Chapter 552: every now and then
Lin Murong would sporadically throw out a gloomy, "You’re definitely going to die."
Su Yinhe: "..."
Pure insanity.
"No, no, we should be thanking you," said Bai Yuanyuan with her cheeks puffed up from eating.
"Hmm... okay, eat more. You’ve lost weight." Although she couldn’t remember if Bai Yuanyuan had actually lost weight, saying it like this was surely safe.
Sure enough, as soon as Su Yinhe said this, Bai Yuanyuan was moved to tears.
"Wuu wuu wuu... Boss, you actually remember me, wuu wuu wuu... You’re too kind."
Su Yinhe: "..."
Damn, feeling so guilty.
So guilty.
"I didn’t exactly..." she muttered something random, hoping Bai Yuanyuan wouldn’t get so emotional.
Su Yinhe placated her for a while longer until they exchanged their Crystal Cores and went inside to shop; only then did she catch a break.
Sometimes, being a boss isn’t all that great.
Su Yinhe’s eyes lost their sparkle.
She wanted to be a salted fish.
A cute salted fish.
A salted fish that couldn’t flip over.
Although flipping over wouldn’t change a salted fish’s nature, flipping still required effort.
She didn’t want to exert any effort.
She wanted to be a salted fish that didn’t need to flip over.
But, being a salted fish made it easier to get eaten.
She didn’t want to be a salted fish that got eaten either.
Please let her be a thorny salted fish.
Su Yinhe clasped her hands together, praying online.
Lin Murong noticed and asked,
"Galaxy, are you... turning to Buddhism?"
Su Yinhe: "..."
"No, not at all."
"Then what are you doing with that gesture?" Lin Murong mimicked her exactly.
"Don’t you know?"
Su Yinhe glanced at him.
"Know... know what?" Lin Murong was baffled.
What was there to know or not know?
What did he mean?
"It’s nothing, it’s nothing," Su Yinhe waved her hand.
Seeing her like this piqued Lin Murong’s curiosity even more.
"So what is it? Tell me," he pressed her for an answer.
"It’s really nothing," she had just been messing around.
Actually, it didn’t mean anything.
But Lin Murong didn’t believe her anymore.
"Are you hiding something from me?" Lin Murong looked at her suspiciously.
"No, no, absolutely not. Go have fun," she needed a rest.
She had just served so many people, and she was tired.
Getting older, now even a little thing made her tired.
"I don’t want to have fun anymore. Tell me now," Lin Murong was relentless.
"There’s really nothing. Stop being unreasonable."
Lin Murong pointed to himself and then at her, "Me? I’m being unreasonable? Galaxy, acting like this... who’s being unreasonable? Is this word even applicable here?"
Su Yinhe nodded firmly.
That nod drove Lin Murong up the wall.
Lin Murong was someone easily set off.
He was just passing by, but now he didn’t want to leave and insisted on getting an answer from Su Yinhe.
But what answer could Su Yinhe give? She had just made a casual remark, and no matter how much Lin Murong pressed her, she didn’t know.
She’d have to make something up on the spot, but couldn’t think of anything at the moment.
Something had been gnawing at her brain lately, making it not so sharp, not so clever.
She was now, quite simply, a fool.
So, when Xu Jiaoqin and the others came out, they found their beloved boss looking utterly despondent as Lin Murong shook him by the shoulders.
At that moment, Su Yinhe was practically having an out-of-body experience.
"Let go of the boss! Lin Murong, how could you do this? You’re actually bullying the boss!" they exclaimed, dropping everything and rushing to subdue Lin Murong.
Lin Murong wasn’t exactly incapable of defending himself.
But he realized they meant no harm, so he hesitated for a moment, and in that hesitation, they pinned him down.
Several people were holding Lin Murong down.
Lin Murong was dumbfounded.
"No, damn, what did I do wrong again?" Lin Murong seriously doubted his life choices.
He always thought he was a good person.
He hadn’t done anything wrong.
So why was he always the one getting hurt?
"Boss, we’re here to save you. Are you okay, boss?" Bai Yuanyuan asked with deep concern, looking at Su Yinhe.
It was only then that the still daydreaming Su Yinhe finally snapped back to reality.
"Huh?" Su Yinhe, who had just come to her senses, had no clue what was happening.
Why was Lin Murong being held down by so many people?
"Galaxy, explain to them. Fuck, that hurts. Can you guys go a bit easy?" Lin Murong was speechless; he was just having a friendly chat with Galaxy, what did it have to do with them?
Why did they suddenly rush over and pin him down?
"Um... you guys let him go," they were pressing down on Lin Murong with all their might, veins bulging.
If Lin Murong hadn’t been an Advanced Superpower User, he probably would have been pressed... into fainting.
So many people... it wasn’t just pressing, it was crushing.
"Boss, did he threaten you? Don’t be afraid, we will always support you," Bai Yuanyuan said, still looking concerned.
Su Yinhe: "..."
Ah, but really, no.
Did she give them some wrong impression?
"It’s okay, I’m really fine; let him go." It was somewhat her fault after all; Lin Murong was quite innocent in this.
She had just been fooling around with him, and now he was tragically being crushed by so many people.
It was kind of embarrassing.
Su Yinhe felt a bit guilty.
"Alright then, we’ll let you go for now," as they released Lin Murong, they were somewhat reluctant.
From their perspective, it was Lin Murong bullying Su Yinhe.
And Su Yinhe looked so fragile while being bullied.
They knew, as a boss, Su Yinhe was definitely not weak. But her usual demeanor suggested fragility.
She seldom showed her fierce side, so they all thought of her as fragile.
Lin Murong rubbed the places where he’d been pressed, feeling quite unlucky.
Was he experiencing Mercury retrograde?
Getting diarrhea, being misunderstood.
Definitely Mercury retrograde.
Would he also need to start praying to some deity?
It didn’t take long for Su Yinhe to discover that Lin Murong had started worshipping gods, complete with offerings.
Doubting Su Yinhe, understanding Su Yinhe, becoming Su Yinhe, surpassing Su Yinhe.
Su Yinhe: "..."
Wow... that’s absurd.
Lin Murong was acting quite the part, leaving Su Yinhe dumbfounded.
She watched, eyes wide, as Lin Murong set up the offerings, performed various complex gestures, various bows, and finally, ate the offerings.
Su Yinhe: "..."
Alright then, Lin Murong was still the same Lin Murong.
Absolutely unchanged.
She thought he actually wanted to worship some deity.
But really...
She wondered which deity was so unlucky as to have its offerings eaten within minutes.
Yet, with Lin Murong, someone who had survived the apocalypse for so long, he probably shouldn’t believe in any gods.
That’s what Su Yinhe thought, and asked.
"Ah, just casually believing," Lin Murong was just casually worshipping; if you talked about real belief, there definitely wasn’t much.