Chapter 1 Yin City, East Side, Restaurant

Wang Congshan sat by the window, glanced at the city street scene, then looked up at the clock on the wall of the Western restaurant. She picked up her phone and typed on the QQ chat interface, "I'm here, where are you?"

Seconds later, the phone vibrated.

Li Ang: Turn around.

Wang Congshan turned around. The only people in the aisle between the restaurant seats were waiters carrying plates.

Li Ang: Can't you see me?

Wang Congshan: Nope.

Li Ang: That's right, I haven't left yet.

???

Wang Congshan sent a meme of a little panda holding a knife and typed, "Dare to flake and I'll cut you."

"Damn, so ruthless."

Behind Wang Congshan, from behind the seat partition, came Li Ang's voice. He poked his head out from behind the partition and greeted her with a smile, "Yo."

"Yo your head, come order."

Wang Congshan rolled her eyes and tossed the menu across to the seat opposite her.

Li Ang came to her booth, sat down across from her, and yawned.

"What's wrong, staying up late?"

Wang Congshan raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Yeah."

Li Ang looked at the menu and said casually, "The seniors in their third year of high school will have their college entrance exams in a few days. I prepared a set of test questions and predictions for one or two students I tutor."

"Oh?"

Wang Congshan was taken aback. "You tutor high school students?"

"It's normal. From first grade of elementary school to third year of high school, as long as you have the knowledge, can't you tutor them?"

Li Ang said as a matter of course, "Although I don't have any students from the university for the elderly yet, I believe that as time goes by and public perceptions change, I'll be able to expand into that area."

"...Alright."

Wang Congshan nodded. "Have you ordered?"

"Yeah, the usual."

Li Ang spun the menu around and handed it to Wang Congshan.

This restaurant had cheap prices, good food, and wasn't crowded. You didn't have to wait in line for too long.

They used to come here occasionally for a meal, Dutch treat.

"Then I'll have this..."

Wang Congshan scanned the menu and ordered her food.

Li Ang leaned back and said casually, "By the way, I'm not planning on doing tutoring anymore after this semester."

"Eh? Why?"

"Many reasons."

Li Ang replied, "First, I've earned a lot of money this year, enough to save up for college.

Second, several families have won the qualifications to move into the City Towers first. If I continue to tutor, I might have to run back and forth, which would be tiring – although those parents are willing to buy me a car or hire a driver to pick me up, it's still tiring.

As for the third...

The service industry is annoying."

Wang Congshan raised an eyebrow. "What's so annoying about it? Your Pavlov... cough, your tutoring method is quite effective, isn't it?"

"It's all about adapting to the student."

Li Ang rolled his eyes. "I have a strong sense of professional ethics. I charge what I charge and do what I do.

The more money I get, the better I have to do my job.

Those parents pay me by the minute, so I have to tutor them well.

But once you have a highly dedicated attitude, the job becomes torture.

Especially when dealing with weird students.

A parent came to me before. His son was only eight years old. After watching some videos of well-known Wan Jia Xiong Meng players on Bilibili, documenting their experiences resolving anomalous events,

He practices shooting in *Stimulating Battlefield* every day,

Saying that when he grows up, he wants to hang out with streamers and be their henchman. No matter what I say, he won't listen.

That parent was in tears. His child is only eight years old. What will happen to his life?"

Wang Congshan asked, "...What did you say?"

"What could I say? Of course, I praised the kid for being promising and being a good henchman.

He's the rising sun, the fledgling eagle."

Li Ang said casually, "Of course, after noticing the parent's expression, I changed my tune.

I directly suggested remake.

Actively respond to the two-child policy and train another account."

The corner of Wang Congshan's eye twitched. "...Didn't he beat you to death?"

"He was still immersed in grief and didn't hear."

Li Ang said, "For students like that, if I want to teach them well and correct them – specifically, correct them to the level of normalcy that their parents approve of,

It would take more time and energy than the standard,

In short, it's tiring and annoying..."

Li Ang shook his head, took a sip of the iced cola that the waiter brought, and said casually, "Forget it, let's not talk about this.

Do you have any plans for today?"

"Nope."

Wang Congshan pouted. "So, if you're not doing tutoring anymore, are you still going to sign up for an internship at the Special Affairs Bureau?"

"We'll see. Let me recover from the negative impact of weird students first."

Li Ang stretched. "After we eat, should we go shopping or see a movie?"

"There aren't any good movies out lately."

Wang Congshan opened her phone app and looked. "How about this science fiction movie?"

"What is it?"

Li Ang glanced at the movie poster on Wang Congshan's phone and shook his head. "In these kinds of Hollywood blockbusters, where the main characters and supporting characters are arranged on the left and right in a V shape, I can imagine the plot just by thinking about it.

The protagonist is a standard white middle-aged man. He is reclusive in a remote place like Southeast Asia because of some kind of pain, such as killing his teammates, the death of his family, or being framed and abandoned.

He becomes a farmer, a fisherman, or just does nothing all day except drink and pick up girls,

Until one day, an American military helicopter or armored vehicle arrives at his door.

A big official gets out of the helicopter – usually the protagonist's old boss, old friend, or a beautiful woman.

Inviting the protagonist to come out of the mountain to save America or the world.

The protagonist will refuse at first, but will eventually agree at the last moment,

Go to the base to assemble a team – the team must have a geek who is proficient in hacking technology (most likely a thin East Asian man or an Indian),

A honest and strong black man,

A pretty vase,

And a talkative person in charge of making jokes.

A group of people do a bunch of random operations, and in the end, the black man dies to save the protagonist, the protagonist successfully solves the earth's problems, and the protagonist gets the girl.

Oh, right, if it's a monster movie, there must be a young couple who die under the feet of the monster while they are in love."

"You know so much."

Wang Congshan rolled her eyes. "Either watch this *Five-Headed Shark vs. Flying Octopus*,

Or go see the domestic urban romance *Love Lost 3: Unparalleled Love*."

"...Why are the names of these two movies so weird?"

Li Ang complained, "And how can the investors be blind enough to make a third movie based on the naming aesthetics of the latter movie?"

Wang Congshan said indifferently, "Are you watching it or not?"

Li Ang covered his forehead and rubbed his temples. "...Are there any other options?"

Wang Congshan swiped her phone. "*Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups*."

"...If they made a series called *Cat Squad Goes to Jail*, I might be interested in watching it."

Li Ang sighed. "Then let's go with *Five-Headed Shark*."