Chapter 61: Half-Baked

The after-work rush on Liuli Street ended very quickly.

However, Neisen and Tina did not leave the café.

This was at Yun Mu's request; since the two of them were here, she wanted to talk to them about what she had discussed with Mr. Sixin that morning.

Well, she mainly wanted to talk to Neisen.

After finishing her work, she sat down across from the two of them without even changing her clothes.

"Sorry for making you wait a while," she said with a slightly apologetic tone.

"Not at all, how could I let you come to my house to find me every day," Neisen replied respectfully.

Tina, sitting beside him, kept her head down, her feet swinging casually under the table, looking quite introverted.

It was a far cry from how she looked when Yun Mu first met her.

It was hard to tell if this was her original personality or if she had truly been frightened by Yun Mu over the past two days.

She admitted that for a split second, she still felt a little embarrassed in her heart.

"Hmm," after a moment of contemplation, Yun Mu got straight to the point with Neisen: "I asked to see you this time mainly to talk about those Comic Manuscript."

"When your wife was creating those manuscripts, Tina participated as well, right?" she said, looking at Tina, who was sitting to the side with her head down, wondering what she was thinking.

"I suppose so..."

Neisen said, sounding a bit uncertain.

He thought for a moment and said: "When Aiwei was sick, I was always busy with moving from the Royal Capital to Frostfall City, as well as the hospital transfer issues..."

"Although I often saw Tina accompanying her mother, as for whether she specifically participated in the creation..."

"Isn't Tina right beside you? Why not just ask her directly?" Yun Mu interrupted Neisen.

She looked at the Young Girl, who had been keeping her head down but whose attention had instantly sharpened the moment she and Neisen mentioned the drawings, and said softly:

"Tina, do you want your mother's drawings back?"

Hearing her words, Tina finally looked up. She seemed to muster up great Courage and said: "Th-those drawings were drawn by me and Mom in the first place!"

"Hmm, looks like you do want them."

Yun Mu rested her cheek on one hand, her Scarlet pupils, slightly obscured by her bangs, watching the other party.

"Let's make a deal."

"A deal?" Tina looked into her eyes and asked, puzzled.

"Six years." Yun Mu held out her left hand, making the shape of the number six, and continued: "As long as your painting skills reach a level I can approve of in six years, I will return the drawings to you. How about that?"

"It's a deal!"

Children have abundant energy and a strong competitive spirit; Tina was successfully led into the trap by Yun Mu and agreed without even thinking.

She completely forgot what she had said at the beginning—that these drawings belonged to her family in the first place, so why would she need to make a deal with Yun Mu to get them back?

"This is..."

Neisen, on the side, looked a bit confused, not knowing what exactly Yun Mu wanted to do.

Yun Mu gave him a look telling him not to speak for now, then continued to look at Tina and said: "Since we've made a deal, you must study Painting well."

"At the very least, don't keep your head down while I'm lecturing."

She smiled with a gentle expression.

"Ugh!"

Tina's pupils dilated sharply; she immediately recalled the Fear of being dominated by Yun Mu in class.

"I, I know!"

She jumped off the chair quickly and then grabbed the corner of Neisen's clothes with her hand.

"Da, Daddy, I want to go back..."

"Tina, don't be unruly."

Neisen touched Tina's head with some helplessness.

"It's fine, you two go back."

Yun Mu waved her hand with a smile.

As for the matter of making Tina a Transcendental, she would talk to Neisen about it next time in a situation where Tina was not present.

It was about time now, and she should go to Frost Bank to find Brenna.

After seeing Neisen and his daughter off, Yun Mu returned to her room, took off her waiter uniform, changed into her original clothes, and then headed straight for Frost Bank.

She had plenty of time today; she didn't need to run, nor did she need to take a Steam Taxi, she could just walk slowly along the road.

"Ouch!"

Suddenly, on a dark path, a petite figure bumped into Yun Mu.

She was fine, but the other party was knocked directly to the ground by her.

"Are you alright?"

Yun Mu squatted down and looked at the Young Girl in front of her, who had shoulder-length black hair, was covered in dirt, and was wearing a set of tattered cloth clothes.

"I, I'm fine!"

The girl said in a panic, then stood up from the ground and ran away without looking back.

Yun Mu watched the girl's retreating figure, and after she disappeared into the Darkness of the street, she shook her head.

"The technique is too green."

She tossed the dirty money bag in her hand, then counted it carefully.

22 Frost coins.

Just as poor as she was when she first transmigrated.

Just now, when that girl collided with her, the other party had secretly reached into her pocket.

However, because the time was too short, she didn't manage to steal anything.

But Yun Mu noticed, so as she crouched down, she took the opportunity to steal the other person's money bag.

Her Pickpocketing skill is at lv4; if she had to guess, that girl probably barely reaches the level of lv1.

It can only be considered a half-baked attempt.

This indicates that the other person likely hasn't been stealing for very long.

Taking four Silver Frost Coins from her bosom and placing them into the money bag, Yun Mu stood in place and waited for a while.

Just as she expected, upon discovering that their money bag was missing, the girl ran back along the path she had come from with an anxious look on her face.

"I..."

The other person saw the money bag in Yun Mu's hand at a glance and wanted to say something, but couldn't get the words out.

Her personality is too weak; if she doesn't change her personality, I'm afraid she won't live for long.

Yun Mu judged based on the memories of her predecessor.

But what does that have to do with her?

"Take it."

Casually tossing the money bag back, without looking at the girl who was scrambling to catch it, Yun Mu turned her head and left the place.

And after passing through such a small interlude, she also successfully arrived at Frost Bank.

After confirming there was no one around, Yun Mu walked straight toward the Gate of Frost Bank.

"Bang!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

What is going on?

Yun Mu looked at the Gate in front of her with a strange expression and reached out to touch it.

There was a tactile sensation, and her palm couldn't pass through; it was a solid object.

In the Perception of her Ether Body, she could indeed feel that it was a physical object, without that illusory feeling as if it might disappear at any moment.

"You're a bit early today."

The door of Frost Bank was pushed open from the Neutral by Brenna, who looked at Yun Mu, who was rubbing her head, and said: "You're nearly half an hour early; I haven't activated the illusion yet."

"So that's how it is!?" Yun Mu felt it wasn't worth it for her head, to have been bumped by the Gate just for such a reason.

"Come in and let's talk."

Brenna led Yun Mu into the bank, and as soon as she walked into the room, she saw the Bionic Doll that had malfunctioned before.

The chest of that Bionic Doll had been opened at this time, revealing the complex gears and mechanical structures inside.

And beside the doll were all kinds of tools, most of which Yun Mu couldn't name.

"Are you performing repairs?"

She looked at the scene before her and asked with some curiosity.

PS: Power of Painting, Third Stage!

Tina looked at the glaring result tested before her with an unwilling expression and clenched her fists tightly.

Yun Shu, who was to the side, saw this and let out a disdainful huff.

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, do not bully a Young Girl for being poor!"

"The six-year appointment, give me six years, and I will definitely prove it to you!"

【For more excitement, please check it out at 【Painting Through the Firmament】!】

【Dog head】

(End of this chapter)