[You have completed the cooking mission for the residents! Your reward is an additional 3 points for all stats]

[You also get 3 system points]

Riki felt satisfied seeing what he had done that morning. Just by doing something simple, he made people happy. Seeing other people smile made him happy too.

But at that moment, he realized that it took a lot of money to create happiness.

It was very sad.

When Riki had nothing, everything he had disappeared one by one. He couldn't pursue anything.

But now, whatever he wanted would immediately come true because he had money. In fact, he could also make other people's wishes come true.

"But when you're down, no rich people come to help you, right?"

Riki was surprised and looked around. What was that voice? There was no one else near Riki because he had moved away to take shelter. Riki sat alone in front of the inn, staring at the people in front of him.

Was that the voice of Riki's own mind? Because the voice sounded like Riki's.

Riki shook his head.

No, he didn't have such bad thoughts. He must have heard wrong. Or maybe it was the voice of the black fairy teasing him.

Riki didn't want to think about that voice anymore. He returned to the activities he had to do. That was to go back home, then go to the office.

As usual, there was a lot of work, piled up like a mountain. It kept increasing and never stopped. However, Riki was helped by Twaila and Jake, so of course everything went smoothly.

In the afternoon, the day's work was finished, so Riki took the time to go to Hayper Entertainment.

Riki thought that since he had been busy all day, the system wouldn't give him any missions. But it turned out that the mission suddenly arrived even before Riki had reached the Hayper building.

At that time, Riki went with Jake. The plan was for Jake to take Riki to the Hayper building, then go home. Riki could be picked up by Anton or Twaila after finishing his business at Hayper.

However, Jake saw a food stall by the roadside.

"Riki, can I buy that first? It looks interesting. Do you want to buy some too?" asked Jake.

Riki turned to look at the food stall Jake was pointing at.

Tofu with spicy meat filling.

"It looks unique, I want to buy some too," said Riki, and he got out of the car with Jake.

Coincidentally, there were quite a few customers at the food stand at that time. There were three customers in front of Jake and Riki. However, because the seller was very quick in serving customers, it didn't take more than five minutes for Jake and Riki's turn to come.

Suddenly, the system screen popped up announcing a new mission, just as a little girl arrived.

Riki was shocked at that moment, he was very confused. However, he tried to listen to the notification carefully.

[Your second mission today is to rescue a little girl who is about to be kidnapped and sold to an illegal human trafficking syndicate]

[The girl is hiding at your feet]

[Your reward for rescuing the girl is a level A defense skill]

"Please... help..." the girl whispered, a voice so soft that even Jake didn't hear it. Only Riki was aware of the little girl's presence.

At that moment, Riki happened to be wearing a suit that was quite large. So, he took off his suit and covered the little girl with it. The little girl's body was very small and didn't look normal. It was very worrying.

Riki carefully lifted the little girl he had wrapped in his black suit.

She was so small that she looked like a bundle when Riki lifted her.

"Don't move, I'll take you to the car. You're safe with me," whispered Riki.

Suddenly, two men approached, causing the little girl to curl up even more in fear in Riki's arms.

Riki asked his system to help photograph or record the men on video.

"Did you see a little kid, a girl, passing by here? She's very small, about five years old," asked the man.

Riki remained silent, pretending to be confused, while Jake answered them.

Since Jake didn't know about the girl Riki was carrying, he answered with a very convincing tone.

"I didn't see a little girl here, maybe she ran over there, sir," Jake replied, pointing in another direction.

The two men believed Jake's honest face, thanked him, and then went in the direction Jake had pointed.

"Jake, order another serving of the non-spicy version. I'll wait in the car, okay?" said Riki.

Jake nodded, "Okay, just wait in the car."

Riki immediately returned to the car.

He carefully placed the tiny little girl inside.

"Are you okay?" asked Riki.

The little girl looked very shaken. She didn't move, just stared at Riki with empty eyes.

Riki called Twaila and asked the fairy to take the girl to the void. Since she was an innocent child, Twaila agreed to take the little girl to the void where the hidden house was located.

"Alright, I'll take this girl, master."

Twaila immediately disappeared with the little girl. A loud "poof" sound echoed. Riki was used to that sound, but not when the car door suddenly opened. Riki nearly jumped in surprise.

It turned out to be Jake who had arrived.

"Here's your order. Let's go to Hayper Entertainment first, okay?"

Riki nodded, "Yeah. But Jake."

Jake immediately looked at Riki, waiting for him to continue.

"Don't you suspect those two men?" asked Riki.

Jake furrowed his brow, "The ones looking for the little girl? Of course I'm suspicious. They didn't look like good people, but we can't judge by appearances alone, right? Besides, there was no little girl when we were there. So, we have no business with them."

[The faces of the two kidnappers were successfully recorded, and the CCTV footage in the area was also deleted when the girl hid with you]

[You don't need to worry about being found out]

[For this service, the system takes $5000]

Jake started the car again. He knew Riki looked very strange. Jake thought Riki was thinking about the little girl. Riki was the type of person who wasn't very open, especially at times like this. Riki was the type of person who thought about everything alone, before he had a way to solve the problem himself. If Riki found a way out, or if he really needed help, only then would he tell someone.

Actually, Jake didn't like that. He wanted to be close to Riki, as a friend, not just as his boss and employee. Sometimes Jake was jealous of Evan, Riki's close friend, who knew a lot about Riki. And Evan was the first person Riki would go to when he had a problem.

Well, Jake knew Evan had been Riki's friend for a long time, but Jake wanted to help Riki with his problems too. However, Jake also realized that not everyone could open up to new people.

The car had arrived in front of the Hayper Entertainment building.

"We're here, Riki— Riki? Hey!"

Riki jumped when he heard Jake's slightly raised voice.

"Oh? We're here? I'll get out, Jake—"

"Wait!"

Jake immediately grabbed Riki's arm, stopping him from getting out of the car.

"Do you have a problem, Riki? Are you thinking about that little girl? Do you know something about her? You know you can tell me, right?" Jake asked repeatedly.

Riki laughed softly, then said, "So, my facial expressions are easy to read, huh? I was thinking about that little girl, it's true. But before those men came, I saw her hiding. I kept quiet because I was suspicious of them. The little girl looked scared," said Riki.

"What? Why are you telling me this now? Then, where is the little girl? We have to help her," Jake replied, completely shocked and panicked.

Riki chuckled again, then patted Jake on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, I've asked Twaila to pick her up. Twaila said the girl looked shaken. We can't be reckless, so—"

"No, Riki! What if the child's parents are sad and confused looking for her? Here's what we'll do, wherever Twaila is, I'll go there."

Riki sighed deeply. He knew Jake had a soft spot for disadvantaged children. In fact, Riki's company always donated part of its income to disadvantaged children, thanks to Jake's suggestion. In addition, whenever he had the chance, Jake would visit orphanages and bring food for them.

Jake was a good person, so of course he wouldn't ignore something like this.

"Then I'll call Celine first to cancel our meeting, and we'll help the child first, okay?" said Riki.

Jake nodded, "Yeah, I don't think Celine will mind not meeting you today."

Riki snorted, then called Celine briefly to apologize.

Celine forgave Riki, as long as Riki came to Hayper Entertainment tomorrow morning and had breakfast with her. Riki agreed to Celine's suggestion without much thought.

He thought, it was just a normal breakfast between coworkers.

"Come on, let's go to Twaila's apartment."

"You agreed to go on a date with her tomorrow morning?" asked Jake.

Riki furrowed his brow, "My relationship with her is just coworkers, nothing more."

"But—"

"Jake..."

"Okay, okay, alright!"

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