Starting Today, I'll Work as a City Lord-Chapter 208: Otherworld Version Umbrella and Raincoat

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“Drip drip drip…”

Outside, rain poured down in sheets, washing away the dust of West Sun City. Raindrops fell like countless silver threads from the sky, cascading off the wide eaves of the castle in flowing streams, resembling beautiful bead curtains, creating a dreamy visual.

Liu Feng sat at the bedside, blankly gazing out at the rainy landscape. In the distance, the prison-like Forbidden Mountain Range was blurred behind the curtain of rain, looking like a giant beast lying in slumber.

This was the second rain since Liu Feng had transmigrated. If his territory didn’t have the Ghostly Water River for irrigation, the wheat fields would’ve long withered from drought.

“Rainy days are great,” Liu Feng stretched lazily as the blanket slid off him. Rainy days were great for sleeping in.

“Huh? What’s this long hair doing here? Brown hair… flaxen hair? Anri and Nicole’s? Why is their hair on my bed?”

Liu Feng pinched a few strands of long hair, puzzled. “Did they come onto my bed to play around again?”

Thinking about Anri’s mischievous nature, Liu Feng found it totally possible. As for Nicole’s hair, well, she was the one who tidied up his room, so it wasn’t unusual to find some stray strands.

He quickly forgot about the matter- he had to go to the Police Department today, and it wouldn’t be good to be too late.

Creak!

Nicole came in. It was already nine in the morning, and she knew that Liu Feng would be usually be awake by this time.

“Young Master…” Nicole began to speak, but the words caught in her throat as she stared blankly at the strands of hair between Liu Feng’s fingers. A blush suddenly bloomed on her cheeks.

“What’s wrong?” Liu Feng looked at her puzzled expression, followed her gaze to his hand, and chuckled, “Anri’s been playing around in my bed again?”

“Uh… y- yeah!” Nicole lowered her head slightly. She thought about how last night she and Anri had each taken turns holding Liu Feng’s hand for half an hour to massage…

“Alright, don’t be so shy. Everyone loses a bit of hair, it’s nothing.” Liu Feng really didn’t think too much of it, assuming Nicole was just embarrassed that some hair had ended up on his bed.

“Mhm!” Nicole nodded, face burning red, and gently helped Liu Feng get dressed. She didn’t dare meet his eyes the whole time. Then, throwing out a sentence, she hurried out of the room. “Young Master, I’ll go prepare breakfast.”

Liu Feng tilted his head, watching her departing figure, completely baffled. Is it because of the bras?

“Awooo…” Panda Caesar was currently clinging to Liu Feng’s leg, playing joyfully- almost to the point of ripping his pant leg off.

“Caesar, let go. Time to eat.” Liu Feng shook his leg, trying to shake off the clingy panda who was like a piece of stubborn taffy.

“Awoo awoo…”

The panda now understood that it had to eat in the morning. So when Liu Feng shook his leg, it obediently let go. Its intelligence continued to surprise Liu Feng.

Or perhaps it was just the instinct animals developed when it came to eating. Like how dogs knew it was time to eat when someone banged the food bowl. Of course, Caesar learned this habit much faster.

“That’s odd. I didn’t write that much last night, so why do my fingers feel weak today? Like I held something and exercised for too long…” Liu Feng flexed his hand as they leisurely headed to the dining hall. And there, he witnessed a weird sight- every single girl’s breasts seemed bigger.

It was clear they’d all started wearing bras. Even Anri was wearing one- and the proud smile on her blushing face said it all. ƒreewebɳovel.com

“…” Liu Feng chose not to mention the bras, lest it made everyone awkward. Under this weird tension, he finished breakfast and then set out with Mina and Tess.

It was raining today, so Anri and Nicole didn’t come along. Weya had already left for school at eight- now that the beastkin children were attending classes too, she was in charge of teaching a special class just for them, trying to help them catch up quickly.

Inside the carriage, Liu Feng looked out the window at the War Wolf Squad wearing cloaks that didn’t really help with the rain. They were completely soaked. He began to consider whether to introduce raincoats and umbrellas to this world.

Rubber raincoats were obviously out of the question. But he could use certain tough, flexible plant leaves- once woven, they could be made into mino (straw raincoats). They’d be a bit heavier when soaked, but still provided good protection from rain. Paired with conical hats, it would make a complete rain gear set.

As for umbrellas, that would be even easier. All he needed was some bamboo for the frame and some waterproof oiled paper for the covering.

The key to paper umbrellas was the oiled paper itself. Liu Feng had plenty of paper—what he lacked was the oil.

And the core of the paper umbrellas was the waterproof oil paper. Liu Feng currently didn’t lack paper, but he lacked the oil.

According to the information he had obtained, tung oil could be used for waterproofing, and it was something he could source in large quantities at the moment.

Its discovery was actually a coincidence- Liu Feng had ordered the research department to try extracting oil from every fruit or plant they encountered.

Tung oil came from a strange tree found in the Forbidden Mountain Range. Liu Feng looked it up back on Earth but couldn’t find a match, so he simply named it the Tung Oil Tree.

Imagine painting calligraphy or landscapes on an oiled paper umbrella, then brushing on the waterproof oil- how beautiful would that be?

If he wasn’t headed to the Police Department right now, Liu Feng would’ve turned back and gone straight to the research department to have the carpenters start making some. These would be way more durable than those collapsible metal-frame umbrellas.

On Earth, in some places, people still gift beautiful oil-paper umbrellas for weddings. Of course, there were also cloth umbrellas, which also used waterproof coatings, but cloth was too expensive at this time- commoners couldn’t afford it.

Clip-clop clip-clop clip-clop…

As Liu Feng pondered how to make oil-paper umbrellas, the carriage arrived at the Police Department. The carriage drove straight in, and Mina held up an umbrella for Liu Feng as they quickly entered the main hall.

Lyan stood there, soaked to the bone, staring blankly at the umbrella in Mina’s hand. Before he could blink, Mina folded it up neatly. This completely shattered his worldview- there’s something like this that can protect against the rain?

Currently, in the hall, aside from Liu Feng’s group, there were 26 people. Other than Lyan, everyone who passed the entrance exam last time was here. But they were all soaking wet.

“There’s a storeroom in the backyard with clean clothes. Go change. Those will be your Police uniforms from now on,” Liu Feng said with a wave.

“Yes, sir!” The 25 recruits saluted and ran off.

“Lord City Lord!” Lyan also gave a salute as best as he could. He still had no idea why Liu Feng had summoned him today, and he couldn’t help feeling nervous. After all, his fiancée was arriving tomorrow- he really couldn’t afford to get into trouble or be thrown back in the dungeon again.

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