Ah Jin said “goodbye” as if he would come back in the evening, and during the lunch break, Ji Huan even thought about whether to make an extra portion of dinner for him .
Although only two short days had passed, Ji Huan always felt as if a long time had passed. It seemed as if nothing had happened in these two days, but also a lot of things had happened.
As usual, Ji Huan entered the side room where he usually works, pulled out a chair, and knocked on the legs of the chair before sitting on the three-legged chair.
Most of the furniture in this room was picked up by Ji Huan from outside, and he repaired and cleaned it himself. With no paint available, he simply rubbed off the old paint on the furniture, giving it a pure wood or metallic colour. It looked quite harmonious.
After turning on the computer, Ji Huan immediately saw several extra documents on the desktop at a glance. When he clicked on them, it turned out to be several resumes.
Adan doesn’t know how to use a computer for work, so the only one who can do this is——
Ah Jin’s face immediately appeared in Ji Huan’s mind.
He could imagine Ah Jin reading books and newspapers at the table, he could also imagine Ah Jin playing games in the casino with a calm face, and now he could even imagine Ah Jin eating pickles at the dining table! But—
Ah Jin, sitting on a three-legged chair typing out a resume…
After a moment of silence, Ji Huan checked and found that there were no problems, so he printed out a few resumes and filed them.
Then Adan also got up, washed his face, rinsed his mouth, and then ate the breakfast brought by Ji Huan from home.
Because Ah Jin liked the pickled vegetables very much, the rolled pancakes Ji Huan brought today have some chopped pickles in them. As Adan was eating, he suddenly frowned:
“What are those dark, salty things in the cake?”
“Uh…it’s pickled vegetables. I had some leftover vegetables at home, so I pickled them up.” Ji Huan glanced at the half-eaten pancake and thought to himself: Could it be that Adan hates this kind of pickled vegetables?
“What’s wrong? Doesn’t it taste good?” He originally wanted to give Adan a jar. Previously, he thought that the demons here didn’t like vegetables, so he stopped eating pickles since he came here. But Ah Jin took the initiative to eat them, so he thought that maybe the demons here could accept the taste of pickles.
However, maybe he is overthinking it. Ah Jin has lived in that world for a long time, that’s why his taste may be different from the local demons here.
The old demon shook his head and looked down at the pancake in his hand. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Ji Huan: “This taste… is exactly the same as Miao Li’s stir-fried dishes!”
Ji Huan is just…
The taste of marinated vegetables in salty soy sauce for several days is exactly the same as that of stir-fried dishes. How much salt did Miao Li put in those dishes?
Miao Li is the name of Adan’s wife. They have been working together for a long time, and Ji Huan has learned a lot about each other. He knows her name, her virtuousness, her expertise in sewing, and——
Well, today he seems to have learned new information about Miao Li: She doesn’t seem to be good at cooking.
“It’s so delicious!” The old demon cried as he finished the pancake in his hand.
“If you like it, I’ll bring you a jar tomorrow.” Ji Huan said to him cautiously: “Anyway, I make pickles all year round. If you don’t mind, I’ll bring some here often…”
Adan stretched out the back of his hand to wipe his tears, and when he raised his head to look at Ji Huan again, he even stood up on tiptoes and patted Ji Huan’s shoulder: “What a good boy. Let’s see, from now on, your monthly salary will increase by five hundred bone coins, which can be considered as enough money for me to eat pickles.”
“Huh?”
Before Ji Huan, who had received another raise, could react, the first demon to be tested arrived, and they immediately got into working mode.
The tests were conducted quite efficiently today.
During the lunch break, Ji Huan saw Asimu again, who came here to deliver goods. He parked the car at the door and carried a large pile of goods to the door of the testing area again.
This time he even took the initiative to transport the goods to the room.
Ji Huan’s room is ←also Ji Huan’s office.
“We haven’t bought anything recently…” Looking at the tightly packed goods, Ji Huan checked his order form again, and sure enough, there was no shopping record on it.
“It wasn’t ordered by you, it was ordered by Mr. Firzaha.” Asimu opened the package and raised his head. He also smiled at Ji Huan, revealing two snow-white fangs. Uh… perhaps, forest- white would be more appropriate to describe it.
He quickly dismantled the package, and the items inside were quickly revealed: it was a desk.
“This is furniture from the most famous furniture store in Yuma City. It has a retro appearance, but its functional design is very modern. You can use it for five hundred years, and if you are not satisfied with the paint colour, they can also send someone over to repaint it for free.”
“Will they also send someone in Yefar?” Ji Huan thought for a while and asked.
“This…” Asimu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly showed an awkward smile: “Why don’t we give it a try now? If they don’t send someone, we can still file a complaint~”
“Don’t worry about it now, let’s wait until the paint peels off.” Ji Huan hurriedly stopped Asimu from taking out his phone and went over to unpack it with him.
Asimu also brought a bag of cement, and Ji Huan worked with him together. Not long after, the pit at the foot of the desk was levelled and covered with the dark blue carpet that was also sent by Asimu.
After putting in all the new furniture, Ji huan’s office instantly took on a new look.
“It looks really good! Apart from the small space, in terms of decoration, it looks exactly the same as the office of the Nine Demons.” Asimu also whistled.
Ji Huan handed him a cup of sugar water.
“Nine Demons? The people who actually control the entire Yefar?” Ji Huan had heard of the names of these nine people. Adan told him that if he wanted to establish a credit mechanism, these nine demons would definitely send people to stop him.
“Mr. Asimu, do you know them?”
“Uh…” Asimu accidentally let it slip and took a sip of sweet water: “I don’t know them, I just went to their office for work.”
Ji Huan nodded: “Is it a courier delivery?”
Glancing at the black-haired young man, Asimu smiled vaguely: “Hmm~ It’s not courier delivery, it’s my other part-time job~”
This sentence carries extra meaning, but Ji Huan is not a person who likes to dig into people’s privacy. He just nodded and did not continue to inquire.
“I’m just a delivery person, so my employer didn’t tell me anything. But since you’ve redecorated the office with such good furniture, you probably have something big to do next, right? I don’t know what it is, but I think I need to give you a small gift to congratulate you.”
Asimu seemed to be in a good mood today. Not only did he help Ji Huan arrange the furniture together, he even helped him transfer all the things from the old bookshelf to the new bookshelf.
Finally, he looked at the table that seemed somewhat empty due to its size and said the above words.
Then, he pulled something out of thin air and placed it on Ji Huan’s new desk with a bang.
It was a very lifelike statue, carved like a monster that looked very much like a snake. Ji Huan almost thought it was real at first, but he was relieved when he found that it wasn’t moving.
Upon closer inspection, one will discover that this statue is not carved from stone or wood as he imagined, but wrapped in cloth!
If you look even more carefully, you will find that the cloth is quite familiar. It is made of the same material as the hair band that Asimu gave to Hei Dan!
Like the hair band, the cloth wrapped around the statue also has intricate patterns, just like the scales on a snake, covering the entire body of the statue.
“This… is really well made.” The statue was so lifelike, even though he knew it was fake, Ji Huan still felt numb just by looking at it.
“This is a bit of my personal hobby~” Asimu: “I once wanted to be a craftsman.”
“In my opinion, this is already very good work, um… by the way, this is called fabric art.” Although the statue looks very strange, if you just relax and appreciate it, let alone, the more you look at it, the more you feel that the craftsmanship is exquisite.
At this time, Adan also came in. It was lunch break just now, and while Ji Huan was picking up the package, he went outside to pack lunch for two people.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a demon sitting on the table staring at him. The old demon curled his lips: “Ahh! What the hell is that?”
Ji Huan looked at Asimu and said, “It’s a gift from Mr. Asimu. Let’s… just call it Asimu’s blessing.”
This was a name Ji Huan came up with on a whim. Since it was a congratulatory gift, he thought ‘it should be considered a blessing’.
Ji Huan didn’t notice that after he finished saying this sentence, Asimu’s face standing next to him was momentarily slightly stunned.
Asimu’s eyebrows were raised slightly, and then he smiled: “That’s right, this gift is called Asimu’s blessing! Pacing it on the table can ward off evil spirits and attract wealth~”
“Ha? Really?” Adan tilted his head and briefly looked at the new furniture around him: “That kid’s aesthetics have been the same for decades. Such old-fashioned furniture is not as trendy as this old man’s!”
Then he handed the packed lunch box to Ji Huan and said: “You are almost done? Hurry up and eat, you still have to work after eating!”
Ji Huan quickly brought the lunch box over and also invited Asimu to eat with him, but Asimu refused: “No, no, I’m in a hurry. Work is done here, and I have to go and deliver another package in the afternoon!”
“Ah? Then I won’t stop you, but…” Ji Huan thought for a moment, then quickly took out the pancakes he had left before: “Take this with you, this is made by my family. I was planning to eat it as a snack in the afternoon.”
This is actually Grandpa’s work meal. Grandpa always worries that his grandson won’t be able to eat well outside, so he always packs a portion for Ji huan. However, the food provided by Adan is quite sufficient, and he eats well every day.
But I don’t know if it’s because of this, but Ji Huan is not as thin as before, and he’s also growing very quickly.
“Then thank you.” Asimu took the pancakes handed over by Ji Huan with a smile, waved his hand, and his figure quickly disappeared from the door.
From beginning to end, he always had a smile on his face.
Asimu’s blessing?
Thinking about the name Ji Huan had just given to the gift, the smile on his face deepened.
Oh! Oh! Previously, people used to call the things he sent out “Asimu’s Curse”~
“Curse” and “Blessing” are both things sent by the same demon, but they are called two completely opposite names by different people.
It’s just a difference in thinking, that’s all.
Interesting.
It’s really interesting~
Thinking in his mind, Asimu took a bite of the pancake given by Ji Huan.
“Hmm… Is this the daily taste of Mr. Firzaha’s family? It’s really weird.”
He said this suddenly, but after taking one bite, he quickly finished the whole pancake.
That evening, Yefar suddenly entered a state of alert throughout the whole district.
Yefar’s current actual leaders, the Nine Demons, were assassinated one after another within one day.
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