After finishing his two jobs, Jiang Yuan planned to slip away. After all, the two trips to the Nine Spirits Domain had already taken two hours, and he still had to go to the Jiang family after dawn, so he couldn't afford to be late.
"You're leaving already? Why don't you come over to my place for a drink and a chat about life?"
A slow, sarcastic remark echoed through the space.
"Damn it! Let's get out of here!"
Jiang Yuan immediately logged off; he hadn't expected the Central Plains Inspector to find him so quickly.
However, at the very moment the spirit dissipated, the power of the rules of the Apocalypse World seemed to be affected, and a spatial distortion occurred at the location where Jiang Yuan logged off.
He was stuck.
Jiang Yuan: "..."
What kind of monsters are these? You're a liquor NPC, why aren't you staying at the bar? Why are you coming to this wilderness to catch me? Do you have nothing better to do?
"So eager to leave? You must have a little sweetheart waiting for you out there, right?" the tomboy said sourly.
"Boss Yu, haven't we settled our accounts? Why are you doing this?" Jiang Yuan looked down at the ghostly body that was being controlled. He didn't want to go against an NPC here, otherwise his future days would be miserable.
"Who said we're even? Blood Rose didn't pay for you. Besides, because you skipped work without permission, I not only deducted your salary, but you also have to compensate the bar for the difference in revenue for three nights!" the tomboy said calmly.
Jiang Yuan's lips twitched. Had he run into a dishonest boss? Damn it, they're really going to play me like this!
The key question is why Liu Zhaodi didn't pay his bill. This is completely illogical. In the past, Liu Zhaodi would never have been able to bear seeing him suffer. Now, she has directly sold him to the bar, which is very unusual.
"Do you know Blood Rose?" Jiang Yuan looked at the tomboy with suspicion.
"Remember, this girl only recognizes rule fragments!" The tomboy reached out and pinched Jiang Yuan's face.
Holy crap!
Jiang Yuan jolted free from his restraints and took a few steps back to escape from the tomboy's reach. Although this body was a spirit, and a ghost at that, he was still unhappy about being dragged around like this.
"What? You're mine now, can't I even pinch you?" the tomboy said arrogantly.
"Wait, listen to me. I will repay the rule fragments I owe you, but isn't it a bit too much to sell yourself like this!" Jiang Yuan said helplessly. He never thought he would end up in such a situation.
He used to have bad luck with women, but now he's having bad luck with women, suffering wherever he goes. He even suspects that this restart has wiped out all his previous good fortune.
"But you know, it's only right to pay back debts. There were even cases of people using their wives and children to pay off debts in the past. You're just working for me now, is that too much to ask?" the tomboy retorted.
"No, your salary is too low. It's hard for me to work for you if it's like this!" Jiang Yuan started to negotiate his terms.
"Low wages?"
The tomboy pondered for a while before smiling and saying, "How about this? My bar is short of a stripper. You can work as a bartender and dance part-time, earning several times the salary for the same amount of time. What do you think?"
Jiang Yuan: "..."
He was already tempted to curse. Was Yu Xiaoan out of her mind? Sending a ghost transgender person to perform a striptease? Did she want to shut down her bar sooner?
"That's true. The general public's aesthetic standards can't accept your appearance. If you stood on the stage, you'd probably ruin my business!" the tomboy said thoughtfully.
"Then let's pay in installments. I'll pay you back one rule fragment every day until it's all paid off!" Jiang Yuan said through gritted teeth. He had finally earned one and a half fragments tonight, but he didn't expect that most of it would be taken away.
After pursing his lips and thinking for a moment, the tomboy asked, "What about the interest?"
“That’s easy, just calculate it based on the short-term loan annual interest rate of 4.5%!” Jiang Yuan said matter-of-factly.
Upon hearing the number, the tomboy shook his head and refused: "No way, I still need the person. I don't want any higher interest rate!"
Jiang Yuan: "..."
"You'd better just work for me honestly, I won't treat you badly anyway!" the tomboy said seriously. She usually gave all the extra rule fragments to Jiang Yuan to drink, and this scumbag was still complaining about this and that.
"Can I refuse?" Jiang Yuan looked utterly hopeless. What could he do? When he encountered an NPC, he had no room for resistance whatsoever.
“No!” The tomboy shook her head. Seeing Jiang Yuan’s interesting expression, she smiled and said, “However, I can give you another opportunity to reduce your debt.”
"Are you sure?" Jiang Yuan had a feeling that the other party was trying to trick him, and the way this guy spoke gave him a very familiar feeling, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.
“I’m bored in the Apocalypse World. Tell me some stories!” The tomboy rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought, and continued, “Tell me about the most important person in your life, one story per person. After you finish one, I’ll give you a month’s work exemption.”
Jiang Yuan: "..."
"What, you don't want to? Or are you embarrassed to tell me all this?" The tomboy asked curiously when he saw Jiang Yuan looking somewhat unwilling.
"It's not that bad. You're just an NPC, what's there to be embarrassed about when I tell you this?" Jiang Yuan explained.
"That settles it!"
With a wave of her hand, the rules of the Apocalypse World loosened their constraints on Jiang Yuan. She wanted to see where she ranked in this scumbag's heart. If she wasn't even on the list of twenty-five, she wouldn't mind kicking this bastard to death.
"Then let me get ready. I have something to do tomorrow, so I have to log off now!" Jiang Yuan was reluctant to talk about this, and could only hope that Yu Xiaoan was just having a whim and would forget about it when she came next time.
"It's still early. Tell me about the first person first! I'll let you go after you're done." The tomboy said with a smile, but beneath that smile was a strong sense of threat. She wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about Jiang Yuan, so how could she let him go?
Jiang Yuan: "..."
"Hurry up, I don't have time to waste!" the tomboy urged.
"Alright then, I'll tell you the story of my adoptive parents!"
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