mysterious phone call

The initial plan seemed quite good, but in the end, Lin Feng still couldn't bring himself to drive Vivian away.

As mentioned before, he was a good person—when he couldn't help, he wouldn't interfere, but when he could lend a hand, he couldn't ignore it. Driving Vivian away, and then what? This seemingly pitiful vampire girl would probably have to sleep on the streets, as she mentioned before, finding ruins or graves in the wilderness to spend the night, with no food, no drink, no home, and no job. She would easily attract the attention of the police wherever she went, either ending up in forced containment or deportation... How pitiful.

Seeing such a beautiful young girl fall into such a situation, ordinary people couldn't bear it.

Although Lin Feng felt that a vampire of her true abilities probably wouldn't fall to such a level... but it was really uncertain. Apparently, the one he encountered wasn't a normal vampire. In any case, various novels and movies never mentioned vampires being so stubborn. Not only was she poor and melodramatic, she was also a good girl who loved humans.

However, he didn't directly tell Vivian she could stay for free. Being a good person had its limits, he wasn't a saint, and he also had to consider the feelings of Mu Yun, the werewolf who paid rent regularly. So, he could only compromise by letting Vivian postpone paying the rent until she found her wallet (unlikely) or found a job and earned money (a bit more likely) to pay it back.

"Is this really okay?" Vivian seemed to find it hard to believe that such a good thing could happen to her. She looked at Lin Feng incredulously, "It might take me a long time to pay back, my luck with money is not good..."

Lin Feng's eyebrows twitched: looking at the expression on this vampire girl's face, and hearing her resigned tone, how miserable could this girl be in normal times?

"Don't think about anything else, just stay here for now." Lin Feng waved his hand, then glanced at the displeased Mu Yun, "It's decided! This is my house, at least when it comes to renting, I have the final say."

Then he looked at Vivian, "There's a vacant room upstairs, I'll take you there, but what about your luggage?"

He should have asked this earlier: Mu Yun came from another city dragging a large suitcase weighing over a hundred pounds, and this vampire girl in front of him couldn't possibly be so poor as to have only one set of clothes left, right?

"Oh, it's outside!" Vivian suddenly remembered her luggage and quickly ran out to bring in an old travel bag that had been left at the door for so long. Fortunately, her bad luck hadn't spread to her belongings, and this large bag had been forgotten at the door for so long without being stolen.

Seeing Vivian's luggage, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh: he vaguely remembered that when his father was still alive, he often carried a similar bag when he went out on business trips. That bag had been passed down from his grandfather... He vowed never to watch movies related to vampires again in his life.

Just as he was about to go upstairs to help Vivian tidy up the room, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from beside him. Mu Yun awkwardly rubbed her stomach and stood up, "Landlord, shall we eat?"

Lin Feng looked at the clock in the living room, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning. Today's early morning chaos had almost made him forget about breakfast: the only thing in the house that could fill his stomach was instant noodles!

"Darn it, life is worse than that of a cat." He muttered to himself, then heard Vivian's surprised voice, "Oh? Do you provide meals here? Do I need to pay extra for meals?"

The vampire girl's face was full of joy, and Lin Feng really wanted to tell her honestly that they didn't provide meals here. It was just a special period right now. But seeing her almost immersed in happiness, he couldn't say a word: damn... he felt that a vampire falling to this level was too pitiful!

Breakfast had been delayed until now, it was more like lunch than breakfast, so Lin Feng decided to make his specialty—noodles. Since Mu Yun seemed to eat anything as an omnivorous werewolf, and Vivian was so poor that she probably didn't care much about food, he could make do with a meal. Before going to the kitchen, he turned to ask the vampire girl, "Vivian, do you... eat normal human food? It is said that vampires can only drink blood, and they can't digest ordinary food."

As he said this, he felt a chill down his spine!

"I am of the Blood Clan, not a lowly vampire." Vivian corrected seriously, then scratched her face in embarrassment, "Indeed, other members of the Blood Clan can only digest blood, but I can eat normal food. There's no other way, nowadays, whether human or animal, there are too many strange diseases. If you accidentally drink unclean blood, you'll have stomach problems for several days. Before drinking blood, you have to check if the target has a health certificate. Sometimes, even those with health certificates might have fake ones... I can't stand it anymore. I haven't touched blood for years."

Lin Feng: "..."

But just as he was about to enter the kitchen, a loud ringtone suddenly came from the sofa armrest. Mu Yun rushed over to take a look and, holding Lin Feng's nearly five-year-old Nokia phone, shouted excitedly, "Landlord! It's a call! From a very strange number!"

Lin Feng hurried over and took the phone, wondering what kind of number could be considered "very strange." Looking at the incoming call display, he was dumbfounded: the number displayed was 00000012345!

Was there such a number in the world?

The monotonous ringtone continued relentlessly, and the eerie feeling that the sound was coming from all directions grew. He felt the phone in his hand gradually heating up, and the ringtone became louder and louder... His innate sixth sense, which had always been strange since childhood, began to stir, and he instinctively felt that this call seemed extraordinary.

As if under a spell, he involuntarily pressed the answer key and put the phone to his ear, "Hello? Who's there?"

A very pleasant, but somewhat frantic female voice came from the phone, "Hello? Hello? Is this Lin Feng?"

"Uh, yes, it's me." Lin Feng tried to recall when he had leaked his phone number, and at the same time tried to remember when he had heard a voice similar to this woman's, but he couldn't remember. "Who are you?"

"Never mind who I am for now," the stranger on the phone said impatiently. From the background noise, it sounded like she was calling from a very noisy place, with faint and eerie whistling sounds, perhaps from a construction site. "I'm from the import and export trading company. You submitted a resume to us for a job interview the other day, right? I'm informing you to come for an interview this afternoon."

An import and export trading company? Lin Feng was stunned, then remembered that this did happen. When he decided to go out and

 look for a job because the rental apartment couldn't continue, and there was no income, he reluctantly submitted many resumes. However, he had little hope in these applications, as he had no work experience and was not a talented graduate from a prestigious school. He had hit a wall all day when he tried to apply in person, and he had even less hope in the resumes he submitted. But unexpectedly, someone wanted him to come for an interview today, and it sounded like quite a remarkable company—an import and export trading company?

Was he having a stroke of luck?

But he glanced at the two new tenants in the living room. He had applied for these jobs because the rental apartment couldn't continue, and there was no income, but now it seemed that he had tenants...

Well, these tenants were not very reliable. One was a foolish werewolf, and the other was a vampire who was so poor she was almost starving to death. Without mentioning anything else, just the fact that these two races could honestly pay their rent to him was incredible to Lin Feng. He felt that he couldn't continue to pin his hopes on the rental housing business.

At this moment, the impatient voice of the woman on the phone came again, "Hello! Are you still there? I'm informing you to come for an interview this afternoon!"

Lin Feng thought for a moment and nodded vigorously, "Okay, I'll come over this afternoon."

The strange woman gave him an address that didn't sound very far away and hung up.

Lin Feng stared at his phone, which showed "call duration: 0 minutes 0 seconds," and switched to the call log.

It was all blank, as if the number 00000012345 had never appeared.