Zhongli raised an eyebrow and noticed Mona's small movement almost at the same time, but he did not say anything. He simply lifted his head and gave Mona a faint smile.
Damn it.
He noticed me.
Mona was extremely embarrassed. Secretly peeking at someone was wrong to begin with, and she had even been caught red-handed.
This was the ultimate social death.
If there were a crack in the ground in front of her right now, Mona swore she would dive into it without hesitation.
After breakfast.
Mona was still hesitating over whether she should apologize. After all, she was clearly in the wrong.
Moreover, she would be staying here temporarily for quite a long time. If the misunderstanding continued, it would probably be awkward to face him later.
Just as Mona was lost in wild thoughts, Su Han came to her.
"Mona, come with me for a moment."
"Hm? Okay."
Mona hesitated briefly, then followed Su Han up to the second floor.
It was very quiet here, and no one would come by.
Su Han handed her a card.
"You should be out of money by now, right? This Mora is an advance payment of your salary. Your future wages will be deducted from this."
Mona suddenly understood. So he had called her over to give her money.
She had originally planned to bring this up today anyway. After all, since she already had a free place to live, she naturally needed to start earning money.
Who would have thought Su Han would be this considerate.
"Thank you. Um, may I ask what I need to do?"
"That depends on you. I have plenty of work here. At the comic shop there are sales, promotion, and accounting. At the orphanage there is taking care of the children, cooking, and so on. As for the pay, it is twenty thousand Mora per day, fair to all. If you work well, there will also be extra bonuses."
"So much?"
Mona was startled by the employee benefits here. Twenty thousand Mora a day meant six hundred thousand Mora a month.
This did not even include various benefit increases.
Was this only for her, or were all employees treated the same?
If it was the former, then Mona felt she needed to be careful. If one day she was completely trapped by Su Han's Mora, that would be terrible.
Su Han naturally had no idea about Mona's inner thoughts. Seeing her shocked expression, he could not help laughing.
"All the jobs here are paid at the same rate. If you are at the shop owner level, your salary will increase year by year. You will understand gradually, so there is no need to rush."
Su Han did not linger. After explaining, he turned around and went off to cultivate.
Mona smiled at herself in self-mockery, feeling that she had overthought things. Compared to the few people in the courtyard, what was her little bit of looks worth?
That said, how much money was actually on this card?
Filled with curiosity, Mona went out.
Ten minutes later.
At the Liyue Bank on the street.
"Hey, you are not mistaken, right? How much Mora is in here?"
"Miss, there are ten million Mora in here. We have verified it three times!"
Ten million?
Hearing this number again, Mona was thoroughly shocked.
What exactly was Su Han trying to do? Did he not say this was an advance on her salary?
Calculating based on twenty thousand a month, she would need to work a full five hundred months to pay it back.
If calculated by years, that would be at least forty-one years. What kind of concept was forty-one years? If a person died at eighty, forty-one years would be half of their life.
Looking at the Mora savings card in her hand, Mona suddenly felt it was scorching hot, as if it would ruin her.
"Still, he probably did not do it on purpose."
Whether it was today or yesterday, whenever Mona misunderstood Su Han, she would always realize in the end that she had thought too much.
Maybe this time was the same. Perhaps he simply did not have small-denomination Mora cards. Anyway, she could just withdraw as much as she needed. At worst, she could earn the money later and pay him back.
After successfully convincing herself, Mona's mood finally became cheerful again.
But she had forgotten one thing. Human desire for shopping is actually very hard to restrain.
Otherwise, how could this astrologer lady have ended up sleeping in caves?
After strolling around and buying some daily necessities, Mona went home.
Most of the people in the courtyard had already dispersed. Only Zhongli remained, holding a copy of Fox Spirit Matchmaker and reading it.
Seeing that there was no one else around, Mona hurried forward and bowed to apologize.
"I am really sorry about what happened this morning. I did not mean it."
"This morning? What happened this morning?"
Zhongli put down the comic, his eyes full of confusion, as if he had completely forgotten about it.
Mona immediately understood. He did not want to expose it, so she scratched her head and said, "Well, it was a bit impolite, so I wanted to apologize."
"No need. Since you are Su Han's friend, you are naturally my friend as well. Would you like to read some comics? These are newly released."
"Sure, I was just thinking of reading them."
Mona had heard of comics long ago, but at that time she had very little Mora and simply could not afford such a luxurious expense.
So she had never read them before.
Now that she had the chance to enjoy them for free, she was of course willing.
On the table were the latest chapters of Fox Spirit Matchmaker and Under One Person. There were no complete sets because everyone had already read them.
She picked up Fox Spirit Matchmaker and started flipping through it.
The beginning of the story was already very amusing, because the protagonist had actually been poisoned and turned into a cute little chick.
Mona immediately covered her mouth and laughed.
Although she did not know the story between the characters, this comic was really interesting.
Later, in order to reclaim the body, a group of people headed to the Southern Kingdom.
Among them, some short segments revisited the memories of Qing Tong and Wangquan Fugui.
That was the storyline of the Poison Lady and the Poison Father and Son.
In this part of the plot, the most eye-catching figure was still that glittering man. He not only easily suppressed everyone, but also sealed Wangquan Fugui's memories.
Mona asked in confusion, "Mr. Zhongli, who is that glittering person? He looks incredibly powerful."
"I do not know either. The hall master has not been home these past few days, and I have not had much time to read comics. But judging from how the story is developing, he should be a character with unfathomable cultivation."
Being able to casually judge reincarnation bonds showed that this glittering figure's strength surpassed that of the Tushan foxes.
Mona nodded lightly and continued reading.
In the story, the Southern Kingdom princess Huan Du Luolan continued to clash with the main group.
Although Mona had never read Fox Spirit Matchmaker, she had overheard it a few times during meals, so she had no favorable impression of Huan Du Luolan at all.
After all, the other party wanted to break others apart to fulfill herself.
However, as the story slowly entered the flashback arc, more details gradually emerged. It turned out that this Southern Kingdom princess was also a pitiful person.
In the past, Bai Yuechu had not reincarnated just once, but many, many times.
One of those lives was the Pingqiu Yuechu that the Southern Kingdom princess was searching for.
He had been taken away since childhood and subjected to various forms of training. But when he finally achieved something, he realized that all his efforts were merely meant to erase himself so that another man could be reborn.
Such an ending was naturally unacceptable to Pingqiu Yuechu, so he desperately fled Tushan and eventually arrived in the Southern Kingdom.
And now, the princess who had shared hardships with him encountered a rebellion.
Pingqiu Yuechu swore that even if he had to return to his cage, he would still save her. Even if he died, he would have no regrets.
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