Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 551 - 543: The Money Must Be Split Evenly Among Seven Families
"You should have said earlier that you love eating crap!" Qian Qi wiped his tears sorrowfully. "It’s my fault for treating you so poorly before, spending so much time with you and not realizing your... hobby."
"You must have endured it really hard, huh? It’s all my fault for failing to see it, and needing you to blatantly show me for me to discover!"
"Just now when it went down from above and into your stomach, you must have felt really aggrieved, right? Such a small amount of poop, how could it fill you—hey ouch!"
Qian Qi rubbed the few bumps on his head, continuing cheekily, "Don’t worry, I’ll secure an entire instance of magical creature droppings for you, so you can achieve dung freedom—"
A little way off, Xi Ye was approaching and looked at Xi Pingzhe with a complex expression. "Is she... always like this?"
Xi Pingzhe had a wistful expression, "Master truly is kind-hearted, she can even tolerate her Contracted Beast loving to eat excrement!"
Xi Ye: ...
Maybe he should consider again if it was right for his brother to apprentice under her.
Though his brother got stronger, his mind seems to have gone a bit off.
Seeing Xi Pingzhe scribbling notes about Qian Qi’s daily life in a little notebook, Xi Ye gently but affectionately rubbed his head.
Honestly, when he saw on the Light Brain that his brother was nearly eaten by the Gilded Black Tiger Beast, he was scared to death, and later the Light Brain lost signal entirely, unable to contact his brother.
He immediately set aside the task at hand and, clinging to a slim chance, requested leave from Su Xingchen, never expecting Su Xingchen would actually agree, even saying things like "Spend more time with family" which felt cheesy.
It almost made him think the world was coming to an end.
"Student Qian Qi." Xi Ye shouted from a distance, waving to Qian Qi, "Long time no see!"
"Oh! It’s Blue Hair!" Qian Qi quickly waved back and stood up. "What brings you here? Did you come to deliver hair to me?"
Qian Qi rubbed his hands expectantly, watching Xi Ye’s blue mane, "Ah, I know I saved your brother’s life, and you have no way to repay me so you thought about gifting it to me. Since you’re so generous, I’ll graciously accept!"
Xi Ye: ... How much do you covet my hair!
Xi Pingzhe looked quizzically at the two, "Brother, are you really that stingy? My life is only worth a handful of hair?"
"It’s not—" Xi Ye wanted to explain, but then Xi Pingzhe waved his hand and resolutely said, "Never mind, that’s not important. Since you came to deliver hair, why not cut it off beforehand? Oh well, I’ll do it myself!"
minutes later.
Su Xingchen looked at Xi Ye as he approached, raised an eyebrow, "Why did you suddenly get a buzz cut?"
Xi Ye twitched a little at the corner of his mouth but boasted, "My brother cut it. How about it, not bad craftsmanship, right?"
Su Xingchen looked at the bumpy spots on his head, "... Well, as long as you’re happy."
"Let’s end the chit chat, and look at the Gilded Black Tiger Beast’s movements." Su Xingchen said toward the monitoring screen, "It’s heading west and has now stopped at the Dalimu Lake, apparently planning to settle there for a while."
"The Dalimu Lake District has no human inhabitants, so it’s relatively safe, but we don’t know if it will covet the eastern territories and occasionally come to disturb us." Gong Qiang said, frowning. "With our current forces, if war breaks out, we won’t hold for more than three days."
"The scariest part is, we only know two of its Magic Beast Skills right now!" Gong Qiang slammed the table, "It has only used Sound Wave Skill and Metal Spike, and it’s clearly looking down on us!"
Just like humans choosing to burn or flood a nest of ants, they disdain thinking up other methods!
"Mm... this isn’t a big problem, Qian Qi definitely knows all its skills." Su Xingchen considered but was not concerned with that.
Ye Family Master sneered, "What good is knowing them, she’ll definitely charge us again!"
"I don’t get how her parents raised her, opening her mouth only for money, no humanitarian outlook whatsoever!" He Family Master also sneered, "Oh, I forgot, she indeed has no parents, which is why she behaves like a wild person!"
Gong Qiang irritably scratched his head, "Won’t she charge us this time for helping drive away the Black Tiger Beast?"
Though the Gong Family isn’t too lacking in money, compared to other families, they’re still rather poor!
Not to say Gong Qiang’s stingy, he’s just afraid the Gong Family’s assets would be drained, and if similar disasters occur in the future, he won’t be able to afford Qian Qi’s help again.
Gong Qiang never thought one day he’d be troubled by worldly money.
Su Xingchen looked at them calmly, "Are you really so lacking in money? She only takes what you least need and solves unsolvable problems for you, but you think she lacks humanitarianism, viewing her as an untamable savage."
Su Xingchen’s gaze was steady, but it was filled with a sense of sharp power when he looked at Ye Family Master. "Perhaps she should take all the Special Healing Potions stored by the Ye Family."
Then he looked at He Family Master, "And maybe, she should take 80% of the A-level Awakened Warriors from your He Family."
Watching Ye Family and He Family Masters become silent, Su Xingchen sneered in his heart.
In his eyes, Qian Qi is the kindest child. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
She just wasn’t good at pretense, using charging as a method to refuse the overwhelmingly strong gratitude directed toward her.
Su Xingchen withdrew his sharp aura, crossing his arms lightly, "I understand you often misunderstand her, but she’s not the sort to extort in emergencies."
At this moment, Xi Ye suddenly clapped his hands, "Oh right, I saw Qian Qi before coming in, she told me to remind you all; this time’s charge is 3 trillion, plus 3000 Moyu, 3000 Moon Silver Demon Wolves, 300 new Titan Golden Armor Bulls. It can be paid in installments, handing over 500 every half month!"
Su Xingchen: ...
Gong Qiang sighed deeply, "... Didn’t you say she wouldn’t extort?"
"Hey! This money needs to be split among seven families!" Gong Qiang grumbled to the six other family heads, "This is an S-Class magical beast, the Gong Family has sacrificed too much already, can’t dish out more!"
"... Got it." The other family heads covered their foreheads, feeling quite troubled.
This Qian Qi, could she be trying to empty the seven families, hence named "Qian Qi"!
On the other side, Qian Qi looked at the sudden deposit of 3 trillion, overjoyed, and glanced at Xi Pingzhe, whose wrist was dislocated, showing a sly yet fierce smile, "Darling disciple, keep drawing! Draw it to death for me!"
Xi Pingzhe slapped the system panel, "Welp—Sorry, Contracted Beast bro, it’s Master who makes me draw from you!"
[Congratulations to Qian Qi for obtaining 30 sets of A-level Flying Wolf Evolution Materials X1!]
[... Congratulations to Qian Qi for obtaining S-level Fish Princess Scale X1!]
[Uncongratulations to Qian Qi for obtaining 100 sets of A-level Flame Dog Evolution Materials X1!]
[Very uncongratulations to Qian Qi for obtaining A-level Peak Golden Illusion Dog Eye X1!!!]
[Disliking Qian Qi getting A-level Concentration Fruit x1!!!]
[Strongly disliking Qian Qi getting...]
[... Qian Qi are you doing this on purpose! Why draw one by one! Let it be done quickly!!!]
