Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 53: Down-to-Earth Superhero

After listening to the two of them, Pei Yan thought for a moment and then asked, "So it’s five thousand, how much do you guys make per month now?"

"Fifteen thousand. After the internship, it’s five thousand in the first year, ten thousand in the second year, fifteen thousand in the third year, and it pretty much stays there. Group leaders get an extra three thousand making it eighteen thousand, and team leaders get twenty-two thousand. These numbers are after deductions for social insurance and personal income tax, not to mention the year-end bonus," Ye Jiumu said while eating.

"Wow, then after three years, my salary won’t be much less than my sister’s!" Pei Yan was secretly delighted after hearing what Ye Jiumu said. Although Hu Wenjun mentioned the good benefits at the bureau, he didn’t expect the salary to be quite decent as well.

On the side, Wang Wenze took a sip of his drink and quipped, "And that’s not all—employees with over five years have a chance at housing allocation. By queuing for a few rounds, you might end up with a spacious house."

"A house in the capital?" Pei Yan exclaimed!

"Pfft!" Wang Wenze almost sprayed his drink out and smacked Pei Yan on the back of his head. "What are you thinking? The house would of course be allocated in your hometown!"

"But I’ll be working in the capital in the future," Pei Yan said, covering his head in grievance.

Ye Jiumu stuck his chopsticks on the table and explained, "Does it matter where you work? Captain Hu’s home isn’t in the capital. We have this perk—it’s convenient for commuting. No matter which city you’re in, just use the Teleportation Array."

"Then isn’t it lucky for those with homes in Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou?"

Liang Qian took a napkin to wipe her mouth and said sulkily, "Lucky? The state isn’t that foolish. My hometown is Shanghai, and I won’t get a house. Instead, when I buy my own, the bureau will provide some funds, roughly equalizing with what you get."

After hearing Liang Qian, Pei Yan held his cola bottle and laughed inexplicably. His laughter grew louder until he leaned back in his chair, unable to contain himself.

"Why are you so happy that I can’t get a house?" Liang Qian pouted at Pei Yan, who couldn’t stop laughing.

"No, no, no!" Pei Yan coughed and waved his hand to explain. Then he leaned forward and whispered to the group at the table, "Aren’t we superhumans?"

The group gathered around and nodded in agreement as Pei Yan continued, "In movies, we’d be superheroes, throwing money around and surrounded by beauties. Yet here we are in a small BBQ joint, discussing future salaries and housing."

"Hey, isn’t that normal? We’ve seen people getting rich using their powers," Ye Jiumu said, lighting a cigarette while shaking his head disdainfully. "And what happened? They ended up dead in the streets or locked up in prison. Our earnings may not be wealthy, but it’s honest work." After saying that, he leaned closer to Pei Yan, saying, "Even though our abilities are stronger than ordinary people, the state imposes stricter regulations on us, and any supernatural crime is severely punished once discovered."

Summer Yu, sitting beside Ye Jiumu, sighed and added, "Yes, energy monitoring points are hidden nationwide. Any abnormal energy fluctuations are detected. Take you, for example. Even if you hadn’t exposed your identity due to your residential area incident, you’d be detected sooner or later if you kept using your ability without restraint. If you made a mistake with your abilities by then, we wouldn’t be sitting here having a meal together."

Hearing this, Pei Yan recalled the serious faces of Summer Yu and Wang Wenze when they interrogated him, contrasting with today’s gathering. He felt an indescribable sense of time passing and sincerely said, "Well, I’m grateful you found me early. Relying on my self-control alone, I might have walked down that path soon."

"Don’t overthink it. It’s fate and destiny!" Ye Jiumu said, holding a cigarette and pouring himself a beer. He accidentally noticed the mark on Pei Yan’s finger and asked, "Did you go to the equipment department yesterday to pick up your gear?"

"Yes, I did!"

"Do you have your ID bag with you? Let us see what you look like after shapeshifting." Ye Jiumu said, extinguishing the cigarette and opening the ID bag from Pei Yan, taking a glance before passing it to Summer Yu.

Pei Yan took a piece of beef for himself and suddenly remembered the event in the corridor yesterday. Curious, he asked, "By the way, did you guys also see that big yellow dog when getting your gear?"

"Saw it. Why, did you look back?" Summer Yu, who was handing the ID bag to Liang Qian, immediately understood his question and asked with a mischievous smile.

Pei Yan urgently nodded and asked, "Did they warn you too? What Sister Gao said was so scary, with the eerie wind and a little girl’s laughter. Of course, I didn’t dare look back!"

After Pei Yan’s recount, the other four exchanged glances and burst into laughter!

"What’s so funny? Did any of you dare to look back?" Pei Yan asked, dissatisfied with their laughter.

"It’s not funny. I didn’t dare look back either," Liang Qian said, covering her mouth and coughing a bit.

Pei Yan was puzzled, "Then why are you laughing?"

"That hallway is a bet between various teams and the equipment division to mess with newcomers," Summer Yu explained with a laugh, wiping his nose. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"A bet?" Pei Yan echoed, then remembered the scene at the stairway and cursed, "Ah! I remember two hundred yuan! I was wondering why Instructor Hu gave Sister Gao money."

Ye Jiumu leisurely drank and said, "Yes, if the newbie doesn’t dare to look back, the team leader owes the equipment division two hundred yuan. If the newbie dares, the equipment division owes the team leader a thousand. It’s a little game to welcome newcomers."

"Did anyone dare to look back?"

Facing Ye Jiumu’s question, Ye Jiumu and Liang Qian turned to Summer Yu in the middle and said in unison, "Ta-da! This young lady here is one of those daring souls."

Pei Yan eagerly pursued, "Then what on earth is in that hallway?"

Summer Yu took out a cigarette from the Xuanhe Sect and said slowly, "Actually, it’s nothing. Captain Hu told me that if you see it, you can’t talk about it outside, but I can tell you it’s not scary at all, even a bit heartwarming."

"Heartwarming?" Pei Yan paused, wondering what kind of scene that could be.

Unable to picture it, Pei Yan decided to set it aside and took the opportunity to ask another question that had been bothering him: "I’ve wanted to ask this for a long time. Yesterday Instructor Hu told me to ask Brother Wang."

"What is it? Ask! Wang Shenpo will surely tell you everything," Ye Jiumu interjected with playful banter, setting down his chopsticks.

"What exactly is awakening?"

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