Su Li suddenly stood up.
"I make a decent amount each month, can’t I even have a al with at?"
Isn’t there any justice left in this world?
Seeing Su Li genuinely angry, Cong Shan panicked and imdiately forgot about the argunt he had had with her.
He quickly bowed his head and admitted his fault, "It’s my incompetence; I promised to take good care of you, but..."
In the past, when he spoke like this—low and pitiful, heartbreaking and full of guilt—the original owner probably couldn’t help but soften.
The fact was, he wasn’t lazy or gluttonous; he had indeed tried very hard to find a job, to struggle.
But the reality was... there was a sense of helplessness.
Behaviors like these, which didn’t touch the basic bottom line of human decency but hovered just above it, were sotis truly infuriating.
As a result, the original owner felt aggrieved but didn’t know whom to bla, and, hindered by affection, she compromised.
Afterward, she often found herself in a state of frustration, neither here nor there, stifled and uncomfortable.
For Su Li, it was precisely this type of subtle tornt that was the most excruciating.
What did Cong Shan do wrong? It seed like he hadn’t.
Was it wrong to be kind-hearted or to take delight in aiding others?
His actions were all good, but they resulted in nothing but negative impacts.
Su Li: "Well, as long as you understand."
"By the way, you’ll be sleeping on the floor tonight. The bed is too small and it’s hot; it’s uncomfortable to sleep, I suppose you wouldn’t want to endure that..."
Cong Shan reluctantly nodded, filled with a sense of loss.
His girlfriend was acting so strangely today, not at all cute or considerate like before.
Unable to restrain himself, Cong Shan spoke, "Xiao Li, I... I haven’t had dinner yet..."
Su Li: "Well, go buy so food then; we’ve run out."
A long while passed, and Cong Shan stayed rooted to the spot like a statue, his face showing embarrassnt.
He finally hesitated and said, "I... I don’t have any money on ."
Su Li frown, "I rember stuffing two hundred dollars into your wallet just yesterday."
The original owner always believed in this principle: It’s necessary to be prepared with enough money on hand when outside, as it’s the foundation of all confidence.
Despite being poor now, the original owner still scrimped and saved to put the money she saved into her boyfriend’s wallet.
It was not only for daily transportation costs but also for ergency situations.
However, for Cong Shan, ergencies seed to occur too often.
When Su Li asked him, Cong Shan embarrassedly touched the back of his head, "Uh... I t a begging young man on the way, carrying a backpack and not having eaten for days. He didn’t even have the fare to return ho, so I..."
Su Li was too drained to critisize.
Begging... young man?
Emphasis on ’young man’—strong and healthy ones.
People who are fit and able should not need charity.
Simply doing sothing with their hands and feet, like moving bricks on a construction site, could earn them hundreds of dollars.
And yet, Cong Shan had given away the money his girlfriend had struggled to save to such a person.
Did he think the young man was even worse off than they were?
The original owner never understood how her boyfriend could overlook her hardships and feel that others needed rescue more urgently than she did.
According to Su Li’s point of view, it was all about being spoiled.
Reviewing the mories of the original owner, it was evident that although Cong Shan was kind-hearted before they were together, he hadn’t been overly so to this detrintal degree.
If his behavior had been like this before, he probably wouldn’t even have had the chance to study or attend university, where he t his girlfriend.
His transformation seed to have occurred after the original owner, out of sympathy for him, had taken on many responsibilities herself, thus reducing the survival pressure on him, and he naturally turned to pursue spiritual breakthroughs.
If Cong Shan were truly to face a life-or-death situation, Su Li doubted he could afford to give away even his own life.
This was a very constructive thought. Next, it was ti for Su Li to verify the validity of this idea.
Hehe...
Her thoughts drifted far, but there was still a man standing in front of her awaiting her response.
Su Li covered her mouth, yawning daintily, "But I’ve given you all the money I had left. The money for today’s at was borrowed from a colleague, and I need to pay it back..."
"Oh, well, I guess that’s it... Being hungry one night won’t kill , haha... I’ll just drink so water then."
Su Li, being a wicked woman, didn’t feel a shred of pity even as Cong Shan said this; she simply replied, "Oh, then drink more to fill your stomach, you definitely won’t feel hungry."
Cong Shan: "...."
But Cong Shan didn’t argue, partly because he feared Su Li would nag him about his good deeds, and partly because he felt guilty.
In the middle of the night, the sharp-eared Su Li heard the person on the floor get up several tis, accompanied by rumbling noises.
She briefly focused on it without being diverted, then quickly let it go.
Her attention was wholly fixed on the moonlight outside the window.
The previous few small worlds had all been modern low-grade settings with no extraordinary forces. She had naturally been very comfortable.
This small world was different, though. Although she couldn’t define the exact fortuitous encounter Cong Shan would receive, she could confirm it would involve a power beyond ordinary mortals.
She needed to prepare imdiately.
Fortunately, as she grasped the rules, her understanding of the powers deepened.
Having circulated the ntal thod within her body for one week, it went smoothly without any obstacles, clearly showing that the rules of this small world could accommodate such extraordinary power.
Perhaps, in places invisible to ordinary people, a small number of others also possessed powers beyond mortals.
The next day, bright and early, while it was barely dawn, the noise from neighboring rooms shook the walls—no amount of earplugs would help.
She couldn’t sleep in any longer.
Su Li rolled over and got up; after cultivating all night, she was radiant and vibrant, looking as nourished as if she had taken Ten-Complete Great Replenishing dicine, her skin soft and supple like a peeled egg.
Compared to the night before, marked by malnutrition and over-exhaustion, it was a stark difference.
In contrast, the other person was listless.
Due to hydrating too many tis overnight, he made frequent trips to the bathroom.
Besides being hungry, he was also exhausted.
Hungry and tired, he sported enormous dark circles under his eyes, rivaling a certain national treasure.
Even though Cong Shan got up from the ground, he still looked dazed and stumbled around as if he were drunk.
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