Chapter 672: He Has a Girlfriend Now
"Actually, um, I can explain!"
Bai Yifan looked at Bai Xiqin’s expression and cowardly hid behind Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming, his voice getting weaker.
No matter the situation, seeing his sister angry always made his scalp tingle.
When his sister got angry, it was even scarier than being hit by their dad!
"Explain what? Is there really a reason for skipping class?"
Bai Xiqin shook her head, trying to suppress the wild power within her and refraining from twisting her brother’s head open in public.
She had to pay attention to her own image.
"Brother Zhang!"
Bai Yifan tugged at Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s sleeve.
Requesting backup.
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming uncomfortably coughed lowly, pretending not to hear.
In this situation, he really didn’t know what to say.
Clearly, he knew the Xiao Niu before him wasn’t the one he knew, but that face made it impossible for him to utter unkind words, nor did he want to directly lie.
What else could he do?
He could only act cowardly!
"Why are you wearing long sleeves? Aren’t you hot in this summer heat? And where did the chubby cat in your arms come from?"
Bai Xiqin frowned at Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming, her tone noticeably softer.
Her tone with Bai Yifan was completely different.
It could be described as a tiny bit gentle.
"I... don’t feel hot."
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s thin lips moved slightly, and it took a while for him to squeeze out this sentence.
His fingers kept stroking the Chenghuang cradled in his arms, at a loss.
"Not feeling hot?"
Bai Xiqin glanced at Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming, meaningfully repeating.
She seemed to understand his true situation, seeing through his excuse and sensing his awkwardness.
"Uh, I like wearing long sleeves!"
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming avoided looking at Bai Xiqin’s eyes and stubbornly nodded his neck.
He was used to wearing long sleeves.
Before, he couldn’t tell temperature changes, so year-round he wore the same casual athletic wear.
After consuming Ganmu, allowing his body to feel temperature changes, he still was used to wearing long sleeves.
Even with the scorching sun, he didn’t feel particularly hot.
Perhaps it’s just in a zombie’s nature.
"Then you should keep wearing long sleeves in the future!"
Bai Xiqin squinted at the scorching sun, with a faint smile that Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming didn’t see.
"Sis, can you lend me a couple of coins? Brother Zhang needs to go home, but without them, he can’t take the bus!"
Bai Yifan took a deep breath, mustering the courage to talk to Bai Xiqin.
In the state of "skipping class," dare to borrow money from Bai Xiqin, Bai Yifan felt he was really flying high.
Anyway, he calculated, even if he returned to be beaten, it’d be this version of himself getting hit, not him.
He felt like this version of himself lived too comfortably, and getting beaten up wasn’t a big deal!
Anyway, it wouldn’t hurt him!
All in all, Bai Yifan felt not a bit bad about it and even considered himself clever, liking the feeling of causing trouble without facing any consequences!
Just thinking about it, Bai Yifan almost laughed out loud.
He even wanted to do more shameless things with this face!
"Borrow coins?"
Sure enough, hearing Bai Yifan ask for money, Bai Xiqin’s eyes widened, looking bewildered.
"Yeah! Otherwise, a hundred or two hundred works too! We’re not picky!"
Bai Yifan was on a high.
Bai Xiqin rubbed her temples, looking at Bai Yifan and Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming, feeling a headache.
What on earth were these two up to!
"You don’t even have two coins?" Bai Xiqin took a deep breath, "Where’s your phone? You can scan for the bus fare now!"
Bai Xiqin’s expression seemed stretched to the limit.
But Bai Yifan and Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming both felt there was nothing wrong with what they were saying; even among normal classmates, there’s borrowing of coins, right?
"...Lost my phone." Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming weakly added.
He felt something was off about Xiao Niu’s expression, but couldn’t put his finger on it.
Could it be that in this world, his relationship with Xiao Niu wasn’t that good, so he couldn’t even borrow two coins?
"What about yours?"
Bai Xiqin turned to look at Bai Yifan again.
Bai Yifan silently pulled a phone from his pocket.
It had power, and a sim card.
Just no money.
He didn’t know if the network in this world connected with theirs.
"When did you change your phone?"
Bai Xiqin immediately noticed the phone in Bai Yifan’s hand was high-end, with top-notch features.
Clearly, Mr. Bai wouldn’t provide such a good phone for Bai Yifan.
"Brother Zhang lent it to me to play with."
Bai Yifan pushed everything onto Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming, then casually handed the phone to him.
This phone had always been a brick, unable to connect to the internet, only able to view downloaded TV shows or e-books.
He didn’t know if this Earth’s network could connect to the other Earth’s phone.
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming took the phone, thought for a moment, and logged into his old account, expecting that it shouldn’t have changed.
The password was simple, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming directly entered Xiao Niu’s birthday.
He actually logged in!
His fingers paused slightly.
It seemed, this Earth’s him hadn’t forgotten his fondness for Xiao Niu.
That’s nice!
"This account doesn’t have any money."
Seeing Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming open a certain app, Bai Xiqin’s voice calmly came through.
"Brother Zhang is supposed to be a rich kid, shouldn’t be lacking money, right?"
Bai Yifan stood on his toes, looking at the phone in Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s hand, hoping the current Brother Zhang would quietly move some funds from this world’s Brother Zhang’s account.
That way, they wouldn’t have to walk and drink northwest wind miserably.
"Not a single penny." Bai Xiqin softly added.
As soon as Bai Xiqin’s words ended, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming opened the wallet in the app.
It showed: ¥0.00.
Tsk, really broke!
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming wasn’t discouraged and quickly opened another app, logging in with facial recognition.
Continuing to check if there was money in another account.
He figured this world’s version of him wouldn’t be too different from him, young people liked to keep their money in various apps, be it treasure or faith something.
"No need to look, there’s none there either, not a single penny."
Bai Xiqin pulled two coins out of her pocket, playing with them back and forth, meaningfully watching Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming quickly tap on his phone.
His slender fingers kept tapping on the phone, while Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s head was about to explode — after logging into every face-recognizable account, he still couldn’t find a single penny!
What the hell!
Was this Earth’s version of himself so poor?
Even if he graduated college and was recommended for postgrad, without relying on family, working part-time wouldn’t mean he had no money at all!
"Sis, why is Brother Zhang so poor?"
Bai Yifan thought his sister might know the answer!
"He got a girlfriend, his pockets are cleaner than his face, it’s normal!"
Bai Xiqin calmly smiled.
"Huh?"
Bai Yifan was stunned.
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s face was also shocked, taking a while to recover.
"Brother Zhang having a girlfriend and ending up so miserable, with not a penny left, is worse than a single dog!" Bai Yifan shook his head.
He couldn’t understand why this Earth’s Brother Zhang was so pathetic!
Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming didn’t say anything, but hearing Bai Yifan’s words, he coldly nodded.
Whether it was him or this world’s Zhang Yiming, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming felt if he couldn’t marry Xiao Niu, he should live and die alone.
He didn’t expect this Earth’s version of himself to settle like this!
Despised!