“Ahhh!!!”
In the wee hours of the morning, a girl’s wail pierced the night sky and woke Su Yu, that great sucker who still had class the next day.
“Who is it?
I just fell asleep…”
Su Yu had originally been a bit grumpy from being woken, but as soon as he heard this voice full of wisdom, he flung off the blanket and rushed out the bedroom door.
The moment he opened the door, his tense expression vanished in an instant, and his eyes went dead-fish.
There on the living room sofa, a petite girl was curled up into a ball, both hands clutching her stomach tightly, and the ahoge atop her head had drooped listlessly.
But that wasn’t what left Su Yu speechless.
What truly silenced him were the three large empty boxes of ice cream sitting right in front of him on the table.
These three boxes of ice cream were a novel flavor he’d concocted by combining memories of his past life with the Culinary Mastery from the system’s newbie gift package.
Fruit tea with a fragrant, fruity flavor, refreshing while keeping the calories low.
Even those who weren’t fond of sweets would find themselves unable to resist a second bite after the first.
So Su Yu could somewhat understand…
my foot!
What kind of decent person eats three big boxes of ice cream in one go in the middle of the night!
One box was a whole kilogram!
Three boxes was his supply for a whole month!
Only an idiot would eat like that!
Just like that, in one day, no, in one night, she’d finished it all?
No wonder her stomach hurt after eating like that…
And just as Su Yu stood there dazed, staring at the three empty boxes, the loud sound of the door being pushed open made the girl turn her head.
The instant she saw Su Yu, the girl’s moaning halted, as if a child who’d done something guilty had been caught red-handed by a parent.
But soon that fear was replaced by physical pain; the look of suffering returned to her face, and waves of suppressed whimpering escaped her.
Of course Su Yu couldn’t just leave her be; after all, this glutton before him was his landlady.
Of course, even if the girl weren’t his landlady, he’d still lend a hand to a beautiful girl.
Of course, if she weren’t a beautiful girl…
cough cough, that’s another matter.
“Alright, Furina, don’t hold it in, drink some hot water.”
Looking at the hot water being offered, Furina also froze, blinking as if she’d seen something incredible.
“You’re not angry.
It must be because you haven’t seen the source of my stomachache…”
“Huh?
Unless I’ve gone nearsighted, I should be able to see it, right?
Come on, drink up, I’m really not angry.”
Su Yu rubbed his brow, a bit helpless at silly Furina’s caution.
Though Furina like this was kind of cute.
Seeing the slight curl at the corner of Su Yu’s mouth, as if he really wasn’t angry, Furina let out a breath of relief and, taking the freshly poured hot water, gulped it down.
As the hot water went down, her knitted brows relaxed a little; it seemed hot water wasn’t so useless after all.
Watching her curl up comfortably on the sofa like a little kitten after drinking the hot water, Su Yu also fell into memories…
That’s right, Su Yu was not a person of this world, but a miserable yet somewhat lucky transmigrator.
In his past life he’d seen a skit and come across two viewpoints: “A person dies with money unspent” and “a person doesn’t die but the money is spent.” In the end, Su Yu felt the second was a bit more authoritative.
So he was a genuine live-paycheck-to-paycheck type, the kind who’d starve nine meals in three days.
In the end, on his way to the supermarket at midnight to buy instant noodles, he was sent here by a semi-trailer, into a world both familiar and strange to him.
What was familiar was that many people in this world were Genshin characters he knew; what was strange was that this wasn’t Teyvat, but a modern Academy City.
And the moment this unlucky fellow transmigrated, the system, aside from giving him a transfer certificate and an ID, fell into deep sleep, which meant that even in a new world, he was going hungry for nine meals every three days!
It was enough to make him shake with rage!”
Fortunately, he was found by the kind-hearted Furina and taken back to her home.
Thus Furina gained a new identity: landlady.
He also gained a new identity: tenant.
Afterwards he also smoothly transferred schools and met many “old friends,” including the two blond- and white-haired “brothers-in-law” next door eyeing him covetously and such.
Most of the people here were just as he remembered.
For instance, Jean and Lisa still got along well, and Kaeya and Diluc still didn’t quite see eye to eye.
It’s just that because it’s modern now, the forms of expression differ.
For instance, the Fatui is a super-large internet company, and the Harbingers are all big influencers with over a million, even ten million fans.
And his system was a bit different from others too…
“Mmm, ice cream…
tasty ice cream…
nom…”
Su Yu’s thoughts were interrupted.
Following the faint voice, he looked over: Furina had actually already fallen asleep, with a bit of drool at the corner of her mouth, talking in her sleep while smacking her lips, the very picture of someone happily in dreamland.
“This girl, she had a stomachache for ages over ice cream just now, and now she’s still thinking about it.
I should say, as expected of Furina…”
He checked the time.
If he didn’t sleep soon, the day would be dawning before long.
Su Yu slowly got up and, looking at Furina still talking in her sleep and drooling, shook his head helplessly.
This house — without him, it would fall apart.
He wiped the girl’s drool, and in the process of picking Furina up, inadvertently brushed against her clothes.
He had to say, although Furina loved sweets, her weight was still quite light; carrying her was no trouble at all.
Definitely not a hundred catties, so the implication is…
cough cough cough, can’t let my mind wander.
How offensive that would be to Director Hu.
He pushed Furina’s door open with his foot, tucked her into bed and covered her with the blanket, then poured another cup of hot water and set it by the head of the bed.
After leaving a small night light on, he withdrew.
“Aiya, a tenant as dutiful as me is a rare sight.
Furina, you should be secretly pleased.”
“Uh, rather than a tenant, isn’t it more like a butler?”
Just as Su Yu plopped back into his still-warm bed, a white shadow slowly floated out from beside him.
“Traveler!
You haven’t done your Daily Commissions for two days already.
Can you have a little time awareness, hey!”
The little white floating thing, seeing that Su Yu had not the slightest reaction and had only silently put on earplugs and an eye mask and covered himself with a small blanket, raised its voice again: “Hey!
Are you even listening to Paimon?
Daily Commissions can get you all kinds of treasures, you know.
Don’t you love money the most?”
“If you don’t do your quests, how’s Paimon supposed to get her cut…
cutlet rice!
Ahem!”
Seeing that not responding to this little thing would just make it keep chattering endlessly, Su Yu heaved a heavy sigh.
Day after day, every single one of them was so worrying.
Since the source of his transmigration was related to money, after this transmigration he’d also taken a liking to hoarding a little nest egg for a rainy day.
But it was true that completing Daily Commissions could get you good things.
It’s just that sometimes these missions were far too abstract.
Like making Diluc and Kaeya appear in the same frame, then putting on a scene of brotherly love and brotherly respect, and filming it.
Or parking a Ghost Fire at Lumine’s doorstep and calling her downstairs under Aether’s watchful gaze, and such.
Although he liked finding fun while making money, at least the rewards should be commensurate.
A few melon seeds and dates weren’t even enough for a single pull.
Waiting until a time-limited mission with slightly higher rewards refreshes and then doing it wouldn’t be too late.
“Alright, alright, stop fussing, little Paimon.
It just so happens it’s already past four o’clock, the missions should have refreshed by now.
Let me look at today’s missions first.”
Aboslute Cinema.