This garlic is amazing stuff.
Worth crying over from the spice.
Big Wolf Sister’s little secret got found out.
Let’s see if she dares bite me now.
Ahey hehe, so awesome.
The sound of running water came from the bathroom.
Jiang Nan: !!!
I didn’t mean to look.
It’s this garlic’s fault.
Everything within 1,000 metres is in my head, okay?
I can’t control myself.
In the bathroom, Zhong Yingxue lay comfortably in the tub.
Her face was flushed.
She sneakily checked if the bathroom door was locked.
Then she grabbed a book from a nearby bucket and flipped it open.
It was carefully marked, with folded pages and red pen notes.
Jiang Nan: ???
Reading a book while bathing? What book? And so secretive?
Jiang Nan looked.
*Duang~Duang~ Secret Manual*
???
What kind of book is this?
One line of the secret technique read, “Up, up, down, down. Left, left, right, right. BABA.”
Zhong Yingxue nodded.
She took a deep breath, set the book aside.
Freed her hands and started practicing the technique.
“Hmm…”
“Up. Up. Down. Down.”
“Hmm~”
“Left. Left. Right. Right.”
Jiang Nan covered his face, “Wow, Xuexue. What are you doing?”
“B~A. B~A.”
After finishing the sequence, Zhong Yingxue’s face flushed even more.
She clenched her fists, her eyes blazing with determination.
“Xia Yao. I’ll definitely catch up.”
Jiang Nan’s mind went blank. He leapt off the bed.
He wanted to rush to the bathroom and tell Zhong Yingxue.
It’s useless.
The book’s full of lies.
Up, up, down, down. Left, left, right, right. BABA might give you 30 lives in Contra.
But it won’t make you bigger.
Who wrote this book?
It’s just scamming people.
Poor, naive Zhong Yingxue believes it completely.
Poor little Xuexue. I feel for her.
“No way. I can’t go. If I do, I’m done for.”
It’d expose me.
Better find a good moment to kindly warn her.
For now.
Time to put on clothes and head to the supermarket next to the women’s bathhouse to buy a bottle of Nutrition Express.
The supermarket next to the women’s bathhouse, key point.
Not for the bathhouse.
I just really want a Nutrition Express. Jiang Nan’s worried about his nutrition.
Jumping off the bed, Jiang Nan froze.
He stared into the mirror, eyes wide.
Roaring, “What the hell.”
Jiang Nan was in despair.
Utter despair.
In the mirror, he was completely black.
Every inch of his skin was pitch black.
Not a single spot spared.
Thoroughly black.
Absolutely black.
Unmatched blackness.
So black he couldn’t see his own hand in front of his face.
He couldn’t even see himself.
Perfectly blended into the night, reflecting no light.
A living coal ball come to life.
Ahey Black Garlic?
Jiang Nan got it now.
Why the last “hey” in Ahey didn’t have the mouth radical.
Because eating it turns you completely black?
Indeed.
Do bad things, and you’ll face retribution.
Tears streamed down his face. He wouldn’t stay like this forever, would he?
He forced a smile uglier than crying, showing his white teeth.
In the pitch-black room, only a set of white teeth floated around.
Jiang Nan: !!!
Go to the bathhouse like this?
Black as a ghost, with only my teeth visible.
A set of teeth floating down the street at night? That’d scare people to death.
“No way. I need to fix this.”
With his last 100,000 resentment points, Jiang Nan gritted his teeth and exchanged for a Beauty Pill.
He ate it without hesitation.
Jiang Nan stared at his face, full of hope.
Then he became a slightly handsomer…
Black guy.
“Damn it. It did nothing.”
Jiang Nan covered his face.
How could he go out like this?
Stupid system, stupid garlic.
One bite, and he’s black as coal.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Just then, Jiang Nan froze.
In his mind’s perception, something was happening outside the villa.
A petite figure climbed over the villa’s fence.
Landing silently, she looked around to see if anyone noticed.
It was the hooded girl.
She went to the window.
Shorter than the windowsill, she stood on tiptoes to peek.
The room was pitch black and silent.
“Hmm, asleep?”
Jiang Nan: ???
A thief?
Damn it.
Trying to steal my treasures?
The hooded girl pulled a set of professional lockpicking tools from her hoodie pocket.
She expertly picked the window lock, opening a small gap.
Then she took out a tube, aimed it into the room, and blew.
“Puff, puff.”
A colourless, odourless gas drifted in.
Jiang Nan: !!!
He instinctively held his breath.
What the hell.
Using knockout gas?
So bold.
I’m standing right by the bed.
You don’t see me?
After blowing the gas, the hooded girl fully opened the window.
She nimbly climbed in, covering her nose.
Silent as a shadow.
Then she pulled a sharp dagger from her hoodie pocket.
Jiang Nan: …
Is your hoodie Doraemon’s magic pocket? Got everything in there?
The room was pitch black. The hooded girl felt her way to the bed… empty.
“No one?”
Jiang Nan: !!!
No one?
I’m standing right in front of you.
How much do I look like my old self?
I watched your whole operation, okay?
Even a blind person can be a thief now?
Poor thing.
Blind at such a young age, resorting to theft to make money.
The hooded girl, full of confusion, wandered around the room.
Jiang Nan suddenly realised something.
Wait.
If she’s blind, how did she pick the lock?
He waved his hand in front of her face.
No reaction.
Jiang Nan: !!!
Am I so black that no one can see me?
It’s not her who’s blind.
It’s me who’s too black?
Jiang Nan was stark naked.
No lights in the room, no moon outside.
He blended perfectly into the night.
His mentality collapsed.
Do I have to be *this* black?
Just then, a voice came from upstairs, “Xiao Nan. Why are you yelling in the middle of the night?”
The hooded girl, like a startled cat, leapt out the window.
She didn’t forget to close it behind her.
Jiang Nan: …
What can I do?
I’m in despair too.
“Fine. Sleep. Maybe I’ll be back to normal by morning.”
With unease, Jiang Nan fell asleep.
The next morning.
A loud knock came from outside the room.
“Xiao Nan. Why aren’t you up? You’ll be late for school.”
Jiang Nan stood in front of the mirror.
Looking at his coal-ball self, his mentality collapsed.
Why didn’t it go away?
It was fine at night, but in daylight, he was explosively black.
“Why aren’t you answering? I’m coming in.”
Jiang Nan: !!!
He teleported to block the door, “No. Don’t come in.”
Zhong Yingxue, puzzled, asked, “What’s wrong? Not going to school?”
Jiang Nan’s face twisted, “Not going.”
How could he go looking like this? No one could see him like this.
Otherwise, forget God Nan, he’d be Jiang Coal Ball.
Zhong Yingxue was stunned, “Why not? Are you sick?”
Jiang Nan replied, “I’m sick. I’ve got a disease where I’ll die if I go out.”
Zhong Yingxue: ???
What kind of weird disease is that?
[Resentment Points from Zhong Yingxue +333.]
