At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Gu Yu also listened without fully understanding, only making out that there were large-sized covers, and wondered to himself, aren't all face masks one size? Why are there large sizes?

"Did you understand what the shopkeeper said?" Gu Yu asked Lin Xinyue as he watched the shopkeeper rummage through the cabinet behind her,

Lin Xinyue also shook her head, indicating she didn't understand.

"Um, here, take this, this is very useful!" The shopkeeper put an exquisitely packaged box on the glass counter and bent down again to search for something in the cabinet underneath.

Gu Yu was puzzled, were the face masks in Xiangjiang different from those on the mainland? Why were there boxed ones?

So he picked it up and saw—Durex (Extra Large), ultra-thin but dependable.

Gu Yu: "...…"

Lin Xinyue: "Ah!" Her face turned red in an instant.

"With that size for your husband, you must be very fortunate! Let me recommend a bottle of Indian God Oil to you, half price!"

Seeing that Gu Yu had picked up what she mistakenly thought were condoms, the shopkeeper looked at Lin Xinyue with a suggestive smile on her face.

At the same time, she began to pitch her freshly taken-out Indian God Oil.

Gu Yu: "No, that's not it... It's not this, we're looking for masks, masks, the kind you wear on your face."

Handing the erroneously identified condoms back to the shopkeeper, Gu Yu gestured at his mouth with his hand to avoid any further misunderstanding.

"Oh, sorry about that, were you actually asking for anti-smog face covers? Ah, I didn't understand when you first said 'fa'!"

Finally realizing what Gu Yu wanted, the shopkeeper quickly apologized to him.

With her right hand, she quietly put the Indian God Oil back under the cabinet, then took out a pack of ten masks from the right-hand glass case.

This time, she didn't make a mistake.

"How much is it?" Gu Yu asked as he picked up the masks.

The shopkeeper pointed to the label on the masks: "Five bucks!"

Gu Yu took out his wallet and handed the shopkeeper a hundred-dollar bill.

The shopkeeper accepted the bill but frowned slightly: ""Um, we don't do currency exchange at the market rate here!"

"It's okay, just give me Xiangjiang coins in return." Gu Yu nodded, calculating that a hundred red bills were roughly equivalent to 121 Xiangjiang coins.

But he hadn't encountered an exchange yet, and Old Man Hu had said that the exchanges near the port had very high rates, probably higher than 1:1.2, so it was not a problem for the shopkeeper to give change in Xiangjiang coins.

It was just that he would be paying a bit more for the five-dollar masks at the current exchange rate.

However, for him and Lin Xinyue at the moment, masks were absolutely necessary!

If they bumped into those street YouTubers and paparazzi again like they did earlier, he feared they would be impossible to shake off.

He and Lin Xinyue were there to have fun, not to take part in any street interviews.

If a group of hangers-on kept following them, it would be incredibly bothersome.

"Here's your change, a total of 96 Xiangjiang coins, please take it." The shopkeeper counted the money at the cash register and handed it to Gu Yu with a smile.

Gu Yu paused, shouldn't she be giving him 95 Xiangjiang coins? Why 96?

By the exchange rate, wouldn't he be making a few cents profit off the shopkeeper?

"You could've just exchanged it one-to-one, I really don't have any Xiangjiang coins on me."

Gu Yu tried to refuse, but the shopkeeper shook her head seriously and said, ""Although you're from out of town, I'm not the type to cheat you."

Gu Yu still wanted to decline, but Lin Xinyue took the money, smiling and saying:

"Thank you! You're such a good person!"

"Ah, young miss understands! How about it, want to take a bottle of Indian God Oil? It will make you very happy!"

The shopkeeper gave Lin Xinyue a knowing look, then resumed promoting her Indian God Oil with a very serious expression.

She was clearly earnest in marketing her oil, not just joking with Lin Xinyue.

Lin Xinyue, taken aback by how open the plump shopkeeper was, blushed and shook her head.

"Really, are you still shy? Alright, alright, I won't sell it to you. It's normal for young folks like you not to need that sort of thing."

The plump shopkeeper chuckled helplessly.

"Thank you." Gu Yu picked up the masks, thanked and bid farewell to the shopkeeper.

Tearing open the mask package, he took out one for Lin Xinyue, then another for himself to put on, checking their reflections in the glass cabinet's mirror to make sure both of their faces were covered, only then did he confidently pull Lin Xinyue out with him. Your journey continues with My Virtual Library Empire

Standing at the entrance of the pharmacy, Gu Yu looked at the never-ending stream of people and glanced at the line of taxis stuck at the red light intersection, feeling secretly relieved they hadn't taken a cab.

"Let's take the subway," Gu Yu turned his head to Lin Xinyue.

Lin Xinyue put the money and masks into her bag and was just about to nod when her expression suddenly hesitated, then she tapped Gu Yu and said, "Wait here a second."

Without waiting for Gu Yu to ask what was wrong, she turned around and went back into the pharmacy.

Gu Yu disliked the bitter smell of the air inside the pharmacy, so he didn't follow her in.

Through the curtain, he could vaguely see Lin Xinyue talking with the chubby auntie, who handed her something twice, but it was unclear what it was.

The two chatted for another five or six minutes, then Lin Xinyue walked out of the pharmacy with a smiling face.

Her ears were red, and he had no idea what she had just talked about with the proprietress.

"You didn't actually buy the Indian God Oil that the proprietress was pushing, did you!?" Seeing her still somewhat shy, Gu Yu blurted out the question.

Lin Xinyue gave him a glare, "Why would I buy that stuff? I bought sanitary pads!"

Gu Yu nodded slightly, thinking that made sense; his prowess was still quite strong, after all.

Since it wasn't the Indian God Oil, he lost interest in asking further.

But buying sanitary pads in a pharmacy, wasn't that a bit strange?

Why are the pharmacies here in Xiangjiang like department stores?

"Let's hurry! I feel like it's getting more crowded..." Seeing Gu Yu standing still, Lin Xinyue hurriedly urged him toward the subway station.

It was almost eight o'clock now, and soon it would be the morning rush hour. Considering Xiangjiang's population density, the subway was likely to be packed to the brim!

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Gu Yu also realized that peak hour was upon them and quickly started running with Lin Xinyue.

Lin Xinyue was dragged along by him; looking at his back, her eyes brimmed with affection.

She loved this feeling of weaving through the crowd with him, just like a scene from a movie.

The subway entrance wasn't far from the port crossing; they spent about seven or eight minutes running and walking.

Just as the two were rushing to enter the subway station:

"Please stop for a moment and show your ID cards."

A police officer suddenly approached them, showing his credentials as well.

The two were baffled, wondering why they needed to show ID cards just to take the subway. Was the security for the subway in this area so strict?

But then why were so many Indians and other foreigners passing by without checks? The two of them were clearly Huaxia people, why were they being checked?

However, seeing the serious and stern look in the officer's eyes, they obediently took out their ID cards.

"Please remove your masks," the officer continued.

Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue reluctantly took off their masks, revealing their faces.

Comparing the faces on the ID cards with the two faces before him, the officer frowned slightly, scrutinizing them for a good while before he was sure these were the people from the IDs.

The changes were indeed a bit big, but overall, they still matched up.

"Okay, sorry for stopping you, it's just that among everyone here, you two wearing masks looked too suspicious," the officer explained, handing back their IDs.

But then, considering their good looks, he thought wearing masks made sense.

They were probably stars he didn't recognize, trying to avoid being tracked by paparazzi.

"It's okay," Gu Yu shook his head, as it was part of work for the collective safety, and he didn't hold any grudge.

"You're here for tourism, right? It looks like you don't have a guide. When you enter the station, you can go to the ticket counter and buy an Octopus Card,"

"You can use it for the subway and buses, and it's much more convenient,"

The officer kindly reminded them, his attitude quite friendly.

"Yes sir!" Gu Yu saluted playfully.

The officer also laughed happily.

"Oh, come on, let's go!! I'm getting hungry already!" Lin Xinyue, seeing he had time for jests, couldn't help but pout, then she dragged him into the subway entrance.