socalfunplaces Chapter 25 Daily Work
Chapter 25 Daily Work
Chapter 25 Daily Work
How can a group of ordinary people living in the shadows coexist peacefully with creatures of darkness?
Tang Zijun had been pondering this question for a long time. In his constant battles with those driven by greed, he was also observing this familiar yet unfamiliar world.
Aside from the unspeakable entities hidden in the shadows, this world itself is not much different from the one before Tang Zijun transmigrated.
The people here still study, work, and get married, repeating their lives day after day like wound-up mechanical birds. Similarly, they also experience complex emotions such as joy, pain, and sorrow.
For Tang Zijun, this world was very similar to her own, the only difference being that all the negative emotions here were materialized by some strange force.
Whether they are greedy or heretics, they are all maggots parasitizing this real world, constantly devouring the budding of what is called 'humanity'.
In contrast, magical girls are a defense mechanism inherent in the real world itself.
At this moment, Tang Zijun is trying to find a way to activate this defense mechanism.
"Time to get up, Tangcao."
After knocking on the door for the third time this morning, this time, Tangcao finally received a response from her bedroom.
Tang Zijun was also a little helpless. It seemed that ever since Tang Cao got used to living here, she had completely let go of her true nature, and waking her up every day had become his daily task.
I always feel like I've gone from being a brother to a servant.
"Hurry up, your classmate has been waiting for you for ages." Tang Zijun called out again, then turned and went back to the living room.
At this moment, Su Siyao sat demurely at the dining table in the living room, her back straight, but her eyes were unconsciously glancing at the meat buns on the table.
Noticing Tang Zijun's figure, she quickly averted her gaze and sat up straight, looking like she had just been caught by the teacher eating snacks in class.
"Eat if you want, there are plenty of steamed buns today." Tang Zijun waved to Su Siyao.
"Don't we need to wait for Tangtang to get up so we can eat together?" Su Siyao blinked.
"Don't you know her?" Tang Zijun asked with a smile, then pulled over her own stool and sat down.
In their home, the sofa is for guests, and even when there are no guests, it's Tang Cao's seat. Over time, the bench became his designated seat.
Picking up a steamed bun at random, Tang Zijun continued, "By the time Tang Cao wakes up, it'll probably be too late. She'll probably only take two to eat on the way."
"Oh." Upon hearing this, Su Siyao quickly picked up a steamed bun and started eating.
A good day starts with a hearty breakfast.
In the past, Tang Zijun didn't care much about breakfast because he used to sleep until noon. However, after developing the habit of waking up early, he felt like something was missing if he didn't eat something in the morning.
Moreover, Tang Cao is still growing, and her mother has repeatedly emphasized that she must eat three meals a day properly, so Tang Zijun is now paying more attention to her diet.
Today's breakfast is steamed buns with the leftover bone broth from before. It is said that eating noodles without garlic will diminish the flavor by half. Tang Zijun thinks that eating steamed buns is about the same, so she specially prepared Laba garlic.
This pickled garlic isn't spicy, so even girls like Tang Cao and Su Siyao, who don't like garlic, can handle it.
Tang Zijun was originally planning to cook noodles. With bone broth as the base, even plain noodles would be delicious. However, when he was buying bamboo shoots yesterday, he suddenly smelled the aroma of minced meat.
Tang Zijun could tell from the smell that the minced meat was freshly ground and not frozen, so he bought some to try.
As it turns out, Tang Zijun's approach was very wise, as evidenced by Su Siyao's greasy hands and her licking her fingers.
After enjoying a delicious breakfast, Tang Zijun placed the steamed buns in a pre-prepared lunchbox, as Tang Cao had requested, as she was quite upset that she hadn't gotten up earlier to eat something good.
Tang Zijun said: I really tried my best.
After watching Tang Cao and Su Siyao walk out the door, the room fell silent again.
Mornings in Syracuse are not much different from those in other cities; as the sun rises, the world outside the window gradually becomes more lively.
Amidst the sounds of car horns, noise, and even music from a middle school, Tang Zijun, as usual, took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash. After he finished washing them and came out humming a song, he suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a "new person" in the house.
Perhaps because she had found a suitable place to stay, Xiaobai didn't leave with Tangcao today; she was still curled up on Tangcao's bed, taking a nap.
In other words, Xiaobai is some kind of so-called spirit beast. If it were just an ordinary kitten, Tang Zijun would never let it go to bed without taking a bath. Who knows if the kitten might have any bacteria or fleas on it?
Tang Zijun strolled leisurely to the door of Tang Cao's room, leaning against the door frame and examining a ball of white fur on the bed.
If I hadn't actually heard Xiaobai speak human language before, she would have looked no different from an ordinary kitten.
Xiao Bai is a lion cat, the same breed that Pan Jinlian kept. Its fur is a bit long, especially around its neck, making it look like a little lion. Combined with its snow-white color and sky-blue eyes, it gives off a sense of elegance and nobility.
It has to be said that she is so cute that even Tang Zijun couldn't help but want to rush up and pick her up to give her a kiss.
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However, upon considering that the other party possessed the same intelligence as humans, Tang Zijun hesitated for a moment and ultimately abandoned the idea.
He didn't want to be misunderstood by his neighbors because of a cat yelling "molestation".
At this moment, Xiaobai seemed to sense something, its ears twitched slightly, and it slowly opened its eyes.
When she saw Tang Zijun standing at the door staring at her without blinking, she instantly lost all sleepiness, jumped three feet high, and bristled with anger, ready to fight again.
Being stared at while sleeping by a male human who smells like a dog is terrifying. Xiaobai kept looking around, trying to find Tangcao. After a while, she belatedly realized that Tangcao had already gotten up and gone to school.
"So, from now on, every daytime, I'll have to spend time with this male human along with a cat?"
Thinking of this, Xiaobai's cat face fell.
Looking at Tang Zijun across from her, she regretted agreeing to let Tang Cao move in.
Tang Zijun simply smiled faintly at Xiaobai's resistance; he was now certain that the other party could not sense his energy.
If the other party could truly sense the power of the Kamen Rider, then it would be impossible for them to ignore it for an entire night.
However, Tang Zijun never intended to hide his identity from her. Now that Tang Cao had left, leaving only the two of them and their cat at home, they could finally talk about Tang Cao's future development.
Just as Tang Zijun had organized her thoughts and was about to say something...
Suddenly, a strange sound reached Tang Zijun's ears.
At the same time, Xiaobai, who was breathing on Tang Zijun, seemed to have sensed something. She was startled at first, then suddenly raised her neck and looked out the window.
(End of this chapter)