Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Laughing Up to the Sky as I Step Out, How Could Someone Like Me Suffer Loss?
The system didn’t know how deep Qian Qi’s schemes were, it only regretted not asking for 20,080,000 in the morning when setting the price, which resulted in an angry loss of 80,000 now. It was breaking its heart!
[Qian Qi, when you established the small group of three, you had already planned to come to the Yanjiao Dungeon to make money and had even set your sights on the free truck from the recycling station, right!]
Qian Qi: "Hehe~(＾＿－)"
On the other side, Wei Bisheng pondered for a while before understanding what Qian Qi meant.
[Wei Bisheng]: Could it be that Student Qian wants free transportation rights?
[I am your uncle]: Oh dear, that wouldn’t be right, that wouldn’t be right. Qian is someone who observes the rules; how could I be so ill-mannered as to demand special privileges? But if President Wei insists on it... I would be remiss not to accept. So, if that’s the case, then I accept it obediently.
Wei Bisheng: ???
Wei Bisheng watched in amazement as Qian Qi, with just a few words, went from "That wouldn’t be right, I must observe the rules" to "If you insist, there’s nothing I can do" to "Then I’ll be forced to accept the special privilege."
The self-talk that secured her a privilege made him laugh so hard that Han Biao next to him couldn’t help but shiver, cautiously easing his movements.
"This little girl called Qian Qi, she’s no simpleton!" Wei Bisheng finished laughing and said with a smile to Han Biao beside him, "Secretary Han, look, what proper student would say such slick words?"
Han Biao quickly glanced over and promptly lowered his head, saying, "The president is right, indeed it’s quite slick."
Just as Wei Bisheng gave two chuckles, a message from Qian Qi popped up again.
[I am your uncle]: I’ll arrive at the Lincheng Recycling Station in an hour, hurry up~
Wei Bisheng: ...
Wei Bisheng withdrew the smile from his face and said lightly, "Secretary Han, go and grant Qian Qi the free transportation privilege."
He found this little girl quite interesting, no wonder Tang Yunde went to meet her personally; it seemed he too should find time to gauge this little girl’s skills.
...
When Qian Qi arrived at the Lincheng Recycling Station, the station master came out to meet her personally, obviously having received instructions from Han Biao, treating Qian Qi as a distinguished guest.
"Let’s count the money then, these are all fresh live Magic Beasts, all male and female pairs." Qian Qi pointed at the cage boxes in the truck compartment, her face full of displeasure from a huge loss, "Maybe there’s a buy one get one free with a certain female beast, too~"
Station Master: "Ah?"
The station master, unaware that there was a pair of once-athletic couple beasts inside, cautiously directed the porters to move the cage boxes into a darkroom inside the recycling station.
This darkroom structure was somewhat similar to an interrogation room or laboratory in a movie, with one-way mirrors through which one could see the Magic Beasts in the other room, while the Magic Beasts couldn’t see the situation on this side.
The station master operated a device nearby, releasing the Magic Beasts from the cages one by one for testing, delightedly discovering six new Magic Beast species, "Student Qian, please wait while we test their attributes, then we can calculate the price, oh right..."
The station master pulled out two sheets of paper, "The first Awakener to discover a new species has the right to name the Magic Beast. Would you like to enjoy this privilege?"
"No need." Qian Qi waved her hand; she only named her own animals, and she had no interest in naming some passing Magic Beasts.
Thinking this, Qian Qi couldn’t help but pet Moyu on her shoulder, speaking softly, "Yaya, see, I only name the beasts I love most, other beasts don’t deserve my naming!"
Moyu: ...
Did you forget I am the Mo Ya Beast, and the name you gave me is "Moyu" in characters? If your naming is so careless, there’s no need to be obligated to name those Magic Beasts!
Two hours later, the staff returned with the test report, and after scanning it to confirm no issues, the station master turned to Qian Qi and said, "Including the refunded transportation fee, it totals 17,990,000. Student Qian, please look it over."
Qian Qi: ???
Qian Qi opened her account balance and looked at the amount on the report, then turned with frustration to the system.
Qian Qi: "Again? 17,990,000, plus the 2,010,000 in my hand, it totals exactly 20 million?"
System: [If I say this is just a coincidence... do you believe it?]
Qian Qi angrily: "Nonsense! You old wicked system!"
Seeing Qian Qi’s displeased face, the station master hurriedly said, "Is there any problem?"
"No problem..." Qian Qi gritted her teeth, signing the report with her name. After recalling something, she cautiously asked, "Afterwards, when I rent the trucks from our recycling station..."
"Free, naturally free." The station master smiled quickly, "Secretary Han said no matter where you transport live Magic Beasts, it’s free."
Qian Qi finally nodded with satisfaction.
After receiving the money from selling the live Magic Beasts, Qian Qi transferred it to the system with a pained expression.
She couldn’t even remember how many times her pockets had been emptied; she just couldn’t understand why, despite being able to make so much money, she always ended up penniless.
[Congratulations to Qian Qi on activating the "Contracted Beast Skill Identification" feature! Wishing Boss Qian Qi prosperous business and financial success in the future~!]
On the translucent system panel, the normally sarcastic font had been replaced with a neat skill panel, listing: [Skill Identification][Evolution Direction][Cultivation Method] modules.
"Evolution?" Qian Qi curiously poked at the evolution direction module, and the system panel instantly displayed the big words [Unlocking this feature requires 2 million].
Qian Qi: ...
Qian Qi angrily threw the panel: "Are you seriously selling me the same golden finger in separate parts again?!"
System: [Ehehe~(＾＿－)]
After leaving the Magic Beast Recycling Station, Qian Qi eagerly began analyzing Moyu’s skills.
[Magic Beast Name: Mo Ya Beast
Magic Beast Level: D-level
Magic Beast Skill 1: Uses Wing Attack at 200m/s maximum speed to achieve high-speed damage
Magic Beast Skill 2: Crow’s Beak, only effective on the target]
Qian Qi: ...
Qian Qi: Hmm?
Qian Qi sifted through the system panel, "Crow’s Beak? What kind of skill is this?"
System: [It’s exactly what it sounds like.]
Qian Qi turned to Moyu, "You can do Crow’s Beak?"
"Uh-huh~" Moyu nodded obediently, "I can curse others!"
Qian Qi: !
Oh! Heaven! What a rich skill! Magnificent!!!
"Oh, my invincible, cute, and charming Ya Ya!" Qian Qi picked up Moyu and gave it a big kiss, "Can you cast any kind of curse?"
"Definitely not," Moyu looked at Qian Qi indifferently, "I can only unleash D-level Curse Power."
"Like what?" Qian Qi rubbed his hands together and asked eagerly.
"Like cursing someone to go bald," Moyu puffed up proudly, "Or have diarrhea!"
Qian Qi: ...
Just this? Just this? D-level Curse Power is just this?
I thought you could curse someone to suddenly go bankrupt and transfer all their money to my account!
"Then curse this person for me." Qian Qi pulled out the Light Brain and pointed at Chen Tong’s photo, "Make him have diarrhea for three— no, seven days!"
Moyu shook its head, "No, I must see the person face-to-face."
"OK, no problem." Qian Qi checked his account, saw that he had only two thousand left, and decisively took Moyu to Xia City.
Holding a grudge isn’t proactive; it’s a problem of attitude. A few days ago, Chen Tong cursed her out and threatened to settle the score at school, she remembered it well. Now she’s upset, so why not just retaliate?
Sure enough, Chen Tong was grounded at home by his father. Qian Qi seized the moment and sneaked in by night, finding Chen Tong was sound asleep.
"How big-hearted can you be, sleeping like a log..." Qian Qi spent 20 million and couldn’t sleep from the pain, yet he, having been swindled out of so much money, was sleeping peacefully.
She brought the mineral water bottle with the sleep-inducing yellow smoke to Chen Tong’s nose and confirmed he fell into a deep sleep before having Moyu curse Chen Tong to go bald and have diarrhea.
[Spending all that effort and money, all just to make him bald and have diarrhea?] The system was speechless.
"Why not?" In the darkness, Qian Qi showed off her white teeth with a sinister smile, asking why not, while her small hands deftly opened Chen Tong’s Light Brain and donated all his remaining pocket money from his father to the Hope and Love Platform.
Only then did she burst into laughter and stride out, the money-world is never unfair.
On the following morning, Chen Tong woke drowsily, feeling something sticky downstairs with an odd smell at his nose.
He looked down and suddenly: ???
"Ah—" Chen Tong screamed, clutching his pretty face. Before he could curse, a pang struck his stomach and he dashed into the bathroom before he could even fix his pants.
Soon, unseemly sounds emerged from the bathroom.
After two or three rounds of diarrhea, Chen Tong weakly lay by the bed, ready to order some takeout to fill his stomach, only to find his balance insufficient.
Chen Tong: ???
Where’s my money? Where’s my money?!
His dad only gave him 3,000 for meals! If he doesn’t have this, he could starve this month ahhhh!
Oh no, wait, his stomach hurt again—!