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Chapter 19: It's shameful to hang up
Tiantian's irritable and arrogant mother

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[Hello, Ms. Liu Tiantian, we are conducting a census here. Is it convenient for you now?]

Tiantian: "..."

The sleep-conscious brain gradually woke up, and Tiantian felt as if she had been hit on the head with a stick, a very concrete clang sound appeared in her mind.

She suspected that she either didn't wake up or was in a daze. Otherwise, she received such a phone call that was similar to a telecom scam as soon as she woke up.

"Um... hello."

Tiantian had a characteristic in doing things. She always asked questions before making a decision. As long as the matter was not 100% certain, she was used to handling it gently, so as to leave herself some room and a way out.

"I'm sorry, as you know, phone fraud has been rampant recently. Didn't I just get defrauded of more than 100 phone bills two days ago? Otherwise... please give me your work number, and I will go online to verify it."

At this point, Tiantian's tone slowed down a bit.

"Don't be offended. This is not your problem, this is my own problem. Once burned, twice cautious [1]."

Of course, telecommunications fraud was purely a pretense. Young people these days were basically not fooled.

There were only two purposes for saying this.

If it's a liar, it's just a waste of her time. Now that the big data network was so developed, the job numbers of all public servants could be seen on relevant government websites. This liar couldn't do anything fake.

But if this was not a liar, and she hung up the phone first and then set the phone to "do not disturb", then she was hindering the country from doing its work and causing trouble for others.

Tiantian tried her best to avoid this situation.

We were not afraid of mass killings, but we were afraid of accidental killing, and it would be very embarrassing if we accidentally kill the mother country.

[It doesn't matter, we understand this situation completely.]

The female voice on the other end of the phone was gentle, considerate and considerate, she casually reported a job number.

Tiantian thanked her with a smile and got up on her hands and knees. She held the phone by her neck and turned on the computer to check for information.

[Ms. Liu, if you have encountered telecommunications fraud here, you can report it through the phone number of the national anti-fraud agency.]

"Okay, okay, please, I'll make a call when I have time. I've been a little busy lately." Tiantian promised politely.

But if someone took away a hundred yuan in a telecom fraud, she would be embarrassed to make this call.

Just kidding, wasn't it just a hundred dollars?

Just buy dog food for stray dogs, because this trivial matter took up national resources, and she really couldn't do this kind of thing.

After all, it was one hundred yuan that was lost, not ten thousand yuan.

*clack* *clack* *clack*

While her inner thoughts continued, Tiantian's movements on her hands did not stop.

After her constant inquiries and searches, a woman's avatar suddenly appeared on the public website page, as well as an introduction to women's occupations and a reporting hotline.

Everything looked organized and in compliance.

This call was indeed made by a national public official for grassroots work, and it was not a scam call.

"Hello, I have checked it here and there is no problem. Do you have anything you need me to answer? I will try my best to cooperate."

After getting the answer, Tiantian did not dare to neglect. She immediately corrected her attitude.

Okay, okay, I just patiently asked for her job number.

If she had cursed her with such a harsh word, she would have spent her whole life in vain as a member of the Chinese family, and her ancestral graves would probably be filled with red smoke from her anger.

[That's right, Ms. Liu, we would like to know from you whether you have ever left the country in the near future.]

[For example, what about those who have traveled to neighboring countries, Japan or South Korea?]

"..."

After hearing this, Tiantian couldn't hold it back and was stunned for a moment, feeling strange and confused in her heart.

"Hello, are you looking for Liu Tiantian? Could it be that you asked the wrong person? I have never been abroad since I was born."

She answered verbally, but being suspicious, she couldn't help but start thinking in her mind.

When something like this happened that confused her, her first reaction was that someone had stolen her ID number and carried out illegal activities abroad. As a result, the country checked the ID number and found her as the real culprit.

Tiantian's whole body felt numb at the thought of this possibility.

"Miss, has something happened? Can I find out more about it?"

[Hey, Ms. Liu, please don't worry, nothing happened. We here just want to do a survey report on returnees.]

[If not, we are very sorry to disturb you. I wish you a happy life.]

"Okay, okay."

Tiantian quickly agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Tiantian was still confused.

She rubbed her forehead and was about to lie down and rest for a while. When she looked sideways, she found that the light outside the curtains had turned red and bright.

This kind of dazzling light was not at all like the quiet and bright light in the early morning. Instead, it was like the sunlight at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, which was harsh and dazzling.

"...what time is it now?"

Tiantian felt something was wrong, so she quickly picked up her phone and checked the time.

"...?"

On the screen of the mobile phone, the large characters "3:40 pm" were displayed.

Tiantian broke into a cold sweat when she saw the time.

She didn't go to bed past three in the morning last night. Why did she wake up so late today?

Thinking of this, Tiantian brushed her long hair that was in a mess and quickly jumped from the bed. She straightened her pajamas and prepared to get up and wash up.

It's already this time, and she definitely couldn't sleep anymore. What if she couldn't wake up if she slept again?

*bang*

When Tiantian was looking for slippers, she accidentally kicked the trash can with hee left foot. The plastic cover of the trash can made a muffled sound, and the vibration caused the garbage bags inside to clatter together.

"..."

She frowned, bent down to pick up the trash can, and lowered her head to look inside.

For some reason, Tiantian always felt that this trash can left a deep impression on her. But as to what kind of impression it was and why, Tiantian couldn't recall it.

This feeling was like seeing something or a scene somewhere, and having a familiar feeling.

It's like she had seen it before.

However, the trash can was completely empty, except for the bowl of Malatang she threw away, there was nothing else.

"I really slept with a cerebral thrombosis..."

Tiantian murmured to himself and put the trash can back beside her bed.

In addition, she raised her arm and looked at her left arm.

This move was like a signal left on her body, almost out of instinct of some kind of protective mechanism, and she did it naturally.

But the left arm was smooth and there was nothing unusual about it.

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Afternoon, Tokyo Jujutsu High School.

Satoru hummed a song, holding the various clothes and daily necessities he bought for the girl, and walked comfortably along the roadside back to school.

*ding* *ding*

The man stopped, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and answered the call.

[Satoru, how is the matter going?]

Principal Yaga's somewhat nervous questioning voice came from the phone, and at the same time, the clicking sound of a needle poking on the felt on the other end of the phone could be heard.

"What's with your question?"

Satoru asked back, his tail almost raised to the sky with pride, and his voice was filled with joy unconsciously, which made the principal on the other end have black lines on his head.

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[What time is it! Stop asking and answering your own questions!]

The middle-aged uncle's voice was very angry.

"The current status of the kitten — unclaimed! I also communicated with the neighbor country today! No such person has been found so far."

"That means we can raise her."

Satoru picked up the women's clothing packaging bag in his hand and answered Yaga with a melodious expression.

[...that's a human being, not an animal. Have you thought about it?]

Yaga on the other side of the phone raised his forehead in distress and asked Satoru seriously.

"Sensei."

Satoru's voice was slightly low, and the blue eyes under his blindfold revealed a dark look and coldness.

He seemed to be looking at something through the sky above.

"Don't underestimate the determination of adults."

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"Tiantian! Is it Tiantian? I'm Aunt Zhang!"

In the evening, Tiantian had just finished taking a shower and was about to play the game when a phone call came directly, interrupting Tiantian's next schedule.

"Aunt Zhang, don't be anxious. Speak slowly, what's wrong?"

Tiantian sat in front of the computer with an unlit cigarette between her fingers.

As soon as she heard Aunt Zhang's words, she basically knew what was going on.

"Tiantian, Jili got a call from his school, saying that Jili didn't even go to class in the afternoon. He ran away with a gang of gangsters outside the school. He hasn't returned to school yet!"

Aunt Zhang's voice was filled with urgent crying, and Uncle Zhang's feeble roar was mixed on the other end of the phone.

"Tiantian, we have searched all over and can't find Jili. Jili doesn't answer our calls. Tiantian, auntie beg you, can you help us find Jili?"

The woman's tired voice was as cautious as pleading.

"Aunt Zhang, don't worry, I probably know where that little bastard has gone."

Tiantian's entire face turned dark, and her fingers anxiously moved the figure back and forth on the screen, causing another white-haired figure on the screen. Probably named Inumaki Toge, to follow Donut closely behind.

Aunt Zhang was Tiantian's neighbor, and the two families were very familiar with each other. Tiantian scolded Jili without worrying that Aunt Zhang would mind.

"It's really too troublesome, Tiantian! If you find Jili first, you can beat him up for me and your uncle! Don't be soft!"

Aunt Zhang really didn't care on the other end of the phone, she was even ecstatic.

"Aunt Zhang, I'll just handle this matter. You and Uncle Zhang don't show your face for now. Children are rebellious and can easily have the opposite effect."

Tiantian stood up from the chair, picked up the coat on hand and started to put it on.

"We all listen to you!"

Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang quickly agreed.

Tiantian hung up the phone and the game on the computer continued to hang up. She ignored it and went directly to the kitchen to hold the iron rod used to drive away stray dogs in the community in her hand and rushed to the door with a dark face.

"Lao Zhang and his family are in trouble again?"

In the living room, Tiantian's mother was sitting on the sofa knitting Tiantian's sweater. She looked at Tiantian with a cold and dissatisfied face and said in a bad tone.

"Just watch your TV and that's it. I'll be back as soon as I go."

Tiantian stood the iron bar aside, lowered her head and bent over to put on her shoes, she replied to Mrs. Liu without raising her head.

"..."

When Mrs. Liu heard Tiantian's nonchalant attitude, her face turned even colder. She threw aside the unfinished sweater in her hand with a snap, stared at her daughter and choked out.

"I don't like the good-for-nothing in my family, but I still call you every day. How come, that old lady from the Zhang family really thinks you are her daughter?"

"..."

Tiantian raised her head helplessly and looked at her mother's jealous face.

"How come I'm someone else's daughter? Why are you saying something so ugly at night?"

"Don't worry, I'll be back in two hours at most. That kid Jili is not a bad person. He can't be called a waste. He's just been influenced by others. He has been a neighbor with us for so many years. If I see him, I must take care of him."

"..."

Mrs. Liu was leaning on the sofa and sulking, crossing her arms and staring at Tiantian with side eyes.

"Just take care of it. Take care of this and that every day. If you go out and pick up a homeless person, take it home and raise it."

"You are the only one in this place who is not afraid of trouble or death, they all rely on you. I'll see how you get on in the future."

Although Mrs. Liu's words were very unpleasant, Tiantian still heard her mother's worries about her and complaints about other people.

Tiantian held the iron rod and looked back at her mother tenderly, and smiling briskly.

"When I was watching TV when I was a kid, wasn't there a big shot who said, the more people are afraid of death, the faster they will die. Only those who are not afraid of death will not die."

"Okay, go to bed early. Your daughter is going out to punish r*pe and eliminate evil."

"Hah."

Mrs. Liu sneered and said nothing.

But the woman picked up the unfinished sweater and continued working.

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And in distant Japan.

Toge held the rice ball in his hand and looked at Donut standing in front of the window with a numb expression.

He had just watched Donut jump out of bed and walk around the room more than thirty times like a robot.

Afterward, the woman seemed to have fallen into trance, standing in front of the window with her hands behind her back like an expert outside, staring deeply at the scenery outside the window without saying a single glance.

One stop lasted a full twenty minutes.

Toge looked depressed as he covered his stomach, which was slightly cramped from eating cold rice balls.

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In the dead of night, Tiantian returned home in the dark.

There was still a trace of blood on the girl's face, and she was holding a broken iron rod in her hand.

The living room was pitch dark, and her mother seemed to have gone to sleep.

After receiving this realization, Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief and tiptoed back to the room. She sat at the computer desk, lit a cigarette, and took a long, calm breath.

The computer screen was bright and the game interface was still the same as when Tiantian first came out.

However, the pixel figure Donut in the picture was now standing in front of a small dark window, wearing a snow-white dress, like a female ghost, only a blurry back was exposed.

Under the hazy night, Donut's round head was not as cold as winter, and she was wearing a pale mosaic skirt. It made people dream back to the [Kill Angel] game interface.

On the square bed on the left side of Donut, the quilt was slightly raised, and a pixel man named Inumaki Toge was sleeping on it.

At this time, she didn't know why Toge and Donut stayed together in [Jujutsu High: School Doctor's Room on the first floor]. He slept extremely peacefully, with two straight lines and eyes closed tightly. With [zzzz] balloon popping up constantly on his forehead.

Was this the NPC who suddenly had a convulsion and took her away?

Tiantian squinted her eyes in front of the screen, seeming to have some impression of Inumaki Toge.

She moved her mouse, wanting to control Donut to explore the room.

*click*

The moment Tiantian moved the mouse, the game interface seemed to notice Tiantian's return, and a text explanation popped up directly on the screen.

[System prompt: Players are welcome to return!!!]

The two exclamation marks at the end are very eye-catching.

Across the screen, Tiantian seemed to feel that the system that should not have emotions was like a runaway husky, with a big mouth and tongue hanging out, charging towards her.

Tiantian: "…"

This must be her imagination.

[After you finished your hearty battle, your friends from Jujutsu High School warmly accepted you and invited you to settle in the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical College!]

The system began to explain in a jabbering manner, and as soon as the explanation was given, it was eloquent, and several lines of words popped up on the screen, which made Tiantian dazzled.

[From now on, the school will be your base! Here, you can carry out agricultural planting, livestock breeding, river fish breeding, and build a spiritual destination that belongs only to you! A perfect home.]

[System prompt: Currently, your accommodation environment is the vocational medical clinic. But as the protagonist, how can you be willing to hide in a small infirmary as your own place?]

[So, you decide to start building your own happy home!]

[Currently, the construction areas available for selection are: the south gate of the school, the right side of the fishpond of the school, and the northern area of the school.]

Wait a minute.

Tiantian expressionlessly skipped the system prompts.

Clicked on the map of [Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical College].

On the map, the entire college occupied a very large area. The locations mentioned by the system add up to less than two-thirds of the teaching building of the school, and there was also a large area of dense woods that was unsightly.

Then here came the problem.

Since the entire map was her territory.

Why couldn't she just tear down all the teaching buildings of the college and build her own house?

Tiantian felt sincerely confused.

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[1] Alternative form of "Once bitten, twice shy (一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。)." Meaning, "one is cautious if one has been hurt in the past."


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