chapter eight

chapter eight

In order to protect the physical and mental health of employees, Chuan Bookstore provides employees with many benefits within the scope of conditions.

For example, in this public bathhouse, if the characters in the original book walked in, they would only see an inconspicuous sign, a messy and shabby changing and bathing area, and a dilapidated shop that is almost closed down.

But if you are a staff member of the bookstore, after checking your ID, you can pass through the bathing area and enter the employee-exclusive relaxation club that integrates hot springs, saunas, cinemas, high-end buffets and comprehensive health care.

This is the first time the system has come to this kind of place, and it is very strange: "Host: Can we do a lot of health care?"

"No." Yu Tang said, "We can only receive free packages."

The system asked: "What is the free package?"

"A bathtub, a movie ticket, and a set lunch box." Yu Tang said, "When the bath is done, we will go to the theater to sleep."

The system revolved around him, and the little red light that was originally bright with excitement flashed and dimmed in despair.

There were no OOC restrictions in the rest area, so Yu Tang took off the flower petals and prepared to scatter them in the bathtub later.

Items in the real world can be exchanged for experience points and can be traded directly. He was not going to waste it, so he converted the bald bouquet into data and exchanged ten bubble gums for the system.

It's not that Yu Tang is reluctant to give up. The welfare benefits and payment methods in the employee club are not experience points in the first place, but the energy gained by the characters played by system employees from the protagonist.

This energy can be linked to many data, such as favorability, appreciation, admiration... In short, it is the positive emotion and attention that the protagonist pays to them.

Yu Tangzai's affectionate spare tire department is the least likely to get these so-called "positive emotions" among all the tool types.

Hopeless and endless companionship, dedication and following, escorting all the way, finally stopping at the end point that seems to be within reach.

No one will look back at them.

They are tools that are best used and easily discarded.Those cheap good feelings have no foundation and are gone in a flash. They can't even be exchanged for a night of great health care.

“The tub is also very nice.”

Yu Tang swiped his employee card on the POSE machine and enlightened the system: "There are also free sour plum soup, free barley tea and crispy corns..."

He paused for a moment and suddenly said "Huh".

The system asked: "Host, what's wrong?"

"My energy bar." Yu Tang leaned in front of the screen with it, "It's now 3."

After working for so long, the only time Yu Tang's energy bar had a number was when the protagonist in the second book got drunk and pinned him to the ground by his collar. His expression was sad and crazy, and he stared at Yu Tang with his red eyes.It was as if he was trying his best to find another person who could not be caught.

Unfortunately, it only lasted a few seconds and fell back quickly.

Not only did he fall back, but from then on, the protagonist of the second book looked at Yu Tang in a wrong way and always wanted to imprison him.

Yu Tang couldn't see the protagonist's favorability towards him, so he felt uneasy: "System, has Sui Si's favorability towards Ke Ming changed?"

"There has been no major change." The system quickly checked for him. "It has increased by two points. It is now 92 points. It is a normal fluctuation."

Yu Tang nodded, feeling a little relieved.

The closer to the full level, the harder it is to increase the favorability level, and it is not easy to increase it by one or two points.It seems that the remedy was quite timely, and Ke Ming had a good birthday.

It's just a pity that Ke Ming deliberately learned how to cook, gave up his job, and waited for Sui Si at home.

Such a romantic scene, Sui Si's favorability only increased by two points.

Yu Tang turned off the monitoring panel. He checked the current plots of the four books and found no problems for the time being. He then confirmed the 3 points of energy that fell out of thin air.

For those employees who need to conquer the protagonist, every inch of energy is worth every inch of gold.Once it is used too much in this kind of place, the relationship with the protagonist will be affected and weakened, which will seriously affect the progress of the strategy.

Therefore, although the energy bar of the protagonist department is almost full, they are still very careful and spend every bit of energy into two points. They dare not go to the sauna for a hot spring, dare not watch a movie for a massage, and only rush in for a buffet after being hungry for three days.

But Yu Tang is different.

A tool man doesn't need a protagonist. As long as Sui Si can divorce him smoothly and have a happy ending with Ke Ming, even if he uses up all three points of energy, there will be no impact at all.

In all the time he has been at Chuan Chuan Bookstore, Yu Tang has never enjoyed any real employee benefits except for the free package.

His goal is to divorce as soon as possible. If the source of these three points of energy is Sui Si, then it is even more important... to squander it as soon as possible.

"System." Yu Tang asked, "Do you want to do a lot of health care?"

system:"?"

"Do it," Yu Tang said, "do the whole set."

Yu Tang comfortably soaked in the petal hot spring for three hours, did a full set of Thai massage and stretching, and waited for the freshly fried supreme flame tomahawk steak in the buffet area with a dinner plate in hand.

"System." Yu Tang asked in his mind, "What are Sui Si and Ke Ming doing?"

"Celebrating my birthday."

The system called up the monitoring: "There was a power outage, and neither the water heater nor the air conditioner were working. Sui Si took a cold shower and repaired the switch for half the night. Now she and Ke Ming are lighting candles and eating cake and fried onions and shredded potatoes."

System was holding an oolong tea cone ice cream, but still couldn't figure it out: "Why stir-fry shredded potatoes with onions?"

Yu Tang: "..."

Yu Tang took the hot Tomahawk steak and found a table to sit down at.

He had lived in Sui Si's apartment several times before. Ke Ming had discussed buying it with Sui Si when he said he wanted a stable place to live.

At that time, Ke Ming was only very popular and was tightly controlled by the company, so the money he earned could not be paid out in the short term.Sui Si cut off contact with her family because of Ke Ming's matter, and no longer used the Sui family's money. At that time, the studio had just been established, and the capital turnover was also difficult.

The two of them pooled their money together and bought a small apartment.

Sui Si cherished that apartment very much. Even though his work later got on track and even his studio moved to a core area where land was at a premium, he never bought another place to live.

Sui Si wanted to make Ke Ming feel safe, to make Ke Ming believe that he was not unable to live an ordinary life with daily necessities, and to let Ke Ming know that no matter when the time came, there would still be a home waiting for them together.

Warmth is warmth.

It's just that the apartment is cheap, the location is remote, the house is old, and the electrical system will have problems every now and then.

Yu Tang regularly inspected the circuit, but just one month later, Ke Ming burned the newly repaired meter box again.

"Host." The system was also checking the records of that time line. Halfway through the check, a small red light suddenly flashed, "Sui Si still owes you money!"

"They owed tens of thousands, and they didn't have enough money to buy a house at the time."

Yu Tang nodded: "If we apply for a loan, the Sui family will definitely be alarmed."

At that time, Yu Tang was still Sui Si's assistant and had only saved tens of thousands of dollars.He knew that Sui Si was short of money, so he plucked up the courage to knock on Sui Si's rest room and gave Sui Si a whole plastic bag of old and new cash.

Sui Si had seen checks since she was a child, and later when she was with Ke Ming, she had a few more cards. She had never seen someone running around with a bag of cash like this. She almost thought Yu Tang had robbed the bank.

"Sui Si said that the host should take the money he owes from the studio's surplus."

The system continued to scroll down: "But in those two years, the studio was actually operating with rebates. Not to mention that there was no surplus. Sometimes the bonuses of the staff could not be paid, and the host had to take on private jobs to make up for it."

System: "Yutang was eating cold water steamed buns and instant noodles at that time, and he was overloaded with work, so the stomach problem started at that time."

Yu Tang cut a tender and juicy steak.

The system stood firm and continued to ask while holding the ice cream: "The studio later became rich, why didn't the host get the money he owed back?"

Yu Tang took the black pepper juice: "It's not that I won't take it. Once the studio has money, I will end the internship and take over the role."

The managed roles are no longer under the control of employees and will return to NPC mode. They are temporarily generated when they need to appear as tools. The rest of the time, they only exist as data flows.

In other words, Yu Tang will be generated as a character only when Sui Si needs Yu Tang, and there will be no action for the rest of the time.

The advantage of this is to reduce the burden of world data operation and maximize the system operation speed, but after all, the mobility is too poor and the additional plot extension is not enough.Yu Tang came back to take over the role, but because there was no relevant branch line, he didn't even have a decent place to live.

"Host, host, sleep here today."

The system discussed with him: "We can make a projection and put it in the studio so Sui Si can find you."

From a plot point of view, Yu Tang personally sent Sui Si back to the home where Ke Ming was. He didn't want to go back to the hospital, so the most likely place to go was the studio.

Yu Tang never went to college. He followed Sui Si at the age of nineteen. He had a fake marriage with Sui Si at the age of twenty-two. He would turn twenty-five in a few months.

There was no self in his life, and for five years, all his loneliness and bravery rested on Sui Si.

Being suddenly separated from Sui Si's life, he had nowhere to go.

Yu Tang knew this. He originally wanted to go back to the studio and spend the night in person, but was reminded by the system that there was this function: "Can the projection respond?"

"No problem, as long as Sui Si talks to you."

The system guarantees: "The projection cannot start the interaction independently, but we are trained. As long as Sui Si talks to your projection, the projection can immediately enter the character and give answers that fit the plot."

Yu Tang was relieved: "Okay."

The system followed Yu Tang in the four books and wanted him to have a good sleep. It happily flashed the red light and used the last 0.5 energy points to book a double bed room for Yu Tang.

Sui Si stood in front of the window, feeling an inexplicable lightness in his chest.

It was as if something had been invisibly taken away from his body. He felt relaxed, but everything behind him seemed to be empty. He wanted to take a step back, but he was so confused that he didn't know where to go.

Sui Si smoked two cigarettes, slowly stubbed out the cigarette butts on the window edge, and returned to the bed.

Ke Ming was already asleep. When he heard the movement, he opened his eyes in a daze.

"Are you worried?" He noticed the smoke on Sui Si's body, "Is it about work?"

Sui Si smiled and shook his head.

He was several years older than Ke Ming, and he always felt that he had the obligation to take care of Ke Ming, and did not want to involve Ke Ming and bear the pressure together.

Ke Ming raised his face and looked at Sui Si.

Ke Ming had just washed before going to bed, and the tips of his hair were still a little damp.He is indeed good-looking. Looking at Sui Si like this, he is not as showy as on stage, like a gentle student who is not familiar with the world.

Sometimes Sui Si would wonder why Yu Tang, even though he was younger than Ke Ming, had such an indelible smoothness and sophistication, and why he couldn't be as simple, clear and clean as Ke Ming.

"I'm thinking that we should probably change our place of residence."

Sui Si didn't think about it anymore. He also opened the quilt and lay down, dimming the lamp: "Buy another apartment and put it in your name?"

"I can't remember it." Ke Ming smiled, "I don't have the star registration of the imperial capital, how can it be remembered in my name?"

Sui Si was stunned.

He had never cared about this before, and his heart sank inexplicably, and he frowned: "If you don't have a star registration, you can't buy a house?"

Ke Ming laughed: "Of course, you need a work visa, and you can apply for qualifications after five years... What's wrong?"

Ke Ming stopped talking, looked at Sui Si's expression that suddenly changed, and held his hand: "It's not like I don't have a place to live. If I can't buy it for the time being, I can't buy it. What's the rush?"

Sui Si remained silent and nodded.

There seemed to be something hard stuck in his throat. After a while, he whispered again: "There's no rush."

He patted Ke Ming's back gently and said warmly, "Go to sleep."

Ke Ming was indeed very tired after working for several days to celebrate Sui Si's birthday.He buried himself in the faint smoke on Sui Si's shoulder, closed his eyes, and after a while his breathing gradually became steady.

Sui Si opened his eyes and remained silent in the darkness.

On the way home, the driver went to see Yu Tang. When he came back, he told him that Assistant Yu had been standing on the corner of the street.

Sui Si thought, Yu Tang would never stand there forever.

Yu Tang said that he bought a small apartment. Yu Tang had been his assistant for so many years. He should have money. Yu Tang should have his own life and return to his own home. Sooner or later, this will happen. Yu TangGotta get used to this.

Long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain. You have to be cruel and cut something off.

It was already too late. Sui Si didn't ask the driver to take another detour to see Yu Tang. He rushed home and gave the gift to Ke Ming.

Ke Ming was young and still had the temper of a child. When he saw the limited-edition tie that he had been looking forward to for a long time, he was so happy that he forgot to be angry. He only picked it seriously because he didn't bring flowers this year.

Sui Si accompanies Ke Ming to make trouble, thinking that Yu Tang also has his own home to return to, so he won't stand there forever.

But Yutang does not have the star status of the imperial capital.

Sui Si knew that Yu Tang did not have Xingxing citizenship and would not have a work visa.

The studio is not a formal company and is still in its early stages of operation. During the five years that Yu Tang has been with him, everyone in the circle knows Yu Teshu, who has no name, no status, and no official work certificate.

Yu Tang couldn't buy a small apartment at all.

Why did Yu Tang lie to him?

Sui Si was lying on the pillow. He touched his cell phone and said to himself, Yu Tang may have rented a house somewhere. You can rent a house even if you don't have a star status. Yu Tang must have somewhere to go. It's impossible for him to really have no place.live.

Sui Si withdrew his arm little by little. He lay there for a while and then slowly sat up.

It's impossible to really have no place to live. Yu Tang has been his assistant for five years and his spouse for three years, but he doesn't even have a decent place to live.

This is outrageous.

Sui Si did not disturb Ke Ming. He returned to the living room quietly. He originally wanted to send two messages, but in the end after editing, he took the video phone that led directly to the studio.

People at the studio joked that Assistant Yu was the first to arrive and the last to leave every day. Whenever he contacted the studio, Assistant Yu would reply immediately. It was as if he simply lived in the studio every night.

Sui Si was leaning on the sofa. He looked at the records sent by Nie Chi on his mobile phone, the records and frequency of Yu Tang's visits to the psychiatrist, and the medicines in Yu Tang's drawer.

Today I came to help him deal with Ke Ming's birthday. Yu Tangming looked completely normal.

Sui Si looked at the screen. The video phone was connected. The light on the other end was dim and someone could be seen sitting opposite.

Yu Tang's desk.

Yu Tang sat at his desk.

Completely different from his gentleness and calmness during the day, Yu Tang looked at him without any movement or expression.

He didn't speak, and neither did Yu Tang.

Like a pale, lifeless shadow.

The author has something to say:

System: We are trained. As long as Sui Si talks to you, the projection can enter the scene in a second.

System: Sui Si, speak.