How come I was the one being targeted?

It was then that Bai Jun discovered that the girl was holding a strange, large, white piggy bank in her arms. The piggy bank seemed to have sensed his gaze, so it jumped out of her arms and spun rapidly in the sky like a whirlwind top.

"flutter--!"

Finally, under the horrified gazes of the girl and Bai Jun, Leo's flying kick landed accurately on the side of his face.

"Pfft-!"

With a muffled thud, Bai Jun fell to the ground again.

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Chapter 32: Are you short of a dog, the kind that can talk?

"Wow~ I'm so sorry, it's all my fault for not keeping track of the accounts..."

On the bench, the white-haired girl placed her hands neatly on her legs. Seeing Bai Jun's swollen face due to the account, she lowered her head in remorse and begged for forgiveness in a shameful tone.

Her name is Ye Lina, and she belongs to the 166th Marketing Group of the Strategic Investment Department of Interstellar Peace Company. Because she had just completed a big deal some time ago, the team leader specially gave her a two-month vacation, so she took a spaceship to Xianzhou Luofu for vacation.

Originally, life here was quite comfortable and leisurely. She even adopted a new little animal here. It was said to be a raccoon cat from the ancient times of Xianzhou. It was true. Its cuteness captured her as soon as she saw it. She even named it Xiaoba. But the good times didn't last long. After a few days, she couldn't find it.

Although it is worth being happy that it has been found again, Zhang Zhang kicked the kind person who found Xiao Ba, and kicked him in the face!

Ye Lina glanced at Bai Jun secretly, and seeing that he was still so handsome, she felt even more guilty.

Really, I can’t indulge myself anymore!

Just as she was feeling anxious and worried, not knowing how to make amends or apologize, she heard a helpless sigh:

"It's okay, I deserve it."

Bai Jun shook his head, rubbed his swollen left cheek, and turned the matter over in a calm tone.

After all, there was a reason why this dimensional piggy bank kicked me. If you really think about it, it was my fault. I might as well just take it as a lesson for a long time.

"Eh? That's not possible! I should compensate—"

"No need. I'm a servant of the Land and Investment Bureau. Talking about money is an insult to me!" Bai Jun refused indignantly. The nobility he exuded was enough to make the villain feel ashamed, if one could ignore his funny swollen profile.

"All right....."

Ye Lina paused as she was taking out her credit card from her wallet. It was rare to find someone with such a golden spirit in this day and age. There was a bit more admiration and appreciation in her eyes when she looked at Bai Jun.

The evaluation of him has also changed from simply being good-looking to being a good-looking person!

Being able to make friends with such a patriot in Xianzhou can be said to be a good thing with no harm at all, so she took out her postcard, took a deep breath, and handed it to Bai Jun with the highest courtesy:

"Although it's a little late now, please allow me to briefly introduce myself. Nice to meet you. My name is Ye Lina, and I'm affiliated with the 166th Marketing Group of the Strategic Investment Department of Interstellar Peace Corporation. Thank you very much for finding Xiao Ba!"

"Bai Jun, a duty officer at the Land and Scale Division."

Bai Jun took Ye Lina's business card seriously. On the front was Ye Lina's name, department and photo, while on the back was the silhouette of the vast and mysterious Butian Shisi. The edge of the card had the unique engraved pattern of the Interstellar Peace Company, and if you looked closely you could find the contact information of the owner of the business card.

He rummaged through his pockets, found his business card, and gave it to Ye Lina in exchange.

After receiving the business card, Ye Lina solemnly put it into her chest pocket. Her cautious look made Bai Jun feel a little embarrassed. Then he quietly moved Ye Lina's business card from the interlayer of the chronological pages to the inner lining.

[Smells so good, smells so good... Why does this person smell so good? ]

Suddenly, Bai Jun heard the voice of his mind captured by the "Mind Catcher". Before he could figure out where it came from, he felt something pushing up his trouser leg. He looked down and found that it was the dimensional piggy bank that had kicked him just now.

"Come back here! Stop being rude!"

This time, Ye Lina's voice sounded a little angry. When the Dimension Piggy Bank beside her leg heard it, it immediately loosened Bai Jun's trouser legs, returned to Ye Lina with full energy, and started fighting with the little raccoon slave.

Bai Jun quickly realized that the sound just now came from this strange piggy bank, but he was not too surprised. After all, this was not the first time that "Good Will Hunting" had a seizure.

"Is this your pet? It's quite peculiar."

"Yeah, yes, look, this little guy is called Zhang Zhang! Don't treat it as an ordinary dimensional piggy bank, this little guy is particularly sensitive to the smell of money. Not only can he be responsible for security, debt collection, and even debt actuarial work, but it's no problem. Now I always bring it with me wherever I go on business trips. It's become my lucky star~"

Ye Lina picked up Zhang Zhang who was playing with the little cat slave, and rubbed it with her face affectionately. Her words were full of pride in the little guy. She even took the initiative to hand Zhang Zhang to Bai Jun, wanting him to hug it too.

Bai Jun hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the piggy bank. He found that it was not as heavy as it looked. Instead, it was as soft as jelly, and his fingers could easily sink into its warm flesh. This wonderful touch was really irresistible.

"I never thought someone would keep a creature like this as a pet. I originally thought a creature that spends most of its life eating and running away couldn't be tamed—Hey, hey! What's going on? Don't bite me! Ye Lina, get it away!"

I don’t know if Zhang Zhang could understand what people said, but he opened his mouth and bit Bai Jun’s arm, almost doing a death roll.

"Sorry, Bai Jun, it actually... doesn't mean any harm. This is probably its way of expressing its feelings." Ye Lina hurriedly picked up Zhang Zhang and looked at the teeth marks on Bai Jun's wrist. She didn't seem to know how to explain it and could only smile awkwardly.

"What kind of expression of emotion is this...reverence for food?" Bai Jun covered his bitten wrist and complained softly.

"It doesn't eat meat. It has always loved shiny things, such as gold coins and gems. It often eats round things, so it is called Zhangzhang..." As she said that, Ye Lina stuffed a handful of hard stones into Bai Jun's hand.

"How about, Bai Jun, try feeding it something? Maybe it won't be mad at you anymore."

"Oh, so it eats gems...gems!?" Bai Jun was shocked when he reacted. He swallowed hard with a dry mouth and looked down to find that what Ye Lina stuffed into his hands was indeed a pile of colorful gems, lying quietly in the palm of her hand, shining brightly under the light.

He felt his eyes burning from the handful of gems, and then he clenched them tightly, asking in a trembling voice, "Miss Ye, Miss Ye Lina, are you saying that this piggy bank usually eats gold coins and gems?"

"Yes, and Zhang Zhang is very picky. He won't eat ordinary quality gems. He must eat very pure ones!"

"Then how much should it eat at a time..."

"Well, it's hard to say. It depends on his mood. The most he ate was probably two kilograms of gold coins and more than thirty sapphires at once, right?" Ye Lina squeezed the

"Are you still in need of a pet? One that can talk." Bai Jun suddenly came forward and asked seriously.

"Eh?"

Ye Lina's eyes widened instantly, her cheeks flushed slightly, she subconsciously took a step back, and unconsciously covered her mouth with her hands.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Bai Jun wanted to slap himself a few times. Maybe it was because he had been in contact with Song Yan too much today, and he became a little outspoken.

He felt that this joke might be a bit too much for someone he just met. In order to avoid being arrested by the Cloud Cavalry, he was about to explain but was interrupted by Ye Lina opposite him.

"Well, although this request is a bit abrupt, if it's yours, I don't mind."

Ye Lina produced a dog collar from somewhere, and her seemingly serious expression contained a hint of joy. As she spoke, she was about to put the dog collar on Bai Jun.

"No, I was kidding..."

This time it was Bai Jun's turn to step back. He looked at Ye Lina as if he were looking at a violent criminal. "Also, what's wrong with you carrying a collar around with you?"

"Haha, I have dozens of pets at home. As a qualified pet owner, it is reasonable for me to carry a dog collar with me, right?" Ye Lina put away the collar with a wry smile and gave an explanation that seemed full of loopholes but was actually quite reasonable.

"Dozens, that's exaggerated..." Bai Jun imagined the scene of various pets' hair flying all over the sky, and his scalp suddenly felt numb.

"It's actually okay. I originally thought that animals from different ecosystems wouldn't be able to live together, so I designed the house into several different ecological zones. But... "

Ye Lina pointed at Zhang Zhang, who was happily playing with the raccoon slave, her eyes filled with doting. "Look, these two little guys get along so well! They're from completely different planets, yet they've become so close. It's wonderful! I strongly suggest that you get a few more pets. It really makes me happy to see them every time I get home from get off work!"

"That's true...but I don't know how to keep a pet."

"Huh? Why? She's so cute."

Ye Lina knows very well how happy it is to drag your tired body back home from get off work every night, be pounced on by a group of furry creatures, put their round heads close to your palms, and the feeling of fatigue gradually disappears from your body, replaced by the warm and relaxing experience of stroking their fur. So she would strongly recommend that every working person in the company get a pet.

"Pets only live for eleven or twelve years at most. A few years of companionship will make me inseparable from it, and then it will be destined to leave in a hurry. Don't you think it's cruel?"

Bai Jun shook his head and replied calmly, "The connection between the immortal species and the short-lived species...is a meaningless fate to begin with. Forcing it will only add to their loneliness."

"You are a cruel person, Bai Jun, to be able to say such excessive words..." Ye Lina had countless words of rebuttal in her heart, but she couldn't say them out loud. She could only suppress them all in her heart and spoke softly in a tone that was almost a sigh.

Finally, Ye Lina stretched out her fist and gently hit his shoulder.

"Well, of course there's a more important reason, which is that I'm allergic to furry creatures!" The depressing atmosphere didn't last long, and Bai Jun quickly returned to his previous lazy state. He bent down and rubbed Bubble's belly, which caused it to grin in dissatisfaction again.

"But this hairless creature is quite my cup of tea—well, if it doesn't bite people." Bai Jun suddenly looked troubled. Pointing at the dog biting his palm, he asked, "By the way, Ye Lina, does your dog need to get a rabies shot after being bitten by it?"

"Well, if it's not bitten, then you probably don't need to go... Well, now we need to go."

Seeing the blood oozing from Bai Jun's palm, Ye Lina could only bow and apologize with tears in her eyes, swearing in her heart that she would definitely let Zhang Zhang apologize to Bai Jun in the future.

Chapter 33: Overtime workers won't encounter the nagging cold crows

After seeing Ye Lina off, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

The vaccination issue was dropped, it was just a joke. Bai Jun can recover from this minor injury in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Besides, Bai Jun also knew that Zhang Zhang didn't bite him hard at all, otherwise, with the biting force he usually used when chewing gems and gold coins, he would have bitten two holes in him. Leaving only one or two tooth marks was already extremely gentle.

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Putting aside the fact that he was bitten by the account, the conversation with Ye Lina can be said to be very pleasant. Bai Jun hasn't seen a member of the opposite sex who is so compatible with his personality for a long time - it's just a very pure friendship, there is absolutely no other ambiguity, okay?

When Bai Jun returned to his seat, he saw the brand new jade bracelet lying quietly on the table. He knew without a doubt that this was the jade bracelet that was paid for with public funds. He did not expect that it would be delivered to him so soon.

Replacing the Jade Sign in the Immortal Boat does not require the hassle of needing a phone card like in previous lives. The Jade Sign is essentially a tool that carves the patterns of semiconductor chips on media such as jade, and then transmits signals from all over the place through the Jade Sign Hub.

Every person's vital information will be recorded in the Jade Omen Central Hub when they are born. That is to say, as long as a person is alive, no matter how the Jade Omen is changed, the information will not be lost.

After quickly verifying and entering his information, Bai Jun opened the jade sign and a bright message appeared before his eyes:

[Silver Hacker: Be online on time tonight, or you will be at your own risk.]

Seeing the big words on the screen, Bai Jun's face instantly turned embarrassed. He clicked on the Silver Hacker's personal homepage, but found that there was no option to delete friends. He suddenly felt like the sky was falling and even the world seemed gray.

"It's over, I've been harassed by hackers..."

No, maybe there is still a possibility of struggle!

The strong desire to survive prompted Bai Jun to put his fingers on the screen and start poking at it.

[Nan Liujing: Please forgive me, I'm just a small clerk. I work during the day and don't have the energy to play at night.]

【Silver Hacker:???】

[Silver Hacker: When you say you have no energy, do you mean you stay up late watching videos until 1 or 2 a.m.?]

[Nan Liujing: ???]

[Silver Hacker: Okay, see you at 10:30 pm sharp. By the way, if you don't come, I'll post your browsing history, okay?]

Bai Jun's head was like a thunderclap that made him dizzy and he leaned weakly on the chair, the jade sign almost falling out of his hand. He steadied himself and typed a line of words tremblingly, then threw the jade sign aside, supported his elbows on the table and began to doubt his life.

I don’t want my browsing history to be stolen or anything like that!

I'm not afraid of being torn to pieces, I just want to keep my innocence in this world. Bai Jun wanted to bang his head against the wall and die, and strive to be a brave man in his next life. But soon, a voice from the side made him realize that there were even more terrifying things in this world.

"Qingyan, come here. There are some troublesome things here that need you to handle." Jingyan was holding a large stack of documents and waved to Bai Jun with a smile.

Bai Jun looked up at the clock hanging on the wall with a stiff expression. The hour hand pointed to 16:34. It was less than half an hour before the end of get off work, but now it seemed like a flower in the mirror, so far away that it was out of reach.

Ah, life feels so bleak.

...............

After working overtime to handle the affairs of the Land and Investment Division, Bai Jun looked out the window and saw that Chang Letian had already welcomed his own night.

"I'm so tired, hurry up and go back to take a shower and rest."

Dragging his tired body along the deserted street, Bai Jun lit up the carved fish lantern. He felt that today was much busier than before. Su Shang, Fu Xuan, Qing Que, Ye Lina...all kinds of troubles were mixed together.

He walked steadily and firmly towards home, his thoughts constantly extending.

The noise in the cave gradually subsided, and the crowd gradually returned to tranquility. The streets and alleys were filled with faint dim lights. The flickering light under the street lamps outlined the contours of the alleys and cast long and slender shadows.

As if he had noticed something, Bai Jun suddenly stopped and his gaze extended along the rainbow-shaped arch bridge beside the street to the other end of the bridge.

There, a group of pale little kids holding green lanterns were walking through the streets of Xianyuntian.

The windows on the street were shut and there was no sign of people except for a few children who walked silently as if they had emerged from the thick darkness, with a few small lamps floating around them.

It looks creepy and chilling from a distance, just like a scene from an ancient horror movie.

If an ordinary person saw it, he would be scared to death, but Bai Jun seemed to be used to it. He knew that those were not ghosts, but living people working in the Ten Kings Department.

These judges and underworld officials who are responsible for picking up people say goodbye to the living and dead. Even if mortals run into them head-on, they cannot witness it. Of course, this is only for ordinary people. Anyone with a little ability can see it, but they will not deliberately say anything after seeing it.

For various reasons, Bai Jun had seen the Ten Kings' officers on duty more than once or twice, but he would still take a detour every time he saw them.

The reason is that as the agency of the Xianzhou Alliance responsible for monitoring the lifespan and laws of the immortal species, the Ten Kings Division must safeguard its independence and purity. Any interest relationship between the superficial societies may become a huge hidden danger that shakes the foundation of the Xianzhou Alliance. Anyway, for this reason, the members of the Ten Kings Division are all completely disconnected from the society.

Orphans, weirdos, thieves and soldiers... basically these are the people.

Any normal person would know to stay away from them if they think about it, right?

"Hey, what bad luck, let's take a detour."

Bai Jun muttered in dissatisfaction, turned around and was about to leave when he heard a faint sigh in his ear.

"The judges of the Ten Kings' Division are all incredibly disabled and flawed. Your attitude towards them will only bring misfortune upon you, you know?"