Chapter 6: Hard to Survive

  He packed his personal belongings into a suitcase, waved goodbye to a few classmates he had gotten along with before crossing over, and then gave the middle-aged bald man in a suit who was standing at the door and mocking him a big middle finger, which made him jump with anger; He left the school that had basically left no memories behind, his footsteps without any nostalgia.

  In fact, the punishment of being expelled did not cause as much harm to Jie Li Chu Xiang as one would imagine. For someone from a previous generation who had been wandering in university society for many years, this outcome could even be considered a kind of liberation.

  Now the only worry is about the economic source in the future. However, Jie has already thought of a solution. If he really can't find a relatively easy part-time job, then he will go and rob those hooligans. He believes that after being robbed, they won't dare to report it to the police, as they are used to opposing the law and wouldn't want to lose face.

  The cost of crime is just a can of pepper spray or a Bilibili electric baton, and you can go find a lone pervert to take care of. Hmm, maybe also need a mask to prevent the wind discipline committee from discovering your true face.

  Whatever happens next is fine, the most important thing now is to continue staying at home. Work and other things can wait until the water runs dry and the mountain is exhausted, anyway, with the energy-saving aspect of being a NEET, this little money on me will last for a long time.

  However, children who grew up in the Celestial Empire will never know that living in Tokyo is actually not an easy thing. The few large-denomination bills in their wallets disappear without a trace after just one trip to a convenience store.

  Standing at the entrance of a convenience store, petrified into a statue with a large bag of instant noodles and ham cola; the currency in this place is also inflated to an absurd degree! At this rate, it won't take long before I'll be kicked out by the landlord from that dilapidated house because I won't have enough money to pay for utilities and rent!

  He thought about the food he had on hand and realized that no matter how he calculated it, it would only last for three more days. He stood at the entrance of the supermarket and began to think carefully: working part-time was a waste of time, which would reduce his time watching anime and playing games. So he resolutely decided to take the path of crime: go rob a convenience store!

  Well, it can't be said that they've taken to a life of crime. In fact, historically and broadly speaking, this kind of behavior should count as: robbing the rich to help the poor? Anyway, the money those delinquents have isn't exactly earned through honest means either. By comforting themselves with their conscience, it seems like they can preserve that tiny bit of integrity.

  "Customer, if you keep standing at the entrance, we'll be in trouble..." The convenience store clerk's voice broke off Kaito Minami's daydream.

  "Ah, sorry, I'll leave right away." Jie Lü Chu Yì apologized to the shop assistant with embarrassment, picked up his things and went home.

  In the following days, Jie traveled freely at home, enjoying a comfortable daily life of sleeping, playing games, watching anime, eating instant noodles and drinking Coke when hungry. For an otaku, this is a dreamy life, it's heaven! If possible, I wouldn't trade this life for being an emperor!

  Unfortunately, in this three-dimensional world, objective conditions will never yield to subjective conditions. Just like you can't escape the school kicking you out of the dormitory even if you don't want to graduate and find a job, no matter how energy-efficient, limited non-renewable living resources will always have a day of depletion.

  Now, on this sunny day that shines so brightly it almost melts the cement floor, a person who would not have left home for his entire life if he didn't have to, has finally gone out because his living resources are exhausted.

  "Although I had expected it, but actually not seeing a single delinquent is really infuriating! As a delinquent, one should be responsible and appear on the streets 24 hours a day to let people feel chivalrous and righteous!" Zha Ri complained in a low voice, hiding under the shade of a tree by the side of the road, his dead fish eyes filled with strong resentment, causing passersby to subconsciously quicken their pace and leave his line of sight.

  "Hey, you over there! What are you squatting here for?" a fat guy with a windbreaker and a committee sleeve badge yelled at Kaiji; it couldn't be helped that the other party misunderstood, because getting hot and unbuttoning the top three buttons of his shirt, Kaiji looked really like a delinquent as he crouched on the ground with dead fish eyes darting around.

  "Enjoying the cool breeze..."

  He thought for half a day and finally came up with an excuse; although his actual purpose was to look for trouble, but just squatting on the street in this image is already very eye-catching, if he really said it out loud, even if he didn't succeed, he would be caught by the wind discipline committee and asked questions at the branch office.

  "Huh?" The stout windbreaker-clad disciplinary committee member heard this reason, and a row of black lines appeared on his forehead, looking somewhat speechless. He hummed for half the day, unable to say anything, after all, Kitari Shoya hadn't done anything against the rules yet, so he could only walk away and stand at a distance, watching him from afar, waiting for Kitari Shoya to do something against the rules before rushing out to arrest him.

  "Alright, you win!" Jiaolong couldn't take it anymore, hiding behind the tree shade, waiting for a chance to strike. The scorching gaze from the street corner was unbearable, especially since its owner was a chubby man; he wasn't gay, and even if he were, he wouldn't accept such an unattractive partner.

  "This terrible weather... it seems that there's no hope of getting anything done before nightfall, so what should I do?

  Ji Lu Chu Xiang got up from under the tree shade, with his hands behind his head, walking and thinking about where to spend time before nightfall. As for going home, that wasn't an option for now; firstly because the air conditioning was broken and it was too hot, secondly because the journey was too far and would be a waste of time..."

  Ji Lu initially wandered aimlessly along the street, taking about ten minutes to shake off the fat wind committee member who was following him; to put it accurately, he successfully reduced the other party's hatred and made them believe that he was just a useless dead fish wandering around with nothing better to do.

  "But this idea really makes me feel sad... Ah, look! There's a comic book store!" Kaiji saw the bookstore with an anime character sign at the entrance on the street corner and rushed in excitedly, just like a thirsty traveler finding an oasis in the desert. His purpose was to sneak a peek at the books, of course. As someone who hadn't shaken off his poor devil identity yet, he didn't have that much money to spend on this sort of thing.

  The goal is set! I won't leave this place until nightfall!

  Following a certain unpleasant brown-haired short girl from Tokai, the bookstore will welcome another shameless book moocher; still celebrating that the Tokai girl didn't come to mooch books today and enjoying his peaceful daily life, the bookstore owner suddenly shuddered unconsciously.