It was two hours later when Yan Shi returned from Tong Ying's place. He had a pleasant chat with them and even talked about them with Bu Ke on the way back. Zhuang Zhao, on the other hand, was like a background character, barely saying a word.

Shi Yan was quite disappointed to learn that Bu Ke lived quite far from her. She saw Bu Ke onto the bus and then slowly walked back with Zhuang Zhao.

"Bu Qing is also a great cook, especially when it comes to stewing fish. Even I, who don't like fish, find it delicious."

"When we meet again, I'll ask him how to cook fish."

"Why ask for advice? If you're craving something, just take the fish and go mooch a meal." Yan Shi, whose culinary talent is in the single digits, has never thought of learning to cook from others. Even with the same seasonings, the same ingredients, and the same order of cooking, the taste will definitely be different.

"It's better to learn it yourself so you can cook it whenever you want. Besides, it won't be convenient for him to freeload when he has a girlfriend in the future."

"That's true. Good luck, I'm rooting for you." Just thinking about being able to eat fish whenever he wanted in the future made Yan Shi feel lightheaded.

"But when you have a girlfriend, it won't be convenient for you to freeload meals anymore?" Yan Shi suddenly realized that he couldn't freeload meals forever.

"Convenient, definitely convenient," Zhuang Zhao said confidently.

"Forget it, why think so much? Maybe I won't want to eat fish in the future." With that thought, Yan Shi felt much more relaxed and started jumping around again.

Yan Shi added the contact information of the girls from Team 404 and was even added to the 404 group chat. After returning, she had a great time chatting with the girls. Tong Ying recommended a job to her and, after learning that she was an alien, invited her to join the team so that they could work together.

Yan Shi declined the invitation to join a team.

"You only want girls. What will happen to my teammates if I join the team? I'll just be an outside helper."

Tong Ying readily agreed, promising to let her know if there were any tasks later.

The next day, Yan Shi went to report to the workplace that Tong Ying had introduced. Qi Yanran, the classical beauty from Team 404, was also there. It was a 24-hour supermarket with four shifts. Qi Yanran was in charge of the morning shift, Yan Shi was in charge of the afternoon shift, the evening shift was a woman in her forties, and the night shift was a boy.

"The store manager is a very nice person. He doesn't interfere with much, so you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't interfere with selling goods. There are surveillance cameras inside and outside the store. If you have a dispute with a customer, you can check the surveillance footage. If you can't resolve it, you can find the store manager. He's usually upstairs. If he's not there, you can call him. There's a phone number in the counter." Qi Yanran explained the store's situation to Yan Shi.

The original afternoon shift person was unavailable, so we temporarily switched to a three-shift system, and will switch back to a four-shift system once a new person arrives. For the first three days, you need to learn from the new person; from the fourth day onwards, you'll be on your own shift.

"Yan Shi, the analysis report for your transparent stone is out. It has been confirmed that it is non-toxic and harmless, but further experiments are needed to determine what it is."

"Oh, as long as it's harmless."

"If you have any more in the future, just put them away. They might come in very useful later."

"I know, I won't miss this opportunity to make money. I was worried before that it was the egg of an unknown creature, so I didn't dare to keep it close to my body for fear of it hatching."

"It's hard to say."

"By the way, do you know where Zhuang Zhao went? I haven't seen him after get off work these past two days."

"It seems they went to attend a training course. There's a base over there at the training plaza that's funding the recruitment of sorcerers and other professionals as instructors to improve the self-defense capabilities of ordinary people." Quan Hou relayed Yun Nuo's words. Yun Nuo's job had changed from assistant to private investigator. She was constantly monitoring the two's GPS and even compiled reports on it. She would also occasionally try to get information from Yan Shi to add to the reports.

Quan Hou was truly surprised that she was so self-taught. Seeing her excited expression, he couldn't bring himself to say that it was best to stop there, so he simply acquiesced.

After all, he dislikes trouble, and this assistant clearly isn't very bright, so he'd better not talk to her much.

Yun Nuo: You're the one who's not smart. I was the top scorer in the province's college entrance exam and got into one of the top universities in the country. It's just that she majored in journalism and wanted to be an entertainment reporter, not an assistant to a crazy professor in a research institute.

Yan Shi was bored at home, so he searched for bus routes and headed straight to the training square. On the way, he talked to the girls from Team 404 about the training square. He was surprised to find that Chang Ge was actually the Wing Chun coach at the training square. He heard that she had been practicing Wing Chun since she was a child and had even participated in competitions and won awards.

Yan Shi felt extremely ashamed, even though they were all about the same age.

Not knowing exactly where Zhuang Zhao was, she went to find Chang Ge first.

I went to the training room that Chang Ge had given me and immediately saw him wearing training clothes, looking even more handsome than usual.

Yan Shi was standing outside when Chang Ge saw her and quickly beckoned her inside.

"Won't this bother you?"

"Practice on your own. Do you want to practice with me? Although you won't learn anything in a short time, at least you'll improve your physical fitness and reaction speed. I've extracted a few moves specifically for zombies, and the feedback has been quite good."

"That's great! Is this outfit okay?"

"I have a spare training suit here. Go change into it. The changing room is at the end of the straight path. This is my locker key."

Yan Shi quickly changed his clothes and began receiving one-on-one tutoring from Chang Ge, starting with warm-up exercises.

"Your calf muscles are impressive, much better than the average girl's."

"I started running when the apocalypse began, and the only thing I noticed was that my calves turned into muscular legs."

"That's good, my muscles are stronger."

Do you come to class every day?

“On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, each class is two hours long and free, yet everyone is quite lazy.” Chang Ge shrugged; no teacher likes to see students being lazy.

"What time does it take?"

"From seven to nine o'clock."

“I’ll come too, but I get off work at six, so I might be late.” This is physically demanding work, so I’ll definitely have to eat dinner before coming, and considering the journey, I definitely won’t make it by seven.

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