Chapter 660

"Mr. Joseph?!"

Not knowing Li Ang's intentions at this moment, Agatha recognized his identity by the tuft of yellow hair on his head—the same color as the one on the child's—and couldn't help but say in surprise:

"I haven't seen you for just one day, and your change is really... quite significant..."

Not only significant, but also quite expensive; this outfit alone is enough to cover half a month's salary for me at the Bureau of Cleanup. A clothing store in a small seaside town selling clothes at the same price as the capital—it's simply outrageous.

After complaining about Ankara's magical prices in her heart, Li Ang smiled and responded:

"Actually, it's nothing; I mainly just changed into a new set of clothes."

Yes, it was indeed just a change of clothes, but you look so much more pleasing to the eye now.

Recalling "Mr. Joseph's" past attire and comparing it to his current appearance, the corners of Agatha's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly; she bit her lip hard several times but couldn't hold it back.

"If you want to laugh, then laugh."

Blinking his eyes as he looked at the Princess who couldn't help but smile, Li Ang pondered his "persona" while saying softly with a face full of doting:

"If it can make my rose bloom with a smile, then even being laughed at by everyone is worth it."

"..."

Alright, it seems only his face has changed; Mr. Joseph is indeed still that same Mr. Joseph.

After shaking her head helplessly, Agatha, who was no longer a waitress and didn't need to cater to customers, spoke up:

"Mr. Joseph, please don't say such things again. I am just myself, not anyone's rose."

"Understood, the most beautiful rose in my heart."

"..."

This person is beyond saving.

Looking at Li Ang, whose eyes were filled only with her, Agatha couldn't help but shake her head, giving up on the idea of changing him, and instead continued to look at the job recruitment section of the newspaper, preparing to find a job for herself first.

And noticing her gaze, the transparent silk threads above the protagonist Elijah's head twitched slightly. Immediately after, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, Elijah asked thoughtfully:

"By the way, Miss Agatha, shouldn't you be working at the pier tavern right now? Why did you come to the post office?"

"I've been laid off."

After briefly explaining the subsequent situation, Agatha said somewhat helplessly:

"I probably won't stay here too long, maybe just ten days or so, so I need to find a short-term job. But these recruitment ads all want long-term employees, and I don't want to lie to people, so it's a bit troublesome right now..."

A short-term job for ten days?

Hearing Agatha's words, Elijah couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart. Remembering his plan to find a local to act as a tour guide, he simply said directly:

"How about..."

"How about you come with me?"

Knowing that Agatha would likely be unemployed and having squatted at the post office for several hours, Li Ang preemptively intercepted the opportunity using a fabricated excuse:

"Although my parents left me a huge fortune, they died in a shipwreck long ago, and only my grandmother and I are left at home. She has also been very ill recently. The old lady hopes I can get married soon, so... could you please do me a favor and pretend to be my fiancée for a few days?"

Ah, this...

Hearing the content of Li Ang's "hiring," the protagonist Elijah's mouth immediately shut tight.

He had to shut up; this Mr. Joseph had directly sacrificed his parents and grandfather, leaving only a dying grandmother who hoped to see her child get married before she passed away. And he himself only needed a tour guide to accompany him to some scenic spots—how could he possibly compete with that?

"This... this isn't very appropriate, is it?"

Hearing Mr. Joseph's request, the kind-hearted Agatha couldn't help but bite her lower lip, saying somewhat hesitantly:

"Mr. Joseph, I don't mind doing you this favor, but I'm planning to leave in a few days, and by then..."

"There might not be an 'in a few days'," Li Ang sighed and said:

"Although I've long known that birth, aging, sickness, and death are thresholds one cannot cross, I still hope to let my grandmother leave with as few regrets as possible... Also, I am truly very sorry for harassing you during this past period.

When I first started doing this, it was just to keep others from harassing you, and I also hoped to get to know you better, thinking maybe you would agree to be my... sigh...

I'm sorry, my ro... Miss Agatha, it was a bit selfish of me in the past. Regardless of whether you are willing to help this time or not, I will never harass you again from now on."

"..."

So... pursuing me so hard before was to keep me from being harassed, and also to put his grandmother at ease?

For Agatha, who also only had vague memories of what happened before the "plot" began, learning the "truth" that Li Ang had spent an entire night thinking up made her bright eyes soften slightly.

Looking at it this way, although Mr. Joseph is... a bit strange, he is truly a good person, and so filial. Should I just...

"Young Master! Young Master Joseph!"

Just as Li Ang successfully unleashed a combo of "Grandma's Critical Illness Punch" followed by "I Have My Reasons Palm," executing a set of "Eighteen Styles of Short-Term Girlfriend" that left the two of them dizzy, an exquisitely dressed butler waddled over from afar with his fat body in a hurry.

Seeing "Mr. Joseph," the fat butler was overjoyed. He rushed over with an eager look, grabbed Li Ang's arm, and pleaded:

"I've finally found you... Quick! Hurry home with me!

Your grandmother got into an argument with old Mrs. Pomona from the neighboring manor over a silk scarf imported from the East, and she even used a broom to beat the woman's backside until it was swollen. You must go home and persuade her!"

Elijah: "?"

Agatha: "?!!"

Li Ang: "..."

You son of a bitch, you're something else. Last night when I went back to Joseph's house, you wouldn't even open the door for me, making me sleep on the street all night. Now you recognize me as your young master again and came specifically to mess with me, right?

Glancing at the transparent silk thread on the fat butler's head and knowing this was the 【King of Drama】 playing dirty, Li Ang, knowing he couldn't resist, simply "flew into a rage":

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to take five hundred elite guards loyal only to me to the richest grand chamber of commerce in the country, which my grandfather the great noble left me, to buy Agatha, the most beautiful rose in the world who is most worthy of me?"

"..."

This bastard, he's actually taking the opportunity to change the settings!

Hearing Li Ang's response, which wasn't just adding his own goods but was entirely his own goods, the 【King of Drama】 who was manipulating all of this was so angry he gritted his teeth. But unable to do anything about Li Ang, who had the ability to crash the market, he had to swallow his pride and accept the new setting he had added for himself, not letting the fat butler refute him.

Li Ang also knew when to stop and didn't continue to destroy the plot. Instead, he did what a superficial "supporting character" should do. After giving the two of them an awkward smile, he left the post office in a wretched and painful manner, heading home to take stock of the property he had just "earned."

As for the male and female protagonists left behind, they were stunned by this outrageous reversal and family background. They stood in silence for a long while before the male protagonist Elijah spoke up:

"This Mr. Joseph... is... quite interesting, right?"

"Hmm..."

"That... I plan to tour Ankara for two weeks. If you need a short-term job, do you want to come and be my guide?"

"Good..."

"Twelve Days of Traveling Together" Act One—Meeting in the tavern, end.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 661 =====