I will never give in to Miss Death

The bald man asked doubtfully, "Can it be sold?"

"As long as the security guards don't stop me, I can find a way to sell it."

Jiang Wei looked confident: "Can it be done?"

"If you can sell it, you can go and try. It's lunch time for the employees now. I don't think the security guard will say anything if you just set up a table and buy something temporarily."

"Well."

Jiang Wei walked towards a printer not far away with his mobile phone, plugged in the printer, took out a data cable from his pocket and connected his mobile phone to the machine.

After a while, with the sound of "buzzing", a piece of paper with huge traditional Chinese characters "Buy a hard drive and get a photo with a cute loli" was printed out.

He came back with the printed advertisement, took a pair of scissors and cut a cardboard box on the ground into the shape of a billboard with a few "clicks". Jiang Wei then pasted a piece of paper printed with "Buy a hard drive and get a photo with a cute loli" on the billboard.

"Noer, take this."

After stuffing the sign into my hands, Jiang Wei picked up the cardboard box containing the external hard drive.

"We'll go downstairs and sell the goods."

No. 033 Antinomy

Ten minutes later, "Marisa's Iron Butt" Jiang Wei and I stood at the entrance of the first floor of the Pearl Building.

Jiang Wei moved a small table and took down all the external hard drives that were left after the parent company of Yaedang Light Novel Network ran away, and placed them on the table separately.

"The boss is a bastard and ran away with his sister-in-law. We can only use the hard drive to pay our wages. The original price of a 2T hard drive was over 299 or 299 yuan, but now it's only yuan, all yuan!"

Behind the table, I held up a paper sign that said [Buy a hard drive and get a free photo with a cute little girl], while Jiang Wei fully demonstrated his social prowess, raised his hands to his mouth in a trumpet shape, and shouted loudly to the white-collar workers passing by: "Mobile hard drive, brand new mobile hard drive, unopened, big brand quality guaranteed! Buy a hard drive and get a free photo with the world's cutest little girl! If it's not cute, come to me for a refund without any reason!"

"A mobile hard drive is worth your salary! Old gentlemen and old ladies all know the importance of a mobile hard drive. Are you worried that your newly created folders will be discovered? Are you worried that important secrets will be leaked? Are you worried that you can't find the games you want to play when you go to the Internet cafe with your friends? Bring a mobile hard drive! In the beautiful dormitory building, a mobile hard drive can solve all your worries!"

"The prices are transparent. If you search online, you will find that a mobile hard drive of this brand costs at least 299 to 299 yuan. Ours costs less than 2 to yuan, or even to yuan. Just yuan. All for yuan. You can take a TB hard drive home!"

I have to say that Jiang Wei's publicity did have a certain effect. In addition, white-collar workers who had gone out for lunch at that time came back one after another. I had just set up the table and put the hard drive on the table, and his voice instantly attracted a large group of office workers to watch.

At this moment, no matter how big my face was, I still felt shy. And I don’t know if it was because I was a little girl and was timid, but facing a large group of passers-by pointing at us, I almost instinctively put the sign in front of my face.

"Selling mobile hard drives? That's new."

The people who came were about the same age as Jiang Wei. Some wore their company’s uniforms, while others wore suits and leather shoes. They all looked very wealthy.

"What is a mobile hard drive for? To store movies? Can it be taken to an internet cafe to play games? Hearing what he said, I seem to be a little interested."

"Wait a minute, I'll check the price of this hard drive online... 439 on JD.com? Really? There's another one for 389, but it doesn't seem to be this brand."

"Buy a hard drive and get a free loli for taking a photo? The cutest loli in the world? Doesn't that violate the advertising law? I've seen a lot of little girls, all of them are naughty kids. I don't believe there is any loli that can be called the cutest in the world."

"..."

In the bustling crowd, many people showed great interest in the hard drive, but they seemed to be distracted by Jiang Wei's "cutest loli in the world", and all their eyes were focused on me.

"Is such a young child also selling things?"

"From the looks of her, her parents should have taken good care of her. She might be out experiencing life."

"She's cute. Come over here. I can see her face from here."

"Little sister, can you lower the sign a little bit?"

I felt like it didn’t matter whether I blocked it or not in front of so many people, so I could only move the sign away despite the fever on my face.

"Wow!"

“So cute!”

"Her eyes are so big and bright, and her face is blushing..."

"My parents must have brought her here to experience life. Her skin is better than my sister's."

Although I grew up in an orphanage in Kamihama, I have to say that the treatment of orphans in this city is actually quite good.

At least from childhood to adulthood, except for the fact that I was often bullied by other children in the orphanage when I was still ignorant, my life after entering junior high school was actually not much different from that of ordinary children.

I attended full-time schools in junior high and high school. Every semester, the welfare home would send people to recharge our meal cards as a source of funds for our studies. During the winter and summer vacations, the welfare home would send us to some small factories or shops to help out. The work content was very simple. In the factories, we would do some manual work, and the children assigned to the shops would help transport goods and sort out items, with food and accommodation provided.

When I went to university, the welfare home helped me apply for student loans and poverty subsidies. Since I didn't have parents, I received the full poverty subsidy for four years at school. My academic performance was not bad, and I didn't even have to pay interest on the student loan. When I was short of money, the welfare home helped me find a part-time job. I completed all my studies easily and graduated successfully.

My life is unfortunate, but also lucky. The social welfare in Kamihama City is very good, which allowed me to have a smooth life from childhood to adulthood, except for occasionally feeling a little lost on Father's and Mother's Day, occasionally being laughed at for not having a father and mother, and occasionally feeling sad when I see others insulting their parents online without a disagreement... overall it has been smooth sailing.

But compared to "Marisa's Iron Butt" Jiang Wei, my situation seems to be much better.

Jiang Wei, Pipi and I are "best friends" on the Internet. When we play games at night, it is inevitable that one of us will perform poorly and die first, and then we can only watch our teammates. At this time, we will chat - about family matters, news, world affairs, our recent experiences or childhood stories.

Pipi usually talks about his high school and college days, bragging about how he sprayed N2O with his fingers the whole time while racing in Kart Town, how he protected the captain of the Dragon Nest, and how he beat five people with his parrot's infinite hurricane dance, how he amplified his weapons by 20 in DNF, and how he hooked up with his current wife by practicing PVP with a little yellow chicken in Jian Wang III...

"Marisa's Iron Butt" is almost entirely about his childhood stories. He grew up in a broken family and was disliked by his parents. He dropped out of high school and went out to work. Because he was young and had no ID card, he had to work in an illegal factory. He has been to many factories, worked as an apprentice waiter and repairman, a bodyguard for nearby gangsters, and also did marginal jobs such as "debt collection". Later, when he entered middle age, he opened an online store, learned some computer skills, and wrote online novels. Only then did his life slowly get back on track.

It can be said that although "Marisa's Iron Butt" looks fat like an "otaku" in anime, this guy has the most social experience among us.

It seems that the word "shy" does not exist in his life dictionary at all. After all, if he was afraid of being ugly or had social phobia at that time, he would not have been able to find a job and would not be alive today.

Not to mention yelling to people around him “Boss, the bastard ran away” without changing his expression or heartbeat, I doubt that even if the “black plum” or “black garlic” that was popular on the Internet before was given to this guy to eat, he would be able to face the camera seriously after eating it——

"Big black plums, sweet!"

……

With Jiang Wei's help, many office workers soon came to the table and took a hard drive: "Only 299? Do you have a receipt?"

"Can I really take a photo with this little girl? This...she is really cute. To be honest, I am moved."

"Brother, I didn't notice what she looked like just now, but now that I see her face, I'm convinced... Are you sure this isn't a beauty filter? Is there really such a cute little sister in real life?"

"This skin is invincible, so white and tender..."

Facing the exclamations of the people around him, Jiang Wei looked very proud: "You can try it. Do you believe that turning on the beauty filter when taking photos will make others look uglier?"

"Believe it, I believe it..."

A bespectacled office worker picked up a hard drive and asked: "Can I add a little girl on WeChat after I buy it? What if it breaks when I get home?"

“You can add me on WeChat.”

Jiang Wei took out his cell phone and said, "I have an online store. If it breaks, I will compensate you. Or you can contact the manufacturer directly according to the warranty card above."

"Is it true? It's so cheap and it still has a warranty?"

"I told you the boss ran away, so we're having a clearance sale here. This isn't a scam sale on the street. We're having a real sale."

Jiang Wei acted like a big brother: "You can make a profit if you buy it and sell it to any computer store."

"Okay, I believe you once."

Finally, someone couldn't help but take out their phone and scanned Jiang Wei's payment code: "I'll buy one, let me take a photo."

"And me and me!"

"I'll have one too!"

"Can I add this little girl's WeChat if I buy two?"

"..."

……

No. 034 years turned possession into loss

Finally, I grabbed the phone that showed the interface of "Received 1500 yuan transfer from *Wei" and took the elevator back to Room 1002 with "Marisa's Iron Butt".

"This is the situation now. If you want to get back the last month's manuscript fee, you can stay here if you don't have any urgent matters in your hometown. I will help you contact a reliable landlord here. The current rent in the urban area of ​​Kamihama City is generally 1500 per month for a one-bedroom apartment. A better one will cost around 2000. The prices of some apartments in urban villages and suburbs are cheaper, but water and electricity are expensive."

"What's wrong with the boss's daughter? How can an operation cost more than a million..."

"Heart disease, organ transplant, surgery, and follow-up treatment are not cheap. Sigh... Actually, as a father, I can understand it, but after all, everyone needs to eat and live. He has to..."

From a distance, I could hear the discussion between the bald editor-in-chief and Pipi and others in the huge office.

"That is to say, the parent company of the company where Yaetang Novel Network works had a financial crisis a long time ago, and this time it was because his boss took all the money in the company at once, and the various loans led to the break of the capital chain."

"But if it's really because of my daughter's medical treatment, we won't be able to get the money back even if we file a lawsuit. And I think... this is too cruel."

"Don't worry too much. My friend said the operation was successful and he is no longer in danger of death."

"I don't care what the reason is. Anyway, I have to get the money back. Your boss is in trouble. Don't I, a small author, have any troubles?"

"..."

"What happened?"

Jiang Wei led me to push open the door of Room 1002, put the empty cardboard boxes and table aside, and looked around at the people in the room: "Why are there so many fewer people all of a sudden?"

"Oh, Apacha Dali and the others have gone back, and the rest are preparing to sue to protect their rights."

Pipi casually pulled an office chair from beside him and kicked it at Pipi: "Have you sold all the hard drives?"

"They're all sold out. With Nuo'er here, those lolita lovers are going crazy."

Seeing the right moment, Jiang Wei stepped on the office chair and leaned on the armrest. He shook his phone at the bald man and said, "It sold for more than 1500 yuan. I transferred to Nuoer. Is that okay?"

"no problem."

The bald man pointed to the rabbit-ear backpack and nightgown on the table and said, "Take this back too."

This……

I walked into the middle of the crowd and asked, "I just heard you say that the boss's daughter had a heart attack. What's going on?"

"Oh, to put it simply, the boss of this company secretly transferred the money from the company's account to pay for his daughter's medical treatment, and also took out a loan in the name of the company. This is at most an inducement. The main reason for the broken capital chain is poor operation."

Pipi continued, "The editor-in-chief's friend just called and said that he had contacted the boss and the operation went smoothly, but he said that he really didn't have the money to pay us for the article, so we should sue if necessary..."

"Noer, why don't you go back first?"

For some reason, Jiang Wei interrupted Pipi's words and handed me the rabbit backpack and the nightgown on the table: "Now that you have received your royalties, you don't have to get involved in our affairs."

As he said this, he seemed to give Pippi a look.

I'm not a child!

"Oh, that's right."

Pipi understood and said, "Nuo'er, you can go back. We will handle the rights protection issues later."

I was a little unconvinced: "Are you going to stay in Kamihama to fight the lawsuit?"

"I might, let's see how long it takes. If it takes too long, it will be hard for my computer store to handle it. Pikachu has a daughter at home, so she probably won't stay."

For some reason, Jiang Wei's tone suddenly became tough. He came over and nudged me lightly: "Did you drop anything? I'll take you downstairs."

Wait, what are you doing all of a sudden? Don’t you want a local guide like Kamihama anymore?

I gave Pippi a questioning look.

The other party responded with an expression that said "go ahead".

"Okay, kid, just focus on your studies and don't make your parents wait anxiously, okay?"

The bald editor-in-chief also waved at me and said: "Next time if you have the idea to write a book for the new website where I work, I will give you a cover recommendation."

"Ok."

Seeing that several of the main responsible persons here said so, I was too embarrassed to force myself to stay, so I could only wave at them and said, "Then I'll go back first."

"in vain."

"Brother Tieji, please send her to the bus."

"Don't take the bus, Marisa, call her a taxi."

"..."

Just like that, in this strange atmosphere, "Marisa's Iron Butt" Jiang Wei and I quickly left Room 1002 and took the elevator downstairs.

In fact, I can more or less guess what the situation was like at that time.

The bald editor-in-chief has a friend who works at the Shenbin Network Technology Company and knows a lot about the boss. Maybe when Jiang Wei and I went downstairs to sell hard drives just now, this friend called and informed Pippi of the latest situation of their boss.

Combining key words like "heart disease," "surgery fees," and "broken capital chain," even though I didn't hear exactly what they said, I could guess what it was.