Chapter 168

Yu Qian was worried about the proprietress, Meng Xin, who was already one-fifth of the way back home. A southerner, she had married her ex-husband, Zhuang De, to earn money, and now that she had earned enough to return home, she had truly made a fortune.

The second sister Meng Yue doesn't care that much about money, and she also wonders why Meng Xin, who has been spoiled by the whole family since childhood, loves to make money so much, but she will not ask or blame her younger sister unless she is willing to say it herself.

In Linjie City, Qin Huan, having finished a day of classes, was depressed for a moment after learning of Bei Qiao's departure, but then went back to his own business. Qin Guan had more to do, but in comparison, it was his father, who went to and from work on time, who seemed to have the most free time.

Elsewhere, Sishe, who arrived at the Zhuang residence at noon, was unsurprised to find no one preparing dinner for him. The excuse was that the troublemaker deserved a lesson. Eating the meal a colleague had brought him over the wall, Sishe rolled his eyes at the empty room. "This client is really patient this time! He didn't turn on this crazy family, and he even made money from them!" When I read melodramatic novels before, I thought the author was exaggerating. I never thought there were people that crazy! And a whole family!

Work Group

Rabbit: Sister Snake, I sent the player who issued the task outside the wall. How can I enter from this side without being discovered?

Snake: Come this way. There are no maids in the yard. Just don't alert the patrolling servants.

Rabbit: Without a maid, the tea is already cold before the lady boss even leaves! Wait for Sister Hashe, I'll be there soon! Do you want me to bring you some midnight snacks?

Snake: Yes! Something with a mild fragrance.

Rabbit: The fragrance is not strong... I'll look for it.

The boss lady's son didn't know that his real mother was completely free. When he learned that the boss lady was not allowed to have dinner at home, he did not speak up for his biological mother or go to deliver food. Instead, he was drunk in his own yard and claimed to the outside world that he was in seclusion studying.

Snake stayed alone in the yard, eating the midnight snack brought by Rabbit, and scrolling through the information on the forum with one hand: No wonder the employer said that the death escape package does not require avoiding the maids and servants in the house, it turns out that these people are all the same kind of people, and scaring anyone does not count as harming innocent people.

The next day, Snake was confined to her house and could not go out. Monkey, who stayed in the store, sent her the sorted results and went offline to rest.

At the same time, Bei Qiao got up in reality, had breakfast, put on his backpack, and started a spontaneous trip.

After arriving at the high-speed rail station by subway, Bei Qiao opened the app, selected a city he liked, swiped his card to enter, found a seat, and sat down to play on his phone while waiting for the train to depart. When the time came, he lined up to scan his face and found his seat.

The carriage Bei Qiao chose was a pet-friendly carriage. The seat next to him was empty, and a cartoon cat was flashing on the screen in front of the seat, which meant that the person sitting in this seat would bring a cat with him, but he didn't know when the cat would get on the train.

Pulling out his phone to check the time, Bei Qiao looked up. Hundreds of years had passed, and the busiest green trains had been moved out of the train station, replaced by sightseeing buses and express lanes.

Conventional highways only allow for speed limits on the ground, but express lanes allow cars to fly. Those who have bought flying cars but don't have the opportunity to use flight mode occasionally prefer to take a detour to drive from here to experience the feeling of self-driving. Of course, low-altitude flights also have to comply with traffic regulations, and if you want to fly, you must turn on semi-autonomous driving mode.

The cars overhead kept moving forward, and people sitting by the windows were all looking out, looking at these cars that they could not afford or were reluctant to buy, and envying the people in the cars.

"Meow." Just as Bei Qiao was looking at the car outside, a pink kitten's paw gently pressed on her arm.

"Huh?" Bei Qiao turned around and saw a beautiful calico cat lying on the seat next to him. Its long tail covered the entire seat, and its beautiful eyes glanced over at him obediently. Its little voice was so sweet that it made people want to put it in a sack.

"Excuse me, did my cat bother you?" The girl sitting next to me, who had just put her luggage on the shelf, quickly sat down and pulled the calico cat into her arms: "What did I tell you this morning about grabbing any good-looking person you see? Wow, this guy is quite handsome, and he's a girl. I'm so lucky today!"

"No, it's very beautiful." Bei Qiao smiled and shook his head.

Seeing Bei Qiao's friendly attitude, the girl took the initiative to talk to him. Hua Hua lay on his owner's lap, wagging his big fluffy tail, occasionally choking to ask for food. His well-behaved appearance attracted the attention of the passengers in the front and back seats, who all turned their heads, their eyes full of love.

Not all passengers in the pet-friendly carriage bring their pets, but those who choose this carriage are definitely people who love pets. Some people even show a little too much love for their pets and become impatient with their neighbors' pets, so they crawl back into their cat beds on their own initiative.

This is not the most fanatical one. There was a passenger who loved furry animals very much. After getting on the bus, he took allergy medicine first. After eating, he held a bag of specialty snacks bought on the bus in his left hand and a bag of pet biscuits in his right hand. He socialized with his left hand and played with his pet with his right hand. He started from the front of the carriage, using specialty snacks to get close to the furry animals while petting them. After walking to the end of the carriage, he immediately sat back in his seat under the persuasive eyes of the conductor. His expression was as comfortable as if he had just drunk a sip of ice drink in the middle of summer.

In addition to pet-friendly carriages, there are also children's carriages on the high-speed rail, which are specially designed for energetic and noisy children and parents who do not want to take care of their children. The ticket price is very affordable and the carriages are very soundproof.

"Meow?" The calico cat flicked its tail and looked towards the car door: it seemed like someone was arguing.

"Be good." The girl, who had just chatted with Bei Qiao for a few words and then took out her notebook to start working, kissed the calico cat on the forehead and without waiting for Huahua's response, she went back to work.

"Meow..." The calico cat wagged its tail, crawled out from its owner's arms, and jumped into Bei Qiao's arms: Play with me!

Bei Qiao, who just took out his holographic glasses: Forget it, just play with it for a while.

The high-speed train was very fast, and it only took Beiqiao two hours to reach his destination. The girl sitting next to him got off at the previous stop. Before leaving, her Huahua was still reluctant to leave and lay in Beiqiao's arms, refusing to get up.

After getting off the train at his stop, Bei Qiao picked up his luggage and walked out of the carriage. He noticed a quarrel going on in the carriage ahead. After watching the excitement for a while, Bei Qiao pulled out his phone to let his family know he was safe, reposted some gossip he had just seen, and said hello to Tang Yuan through the surveillance camera at home.

Tangyuan who just woke up: Why did the poop scooper suddenly go out hunting? Let me act cute first, I hope the poop scooper can bring back more prey.

After hanging up the video call and walking out of the high-speed rail station, Bei Qiao refused the stranger's request to help watch his luggage for a while, hailed a driverless taxi, found a hotel to book a room, and then searched for travel guides and wandered around.

First stop: the Simulated Space Experience Center. In the 25th century, the wealthy could take spaceships into space, launching from the city's coastal area. Before boarding, they had to fly to a designated port. The less affluent could only visit the experience center to see a simulated starry sky. The more complex the simulation, the more expensive it was.

Today was a weekday, so the line at the experience center wasn't large; it was mostly retired elderly tourists. After waiting for about half an hour, Bei Qiao entered the room, donned a helmet equipped with an oxygen mask, and waited with the others for the machine to start.

The door to the experience room closed, and as the device activated, the gravity inside shifted. Bei Qiao tightened his helmet, watching the walls gradually transform into a starry universe. Four hundred years from now, ordinary people might never even venture beyond the Earth-Moon system, but they would be able to glimpse the splendor of the universe in a virtual world of light and shadow.

The universe is vast and tranquil. While the scenery unfolding before us isn't real, it's nonetheless captured from the cosmos, making it almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Floating in the room, there's an inexplicable feeling of drifting through space, and some people even experience a sense of fear after spending too long there.

Beep! Five minutes later, the two elderly men, overwhelmed with fear, pressed the buttons on their waists. A virtual rope projected from their waists, extending to the wall, ended in a miniature spaceship. At first glance, it looked like the pilots were tethered to the spaceship. While this projection was illusive, it helped the user feel more grounded while minimizing the impact on others.

Bei Qiao and the others floated in the room, the surrounding light and shadows changing in an instant, a quiet and magnificent scene. Through the virtual light and shadow, Bei Qiao saw the developed moon up close and saw the eight planets that he usually only saw in textbooks.

After the experience ended, most people were still not satisfied and even wanted to spend money to come back again. Unfortunately, the experience hall only allows one experience per person per day. If you want to enter the experience room again, you need to make a new reservation and wait at least another day.

It was already noon when they left the experience center. Bei Qiao found a nearby restaurant with good reviews and sat down to place his order. While waiting for the food to arrive, Bei Qiao received a text message. He opened it and saw that his cousin had started having seizures again.

Bei Shan: Sister, I feel like I’ve been hurt in love. I may not plan to get married in this life. Will I be bullied in my old age?

Bei Qiao: "..." Love hurts when I was little, I had no experience, so what kind of love hurts do middle school students feel? Writing a love letter and having it read out in public, realizing my crush wasn't as good as I thought, my filter was shattered, and my heart was broken along with it, or...

"Oh, then I'll have a facelift when I'm 80 years old, and pretend to be your daughter and visit you often in the nursing home." Just at this moment the meal was served. Bei Qiao felt a little hungry, so she gave up the inconvenient one-handed typing and sent a voice message: If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, comfort the person first.

Beishan was secretly playing with her mobile phone in class and accidentally opened the voice message. When her head teacher gave her a look, she laughed dryly: "Ha, ha ha..." Help me, I'm so socially frustrated!