Ono, however, thought it was perfectly normal; it was just a casual greeting, and besides, the girl seemed quite polite when he first met her.
"Yes, it's getting late, we should go home for dinner," Ono said with a smile, then asked, "Aren't you going home? Are you waiting for someone?"
"Yes. I've rented a place here, but my roommate is still at work, so I need to wait another hour."
The little girl's voice was clear and melodious, like a clear stream flowing through the listener's heart, calming them down inexplicably.
After Xu Yi finished speaking, she saw the woman who always seemed nervous when facing her say in a soft, slow voice, "It's getting dark, let's go sit and wait in the supermarket up ahead."
Xu Yi was momentarily stunned. The voice sounded familiar, but before she could think about it, another woman laughed heartily and started talking to her.
Ono: "Yes, yes, a young girl traveling alone should be careful. Go somewhere with lots of people." She pointed to the streetlights next to her, "The streetlights around here are all broken. Once it gets completely dark, this place can get a bit creepy."
Sensing their kindness, Xu Yi stood up with her suitcase and nodded to them, "Thank you."
A sudden evening breeze arose, coming from behind Xu Yi and brushing past Gu Yueyue, playfully blowing off her black fisherman's hat that she had been hiding.
Chapter Four
The moment the fisherman's hat was blown off, Gu Yueyue immediately turned her head away. Xiao Ye reacted quickly as well, standing directly in front of her to shield her.
Xu Yi watched their startled behavior in front of her and felt puzzled.
After Gu Yueyue quickly put on her mask, she tugged at Xiao Ye's sleeve, and the two turned their heads to whisper, "Let's go back quickly, it's too dangerous outside." "Okay."
Although their voices were very soft, and normal humans should not have been able to hear them, Xu Yi's divine consciousness was only one step away from ascending to godhood, so how could she not hear such a soft whisper?
Neither of them said goodbye to her; they left in a hurry.
"Hey, you two..." Xu Yi didn't know their names, and only looked at the hat that had been blown off by the wind. She wanted to remind them, but when the two heard her voice, they ran even faster.
Xu Yi reluctantly walked over and picked up the hat, which still looked brand new. She picked up her suitcase and followed the two men, intending to deliver the items there.
As a result, the buildings in the community were all tall and similar, and Xu Yi realized after walking around that she had lost the person.
She took her hat and went back to the bench. It was already dark. The streetlights here were not completely broken, and they flickered in the night due to poor wiring, creating a scary atmosphere like that of a ghost about to appear in a horror movie.
Fortunately, her roommate didn't make her wait long. Xu Yi had only been sitting down for a quarter of an hour when her roommate called.
She was a young girl, her tone light and lively, and she seemed to be in a very good mood.
"Hello, is this Xu Yi? This is He Xiaojing. The film crew wrapped up early today, so I came straight back. I'm already inside the residential area. Where are you?"
Xu Yi looked around and replied, "Miss He, I am by a pool."
"The fountain? Oh, the one at the east gate, right? Wait for me a minute, I'll pick up a package on my way and then come pick you up."
The call ended, and less than ten minutes later, a small blue electric scooter slowly drove up and came to a sudden stop in front of Xu Yi.
The person on the vehicle was a young girl. She took off the blue helmet that came with the electric scooter, shook her short, neat hair that was soaked with sweat, and brushed her bangs aside.
She tidied herself up and fixed her gaze on Xu Yi. Just then, the broken streetlight suddenly turned on again for some reason.
A tall, stunningly beautiful girl stood under the incandescent light. He Xiaojing stared at her, mesmerized, and asked incredulously, "Is...is it Xu Yi?"
"Yes. Hello, Miss He. I'm Xu Yi, the roommate you've arranged to share an apartment with."
"Holy crap!" He Xiaojing blurted out, "I actually rented out a stunningly beautiful and mature woman! Are you really only eighteen? Holy crap, I'm not saying you look old. I mean, your aura, your presence—holy crap. I'm not educated, but you're just too mature."
"Hmm. Do you need to see my ID?" Xu Yi said, then took her ID out of her pocket and gave it to her.
He Xiaojing glanced at it and launched into another tirade of profanities, "Your ID photo looks like a close-up with a beauty filter, how did you do that?"
She got off the small electric scooter, but it was too small. With her two delivery boxes, there was no room left for Xu Yi's luggage, not to mention she couldn't take Xu Yi back with her.
So they simply got out of the car, pushed the stroller, and walked back with Xu Yi.
Through conversations along the way, Xu Yi learned about He Xiaojing's identity.
He Xiaojing is now 22 years old. After graduating from university, she did not find a proper job as her parents had asked. Instead, she pursued her dream of working in the entertainment industry and is currently working as an extra in a nearby film and television city.
"I'm looking for a roommate to share the rent burden. I have a lot of stuff, and I also study acting at home, so I'm quite lively. So you only need to pay half the rent, and I'll cover the rest." He Xiaojing looked Xu Yi up and down. The girl looked even poorer than her. Her clothes were yellowed from being washed so many times, but it didn't affect her good looks at all.
"Thank you." Xu Yi accepted her kindness. The original owner had no parents or relatives, and was still a student. She usually worked part-time on weekends and went hiking during short holidays. She really didn't have much savings left.
He Xiaojing then told her about her experience as an extra in the film and television city, how she earned hard-earned money, mainly for the sake of her dream!
They finally arrived home. He Xiaojing parked the car, picked up two delivery boxes, and led her upstairs.
"The stairs are broken, we're on the fifth floor... I'm sorry to trouble you." He Xiaojing smiled apologetically, she was carrying two express delivery boxes and couldn't help.
As they were about to go up the stairs, He Xiaojing said, "Your suitcase must be heavy, right? Why don't you wait here for me? I'll take the package upstairs and then come down to help you carry it."
Xu Yi easily lifted the suitcase with one hand right in front of her, and even weighed it in his hand, saying, "It's okay."
"..." He Xiaojing suspected that there was nothing in her suitcase until the two of them got home, and Xu Yi opened the suitcase in the living room in front of her.
He Xiaojing glanced at the contents and almost lost her balance. Apart from a power bank, the box was full of books.
As someone who had just graduated from university, she certainly knew the weight of books, let alone this whole box of them.
Unexpectedly, her new roommate, a mature and sophisticated woman, turned out to be a girl with superhuman strength.
He Xiaojing, still bewildered, went to the bathroom and quickly took a shower. Xu Yi was even faster, tidying up her room in just over ten minutes.
He Xiaojing initially rented the three-bedroom apartment because she liked the quiet environment. Now, she feels she can't afford the rent anymore, so she carefully selected a roommate.
While Xu Yi was taking a shower, He Xiaojing opened her package.
When Xu Yi came out, He Xiaojing had already packed everything up and called Xu Yi over to look. Xu Yi looked at the strange objects and asked, puzzled, "What are these?"
"Oh, I'm planning to become a live streamer, and all this equipment is what I bought. It emptied my entire savings account," He Xiaojing said with a pained expression.
"A live streamer?" This body had never been exposed to these things before, so Xu Yi naturally didn't know anything about them. He only vaguely knew that they were people who posted videos online.
Seeing that the girl seemed interested despite only having a vague understanding, He Xiaojing was happy to talk to the pretty girl more. So she carefully explained to her that she planned to attract popularity through live streaming and gradually improve her image. Maybe one day she would become popular if she got lucky.
"Can it make money?" Xu Yi realized this, and she needed to make money now because she didn't know how to pay for her university tuition.
“Yes.” He Xiaojing knew that Xu Yi’s family was not well-off and she was short of money. She was about to recommend that Xu Yi join her in doing live streaming, but then she suddenly stopped herself. Xu Yi’s personality was too cold and she always had a distance when she talked to people. It didn’t seem like she was suitable to be a live streamer.
Xu Yi didn't think that much. Although she was eager to make money, there was something more urgent she needed to do: she had to find her Miss Gu.
He Xiaojing was adjusting her live-streaming equipment when Xu Yi quietly returned to her room. She borrowed a few stones she had brought back from the mountains, which were imbued with a faint spiritual energy. Xu Yi then used them to set up a soul-searching formation.
The wisp of her soul that she took back then accompanied Miss Gu through reincarnation. Now, this body is only eighteen years old, and Miss Gu is only about ten years older than this body. She doesn't know how old Miss Gu is now.
After the formation was successfully established, it took Xu Yi three or four hours. On the second day, as dawn broke, the formation finally showed some subtle changes. Xu Yi's soul left his body and followed the guidance to find it.
Gu Yueyue woke up from a nightmare again on the plane. She had a job to rush to today to help out an artist from the same company. The company notified her at the last minute, so she didn't make any preparations and set off with Xiao Ye at around 4 a.m.
Ono sat next to her, muttering and cursing about the company, especially Sister Yao, who received special treatment from Ono, with her ancestors being dragged out and verbally abused.
Gu Yueyue blushed slightly as she thought about her dream. She had dreamt of that woman again, dressed in white, her sword pointing down at the world, looking down on all others. Did such a person really exist? She was lost in thought and didn't even hear what Xiao Ye was saying to her.
"Sis, what are you thinking about? Why are you so serious?" Ono asked in a resentful tone.
"Cough. I was thinking about that girl I met yesterday. She gave me a very familiar feeling, like I'd known her before." Gu Yueyue gathered her thoughts, wanting to find a reason to change the subject with Xiao Ye, but the first thing that came to mind was the scene of seeing the girl yesterday.
"Maybe they're your fans. It's normal to have seen them before." Xiao Ye started to worry about what to do after getting off the plane. She wondered if someone in the company had leaked Yueyue's itinerary. Before she left, she checked the hidden fan groups and found that some fans had already revealed their whereabouts, including their flight and the hotel they stayed at.
"Those fans are really something, they never give us a moment's peace. Our itinerary has been exposed again. We're about to get off the plane, sis, you should get ready." As Ono spoke to her, he looked at her pale face and couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She was getting thinner and thinner, and her mental state wasn't very good either.
Gu Yueyue was frightened by the sasaeng fans. There were precedents of her being frightened by emotionally agitated fans in the past, so when Xiao Ye mentioned that her schedule had been exposed, her already pale face turned even paler.
Xu Yi followed the array's guidance to find someone, but her soul floated higher and higher until she looked down and had no idea where she was.
"..." Xu Yi had just located a place, but when she arrived there, the location of the formation had changed again. Things were different now. If Xu Yi's soul was out of her body for too long, her body would become weak. She had no choice but to give up the search and quickly return her soul to her body.
It's strange. There's no spiritual energy here, so why is Miss Gu moving so fast in the air?
Xu Yi couldn't understand it. She was extremely confident in her array formation abilities, but this was the first time she had encountered such a strange thing. Could it be that Miss Gu's soul left her body while she was sleeping?
Confused, she came out of her room and bumped into He Xiaojing.
He Xiaojing was about to go out when she saw Xu Yi come out. She was a little surprised. There aren't many people who get up early these days without anything to do. "Good morning."
"Good morning, Miss He."
He Xiaojing always felt a sense of disconnect when she listened to her speak, as if they were from different eras. However, she was about to be late for the film crew, so she told Xu Yi where she could buy breakfast nearby, and then hurriedly grabbed her keys and left.
As for Xu Yi, she needs to go out and find a job.
Chapter Five
The original owner had previously worked only short-term temporary jobs and had not accumulated any useful experience.
Xu Yi had lived for over ten thousand years before, and then slept for over twenty thousand years. If her memories were an ocean, the original owner's memories of less than twenty years would be like a cup of water, which would be completely absorbed into the ocean and disappear without a trace.
Fortunately, Xu Yi possessed a strong spiritual consciousness and was able to barely survive in this world using the original owner's memories.
Finding a job is difficult. When people ask what his special skills are, Xu Yi racks his brains for a long time before finally managing to say, "My sword is very powerful."
"What the heck?"
"Besides swordsmanship, I am also quite knowledgeable in divination and formations."
"..."
"My medical skills are also quite good, and I have also studied alchemy and artifact crafting."
"...Go away, go away, we don't hire female students here. You should look somewhere else."
As Xu Yi stepped out of that door, she could clearly hear the shop owner and his wife whispering to each other, "She looks a bit silly, is there something wrong with her head?" "Maybe she failed the college entrance exam and was too devastated, she's acting all neurotic, poor thing, she's such a pretty girl."
After a long day of searching, Xu Yi still hadn't found a job that would let her work. Looking distressed and confused, she returned to her shared apartment.
He Xiaojing had finished work and returned home. She had taken a shower, changed into loose and comfortable pajamas, and was in the living room holding half a watermelon, eating it with a spoon. When she saw her return, she quickly waved for her to go to the refrigerator to get the other half of the watermelon.
"I should have treated you to a meal yesterday, but I was so busy I forgot. Let's have some watermelon first, it's chilled, it's so refreshing. I ordered takeout, it's a really generous spread, let's eat together later." He Xiaojing's enthusiasm and generosity made Xu Yi feel a little overwhelmed. She had never interacted with people like this before. In the past, all her social interactions were arranged by the sect, and she only needed to focus on her cultivation. As a result, she now felt incredibly awkward when interacting with people.
Xu Yi opened the refrigerator and looked at it curiously, wondering how it worked.
Seeing her staring blankly at the refrigerator, He Xiaojing asked, "What's wrong? Don't you like watermelon?"
"No." Xu Yi sat down next to He Xiaojing with the watermelon in her hand, took a spoon, and imitated her eating it. After only the first bite, the sweet taste of watermelon emanating from Xu Yi's buds made her starry eyes sparkle, and she ate the watermelon much faster.
"Is it delicious? I made a special detour to the Dongjiekou small market on my way home from get off work to buy it. Every evening, big trucks sell tons of watermelons there. They're sweet, big, and super cheap. If you like them, I'll bring you some whenever I have time."
Xu Yi didn't know whether to refuse or thank her. She liked to eat, and it would be nice if He Xiaojing could bring her some. But He Xiaojing wasn't her fairy servant, and she had no reason to ask her to do things for her.