The car stopped, and Han Xiao was pushed out with the black bag still over his head. When the car began to speed off, Han Xiao removed the black bag to find himself a few streets away from the workshop.
When he looked up, he could see several glistening moons in the night sky."Tsk. Why all the secrecy?" he muttered to himself.
Nevertheless, Han Xiao was feeling quite pleased for having accomplished his goal. He hummed merrily as he made his way back to the workshop. It was only when he reached the entrance that it dawned on him that going missing for 3 days would be hard to explain.
Han Xiao stepped inside the workshop to see an anxious Lu Qian pacing back and forth.
For some reason, she became enraged at the sight of him.
"Why did you only come back now‽ Do you know how worried I've been? You're a foreigner! I thought something might have happened to you!"
Han Xiao put on his 'huh, did something happen?' expression and stared at her blankly.
"What exactly were you doing?"
"Taking a stroll."
"Can you at least try to come up with a better excuse‽"
"I thought... it's quite a good excuse?"
"A gunfight at the junkyard was reported on the news yesterday. I thought you got caught in it or something and..." Lu Qian began nagging.
Being nagged at did not irritate Han Xiao at all; on the contrary, it gave him a warm and fuzzy feeling.
However, Old Man Lu appeared to ruin the moment.
"You came back alive? How disappointing."
"I'll get you a mobile phone over the next few days. The cost will be deducted from your salary," said Lu Qian.
"There's no need. I already have one," replied Han Xiao as he whipped the black mobile phone out.
Although they had told him not to share the number with anyone else, screw Division 13!
When he saw the black phone, Old Man Lu gave a start. He pulled Han Xiao away to a corner.
"This is a Division 13 phone. You joined Division 13?"
"So you know what this is."
"Hmph. Since you've joined Division 13... get the hell out of my workshop!"
"You can leave if you want to; I'm not leaving."
"How dare you talk to me like that‽ Why would you even want to-"
Old Man Lu suddenly paused.
"Are you... trying to woo my granddaughter?" He glowered.
"No!" Han Xiao hastily answered.
Suddenly, however, Old Man Lu's expression grew strange.
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The Legendary Mechanic
Science FictionWhat will you do when you wake up and find yourself inside the very game that you love? What do you do when you realized that you have not only became and NPC- you have been even thrown back in time before the game even launched! What will happen wh...