The Days I Worked for the Deadbeat Sword Lord

Also known as: The Golden Stone Pact Top three things insurance claims adjuster Zhou Man hates most: Going to work, going to work, going to work. Her three least favorite jobs: Claims adjusting, claims adjusting, claims adjusting. She closed her eyes, opened them, and had transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. Before she could react, the owner of a pill shop was wailing, “Damage assessor! Damage assessor! Help! Please help!” Zhou Man: “Me?” The owner: “Yes, you.” Can someone explain why a world of immortal cultivation has a trendy job like insurance claims adjuster? Soon, an even bigger headache came along. She met the lifelong nemesis of her career... Sword Lord Cao Qian. He was cool and composed, reserved and taciturn, with a tranquil air. His swordplay was so graceful it seemed to belong in the world of immortals. But This man was a walking disaster!!! He saw a wall and gave it a few swift slashes. Down it went He saw a beam and gave it a few swift slashes. Down it went He saw a cloudship and gave it a few swift slashes. Down it went The victims screamed, “Damage assessor! Damage assessor, help!” Claims forms came down like snowflakes and buried Zhou Man. Zhou Man: “Why are you so damn trigger-happy?” Cao Qian silently sheathed his sword with a cool expression and offered no explanation. Zhou Man: “Ugh, I’m so mad at him for never talking like a normal person. You know what I mean?” Later, Zhou Man discovered that he really did have a reason. Later still, she discovered that most of the time, he really was just itching to swing his sword! Zhou Man was baffled. With compensation payments draining away like water, how could they afford to eat? Cao Qian: “I have enough money.” Zhou Man, curious: “How much?” Cao Qian: “Thirteen spirit stones.” Zhou Man: “???” No, seriously, man. Things are already this bad, so why can’t you stop randomly chopping things up? Where does all the money you earn from jobs go? Cao Qian explained, “I paid for the bridge from last month.” Zhou Man: “What about the money from the month before that?” Cao Qian: “I paid for the bridge from the month before last.” Zhou Man: “Do you have some kind of grudge against bridges!!!” Cao Qian: “Not really. I’ve also chopped up quite a few cloudships.” ??? What exactly are you so proud of??? Later on, no matter how far away or out of the way Cao Qian’s latest disaster happened, the claim would automatically land in Zhou Man’s hands. Zhou Man: “???” I really did take on a huge headache, didn’t I? To put a stop to this, Zhou Man decided to Put him on a leash!!! Cao Qian reached for his sword. Zhou Man: “Don’t move!” Cao Qian kept reaching for his sword. Zhou Man: “Don’t move, don’t move!” Cao Qian kept reaching for his sword, again and again and again. Zhou Man: “Are you messing with me?” Cao Qian realized that Zhou Man especially liked his face from a certain angle. So he made his swordplay bloom like flowers, struck this pose and that, then turned back with a graceful flourish Zhou Man was sprawled on the ground inspecting the accident scene. Cao Qian: “???” Why aren’t you looking??? Zhou Man: “Huh? Looking at what?” Cao Qian’s face turned to ice. “Nothing.” Zhou Man: “Oh. You’re pretty handsome.” Cao Qian: Help, wife... no, girlfriend... no, my damage assessor... though maybe she isn’t mine alone. She said I’m handsome. What does that mean? Zhou Man leaned closer and smiled as she held out her hand. Cao Qian: What does she mean? Is she trying to take advantage of me? Would it be bad if I just went along with it? I’m a good boy, after all. Whatever, I can hold her hand. She is, after all, my... my... Zhou Man: “The bridge you just chopped up costs eight hundred spirit stones. Pay up!” Cao Qian: “???” Huh??? A seemingly timid but sharp, practical, and unyielding heroine × a lofty, troublemaking hero. Zhou Man × Cao Qian A lighthearted comedy with a touch of mystery. What secret lies behind Cao Qian’s itchy sword hand... And when a conspiracy crosses paths with Zhou Man, how will she solve it in a way no one could have expected... Theme: The world may change, and old experience may no longer apply, but even amid chaos, people can still figure out what they are responsible for and make room in the rest of their lives for the ones they truly want to keep.