Scientific Travel

“I like this talent... but it’s completely useless…” Liu Ding lowered her eyes, her eyelashes casting a shadow over them.

"No, that's not true," Deng Yin said. "Only when you genuinely like something will you have the motivation to strive for it. Without the talent to like it, you can only be called good at it."

"Am I good at it...?" Liu Ding uttered these words softly, lost in thought.

Some things are useless to hear from others; you have to figure them out yourself. Deng Yin didn't continue the topic: "Where are you going next? Do you have a place to stay?"

"Yes." Liu Ding nodded. "Next, I plan to find a job. I need to survive first, and then I'll look for a clinic that's willing to take me in."

"I'm actually hiring, why don't you come work for me?" Dog Egg had been saying he needed to hire, and Liu Ding seemed like a decent, reliable person. "The work isn't too busy, usually one to two hours a day is enough to get off. Fifteen silver coins a month."

"No." Liu Ding refused decisively. How could there be a job with such a high salary and so little free time? It could only be a position Deng Yin had deliberately arranged for her. "I know you wanted to help me, and I'm very grateful to you, but you've already helped me enough." I can't owe you any more favors...

"What are you thinking about?" Deng Yin knew what she was worried about; it was nothing more than not wanting to owe her any more favors. "Do you know the watermelon cake shop? Two of my employees have quit, so we need to hire more people now. Fifteen silver coins a month isn't easy to earn. Although the working hours are short, you'll have to do the work of two people."

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Everyone knows about the Watermelon Cake Shop now. Liu Ding's monthly allowance is very small, only 1 silver coin, and the rent alone costs 500 copper coins. I heard that the Watermelon Cake Shop sells a cake for 1 gold coin, and even if Liu Ding doesn't eat or drink for five years, he still can't afford one.

Moreover, Liu Ding is usually very busy with work. Even after the watermelon cake shop has closed, she is still at get off work and naturally has no chance to go and see it.

Deng offered very good treatment, and Liu Ding hesitated for a long time before accepting it.

She needs money; only with money can she have the opportunity to do what she wants.

Moreover, she still owes Deng Yin seven silver coins, and the sooner she pays them back, the better.

After explaining what time to start work and what to do at work, Deng Yin left. Since Liu Ding had a place to stay, Deng Yin didn't suggest that she go to his house to sleep.

When Gou Dan learned that Deng Yin had hired a new employee, he was happy but also a little confused: "Aren't we going to quit next month? Did you tell her you only hired her for one month?"

"No," Deng Yin said indifferently. "I don't know when the next natural disaster will come. If it hasn't come by the end of next month, I'll just pay another month's rent."

"Why?" The sudden increase in workload made Gou Dan very unhappy. "Didn't we already agree on this? If you do this, won't I have to work another month?"

No species wants to work overtime, Deng understood and began to reason with them.

"Have you forgotten that you were bitten by a dog? People can easily get rabies after being bitten by a dog. Liu Ding is currently unemployed, and I'm giving her a job so that you can keep her here!" Deng Yin coaxed. "If she continues to work here until the natural disaster comes, wouldn't I have a chance to bring her home under the guise of seeking refuge?"

"You know your physical condition; you're not exactly frail, but you're not exactly weak either. If you had a doctor by your side in the future, wouldn't your chances of survival increase?"

“That makes sense…” Gou Dan nodded silently, seemingly convinced by Deng Yin.

"That's more like it. I hired her at a high salary for you." A sly glint flashed in Deng Yin's eyes. "So, tell me, how do you plan to repay me?"

She's made people do a lot of things for no reason, and now she expects them to thank her.

Deng Yin didn't need to learn Zhou Bapi's temperament.

Gou Dan isn't stupid anymore; he was just going along with Deng Yin's words. He didn't expect her to actually treat him like a fool.

"Come on, I know you too well. You've wanted to find a doctor for a long time. You didn't before because you didn't have enough rooms, but now that you do, you're thinking about it again."

"How could you say that to me!" Deng Yin showed no remorse after being exposed. Instead, he pretended to be misunderstood and said with great distress, "I thought we were friends who had gone through thick and thin together. I never expected you to distrust me so much."

Although Deng's performance was flawless, Gou Dan didn't believe it at all. "Yes, we're in the same boat. You stabbed me, and I almost died the first time. Later, because of you, I was bitten by a dog, and you even rubbed salt into my wound, almost killing me a second time."

"You...you knew everything..." Why isn't this kid working hard? He's secretly studying medicine behind her back!

"No! You got bitten by a dog because you went to your neighbor's yard in the middle of the night to tease the dog, what does that have to do with me!" Deng Yin seized on the other party's loophole and began to fight back. "Slander is illegal, I'll sue you!"

"Heh." Gou Dan chuckled. "Sue me? Who are you going to sue me to? Besides, I'm telling the truth. Suing me is just asking for trouble."

"I went to my neighbor's house because I felt like I had slept enough, but it was still dark. I couldn't find anyone in your room, so I went there."

"If it weren't for you, their dog wouldn't have stood still and let me approach. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been caught off guard and let him bite me!"

Gou Dan got angrier and angrier as he talked, and Deng Yin then remembered that he was always sleepy during the day during that period.

So... it's because she entered the spatial dimension...

"Then... then why didn't you say so sooner?" Deng Yin asked.

"You should have said so earlier?" Gou Dan remembered when he first woke up, Deng Yin had repeatedly called her his master. "How could I dare say that, master?"

Gou Dan gritted his teeth and said, "Besides, you don't look like an ordinary person. How could I, someone who survives by selling myself to bury my father, dare to expose you!"

The "you" was emphasized, and Deng knew he was in the wrong, so he forcibly changed the subject: "Let's go to the neighbor's tonight for dinner."

"No." Dog Egg thought of the dog next door and refused without even thinking.

"Alright then." Deng Yin didn't insist. "The cake is in my space, along with canned fruit and other things. Help yourself to whatever you want."

A house doesn't just have one neighbor, it has two.

Deng Yin said that Qiu Qingyu's house was next door. She was a great cook of spicy food, and he hadn't had it in a long time. He went over for a meal and also to learn her cooking skills.