Netherworld Retrograde

41: Chapter 20 Buttercup 41: Chapter 20 Buttercup At night, when Li Yelai changed back into his own clothes and returned to the old apartment,

it was already eleven o’clock.

Fortunately, Li Yelai had informed Li Yunyan in advance

that he was going to deliver an antique to the New District, otherwise it would have been difficult to explain why he was coming home so late.

After making sure there were no bloodstains on his face or any scent of blood on him, Li Yelai finally knocked on the door.

Soon, the sound of unlocking came from within the locked door.

Then, the door opened quickly.

A young girl with fluffy hair stood inside, looking anxiously at Li Yelai, “You are back too late, what time is it now?”

Li Yelai had already prepared a reason, “A rather precious antique, needed to be delivered to a faraway place in the New District.

However, this time the employer was quite generous, and he gave a lot for the overtime.”

This wasn’t a complete lie, taking personal jobs is indeed working overtime.

As for the employer, although he hadn’t received the principal amount yet, the deposit had been paid.

One hundred thousand Giant City Coins, Li Yelai and the detective split it.

Fifty thousand Giant City Coins each, already deposited into their accounts.

This was a huge sum, bringing him one step closer to his goal of buying a new house.

Years ago, his mother fell gravely ill, his father left, and Li Yelai sold the house left by his parents, but still couldn’t cure his mother’s sickness.

After that, he and his sister could only rent this old apartment.

Now, he could finally see the hope of buying a new house.

“Are you really not…

kept by someone?” Li Yunyan asked with a skeptical face, “Why do I smell perfume?”

Good grief, no wonder she was anxious.

This girl still suspected that her own brother was selling his body.

Really a true sister!

As for the perfume scent, Li Yelai had previously rushed to the kitchen with Cheese to lift a curse, and probably caught the smell from her.

Waving away the soft touch that emerged in his mind, Li Yelai could only say, “It might be a colleague’s perfume, I came back in her car.”

“She treats you quite well…

Big brother, you really don’t need to try so hard, I’m also earning money,” Li Yunyan raised her lovely eyebrows, saying with a mischievous smile, “I’ll support you!”

Although Li Yunyan couldn’t leave the house and was afraid to meet outsiders,

thanks to her excellent drawing skills, she had found an online job as a freelance artist.

The income wasn’t much, but it was stable and it relieved a lot of pressure from Li Yelai.

Li Yelai was her last relative; she didn’t want to be a burden to him, but instead, she tried her best to support him.

Li Yelai felt a warmth in his heart, yet he spoke seriously, “Hmph, I am the head of the family, how can this be?”

“The head of the family?” Li Yunyan chuckled.

She casually tossed Li Yelai a plastic flyswatter, then picked up a wooden stick, striking a swordsman pose and said cheekily, “Here’s your weapon, let’s make it fair.

The winner will be the head of the family!”

Li Yelai looked at the flyswatter in his hand, then at the stick in his sister’s hand, feeling anything but fairness.

Thus, he had to set down the flyswatter and concede, “Fine, later when other people leech off their parents, I’ll leech off my sister.

I guess that makes me part of the wealthy generation.”

“Look how happy you are, then I should take back that statement,” Li Yunyan teased, and after chatting a few more words with Li Yelai, she urged him to rest.

Once Li Yelai returned to his own bedroom, Li Yunyan went out to the balcony.

Under the night sky, Giant City was quiet and mundane.

But in her eyes, the trees in the green belt twisted their trunks wildly.

On the streets walked not people, but bizarrely shaped monsters.

Flying across the sky were not commonly seen birds, but terrible creatures with tusks and claws.

Clearly, this was a scene reminiscent of Hell.

Three years ago, everything changed.

In her vision, classmates, teachers, friends all turned into unapproachable monsters.

Even the stray cats she often fed had become grotesque creatures with multiple eyes and exposed flesh instead of fur.

Even the houseplants she kept had turned into indescribably terrifying vegetation.

Everything had changed, and Li Yunyan didn’t know if she was going mad, or if the world was.

But in this crazy world, only Li Yelai was the exception.

He remained just as he always was, still taking care of her as he always had.

Li Yunyan sighed deeply, “You’re all I have left…

big brother…”

…

The next day, after Li Yelai finished work, he immediately rushed from the antique shop to the branch office.

As he had guessed.

With the official intervention starting to investigate Wang De, all his businesses and finances were frozen.

The girl in the white dress who had hired Li Yelai and the detective was also affected and couldn’t afford to pay the subsequent commissions.

However, Li Yelai didn’t lose out.

For, during this operation, he acquired a second Spiritual Ability Equipment.

Now, Yang Chen called him over to get acquainted with the abilities.

As a bell rang,

the Double Blade Knight immediately appeared on the training field, drawing sidelong glances from several processors still in training.

This was the Spiritual Ability Equipment Li Yelai obtained from Wang De, housing the Netherworld Path ability of “Undead Summoning” within the bell.

And according to the official analysis, the bell contained a pile of ashes.

From a powerful Knight in the Disaster Forbidden Zone—Black Origin City,

whose body had been specially processed into ashes after death.

“Judging from the residue of Spiritual Energy, this Knight probably had powers close to a four-times-Awakened Spiritual Ability User before his death,” Yang Chen said standing beside Li Yelai, “And the knight summoned from the ashes has only less than thirty percent of his original strength.

But theoretically, it’s equivalent to a Second Awakening Spiritual Ability User’s power now.”