Chapter 261: Su Juan (Complete)
Chapter 261: Su Juan (Complete)
After a trip to ancient times and back, a villa worth tens of millions arrives at her doorstep.
When the system disconnected, it told Su Juan that because she completed her mission so excellently, she would get an extra surprise. But due to a repair issue, it hasn’t been delivered yet.
Su Juan didn’t care much; all she could think about was money. The moment she sold the house, she celebrated wildly: Family, who’s with me! This immense wealth has finally come my way!
Tearing up, she calculated how much interest this ill-gotten wealth would earn her in a year and almost fainted from happiness. Just then, her boss called, obviously wanting her to come back to work overtime over the weekend, which is how it had been all those years.
Having almost sold herself to the company, Su Juan decisively ended the call and tearfully submitted her resignation. With so much money, who’d go back to being that humble working stiff? It’s simply inhumane work.
It’s not just about working or not; mainly, after being an emperor for a few years, she didn’t know how to work this kind of job anymore.
After quitting, Su Juan found everything delicious, woke up late every day, played games when she woke, slept when tired, ordered takeout when hungry, living a life of luxurious indulgence, completely forgetting the person she used to be who woke up at four in the morning almost every day in ancient times.
Until a few months later, her friend Yu Tiao, who she’d kept in touch with since college, suspected something was off and came looking for her.
Seeing the takeout just finished on the table and the game still being played on the screen, Yu Tiao was shocked, "Su Juan, are you crazy? You disappeared for months, not answering calls or messages, quit your job, too. I thought something terrible happened to you!"
But there she was at home, eating takeout and playing games, wearing loose pajamas, nothing like the polished working person she used to be.
Yu Tiao remembered Su Juan used to be very ambitious, always going to the limit in everything during school, working weekends for extra pay.
Yu Tiao could understand though; after all, Su Juan was an orphan, living alone in this city, without any family.
She remembered back in college, Su Juan took on part-time jobs every day, leaving early and returning late, making money whenever she wasn’t in class.
Back then, Yu Tiao was amazed at how hardworking someone could be, later learning that Su Juan was alone, having to pay for tuition and living expenses all by herself, her greatest wish to buy a house, have a sense of belonging, wanting a home.
But now what’s going on, has she given up?
"What’s wrong with you, quitting such a good job?"
Su Juan lazily yawned, "I had a dream where I saved the world, woke up, and decided to live differently."
Yu Tiao: "?"
Su Juan suddenly became enthusiastic, pulling Yu Tiao along, recounting her adventure of traveling back to ancient times, saving the world, mingling among handsome men, and eventually becoming an emperor for a few years.
She recounted the sword fights, conspiracies, and especially a certain emperor who should be in the history books and resembled an old prankster.
"I’m telling you, there was even an elegant man in white, a gentleman! If you saw him, you’d be drooling!"
The more Su Juan spoke, the more excited she became, silently marveling when she thought of the past.
The men were all more gorgeous than I’d ever seen, the girls even more beautiful―it’s truly amazing I resisted the temptation and came back to the present.
Yu Tiao was silent for a long time, then under Su Juan’s gaze, reached out to touch her forehead, puzzled, "No fever... why are you talking nonsense?"
"How about... let’s go to the hospital and see a psychiatrist?"
She was really worried about Su Juan’s current state.
Su Juan: "..." She knew no one would believe her.
In fact, she checked her bank account balance every day she woke up, afraid it was all just a dream.
Looking at her friend from college who often treated her to milk tea and hot pot, she started to change the subject, "Wanna go shopping? Whatever you want today, it’s on me."
Yu Tiao suspiciously stared at her. Is this really the same person who in college would skimp on food money to work in the cafeteria?
"Anything?"
Su Juan: "Anything."
"!" Yu Tiao immediately grabbed Su Juan and ran, afraid she might change her mind!
Yu Tiao: Family, who can understand this! The friend who used to be so thrifty woke up one day and lost her mind, actually suggesting they go shopping and even offering to pay.
How could she miss such an opportunity, after all, her brain isn’t always malfunctioning!
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