Chapter 151 - Check the Level of Intimacy
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
When Shi Lei woke up, Wei Xingyue had disappeared and he assumed that she left after getting some sleep. From what she said to driver Li, she had to explain to her family about what happened that morning with Shi Lei, and it wasn’t strange for her to leave early.
Wandering to the bathroom casually, Shi Lei planned to brush teeth and wash his face, but he noticed a red lipstick stain on his cheek.
Shi Lei was troubled. Did this crazy woman really fall in love with me? Although he had to admit that she was rather attractive and he couldn’t deny that he had fun with her, if he was going to be pestered by this crazy woman, Shi Lei thought that he would soon go insane himself.
Wiping the lipstick off his cheek, Shi Lei brushed his teeth and washed his face, realizing once again that his hand towel was gone. He could only use the bath towel to dry his face. As expected, his brain couldn’t avoid recalling Wei Xingyue wrapped in this and especially what her body looked like under it.
Shi Lei sighed deeply. He could only throw the towel away.
The doorbell rang. Shi Lei checked and saw that it was a delivery man from the app for second hand goods. The other side had two parcels for him. Shi Lei unlocked the door to let him in.
Both the earphones and the player were there. Shi Lei was eager to know whether anything would change with such an expensive player and earphones.
After he signed for the packages, he realized that with such a high quality player, it had to be paired with high quality music files in order to reach its maximum performance capability. Other than the quality of player and the effects of the sound frequency, the compression ratio of the mp3 was key.
After some brief research, he learned that high quality audio files had higher frequencies that were absent in lower quality files, making them greater in size but of much higher quality. They were difficult to find and could only be downloaded at certain professional forums and were all pirated versions.
After experiencing the pirated version, Shi Lei decided that he absolutely hated it. He chose to give up without hesitation since the purpose in the end was to spend money. Hence, he transferred some of the songs from the music websites he had paid for into the player and kept the player at home while plugging the earphones into his phone. Mhm, it was indeed a waste to use a pair of earphones worth a few thousand for only his phone. But I have the money and I’m fine with doing so. What’s wrong with that?
Although he was hyped, Shi Lei remembered that he had to ask how much remained in this week’s sum. He quickly found an empty self-service ATM and inserted the black card.
When the Scepter appeared, it asked without Shi Lei having to say anything. “Did you come to ask how much money you have left this week?”
Shi Lei thought that the Scepter was talking more initiative. It seemed to say less useless things, instead going straight for the main topic.
But now he didn’t have the time to converse casually. He didn’t have any other questions. “Yes. How much do I have left?”
The Scepter quickly gave him a number: “Out of the 100,000 sum this week, you, stupid marmot, have 3,072 yuan left!”
Shi Lei blinked in surprised. So the meal with Wei Xingyue counted? And the chain of Xingyue Puti, too. And even the barbeque. Shi Lei was very sensitive on how much money he’d spent, so as soon as he heard the number, he knew what had happened.
“Originally, the money you spent with Wei Xingyue shouldn’t be counted into the sum, but since your relationship with her developed enough and you, the stupid marmot, was favoured by a beauty like Wei Xingyue, you only have about 3,000 yuan left. You need to work harder. We’re more than 300,000 words into the story and you are still struggling so much to spend 100,000 per week. What would the readers think? (Please automatically filter out the last two sentences)”
Shi Lei ignored the Scepter’s criticism and only thought that there was something strange. He quickly figured out the problem and said, “Wait, there’s a loophole in your words!” “You stupid marmot, did you come to play find the difference? How can you find a loophole in what I say every single time?” The Scepter said in disdain.
Shi Lei scratched his head and chuckled. “Nah, I’m just very sensitive. Especially whenever I communicate with you, since it’s a matter of life and death. You don’t want to me die this early because you definitely hope to see me go further than any of those seniors who came before me, right?”
The Scepter was defeated by these words. It was true that the Black Card wished to see an employee who could advance further from the very beginning.
“Fine. Tell me, what’s the loophole?”
Shi Lei organized his thoughts and said, “You see, I met Wei Xingyue on Saturday and the sum hadn’t been refreshed at that time. She was the only one who spent money and I received compensation for the medical fees. The second time we met was on Sunday after the sum was refreshed. But I was sure that we weren’t friends at the time. Not even acquaintances. I treated her to barbeque and theoretically, that consumption shouldn’t have been counted in the sum. But now that you tell me I only have 3,072 yuan left, this means that the barbecue was counted.”
“And?” The Scepter asked.
“You just said that I was favoured by a beauty like Wei Xingyue, which meant that Sunday night or early Monday morning, after she drank at my place, we might have had physical contact because of the alcohol, and hence the Black Card judged our relationship to be that of friends. So the chain of Xingyue Puti I bought on Monday that she forcefully took and the dinner I treated her to were both counted. This seems logical. Going by what you said, our relationship would have exceeded that of friends last night. Because Wei Xingyue took the initiative and kissed me, teased me a few times, and even let me smell her chest. So my judgement is different. The Black Card decided that we are friends last night. If that’s the case, why were the consumptions from before counted?”
The Scepter was extremely surprised. It had never expected Shi Lei to sort out the relationship so clearly.
After a moment of silence, he was forced to give an explanation. “Within the period of consumption, if the employee can raise the intimacy to the level of friends or above, then every consumption with them will be counted within the sum.”
Shi Lei clapped with joy. “So whether I’m friends with someone or whether or not I can spend money on that person depends on the the level of intimacy. As long as I reach a certain level of intimacy with them, I can spend money on them, right?!”
The Scepter was defeated by Shi Lei’s clear mind again. “You are right. I now see that you have even more potential to surpass your seniors.”
“Hahaha! In other words, the level of intimacy is a fixed measurement and not decided by you nor the Black Card, but more like a formula. I can increase the level of intimacy through constant contact or certain actions! Then can I check how much intimacy I have with someone at my current level?”