Chapter 189: Tian Lei
Lu Jinzhao accepted the friend request, but the person on the other side didn’t greet first and instead sent several documents.
[This is some of the information I organized. Look at it first, and after you’re done, we’ll set a time to meet.]
Lu Jinzhao looked at the names of the documents, which were basically all related to “bloodline,” “heredity,” “inheritance,” and some countryside weird tales.
“Okay, I can finish looking at these things today. For the meeting, tomorrow?”
The other party didn’t show any doubt about her being able to finish so much information in one day, but quickly set the time and location for tomorrow’s meeting, and then there was no more activity.
There was no opening small talk, nor any closing remarks before the topic ended. The other party came in a rush and ended abruptly, vaguely revealing a bit of unfamiliarity with social etiquette.
[So rude.]
The parchment’s sarcasm appeared right on time, but Lu Jinzhao wasn’t indulging it at all.
“Even if rude, it’s still much better than you.”
Besides, she didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. Everyone has their own personality, and since they were all passengers, there was no need to follow that set of worldly social etiquette.
Lu Jinzhao actually thought this kind of communication was quite efficient and convenient.
The parchment was choked by her remark and didn’t know what to say for a long time. It instinctively wanted to retort and oppose Lu Jinzhao, then carefully thought about it for a while with its little brain that had grown out at some point, and finally confirmed:
Indeed, it was the one that had no manners.
But it didn’t matter.
[So what? I’m a ghost, not a person. Why should I be polite?]
While looking at the files sent by Tian Lei, Lu Jinzhao replied perfunctorily, “Then what qualification do you have to point fingers at others?”
“You’re not a person either.”
[Me not being a person doesn’t affect my ability to curse others.]
The parchment was always very honest at times like this.
Lu Jinzhao was speechless for a moment and felt that talking to it was a waste of time. Better to continue the cold war.
[What’s wrong? At a loss for words?]
At this time, the parchment was even a bit smug.
But its words floated in mid-air, while Lu Jinzhao’s eyes just stared unblinkingly at the documents on the tablet in her hand, as if completely ignoring its words.
[Hey?]
[Hey!]
[You’re pretending not to see again!]
[Is this fun for you? Can’t win the argument so you pretend not to see?]
Lu Jinzhao thought to herself, it’s fun.
[Despicable!]
The parchment scolded harshly.
After saying that, it suddenly fell silent for a while, pondering deeply with its brain that really couldn’t turn very fast, and finally, it popped up again.
[You know I came from the death platform, right?]
Lu Jinzhao’s eyes blinked.
[Aren’t you curious? I can tell you about my death platform oh?]
Lu Jinzhao didn’t make a sound.
Of course she was curious, but she was certain that the parchment absolutely wasn’t this kind-hearted.
This was its clumsy and stupid scheme, a tactic to attract attention!
[Hello?]
[Are you blind?]
Lu Jinzhao: ?
[Let’s talk about the death platform!]
[Other things too.]
[Like that disgusting woman.]
The parchment could be said to be enduring humiliation for the greater scheme. In its imagination, Lu Jinzhao should be very interested at this moment, immediately respond to it, and then it could say those three words to her and mock Lu Jinzhao to its heart’s content.
[Just kidding.]
But
Things didn’t develop as the parchment imagined.
Lu Jinzhao was like she was dead.
Why?
She wasn’t falling for it at all?
But to actually reveal something real to Lu Jinzhao…
Absolutely not.
The parchment felt unwilling about this.
One person and one parchment started the cold war again.
But this cold war was very different. Lu Jinzhao chose cold violence, while the parchment chose hot violence.
It began indiscriminately mocking everything around Lu Jinzhao, including the fact that on the second day when Lu Jinzhao went out, she stepped out with her right foot first.
The place agreed with Tian Lei for the meeting required about half an hour by car. On the car, the parchment first attacked the car, then the driver, and finally, as usual, targeted Lu Jinzhao for choosing this car.
Honestly, it was a bit too annoying.
Lu Jinzhao really wanted to tell it to “shut up,” but no, that was the parchment’s purpose, and she wouldn’t give it that.
After getting off the car and arriving at the agreed location, it was a guesthouse.
Tian Lei wasn’t waiting for her outside the guesthouse but sent her a room number.
[She doesn’t arrange to meet at a place more suitable for talking, nor does she come out to greet you. You’re not her subordinate, she’s so rude.]
[She doesn’t care about you at all, she looks down on you.]
The parchment continued to slander.
Approaching the guesthouse, it began to slander that the guesthouse was a bit too small, the lighting wasn’t good enough, the building wasn’t pretty, the floor was too old, the owner was an elderly woman who looked fierce, and so on.
And when Lu Jinzhao arrived at the door of the agreed room, knocked on the door, and the door opened to reveal the person inside, the parchment got even more excited.
[Oh, look at her, is this your teammate who’s going to the death platform with you?]
[She looks even more timid than a sparrow, more pitiful than a stray puppy by the roadside.]
Lu Jinzhao didn’t quite agree with the parchment’s view but also understood why it said that.
The companion in front of her did look… somewhat different from normal people.
The girl named Tian Lei had a slim and small figure, wearing a set of dark sports clothes. Her medium-length hair was tied into a small ponytail hanging behind her, with bangs messily stuck to her forehead to block others’ line of sight. Her fairly clear-featured face showed a nervous and timid expression.
The moment she saw Lu Jinzhao, her already bloodshot pupils trembled, and her body visibly shrank back a step, as if she had seen some terrifying existence.
The parchment sneered.
[You know what?]
[Your current scene looks exactly like a pitiful little girl in a rundown guesthouse opening the door to see a terrifying female ghost and getting scared to the point of almost crying.]
Undoubtedly, this terrifying female ghost was cursing at Lu Jinzhao.
Its mouth was a bit too vicious.
“Am I that scary?” Lu Jinzhao couldn’t help but ask.
“…No, sorry.” Tian Lei lowered her head, as if unable to bear Lu Jinzhao’s gaze and question.
“This isn’t something to apologize for.” Lu Jinzhao said, ignoring Tian Lei’s trembling voice, stepped forward into the room, and casually closed the door as the other retreated from her approach.
She had a premonition that waiting for the girl in front of her to invite her into the room would be a very troublesome process, so Lu Jinzhao simply skipped it.
“…Sorry.” Tian Lei said softly while retreating, her eyes glancing at the ground one moment, at the switch nearby the next, but never daring to make eye contact with the person in front of her.
[Alright, with her, you’re doomed.]
The parchment happily declared.
Not necessarily, Lu Jinzhao thought.
She had already figured it out. The future teammate in front of her had some issues with her mental state and spirit. The polite, gentle, back-and-forth social pleasantries and distance that work with normal people might not work well with her. She needed to be more direct in talking with this teammate.
Excessive consideration or concern would only become trouble.
