"Why, I don't look like I can do the work?"

Indeed not.

Chu Yao was now wearing a pair of jeans that were a little torn, a purple and black sweatshirt, and a baseball cap on his head.

The security uniform she was wearing earlier had been thrown away, and she couldn't keep wearing it as it would attract too much attention.

As for the origin of this set of clothes... ahem, don't ask me, go ask my senior sister.

In addition, she cut off half of her waist-length hair. Don't worry, with her cultivation level, she can restore it at any time.

This outfit makes her look like a street girl rather than a worker.

"Girl, listen to your aunt's advice. It's normal for you to quarrel with your family at your age..."

The boss lady mistook her for a student who had run away from home.

"I really am here to work..." Chu Yao was a little amused.

"We don't recruit minors here."

"I'm an adult. I just turned eighteen this year!"

Chu Yaoyao is always eighteen years old!

The lady boss was still a little skeptical. So Chu Yao used her eloquence and began to persuade the other party, finally moving him.

"Okay, okay, then you can stay here with me first. Call your family when you have time and don't let them worry..." The landlady had already determined Chu Yao's character as a "runaway girl" and had imagined an eighty-episode family ethics drama in her mind.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Chu...Chu Ye. You can just call me Xiao Ye."

To be on the safe side, it is better not to reveal your real name.

"Okay, Xiaoye, go to the kitchen first." After the proprietress finished speaking, she turned around and shouted:

"Old man! The helper has been found."

"knew!"

Chu Yao followed the sound and saw a man with a somewhat weathered face in the kitchen. This was indeed a small shop, run by just this couple.

The man was also a little surprised to see Chu Yao's expression. He just asked Chu Yao to try cutting some vegetables first, and then he was shocked to find that this girl had good knife skills and seemed to be used to working in the kitchen.

"You're not an ordinary girl, have you done this before?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I come to apply for the job."

Not only did she do it before, but before she started practicing, she was doing this, working as a kitchen helper in a restaurant, doing everything.

Chu Yao followed the boss's instructions and cut a magical blue cabbage into small pieces, then put them in a small bowl and set aside, in an orderly manner.

"Well, good, I'm qualified! My last name is Hou, so you don't have to call me boss. You can call me Uncle Hou. The one collecting the bills outside is my wife. Don't worry now, it will be busy at lunchtime. I'll arrange accommodation for you now."

Chu Yao followed Uncle Hou from the back door to the next room, and he led her into a clean little room.

There is a small bed, a complete set of tables, chairs and benches, as well as a bookshelf with books and some small items on it.

"You can stay here first. This used to be my son's room, but it's been cleaned up now."

"Your son is now..." Chu Yao actually felt that this uncle Hou looked a little familiar.

It can’t be such a coincidence, right?

"Well, let's not talk about that brat! He said he was going out to start a business, but he disappeared for several years without even a phone call." Uncle Hou said as he lit a cigarette and started smoking.

"He's been so strong-willed since he was young, never telling his family anything, and only thinking about making a lot of money. But really, no matter how much money he makes, what does it matter? As parents, we just want our children to be safe and sound..."

I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, little girl. I have so much to say when I mention him. You can rest here first. I will call you when I am busy later.

"Okay, thank you Uncle Hou."

"Well, it's okay. When you have time, call your family often. Don't be like this kid at home, who makes people worry about him all day long." Uncle Hou sighed and walked away.

Family?

Chu Yao's parents had passed away long ago. Monks have long lifespans, but mortals don't. She had also experienced the separation of a loved one.

The Chu family still exists, but to her, it is no longer the Chu family it used to be.

When all the familiar people turned into a handful of yellow earth, the only connection left between her and the tribesmen who had existed for several generations was the blood relationship.

Right now, perhaps the only person she could call her family was her senior sister. Yeah, and Xiaoye.

Then there are the peers and disciples of the Tianyin Sect.

Names popped up one after another in my mind.

Live well, and I will pick you up one by one when I become successful!

Chu Yao lay down on the small bed and rolled around comfortably, like a kitten.

Anyway, I finally have a place to live, which is a good thing.

As for this Uncle Hou, Chu Yao was almost certain that he was Shou Hou's father. The proprietress must be his mother.

He was the man named Hou who had tried to steal her things in the mine but was later bribed.

But she still resisted the urge to speak.

Chu Yao remembered that on the day of their escape, Shouhou stole the car that was following them, but she was not sure whether he succeeded in escaping in the end.

Rather than causing unnecessary trouble to these old couple, it is better to let them continue to believe that their children are making their own way out there.

Poor parents in the world.