Chapter 1 Two New Roommates

With two strange, never-before-heard-of alien tenants in his home, Hao Ren initially thought his life would soon be turned upside down. He imagined bidding farewell to his mundane life of daily meals and petty concerns, embarking on a life of white robes and swift movements, occasionally fighting with armed police or superheroes. But three or four days passed, and he found that life went on as usual: the two girls in his house hardly changed his daily rhythm at all.

Lily's daily life went like this: sleeping, eating, eating, eating, fighting with Vivian, and going back to her room to write—don't forget, this girl was also supposed to be a writer. In short, the werewolf girl's life was simple but meaningful, and she seemed to enjoy it.

Vivian's daily life was even more colorful: sleeping, eating, fighting with Lily, going out to find a job, losing a job, finding a job, losing a job, finding a job, losing a job... To be honest, even Hao Ren couldn't bear her bad luck. Can you believe she changed three jobs in three days? Hao Ren was both surprised by Vivian's efficiency in finding jobs—she could find one so easily in this unfamiliar place—and by the vampire's bad luck: so far, Vivian's longest-held job lasted no more than three hours...

Unfortunately, Hao Ren didn't witness the girl's unfortunate experiences firsthand. Every time, he only found out that she had messed things up again when he saw Vivian returning with her head hanging low. If he had the chance, he really should follow her to see how she lost her job.

The lives of the two superwomen were like this, each with their own flaws, but they didn't exceed the scope of Hao Ren's familiar daily life. Vivian didn't have the "predatory habit" of flying out every midnight to find people to suck blood, and Lily wouldn't howl at the moon in the middle of the night and turn into a werewolf to catch rabbits in the wild. They lived like ordinary humans, and it was said that they had been like this since birth, which made Hao Ren a little disappointed but also relieved: he didn't have to worry about fighting with armed police and superheroes...

The shadow brought by that strange dream a few days ago seemed to have dissipated. Except for a slight unease when he thought about it, Hao Ren had temporarily put it behind him. Now he was patiently waiting for the abnormal goddess to return, while gradually familiarizing himself with the daily habits of the two new tenants in his house.

Lily was busy early in the morning, washing, dressing, and picking out clothes, looking like she was going out. This werewolf girl was sometimes a bit of a ditz, but her living habits were the same as those of ordinary human girls. Apart from being startled into a four-legged stance when "Roll" suddenly jumped out, she was still quite normal. Hao Ren saw her walking back and forth in the living room, looking energetic, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "Are you going out?"

"Yeah, I have a patient to see," Lily said while adjusting her clothes in front of the TV screen, "Living in this city seems to be going smoothly. Writing is going smoothly, renting a house is going smoothly, and my first patient is going smoothly..."

Vivian was busy cleaning the house next door and curiously raised her head when she heard this: "You? You're a doctor?"

Hao Ren then remembered that Vivian didn't know about Lily's job: Vivian wasn't present when the latter introduced herself, and the two of them, barely living together, certainly had no interest in getting to know each other. So he pointed at the wolf girl and explained, "Lily is a traveling veterinarian."

The werewolf girl didn't know what she was thinking, but suddenly faced Vivian with a particularly proud chest. If she were in werewolf form, her tail should have been wagging so fast it left afterimages: "I have a certificate! A senior veterinarian with more than ten years of experience, and also a professional writer. I've been contributing to the Shenbao since the Republican era. Do you know Zhou Shuren? I talked and laughed with him! 0w0!"

Hao Ren was originally studying a magazine and had only casually said a few words to Lily, but at this time, he was shocked by the other party's words and fell directly off the sofa: "What did you say?!"

"I'm a professional," Lily glanced at Hao Ren inexplicably, seemingly feeling that the latter was a bit alarmed, "I live in human society, and I've always made a living by writing—being a professional veterinarian has only been in recent years. I treated animals before, but that wasn't my main job."

"I'm not talking about that," Hao Ren stared blankly at this wolf girl who he had always regarded as a pure idiot and therefore didn't pay much attention to, "You said you were in the Republican era..."

"Contributing to the Shenbao—did people in the Republican era not read newspapers?" Lily nodded. "I've said that I've lived for... anyway, many years. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Hao Ren was stunned and speechless, finally realizing more clearly how big the difference between these non-human creatures and humans was, even this werewolf who seemed to have a hole in her brain... once she talked about her past experiences, it could scare people!

He had indeed heard Lily and Vivian talk about some of their life experiences before, but he didn't pay much attention at the time. Those overly distant things seemed more like legends to Hao Ren, while the more recent situations didn't make him feel anything. Now, Lily's words finally made Hao Ren understand what a sense of the times meant in the most direct way...

Seeing Hao Ren's surprised look after hearing Lily's words, Vivian, the vampire girl who was far more experienced than Lily, was of course very upset. She crossed her arms and pushed Lily aside, leisurely saying a few words: "You're just a little girl who hasn't even grown all her hair yet. Have you fought with Achilles? Have you kicked Octavian into the moat? Have you kicked Caesar into the moat? Have you kicked the Yan Emperor... oh, I haven't kicked him either. There weren't any moats back then... Speaking of which, the Yellow Emperor was a talented person!"

Hao Ren sighed, feeling that he couldn't read the magazine in his hand anymore: the scene in front of him was obviously more interesting than any magazine!

Lily glanced at Vivian disdainfully: "What's the use of those experiences? Can you earn money by fighting with Achilles? Can you earn money by kicking Octavian into the moat? Can you earn money by kicking Caesar into the moat?"

"Why not! I used to charge for it!"

"Then where's the money?"

"...Let's change the topic."

Hao Ren wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that he must not reveal what he heard in the living room today—any of these words would be enough to make the world's archaeological community tremble for half a year! What kind of earth-shattering things did this seemingly useless vampire girl do back then? How much of human history is reliable now?

Vivian's biggest weakness was her extremely bad luck with money. Even the ditzy Lily could darkly tease her about it. The vampire girl was defeated in a place where she couldn't refute, feeling dejected, and had to continue to bury herself in cleaning the house: this was what she had asked to do. Vivian was very self-aware. She knew that with her luck, she probably wouldn't have a chance to pay back the money in a short time, so she took the initiative to offer to offset the cost of food and rent by doing housework.

Hao Ren didn't expect a senior vampire to have such a positive worldview. At first, he felt a little apprehensive, but after repeatedly confirming that Vivian really thought so, he was happy to see it happen: he might as well think of it as hiring a nanny. Nannies are so expensive these days, especially young and beautiful ones. It's easy to accidentally turn her into the lady of the house, and then you have to hire another nanny for her... Oh, that's thinking too much.

Lily happily went out. Hao Ren didn't have time to ask her how she managed to start her veterinary work so smoothly in an unfamiliar place, but he could guess the general situation: most likely, she inquired about the situation with the local stray dogs. He had encountered this strange scene several times in the past two days—Lily squatting on the side of the road, chatting with local stray dogs with a serious expression, sometimes even squatting in the exact same way, like sisters... With Lily's outstanding talent, her being a veterinarian was not just winning at the starting line—she was standing at the finish line from the beginning...

Just as Hao Ren was about to continue studying the magazine in his hand, which was about to be crumpled, a life-threatening ringtone suddenly rang from the armrest of the sofa next to him.

As if having some kind of telepathic connection, Hao Ren shivered the moment the phone rang, then jumped up and grabbed the phone. A line of numbers jumped into his eyes:

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The abnormally abnormal "goddess" who had been missing for several days had finally appeared.