Chapter 195: The Pervert Girl

"Stop staring at me, you stupid bitch."

She snapped back from her daze, looking at him with surprise. Her face flushed a bright red as she tried to answer with a flustered voice.

"Oh, sorry, what did you just say? I couldn’t see—I mean, hear it."

"I told you to f*ck off and take this shit away. Is this the dish you were bragging about all this time, calling it the best? What could be worse than this? Is that why the cafe is so empty?"

"Huh...? Wait, did something happen? Did I mess up the spices?"

She immediately took another spoon and tasted the dish right from his plate. Her tense expression normalized after finding none of the weird flavors he was complaining about. She looked at him, frowned, and spoke with a confused tone.

"Why the hell are you reacting like that? It is so tasty! I would give it a perfect ten stars! Stop exaggerating for nothing."

He didn’t bother to answer her. He went to pick up another dish and chewed it with a disgusted expression, acting like he had eaten something much worse than the earlier plate.

"Damn, this is also tasteless. How can everyone in this world make such disgusting dishes? Isn’t there a single person who can make something edible? I don’t know what is wrong with you people."

He continued to grumble, picking at his food with a look of utter disdain. She watched him, her initial confusion slowly giving way to sheer annoyance.

"Hey, if you don’t like the food, you don’t have to eat it. But don’t insult my cooking. This is a five-star dish, celebrated by many. Perhaps your taste buds are simply broken."

"Huh? My taste buds? My taste buds are perfectly fine. The problem is you, pervert girl..."

The girl’s face flushed red again at being called a pervert.

"Hey, y-you bastard! Shut up!"

Alen just shrugged his shoulders and kept eating the food. Even though it tasted like nothing to him, he still didn’t want to waste the meal which he had bought with hard-earned money (from scamming people).

After he ate the food silently, he kept feeling her constant stare on his face, which he tried his best to ignore.

’It seems that people in this world lack basic manners. Why is she shamelessly looking at me... Pervert.’

He wiped the oil from his lips with a tissue and began to stand up to walk away.

The girl blinked, caught off guard by his sudden movement, and snapped out of her trance.

"Hey—wait! You haven’t paid the bill!"

Alen looked back at her, tilting his head casually.

"No, I think you already got the payment..."

"Huh... No, of course not. When did you give me the money?"

"Oh, didn’t I allow you to stare at my handsome face for half an hour? So for staring at me, you should have to pay me a thousand gold coins. But since I am quite a generous person, I cut it against this shit’s bill. Don’t worry, I won’t ask for the remaining money. Enjoy yourself."

"Ughh! Hey—wait! You are going to get me kicked out by the boss! Please give me the money!"

She grabbed his hand, forcing him to halt while clinging to his arm and not letting him go. Alen’s shoulders stiffened at her clinginess.

"Hey, f*ck off. You girls are really clingy. Can you step away?"

"No! First, give me the gold coins, and only then am I going to let you go!"

"Sigh... Okay, okay, I will pay you. Can you let me go now?"

"Hmph... Okay."

She let go of him and stepped back, tucking a stray strand of her brown hair behind her ear while looking at him with a flushed face.

’Uff~ he looks so handsome without his mask on. Those blue eyes are so deep... If only his personality were good, it would have been better. Hmph, scumbag.’

Alen could practically read all of her thoughts right on her face, but he didn’t comment on it. He took out the gold coins, paid the bill, and made sure to get his change. He wasn’t generous enough to leave even a little bit of a tip.

"By the way, I am Lana. What is your name?"

"I don’t care who you are, and mind your own business."

"Ughh, do you not know how to talk to a girl? You should act a little kindly."

"Why do I need to be kind? It is not like I want to flirt with you."

Her face turned red in anger as she looked away.

Alen shot one last glance at her, shook his head, and walked out of the cafe. It seemed he had met some weird people again, but what could he say? Life always gave him an interesting journey of meeting new perverts.

After exiting the cafe, he finally returned to his hotel room. He washed up, sat cross-legged on the mattress, and summoned Godless. He started to cultivate in the quiet room to increase his mastery over the weapon.

The next day came in a blur of motion. He washed himself, got ready, and went out for his scheduled meetings with the engineers for the renovation of his new building.

...

As the evening sunlight fell around the city, people passed along the sidewalks, taking their pets for a walk. Alen walked through the sidewalk calmly while returning to the hotel room. Though he could also go to the new building he had bought recently, he preferred not to. Since he could afford to live well now, he didn’t want to live like a poor commoner like he did in his past.

He had just returned after talking with all the engineers and had already decided to sign a contract with one of them. He told them his demands and the unique setups he wanted built. After discussing everything, he finally decided to return.

After traveling quite a distance, he finally arrived at the hotel. He went straight to his room, took off his stylish jacket, and placed it on a hanger. He walked over to the desk, sat down, and leaned back comfortably as he took out his smartphone to check the stock market.

’So, let’s invest today. Thanks to my research through the whole night yesterday, I was finally able to select a few companies where I can invest a large sum of money.’

He checked the market immediately. Just as he expected, the stock of his selected company, named ’AV’, was decreasing more and more. Yesterday, that share price was 37 Credits, but now it had fallen to 10. (A/N: 1 Credit = 1 gold coin).

The company had a total of 1 million shares. This company was once a well-known brand, which had touched nearly 80 Credits in the past, so everyone was expecting the price to fall even more so they could buy it in cheap and expect a larger profit later.

But Alen had entirely different thoughts than the masses.

He immediately tapped the holographic screen, selected the number of shares, and purchased them instantly.

[0.51 Million Shares bought successfully!]

Alen immediately chose another company from his list and checked the dropping share prices.

[0.21 Million Shares bought successfully!]

[0.31 Million Shares bought successfully!]

[51 Thousand Shares bought successfully!]

...

After Alen bought 51% of the shares in several different companies, he finally put his phone down and stared out the glass window.

In the current situation, he was at a heavy loss, as the companies’ stocks were still actively decreasing. But he wasn’t worried about it in the slightest.

’Sigh, life feels quite tiring after starting to work for myself... But whatever, I am used to this life. At least I can work freely in this world, unlike my past world, which wouldn’t let someone like me work.’

’Even for buying stocks, I needed to be at least 18+ in order to enter the market back then... But in this world, there is no such cheap rule. Everything looks fair. Well, at least on the surface level.’

He stood up, walked toward the bed, and sat cross-legged again. He summoned his and began to cultivate it once more.

Only a little bit more of a push was left in order for him to level up his weapon.

’Let’s see how many days I will need to upgrade it to the next form. I hope it will be worthwhile.’