Chapter 6 - Penalty
Translator: Lav
Editor: Levs
The traffic lights didn't know they could achieve their goal so easily, they haven't even threatened him yet. With 800 yuan in their hands, as thugs with dignity, of course they didn't care about the changes Shi Lei kept. They watched his back as he walked away carelessly, the three thugs were in shock.
"Damn, that's someone rich for you. I really want to make friends with him!" Red light exclaimed, but Shi Lei was nowhere to be seen.
But how was it possible for Shi Lei's heart not to bleed. That was going to be a week's worth of food. But forget it, it wasn't worth it to fight the three thugs over 800 yuan, having his clothes ripped would be more devastating. If he then broke his phone from it, he would lose more than gain.
Anyhow, this 800 yuan was part of the 10,000 sum, counted as using money to avoid disasters. In the end, it was equivalent to finishing spending the sum.
Quickly, Shi Lei recovered from the small disheartening event. The pleasure in spending almost 10,000 yuan in merely a few hours could be made up for the loss of a few hundred dollars easily.
The key is, Shi Lei thought that he had already finished spending the 10,000 yuan he needed to. Whether it was a prank or not, he did not have any pressure. If he receives money next week he will spend it, if not, he had already experienced plenty.
In the afternoon, students from the same dorm came back to school. They were blinded as they saw the new Nike set, especially the Air Jordan 29th generation on Shi Lei, they all asked him one after another if he won the lottery.
Shi Lei enjoyed being surrounded by them, he said proudly: "I'm actually a fuerdai, but I kept a low profile. Now that I'm graduating soon, my family is extremely happy with my performance over these few years. A set of Nike is nothing; I have plenty more in the future to show you."
After hearing this, his three roommates booed in unison. None of them believed Shi Lei's bullshit. After spending three years together, how could they not know about Shi Lei's background. Fuerdai my ass, which fuerdai shows off this much just by wearing Nike?
A week's time passed quickly. On Friday night, his three roommates all went to their homes, the lively dorm suddenly became empty, leaving Shi Lei by himself.
On Saturday, Shi Lei slept for the whole day for the sake of maintaining his spirit, so he could be awake to see if 10,000 yuan will appear on his card at midnight. Because he got plenty of sleep during the day, Shi Lei stayed up till midnight with a book of mechanics' principles.
As he heard the alarm he set, Shi Lei was even more high spirited, discovering that the book in his hand was upside down.
Seeing the seconds gradually becoming closer, Shi Lei unexpectedly felt anxious. Whether there would be more or not, logically, this prank didn't end yet. After all, he spent that money on the first day and no one looked for trouble. Except for that set of clothes and the phone in his hands, his life was exactly the same as before.
As soon as midnight came around, Shi Lei immediately opened mobile bank and checked his balance. Holy shit……
Shi Lei furiously shook his head, confirming that he did not read the balance wrong. Feeling worried, he refreshed the page, the numbers were exactly the same as before.
Why was it 20,000?
Wasn't supposed to be 10,000?
Mistake in operation? Computer transferred it? 1 and 2 are too close to each other and they pressed the wrong button?
Having made such a lowly mistake, and you still have the nerves to play mysterious with me?
Haha, 20,000 yuan, Shi Lei was extremely excited and already started imagining how he would spend this money! 2.5 kilograms of crayfish in thirteen spices and garlic flavour, mhm, let's go now!
Just as Shi Lei was about to stand up, his nose twitched, it seems he smelled a familiar yet strange odor.
That smell was gradually becoming stronger. Shi Lei suddenly recalled, wasn't this the same smell as the night when he met the sports car guy, when his body decomposed into bloody fog? It was exactly the same.
"Remember! You have to spend it all! You definitely do not want to receive the penalty of Slave Rule number 0!"
The asexual voice rang in Shi Lei's mind, remembered what it said again after a week. At the same time, he remembered the details about rule number 0.
The amount of the money left corresponds to the ratio of body parts that they will take away. Even starting from his toe, half would be enough to take his life.
Immense fear filled Shi Lei's heart and began to shake uncontrollably. His nose continued to twitch, and smelled that it floated down from above his head.
He raised his head, there was a mass of faint fog of blood, rolling and dispersing, just like what he had seen that night.
Except, this blood fog was lighter, not as severe as the sports car guy.
Feeling that he had been controlled by an unnatural source of power, Shi Lei realised that this really may not be a prank, but…… real……
Crap, it was real!
But even if it was not a prank, he had spent all of the 10,000 yuan, why did he receive a penalty?
Shi Lei could not think about anything else, he blurted out questions. But of course, no one answered him. In the air, the smell of blood became much lighter. Shi Lei looked up, the mass of blood fog was almost gone.
Merely after a few seconds, the blood fog hovering above his head had completely disappeared, leaving a barely noticeable blood smell drifting in the dorm. Then, another few seconds later, even that was gone.
Shi Lei finally reacted, he stripped off all his clothes in a split second. He first looked at his feet, good, although his toes were ugly, but they were still there.
Then legs, thighs, stomach, arms, it did not look like he was lacking a body part!
He held up the mirror on his table, Shi Lei looked at his face, patted his chest in relief: "Not bad, my handsome face is not damaged! I'm still a piece of fresh meat(1)."
Struggling to turn his head, he checked for a while with the mirror placed behind him, Shi Lei still did not find anything that was taken away.
But, what was with that bloody smell, and the fog above his head?
Contemplating, Shi Lei reached to ruffle his hair subconsciously……
What? Bald?!
Shi Lei was shocked, then he remembered that his handsome face seemed strange when he looked in the mirror. His eyes, nose, lips and ears were all fine, plus he had been surrounded by the unknown fear, so he did not think too much.
Now touching his head as bald as an egg, Shi Lei realised why he seemed somewhat strange in the mirror.
"Where the fuck is my hair!" Shi Lei looked at the spiced egg in the mirror, he let out a tragic and shocked scream.
What was disgusting was that it did not look that it had been shaved, but more like…… more like it was never there, like it was supposed to be an egg in the first place.
First reaction, Shi Lei realised that Slave Development Bank was really not a prank, but was real. No, it definitely was real. Otherwise, how did his black and shiny hair disappear without a trace? Even the way it disappeared was exactly the same as how the sports car guy disappeared.
Second reaction, Shi Lei was extremely worried. His bald head seemed that not even a blade of grass would grow, he didn't know whether he can still grow his hair back or not.
Third reaction, and the most crucial point, "But I undoubtedly spent that 10,000 yuan, even if this is not a prank but some sort of supernatural mysterious power, why in the world would they punish me?"
Shi Lei was very puzzled and full of resentment, he sprinted out of his dorm. He was going to find the Scepter and ask all about it.
Cold wind swept past and Shi Lei shivered, remembering that he was fully naked. Thank God it was in the middle of night with no one wandering around the corridor, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
(1)Fresh meat: internet slang to describe young and handsome guys
Chapter 6 - Penalty
Translator: Lav
Editor: Levs
The traffic lights didn't know they could achieve their goal so easily, they haven't even threatened him yet. With 800 yuan in their hands, as thugs with dignity, of course they didn't care about the changes Shi Lei kept. They watched his back as he walked away carelessly, the three thugs were in shock.
"Damn, that's someone rich for you. I really want to make friends with him!" Red light exclaimed, but Shi Lei was nowhere to be seen.
But how was it possible for Shi Lei's heart not to bleed. That was going to be a week's worth of food. But forget it, it wasn't worth it to fight the three thugs over 800 yuan, having his clothes ripped would be more devastating. If he then broke his phone from it, he would lose more than gain.
Anyhow, this 800 yuan was part of the 10,000 sum, counted as using money to avoid disasters. In the end, it was equivalent to finishing spending the sum.
Quickly, Shi Lei recovered from the small disheartening event. The pleasure in spending almost 10,000 yuan in merely a few hours could be made up for the loss of a few hundred dollars easily.
The key is, Shi Lei thought that he had already finished spending the 10,000 yuan he needed to. Whether it was a prank or not, he did not have any pressure. If he receives money next week he will spend it, if not, he had already experienced plenty.
In the afternoon, students from the same dorm came back to school. They were blinded as they saw the new Nike set, especially the Air Jordan 29th generation on Shi Lei, they all asked him one after another if he won the lottery.
Shi Lei enjoyed being surrounded by them, he said proudly: "I'm actually a fuerdai, but I kept a low profile. Now that I'm graduating soon, my family is extremely happy with my performance over these few years. A set of Nike is nothing; I have plenty more in the future to show you."
After hearing this, his three roommates booed in unison. None of them believed Shi Lei's bullshit. After spending three years together, how could they not know about Shi Lei's background. Fuerdai my ass, which fuerdai shows off this much just by wearing Nike?
A week's time passed quickly. On Friday night, his three roommates all went to their homes, the lively dorm suddenly became empty, leaving Shi Lei by himself.
On Saturday, Shi Lei slept for the whole day for the sake of maintaining his spirit, so he could be awake to see if 10,000 yuan will appear on his card at midnight. Because he got plenty of sleep during the day, Shi Lei stayed up till midnight with a book of mechanics' principles.
As he heard the alarm he set, Shi Lei was even more high spirited, discovering that the book in his hand was upside down.
Seeing the seconds gradually becoming closer, Shi Lei unexpectedly felt anxious. Whether there would be more or not, logically, this prank didn't end yet. After all, he spent that money on the first day and no one looked for trouble. Except for that set of clothes and the phone in his hands, his life was exactly the same as before.
As soon as midnight came around, Shi Lei immediately opened mobile bank and checked his balance. Holy shit……
Shi Lei furiously shook his head, confirming that he did not read the balance wrong. Feeling worried, he refreshed the page, the numbers were exactly the same as before.
Why was it 20,000?
Wasn't supposed to be 10,000?
Mistake in operation? Computer transferred it? 1 and 2 are too close to each other and they pressed the wrong button?
Having made such a lowly mistake, and you still have the nerves to play mysterious with me?
Haha, 20,000 yuan, Shi Lei was extremely excited and already started imagining how he would spend this money! 2.5 kilograms of crayfish in thirteen spices and garlic flavour, mhm, let's go now!
Just as Shi Lei was about to stand up, his nose twitched, it seems he smelled a familiar yet strange odor.
That smell was gradually becoming stronger. Shi Lei suddenly recalled, wasn't this the same smell as the night when he met the sports car guy, when his body decomposed into bloody fog? It was exactly the same.
"Remember! You have to spend it all! You definitely do not want to receive the penalty of Slave Rule number 0!"
The asexual voice rang in Shi Lei's mind, remembered what it said again after a week. At the same time, he remembered the details about rule number 0.
The amount of the money left corresponds to the ratio of body parts that they will take away. Even starting from his toe, half would be enough to take his life.
Immense fear filled Shi Lei's heart and began to shake uncontrollably. His nose continued to twitch, and smelled that it floated down from above his head.
He raised his head, there was a mass of faint fog of blood, rolling and dispersing, just like what he had seen that night.
Except, this blood fog was lighter, not as severe as the sports car guy.
Feeling that he had been controlled by an unnatural source of power, Shi Lei realised that this really may not be a prank, but…… real……
Crap, it was real!
But even if it was not a prank, he had spent all of the 10,000 yuan, why did he receive a penalty?
Shi Lei could not think about anything else, he blurted out questions. But of course, no one answered him. In the air, the smell of blood became much lighter. Shi Lei looked up, the mass of blood fog was almost gone.
Merely after a few seconds, the blood fog hovering above his head had completely disappeared, leaving a barely noticeable blood smell drifting in the dorm. Then, another few seconds later, even that was gone.
Shi Lei finally reacted, he stripped off all his clothes in a split second. He first looked at his feet, good, although his toes were ugly, but they were still there.
Then legs, thighs, stomach, arms, it did not look like he was lacking a body part!
He held up the mirror on his table, Shi Lei looked at his face, patted his chest in relief: "Not bad, my handsome face is not damaged! I'm still a piece of fresh meat(1)."
Struggling to turn his head, he checked for a while with the mirror placed behind him, Shi Lei still did not find anything that was taken away.
But, what was with that bloody smell, and the fog above his head?
Contemplating, Shi Lei reached to ruffle his hair subconsciously……
What? Bald?!
Shi Lei was shocked, then he remembered that his handsome face seemed strange when he looked in the mirror. His eyes, nose, lips and ears were all fine, plus he had been surrounded by the unknown fear, so he did not think too much.
Now touching his head as bald as an egg, Shi Lei realised why he seemed somewhat strange in the mirror.
"Where the fuck is my hair!" Shi Lei looked at the spiced egg in the mirror, he let out a tragic and shocked scream.
What was disgusting was that it did not look that it had been shaved, but more like…… more like it was never there, like it was supposed to be an egg in the first place.
First reaction, Shi Lei realised that Slave Development Bank was really not a prank, but was real. No, it definitely was real. Otherwise, how did his black and shiny hair disappear without a trace? Even the way it disappeared was exactly the same as how the sports car guy disappeared.
Second reaction, Shi Lei was extremely worried. His bald head seemed that not even a blade of grass would grow, he didn't know whether he can still grow his hair back or not.
Third reaction, and the most crucial point, "But I undoubtedly spent that 10,000 yuan, even if this is not a prank but some sort of supernatural mysterious power, why in the world would they punish me?"
Shi Lei was very puzzled and full of resentment, he sprinted out of his dorm. He was going to find the Scepter and ask all about it.
Cold wind swept past and Shi Lei shivered, remembering that he was fully naked. Thank God it was in the middle of night with no one wandering around the corridor, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
(1)Fresh meat: internet slang to describe young and handsome guys
