Chapter 145 The UK

Although that white-haired witch with the five-figure salary didn't seem too reliable, she wouldn't break her promise. Hao Ren received the activity funds allocated to him by the organization, and he felt tears welling up as he looked at the extra digits on his bank card: this treatment was really good. If Raven 12345 had just slapped this string of zeros in his face back then, he definitely would have signed the contract more readily than anything else!

Hao Ren realized one thing: he had to learn to break away from his everyday petty citizen mentality and look at a monster organization like the Time and Space Administration from a higher perspective. The currency of the human world was probably just a tool for this organization, and one that was infinitely distributed. Hao Ren wanted to hold his bank card and have Raven 12345 give him a few more zeros, but after thinking about it, he was too embarrassed…

But no matter what, the activity funds were settled, and Vivian's food expenses for at least two years were also settled: since that useless vampire moved into his house, Hao Ren had basically been supporting her for free. He said it was like hiring a nanny and saving on electricity bills to offset the rent, but that was mostly a joke. Hao Ren was an ordinary commoner, how could he rise to that level? He was just finding a reason to make himself and Vivian feel comfortable accepting this free ride. But now that wasn't a problem anymore. The white-haired witch with the five-figure salary allocated him enough activity funds for three people to travel around the world, just to pick up someone in England…

On the way to the Capital International Airport, Vivian repeatedly muttered beside him, "Landlord, do you think the Time and Space Administration is still hiring? I can go over and help them with cooling!"

After getting on the plane, Vivian was still muttering about this question, and Hao Ren couldn't help but say, "Come on, this requires talent, you know? I'm also a reserve civil servant and a substitute saint. Do you think it's so easy to become one? Besides, the white-haired witch's house is warm in winter and cool in summer. As a goddess, I don't think she needs air conditioning…"

Vivian had been responsible for cooling the whole house these past few days, saving on electricity bills. The three people in the house had already defaulted her as the air conditioner.

The vampire girl pouted, then leaned against the airplane window, curiously watching the ground staff busily working below while muttering, "Is it okay to leave Gun Gun at home?"

"It's fine, it's sturdy, don't forget its origins," Hao Ren wasn't worried at all. This time, the whole family was going out, and naturally, they couldn't bring a cat on the plane. It wasn't realistic to get that animal an international pet transport either, so he left Gun Gun at home and entrusted it to a neighbor to take care of. But in reality, Hao Ren was very sure that the clever animal was more likely to sneak out of someone else's house and fend for itself the next day: it had a record. "Back then, it was able to dominate all the cat and dog dens on the entire street with less than ten pounds of body weight. Its survival skills in the wild are better than mine. When I first got it two years ago, I was worried every time I went out, but later I wasn't afraid anymore: throw it out for a month, and that guy can gain more than half a pound when it comes back…"

"Landlord, what do you think England is like? I've never been there before," Lily sat opposite Hao Ren, now looking at the scenery outside the window while curiously asking: in a four-legged posture.

This time the "activity funds" were abundant, and Hao Ren was also very extravagant, directly buying first-class tickets. Therefore, the space around the three people was spacious, and there were partitions between them and other passengers. Lily, this restless guy, had been twisting and turning for most of the day before the plane took off. Of course, the reason for buying first-class tickets was partly because of the ample funds, and more importantly, the private space was better—Hao Ren knew that he was carrying two individuals with extremely special racial components. Although theoretically, these two experienced superwomen wouldn't screw up, he was still being cautious as a commoner and wanted to keep these two as far away from ordinary people as possible on the journey. This way, it would be more convenient to discuss some "confidential topics."

"How would I know, I've never been there either," Hao Ren shrugged, turning to look at Vivian, "Right, let's confirm one more time, you really have been to England, right? We're relying on you to be our guide over there. You're supposed to know English…"

"Of course, I value my reputation very much, I won't talk nonsense," Vivian puffed out her chest. "I've traveled all over the world. I knew the Earth was round back when you humans were still eating raw meat. Where haven't I been? I even worked in the Vatican as a…"

Hao Ren quickly coughed twice, "Cough cough, you don't need to mention the days of freeloading at the church. I really don't know what your fellow vampires would think if they knew about your glorious experience."

"Them? I haven't seen them for hundreds of years. Most of them are stubborn idiots, and the few smart ones are even better at hiding than I am," Vivian shrugged. "Our clan is very loose. Even in its heyday, it was a scattered mess. Otherwise, how could we be marginalized to this extent today? Sigh, let's not mention the things of the past. It makes me melancholic—how did I live my life so confused?"

Hao Ren chuckled, "You know you're confused too. Alright, it's good to know you know English and know the way. That way we can save money on hiring a guide. We can't ask others for help with our business. That Raven said that in order to train the new employee's ability to handle affairs, she wouldn't even give us a map…"

Vivian patted her chest confidently. "Don't worry, don't worry. Even Arthur Pendragon couldn't out-argue me—I lived there for over a hundred and thirty years. English is like a mother tongue to me."

Hao Ren listened in a daze, always feeling like something was wrong, but the amount of information in Vivian's words was so large that it didn't give anyone a chance to analyze it carefully, so in the end, he just nodded and didn't delve into the question any further.

After a while, Hao Ren saw that Lily still hadn't quieted down, so he found a topic to attract the werewolf girl's attention: "There's a question I've always wanted to ask. You guys live in the human world, how did you solve the identity problem? Especially you, Lily, how did you manage it?"

This question had troubled Hao Ren for days: Vivian could be considered an old monster who had become refined, so let's not talk about her for now, but how did this idiot Lily manage to solve her identity problem in modern society? She claimed to have been running around the world since the Republican era, and was a famous literary youth in Shanghai back when the Shanghai Concessions still existed. That's almost a hundred years ago, and the form of citizen identification has changed countless times. Lily, such an idiot, can actually leisurely live a thriving life in the human world—and it seems like she's doing even better than Vivian. This really made people curious.

Lily also squatted properly on the seat when she heard this, and a pair of pointed ears seemed to twitch on her head: "It wasn't difficult at all. I watched your social order being established from scratch. Living in human society or something, I know it all, there's no difficulty at all."

Speaking of this, Lily suddenly looked very clever and raised her head. Her usually unreliable brain was finally smart for once: "Why especially me? Do you think I'm stupid?"

Hao Ren quickly shook his head, while Vivian next to him turned her face away with an unbearable expression, and Lily then started to correct him in a serious manner: "I know you always think I'm not very smart, but my six senses are very sharp, I'm just too lazy to argue with you. This is a matter of attitude towards life. Landlord, let me tell you, don't think I don't use my brain usually, but I have great skills behind my back! I know a lot of people, for example… uh, those people are almost all dead, so never mind. Anyway, I'm very powerful!"

Hao Ren wiped the cold sweat from his head. His intuition told him that Lily might have said a bunch of terrifying names just now, and many of them were prohibited matters. Luckily, the werewolf girl stopped talking early. There were similar surprises every day being with these two superwomen in his family. They mentioned those historical figures in the same tone as talking about Old Zhao's family at the street corner, completely disregarding how much the listener's liver was trembling.

At this time, the plane's takeoff preparations were finally completed, and a flight attendant began to remind passengers to sit in their seats and fasten their seat belts. Lily, who had been tossing around for half a day, also obediently settled down, skillfully fastening her seat belt, and then she and Hao Ren simultaneously discovered a staggering fact: Vivian seemed to be trembling…

She, who usually had a steady temperament, at least with some vampire demeanor, started to change her face as soon as she heard the notice that the plane was about to take off. Moreover, she even seemed to not quite understand how to use the seat belt. After Hao Ren helped Vivian fasten the seat belt, he couldn't help but ask, "You're afraid of flying? You even have wings!"

"I've never ridden this…" Vivian said weakly.

Hao Ren was immediately quite surprised: this vampire who had even squatted beside the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, a vampire who was so knowledgeable that it was outrageous, had never ridden a plane?

Vivian's expression was almost crying: "Couldn't afford a plane ticket…"

Hao Ren: "…"