Chapter 775 Gods' Game: Card Swapping 19
This small tavern called Thief Insect Tavern is full of design sense, from the tables, chairs and lamps to the barware and decorations on the tables, everything is exquisite.
But the pub wasn't very big, so it was common to share a table with strangers.
The seat for each day was a small square table for four people. Just now, when she was teasing the apprentice, the guests at the same table were laughing.
After laughing, everyone naturally started chatting.
Yu Xunge, fuming, hugged the juice and leaned against the window to eavesdrop.
She felt as if she had discovered another side of the sun.
Unlike her usual arrogant demeanor, where the world always owes her ten million gold coins, she is humorous, cheerful, and talkative when interacting with others.
She clearly hated being probed for information, but when the guests at the same table asked inappropriate questions, she simply and skillfully changed the subject.
She even had a very good temper. When the guest sitting behind her was boasting and raising his glass, the wine spilled from his glass and splashed onto Zhu Ri's clothes. She just smiled and didn't get angry.
Back then, she and Mistblade Fat Goose only had a cry, but she was so furious that she skinned all three of them alive!
Halfway through the drinks, a group of customers at a nearby table were drawn over by Zhu Ri's group and offered to put their tables together to drink and chat, with the other party covering all the drinks.
It doesn't matter if it's day by day.
Even after leaving the tavern, Yu Xunge kept looking at Zhu Ri with strange eyes, as if trying to figure out if it was really Zhu Ri.
Zhu Ri let her look him over and said, "What are you looking at? Is your personality the same when you're with your friends and when you're alone?"
Yu Xunge wasn't so easily fooled. She said, "I just thought that your personality when you're socializing wouldn't be too different from your usual self, and..." she said seriously, "I felt that you weren't acting just now, you were really enjoying yourself."
I didn't explain it day by day. The topic of how many facets a living being has is too big. I'd better just go to class.
She led Yu Xunge around to the back of the tavern, up the vine ladder to the top of the attic, and standing on the last ladder, she turned back and gave Yu Xunge a wicked smile: "You have too many questions. I've decided to sell you."
Yu Xunge flew behind her teacher and said in a flat, expressionless tone, "Hearing you say that terrifies me."
Zhu Ri: "..." This is so unlovable.
Ten minutes later, they came out of the small house behind the tavern.
From now until July, Little Oak Owl will work part-time at the tavern every day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
One gold coin per day, plus a free lunch; Yu Xunge can keep the tips from the customers.
This is amazing! The little ones can't go in to spend money, but they can go in to work!
Yu Xunge had no objection to this arrangement; earning some living expenses was good enough. But she was curious: "What can I learn in this class?"
Zhu Ri said, "Observing the personalities of different creatures is the essence of disguise. Also, you can listen to the way the guests chat. Those who come to this tavern are not ordinary guests. How to gather information and how to quickly lower the guard of strangers are arts that require many years of study to master."
Yu Xunge nodded, indicating that she would take this job seriously: "What about the afternoon and evening?"
"You really don't know how to waste time," Zhu Ri muttered, then said, "Let's go somewhere else."
She led Yu Xunge through several streets, making several turns, until they arrived at the opposite side of a bustling market.
Zhu Ri placed his hand on the young apprentice's shoulder and led her into the street corner next to the candy store, into Draenor's garbage street—which was surprisingly in the sunlight.
The so-called "garbage street" was not dirty or chaotic at all; on the contrary, it was full of ancient and old-fashioned beauty. If Zhu Ri hadn't said that this was the garbage street she had been talking about, Yu Xunge would have thought that this was the old town of Draenor.
But Yu Xunge could clearly sense the difference between this place and the outside world.
She couldn't quite put her finger on it. It was like... like a bomb with a lit fuse? Or like being aimed at by a fully drawn bow?
I always feel like I'm going to die inexplicably any second now.
She didn't even dare to speak to Zhu Ri anymore.
Zhu Ri led Yu Xunge around inside, found an old woman, pointed to himself, gave her a bag of money, and then left.
If it weren't for the money Zhu Ri gave her, for a moment, Yu Xunge would have genuinely worried that Zhu Ri would sell her off.
Once back in the sunlight and far from the garbage-strewn street, she whispered to Zhu Ri, "Why was it so... so dangerous there?"
Zhu Ri said, "After the awakening of magic, most living beings will have divinely bestowed talents. However, there is a type of living being whose divinely bestowed talents are inherently evil. Not only can it make its owner grow up quickly, but the growth process is always accompanied by sins such as theft, fraud, killing, and plundering. The moment such a divinely bestowed talent is awakened, its owner will be despised by the world, and most of them will be unable to enter the academy to study."
Yu Xunge couldn't help but ask, "Even if they haven't done anything yet?"
Zhu Ri repeated calmly, "Even if they haven't done anything yet."
Yu Xunge couldn't help but ask, "But even without this divinely bestowed talent, there are still theft, fraud, killing, and plunder in the world."
Zhu Ri was amused. Her brows, which had been furrowed since entering the garbage street, relaxed. She said, "That's right, hahaha, that's right, hahaha."
She pressed down hard on the young apprentice's head, which earned her the latter's complaint that "I won't grow any taller in the future."
But every day she said something she only understood when she grew up: "No living being can resist such temptation. This aversion is not prejudice. Haha, we really deserve it."
Yu Xunge looked at Zhu Ri, who was laughing loudly, with a puzzled expression. At her age, she was not yet able to see through the true emotions of the adults.
But she had a more intriguing question: "And you? Are you a gifted being from an evil god? Did you attend school in the Moonlit Wetlands?"
“Yes, of course I am, but we never tell others what our evil divinely bestowed talent skills are.” Zhu Ri forcibly ended the topic. “In short, this is the kind of existence that exists in Garbage Street. The weak and those who possess ‘righteous’ divinely bestowed talents are not qualified to live in Garbage Street.”
The young apprentice asked, "So what do I need to do?"
Zhu Ri: "I'll get you ready. Every afternoon after that, I'll find you a temporary teacher inside and have her teach you something."
The young apprentice asked nervously, "So you've already paid that teacher for the tutoring?!"
Suppressing a laugh, Zhu Ri pretended to be serious and said, "Hmm."
Sure enough, the young apprentice exclaimed, "What if they don't teach us anything good and just try to fool us?"
Zhu Ri feigned concern and said, "Who says otherwise?"
The young apprentice asked again, "How much did you give?"
Zhu Ri: "800 gold coins, she will teach you for 2 hours tomorrow afternoon."
The young apprentice clutched his chest, grumbling about the cost of the tutoring: "...Are teachers in that place too valuable, or are the teachers in Moonlight Wetlands not good enough?"
A moon bear that had just passed by them paused and turned to look at its young owner, whose voice was that of a child.
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