"WTF... how much is it?"
She just couldn't believe what she was seeing right now.
"Relax!... It's 200,000 only."
He just nonchalantly replied and kept doing his thing.
"Oh... wait... I gave you a discounted price previously, but I want full payment now."
She smiled wickedly and fiddled with the money.
"Alright... Let's go from here first."
He waved and peeked outside the shed.
"You promised... Let's go then."
She grabbed the bags and headed outside, while he followed her from behind.
As they took the vehicle, they talked more about each other, and he shared his general story with her in short.
They arrived at the nearby city, and she helped him buy a new pair of clothes as well as new shoes.
According to his liking, they were not expensive, but it was alright for a normal-looking person.
He asked her to buy some nice clothes for herself, but she denied his request, so they headed towards a nice restaurant and ordered a bunch of delicious food.
In the meantime, they exchange contact information as well as phone numbers.
She knew he was going, which made her sad, but there was nothing she could do about it right now.
They spent some last remaining time with each other, and they went to the bus park.
"Take all this money and if you need more, call me without any hesitation, ok?"
He patted her back while she embraced him tightly.
"No. I will not take it. It's too much."
She refused and tried to return all the money, which was around 190,000.
"Don't do that. Keep it without any burden. Remember, I don't lack money."
He shoved it back into her bag and assured her about it.
With much effort, she finally accepted, but she was not very enthusiastic about it.
At last, the time for the departure came, and the bus left while leaving behind a pitiful crying lady.
She showed her bright smile in front of him, but after the bus left, she felt like a chunk of her went with him.
She sat on the nearby chair and wept for almost half an hour until she heard her phone ringing.
As soon as she saw the caller ID, her mood suddenly changed 180 degrees.
"Hello."
She picked up the phone too quickly.
"Hi, Madhu. How are you? Did you reach your house?"
He inquired while the sound of the bus buzzed in the background.
"I'm good... Not yet, but I'm on the way."
She felt sweet all of a sudden and started walking after quickly collecting herself with a wide grin.
"Oh... Be careful on the way, ok? Take a vehicle and don't walk in dangerous areas."
He suggested, while getting a little worried about her.
"I'm not a kid... alright, I'll listen to you."
She harrumphed but nodded in agreement.
The more they talked, the more she became relaxed and finally took a taxi while still talking to him.
By the time they ended the call, she was already inside her house with a much brighter face.
She knew the story with him had not ended, and she could call him any time.
On the other side, Dev was in a little bit of a dilemma and depressed because he thought it would be a one-time thing and that's it, but unknowingly got connected deeply with her.
Even more frustrating thing was the slowly rising lust at this time.
As the bus kept running, he tried to distract his thoughts about sex and tried to sleep forcefully.
It was a little bit dangerous at this time but he also
wanted to know the limit up to how many hours he could completely control himself without losing his mind.
"I need to make some strategies too..."
He thought about it deeply and various scenarios came to his mind.
If he did the same thing with all the street women, then he would eventually get into an unwanted problem which he was not ready to face.
Even with his plans, he knew it wouldn't be according to his prediction, so he just stopped thinking about it.
According to his previous plan, he was taking a long tour to reach his home otherwise he could have taken the train which was faster and more convenient, but he was delaying it by taking various buses.
He wanted to do that just to clear his mind from depression which came from the news of his home.
It was not only his plan but the request of his family members too.
Besides, there was nothing very urgent for him to attend to at this time because most of the tasks were done by his remaining family members.
However, at this time, his life changed dramatically as well, new challenges and opportunities came to him like a tsunami.
Coincidentally, there was not much change in his travel plan and even better if he could extend his route according to his system arrangement.
While he was on the bus, he was still wearing the same mask and cap.
His hair was a little long, so he wanted to cut it the next change of the bus.
He needed to travel more so he had to buy a vehicle and the nearest affordable thing was a bike, but he didn't have a licence, even though he could ride it well.
But for now, it was ideal for him to travel on a bus or taxi.
As for calling home, they had forbidden him to do so for the week.
He didn't mind it either because he needed it.
At this time, even with his closed eyes, he tried to investigate the weird system which was stuck with him.
According to his understanding, the money will be automatically calculated every 12 hours.
As always, there were no replies and changes on the system, but he could use the storage system freely.
The storage system could only store money and the things given by the system.