CHAPTER 159: CHAPTER 159: AFRAID OF FLIPPING, MASS RELEASE (5/10)

"Little sister, do you have any spare cardboard over there?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

At the alluring young woman’s request, the girl selling hairpins nodded quickly. "Just wait, big sister, I’ll fetch it for you right away. Is there anything else you need? Let me see if I can help you both."

Tong Dongnuan was about to say something else, but Xia Liang hurriedly pulled her back and shook his head.

"Thank you, miss. We just need a piece of cardboard."

Having obtained the cardboard, Xia Liang wrote a few words on it with a black pen.

"Five Mililiters Each, Take Your Pick!"

Xia Liang placed the simple, handmade sign on the roof of the car. He didn’t hawk his wares, choosing instead to wait for customers to approach them.

Even though five mililiters for a doll was much cheaper than the market price, Xia Liang wasn’t making any effort to attract customers. Watching him, Tong Dongnuan said, "Aren’t you going to call out a bit? Or should I go flirt with a few young ladies to get them to buy?"

"Forget it!" Xia Liang glared at Tong Dongnuan in annoyance.

Just now, when he saw Tong Dongnuan flirting with the girl selling hairpins, Xia Liang had found it a bit odd. Even though they were both girls, the interaction still struck him as strange.

"You can’t go."

Hearing Xia Liang’s words, Tong Dongnuan’s enthusiasm immediately deflated. "But look, our stall has no selling points at all. How are we going to sell anything?"

As she spoke, Tong Dongnuan couldn’t help but gesture toward the other vendors’ stalls.

Xia Liang glanced over at them. Every single one was exquisitely decorated and wrapped in colorful lights. Then he looked at their own setup. It consisted of a single piece of cardboard, and they didn’t even have a proper table, using the car instead. It was shabby beyond belief.

In response to Tong Dongnuan’s concern, Xia Liang simply rolled his eyes.

"Seriously? No selling points?" Xia Liang patted the car. "A 450,000-yuan car, plus the two of us—a handsome guy and a beautiful girl. And you’re telling me we don’t have a selling point?"

Faced with such a compliment, Xi Yiqian would probably have lowered her head shyly, while Qingxue would have called Xia Liang a narcissist. But the person standing before Xia Liang was Tong Dongnuan, a woman whose shamelessness was a match for his.

She nodded with a look of smug satisfaction. "Well, that’s true!"

"Hehe!" The two thick-skinned individuals exchanged a knowing grin.

Xia Liang was right. Let alone his Aston Martin, an attractive duo like them was more than enough to draw a crowd.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before a group of people had gathered around the car. A young man squeezed his way to the front, his eyes immediately landing on Tong Dongnuan with a lecherous expression.

"Hey beautiful, how are you selling these dolls?"

Upon hearing this, the corner of Xia Liang’s mouth curled upward. "It’s written right there. Five mililiters each, take your pick."

Hearing Xia Liang’s response, the young man grew visibly impatient and didn’t even spare him a glance. "Hey, I’m talking to the beautiful lady here. Mind your own business!"

His expression then shifted into a cheesy smile as he turned to Tong Dongnuan. "Hey beautiful, do you have WeChat? How about we add each other? If you do, I’ll buy all of these dolls. What do you say?"

"Haha." Hearing this, Xia Liang laughed out loud.

That finally drew the young man’s attention.

Tong Dongnuan walked over and nestled into Xia Liang’s embrace. "Little brother, don’t you look to see if a girl has a boyfriend before you hit on her? If you’re going to try and poach another man’s girl, you should at least have something to back it up. Aren’t you aware of your own standing?"

***

At these words, the crowd of onlookers burst into laughter.

"Yeah, does he not know his own level?"

"Exactly! He’s not as handsome as the guy, and as for money, just look at the car he’s driving!"

"You probably couldn’t afford his car in your entire lifetime!"

"Tsk, he should take a good look at himself in a mirror!"

***

The crowd’s comments finally snapped the young man back to reality. Looking at Xia Liang’s appearance and the Aston Martin being used to display dolls, the young man was left utterly speechless.

Damn it! He had just come over to see what the commotion was about. The moment he squeezed in, he saw Tong Dongnuan and was completely stunned. He hadn’t paid much attention to Xia Liang; after all, anyone setting up a stall here probably didn’t have much money and was just working a part-time job. But this... Fucking hell! Who uses an Aston Martin to run a part-time stall?! You must be out here just to experience life!

Amid the crowd’s laughter, the young man skulked away through the onlookers.

In just over ten minutes, the dolls were almost sold out. Most people came over to buy a doll and take the opportunity to snap some photos. Tong Dongnuan was in charge of collecting the money.

"WeChat payment received: 5 mililiters!"

"Alipay payment received: 5 mililiters!"

***

The announcements chimed one after another. Even though the sums were small, Tong Dongnuan was overjoyed.

Half an hour later, having sold everything, the two of them headed home. This time, however, Xia Liang didn’t take Tong Dongnuan to a hotel. Instead, he took her to the apartment he had been rewarded by the System. On the way, he bought some toiletries for her.

They arrived at the apartment building’s underground parking garage.

Seeing a certain white car, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He nonchalantly drove to the other side of the garage.

Tong Dongnuan was immediately curious. "Huh? Wasn’t there a parking spot right there? Why didn’t we park there?"

Why? Because I’m afraid of the whole thing blowing up in my face!

Of course, Xia Liang wouldn’t say that out loud. "Bad feng shui," he said indifferently.

Although Tong Dongnuan was a little puzzled, she didn’t ask any more questions.

After parking the car, they got into the elevator, where Xia Liang began rummaging through his backpack for the keys. The backpack contained complete sets of keys for every apartment in the building. Some sets had one key, others had two. The ones with only one key were, of course, for apartments that were already rented out.

He found a vacant apartment that matched a set of keys, opened the door, and led Tong Dongnuan inside.

He flipped on the lights. It was a cozy, two-story duplex, already fully furnished and decorated.

The moment they walked in, Tong Dongnuan switched on the TV. In her words, having the TV on was what made a place feel like home.

"I’m going to take a shower first. Where’s the bathroom?"

How the hell am I supposed to know? It’s my first time here, too.

However, he had just scanned the room’s layout and hadn’t seen any sign of a bathroom. So, Xia Liang sat down on the sofa and said nonchalantly, "Second floor. Find it yourself."

"Oh." Tong Dongnuan nodded and began wandering around the second floor.

A moment later, he heard her call out, "Found it!"

Soon, Xia Liang heard the sound of running water.

「Half an hour later...」

Wrapped in a bath towel, with another towel bundled around her wet hair, Tong Dongnuan came downstairs in a pair of slippers. "I used up all the hot water. You’ll have to wait a bit if you want to shower."

"Okay." Xia Liang nodded, but Tong Dongnuan simply sat down right next to him.

"Oh, right! Didn’t you say you have some kind of Spiritual Power? Come on, use it to steam my hair dry."

Xia Liang instantly rolled his eyes. "What the hell? You think Spiritual Power is free?"

Despite his words, Xia Liang still circulated his Spiritual Power to help Tong Dongnuan dry her hair. He was likely the first person ever to use Spiritual Power in such a way.

Feeling her hair gradually drying, Tong Dongnuan couldn’t help but marvel at the miraculous nature of Spiritual Power.

"Whoa, it’s making steam! This is so magical!"