You are not monster girls!

Chapter 17 Can You Come In and Help Me? (Two in One)

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

"If I had come back ten years ago, I could have bought several houses like this at the original price."

"I thought you could have anticipated this."

Looking at Bai Mengqing's innocent eyes like the setting sun, Lin Muren just complained: "Why do you think I can predict this? I'm not a god."

After all, only a few people can reap the dividends of the times. At that time, most of Lin Muren's generation were still swimming in the ocean of questions, and they would never return on the road to becoming test-takers.

How many people are aware of social changes, and how many have the ability and courage to implement them?

Whether it is the transition from the public account era to self-media, speculating in cryptocurrencies and buying houses, or opening up a blue ocean in the cultural field, it has nothing to do with him now.

Now that AI painting has become popular again, he has to slow down the speed of submitting his works to avoid being copied by the client or the little ghosts who are working on the puzzle pieces.

It can be said that the debuff is full.

However, in this era, although it is not easy to make a lot of money, as long as you have enough execution, it is still no problem to earn enough money to support yourself.

"Because you always act like you're doing things with ease. It doesn't seem like you'd refuse to do something good like this."

Although they had only been together for a short day, in Bai Mengqing's opinion, Lin Muren was simply a perfect servant. He thought of everything in detail and would make plans in advance. It was impossible for him to be someone who could not seize opportunities.

They are much stronger than those immortal cultivators who can’t even feed a dragon.

Lin Muren didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Are you praising me or insulting me?"

There are several large shopping malls and a pedestrian street on Shuanglong Avenue. It takes about one kilometer to walk from the community where Lin Muran rents to reach the commercial street.

If you were just buying daily necessities, there's really no need to travel so far. The main thing is to let the dragon see the world.

This way he won't have to go through the trouble of explaining what these things are one by one later.

Lin Muren and Bai Mengqing introduced knowledge about modern society in a disjointed manner, and the dragon girl would often look up and her gaze would jump from the steel high-rise building to the street lamp, then to the signboard, and then back to the street lamp, until the dragon horn hit the electric pole, then she would cover her head and move from the side to behind the other party.

After entering the commercial street, there are fewer vehicles and the number of pedestrians on the road increases instead of decreases, even though it is a weekday.

Feeling something suddenly scratching his back, Lin Muren turned around and found that the dragon girl, who was originally two steps away from him, had covered her head and shrank to his side, with a hint of vigilance in her vertical pupils.

He was so arrogant at the comic convention, but why did he get scared when he was surrounded by normal people?

"Senior, are you taking your girlfriend shopping? Come and take a look at our new national trend cultural and creative products. The spiritual power will bless you with safety!"

Lin Muren stood in awe and slowly turned his head. The schoolmate who had been selling stones earlier was squatting on the side of the road, setting up a simple wooden stand. He raised a string of plastic beads and waved at him enthusiastically. The acrylic pendant of the coffee cup with blue and white porcelain pattern reflected a cheap halo in the sunlight.

I always feel like I've seen this amazing hybrid somewhere before.
Forget it, I have to run away quickly!

He was not very good at dealing with this kind of outgoing guy, otherwise he would not have become a monster expert. The best way now was to take Bai Mengqing and run away.

Just as he was about to run, Bai Mengqing's invisible tail swung around Lin Muran's wrist and forcibly stopped him: "Spiritual power blessing?"

Not only did she stop Lin Muran, she also took the initiative to put him into the tiger's mouth.

Lin Muren followed her gaze as he scanned the merchandise on the simple stalls, finally stopping at the scale headband in the center that reflected a faint light.

It seems that dragons really have no resistance to shiny things.

“This one is based on a traditional dragon design.”

The junior student keenly caught Bai Mengqing's gaze and decisively picked up the headband to show it to him: "Look at the patterns on this. This one was specially blessed at the Bird Singing Temple. Wearing it will immediately change your feng shui and bring you wealth and treasure."

He and his girlfriend are wearing matching outfits, so it seems their performance is promising.

"Change Feng Shui?"

Bai Mengqing's camouflaged tail kept rubbing against Lin Muran's trouser legs, making a rubbing sound. He was about to raise his hand to catch it: "Really?"

Consecration?
This headband is so dark, it has no shine or spirit.
But it’s so bright!!
“Who is this Yiwu wholesale stuff trying to fool?”

Lin Muren held down her restless claws and said through gritted teeth, "This is the first time I've seen you perform a reverse enlightenment."

Although this temple is one of the famous tourist attractions that specializes in seeking marriage and is particularly effective, almost all couples who go there break up.

"You can't say that, Senior!"

The junior student pulled out his phone and scrolled down to Taobao. A link for a product with free shipping for 28.8 yuan clearly stated, "Purely handmade by intangible cultural heritage craftsmen." Without blushing, he raised three fingers and said, "We're classmates and old acquaintances, senior. I'll give you the friendly price of 300 yuan!"

28.8 can buy two boxes of soup dumplings
As soon as Bai Mengqing saw the price, she immediately put the headband back. Compared to this headband, she felt that the soup dumpling was more practical.

"Three yuan." Lin Muran scanned the code expressionlessly to show his balance. The 3.02 on the screen was extremely glaring.

Put a few dollars in your WeChat wallet and use your bank card as the default payment method, which can solve 80% of the door-to-door sales.

"Senior, you're cutting more ruthlessly than Pinduoduo!" The junior student clutched his chest in grief, "At least give me the material fee."

"You specifically target alumni, you're so skilled at using rhetoric, and you're selling these traditional Chinese cultural products that look like AI-made ones."

Lin Muren deliberately pointed at the cultural product on the stall and said in a slightly threatening tone, "Do you know Yan Yifan?"

"Mr. Yan, Senior Yan, he's so famous, you must know him." When he heard the name Yan Yifan, the junior student was obviously panicked, and his previous familiarity and fluency were gone.

Bai Mengqing didn't understand the conversation between the two and could only watch silently. He was just wondering why the situation suddenly reversed when Lin Muren was being pressed to ask questions just now.

As expected of a livestock expert, his eloquence is indeed better than that of ordinary mortals.
"Stop it, you're his lackey, right? Someone as eloquent as you should be smart. Who would want to work in such a rotten cultural and creative industry?"

At first, Lin Muren thought that this alumnus was just using common rhetoric, but when he saw the cultural creation and heard Yan Yifan's reaction, he knew that there was something wrong with this guy.

"It's free, or I'll post the story of you smashing his sign on the campus wall and in all the mutual aid WeChat groups."

Every university has a WeChat group specifically for taking orders, commissions, asking for help, delivering food or substituting for classes. Most college students will join it, and Lin Muren is no exception.

After all, this house was recommended by someone inside, and I was completely cheated.

"But, but I'm just a part-timer, Senior."

"You said Lin Muran said so, put it on his account. If it doesn't work, ask him to send me a message."

Yan Yifan's store was already a mess, and many things were entrusted to Lin Muren, including finding interns or designers.

Of course, they negotiated the price themselves, and Lin Muren was just a middleman to earn money from milk tea.

The junior student was like a deflated ball, hesitantly showing the payment code: "Senior, for the sake of your girlfriend, please don't tell the boss that I'm squatting on you. I'll pay for you to give me a few more bracelets out of my own pocket."

"No need!"

Lin Muren took the opportunity to put the headband on Bai Mengqing's head, and prepared to pack up and leave: "Just try it, it's a kind gift anyway."

"Hmm." Bai Mengqing finally recovered from the bargaining and looked at Lin Muren with a little more respect. He directly bargained for 3 boxes of xiaolongbao. Lin Muren was indeed different from other mortals.

When she tilted her head to adjust the headband, the metal teeth just happened to catch the heavy bangs that were covering her eyes.

With a slight "click", the inky hair slid to the sides like a curtain, revealing the porcelain-white forehead and complete eyebrows underneath.

The sunlight scattered on her face, her eyelashes were dyed into gold in the halo, and her red eyeshadow came and went with her breathing.

It was as if she was a fairy that really walked out of a painting, and she scared the junior who was packing up the stall so much that his things fell all over the floor.

No, why would someone so pretty dress like a gloomy otaku?

No wonder the boss teacher always slanders this senior in front of him every day.

Lin Muren's Adam's apple moved. He had long known that this dragon would have a beautiful appearance after transformation, even far surpassing the transformations of other flying dragon queens. However, he did not expect that the impact sealed by the bangs would be of this level.

Bai Mengqing's left eye, which was usually invisible, was now fully exposed. The orange-red vertical pupil moved like lava dripping into a cold pond, which actually made Lin Muren's heart beat faster.

"I feel like my horizons have been broadened. This headband is truly a magical tool!"

Bai Mengqing was completely unaware of the strangeness between the two people. He ran his fingertips across the uneven scaly surface of the headband and then rubbed it in front of his eyes.

This imitation dragon scale is so exquisitely made!!

Lin Muren actually relied on his eloquence to say that the vendor gave him such a delicate little item.
It turned out to be the right thing to do to stay at his house!!
Seeing that Lin Muran had no reaction, she stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Lin Muran's eyes, "You will go blind if you keep staring at the sun."

The junior finally found his voice and tremblingly took out his phone: "Sister, sister, can we take a picture together? I'll give you a dozen hairbands for free! No, I'll give you the whole stall!"

"Group photo?" It was the first time that Bai Mengqing heard this word. Thinking of what Lin Muren told him not to talk nonsense, he chose to remain silent.

"No need, we still have things to do, you can continue selling here." Before Bai Mengqing could answer, Lin Muren interrupted him.

He found that not only his junior classmates, but also some passers-by and street photographers holding cannons began to raise their mobile phone cameras to capture Bai Mengqing.

There are too many weird things at comic conventions, so the added bonus of appearance won’t be very obvious, but if you put it on the street, it’s a completely different story.

"By the way, if Yan Yifan wants to make this kind of peripherals, he'd better put in some effort and not get scammed by someone using AI. The mold making fee is not cheap, otherwise the sign will become worse and worse."

Today I am bringing this dragon to see the world, not to watch the common people dunk on unscrupulous businessmen.

It wouldn't be good if we delayed any longer and got surrounded.

Lin Muren dragged Bai Mengqing, who was still immersed in studying the headband, and fled. Behind him came the unsatisfied shout of his junior: "Next time, bring your sister-in-law, and you can get a 20% discount on couples' bracelets——"

"That mortal just now was more generous than Qing Xiaoling."

Bai Mengqing asked in confusion: "I don't have a partner and I'm not old, why does he call me sister-in-law?"

"He was greeting guests, not talking to you."

"You said you're not old. How old are you in human terms?"

Whether in the East or the West, people always say that a dragon is hundreds or thousands of years old. There is no point in asking her how many years she has been a dragon.

"Well, if converted into your mortal age, you should be around 20 years old." Bai Mengqing frowned and subconsciously hit Lin Muren's trouser leg with his camouflage.

"Why did you just look at the sun with that mortal?"

"Because there's a dragon so beautiful it makes you forget the pain of the sun shining directly into your eyes."

Praise when it's due. Helping your monster build self-confidence is also part of helping it socialize.

As long as he's not talking to anyone, he'll brag about anything.

Before Lin Muren finished speaking, she saw the other party take off her headband and return to her original dark and gloomy appearance: "Why did you take off the headband?"

"It's a bit uncomfortable to wear the dragon horn. I'll wear it when you let me."

Bai Mengqing carefully put the headband into the packaging bag, and then put it into the paper bag that the junior student had just given her, and her smile curved upwards.

"I thought you didn't like it."

"How could a dragon not like dragon scales, and it's free." The original price was 20, which was for a box and a half of dumplings, a total of 12 pieces.

"As long as you don't mind it."

Lin Muren couldn't see Bai Mengqing's expression, but after hearing what he said, he felt it was worth it: "Since we have the accessories, let's go buy some clothes, and then we can go home early."

Fortunately, this accessory didn't cost any money, but the 3.02 in the WeChat wallet just now was like a heavy hammer hitting Lin Muren's heart, reminding him that the rent was approaching and he had to speed up his work.

"Yeah." The dragon girl nodded, followed the other person with her handbag, and even hummed an unknown little tune.

A few steps further down the commercial street is the main mall, where most clothing stores are located on the first, second and third floors.

After comparing carefully, Lin Muren finally chose a women's clothing store that seemed to have a more affordable overall price and walked into it.

Lin Muren has already calculated the budget quite clearly. If he only buys two sets, he can still barely afford it.

A gray shirt on the upper body and a brown long skirt on the lower body. He chose these two items from the fracture area after asking Lin Muran and Bai Mengqing.

Lin Muren actually didn't understand anything about women's clothing. To be more precise, he had no idea how normal women dressed in their daily lives.

First of all, Yun Yifei is a lazy person who can buy several sets of the same style. Most of the time when she goes out, she wears a sweatshirt with pants.

Secondly, as a fantasy artist, most of the costumes he knew and drew would not appear in normal occasions. When he went out, he usually collected character materials on various material websites and would not even look at those girls.

This directly led to him being completely unable to understand what other outfits, other than hoodies with pants and skirts, were considered reasonable for daily travel.

Bringing the dragon to a physical store and letting these salespeople who love to sell recommend it is definitely the best solution.

He is not considering summer clothes for the time being and will wait until he has money. Besides, Bai Mengqing can accept showing her elbows now, but it is too early for her to wear tulle suspenders.

Of course, if there is a suitable one and it is on sale, it is not impossible to buy it.

Because Bai Mengqing still retains some of the characteristics of a dragon after transforming, just like a dog-like monster girl still has to rely on sticking out her tongue to dissipate heat.

If she wears this kind of sweatshirt every day, it would be terrible if she gets heatstroke when the sun gets bright.

Let’s not talk about the small clinic. If we take her to the hospital to draw blood, what will we do if all the indicators explode? That will be big news again.

Lin Muren thought for a long time, and finally, under the clerk's contemptuous gaze, asked the clerk to help her choose another set of thin sweaters and skirts from the discount area, and asked Bai Mengqing to hold the clothes and go into the changing room to try them on.

After a long while, Lin Muren suddenly felt a chill of ice water on his back. He turned around and saw a faucet sticking out of the locker room, waving at him: "My clothes are stuck in my corner. Can you come in and help me?"

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