after receiving the huge sum of money and cease their travels between the two worlds. However, even after he provided three one-kilogram gold bars at once, which brought Chen Luoqi over 1.2 million yuan directly into his account, the other party did not stop; on the contrary, they supplied even more and became even more attentive.

"Strange, could I have guessed wrong?" Jiang Chen frowned slightly, tapping his fingers lightly on the table as he looked at the mountain of supplies. "Perhaps he really has figured it out and is willing to be a cross-border transporter, earning the price difference long-term. That's not bad, but..."

He had a bad feeling; the current peace and tranquility seemed to be just the calm before the storm.

Is the scriptwriting team planning something else?

The answer was revealed a few days later when the shelter began to expand outwards with its first passageway.

"Host, you've seen the new plot, haven't you?" Taking advantage of the protagonist's time travel and delivery, the little white cat hurriedly ran over and meowed, "Should we cooperate with the script team's arrangements and act accordingly?"

Jiang Chen was flipping through the updated script and nodded in response: "Act it. The script team racked their brains to come up with this, so they should feel a sense of accomplishment, right? Besides, apart from the words 'I died for some reason,' the sequel actually seems quite reasonable."

In the new storyline, after a period of transactions and occasional casual conversations, the shelter owner Jiang Chen lowers her guard against the protagonist Chen Luoqi.

He was quite interested in the pre-disaster world, while Chen Luoqi was full of curiosity about the wasteland world, and the two hit it off immediately.

Jiang Chen specially equipped him with armor to take him to the wasteland to hunt monsters, visit ruined cities, and participate in various unique social activities in the wasteland world. Chen Luoqi also got to experience the extravagant and barbaric auction as he wished.

Just as he had figured out the survival rules of the wasteland world, the shelter's owner, Jiang Chen, died for some reason. Chen Luoqi, who could travel between the two worlds and bring abundant resources, became the successor. Following the city plan designed by the former, he expanded and built the most advanced and powerful city in the wasteland, centered on the shelter...

"Died for some reason, those four words are quite interesting." He closed the script and smiled slightly: "The original plot was that the original owner was an elite in Vault 078, shouldering the heavy responsibility of reviving the country."

Therefore, both their physical fitness and intelligence must be above average, and given the advanced medical technology in the setting, it's unlikely they would get sick or infected.

With protective gear, monsters, backstabs, and nuclear bombs posed no threat to me. So what exactly caused my death?

The fluffy dumpling said worriedly, "How about... Host, we just ignore the script and keep him trapped like this! I have a feeling that guy isn't a good person. What if we take him to the wasteland world for a experience and he tries to sabotage you behind your back?"

pit?

Jiang Chen thought about it carefully and realized that with the protection of the soul weapon, physical attacks could not pose a threat.

As for magic damage...

It's unlikely that the entire wasteland world would suddenly evolve just to kill itself, right?

"As always, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. Let's follow the script first. I want to see if the script team is really capable of delivering a fatal blow to me."

Just as the person and the system were discussing the next steps, an old man who was enjoying the cool shade under a big locust tree in the old town of Liuli City in the modern world suddenly sat up, used a paper fan to create a shady spot, squinted at the sky, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Darling, what are you busy with?" He hurriedly took out his phone and dialed a number. The old man on the other end chuckled and said, "No need to rush to submit any resumes, put them aside for now! Come back today, we've finally waited for an auspicious day!"

Cheng Xiamu, who was revising her resume at the computer, was taken aback. "What auspicious day?"

"Silly girl, what a wonderful marriage you have!" The old man lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Before, the heavens were shrouded in mystery and we couldn't see clearly, but today the clouds have suddenly parted! Listen to me, come back quickly. We two need to make some good preparations. It's not easy to find a glimmer of opportunity among other people's opportunities."

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xiamu recalled the strange scene he had seen in the old warehouse that day.

Actually, she wasn't very interested in what her second uncle was talking about about her future boyfriend; what she really cared about was time travel... This wasn't a novel or a TV show, but a real, living time travel story!

If I could really experience it, taking a little risk wouldn't be a big deal.

After living a mundane life for over twenty years, what young person wouldn't feel a restless, beating heart when suddenly faced with an exciting, nerve-wracking, and outrageous opportunity?

The bug has been discovered, and it's finally time to take action. The happiest person is the little dumpling.

It watched Chen Luoqi's every move with excitement, jumping up and down, eager to see a real-life love story that transcends time! What kind of sparks would fly between this lively, adorable, and beautiful girl who could take on ten men at once and her host?

The old warehouse at the west entrance of Nanli Village.

"Second Uncle, are you kidding me?" Cheng Xiamu's palms were sweating nervously after hearing the old man's plan. "You're going to cover for me while the loaders are busy, and then hide in the box? Are you sure this will work? What if... I really travel to the future and can't come back?"

The old man lowered his voice and patiently instructed, "Your second uncle has already calculated everything for you, which is why I'm asking you to set aside a few days. Don't worry, just go through the tunnel. You're a lucky person, and with the peace talisman I personally drew, everything will go smoothly!"

Remember, the first man of similar age you meet there will be your soulmate. Get to know him well and see if you like him.

If you really don't want to, your second uncle will teach you all his best skills when you come back.

Anyway, since your marriage line is broken and you have no hope of finding a partner, there's nothing to be ashamed of. Focus on your career and learn fortune telling with me; you'll never lack money in the future.

She was deeply moved by what she heard, and then she remembered how thrilling and exciting time travel was, and her heart was filled with a strong desire to try it herself. She took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "I just want to try what it's like to time travel. Since Chen Luoqi can travel back and forth so easily, I should be able to follow him back too. There shouldn't be any major problems."

Cheng Xiamu clenched his fists to encourage himself, "Come on, I can definitely do it! At worst... if things get bad, I can subdue him and teleport back with him..."

"Your lucky draw today is definitely a sure thing!" The old man patted her shoulder and whispered, "I'll go and subdue Chen Luoqi first, and you can take advantage of the crowd to find a chance to go in!"

Chapter Twenty-One: A Love Across Time and Space