Every morning, Ji Huan processes the tests, and in the afternoon, he organizes the test results into a resume. One copy is printed out, and another copy is encrypted in the computer database.
These tasks initially took Ji Huan an entire afternoon to finish, and occasionally, he would also need to do some overtime. However, as he increasingly became proficient in using the computer and mastered all the skills in the manual, Ji Huan can usually complete everything in about an hour.
“After you’re done, come play games with me.” Adan said.
Ji Huan: “…”
Every day, he only does a fixed number of tasks, and when he finishes his work, he takes a break. During this break, he makes tea, plays a small game, or play chess and chats next door. Why does it sound like the life of a retired civil servant?
‘If you have nothing to do at work, you are not far from becoming unemployed.’ Ji Huan saw this sentence somewhere, and he believed it to be true.
He began to think about what else he could do.
Soon there was an opportunity:
Do you still remember the demon that stopped Ji Huan on his way to work on his first day after ressuming work and asked him to queue up?
After going around in circles, he finally lined up for the test. When he saw Ji Huan, the big man was actually felt a bit embarrassed.
Fortunately, Ji Huan didn’t care about what happened that day. This demon’s various abilities were similar to what Ji Huan had estimated that day, and he was considered above average among all the testers.
“That day… I’m sorry!” When he received the resume, he scratched his face and said to Ji Huan.
“It’s okay. Actually, there’s nothing wrong with your actions that day.” Ji Huan nodded to him.
The demon didn’t leave even after paying the money. After Ji Huan finished delivering the resumes to several other demons, he saw that demon still standing there. When Ji Huan looked at him again, the demon whispered that he couldn’t understand the words on the resume and wanted Ji Huan to read it him.
Is this because this person is worried about retaliation and thinks that Ji Huan will adjusts the data in private?—— Ji Huan glanced at the demon and thought to himself that demons cannot be judged by their appearance. This big man is also very careful and can almost catch up with Abu.
So after Ji Huan finished his work, he began to explain to this demon the meanings of the various words on the resume.
Sure enough, the other party was very concerned about various data on the resume and asked Ji Huan to repeat it several times. If Ji Huan said anything different from before, he would know that there might be a problem.
Ji Huan didn’t expose his little thoughts either, and just patiently explained to him.
After confirming that his data was correct, the demon looked very relieved. Then, his attention was directed towards the top area of the resume, which was probably his name.
“Is this my name?” He asked, pointing to a line of words, pretending to be calm, but the excitement in his tone couldn’t be hidden from Ji Huan.
Ji Huan shook his head and said: “Those are the three characters of the word “name” (the word ‘name’ is consists of three characters in the local language), and your name is the character after the grid.”
“Just to confirm, you said before that your name is “Fei”. Is it ‘Fei’ as in……robust?” Ji Huan changed his euphemism.
“Ah! It’s the same as when people say ‘what a robust demon’! I was particularly thin when I was a kid, and I have always envied big robust demons!” The young demon named “Fei” smiled brightly. At this moment, the defensiveness and shrewdness in his eyes faded slightly.
“Then it’s not wrong.” Ji Huan just nodded without expressing any opinions on other people’s aesthetics and hobbies.
“Can you teach me how to write my name? I want to… don’t people need to sign a contract when looking for a job? I want to sign my name in a handsome way instead of putting my fingerprints on it.” The demon said again.
Ji Huan nodded again and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote a big character “Fei” on it. Although he is a newcomer from outside, he is now teaching locals how to write local characters. It’s really strange.
Ji Huan’s handwriting may not be very beautiful, but it is very neat. Unlike his Grandpa, he can read and recognize characters early. In the past, even if Grandpa got a few books from outside, he still couldn’t read any stories to Ji Huan. If Ji Huan wanted to listen to stories, he had to rely on himself.
Ji Huan learned pinyin very early. At first, he read the characters according to pinyin. Unknowingly, he recognized many characters, but not all of them. However, he read a lot, and even if he couldn’t pronounce many characters, he could still read and guess their meaning.
Later his Grandpa brought him a dictionary, and after reading the storybook, Ji Huan started reading the dictionary. He liked that dictionary very much, it explained everything about a character from the source, along with pictures. Often, there would also be a story written below a character.
When Ji Huan was a child, Grandpa, Xiao Hei, and the world in the book were everything to him.
Well, I’ve gone a bit off topic. What I’m going to talk about here is Ji Huan’s handwriting. He didn’t have a copybook before, and no one specifically taught him how to write. Ji Huan’s handwriting is a neat print style. Although it doesn’t seem to have changed much, it is much more expressive than before, reflecting the beauty of the text.
“Fei means robust.” While writing, Ji Huan also explained the meaning of the word to him. However, the original meaning of this word was very simple and not very interesting. Ji Huan thought about it and added something he heard in his hometown: “However, I have heard another annotation of this word. Another meaning of ‘Fei’ refers to something that adds nutrients to the land.”
This explanation may not sound very pleasant, but it can make the meaning of this word sound much better.
Ji Huan wrote the word “Fei” three times, and while he was writing, the demon named “Fei” followed him to write and draw. He learned quickly, and when Ji Huan signaled him to write a character so that he could take a look, he hesitantly picked up the pen and wrote a very small character “Fei” on the paper.
Surprisingly, his handwriting turned out to be very beautiful, without any tremors, completely unlike someone who wrote for the first time.
“Can you sell me this piece of paper?” The young demon carefully read what he had just written, then glanced at what Ji Huan had just written and raised his head seriously.
“…” Ji Huan glanced at the old demon’s position and stretched out his palm after a moment.
The other party immediately took out fifty bone coins.
Fearing that Ji Huan might regret it, he put the money on the table and immediately picked up the paper without moving the pen.
I don’t know if others were inspired by that demon, but several demons that came over later also swarmed up and asked Ji Huan to analyze their resumes. The most important thing was to ask Ji Huan to write their name.
Demons with money would buy a whole piece of paper, but those who are short of money would make a deal with other demons, asking Ji Huan to write their names on both ends of a piece of paper, and then they will divide the paper equally.
These demons are really meticulous in their calculations.
But at this time, Ji Huan has already finished sending out the last resume, and his next task is probably to play games with the old demon. Although Ji Huan is very young, he is not very interested in games, and he is more willing to analyze resumes for these demons here.
Then, surrounded by a group of demons, he began to write stroke by stroke, explaining as he wrote. Ji Huan noticed that the monster named “Fei” had not left yet. He also came over and took out a tattered piece of paper and a small pencil from his arms. The next second, he unexpectedly started recording!
Ji Huan’s eyesight was very good now. With just one glance, he could clearly see that this paper was already very thin, and it was densely covered with small characters. At the top of the paper, it was all crooked and twisted, but later, it could barely resemble a character. This was actually a piece of paper to practice writing!
The demon named “Fei” didn’t leave until the end, and there were a lot more characters on that tattered piece of paper, including numbers and names of other demons, all of which Ji Huan had just written.
He was actually studying just now, and he learned all the words that Ji Huan taught other demons “for free”.
However, this can also explain why he didn’t tremble when he wrote just now: it turned out that he had practiced before. This demon had recorded all the words he came in contact with. Some of them he knew, and some he didn’t know the meaning of. But he still recorded them as treasures and practiced them repeatedly.
This is a demon with a strong thirst for “knowledge”.
The demon carefully put the tattered paper into a plastic bag, and the white paper that Ji Huan had written on before was also inside. Seeing this scene, Ji Huan suddenly had an idea in his mind.
“Boss, now my time for processing resumes has gotten a lot shorter, and I have a lot of time to spare, so… I wonder if I can hold a literacy class here in the afternoon.” His own willingness is of no use, as he is first and foremost an employee of Adan, and he must report this matter to his boss first.
Before getting off work that day, Ji Huan walked up behind Adan, who was playing a game, and respectfully asked him for instructions.
In order to persuade him, he also showed Adan the money that the demons had just given him.
“If you stretch out your palm, they will give you fifty bone coins, huh?” Without looking back, Adan’s voice came from ahead.
“Yes.”
“Hmph~ This business is good.”
“We will provide the venue, paper, pens, and only offer courses to demons who have taken the test at the testing center and purchased a resume. You can order all the necessary items without paying by calling the number I gave you before. Let the person there do the billing.”
The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and Ji Huan responded before retreating.
Ji Huan was a very efficient person. He made the call on the same day, and then found an empty room at Adan’s place to simply decorate it as a classroom.
The next day, while handing out resumes, he mentioned the upcoming literacy class.
Anyone who has taken the test in the testing center and purchased a resume can listen to the class for free, learn their own name and listen to Ji Huan’s explanation of the resumes. Proficiency is not guaranteed, and additional payment is required for pen and paper.
If you want to participate in literacy classes, you will have to pay an extra tuition fee of ten bone coins or prey of equivalent value per class, as well as an additional fee for paper and pens.
As soon as this news was released, Ji Huan became completely busy!
The two hours after handing out resumes every day are fully occupied, with one hour being a bonus course, and the remaining hour being a literacy course.
There are more people in the first class than in the second class, and almost everyone comes to listen to the bonus class. However, the classes that need to be paid for all are all based on the personal preferences of the demons.
Not every demon in Yefar likes to study, nor all the demons who want to study have heard the news about Ji Huan’s literacy classes. As a result, although there are many demons coming to the second class, the number of demons is not too exaggerated. The size of the classroom prepared by Ji Huan is just about right, and he teaches basic mathematics and common vocabulary in this class.
Not all demons have the time or enough bone coins to attend every class, so the demons in this class are almost different every day. However, some of them look familiar, with the most familiar one being that demon named “Fei”.
He hunted a very rare prey, which covered the tuition for ten classes. Every day, he looked for a job and hunted to support himself, while spending all his afternoons with Ji Huan.
This is the first time Ji Huan has seen a demon who loves learning so much.
On the ninth day, that demon found Ji Huan after class, saying that he had found a job as he scratched his head.
He said that he could read the contract very well, and he wanted to thank Ji Huan for this.
He said that he signed a particularly handsome character “Fei” on the contract.
Then, he said that he would have to work outside for a period of time before coming back. He still had one class left to attend here, and he asked Ji Huan to remember that he had already paid the fee.
Then, he left.
He never came back again.
Two months later, Ji Huan saw the news about him in a newspaper.
As a notorious criminal who assassinated a prominent figure, his name appeared in the newspapers.
He died.
He was the notorious criminal who assassinated a prominent figure, and while the assassination was successful, he also died.
After a thorough investigation of his employer at the time, it was revealed that it was a scammer agency that often searched for these unknown demons in Yefar, tricking them into signing contracts, and then forcing them to do some very dangerous jobs.
There’s no need to compensate for the insurance premiums, and there are no other things to worry about.
Those demons agreed to it themselves, either by pressing their fingerprints or signing their names.
The intermediary does not have to bear any responsibility.
At the moment Ji Huan saw the investigation results, his expression became very terrifying.
Looking at the place where the demon named “Fei” usually sat in the classroom, Ji Huan finished the class with a blank expression, then went home to cook, take a shower, and sleep.
In the darkness, he kept his eyes open and didn’t fall asleep for a long time.
The next day, he made a second decision.
The second decision that changed his life.
One response to “Chapter 136 – Devil”
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why did i actually gasp and tear up at that 😭😭😭
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