Chapter 66

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

At 12:30 noon, Lu Feng, waking from sleep, sat up.

He glanced at the time, a bit surprised; he had thought that after returning in the morning, he would surely sleep until two or three in the afternoon.

However, he carefully sensed his condition and did not discover any physical discomfort after waking.

It felt just like his usual mornings — energy fully abundant.

Those who often stay up late know: if you don't sleep at night, even if you sleep for a long time the next day, your spirit still takes a good long while to recover.

But now, even though he had only slept a little over four hours, upon waking he had already recovered all his energy.

Lu Feng sat on the bed thinking for a while, feeling this situation might be related to him frequently eating the delicious food he makes himself.

The techniques and ingredients provided by the system might not be as simple as just tasting very good.

Lu Feng stood up, rummaged through the room, and found the grip strengthener he had bought online before.

When he used to scroll short videos, he often saw fitness bloggers recommending this thing.

The bloggers in the videos said if you persist in exercising half an hour every day, after a month you can harvest a perfect physique.

Lu Feng was a bit heart-moved at the time; back then he had long worked a desk job, feeling his physical fitness was far from what it used to be.

On impulse after seeing the videos, he immediately placed an order and bought one.

After receiving the grip strengthener, he tried a few times and discovered he simply could not budge it.

Lu Feng was a bit frustrated then; clearly in the short videos others could easily bend it, so why couldn't he?

He even saw in some videos that some cute-looking female streamers could also easily handle this thing.

He once doubted himself: could his strength really be inferior to those slender-armed, slender-legged girls?

So he didn't think about returning it, planning to practice a few times whenever he had free time later.

But later, because work was too busy, this grip strengthener was always thrown under the bed gathering dust.

Now, on a sudden impulse, he once again found it and took it out.

Lu Feng gripped both ends of the grip strengthener with both hands, took a deep breath, then exerted force with both arms.

To his surprise, this time he actually succeeded in bending the grip strengthener!

Lu Feng, in disbelief, tried a few more times and discovered his physical fitness had improved significantly compared to before.

He excitedly exercised for a while longer, until the muscles in both arms felt a bit sore, then stopped.

Lu Feng went to the bathroom to wash up, then sat on the bed to check the mission progress.

This week, Fried Noodles have already sold 371 portions; at this speed, after Friday's business ends, this week's mission can be completed.

Thinking of this week's premium housing reward, Lu Feng felt some anticipation.

Also didn't know what kind of house would be rewarded then.

Actually, regarding a house, Lu Feng's requirements are not high.

As long as it can shelter from wind and rain, warm in winter and cool in summer, north-south ventilated, and nicely renovated, that's enough.

Of course, if it could be even better than these conditions, Lu Feng could accept that too.

Just as he was thinking, Lu Feng heard a rustling sound coming from outside the room, as if there was some movement.

A thief?

No way, broad daylight.

Besides, there's nothing valuable in Lu Feng's small rental house.

Lu Feng didn't immediately go open the door; he walked to the door on tiptoe, held his breath, and listened intently to the sounds outside.

After a moment, he heard footsteps going downstairs; the person outside should have left, the footsteps quite hurried.

Once there was no sound outside, Lu Feng quietly opened the door, peered through the crack, and saw no one outside.

Lu Feng was just about to close the door when he suddenly noticed something hanging on the outside doorknob.

He opened the door and looked out, only to see a takeout order hanging on the doorknob.

Lu Feng found it a bit strange; he had just gotten up today and hadn't ordered takeout.

Did the delivery person deliver to the wrong place?

Lu Feng reached out, took the takeout off the doorknob, brought it inside, and looked at it; there was no delivery slip on the packaging bag.

He opened the packaging bag and discovered a note inside.

Lu Feng opened the note; on it was written only one sentence: "Yesterday was really embarrassing, I spilled your noodle soup, thank you for your good review and tip."

The note had no name written, but Lu Feng knew this takeout was sent by Liu Jie, who had come yesterday.

Lu Feng opened that takeout and looked; it was still that same beef noodle shop from yesterday, only this time the portion of beef was obviously much more.

This was naturally not the shop owner's conscience awakening; it was clearly Liu Jie paying out of his own pocket to add it.

Although this beef noodle had been eaten once yesterday and the taste was not good, Lu Feng still picked up his chopsticks and ate.

Don't know if it was a psychological reason; the beef noodle's taste was clearly the same as yesterday, but eating it now it seemed not that unpalatable.

After finishing lunch, Lu Feng was just preparing to go downstairs for a stroll to digest, when he just walked out the door and saw the landlady walking this way.

"Young man, how come you didn't go to work today?" The landlady, upon seeing Lu Feng, revealed a trace of puzzlement on her face.

Lu Feng smiled and said: "The company went bust; I haven't gone to work for half a month."

Hearing this, the landlady's eyes held a hint of gloom, but then her face showed a simple, honest smile as she comforted: "It's fine, you're so young, just look more during this time, job opportunities are plenty."

Lu Feng nodded, and asked with some curiosity: "Big Sister, do you have something?"

He remembered that he had just paid the rent at the beginning of this month, and there was still some time before the rent for next month was due.

The landlady sighed and slowly said: "My old man went to work for someone last week, fell off a ladder, and broke his leg. The hospital still needs some more medical fees, so I wanted to discuss with you tenants whether you could pay next month's rent in advance, and I won't charge you for next month's utilities."

Hearing the landlady's words, Lu Feng's expression turned serious, and he immediately asked: "Is Big Brother okay? Has the foreman compensated you?"

The big sister shook her head, her expression both helpless and angry: "The contractor said my old man didn't wear a safety harness and should bear the main responsibility. He took him to the hospital, paid a deposit, and then washed his hands of it."

Lu Feng couldn't help but frown. Many employers, when faced with such a situation, often think first not of how to cure the person, but of how to push the responsibility away cleanly.

The landlord couple came from out of town and had lived in Jiangcheng for over ten years.

The house Lu Feng rented was not their own; they were subletters, renting the house and then renting it out to others to make a profit from the difference.

Lu Feng had seen the landlady's husband a few times; he looked honest and simple, working at a nearby construction site.

Once, the light in Lu Feng's room broke, and it was the landlord who helped change it. Lu Feng offered him money, but he refused to take it.

Lu Feng asked: "Big Sister, how much more is needed for the medical fees?"

The landlady smiled wearily: "Not much. The doctor said to pay thirty thousand. I borrowed some from relatives and friends, and added the rent collected early these past two days, but we are still short three thousand."

Three thousand yuan was not much, but for the couple it was a problem.

The couple's income was not high, and what they earned was barely enough to keep them fed and clothed.

Lu Feng took out his mobile phone and said to the landlord: "Big Sister, I'll advance this three thousand for you first. Pay me back when you have more money later."