Volume 1 Chapter 32 Prepare for Special Training!
After a long time, Leng Qing Tian and others were not very satisfied with their respective choices of servants. This time, excluding the two elder brothers, there were thirteen Blue House elders in total. So after Leng Qing Tian and others finished choosing, five were left behind, and these five naturally belonged to Leng Ruoxue and Yaoniang.
"Hey, what about these five? You two can't use that many, right?" Old Man Zhang couldn't help but ask, his implication clear: he wanted one.
"Didn't the three elders give it to you?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a faint smile.
"Ah! Right! How could I have forgotten about Little Hongzi! Haha! Look at my memory!" Old Man Zhou patted his head, suddenly enlightened.
"Little girl, do I still have to work today?" the Third Elder asked with some resentment, implying that since he had already brought her over a dozen people, why did he still have to work?
"Of course, it has to be done, but today you have subordinates, if there's any heavy work, you can order them to do it!" Leng Ruoxue said with a sly smile.
"Hmm! Alright, no problem!" The three elders nodded in unison. How could he have forgotten this? It seemed that today would be a breeze for him.
"Great elder, today you will follow my grandfather and Feng Jie!" Leng Ruoxue ordered after glancing at the great elder.
"Alright." The elder said with some helplessness, alas! What else could he say?
"Is one servant enough for you?" Leng Ruo Xue turned her gaze towards Zheng En and the others, asking.
"That's enough! They can't help us much anyway!" Zheng En said with great dissatisfaction.
"Hmm, as for you five, just take care of my beasts!" Leng Ruoxue glanced at the five people with a sly smile.
The blue-robed elder and others present couldn't help but look at the five of them with envy, jealousy, and hatred when they heard that they were in charge of taking care of the beasts, because in their opinion, taking care of the beasts was the easiest job.
"Alright, you all go to work quickly!" Leng Ruo Xue said after calling out a few beasts and telling those cute little beasts: "These five people are your servants, no matter what you want to do, you can order them."
"Hehe!" The beasts laughed wickedly and said happily.
"I'm going to take a nap." Leng Ruo Xue said, then pulled Yao Jiao out of the living room again.
"Let's go!" The old man said to his two servants.
In this way, after Leng Qingtian and others took away their respective servants, the living room was left with only the five elders of the Lan family and the beasts of Leng Ruo Xue.
The five elders, after seeing everyone leave, each found a chair to sit down on, propped up their legs, started drinking tea, and began enjoying themselves like big shots. They even called over the shopkeeper, asking him to bring them some snacks. As for Cold Snow and those adorable little beasts, they were automatically ignored by them...
"Baby, it seems they don't take us seriously at all! What should we do now?" Yaw asked in a low voice.
"I'll think about it." The baby sat on the table, with her little legs crossed, one hand supporting her chin, and began to think.
If it's a fight! They really didn't have the confidence to win against these old men, however, if it's about outsmarting people, these old men are not their match.
"Ling, go find the mistress and tell her to let out those violent birds." Baobei called out to Ling, whispering instructions.
"Good." Ling Ying said, turning around just about to leave, but was stopped.
"You're not allowed to go." The ice cream on the chaise longue said with his eyes closed, opening his mouth lazily.
"Huh?" The baby was stunned and somewhat puzzled.
"You can do whatever you want, I'm here, what's there to be afraid of?" Bing Xi slightly raised an eyebrow and said softly.
"Alright then!" Baby said with some helplessness, meanwhile thinking to herself, Why didn't you say so earlier! If you had spoken up sooner, I wouldn't have wanted to go find that violent bird!
"Then should I still go find the master?" Ling asked somewhat foolishly.
"Of course I'm not going, you come, and do as I tell you!" The baby called over a few beasts, whispering to each other.
"Heh heh, baby, those five old men are really too annoying, we must teach them a lesson." Yao said with some excitement.
"Hmmph, who let them look down on us!" Baby said with some anger.
After everything was arranged, all the beasts began to act according to their respective divisions of labor.
"Hey fatty, come over here and give me a shoulder massage!" The young lady sat on the table, commanding in a condescending tone.
"Fatty? Are you calling me? Haha! You, a little beast, dare to order me around. I'm really fed up with living!" said the oldest and fattest of the five men.
"What's wrong with you? You're our servant now!" Baby said disdainfully, humph! It had always looked down on those who didn't know their place.
"You dare to call us servants? Haha, how ridiculous! Can you afford to hire us? We are the elders of the Blue family!" The fat man said with a proud face.
"In the Blue House, you are an elder, but in front of us, you are just a servant. Don't waste words, come over and serve me quickly, or else, you'll face family law!" Baobei threatened.
"Hah, elders, this hairy beast is actually threatening us. What do you think we should do?" The fat elder said with a provocative tone to the other four.
"Of course, we'll teach these hairy beasts a good lesson and let them know the power of our clan. Humph! The Blue family is not to be trifled with." An elder spoke up, his face full of disdain.
"Alright, let's give those little beasts a good lesson." Fat Elder said with a decisive tone.
"We are your masters, yet you all call us 'little beasts' one after another. It's clear that you're being disrespectful to your masters! Hmph! You must be punished!" Baby said with feigned anger, heh heh, actually, its main purpose was to make them angry, so that the Black Start people would have a legitimate reason to come.
"You little beast, let's see who punishes whom!" With that, the fat elder charged towards Bao Bei...
However, the baby is small and agile, and its body is very flexible, so it can catch it whenever it wants. As for him, because his body is too fat and his movements are slow, he easily leaves marks on his body, and other beasts watching the excitement also scratch him from time to time...
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and come help!" The fat elder shouted, his heart burning with anger! These damned beasts, actually daring to launch a sneak attack, it's infuriating!
"Oh! Here it comes!" The other four rushed up to help the fat elder catch the treasure, but they didn't catch the treasure. Instead, the five of them bumped into each other and collectively fell to the ground...
"It's time to reap the rewards!" Baby saw that the timing was just right, and hurriedly reminded them, heh heh, it had thought of several plans, with the goal of capturing these few old fogies!
"Alright!" The beasts each occupied a corner, and somehow managed to get a huge fishing net from somewhere. They then used it to scoop up the five elders who had fallen together in a heap, tangling them into a messy ball as if they were fish.
The beasts all worked together to trap the five elders in a fishing net and hang them from the roof beam...
After finishing all this, the beasts learned from the five men's appearance, raised their legs, drank tea, ate snacks, and at the same time, they began to criticize and evaluate the five men!
"Baby, that fattest one smells so bad! I don't know how long it hasn't taken a bath! It's suffocating!" Yao covered her little nose and complained.
"Hmm, these few people all stink, Mei, you go wash them!" Baby said to Mei not far away.
"Good." Mei Ying said, then froze the five people in the fishing net with ice!
"Hmm! They won't freeze to death, will they? That would be no fun at all!" Ling said with some concern.
"Don't worry, I have a measure of it." Mei Dao said, with a hint of mischief flashing in her beautiful purple eyes.
"Alas! I thought I could have someone to serve me, but these five servants are really too disobedient!" Ling said with some regret, his face full of disappointment.
"Don't worry, they're just untrained, once we've trained them well, we'll use them again!" Baby comforted.
"Alas! It can't be helped." Ling said with some helplessness.
Several beasts ate and chatted, then felt sleepy, so they all leaned against the ice horn and fell asleep! As for the five people on the beam, they were unfortunately forgotten by them!
It was already evening when they woke up.
"You're awake!" Leng Qingtian said with a pampered expression, looking at the several beasts sleeping on the couch with sleepy eyes.
"Huh? Master's grandfather, what are you doing here?" Baby asked somewhat foolishly, and the corner of her eye caught sight of many people in the living room!
"Baby, are you still sleepy? It's already late at night." Leng Qingtian reminded with some helplessness.
"Oh! It's already late!" The baby scratched his fluffy little head with some embarrassment and said in surprise.
"Yes! What about the five servants who were supposed to be attending to you?" Cold Tian asked curiously, they had been back for so long and only saw these few small beasts sleeping alone in the living room, but the servants who should have been serving them were nowhere to be seen, which made them feel somewhat angry. Hmph! How dare they slack off!
"Who's there? Ah! Up there?" The little paw pointed towards the upper part of the living room.
"Huh? Baby, what's going on?" Leng Qingtian looked in the direction that Baby was pointing, and his eyes widened in shock! Those five people were actually hanging from the beam, and they had even been frozen into ice! Huh, it was truly too tragic!
"They scolded us as hairy beasts, so we punished them." Baby said it lightly, as if it was a very ordinary thing.
"Huh! These few people can still move, it's really too amazing!" The old man exclaimed with a surprised face after watching for a while.
"Heh heh, of course I can." Mei said with a proud face.
"Marvelous! Well done." The old man praised.
"Hehe!" Smiling complacently.
"By the way, where's Xue Er?" asked Leng Qing Tian.
"Grandpa, I'm over here!" A voice came from behind the crowd, it was Leng Ruoxue. Heh heh, she had timed her arrival perfectly.
"If it's snow, I'll report it!" The first thing that Wind Great Elder said with a displeased face.
"Huh? What's wrong?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some confusion, her face full of doubt.
"This servant of mine is disobedient! Tell him to do something and he won't do it." Feng Dalao complained with a wronged expression.
"Xue Er, this is also Grandfather's!" Leng Qing Tian spoke up, when the elder was around, that person could still be honest, but after the elder left, the servant put on airs and even gave orders to his master!
"Do you all have this situation too?" asked Leng Ruoxue after glancing around.
"Hmm! Got it." Everyone except for Old Man Jia had encountered the same situation.
"Master, you let those servants who serve us not only do a poor job but also scold us!" Bao Bei's eyes were filled with tears as she complained grievously.
"Baby, be good, don't cry! Starting tomorrow, I'll personally train them and guarantee they'll be obedient!" Leng Ruoxue promised.
"Mmm." The baby happily nodded her little head and rubbed against Leng Xue's body in a spoiled manner.
"Grandfather, anyway there's no medicine exchange meeting tomorrow, let these people have a collective special training!" Leng Ruoxue said to Leng Qingtian.
"Alright, Xue'er, Grandfather also has this intention." Leng Jingtian agreed.
"Great Elder, Third Elder, considering their performance today..." Leng Ruoxue deliberately said half a sentence, leaving the other half unspoken.
"Eh! What do you want?" The elder asked with a hint of fear, now he was most afraid that Leng Ruoxue would again think of some way to swindle him out of his money.
"They didn't perform well at work, so not only will their monthly pay be deducted, but they'll also be fined!" said Leng Ruoxue with a warm smile.
"Fine? How much fine? Are they the only ones to be fined?" The elder asked several questions in a row, and as soon as he heard that there would be a fine, he became very afraid, fearing that he himself would be implicated by those people.
"Master, we demand compensation for mental distress. They told us to bring the livestock." Baby pointed at the five people on the beam.
"No problem." Leng Ruoxue was extremely protective of her own, humph! Anyone who dared to bully her Beast Beast would not be spared a layer of skin.
"Elder, you also heard it, didn't you? My beasts' hearts were hurt, so..." Leng Ruoxue intentionally left the sentence unfinished.
"Little girl! This has nothing to do with me!" The elder wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in a tone that was on the verge of tears, "Woe is him... how unlucky can he be? Is he going to get dragged down again?"
"I know it's none of your business, so don't be afraid, you won't get dragged down with me." Leng Ruoxue said, suppressing a smile.
"Oh, that's good, that's good." The old man finally felt at ease... as long as he didn't let him take money again.
"Alright, I'll just charge them one fee then. Considering they're all elders, the spiritual loss compensation will be 10 billion per elder." said Cold Snow extremely readily.
"Huh!" The old man was stunned. What's the meaning of only taking their money? Each one is already 10 billion, how much more does this girl want?!
The five elders who were frozen in the ice net, although they were in a frozen state, could still hear the conversation between Leng Yue and others. So, after hearing it, their reaction was quite intense, and they kept hitting their heads against the ice, but to no avail!
Leng Ruo Xue's eyes caught the reactions of those people above the beam, and she couldn't help but stifle a laugh in her heart. Humph! Serves them right! Daring to bully her Beast Beast, this is just the first step!
"Great elder, what's your opinion on the spiritual loss compensation they need to pay?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a hint of a smile.
"No, I have no opinion!" The elder hastily said, as long as it wasn't about asking him for money, he couldn't care less about others!
"Hehe, it's settled then. Elder, you all can head back early today. Remember, special training starts tomorrow! No one is allowed to be late!" Cold Snow smiled and reminded them, her expression as gentle as could be. After finishing speaking, she was the first to leave the living room, with everyone else following closely behind.
"Hmm! Alright then!" The elder said, forcing himself to agree. For some reason, he had a bad feeling, as if someone was going to be unlucky... Hmm, what's going on here?
However, seeing Leng Ruoxue's gesture of chasing people away, he didn't have time to think much, so he could only dejectedly lead the elders of the Lan family out of the living room. After walking to the entrance of the guest house, it was not until San Lao reminded him that he remembered there were still five people on the beam. So, he and San Lao turned back, took down the big ice block from the beam, and then returned to the Lan family.
In the living room.
After Da Zhang Lao and others left, Leng Ruo Xue and others returned to this place.
"Hey, girl, how are you planning to train those arrogant old men tomorrow?" The old man's face was full of curiosity.
"This is a training plan I made this morning, take a look." Leng Ruoxue handed out several sheets of paper to Leng Qitian and the others. In fact, she had already thought that the elders would not listen obediently, so after leaving the living room in the morning, she returned to the ring and drafted a special training plan. These plans were the crystallization of her, Youxia, Wu, and the beasts in the ring's collective wisdom! Absolutely can make those elders half dead!
Leng Qingtian and others took over the few papers, carefully read them once, suddenly, cold sweat flowed, after finishing reading, they couldn't speak for a long time...
"Wow! Girl, this plan is really good!" After a while, the old man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with some trepidation, "Mom, how did she come up with this? It's really too scary!"
"Hmm, as long as you're satisfied, old man. You and Grandpa Lin go find the shopkeeper, my plan needs his cooperation!" Leng Ruoxue said with a smile to the two of them.
"If Snowy, will the shopkeeper agree? Those people are all elders of the Blue family!" Lin Liang asked somewhat uncertainly, he didn't think the shopkeeper had the guts to cooperate with them to deal with these Blue family elders.
"Don't worry, he'll be more than happy to cooperate with us." Lan Ruoxue said confidently, and she had every reason to be so.
"Alright then, let's go find him." After saying that, Lin Liang and Old Man Zao left the living room and went downstairs to the main hall to look for the shopkeeper.
Lin Liang and Lao Tou arrived at the hall, directly found the shopkeeper, explained their intention, then handed over a copy of the training plan to the shopkeeper...
The shopkeeper opened those few papers, and after glancing at them for a moment, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his heart was racing. After a while, he finally spoke up: "This... this..."
The shopkeeper was both frightened and anxious, and couldn't even speak a complete sentence.
"Don't worry, we understand what you mean. You'll cooperate with us properly, we know, hehe! Thanks to you, we're going back to our room to prepare." The old man didn't even give the shopkeeper a chance to speak and directly pulled Lin Liang away from the hall, returning to their own room.
The shopkeeper stood alone in front of the counter in the hall, shaking his head and nodding, making others in the hall wonder if he was mentally ill!
"Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you?" A waiter couldn't help but step forward and wake up the shopkeeper who was in a daze, asking somewhat puzzled.
"Ah! Never mind, I'll leave now." The innkeeper, having come to his senses, said to the waiter, and then hastily left the hotel.
After leaving the guest house, Zhang rushed straight to the Blue House.
The Blue Family's Main Residence.
In Lan Tao's study.
"The master and the elder have returned." The fifth elder reported.
"Oh, nothing much today?" Blue Tao asked casually as he lifted his head from behind the desk.
"Those... five elders offended Beast Snow, and were asked by Beast Snow to compensate 10 billion Purple Gold Coins for spiritual damages!" The Fifth Elder said with some schadenfreude, heh heh, seeing those people suffer heavy losses truly made him happy!
"Oh! Alas! How can this girl make more money than me?! I really admire her!" Lan Tao said with some helplessness, Cold Snow and he were indeed too similar in some aspects.
"Master, Fifth Miss and our Blue House guards are still in Leng Ruo Xue's hands. Where did this money come from?" asked the Fifth Elder cautiously, knowing that the master was currently feeling the pinch because of this matter! However, he couldn't help but remind the master, who had already agreed to it!
"Our Lanzhou family's elders aren't going to work for her? Just use them to pay off the debt!" Blue Wave said matter-of-factly.
"Huh!" The five elders were speechless, it seemed that the master had no intention of paying this sum of money at all! No wonder the fire phoenix's deadline for the master had already passed, yet the master didn't seem to be in a hurry!
"The master of the house, those old men's wages are too low. I'm afraid that even if they work for Cold Snow for a lifetime, they still won't be able to pay off their debt to her. Moreover, Cold Snow doesn't provide food either..." The Fifth Elder reminded, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Blue Wave!
"They can go back to Blue's house for dinner!" Blue Tao said nonchalantly.
"Eh, yes." The Fifth Elder nodded in agreement, with two drops of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.
"The master of the house and the shopkeeper are requesting an audience!" At this time, the voice of the guard came from outside the study.
"Let him in!" said Blue Wave, but he was muttering to himself, what is he doing coming so late?
"See the master of the house and the five elders." The shopkeeper entered the study, first respectfully made a bow, then stood in front of Lan Tao with great trepidation.
"What's up, just say it!" Lan Tao said.
"Yes, master, this matter... I'm really not good at bringing it up." The shopkeeper was somewhat embarrassed, uh... what if the master blames him after he says it?
"Speak up if you have something to say, and let it out if you need to fart! Don't be reserved!" the host shouted somewhat coarsely.
"Ah! Yes, Master, just take a look at this and you'll understand." The shopkeeper directly placed the few papers he had been holding in his hand in front of Blue Wave.
"What is this?" Lan Tao opened those few papers with some doubt, and his face became increasingly solemn as he read on...
The shopkeeper and the five elders carefully observed Blue Wave's expression, only to see his face turn green one moment, white the next, and black again, almost like a color palette!
After a long time, Blue Wave finished reading all the plans and fell silent for half a moment before finally speaking up: "This plan is not bad, let's do it as said!"
"Huh?" The shopkeeper thought he had misheard and looked at Blue Wave with some confusion.
"I said, do as I wrote above. Starting tomorrow, give all the waiters in your store a holiday and let the elders do all the work in the store, including sweeping the toilet!" Blue Wave shouted loudly.
"Master of the house, what will those elders do?" The shopkeeper said with some fear, Alas! Isn't this causing trouble for him?
"It's precisely because they don't know that they need to learn! If they already knew everything, why bother training them?" Lan Tao asked back somewhat displeased.
"But... what if they don't do a good job?" The shopkeeper was worried, those people were all elders after all! He, a small shopkeeper, didn't dare to interfere!
"You tell them that I said so. If they don't do a good job, they won't get any food to eat. And if they break anything, they'll have to pay double compensation." Lan Tao sneered.
"Alright then!" The shopkeeper replied, since the master has said so, what is he afraid of? Whatever happens, the master will naturally back him up! So, his confidence also grew!
"Wu Lao, tomorrow I will also send Er Lao to Leng Ruo Xue." Lan Tao said after some thought.
"House owner, isn't Second Elder ill?" Fifth Elder said somewhat helplessly. Second Elder had been pretending to be sick for a whole day now, and just earlier he was still yelling about this hurting and that hurting!
"Even if he's on his deathbed, he still has to be sent over!" Lan Tao said nonchalantly.
"Yes, master." The five elders were overjoyed in their hearts! Heh heh, let him pretend to be ill, now there's nothing more to say!
"Master of the house, I'll take my leave first!" The shopkeeper said, seeing that things had been settled.
"Alright, you all go down now! Oh, and if Leng Ruoxue has any additional requests, try to satisfy her!" Lan Tao reminded them.
"Yes, I understand." The shopkeeper replied, and then left Blue Wave's study with the five elders.
"Wu Changlao, why is the master of the house so different from Leng Ruxue?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but ask curiously on the way out of Lan Tao's study.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, just do your part and that's enough!" The old master said with a serious tone.
"Yes." The shopkeeper hastily replied, then bowed to the Fifth Elder and quickly left the Blue Family's main residence with large strides.
The second morning.
The Great Elder and the Third Elder led several elders of the Blue House to the guest house early, preparing to receive so-called special training. As for the Second Elder, he was naturally brought by them too, although he was carried!
Leng Ruo Xue and others had just walked into the living room when they saw the Second Elder lying on a stretcher.
"Hey, Little Er is here today too!" Old Man Zhao said with a hint of teasing, looking at the still bald Second Elder.
"Hmph!" The Second Elder snorted, turning his head to one side and ignoring Old Man Zhao.
"Little Second, it's not good to refuse people from afar! Alas! I thought you were a patient and wanted to arrange a lighter task for you! However, since you don't appreciate it, forget it! I'm also too lazy to be overly kind!" The old man sighed sorrowfully, his face full of hurt expressions... Ah, his good intentions were actually treated like a donkey's liver and lungs!
"Hmm! Old man, can you arrange a lighter task for me? My performance over the past two days hasn't been bad, has it?" said the Third Elder with some flattery.
"Hmm, don't worry, your life is very good!" The old man patted the Third Elder's shoulder, with a friendly appearance.
"Oh, what is it?" The Third Elder asked with some curiosity. In fact, he was somewhat uncertain about the old man's words and feared that there might be some hidden meaning, so it was better to ask clearly.
"Don't be in a hurry! After arranging their tasks, it will be your and the Eldest's turn." The Old Master was being deliberately mysterious, intentionally trying to drive the Third Elder mad with anxiety.
"Come on, old man, arrange their tasks quickly! By the way, Xiao Erzi will be handed over to Ling'er sister for training!" Cold Ruo Xue urged.
"Alright, let's get started." The old man took out a piece of paper and read from it, following the words written on it. After arranging everything, he found that more than ten elders had collectively fallen into a stunned state. Uh! This won't do!
"Xiao Hongzi, hurry up and wake them up! They can't work in this state." Lao Tou said to San Zhanglao.
"Hmm, good!" The three elders responded, then gathered the water attribute Xuanli in their palms, and a super-large water ball smashed down towards those more than ten elders...
All they heard was a loud "bang", and in an instant, more than ten elders became stunned chickens. However, they all came back to their senses!
"Haha, Xiao Hongzi, this method is great, I like it!" The old man laughed and praised.
"You... how dare you make us do these menial tasks?" The fat elder who was frozen into an ice block yesterday was the first to speak out! Although he had gone through what happened yesterday, it seemed that he still hadn't seen the situation clearly in front of him!
"You are already servants of our family now, aren't you, Great Elder?" The old man was too lazy to bother with him and directly asked someone who could give a proper answer.
"Ah, yes, the master of the house has also agreed!" The elder nodded very seriously.
"But... we are the elders of the Lan family!" The fat elder shouted somewhat discontentedly, he couldn't understand why he, as a dignified elder of the Lan family, had to look at these people's faces!
"I'm still the Great Elder! I've been serving them, what do you have to be so particular about?" The Great Elder said somewhat displeased. Humph! What does being an elder even count for? Which of these people's status can surpass his? He hasn't even said anything yet! What qualifications do they have to shout here?!
Uh! The fat elder was speechless and didn't dare to make a sound, wooo... Yeah! Even the great elder didn't complain, how could he?
"Haha, indeed worthy of being the eldest of the Blue Family! With these elders handed over to you, I can rest assured!" The old man praised with a smile.
"Ah! Don't worry! I'll keep a close eye on them." The elder's forehead was dripping with two drops of cold sweat, secretly letting out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, he didn't have to undergo special training with these elders, just supervising them would do.
"Hmm, listen up, all the waiters in the inn have been given a holiday to train you, so their work will be done by you, therefore, you must be extremely diligent! If you delay the business of the Blue family, it won't be us who will take action!" Old Man Zou reminded.
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of them." The elder guaranteed.
"Hmm, hurry up and take them to their workstations!" The old man urged somewhat impatiently.
The Great Elder and Third Elder nodded, then led the dozen or so Elders out of the living room, while those Elders truly began their miserable lives...
Digression
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PS: Didn't finish writing today, fell asleep after taking medicine in the afternoon. Originally wanted to write 10,000 words, but only finished 8,000... Sorry to keep everyone waiting, so I'll just post the 8,000 words for now! The remaining 2,000 words and tomorrow's chapter will be posted together!
A reminder to everyone, take care of your body! Having a cold is really uncomfortable... 555...