Reboot: Mechanic

With the plan of utilizing the storage room as the workshop, Shi Tian quickly got to work. 

Walking out of his bedroom, he saw Vanessa idling on the couch but ignored her as he made his way toward the storage room.

The storage room was a bit at the far end of the hallway and was placed in a more discreet corner. After all, it was a storage room, mainly used to store things that aren't important, but also something sentimental that you're unwilling to throw out. 

Arriving at the storage room, Shi Tian opened the door and was relieved that there wasn't as much junk as he thought there would be. 

'Phew, finally that previous tenant has done something good. If he was storing tons of junk, then I would have cursed him in hell again.' Shi Tian exclaimed inwardly. 

Poor previous tenant. 

Every time there were any problems with the house, it was always going to be his fault and only his alone. 

Looking at the storage room, Shi Tian inspected that not many items are even useful. In fact, they are truly legit junk that couldn't even be recycled. 

Sometime later, Shi Tian began taking things out and making space for the workshop. 

While working on it, Vanessa walked over curiously and asked, "What are you doing?" 

"Can't you see I'm cleaning things?" Shi Tian responded nonchalantly. 

"Let me help out then?" She suggested, clearly bored out of her mind and wanting to do something. 

"Are you sure? Everything is quite dusty here and you will definitely get dirty. In fact, you might have to go take a shower but there aren't any spare clothes here." Shi Tian snickered.

"Hmph, do you really take me as a flower vase?" Vanessa snorted coldly, lifted her sleeves up, and began taking out some of the junk items. She didn't even flinch when some of the dust got into her clothes or skin.

Astonished by her sudden enthusiasm, Shi Tian no longer attempted to stop her from helping him out. 

Since the person herself didn't care or mind getting dirty by the dust, then why should he be concerned? 

"Where do we pack up all this junk, Nathan?" Vanessa grabbed a handful of junk around her arm and asked. 

"The bag from the takeout is big enough and could hold a few of them. Let me go grab the bag and you place it there." 

Vanessa nodded her head and patiently waited for Shi Tian to come back with the bag. 

"Anyway, why do you have so many junk items here? I've checked them out, but none of them are even useful. Some of the items are already faulty and unusable too." Vanessa shouted from afar. Her eyes glanced at the back of her where the junk items are stacked upon. 

"These junk items aren't mine, but the previous tenant's." 

"The previous tenant?"

"Yep, the previous tenant did something stupid and incurred the wrath of this apartment complex owner." 

"Incurred the wrath of the owner? Then did the previous tenant flee in fear and you just robbed this apartment as yours?" She was astonished and thought Shi Tian was stealing someone else's house to live in.

That would be beyond shameless of him and she might even carry a risk of being implicated. 

Meanwhile, Shi Tian arrived back with the bag and held a deadpan expression on his face. 

"Vanessa, if I stole this apartment for myself, then do you believe I would still be alive to chat with you? I've paid the rent and completed the registration through legal means. Besides, the previous tenant was killed, and didn't flee- doubt he could even flee from the Crimson Mage." Shi Tian explained, opening the bag and letting her drop the junk items onto it.

"Phew, thank heaven you didn't steal this house. Otherwise, I might have to pray for you." Vanessa patted her chest once her hands were free and joked.

Shi Tian clicked his tongue before walking forward, flicking his finger at her forehead. 

"Ouch, what was that for?" Vanessa was dumbfounded by his action and quickly retreated a few steps back.

"A punishment worthy of someone naughty. How dare you try to curse me dead?" Shi Tian narrowed his eyes and said. 

'Tsk, how petty of you! Didn't you jinx me repeatedly previously?' Pursing her lips, Vanessa was resentful for the sudden flickering on her forehead. 

She was not a little girl, so why should she be punished in such a manner? 

Suddenly, when her eyes hovered around her sleeves and clothes, she got a wicked idea as her lips curled into a somewhat sinister smile. 

"Hey, Nathan, watch out!" She shouted and shoveled the dust toward Shi Tian, coating his face with the dust. 

Instantly, the distance between the two was quickly shrouded in a cloud of dust, only regaining vision once the dust was scattered. 

By the time the dust was scattered, Vanessa quickly burst into laughter when she saw the pitiful state of Shi Tian.

His clothes were coated in dust as well as his face, but most importantly, his hair seemed to have turned gray thanks to the dust laying on top of his hair. It was a fabulous illusion that depicted an old-looking Shi Tian. 

"Bwahaha, serve you right!" Vanessa clenched her stomach with one hand while the other hand was pointing at Shi Tian. She was laughing wantonly, clearly pleased with the current state of Shi Tian. 

She had been suffering from his taunt and numerous ploys repeatedly, so this was considered a sweet and harmless revenge that doesn't go against the oath they have made together. 

While the laughter continued, Shi Tian calmly patted off his clothes and swiped his hair to get rid of some of the dust. Though it was clear that the dust wasn't that easy to get rid of. 

With a charming smile hanging on his face, Shi Tian stared at Vanessa, who was still laughing wildly. 

"Vanessa, don't you know that if the dust from you can be transferred in such a way, then wouldn't that mean the same applies to me?" Shi Tian smiled sweetly, getting in the motion of returning the favor of being dusted.