"Heh —"
Walking out of the convenience store with a shopping bag, I yawned loudly. Although it was still morning, the summer sun still exuded a frightening lethality. Especially after enjoying the free air conditioning in the convenience store for a while, the lethality of the temperature difference was even stronger.
Standing next to the busy road, the ordinary atmosphere of daily life was so close to me that I even had the misconception that my conversation with the ghost girl last night was just a dream.
"Let's go back …"
Wiping the sweat from my forehead, I had already dispelled the unrealistic idea of taking a detour to the nearby ACG store. I walked straight to the old apartment across the road.
Unlike yesterday, the door lock was easily unlocked by me.
"I'm back."
"You're not welcome here, get out."
As a result, I was met with harsh words as soon as I arrived home.
The Earthbound Spirit in this room, the young female spirit who called herself Tantai Nainai, had changed into a loose white T-shirt and khaki sports shorts. She looked a little old-fashioned and boyish. Her long, black, straight hair was neatly tied into two ponytails, which hung behind her back. This also revealed her cute face, which was not so much pretty as it was pretty.
If you didn't look at the two will-o '-the-wisps floating around her, you would most likely think that she was just an ordinary middle school student.
However, this ordinary middle school student ghost was currently glaring at me with a hostile gaze.
How unbearable.
"Wait until you turn me into a cash charge, then I'll definitely leave …"
I could only answer ambiguously.
"No matter how you think about it, 'because I'm addicted to my hobby of staying at home, I was chased out by my family who couldn't stand it, and I can only go home by becoming a cash charge', isn't it too strange?"
Tantai Nainai expressed extreme doubt about this.
"Even if you say that, it's the truth."
I put the shopping bag on the table, took out a small portable electric fan, plugged it in, and started blowing.
Although there were some other reasons, this was the main reason.
"Maybe it's because my dad is a so-called successful person in every sense of the word. He started to work hard in society at a young age, so he doesn't like my attitude of staying at home and doing nothing."
"Then can't you rent another house?" She puffed up her cheeks and asked in dissatisfaction.
"Other places aren't as cheap as here, and you also have to pay a deposit … Mr. Luo, my wallet can no longer support such a large expenditure."
After all, my living expenses were limited, and ACG hobbies cost a lot of money.
Considering that my tablet was taken away by my parents, I had to go to the internet cafe to do a lot of things, so I had to consider this extra expense.
"Then go work. Can't Secretary M and Colonel Fried Chicken accept temporary workers like you? If you really can't, you can at least work as a cashier at a convenience store on the weekends, right? "Tantai Nainai continued to try to shake my determination to live here.
"I think I'll lose if it's work."
"Don't act like an otaku on such trivial matters!"
"Speaking of which, why do you want the residents to move out so badly?"
It wasn't just me, it seemed like my ex was also chased out by her.
"Because it's troublesome. Sometimes, even if I know you can't see me, I still feel like I'm being watched when I'm doing things. It's super disgusting! "
She answered without hesitation.
"In conclusion," I touched my chin, "You're just shy?"
"Who's shy at any time or place!"
I felt like I could hear something burning on her side, and her two ponytails were also floating in the air, defying gravity.
As expected of a ghost.
"But if I think about it carefully, is our current situation the legendary legal cohabitation?" I hammered my palms, "Are you saying I'm already a cash cow?"
"Cohabitation my ass! Also, don't you feel sad living with a ghost and calling yourself a cash cow? "
"…"
I paused for a few seconds, then knelt on the ground with my hands on the ground, and did the so-called "frustrated forward bending" (commonly known as otz), and became depressed.
In any case, I'm a damn otaku who would even be happy living with an Earthbound Spirit …
"If you feel sad, then don't say such silly things in the first place!"
Tantai Nainai sighed, as if she didn't want to talk about it in depth, "Since we're going to the convenience store, then take out the tribute."
Tribute?
Ah, right, there was such a thing.
When I planned to buy daily necessities in the morning, she did ask me to bring some tribute back.
After all, as a deceased person, this was the only way she could enjoy some material comfort.
Then, the most suitable tribute I bought at the convenience store was …
I rummaged through the shopping bag, then respectfully presented the A book to her.
"… Go …"
"… Go?"
"Go to hell, pervert!!!"
"Why?!"
Before she finished speaking, the A book flew over and hit me in the nose. My injuries worsened, and I sank.
"Unbelievable! This is blasphemy to the deceased! Why would you do such an unreasonable thing?! "
I don't know if it was because she was angry or embarrassed, but she pointed at me and scolded me with a red face.
"But, but …" Because I was covering my nose, my voice sounded a bit strange, "Aren't tributes the most precious things? Then, compared to the buns and rice balls in the shopping bag, A book is obviously the right choice, right? "
"No matter how you look at it, the first two are more suitable as tributes!"
"What a strange taste …"
I mumbled as I stuffed the treasure (A book) back into the bag, then took out the paper bag with the meat bun and the plastic plate. I placed the steaming meat bun on the plate.
"Compared to my taste, I think your common sense is even stranger."
"Then, you have to stick three incense sticks on the meat bun."
"What do you want to do to my meat bun?!"
"Because I didn't buy an incense burner?"
"No need!"
The spirit girl gave me a sidelong glance, then focused on the meat bun. She looked happy.
"Do you like meat bun a lot?" This was the first time I saw her smile, so I was curious.
"I don't like it that much." She didn't move, but continued to look at the meat bun. At the same time, she casually replied, "It's just that I haven't received tributes in a long time."
I was a bit surprised.
After all, as an Earthbound Spirit, she shouldn't have had the chance to enjoy the tributes of others.
Yesterday, I tried to ask her about her life before she met me, but in the end, she kept rambling and ignoring me. It seemed like she didn't want me to know about her past.
I don't know why, but the image of Tantai Nainai hugging her knees in the corner of the small balcony in this dark room appeared in my mind. She was looking at the bustling streets through the gaps in the railings.
… I feel a bit lonely.
"But then again, you can't touch anything, right? Then, how can you eat meat bun? "
I shook my head slightly to get rid of those thoughts and asked her.
Also, I have never seen tributes to the dead being eaten by the dead …
"It's not really eating, but it's similar to the concept of enjoying the food, or it's the sincerity of the tributes … Well, if it doesn't work, you can understand it as eating the soul of the food." The girl wrapped her arms around her washboard-like chest and thought for a while before answering with uncertainty.
Speaking of which, food also has a soul …
Just as I was imagining the frightening scene where the souls of the food turned into spirits and looked at us, Tantai Nainai put her hands together and said softly like in anime, "Thank you for your hospitality."
At this time, should I reply with something like 'Simple tea is not enough to show my respect'?
From the beginning to the end, she was only staring at the meat bun. Is this how spirits enjoy tributes? I really can't understand.
"Then, let's go back to the main topic." Ignoring my hesitation, the girl slowly floated to the opposite side of me.
"The main topic? The color of your underwear … Sorry, I was joking, please don't point the chopping board at my head … "
After begging for mercy, the topic continued.
"Although you mean that you can go home as long as you become a 'cash payment', how do you define 'cash payment'?"
Tantai Nainai didn't have any self-awareness of being a cute girl and sat cross-legged across from me. If she wasn't wearing sports shorts and was wearing a short skirt, I would have seen everything.
What a pity.
"Generally speaking, if you're passionate about a certain activity and have the national competition as your goal, you should be considered a 'cash payment' by sweating and sweating with your buddies. Other than that, there are also things like improving your grades, working hard to enter a school, investing a lot of effort in comics, novels, or even idol groups to debut."
The so-called 'cash payment' actually means loving the 3D world and living a fulfilling life in the real world.
"But … I don't think you'll do that kind of thing, right?" The spirit girl held her cheeks and sighed: "After all, you're someone who doesn't even bother to work …"
"That's right."
I nodded without hesitation: "I definitely won't experiment with this kind of time-consuming and laborious method. Moreover, if I'm not careful, I might actually become a 'cash payment'."
"What's wrong with becoming a 'cash payment', is there a need to be so resistant?"
"Are you kidding me, that's' cash payment '! If you casually become a 'cash payment', you'll explode! "
"Don't treat the wailing of a defeated dog as reality!"
"Cash payment: [Noun], when exposed to extreme cold or extreme heat, impact, friction, or contact with an open flame or high heat, it can cause an explosion. Please be careful when you encounter cash payment."
"Why do you make 'cash payment' sound like it's like nitroglycerin …"
"In summary, there's only one way to give people the feeling of 'cash payment'."
Ignoring the spirit girl's retorts, I placed my hands on the short table and tried to convey my thoughts to her: "That is, it originates from the curiosity we have towards the opposite sex when we're just growing up, as well as the irrepressible feelings that spread from the depths of our hearts because we're in puberty, and it's a unique and pure feeling that sprouts from our hearts …"
"To put it simply, you're in heat and want to find a girlfriend, right?" Tantai Nainai had an impatient expression on her face, and she didn't hesitate to expose the purpose I'd been laying out for a long time.
"I just want to experience the feeling of being in love! My purpose is very pure and upright, and it's not as bad as you think! "
"I think that someone who can openly use a book as a tribute has no fate with the word 'pure and upright'."
The other party's gaze pierced me: "Also, I think that even if you get a girlfriend, it won't last long, right? With your perverted personality. What do you plan to do when the time comes? "
"I don't know … This kind of thing, we'll talk about it after it happens." I thought for a moment, but couldn't think of anything, so I simply gave her a thumbs up and grinned: "Because I've always been a happy-go-lucky person …"
"Let's not talk about your purpose for now. Anyway, as long as you can find a girlfriend, your parents will probably admit that you're cash payment and let you go home. This way, I won't have to live in the same house as a pervert like you. From this point of view, we have the same interests. "
The other party seemed to have decisively ignored my actions.
"That's right, that's why I need your help." I took the meat bun that was used as a tribute, and it was already a little cold. I took a bite and said in a muffled voice:
"Although I don't think it's possible … But have you ever been in love before?"
Tantai rubbed her chin and thought for a moment before asking.
Hehe, she asked the right person.
"Of course!" I swallowed the food in my mouth and said proudly.
"Tsk, the taste of girls in this era is getting worse and worse."
"Too much! What do you think of me! "
"A useless otaku who always stays at home to the point that his family couldn't stand it and was kicked out of the house."
"…"
I didn't cry … It's just that the excess water and salt in my body flowed out from my eyes.
"Anyway, tell me about your most recent love experience for reference."
Perhaps it was because my miserable appearance was too shocking, Tantai didn't continue to poke at my sore spot and started asking about other things.
"Oh, good question, it happened three days ago!"
"Huh?"
Although a question mark seemed to appear above the ghost girl's head, I didn't care much about it. I sat up straight and started talking non-stop. "That girl transmigrated for a thousand years before reuniting with me after countless reincarnations in the Dragon Canyon. But at this time, the enemies of Helcrown had already discovered her whereabouts and began to attempt to capture her. In order to protect her from falling into the hands of the enemy, I brought her along as I traveled across the continent. At the same time, I raised my level and searched for traces left behind by my predecessor a thousand years ago …"
"Wait a minute!"
Tantai Nainai shouted and finally interrupted my narration.
"What's wrong? The latter part is clearly the main point … "I looked at her with some dissatisfaction.
"The experience you're talking about … is a game?"
"Of course, right? Moreover, the later part of the game's plot is super touching. In the review section of the gaming magazine, the game's plot also has a very high score. It's definitely a masterpiece! "
For some reason, after I finished speaking, Tantai Nainai covered her head and revealed an expression that said 'this idiot is hopeless'.
"This pervert is hopeless."
"Why?!"
Although it was slightly different from what I guessed, it was still quite hurtful to hear it said so directly.
"Who asked about your love experience in the game! I'm talking about reality! "
"I'm not interested in games like the 3D world."
"If you're not, then be honest and tell me. Don't act like a child and say such sulky words!" She leaned on the short table with a tired expression: "I didn't expect you to be such an idiot. I'm already starting to worry about the problems in the future …"
"Don't call me an idiot … Don't look at me like this, I'm actually quite smart."
Even if I skipped a lot of classes, my midterm and final exam results were still in the middle. It was also because of this that after several failed attempts to persuade me, the teachers basically didn't care about me anymore …
Maybe to them, someone like me was much better than those delinquent students who fought, smoked, and drank.
Thinking of this, I took another bite of the meat bun. I don't know if it was because Tantai had already enjoyed it, but I felt that this meat bun didn't have much taste.
"Ah …"
She enjoyed this tribute and then I ate it. In a sense, it was an indirect kiss, right?
"What's wrong? Why are you so surprised? "The spectral girl raised her head and looked at me.
"Nothing, I just thought of something."
"What is it?"
"Even if you ask me that," I scratched my head in distress: "If I say it, you might get angry …"
And this guy didn't even want to live in the same room as me, let alone kiss me.
"I won't get angry, just say it."
"Does this meat bun count as an indirect kiss?"
"…"
Click (The sound of the balcony's sliding door opening by itself)
Snap (The sound of me closing the door again with a big stride)
Tap tap tap (The sound of the sliding door shaking as it wrestles with me)
"You want to throw me down, right! You want to use your strength to throw me down from the balcony, right! "
"Ah, sorry …"
She seemed to come back to her senses and apologized to me.
"Really …"
Since the other party already apologized, I'll just treat it as a joke …
"If you throw trash down from the second floor, the people below will be troubled."
"That's even worse!"
Why am I being treated like trash!
Speaking of which, can I really get help from this guy?
I spent the last day of my vacation in this state of anxiety.
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