"The office workers are almost off work. You should start observing the passers-by carefully." Si Mo stretched.
Rong Lan nodded. "Okay."
She had never met her blood relatives face to face, but she had seen their photos. She sat under the street lamp again. The surroundings were brightly lit. It shouldn't be difficult for her to recognize her biological father.
It was just... the kids who swarmed around her after seeing her in the white fox plush suit were really distracting.
What if her biological father saw the commotion here and didn't want to come over?
Wouldn't it be a waste if she had worn this plush suit for four or five hours?
Si Mo didn't like kids, but he didn't hate them either. He let the kids surround their bench. He watched leisurely as the fox plush reached out to shake hands with the kids and play with them. The fox plush seemed friendly and lively, but he always felt that the little fox inside was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
He sat so calmly that some people mistakenly thought he was with the fox. A parent asked him how much it would cost to have the plush stand up and take a photo with them.
Si · Newcomer · Without a Penny in His Pocket · Mo replied indifferently, "Ten yuan. The photo session lasts for five minutes, and we can pose for you."
Rong Lan didn't know that Si Mo had sold her out. While playing with the kids, she was observing the passers-by around her to see if she could find her biological father. She was too busy to pay attention to Si Mo.
It wasn't until Si Mo patted her on the shoulder to signal her to stand up. He took the ten - yuan cash from the kid's parent that she realized she had been sold by Si Mo.
Rong Lan gritted her teeth. If she wasn't fully aware of her current strength, no matter what species Si Mo was, she would surely beat him up.
It was too much! He knew she was here to find someone, yet he distracted her!
"Little White, make a heart shape with your hands." The parent who was already holding a phone ready to take a photo waved at Rong Lan.
Si Mo was on the side maintaining order, stopping other kids from getting too close to Rong Lan to create a good environment for the kids who were going to take photos.
Rong Lan: "???" Little White? They couldn't just call her Little White because her plush suit was a white fox, could they? This nickname was too casual. She wanted to protest!
However, before she could protest, she saw Si Mo winking at her secretly.
Rong Lan took a deep breath. She endured it! She needed Si Mo's help now, so she couldn't fall out with him. Otherwise, it would take her who knew how long to figure out how to cultivate with a human body on her own.
The white fox plush raised its hand stiffly to make a heart shape.
"Hey! Great! Dabo, you stand on Little White's left. Good, good!" The parent directed Rong Lan and then the little girl with a ponytail standing in front of Rong Lan.
After receiving two or three kids in a row, no more parents were handing money to Si Mo. Si Mo counted the thirty yuan he had earned with a bit of regret. He pulled the fox plush back to the bench they had been sitting on.
Kids' curiosity about the plush came and went quickly. Now no one was bothering Rong Lan.
Rong Lan slumped on the bench, exhausted. "You sold me out for just thirty yuan and made me jump around for half an hour! It's too much! I didn't even have time to look for the person I'm looking for."
Si Mo sighed and stroked the plush's head. "I helped you look. All the people passing by here are parents with kids. There are no middle - aged men alone."
Rong Lan: "...... How do you know he must be a middle - aged man? What if he takes good care of himself?"
"Ordinary people have to struggle for a living. They probably don't have the time or energy to take good care of themselves."
"...... Makes sense." Rong Lan was quickly convinced by Si Mo's words. "But this thirty yuan was earned by both of us. Shouldn't we split it?"
As the eldest daughter of the Bai family, she wasn't short of money. She could give all thirty yuan to Si Mo, but she didn't like it when Si Mo used her to make money. In this regard, she was a petty fox.
"Of course." Si Mo took out the thirty yuan from his pocket. If this thirty yuan was enough for a night in a hotel, he wouldn't give the money to Rong Lan no matter what. But now this thirty yuan was useless. Giving fifteen yuan away didn't matter to him. He was very generous. "You really worked hard jumping around. I can't split the three ten - yuan bills into two equal parts of fifteen. I'll give you twenty."
As he said, he handed twenty yuan in front of Rong Lan.
Rong Lan didn't expect Si Mo to be so generous. The guy who sold her out for money didn't seem to care about money at all? But she was wearing the plush suit and it was inconvenient for her to take the money. She sighed and waved her paw. "You hold it for me. I can't hold the money like this. By the way, I'm really surprised that you managed to earn thirty yuan."
Since she said so, Si Mo had to put the thirty yuan back into his pocket. "I'm also surprised. I only earned thirty yuan. It's really..."
His original plan was to earn enough money for a hotel. Although he could go without sleep and bath for a long time, he was used to the human routine at home. After not finding a place to sleep for three or four days, he didn't feel well.
"Thirty yuan is already a lot. I don't know if it's because you're so good at persuading people or because my headgear is so cute. After all, if I were out playing, I would never spend ten yuan to take a photo with a plush." Rong Lan continued to slump on the bench.
Si Mo sighed again. "Really? In the world I come from, people would be happy to spend ten yuan to take a photo with a plush."
"Are you short of money?" Rong Lan hit the nail on the head.
If Si Mo wasn't short of money, he probably wouldn't have suddenly decided to use her to make money.
Si Mo simply admitted. "I'm new here. I don't have the currency of this world." He paused and added, "I also don't have a place to stay."
"How pitiful!" Rong Lan, who had also just arrived in this world, thought she was doing much better than Si Mo. "Why don't you come home with me? I'll find an empty house for you to live in."
As the eldest daughter of the Bai family, even though she wasn't a biological child, she still had several houses of her own. All those houses were empty. It should be easy for her to find one to accommodate Si Mo without anyone noticing.
"This is worth considering." Si Mo patted the wrinkled corner of his clothes that had been squeezed by the kids. "I can't stay in your house for free. I'll just use the accommodation fee to offset the tuition for teaching you."
"Right! Right!" The huge fox plush head nodded.
"Then—"
Si Mo was just about to say that he could go with her. Before he could finish his sentence, Rong Lan interrupted him. "But my fiancé is coming to pick me up today. It's easy for him to misunderstand if I bring you along. How about I give you an address? You can come to the address I give you to find me tomorrow?"