Chapter 2 Jing Ke

  Before the story unfolds, I need to introduce myself (writing in first person, what can you do?), my name is Xiao Qiang, 27 years old. Before I was 15, I spent many years with this ordinary and steady name. With the popularity of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and the appearance of that stunning cockroach, I got a new name: Little Qiang.

  Don't think I'm an unemployed vagrant. Strictly speaking, I am a manager (managers are as common as cow hair, the unit of measurement should be used in strips), and I am in charge of a pawnshop.

  What? You don't have a pawnshop now? That's because you're out of touch, actually there is one in your city, if you look carefully, you might find it in some corner. Of course, taking in broken clothes to exchange for copper coins is impossible, we don't even accept famous brands like Versace or Armani. The most welcome items are cars and property deeds, and of course, old gold, silver, and antiques. This pawnshop is called "Ji Hao", our boss's surname is Hao. Since the movie "The Eighth Pawnshop" came out, my pawnshop has had a nickname: "Which number?" (Hao Ji Hao) Pawnshop.

  Nowadays, the pawnshop can't be like in the past with high counters. In fact, its decoration is modeled after real estate sales centers: a spacious living room, a crystal glass table with LCD computers on it, surrounded by a circle of leather sofas. Except for no models, it's exactly the same as a sales center. In this environment, everyone tries to keep calm and composed when discussing business, even if you may have already known that we are selling black-hearted goods before coming in.

  It's been half a year since I last saw Old Hao, after he gave me an account with 200,000 yuan and then disappeared. In the second half of last year, I only managed to close one deal: using 60,000 yuan to buy back an 80% new Passat. The profit from this deal was just enough to cover my hardware expenses for this year. As for my salary - 1,400 yuan per month - Old Hao had to subsidize it. Nobody knows what kind of plan this old fox has in mind, but according to people in the industry, he's still doing business that loses money.

  I'm the manager of this pawnshop, and also the only employee. Actually, I have a deputy manager named Lao Pan, who is a 45-year-old middle-aged man specializing in antique appraisal. Since I met him, I've seen him twice. The first time was when he had dinner with Old Hao, and the second time was when I asked him to appraise a silver note supposedly from the Republic of China period. Lao Pan took one look and left, telling me at the door: "If someone brings in another spirit money and claims it's a Republican silver note, report them to the police directly..."

  I'm basically in this situation, my pawnshop is located on a very quiet street, every day I have nothing to do, didn't expect something big happened and I got stimulated. Damn it, I actually became a reserve for the gods, and I had to entertain customers who crossed over to me.

  Just as I was a little mentally prepared, the first customer brought by Liu Laosan turned out to be: Jing Ke.

  I said, Xiao Jing classmate is about 1 meter 77 tall, very sturdy, wearing a open-collared coarse cloth clothes, the most funny thing is that his eyes are actually strabismus: when one of his eyes is looking at you, the other eyeball is almost like hiding in the temple.

  No wonder, he's an assassin, after all, and needs to be on high alert.

  It was Jing Ke, who before assassinating the King of Qin, sang a sorrowful hip-hop song on the banks of the Yi River, with Gao Jianli accompanying him on the drums. Unfortunately, Jing Ke's skills were not refined, and he was brutally beaten by the King of Qin. In his extreme anger, Jing Ke spread his legs apart and made a very suggestive gesture towards the king (Excerpt from "A Thousand Years of Jokes and History", Chapter N, Part 2: Jing Ke Assassinating the King of Qin, edited by Zhang Xiaohua).

  Liu Lao Liu sent Jing Ke off and then beat him up and made him leave.

  Jing Ke still seemed to be reeling from his failure, looking dull and uninterested in anything new. He looked down at his feet and said, "You're the master of 'Paradise'? Give me a set of rooms, I'll think of other things later."

  This... accommodation is not a problem, there are still two rooms and a warehouse on the second floor. My girlfriend Baozi and I occupied one room, and I took Jing Ke upstairs. He sat stupidly on the ground, muttering to himself: "Why... why..."

  I closed the door and came out only to find myself drenched in sweat. From now on, I have already embarked on my journey to immortality, and the first "customer" I received was surprisingly Jing Ke, the number one assassin of all time. I glanced at the wall clock, my girlfriend Baozi is almost off work.

  I told you I'm really unlucky. How many male protagonists who travel through time and space have a girlfriend from the start? Even if they do, she's probably a beauty like an immortal fairy, right?

  Baozi's surname is Xiang, her full name is Xiang Mi Zi. Her dad was the kind of old accountant who wore glasses with soy sauce bottle bottoms and olive green sleeve covers, hoping that his daughter would grow up to become a glorious people's teacher, with students all over the world, like spore plants...

  But the only benefit this name brought to Baozi is that Miss Xiangyuan resembles Baozi, and she works at a Baozi shop just across the street from me. Specifically, she's a greeter, and their shop sells a type of soup-filled bun that's very famous locally. In the past, Baozi was in charge of carrying plates, but whenever customers would yell "Baozi!", she'd instinctively turn around, and either drop the plate or smash a bowl. Eventually, the manager had to move her to the entrance as a greeter - the only explanation for this is that their manager is a kind person, because I know he's a man who's too scared to go home alone after watching "The Ring", he absolutely doesn't have the guts!

  If you ask me why I fell in love with Baozi, it's absolutely a beautiful mistake. It was an uneventful afternoon (doesn't this sound familiar?), and I was walking harmlessly on the street when a woman with a perfect figure appeared before my eyes. This woman was Baozi. Then, this paradoxical woman piqued my interest. On a night with ulterior motives, we watched Wu Tonglan, Ozawa, Toyomaru, and Kuroki together. She savagely took me in the most enchanting moment. As she held something in her mouth and hummed, she asked me: "What am I to you?"

  I stood up straight and said with a painful expression: "Wife!"

  That's the whole story.

  Baozi will be back soon, what should I say to her?

  Dear, I'm going to ascend to immortality! Jing Ke is just upstairs?

  I rushed upstairs, found a set of clothes and handed them to Jing Ke, deceiving him that anyone who comes to the "Immortal Realm" must change into these clothes according to the rules. But this guy ignored me, still in a daze, saying: "Why... why..."

  I know this person has a bad temper. Having been a legendary hitman for his whole life, he hasn't even killed one person, which is frustrating to the extreme. I can only say loudly:

  "Don't you think you're too short?"

  Jing Ke jumped in fright and looked up at me: "What's wrong with me? Does this have anything to do with being short?"

  It's infuriating, why are even ancient people like this? I said loudly: "Your sword is too short!"

  Jing Ke suddenly pulled out a short sword with a green jade hilt from his bosom: "Oh, I thought you were referring to my hair..."

  (Xiaohua is simultaneously updating two books, "The World of Flowers" is updated 4 times a day, this book will strive to be updated twice a day)