“Warehouse Dao Hunting…?” The two people stared at me blankly.

“That’s right, that’s right…” I turned back to open the iron door, then stood inside, “Right now there’s a ‘Dao’ in this room. As long as you can find it within… uh… five minutes, this ‘Dao’ will be yours!”

“Oh…?” The pretty sister touched her chin and pondered for a moment, then said, “Little Mouse… are you really sure about this? This ‘rule’ sounds like you just made it up on the spot.”

“How, how could it be made up on the spot…?”

This sister is so clever!

“This, this rule… my ‘trial’ has actually always had this rule…”

“Okay, okay, okay…” The pretty sister smiled and nodded, “Today is really rare. To actually meet this kind of ‘Zodiac’.”

She turned back to ask the exceptionally pretty sister: “Little Yao, what do you say?”

“We’re just here to find strategies anyway, so what the ‘Zodiac’ is like has nothing to do with us.” The sister called Little Yao said, “Little Mouse, how do you collect your entry fee?”

“Ah… entry…” I suddenly remembered Tiger Uncle told me that every game has an ‘entry fee’, “For this… this ‘trial’ of mine requires two yuan.”

“Two yuan?” Sister Little Yao asked in confusion.

“Two ‘Dao’!” I corrected myself.

“Two ‘Dao’ doesn’t seem right either…” the other pretty sister said, “We give you two ‘Dao’, but your game can only win one ‘Dao’. Who would participate like this? So Little Mouse, are you really okay?”

Oh no, I think I messed up.

“I… I mean both of you together need two ‘Dao’… actually each person only needs one ‘Dao’…”

“That’s still not right…” Sister Little Yao asked with furrowed brows, “Then wouldn’t we still have no profit?”

“Pfft…” The pretty sister covered her mouth and laughed, “What’s going on? Why are you so cute, child?”

Oh no, oh no… I really messed up.

Sister Little Yao shook her head and said to the pretty sister: “Ruoxue, do you think it’s necessary to play this game? Isn’t this just wasting time?”

“But don’t you think it’s very interesting? One ‘Dao’ for one ‘Dao’… this child designed such a peculiar game.” The sister called Ruoxue said, “Don’t you want to try?”

“You say ‘peculiar’?” Sister Little Yao pondered for a while, “Is the ‘Dao’ in her warehouse very hard to find?”

“Don’t know, but I think it’s very interesting. I have to go see.” Sister Ruoxue took out a ‘Dao’ from her pocket, “Here, Little Mouse, you’ve got your first customer today.”

“Ah! Thank you, sister!” When I received the ‘Dao’, I felt especially happy. I earned ‘Dao’ for Baiyang Gege.

“What…” Sister Ruoxue was amused by me again, “What do you mean ‘thank you, sister’? Do you know what your identity is right now?”

“Ah I… I mean… the entry fee has been received. The trial can begin!” I turned back to open the iron door, “Five minutes time. I’ll silently count to three hundred in my heart.”

“Okay, got it.” Sister Ruoxue actually came over and patted my head.

But I’m the referee!

After I closed the iron door, I started silently counting in my heart, after all I didn’t even have a watch.

When I counted to about one hundred and fifty, I heard Sister Ruoxue knock over the things inside.

She seemed to be searching very hard. I felt a bit bad about deceiving her.

At this moment, Sister Little Yao asked: “Little Mouse… how long have you been a ‘Zodiac’?”

“Ah I… this is my first day.”

“First day?!” Sister Little Yao was stunned, then contemplated for a while, “That means this game of yours was indeed just designed… right?”

“Ah… yes.” I nodded, “Sister, you…”

“Don’t call me ‘sister’ anymore…” A trace of sadness flashed through Sister Little Yao’s eyes. I didn’t know what she was thinking about.

I was a bit afraid to speak. Everything I did seemed to be wrong.

“Don’t forget to count silently.” Sister Little Yao reminded, “You haven’t forgotten what number you’re on, right?”

“Uh…”

Finally finished counting to three hundred. I turned back to open the door.

Sister Ruoxue had indeed made a complete mess of the warehouse inside.

“What’s going on? Is there really a ‘Dao’ in here?” Sister Ruoxue let down her tied-up hair, looking a bit tired, “It’s small and stuffy in here. Almost made me die from the heat.”

“Oh…?” Sister Little Yao hesitated, “No way, Ruoxue… even you didn’t find it?”

“Haha.” Sister Ruoxue laughed, “I didn’t use ‘Echo’. I just purely wanted to see the game this child designed.”

“Then… then sister, you might have failed the trial.” I said, “You… you should come out first. I need to clean up inside…”

Sister Ruoxue looked at the messy warehouse and said somewhat apologetically: “Little Mouse, do you clean up in here by yourself every time?”

“Ah… it should be…” I nodded.

“With your small build, wouldn’t cleaning the warehouse take the whole day?”

“Stop asking.” Sister Little Yao said, “This child’s first day as a ‘Zodiac’, and you’ve already made it a complete mess.”

“What?” Sister Ruoxue exclaimed, “First day…”

She pondered for a while, then walked over and grabbed my hand.

“Ah?” I was startled, “What are you doing?”

“Don’t move.” Sister Ruoxue said, “Little Mouse, listen carefully. This might be a magical warehouse.”

“Magical warehouse…?”

“Don’t talk.” Sister Ruoxue interrupted me and continued, “I used to often dream I had a magical room. No matter how messy it got, once friends came over to play, it would automatically be cleaned up neat and tidy.”

I didn’t quite understand what Sister Ruoxue meant.

“So you need to understand the logical relationship within…” I saw a bead of sweat trickle down Sister Ruoxue’s forehead. This passage seemed very difficult for her to say, “Little Mouse… if someone comes looking for you… then the warehouse is cleaned up neat and tidy… do you understand?”

“I understand… of course I won’t let it stay this messy all the time…”

“Very good.” After hearing this, Sister Ruoxue nodded, then released my hand.

She still looked very tired, then waved her hand and said: “Little Yao, try it.”

Sister Little Yao looked at her somewhat uncomprehendingly: “Ruoxue… I don’t understand what you’re doing?”

“I’m just helping this child.” Sister Ruoxue said, “Is there anything wrong with that?”

Sister Little Yao narrowed her eyes: “The way I see it, you’re not helping this child… rather, we’re both ‘Participants’, yet you’re helping a ‘Zodiac’…”

“Mm…” Sister Ruoxue pondered for a while and said, “It doesn’t matter. Even if she’s a ‘Zodiac’, in my eyes she’s just a child. Isn’t this what you like about me?”

After hearing this, Sister Little Yao paused, reached out to open the warehouse door. I also followed her to look inside.

Inside had actually been cleaned up neat and tidy, with all the scattered items returned to the shelves.