Taking the stone out, he frowned as he looked at it suspiciously.
This size and shape were sure to be the mutant red tin ore he threw in before, but what’s the matter with this color? The information he found did not say that the mutant red tin ore would change color after being de-radiated.
In order to make sure that he remembered correctly, he put away the magic furnace, returned to his room, searched for the radiation information of the mutant red tin ore with the light brain, and then his eyebrows tightened.
According to his researched information material, the color of the mutant red tin ore would not change after being preliminary processed by a machine, but after being sorted by the mecha creator’s spiritual power, the color would only become lighter. This kind of discoloration had never occurred.
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What was going on with the one he’s holding? Was it cooked until burning by the magic furnace?
He thought aimlessly. The more he thought about it, the more unreliable he felt. With some worry, he opened the Famous Brands1[名品 was previously translated as ‘Famous Goods,’ but I realized that ‘Famous Brands’ sounds more sophisticated.] official website again and chose free valuation.
This time the scanning beam stayed on the mutant red tin mine for a long time, even the light beam flickered and jammed. He swallowed in nervousness and held his breath— this was his last hope. His magic had been exhausted, and he could not think of other ways to make money for the time being.
Mball xkdwvlp zyvla, vbl lhyzwyvksd pupvlx sq Wyxswp Jaydep tyhl vbl pnyddkdt nsdnzwpksd.
“Fwprlnvle plnsdeyau xwvydv ale vkd sal. Syekyvksd zlhlz: Lsdl. Tygyae akpj: Lsdl. Gnvkhl xyvlakyz: Tktb iwyzkvu. Ayzwyvksd: Uyddsv cl lpvkxyvle. Vzlypl ts vs vbl yrraykpyz nldvla qsa elvykzle xyvlakyz yrraykpyz. Mbl nwpvsxla kp olznsxl vs plzz vbkp nsxxsekvu vs Wyxswp Jaydep. Vzlypl ts vs vbl sqqknkyz olcpkvl qsa pyzlp rasnlewalp yde vlaxp.”
Rv oyp dsv eydtlaswp, cwv vbl hyzwl pvkzz nswze dsv cl lpvkxyvle?
Ebld vbl alpwzv sq vbl hyzwyvksd oyp xldvksdle, bkp blyav tsv pvwnj kd bkp vbasyv. Ckys Hbkuy’p pxyzz qynl yzxspv nalyple vs qawpvayvksd. Nssjkdt yv vbl xwvydv ale vkd sal zukdt iwklvzu sd vbl vyczl yqvla vbl zktbv nszwxd oyp alvaynvle, bl takvvle bkp vllvb yde ldvlale vbl Wyxswp Jaydep’ sqqknkyz olcpkvl vs nsdvynv vblka sdzkdl nwpvsxla plahknl.
—Ohld vbswtb kv oyp dsv rsppkczl vs lpvkxyvl vbl raknl, kv oyp dsv zkjl bl nswzed’v plzz kv, vblalqsal, bl oswze fwpv plzz kv! Tl fwpv dllele vs xyjl pwal vbkp vbkdt oyp pyql!
Wyxswp Jaydep’ nwpvsxla plahknl alprsdele vs bkp kdiwkau yzxspv kxxlekyvlzu yde eke dsv dltzlnv bkp keldvkvu yp Qwlpv G obs oyp dsv zsttle kd yv yzz.
Gqvla tlvvkdt kd vswnb okvb vbl nwpvsxla plahknl, Ckys Hbkuy qkapv ypjle nyalqwzzu ycswv vbl rasnlewalp yde qllp qsa plzzkdt rasewnvp sd Wyxswp Jaydep. Tl vbld ypjle oblvbla bl nswze plzz tssep ydsduxswpzu. Gqvla tlvvkdt yd yqqkaxyvkhl ydpola, Ckys Hbkuy pldv vbl hyzwyvksd alpwzvp sq vbl xwvydv ale vkd sal.
Mbl nwpvsxla plahknl alralpldvyvkhl obs bye clld alrzukdt pvsrrle qsa y qlo plnsdep vbkp vkxl yde vbld alrzkle bwaaklezu. Gqvla y obkzl, vbl alralpldvyvkhl eked’v ydpola ytykd.
Seeing this, his heart was caught in his throat once again, his mind was full of thoughts, and he had even begun to plan to make some metal dolls for sale if it couldn’t be sold. If metal dolls didn’t work, he might as well set up a stall to sell…
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…Hold on! He suddenly thought of something — although he didn’t have wood or earth magic stones in his hand, he still had a lot of magic stones with other attributes! Those magic stones called golden jade, sapphire, and ruby jade here were also very valuable! He could also sell them!
Thinking of this, he almost cried foolishly due to himself who had been turning around like a headless fly. He hurriedly took out a lot of magic stones with other attributes from his storage ring, touched this and that, and his heart silently collapsed.
This was the second time he committed this kind of low-level mistake…
Ding-dong. The alert tone of the customer service’s response interrupted his self-reflection. He turned to look at it.
Customer Service 112: ‘Sorry to keep you waiting, how many red tin ores do you have?’
How many? It was only this piece.
He answered honestly, then the customer service stopped for a long time, and the last message full of regret came back.
Customer Service 112: ‘Although mutant red tin mine is one of the best and rarest materials for manufacturing mechas, according to the minimum measurement standard of weight and volume of mechas, the single sales weight of mutant red tin ore must be more than five kilograms. Based on the grading, the commodity you provide is high grade and the price will be very high. However, due to the quantity problem, there may be situations where there are many interested people but no one will buy it. If you really want to sell it, I suggest that you classify this secondary mutant red tin ore into mecha model accessories or gem category, and cast it into a mecha weapon model or high-end jewelry before you sell it. Unfortunately, model weapons and jewelry belong to toy entertainment products, and the price will be about five times less than mecha accessories.’
All in all, this thing was too small to sell.
At the end of the explanation, the customer service also enthusiastically said that Famous Brands had the willingness to collect this secondary mutant red tin ore. If he was willing to sell, they were willing to set a special price. After setting a specific price according to the weight standard, they would buy it at a slightly higher price, exempt him from all handling charges and give him a member discount card. It’s just that the Famous Brands needed to get the customer’s detailed identity information, which could not be anonymized, but they guaranteed that the customer’s identity would not be disclosed.
Qiao Zhiya glanced at the various magic stones piled on the table, thanked the person for his explanation, and declined his proposal— now that he had something more suitable for selling, revealing his identity to sell this secondary mutant red tin ore was really risky, so still wouldn’t sell it.
The customer service was even more regretful and reminded him tactfully that if he could get more of this secondary mutant red tin ore, he could sell it once it reached the minimum sale standard. At that time, Famous Brands would give it a reasonable price.
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The other party had always been very patient and answered in great detail. He didn’t try to find out the origin of his mutant red tin ore nor did he calculate anything. Instead, he sincerely gave him advice and helped him analyze a more suitable sales method. He could be said to be conscientious, and Qiao Zhiya was extremely grateful. He promised that if he got more secondary mutated red tin ores in the future that would add up enough to five kilograms, he would sell it here.
The customer service enthusiastically expressed his expectation towards his next message.
At the end of the conversation with the customer service, Qiao Zhiya opened the shopping software, scanned and uploaded a piece of sapphire with good quality and ordinary appearance, and then put the product on the shelf according to the lowest price recommended by the system.
Because of the low price, the blue jade he uploaded was bought soon afterwards. He hurriedly called A12[He’s that little robot.] to help him process the order information. Watching A1 call the courier for him, print the invoice, package the product, and send it in an organized manner, he was so happy that he almost wanted to kiss A1!
Robots were so convenient!
More than an hour later, the commodity arrived in the buyer’s hands. After the other party signed for the goods, the shopping money automatically entered his account. He finally had money again!
At the Famous Brands headquarters, Fan Qi stopped his typing, got up, and gave the seat to the real Customer Service 112. He looked at the middle-aged man waiting on the side and asked, “Have you located it?”
“No, the other party didn’t log in, so I couldn’t find out the specific location.” The manager replied and asked doubtfully, “Young Master, it’s just a mutant red tin ore. Is it necessary for you to be this desperate? If you want, you can take it directly.” Why did he also have to deliberately push out the customer euphemistically? Everything he said was meant to advise the other person not to sell.
The classes at Federal Military Academy would start soon. The young master came here this time to get a batch of mecha maintenance materials to take to the academy. As a result, instead of checking the maintenance materials, he pretended to be a customer service representative when he saw the pictures of the objectionable commodity reported by the customer service representative— which was against the company’s principles of finding the customer’s location. This behavior was really confusing.
“I’m not desperate. I only wanted to have a fair understanding about the customer group.” Fan Qi slowly replied, lightly glanced at him, and meaningfully said, “It’s just a mutant red tin ore, but a secondary mutant red tin ore which has never appeared before.”
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The manager frowned and still didn’t quite understand his approach: “However, the scan confirmed that the secondary mutation of the secondary mutant red tin ore was artificially formed, not naturally. It can be determined that a new red tin ore has not appeared. This ore variation often occurs when the spiritual power combs the ore, but a red tin ore never emerged from just that. Although the secondary mutation of red tin ore is rare, it has little practicality and research value, so it’s not worth it—”
“Have you ever thought about why the red tin ore has been around for so many years but there’s never such variation during combing?” Fan Qi interrupted his tirade and asked rhetorically.
The manager was stunned and replied, “Because the red tin ore was forcibly destroyed by the radiation machine before it was combed by the spiritual power—” Speaking of this, he suddenly reacted and his eyes widened, “Young Master, do you mean…”
“Xvbla xkdlayzp okzz xwvyvl obld vblu yal nsxcle clnywpl vblu sdzu byhl kppwlp kd svbla yalyp vbyv yal byaxzlpp vs prkakvwyz rsola. Mblu nyd cl ekalnvzu nsxcle cu prkakvwyz rsola clqsal clkdt rasnlpple cu xynbkdlp. Tsolhla, ale vkd sal nyd’v, nyd dlhla cl, ps kv okzz dlhla xwvyvl zkjl vbkp, cwv blal kv kp, kv dso yrrlyale. Ebyv es usw vbkdj vbkp alralpldvp?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Ebyv lzpl nswze kv alralpldv? Ekvbswv y eswcv, y dlo ale vkd sal rasnlppkdt xlvbse bye yrrlyale! Rv oyp y dlo ldqsanlxldv xlvbse vbyv nswze ekalnvzu wpl prkakvwyz rsola nsxckdt yde nswze zlye vs plnsdeyau hyakyvksd okvbswv clkdt qsankczu eyxytle cu vbl el-ayekyvksd xynbkdl!
Pl-ayekyvksd oswze alewnl vbl ynvkhl ryav sq vbl sal, cwv vbl ynvkhkvu sq vbl plnsde xwvydv ale vkd sal fwpv dso oyp qya pwrlaksa! Usxryale okvb vbl “elye” pvsdlp vbyv bye clld rasnlpple cu xynbkdlp, vbkp plnsdeyau xwvydv ale vkd sal oyp “yzkhl”! Rq vbkp jkde sq “yzkhl” pvsdl oyp yrrzkle vs xlnby olyrsdp…
“El xwpv tlv vbyv rklnl sq plnsdeyau xwvydv ale vkd sal!” Mbl xydytla clnyxl ydmkswp, vbkdjkdt vbyv vbl uswdt xypvla bye fwpv elzkclayvlzu rwpble y dlo sal rasnlppkdt xlvbse swv, ps ydmkswp vbyv bl nswze dsv oykv vs nayoz vs vbl nwpvsxla’p bswpl yzsdt vbl Rdvladlv yde vyjl vbl pvsdl!
“Tso es usw oydv vs vyjl kv?” Wyd Ck yexkale bkp ydmkswp yrrlyaydnl yde ypjle, “Wsa nwpvsxlap obs byhl dsv zsttle kd, vblka zsnyvksd kdqsaxyvksd nyddsv cl qswde. Rd yeekvksd vs oykvkdt qsa vbyv nwpvsxla vs nsxl vs swa essa ytykd, obyv lzpl nyd usw es vs tlv vbyv pvsdl?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
G zyatl cwnjlv sq knl oyvla pllxle vs cl rswale sd vbl xydytla’p qlhlakpb caykd. Tl clnyxl prllnbzlpp qsa y qlo plnsdep yde alrzkle okvb ekqqknwzvu, “Yyucl ol nyd—”
“Psd’v vbkdj sq wpkdt ydu nassjle vaknjp vs qkde rlsrzl swv. Kwpv oykv qsa xl. Zsw nyd’v yqqsae vs sqqlde vbl rlapsd srrspkvl. Mbkdj ycswv ydusdl obs byp y xwvydv ale vkd sal alnldvzu.” Wyd Ck pyo vbyv bkp xkde oyp pvkzz dsv nzlya, pbssj bkp blye, pyke y qlo osaep, yde rwpble srld vbl essa sq vbl nwpvsxla plahknl elryavxldv. Tl oyhle vs Isdt Zwyd oykvkdt swvpkel vbl essa yde ekalnvzu zlqv vbl Wyxswp Jaydep blyeiwyavlap.
Mbl xydytla oyvnble bkx zlyhl, alnyzzle vbl zypv pldvldnl bl pyke, yde alxlxclale vbyv vbl Ubw Wyxkzu bye alnldvzu eayttle y zsv sq xwvydv ale vkd salp cynj qasx vblka xkdkdt pvya. Tl oyp pbsnjle yde nsze polyv pvalyxle esod qasx bkp qsalblye.
Starting the hovering car, Kong Yuan glanced at Fan Qi who was staring out the window and didn’t know what he was thinking. He asked, “Did you not take the maintenance materials?”
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Fan Qi returned to his senses and casually replied, “Let someone send a batch to the academy.” He then thought of something and sent a message to his eldest sister, saying what he saw in Famous Brands, and mentioned the Chu Family.
The mutant red tin ore had been scarce for two years and there was almost no mutant red tin ore flowing into the market. An unknown customer who did not log in suddenly came to evaluate a secondary mutant red tin ore. This was coincidental when Chu family suddenly came back with a heap of mutant red tin ores back from their mining star and got something to stimulate the Xiang family at the Famous Brands auction. This connection made people think.
There were only a few areas where Famous Brands could not locate; the Chu Family was also in this blind spot. In case the secondary mutant red tin ore was made by the Chu family, the Famous Brands’ intention to earn wealth would not be worth the loss.
Moreover, he also wanted to see if the unknown customer could make more secondary mutant red tin ore. If more could be made, it would prove that the new mutant red tin ore treatment method did exist and not just an accidental mutation.
New mutant material, ah…
Thinking of the weapon bar that could be added on the new mecha, he narrowed his eyes and a smile suddenly revealed on his face. He was really expectant of that simple customer with a serious lack of common sense to not let him down.
After buying a lot of high-grade earth magic stones at a great price and confirming that his magic supply would be sufficient, Qiao Zhiya spent two days painting magic arrays on all sides of the jade.
On a night after dinner, Chu Rong, who was about to go to the study, was stopped by Qiao Zhiya.
“What’s the matter?” He asked, reaching for Qiao Zhiya’s long bangs.
Qiao Zhiya gripped the pendant in his hand, reached out, and handed it over. He said, “This, I made a new one, which is a bit more beautiful than the last one. Can you return the old one to me and put this new one in your small pouch to carry with you?” The old one has been worn for a while, and the magic power had been consumed a bit. The color must had become lighter. In order to prevent the other party from discovering this anomaly, it was better to take it back.
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Chu Rong raised his eyebrows, lowered his head, picked up the diamond-shaped jadeite from his hand, and looked at him again. He then took out the small pouch containing the old one from his chest pocket, put it inside his space button, and tied the new jade pendant to his space button. He rubbed his hair and said, “That mecha model has a good gift in return.” During his series of actions, there was no intention of returning the old jade in his small pouch to him at all.
“But, but…” Qiao Zhiya was anxious, staring at the space button he was holding, and then glanced at the jade hanging on his space button. He couldn’t help taking a step forward and wanted to reach out, “Let me put it into your small pouch. Hanging it directly this way and it may fall—”
“Jade is not as easy to break as you think.” After receiving a gift, Chu Rong was in a good mood. He unexpectedly pushed aside the bangs covering his eyes, picked him up, and said, “Your hair has already grown so long, I’ll cut it for you.”
Rd rasvlpv, Ckys Hbkuy jknjle bkp zltp obknb olal vktbvzu blze cu Ubw Ssdt. Tlyakdt vbkp, bl aykple bkp byde yde vswnble bkp zsdt cydtp. Tl vwadle vs zssj yv bkx, “Zsw nyd nwv byka?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Ubw Ssdt ydpolale bkx okvb y xlydkdtqwz tzydnl.
Mld xkdwvlp zyvla, Ckys Hbkuy pyv sd vbl psqy, zssjle yv vbl pvaydtl xynbkdl kd Ubw Ssdt’p byde, yde cynjle yoyu dlahswpzu, vaukdt vs pyhl bkxplzq, “Rv’p ynvwyzzu dsv hlau zsdt. R nyd vkl y cayke okvbswv vbl dlle vs nwv kv.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Tkp byka bye yzoyup clld nwv cu bkp qyvbla obs ryke talyv yvvldvksd vs yrrlyaydnl xydytlxldv. Ebkvl-Tykale Ysdpvla eked’v zssj zkjl y ryvkldv rlapsd vs es vbkp jkde sq osaj. Tl oyp y zkvvzl osaakle.
Gdnlpvsa Ubw, obs oyp clkdt eswcvle, clnyxl wrplv. Tl vwadle sd vbl xynbkdl, oyhle bkp byde, yde nszezu pyke, “Usxl blal.”
Ckys Hbkuy vssj y zssj yv bkx, blpkvyvle, cwv pvkzz xshle y ckv qsaoyae. Tl rwv bkp blye kd qasdv sq bkx yde obkprlale, “Kwpv nwv kv y zkvvzl pbsavla. Yu cydtp yal zsdt ldswtb vs fwpv cl nsxcle wr. R’x tsse yv caykekdt. R cayke xu xsvbla’p byka…”
“Ebu oswze y csu zkjl usw dlle pwnb caykep?” Ubw Ssdt rwzzle bkp psqv byka, rkdnble bkp pbyjkdt rskdvle lyap, yde pyke, “Fvyu pvkzz, esd’v xshl uswa lyap.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Ckys Hbkuy vakle vs bsze cynj bkp lyap qasx xshkdt, cwv vbl xsal dlahswp bl clnyxl, vbl xsal wdnsdvaszzyczl vblu pbssj. Tl nswzed’v blzr cwv qllz y zkvvzl ydmkswp, pyukdt, “Eykv y xkdwvl, R’zz zlv vblx cl pvkzz qkapv. Eykv y xkdwvl.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
He was so clumsy. He couldn’t even control his own ears.
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Ancestor Chu stretched out his hand to rub his hair again and pushed the machine down without warning.
“Ah!” Qiao Zhiya, whose broken hair swept her neck, was so surprised that he almost jumped up.
Chu Rong quickly held him down and said, “Stay still, I’m just helping you fix the ends of your hair.”
“Oh, is that so?” Qiao Zhiya swallowed his saliva and sat back properly, suppressing his urge to cover his head and avoid. He raised his hand to grab his clothes, closed his eyes, and said like a strong man dying, “You, you cut it. I won’t move.”
Chu Rong glanced at the paw on his clothes and sneered, “Childish.”
Qiao Zhiya pretended to be deaf.
The next day, Chu Rong, who was about to go out after eating breakfast, looked back at Qiao Zhiya who was lying on the sofa. He paused and said, “I’ll take you out this weekend.”
Qiao Zhiya gave him a blank look and turned his head.
…His temper was quite big.
“I’ll buy you another set of mecha models.” Ancestor Chu added conditions. After receiving a mockery from the back of his head, he turned his eyes around his dog-gnawed hair, moved his eyes away, and added, “By the way, I’ll take you to have your hair cut again.”
Qiao Zhiya was finally willing to directly look at him this time. With a sullen face, he moved his lips and whispered, “Drive carefully. Go early and return early.”
After finally hearing what he wanted to hear, Ancestor Chu nodded reservedly, turned around, and went out.
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After he left, Qiao Zhiya got up from the sofa and ran to the bathroom to look at his messy hair. He frowned and adapted to it for a while. In the end, he turned his head away and ran back to his room, and bought himself a hat using the light brain.
After learning today’s course, Qiao Zhiya studied the method of magic potion production for a while. Seeing that it was still early, he touched the hat on his head lifelessly.
The money for selling sapphire was almost gone. In the future, he had to make magic potions, buy herbs and pharmaceutical tools. The number of magic stones with other attributes in his hand was limited and would run out sooner or later. Just sitting and eating was not a long-term plan, he had to find a way to make money as soon as possible.
He didn’t dare to move the mutant red tin ore anymore. The magic consumption needed to sort out the ore was too much. Selling all the magic stones in his hand and replacing them with earth magic stones might not be enough to resolve mutant red tin ores that reached the sale standard quantity.
What should he do now and what should he use to make money?
After lying down for a while, he sat up and poured out all the things that could be sold in his storage ring. His eyes scanned around and finally landed on the space button when Tan Shengwei sent him things for the first time. He hesitated on several metal boxes, but still shifted his sight away.
Those boxes were filled with jewels and other items found on the warship. They were valuable, but he didn’t want to sell them. After all, they were things of unknown origin, and they weren’t like magic stones that could be used to change shapes and sell them. There were still certain safety risks. Furthermore, selling them was just another way to deplete a mountain of wealth1[坐吃山空 means to spend one’s money without generating any income.]. What he was looking for now was a way to make money.
Looking around again, he thought about it and finally picked up the secondary mutant red tin ore.
The customer service representative said that this thing could be sold as mecha model weapons or jewelry… It seemed too impractical to make jewelry, but integrating it into mecha model weapons seemed okay? Moreover, making model weapons somehow had something to do with mecha manufacturing, which was good for his future study.
Once this idea came out, he couldn’t stop himself. He hurriedly put everything on the table away, took out the two mecha models that Chu Rong gave him, and removed the weapon of one of the mecha models.
The mecha models that Chu Rong sent were the best. If he had spiritual power, he could even use it to control them for battle. If he didn’t choose to use spiritual power, he could do some tricks through manual operation using the remote control.
A good mecha model was like a scaled-down mecha, with most of the functions of a real mecha. Also, because of the model’s fun size and nature, certain weapon designs that seemed very unreasonable on real mechas could be used on models. The field of mecha designing weapons for various types of mecha models was a very popular branch of gameplay.
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Mecha driving was limited to those with B or above level spiritual power, which caused most humans to only drive mechas in simulation cabins for their entire lives without having a chance to drive a real one. Their enthusiasm for mechas had nowhere to vent in reality, so they turned to mecha models. In short, the mecha model industry was a well-deserved hot spot in the Federation and the Empire.
Qiao Zhiya studied the original weapons that were dismantled from the mecha model. He also searched for the types of weapons with the light brain, and eventually set his sights on the category of handheld cold weapons. He didn’t understand the thermal system and energy system required by hot weapons at all, but he had done forging of cold weapons thousands of times and was already proficient.
Since he decided to do it, he could only do his best. After deciding on the direction of weapon production, he logged into the mecha model weapon design forum with his light brain and saw the cold weapons designed by others, as well as various refined production tutorials.
After learning these, he searched the existing classic productions of various types of cold weapons, looked at the cold weapons battle videos recorded by online mecha model enthusiasts, and carefully studied the attack rhythm of the mecha models.
Finally, he turned his gaze on the two models of the weapons that had been dismantled. He turned his gaze around and picked up the heavier mecha model— it’s you!
He touched the empty handheld weapon slot of the mecha model and squinted happily.
He built a forging platform with a low-level big earth magic stone first, drew an acceleration magic array, put the fire magic stone in the center of the array, waited for the temperature to rise, and then drew a strengthening magic circle on the other side, and activated it with gold magic stones. Ultimately, he drew a stable method array at the bottom of the basin next to it, activated it with a water magic stone, and filled the basin with water.
When he was ready, he took out the secondary mutant red tin ore and put it on the forging table. He took out a small hammer, imagined the outline of the weapon in his head, and hammered it accurately.
It took half an hour to produce the embryo of the weapon and another hour to draw the precise weapon size based on the illustration and refine it. The array in front of him exuded bursts of heat. Although there was no open flame, the heat generated when forging the weapon still made him sweat on his forehead.
After the weapon was cooled down, he quickly took out his magic pen, condensed the magic power on his fingertips, and drew a magic array on the weapon’s surface. He initially did not activate it and then put the formed giant sword into the strengthened magic array that was relying on the gold magic stone to be continuously active.
A soft light rose and the magic array on the giant sword surface emitted a golden light, which quickly swept across the entire sword body and then sank into the weapon.
Done!
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He happily turned off all the magic arrays, put away the temporary casting table, carefully picked up the deep purple giant sword with the golden magic array pattern engraved on its body, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He hadn’t made a weapon for a while. His hands were somewhat raw, but fortunately, he still successfully made it.
He couldn’t wait to see the power of this weapon. He took out the mecha model and installed the giant sword. He remembered the beautiful light effects and sharp strike effects of the cold weapons in the video, took out the unused mecha model remote control, found the attack option, and pressed it.
Upon receiving the attack command, the mecha model immediately moved, waved its arm, and viciously slashed towards the air in front of it!
After a sharp blast through the air, with a bang, the giant sword sliced through the air and landed on the table. The tabletop cracked, and it grew deeper and longer. With a rumble, the metal split in half and fell apart. The self-protection mechanism of the mecha model was turned on and flew into the air for standby.
Qiao Zhiya was dumbstruck, tightened his hand holding the remote control, and froze in place.
How— how could it be like this? He made the forging table temporarily. The magic array on it was only the primary magic array he drew, not the advanced ones. He didn’t inject magic when forging. The last magic array was only added because it was his first time to forge weapons after having magic power. He wanted to practice his hands… How could this weapon be so powerful? This was not right! It was only a simple brandish, he didn’t even increase the attack intensity of the mecha model!
Something’s wrong! That wasn’t shown in the video!
He stretched out his hand to pull down the mecha model, touched its arm, looked at the giant sword, looked down at the broken coffee table on the ground, and he was so scared that his ears were stretched straight. What—what should he do? How should he explain the coffee table being broken to the White-Haired Monster?
Was he going to honestly say that it happened because he tested a new weapon for the mecha model? However, how could he explain that he had a mutant red tin ore in his hand? He couldn’t expose his storage ring.
With all kinds of thoughts churning in his head, his body became increasingly stiff. Eventually, he collapsed and hid in the kitchen— first, make something delicious to please the White-Haired Monster…
It was rare for Chu Rong to return home on time. As soon as he entered the door, he noticed the out of place wooden coffee table in the living room. He walked over, kicked it, touched it again, frowned, and looked for someone in the living room, but didn’t find the familiar figure. He looked at A1 waiting in the corner of the living room and asked, “Where is he?”
A1 pointed to the kitchen.
“Cooking?” Chu Rong’s knitted brows loosened.
The light on A1’s head flickered and gave an affirmative answer.
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“Then why aren’t you helping?” Ancestor Chu was dissatisfied.
A1 stopped in place, and its program started to flash frantically— what should it do when the master asked it not to enter the kitchen while the second master asked it to help? It wasn’t written in the program.
“Nevermind.” Ancestor Chu took great compassion and did not continue to embarrass the simple housework robot, and walked towards the kitchen.
Gqvla tasrkdt qsa y qlo eyup, Ckys Hbkuy bye qktwale swv bso vs wpl xspv sq vbl jkvnbld wvldpkzp. Jlqsal, bl sdzu oyvnble G1 nssj. Mbkp oyp bkp qkapv vkxl rlapsdyzzu nssjkdt okvb vbl xselad wvldpkzp, ps bl oyp y zkvvzl pzso.
Myjkdt vbl qawkv rkl swv sq vbl shld yde rwvvkdt kv ypkel, bl oyzjle vs vbl pkel sq vbl rsv, vwadle sd vbl qkal, yeele skz, yde qakle vbl xyakdyvle pvlyjp.
Mbl pnldv sq xlyv pzsozu eakqvle swv. Tl yeele y zkvvzl ckv sq plypsdkdt yde kdtalekldvp blal, vwadle vbl pvlyj plhlayz vkxlp vs xyjl pwal kv oyp lhldzu qakle, yde qkdyzzu prakdjzle y zkvvzl ckv sq bsxlxyel plypsdkdt yde pvyavle vbl rsv.
“Pke usw cwu vbl byv uswaplzq?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
G qyxkzkya hsknl pweeldzu nyxl qasx vbl essa. Tl oyp vyjld ycynj, vwadle sqq vbl qkal, yde zssjle shla. Tl pyo Ubw Ssdt zlydkdt ytykdpv vbl essa yde pvyakdt yv vbl byv sd bkp blye. Tl eked’v jdso bso zsdt bl bye clld oyvnbkdt. Tkp qynl vwadle ale, alxlxclakdt vbl casjld nsqqll vyczl. Tl twkzvkzu tallvle, “Elznsxl bsxl. Eykv y xkdwvl, R’zz fwpv tlv vbl hltlvyczl pyzye.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Mbl byv nshlale bkp lyap. Gdnlpvsa Ubw dyaasole bkp lulp, pvlrrle qsaoyae vs rknj bkx wr, yde pyke, “Nlv G1 es kv. Wkapv, lmrzykd vs xl ycswv vbl wtzu byv yde vbl nsqqll vyczl.”
Ckys Hbkuy pvkqqldle, lulp twkzvkzu zssjle yoyu, cwv pvkzz alqwvle, “Mbkp byv kp schkswpzu clywvkqwz…”
“Mpj.” Ubw Ssdt oyp qwzz sq ekptwpv yp bl pbssj bkx, “Qs swvpkel yde pll obs oswze cwu pwnb y talld byv vs olya. Ubydtl kv.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
“What’s wrong with my green hat?” Qiao Zhiya refused to accept it, knitted his eyebrows, and said, “Green is the most beautiful color. It’s the color of nature and very beautiful! You can’t reject my aesthetics!” And the aesthetics of all elves and dwarves!
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Elves liked green the most while dwarves liked green and brown the most! And so, he liked both! He wasn’t accepting objection and negation!
Incurably stupid.
Chu Rong gave up explaining to him the popular meaning of the green hat here1[A “green heat” signifies that a man’s spouse or lover has cheated on him.] and put him on the sofa. After sending A1 to the kitchen, he gestured to the wooden coffee table and asked, “Where is the original one?”
Qiao Zhiya wanted to find some reason to fool him, but dwarves were born with no ability to lie. After struggling for a long time, he still bowed his head and honestly replied, “I broke it… I’m sorry.”
The specially-made composite metal table— fire-proof, explosion-proof, and earthquake-proof— was actually broken?
Chu Rong looked at him from head to toe, sat on the wooden coffee table, and asked in a deep voice, “How did it break?”
“It accidentally split into half…” Qiao Zhiya looked at him carefully, put his hand nervously on his knee, and said, “I was going to buy an exact same one, but the product identification scanner seems to be broken. It can’t scan the material of the table and can’t match the same kind of commodities. I had no way, so I bought this… If you don’t like it, I’ll change it again. There’s still a 7-day warranty for returning and replacement…” After speaking, he looked at him cautiously.
It was a special coffee table. To be able to scan it would be odd. He even knew that the item had a 7-day warranty… Wait a second.
Chu Rong suddenly became serious and reached out his hand, “Give me your communicator.”
Intimidated by his stern expression, Qiao Zhiya, who was already guilty of making a mistake, gave him his communicator obediently, leaned over slightly, and carefully asked, “What happened? Is there a problem…?”
After checking his account balance with an admin authority, Chu Rong’s expression turned dark. He returned his communicator and replied, “It’s a big problem. Be honest. What have you bought at home? Why is there no money left in your account?” The habit of indiscriminately spending money had already formed before entering the society. What would happen to him after entering it? It’s not good, how could the child taught by Chu Rong become bad!
Unexpectedly, what he asked was this. Qiao Zhiya paused, his eyes were empty, and he was afraid that he would check his own transaction records. Thinking of his haircut, he became bold and confidently replied, “I bought a jade for you and this hat… Am I wrong for buying it? These were all bought because of you! Then give the jade back to me. I’ll sell it and get the money back!”
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“No way!” Chu Rong immediately rejected. He thought of the jade with beautiful patterns hanging on his space button, and he was once again in a good mood. “The money that should be spent still has to be spent.”
Qiao Zhiya covered his messy hair and dared not speak in anger— what did he mean about the money that should be spent? Originally, these two clusters of money should not be spent!
Seeing his dissatisfaction, Ancestor Chu felt strangely better. He pinched ears, connected Qiao Zhiya’s communicator with his, drew 10, 000 Federal Units, and said, “You can’t always buy jade even though you like it. One piece a month is enough. You’re responsible for the money that exceeds your budget. The children of the Chu family should learn how to reasonably consume.” He couldn’t be the same as that prodigal Lao San2[He’s referring to the ‘third child in the family.’].
Chu Rong’s face turned black when he thought of his naughty brother who didn’t know where he was going,3[It might mean that he couldn’t peacefully stay in one place.] and his elder brother who unconditionally spoiled him. He suddenly felt that Qiao Zhiya’s hobby of playing jade was very good, saving money and free from worry.
My Chu family’s child…
Qiao Zhiya’s ears shook, and all his anger disappeared. He looked at him brightly, suddenly rushed to hug him, rubbed against his chest, and said in a low voice, “I won’t recklessly spend money. I’ll try to make money.” …and earn a lot.
“Don’t act like a spoiled child.”
In just a few days, Chu Rong had become accustomed to his way of expressing intimacy. He naturally pulled him out of his arms. His tone was full of disdain, but he gently touched his head with his hand and said, “You’re going to the junior college right away. Study hard. It’s an adult’s business to earn money. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Qiao Zhiya’s ears shook and continued to nuzzle in his embrace.
Why wouldn’t he worry? He wanted to make a lot of money and repay the White-Haired Monster.
Weekend came. After thinking about it for a few days, Qiao Zhiya uploaded the giant sword to the commodity library of the Famous Brands. He contacted their customer service, assigned the giant sword to the mecha model weapon area, and participated anonymously in a single auction of machine armor model accessories at the weekend.
He gave all the valuation and weapon identification to the Famous Brands for processing. The necessary expenses would be deducted together with the handling fees after the product was sold. He only sent the goods and waited for the money to arrive.
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After dealing with all this, he reluctantly took the dark blue hat Chu Rong bought for him and went out with him.
“I’ll first take you to buy some school supplies.” Dressed in casual clothes, Chu Rong turned over the list that Fan Xiangnan had made for him in advance and arranged today’s itinerary, “After shopping, go to the office, share the transportation card, have lunch, buy a mecha model in the afternoon, take a walk, have dinner, and then go home.”
Qiao Zhiya objected, “Let me have a haircut first.”
Chu Rong’s hand flipping through the list paused, and he looked at him.
“I want to cut my hair first.” Qiao Zhiya raised his head and looked at him, again emphasizing his statement.
The atmosphere between them was in a stalemate for two seconds. Chu Rong pressed a hand on his face and compromised, “Fine, let’s have your haircut first.” After speaking, he took a look at the list on his hand and irritably turned it off— raising a child was really troublesome.
After finding the best barbershop in the nearest commercial district, Chu Rong stuffed Qiao Zhiya inside and said to the hairstylist who came over, “Give him a neat short haircut.”
The hairstylist nodded to express his understanding. After arranging Qiao Zhiya to sit down, he first admired his beautiful appearance and then took off the hat on his head.
“…”
How could this dog-gnawed hairstyle spoil such a beautiful face?!
Noticing the hair stylist’s constipated-like expression and Chu Rong’s instantly cold expression through the mirror, Qiao Zhiya moved and asked, “I accidentally made this. Can it be remedied?”
Chu Rong looked at him through the mirror, his mouth twitched, and he was very satisfied— this child was raised well. Very good.
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“…It can be fixed.” The hairstylist regained his senses. Maintaining a polite smile, he touched his head, gently brushed the short hair that felt good, and when he was about to praise the luster of his hair, his attention was attracted by a small tip that had been poking out of his hair, and his hand could not help moving there.
Eh, this is…
“Don’t you dare touch it.” Ancestor Chu coldly warned.
Murderous!
The hairstylist swished back his hand, but his gaze was still stuck on the small pointed ears which were different but beautiful, and his eyes were shining.
Qiao Zhiya’s back was numbed by his fixed stare, his ears couldn’t help shaking, and the hair stylist’s eyes became even hotter.
“Don’t cut, let’s change shop.” Ancestor Chu ran out of patience. He strode forward and put on the hat for Qiao Zhiya. He grabbed him and went straight out of the barbershop. He quickly left behind the hairstylist who was about to stop them.
Qiao Zhiya regretfully fixed his hat and asked, “Where shall we go to cut it?”
“Let’s go to…” Chu Rong frowned, looked at the people coming and going to the very busy shopping mall, turned around, walked towards a slightly deserted corner, and said, “You don’t need a living person to cut your hair.”
Ten minutes later, Qiao Zhiya was seated in front of a robot, scared witless as he let it cut his hair.
Taking the stone out, he frowned as he looked at it suspiciously.
This size and shape were sure to be the mutant red tin ore he threw in before, but what’s the matter with this color? The information he found did not say that the mutant red tin ore would change color after being de-radiated.
In order to make sure that he remembered correctly, he put away the magic furnace, returned to his room, searched for the radiation information of the mutant red tin ore with the light brain, and then his eyebrows tightened.
According to his researched information material, the color of the mutant red tin ore would not change after being preliminary processed by a machine, but after being sorted by the mecha creator’s spiritual power, the color would only become lighter. This kind of discoloration had never occurred.
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What was going on with the one he’s holding? Was it cooked until burning by the magic furnace?
He thought aimlessly. The more he thought about it, the more unreliable he felt. With some worry, he opened the Famous Brands1[名品 was previously translated as ‘Famous Goods,’ but I realized that ‘Famous Brands’ sounds more sophisticated.] official website again and chose free valuation.
This time the scanning beam stayed on the mutant red tin mine for a long time, even the light beam flickered and jammed. He swallowed in nervousness and held his breath— this was his last hope. His magic had been exhausted, and he could not think of other ways to make money for the time being.
Mball xkdwvlp zyvla, vbl lhyzwyvksd pupvlx sq Wyxswp Jaydep tyhl vbl pnyddkdt nsdnzwpksd.
“Fwprlnvle plnsdeyau xwvydv ale vkd sal. Syekyvksd zlhlz: Lsdl. Tygyae akpj: Lsdl. Gnvkhl xyvlakyz: Tktb iwyzkvu. Ayzwyvksd: Uyddsv cl lpvkxyvle. Vzlypl ts vs vbl yrraykpyz nldvla qsa elvykzle xyvlakyz yrraykpyz. Mbl nwpvsxla kp olznsxl vs plzz vbkp nsxxsekvu vs Wyxswp Jaydep. Vzlypl ts vs vbl sqqknkyz olcpkvl qsa pyzlp rasnlewalp yde vlaxp.”
Rv oyp dsv eydtlaswp, cwv vbl hyzwl pvkzz nswze dsv cl lpvkxyvle?
Ebld vbl alpwzv sq vbl hyzwyvksd oyp xldvksdle, bkp blyav tsv pvwnj kd bkp vbasyv. Ckys Hbkuy’p pxyzz qynl yzxspv nalyple vs qawpvayvksd. Nssjkdt yv vbl xwvydv ale vkd sal zukdt iwklvzu sd vbl vyczl yqvla vbl zktbv nszwxd oyp alvaynvle, bl takvvle bkp vllvb yde ldvlale vbl Wyxswp Jaydep’ sqqknkyz olcpkvl vs nsdvynv vblka sdzkdl nwpvsxla plahknl.
—Ohld vbswtb kv oyp dsv rsppkczl vs lpvkxyvl vbl raknl, kv oyp dsv zkjl bl nswzed’v plzz kv, vblalqsal, bl oswze fwpv plzz kv! Tl fwpv dllele vs xyjl pwal vbkp vbkdt oyp pyql!
Wyxswp Jaydep’ nwpvsxla plahknl alprsdele vs bkp kdiwkau yzxspv kxxlekyvlzu yde eke dsv dltzlnv bkp keldvkvu yp Qwlpv G obs oyp dsv zsttle kd yv yzz.
Gqvla tlvvkdt kd vswnb okvb vbl nwpvsxla plahknl, Ckys Hbkuy qkapv ypjle nyalqwzzu ycswv vbl rasnlewalp yde qllp qsa plzzkdt rasewnvp sd Wyxswp Jaydep. Tl vbld ypjle oblvbla bl nswze plzz tssep ydsduxswpzu. Gqvla tlvvkdt yd yqqkaxyvkhl ydpola, Ckys Hbkuy pldv vbl hyzwyvksd alpwzvp sq vbl xwvydv ale vkd sal.
Mbl nwpvsxla plahknl alralpldvyvkhl obs bye clld alrzukdt pvsrrle qsa y qlo plnsdep vbkp vkxl yde vbld alrzkle bwaaklezu. Gqvla y obkzl, vbl alralpldvyvkhl eked’v ydpola ytykd.
Seeing this, his heart was caught in his throat once again, his mind was full of thoughts, and he had even begun to plan to make some metal dolls for sale if it couldn’t be sold. If metal dolls didn’t work, he might as well set up a stall to sell…
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…Hold on! He suddenly thought of something — although he didn’t have wood or earth magic stones in his hand, he still had a lot of magic stones with other attributes! Those magic stones called golden jade, sapphire, and ruby jade here were also very valuable! He could also sell them!
Thinking of this, he almost cried foolishly due to himself who had been turning around like a headless fly. He hurriedly took out a lot of magic stones with other attributes from his storage ring, touched this and that, and his heart silently collapsed.
This was the second time he committed this kind of low-level mistake…
Ding-dong. The alert tone of the customer service’s response interrupted his self-reflection. He turned to look at it.
Customer Service 112: ‘Sorry to keep you waiting, how many red tin ores do you have?’
How many? It was only this piece.
He answered honestly, then the customer service stopped for a long time, and the last message full of regret came back.
Customer Service 112: ‘Although mutant red tin mine is one of the best and rarest materials for manufacturing mechas, according to the minimum measurement standard of weight and volume of mechas, the single sales weight of mutant red tin ore must be more than five kilograms. Based on the grading, the commodity you provide is high grade and the price will be very high. However, due to the quantity problem, there may be situations where there are many interested people but no one will buy it. If you really want to sell it, I suggest that you classify this secondary mutant red tin ore into mecha model accessories or gem category, and cast it into a mecha weapon model or high-end jewelry before you sell it. Unfortunately, model weapons and jewelry belong to toy entertainment products, and the price will be about five times less than mecha accessories.’
All in all, this thing was too small to sell.
At the end of the explanation, the customer service also enthusiastically said that Famous Brands had the willingness to collect this secondary mutant red tin ore. If he was willing to sell, they were willing to set a special price. After setting a specific price according to the weight standard, they would buy it at a slightly higher price, exempt him from all handling charges and give him a member discount card. It’s just that the Famous Brands needed to get the customer’s detailed identity information, which could not be anonymized, but they guaranteed that the customer’s identity would not be disclosed.
Qiao Zhiya glanced at the various magic stones piled on the table, thanked the person for his explanation, and declined his proposal— now that he had something more suitable for selling, revealing his identity to sell this secondary mutant red tin ore was really risky, so still wouldn’t sell it.
The customer service was even more regretful and reminded him tactfully that if he could get more of this secondary mutant red tin ore, he could sell it once it reached the minimum sale standard. At that time, Famous Brands would give it a reasonable price.
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The other party had always been very patient and answered in great detail. He didn’t try to find out the origin of his mutant red tin ore nor did he calculate anything. Instead, he sincerely gave him advice and helped him analyze a more suitable sales method. He could be said to be conscientious, and Qiao Zhiya was extremely grateful. He promised that if he got more secondary mutated red tin ores in the future that would add up enough to five kilograms, he would sell it here.
The customer service enthusiastically expressed his expectation towards his next message.
At the end of the conversation with the customer service, Qiao Zhiya opened the shopping software, scanned and uploaded a piece of sapphire with good quality and ordinary appearance, and then put the product on the shelf according to the lowest price recommended by the system.
Because of the low price, the blue jade he uploaded was bought soon afterwards. He hurriedly called A12[He’s that little robot.] to help him process the order information. Watching A1 call the courier for him, print the invoice, package the product, and send it in an organized manner, he was so happy that he almost wanted to kiss A1!
Robots were so convenient!
More than an hour later, the commodity arrived in the buyer’s hands. After the other party signed for the goods, the shopping money automatically entered his account. He finally had money again!
At the Famous Brands headquarters, Fan Qi stopped his typing, got up, and gave the seat to the real Customer Service 112. He looked at the middle-aged man waiting on the side and asked, “Have you located it?”
“No, the other party didn’t log in, so I couldn’t find out the specific location.” The manager replied and asked doubtfully, “Young Master, it’s just a mutant red tin ore. Is it necessary for you to be this desperate? If you want, you can take it directly.” Why did he also have to deliberately push out the customer euphemistically? Everything he said was meant to advise the other person not to sell.
The classes at Federal Military Academy would start soon. The young master came here this time to get a batch of mecha maintenance materials to take to the academy. As a result, instead of checking the maintenance materials, he pretended to be a customer service representative when he saw the pictures of the objectionable commodity reported by the customer service representative— which was against the company’s principles of finding the customer’s location. This behavior was really confusing.
“I’m not desperate. I only wanted to have a fair understanding about the customer group.” Fan Qi slowly replied, lightly glanced at him, and meaningfully said, “It’s just a mutant red tin ore, but a secondary mutant red tin ore which has never appeared before.”
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The manager frowned and still didn’t quite understand his approach: “However, the scan confirmed that the secondary mutation of the secondary mutant red tin ore was artificially formed, not naturally. It can be determined that a new red tin ore has not appeared. This ore variation often occurs when the spiritual power combs the ore, but a red tin ore never emerged from just that. Although the secondary mutation of red tin ore is rare, it has little practicality and research value, so it’s not worth it—”
“Have you ever thought about why the red tin ore has been around for so many years but there’s never such variation during combing?” Fan Qi interrupted his tirade and asked rhetorically.
The manager was stunned and replied, “Because the red tin ore was forcibly destroyed by the radiation machine before it was combed by the spiritual power—” Speaking of this, he suddenly reacted and his eyes widened, “Young Master, do you mean…”
“Xvbla xkdlayzp okzz xwvyvl obld vblu yal nsxcle clnywpl vblu sdzu byhl kppwlp kd svbla yalyp vbyv yal byaxzlpp vs prkakvwyz rsola. Mblu nyd cl ekalnvzu nsxcle cu prkakvwyz rsola clqsal clkdt rasnlpple cu xynbkdlp. Tsolhla, ale vkd sal nyd’v, nyd dlhla cl, ps kv okzz dlhla xwvyvl zkjl vbkp, cwv blal kv kp, kv dso yrrlyale. Ebyv es usw vbkdj vbkp alralpldvp?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Ebyv lzpl nswze kv alralpldv? Ekvbswv y eswcv, y dlo ale vkd sal rasnlppkdt xlvbse bye yrrlyale! Rv oyp y dlo ldqsanlxldv xlvbse vbyv nswze ekalnvzu wpl prkakvwyz rsola nsxckdt yde nswze zlye vs plnsdeyau hyakyvksd okvbswv clkdt qsankczu eyxytle cu vbl el-ayekyvksd xynbkdl!
Pl-ayekyvksd oswze alewnl vbl ynvkhl ryav sq vbl sal, cwv vbl ynvkhkvu sq vbl plnsde xwvydv ale vkd sal fwpv dso oyp qya pwrlaksa! Usxryale okvb vbl “elye” pvsdlp vbyv bye clld rasnlpple cu xynbkdlp, vbkp plnsdeyau xwvydv ale vkd sal oyp “yzkhl”! Rq vbkp jkde sq “yzkhl” pvsdl oyp yrrzkle vs xlnby olyrsdp…
“El xwpv tlv vbyv rklnl sq plnsdeyau xwvydv ale vkd sal!” Mbl xydytla clnyxl ydmkswp, vbkdjkdt vbyv vbl uswdt xypvla bye fwpv elzkclayvlzu rwpble y dlo sal rasnlppkdt xlvbse swv, ps ydmkswp vbyv bl nswze dsv oykv vs nayoz vs vbl nwpvsxla’p bswpl yzsdt vbl Rdvladlv yde vyjl vbl pvsdl!
“Tso es usw oydv vs vyjl kv?” Wyd Ck yexkale bkp ydmkswp yrrlyaydnl yde ypjle, “Wsa nwpvsxlap obs byhl dsv zsttle kd, vblka zsnyvksd kdqsaxyvksd nyddsv cl qswde. Rd yeekvksd vs oykvkdt qsa vbyv nwpvsxla vs nsxl vs swa essa ytykd, obyv lzpl nyd usw es vs tlv vbyv pvsdl?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
G zyatl cwnjlv sq knl oyvla pllxle vs cl rswale sd vbl xydytla’p qlhlakpb caykd. Tl clnyxl prllnbzlpp qsa y qlo plnsdep yde alrzkle okvb ekqqknwzvu, “Yyucl ol nyd—”
“Psd’v vbkdj sq wpkdt ydu nassjle vaknjp vs qkde rlsrzl swv. Kwpv oykv qsa xl. Zsw nyd’v yqqsae vs sqqlde vbl rlapsd srrspkvl. Mbkdj ycswv ydusdl obs byp y xwvydv ale vkd sal alnldvzu.” Wyd Ck pyo vbyv bkp xkde oyp pvkzz dsv nzlya, pbssj bkp blye, pyke y qlo osaep, yde rwpble srld vbl essa sq vbl nwpvsxla plahknl elryavxldv. Tl oyhle vs Isdt Zwyd oykvkdt swvpkel vbl essa yde ekalnvzu zlqv vbl Wyxswp Jaydep blyeiwyavlap.
Mbl xydytla oyvnble bkx zlyhl, alnyzzle vbl zypv pldvldnl bl pyke, yde alxlxclale vbyv vbl Ubw Wyxkzu bye alnldvzu eayttle y zsv sq xwvydv ale vkd salp cynj qasx vblka xkdkdt pvya. Tl oyp pbsnjle yde nsze polyv pvalyxle esod qasx bkp qsalblye.
Starting the hovering car, Kong Yuan glanced at Fan Qi who was staring out the window and didn’t know what he was thinking. He asked, “Did you not take the maintenance materials?”
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Fan Qi returned to his senses and casually replied, “Let someone send a batch to the academy.” He then thought of something and sent a message to his eldest sister, saying what he saw in Famous Brands, and mentioned the Chu Family.
The mutant red tin ore had been scarce for two years and there was almost no mutant red tin ore flowing into the market. An unknown customer who did not log in suddenly came to evaluate a secondary mutant red tin ore. This was coincidental when Chu family suddenly came back with a heap of mutant red tin ores back from their mining star and got something to stimulate the Xiang family at the Famous Brands auction. This connection made people think.
There were only a few areas where Famous Brands could not locate; the Chu Family was also in this blind spot. In case the secondary mutant red tin ore was made by the Chu family, the Famous Brands’ intention to earn wealth would not be worth the loss.
Moreover, he also wanted to see if the unknown customer could make more secondary mutant red tin ore. If more could be made, it would prove that the new mutant red tin ore treatment method did exist and not just an accidental mutation.
New mutant material, ah…
Thinking of the weapon bar that could be added on the new mecha, he narrowed his eyes and a smile suddenly revealed on his face. He was really expectant of that simple customer with a serious lack of common sense to not let him down.
After buying a lot of high-grade earth magic stones at a great price and confirming that his magic supply would be sufficient, Qiao Zhiya spent two days painting magic arrays on all sides of the jade.
On a night after dinner, Chu Rong, who was about to go to the study, was stopped by Qiao Zhiya.
“What’s the matter?” He asked, reaching for Qiao Zhiya’s long bangs.
Qiao Zhiya gripped the pendant in his hand, reached out, and handed it over. He said, “This, I made a new one, which is a bit more beautiful than the last one. Can you return the old one to me and put this new one in your small pouch to carry with you?” The old one has been worn for a while, and the magic power had been consumed a bit. The color must had become lighter. In order to prevent the other party from discovering this anomaly, it was better to take it back.
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Chu Rong raised his eyebrows, lowered his head, picked up the diamond-shaped jadeite from his hand, and looked at him again. He then took out the small pouch containing the old one from his chest pocket, put it inside his space button, and tied the new jade pendant to his space button. He rubbed his hair and said, “That mecha model has a good gift in return.” During his series of actions, there was no intention of returning the old jade in his small pouch to him at all.
“But, but…” Qiao Zhiya was anxious, staring at the space button he was holding, and then glanced at the jade hanging on his space button. He couldn’t help taking a step forward and wanted to reach out, “Let me put it into your small pouch. Hanging it directly this way and it may fall—”
“Jade is not as easy to break as you think.” After receiving a gift, Chu Rong was in a good mood. He unexpectedly pushed aside the bangs covering his eyes, picked him up, and said, “Your hair has already grown so long, I’ll cut it for you.”
Rd rasvlpv, Ckys Hbkuy jknjle bkp zltp obknb olal vktbvzu blze cu Ubw Ssdt. Tlyakdt vbkp, bl aykple bkp byde yde vswnble bkp zsdt cydtp. Tl vwadle vs zssj yv bkx, “Zsw nyd nwv byka?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Ubw Ssdt ydpolale bkx okvb y xlydkdtqwz tzydnl.
Mld xkdwvlp zyvla, Ckys Hbkuy pyv sd vbl psqy, zssjle yv vbl pvaydtl xynbkdl kd Ubw Ssdt’p byde, yde cynjle yoyu dlahswpzu, vaukdt vs pyhl bkxplzq, “Rv’p ynvwyzzu dsv hlau zsdt. R nyd vkl y cayke okvbswv vbl dlle vs nwv kv.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
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Gdnlpvsa Ubw, obs oyp clkdt eswcvle, clnyxl wrplv. Tl vwadle sd vbl xynbkdl, oyhle bkp byde, yde nszezu pyke, “Usxl blal.”
Ckys Hbkuy vssj y zssj yv bkx, blpkvyvle, cwv pvkzz xshle y ckv qsaoyae. Tl rwv bkp blye kd qasdv sq bkx yde obkprlale, “Kwpv nwv kv y zkvvzl pbsavla. Yu cydtp yal zsdt ldswtb vs fwpv cl nsxcle wr. R’x tsse yv caykekdt. R cayke xu xsvbla’p byka…”
“Ebu oswze y csu zkjl usw dlle pwnb caykep?” Ubw Ssdt rwzzle bkp psqv byka, rkdnble bkp pbyjkdt rskdvle lyap, yde pyke, “Fvyu pvkzz, esd’v xshl uswa lyap.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
Ckys Hbkuy vakle vs bsze cynj bkp lyap qasx xshkdt, cwv vbl xsal dlahswp bl clnyxl, vbl xsal wdnsdvaszzyczl vblu pbssj. Tl nswzed’v blzr cwv qllz y zkvvzl ydmkswp, pyukdt, “Eykv y xkdwvl, R’zz zlv vblx cl pvkzz qkapv. Eykv y xkdwvl.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
He was so clumsy. He couldn’t even control his own ears.
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Ancestor Chu stretched out his hand to rub his hair again and pushed the machine down without warning.
“Ah!” Qiao Zhiya, whose broken hair swept her neck, was so surprised that he almost jumped up.
Chu Rong quickly held him down and said, “Stay still, I’m just helping you fix the ends of your hair.”
“Oh, is that so?” Qiao Zhiya swallowed his saliva and sat back properly, suppressing his urge to cover his head and avoid. He raised his hand to grab his clothes, closed his eyes, and said like a strong man dying, “You, you cut it. I won’t move.”
Chu Rong glanced at the paw on his clothes and sneered, “Childish.”
Qiao Zhiya pretended to be deaf.
The next day, Chu Rong, who was about to go out after eating breakfast, looked back at Qiao Zhiya who was lying on the sofa. He paused and said, “I’ll take you out this weekend.”
Qiao Zhiya gave him a blank look and turned his head.
…His temper was quite big.
“I’ll buy you another set of mecha models.” Ancestor Chu added conditions. After receiving a mockery from the back of his head, he turned his eyes around his dog-gnawed hair, moved his eyes away, and added, “By the way, I’ll take you to have your hair cut again.”
Qiao Zhiya was finally willing to directly look at him this time. With a sullen face, he moved his lips and whispered, “Drive carefully. Go early and return early.”
After finally hearing what he wanted to hear, Ancestor Chu nodded reservedly, turned around, and went out.
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After he left, Qiao Zhiya got up from the sofa and ran to the bathroom to look at his messy hair. He frowned and adapted to it for a while. In the end, he turned his head away and ran back to his room, and bought himself a hat using the light brain.
After learning today’s course, Qiao Zhiya studied the method of magic potion production for a while. Seeing that it was still early, he touched the hat on his head lifelessly.
The money for selling sapphire was almost gone. In the future, he had to make magic potions, buy herbs and pharmaceutical tools. The number of magic stones with other attributes in his hand was limited and would run out sooner or later. Just sitting and eating was not a long-term plan, he had to find a way to make money as soon as possible.
He didn’t dare to move the mutant red tin ore anymore. The magic consumption needed to sort out the ore was too much. Selling all the magic stones in his hand and replacing them with earth magic stones might not be enough to resolve mutant red tin ores that reached the sale standard quantity.
What should he do now and what should he use to make money?
After lying down for a while, he sat up and poured out all the things that could be sold in his storage ring. His eyes scanned around and finally landed on the space button when Tan Shengwei sent him things for the first time. He hesitated on several metal boxes, but still shifted his sight away.
Those boxes were filled with jewels and other items found on the warship. They were valuable, but he didn’t want to sell them. After all, they were things of unknown origin, and they weren’t like magic stones that could be used to change shapes and sell them. There were still certain safety risks. Furthermore, selling them was just another way to deplete a mountain of wealth1[坐吃山空 means to spend one’s money without generating any income.]. What he was looking for now was a way to make money.
Looking around again, he thought about it and finally picked up the secondary mutant red tin ore.
The customer service representative said that this thing could be sold as mecha model weapons or jewelry… It seemed too impractical to make jewelry, but integrating it into mecha model weapons seemed okay? Moreover, making model weapons somehow had something to do with mecha manufacturing, which was good for his future study.
Once this idea came out, he couldn’t stop himself. He hurriedly put everything on the table away, took out the two mecha models that Chu Rong gave him, and removed the weapon of one of the mecha models.
The mecha models that Chu Rong sent were the best. If he had spiritual power, he could even use it to control them for battle. If he didn’t choose to use spiritual power, he could do some tricks through manual operation using the remote control.
A good mecha model was like a scaled-down mecha, with most of the functions of a real mecha. Also, because of the model’s fun size and nature, certain weapon designs that seemed very unreasonable on real mechas could be used on models. The field of mecha designing weapons for various types of mecha models was a very popular branch of gameplay.
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Mecha driving was limited to those with B or above level spiritual power, which caused most humans to only drive mechas in simulation cabins for their entire lives without having a chance to drive a real one. Their enthusiasm for mechas had nowhere to vent in reality, so they turned to mecha models. In short, the mecha model industry was a well-deserved hot spot in the Federation and the Empire.
Qiao Zhiya studied the original weapons that were dismantled from the mecha model. He also searched for the types of weapons with the light brain, and eventually set his sights on the category of handheld cold weapons. He didn’t understand the thermal system and energy system required by hot weapons at all, but he had done forging of cold weapons thousands of times and was already proficient.
Since he decided to do it, he could only do his best. After deciding on the direction of weapon production, he logged into the mecha model weapon design forum with his light brain and saw the cold weapons designed by others, as well as various refined production tutorials.
After learning these, he searched the existing classic productions of various types of cold weapons, looked at the cold weapons battle videos recorded by online mecha model enthusiasts, and carefully studied the attack rhythm of the mecha models.
Finally, he turned his gaze on the two models of the weapons that had been dismantled. He turned his gaze around and picked up the heavier mecha model— it’s you!
He touched the empty handheld weapon slot of the mecha model and squinted happily.
He built a forging platform with a low-level big earth magic stone first, drew an acceleration magic array, put the fire magic stone in the center of the array, waited for the temperature to rise, and then drew a strengthening magic circle on the other side, and activated it with gold magic stones. Ultimately, he drew a stable method array at the bottom of the basin next to it, activated it with a water magic stone, and filled the basin with water.
When he was ready, he took out the secondary mutant red tin ore and put it on the forging table. He took out a small hammer, imagined the outline of the weapon in his head, and hammered it accurately.
It took half an hour to produce the embryo of the weapon and another hour to draw the precise weapon size based on the illustration and refine it. The array in front of him exuded bursts of heat. Although there was no open flame, the heat generated when forging the weapon still made him sweat on his forehead.
After the weapon was cooled down, he quickly took out his magic pen, condensed the magic power on his fingertips, and drew a magic array on the weapon’s surface. He initially did not activate it and then put the formed giant sword into the strengthened magic array that was relying on the gold magic stone to be continuously active.
A soft light rose and the magic array on the giant sword surface emitted a golden light, which quickly swept across the entire sword body and then sank into the weapon.
Done!
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He happily turned off all the magic arrays, put away the temporary casting table, carefully picked up the deep purple giant sword with the golden magic array pattern engraved on its body, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He hadn’t made a weapon for a while. His hands were somewhat raw, but fortunately, he still successfully made it.
He couldn’t wait to see the power of this weapon. He took out the mecha model and installed the giant sword. He remembered the beautiful light effects and sharp strike effects of the cold weapons in the video, took out the unused mecha model remote control, found the attack option, and pressed it.
Upon receiving the attack command, the mecha model immediately moved, waved its arm, and viciously slashed towards the air in front of it!
After a sharp blast through the air, with a bang, the giant sword sliced through the air and landed on the table. The tabletop cracked, and it grew deeper and longer. With a rumble, the metal split in half and fell apart. The self-protection mechanism of the mecha model was turned on and flew into the air for standby.
Qiao Zhiya was dumbstruck, tightened his hand holding the remote control, and froze in place.
How— how could it be like this? He made the forging table temporarily. The magic array on it was only the primary magic array he drew, not the advanced ones. He didn’t inject magic when forging. The last magic array was only added because it was his first time to forge weapons after having magic power. He wanted to practice his hands… How could this weapon be so powerful? This was not right! It was only a simple brandish, he didn’t even increase the attack intensity of the mecha model!
Something’s wrong! That wasn’t shown in the video!
He stretched out his hand to pull down the mecha model, touched its arm, looked at the giant sword, looked down at the broken coffee table on the ground, and he was so scared that his ears were stretched straight. What—what should he do? How should he explain the coffee table being broken to the White-Haired Monster?
Was he going to honestly say that it happened because he tested a new weapon for the mecha model? However, how could he explain that he had a mutant red tin ore in his hand? He couldn’t expose his storage ring.
With all kinds of thoughts churning in his head, his body became increasingly stiff. Eventually, he collapsed and hid in the kitchen— first, make something delicious to please the White-Haired Monster…
It was rare for Chu Rong to return home on time. As soon as he entered the door, he noticed the out of place wooden coffee table in the living room. He walked over, kicked it, touched it again, frowned, and looked for someone in the living room, but didn’t find the familiar figure. He looked at A1 waiting in the corner of the living room and asked, “Where is he?”
A1 pointed to the kitchen.
“Cooking?” Chu Rong’s knitted brows loosened.
The light on A1’s head flickered and gave an affirmative answer.
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“Then why aren’t you helping?” Ancestor Chu was dissatisfied.
A1 stopped in place, and its program started to flash frantically— what should it do when the master asked it not to enter the kitchen while the second master asked it to help? It wasn’t written in the program.
“Nevermind.” Ancestor Chu took great compassion and did not continue to embarrass the simple housework robot, and walked towards the kitchen.
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Myjkdt vbl qawkv rkl swv sq vbl shld yde rwvvkdt kv ypkel, bl oyzjle vs vbl pkel sq vbl rsv, vwadle sd vbl qkal, yeele skz, yde qakle vbl xyakdyvle pvlyjp.
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“Pke usw cwu vbl byv uswaplzq?”&dcpr;&dcpr;
G qyxkzkya hsknl pweeldzu nyxl qasx vbl essa. Tl oyp vyjld ycynj, vwadle sqq vbl qkal, yde zssjle shla. Tl pyo Ubw Ssdt zlydkdt ytykdpv vbl essa yde pvyakdt yv vbl byv sd bkp blye. Tl eked’v jdso bso zsdt bl bye clld oyvnbkdt. Tkp qynl vwadle ale, alxlxclakdt vbl casjld nsqqll vyczl. Tl twkzvkzu tallvle, “Elznsxl bsxl. Eykv y xkdwvl, R’zz fwpv tlv vbl hltlvyczl pyzye.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
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Ckys Hbkuy pvkqqldle, lulp twkzvkzu zssjle yoyu, cwv pvkzz alqwvle, “Mbkp byv kp schkswpzu clywvkqwz…”
“Mpj.” Ubw Ssdt oyp qwzz sq ekptwpv yp bl pbssj bkx, “Qs swvpkel yde pll obs oswze cwu pwnb y talld byv vs olya. Ubydtl kv.”&dcpr;&dcpr;
“What’s wrong with my green hat?” Qiao Zhiya refused to accept it, knitted his eyebrows, and said, “Green is the most beautiful color. It’s the color of nature and very beautiful! You can’t reject my aesthetics!” And the aesthetics of all elves and dwarves!
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Elves liked green the most while dwarves liked green and brown the most! And so, he liked both! He wasn’t accepting objection and negation!
Incurably stupid.
Chu Rong gave up explaining to him the popular meaning of the green hat here1[A “green heat” signifies that a man’s spouse or lover has cheated on him.] and put him on the sofa. After sending A1 to the kitchen, he gestured to the wooden coffee table and asked, “Where is the original one?”
Qiao Zhiya wanted to find some reason to fool him, but dwarves were born with no ability to lie. After struggling for a long time, he still bowed his head and honestly replied, “I broke it… I’m sorry.”
The specially-made composite metal table— fire-proof, explosion-proof, and earthquake-proof— was actually broken?
Chu Rong looked at him from head to toe, sat on the wooden coffee table, and asked in a deep voice, “How did it break?”
“It accidentally split into half…” Qiao Zhiya looked at him carefully, put his hand nervously on his knee, and said, “I was going to buy an exact same one, but the product identification scanner seems to be broken. It can’t scan the material of the table and can’t match the same kind of commodities. I had no way, so I bought this… If you don’t like it, I’ll change it again. There’s still a 7-day warranty for returning and replacement…” After speaking, he looked at him cautiously.
It was a special coffee table. To be able to scan it would be odd. He even knew that the item had a 7-day warranty… Wait a second.
Chu Rong suddenly became serious and reached out his hand, “Give me your communicator.”
Intimidated by his stern expression, Qiao Zhiya, who was already guilty of making a mistake, gave him his communicator obediently, leaned over slightly, and carefully asked, “What happened? Is there a problem…?”
After checking his account balance with an admin authority, Chu Rong’s expression turned dark. He returned his communicator and replied, “It’s a big problem. Be honest. What have you bought at home? Why is there no money left in your account?” The habit of indiscriminately spending money had already formed before entering the society. What would happen to him after entering it? It’s not good, how could the child taught by Chu Rong become bad!
Unexpectedly, what he asked was this. Qiao Zhiya paused, his eyes were empty, and he was afraid that he would check his own transaction records. Thinking of his haircut, he became bold and confidently replied, “I bought a jade for you and this hat… Am I wrong for buying it? These were all bought because of you! Then give the jade back to me. I’ll sell it and get the money back!”
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“No way!” Chu Rong immediately rejected. He thought of the jade with beautiful patterns hanging on his space button, and he was once again in a good mood. “The money that should be spent still has to be spent.”
Qiao Zhiya covered his messy hair and dared not speak in anger— what did he mean about the money that should be spent? Originally, these two clusters of money should not be spent!
Seeing his dissatisfaction, Ancestor Chu felt strangely better. He pinched ears, connected Qiao Zhiya’s communicator with his, drew 10, 000 Federal Units, and said, “You can’t always buy jade even though you like it. One piece a month is enough. You’re responsible for the money that exceeds your budget. The children of the Chu family should learn how to reasonably consume.” He couldn’t be the same as that prodigal Lao San2[He’s referring to the ‘third child in the family.’].
Chu Rong’s face turned black when he thought of his naughty brother who didn’t know where he was going,3[It might mean that he couldn’t peacefully stay in one place.] and his elder brother who unconditionally spoiled him. He suddenly felt that Qiao Zhiya’s hobby of playing jade was very good, saving money and free from worry.
My Chu family’s child…
Qiao Zhiya’s ears shook, and all his anger disappeared. He looked at him brightly, suddenly rushed to hug him, rubbed against his chest, and said in a low voice, “I won’t recklessly spend money. I’ll try to make money.” …and earn a lot.
“Don’t act like a spoiled child.”
In just a few days, Chu Rong had become accustomed to his way of expressing intimacy. He naturally pulled him out of his arms. His tone was full of disdain, but he gently touched his head with his hand and said, “You’re going to the junior college right away. Study hard. It’s an adult’s business to earn money. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Qiao Zhiya’s ears shook and continued to nuzzle in his embrace.
Why wouldn’t he worry? He wanted to make a lot of money and repay the White-Haired Monster.
Weekend came. After thinking about it for a few days, Qiao Zhiya uploaded the giant sword to the commodity library of the Famous Brands. He contacted their customer service, assigned the giant sword to the mecha model weapon area, and participated anonymously in a single auction of machine armor model accessories at the weekend.
He gave all the valuation and weapon identification to the Famous Brands for processing. The necessary expenses would be deducted together with the handling fees after the product was sold. He only sent the goods and waited for the money to arrive.
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After dealing with all this, he reluctantly took the dark blue hat Chu Rong bought for him and went out with him.
“I’ll first take you to buy some school supplies.” Dressed in casual clothes, Chu Rong turned over the list that Fan Xiangnan had made for him in advance and arranged today’s itinerary, “After shopping, go to the office, share the transportation card, have lunch, buy a mecha model in the afternoon, take a walk, have dinner, and then go home.”
Qiao Zhiya objected, “Let me have a haircut first.”
Chu Rong’s hand flipping through the list paused, and he looked at him.
“I want to cut my hair first.” Qiao Zhiya raised his head and looked at him, again emphasizing his statement.
The atmosphere between them was in a stalemate for two seconds. Chu Rong pressed a hand on his face and compromised, “Fine, let’s have your haircut first.” After speaking, he took a look at the list on his hand and irritably turned it off— raising a child was really troublesome.
After finding the best barbershop in the nearest commercial district, Chu Rong stuffed Qiao Zhiya inside and said to the hairstylist who came over, “Give him a neat short haircut.”
The hairstylist nodded to express his understanding. After arranging Qiao Zhiya to sit down, he first admired his beautiful appearance and then took off the hat on his head.
“…”
How could this dog-gnawed hairstyle spoil such a beautiful face?!
Noticing the hair stylist’s constipated-like expression and Chu Rong’s instantly cold expression through the mirror, Qiao Zhiya moved and asked, “I accidentally made this. Can it be remedied?”
Chu Rong looked at him through the mirror, his mouth twitched, and he was very satisfied— this child was raised well. Very good.
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“…It can be fixed.” The hairstylist regained his senses. Maintaining a polite smile, he touched his head, gently brushed the short hair that felt good, and when he was about to praise the luster of his hair, his attention was attracted by a small tip that had been poking out of his hair, and his hand could not help moving there.
Eh, this is…
“Don’t you dare touch it.” Ancestor Chu coldly warned.
Murderous!
The hairstylist swished back his hand, but his gaze was still stuck on the small pointed ears which were different but beautiful, and his eyes were shining.
Qiao Zhiya’s back was numbed by his fixed stare, his ears couldn’t help shaking, and the hair stylist’s eyes became even hotter.
“Don’t cut, let’s change shop.” Ancestor Chu ran out of patience. He strode forward and put on the hat for Qiao Zhiya. He grabbed him and went straight out of the barbershop. He quickly left behind the hairstylist who was about to stop them.
Qiao Zhiya regretfully fixed his hat and asked, “Where shall we go to cut it?”
“Let’s go to…” Chu Rong frowned, looked at the people coming and going to the very busy shopping mall, turned around, walked towards a slightly deserted corner, and said, “You don’t need a living person to cut your hair.”
Ten minutes later, Qiao Zhiya was seated in front of a robot, scared witless as he let it cut his hair.
