Chapter 116: Received the Mission

A surge of anger rushed straight to her head; Hu Mei's temper flares up quickly and dies down just as fast, and right now she's fuming, completely failing to notice how this human is different.

How dare you ask what services I offer?! Can you afford it? Don't cause trouble—I'm telling you, my older brother is Hu Ge, the weapon shop owner on the next street over! I'll call him right away!

She finished speaking, then slammed the table hard in her anger, making the papers on it tumble down in a stack.

What Hu Mei dislikes most are these humans; when she first served a human, she was full of anticipation, but who knew that after hearing the price, that human flew into a rage, shouted a few insults at her, and left, swinging the glass door shut.

Originally Hu Mei thought it was nothing—every race has a couple of bad apples, right?

Who would have thought the humans that showed up afterward, one after another, would only ask and never buy?

What for?

Are you just messing with Hu Mei?

These people don't even bother to ask around—all four directions, north, south, east, west! Hu Mei is somebody too! Who dares to bully her?

Only these ignorant, penniless humans would do that!

Hu Mei snarled: "Don't buy! Don't ask!"

Cheng Shuili frowned, thinking, "How would she know whether I want to buy or not? What kind of tyrannical clause is that?!"

Besides, she was just asking; getting chewed out for no reason would make anyone uncomfortable, right?

She held back her temper and repeated, "I'm asking what services you have here."

Cheng Shuili couldn't feel it, but to Hu Mei, it seemed as if she had just seen something even more terrifying than Hu Ge.

Hu Mei's body stiffened, and under Cheng Shuili's astonished gaze, her eyes instantly turned wet.

Cheng Shuili: "……"

Really?

She knows she's a bit scary to beasts, but surely not to this extent?

Now what should we do?

Cheng Shuili carefully closed the glass door, about to say something, when she heard Hu Mei say: "We provide services for humans—we have the 666 package and the 888 package; both include bathing service, cleaning service, and maintenance service."

Hu Mei's voice trembled with a sob, yet she fluently finished that long string of words.

But Cheng Shuili isn't really interested in any of that.

What she cares about is what attribute points these tasks would boost, and what effect they'd have on her panel.

Hu Mei seemed to guess Cheng Shuili's thought, saying, "Our spring water is pure natural mountain hot spring water, plus our Hu family's specially prepared herbal medicines, which are very beneficial to human health!"

It also increases health points.

If it were before, Cheng Shuili would probably have signed up for a course of treatment.

But the present Cheng Shuili, having just spent a lot of money and being near bankruptcy, plus having been given a course of treatment by the director...

Now it's awkward—she really isn't going to spend.

Mainly, health points are somewhat useless to her.

【Supreme King】directly locked that value; other players need this service when their health points drop too low, but Cheng Shuili will never fall that low.

This really is… Hu Mei hit the nail on the head.

Hu Mei could tell from this person's expression that she was being messed with again.

Especially since this human is particularly frightening to beasts, she doesn't even dare to get angry.

Hu Mei: "Detestable humans!"

Cheng Shuili felt a bit embarrassed, her earlier momentum gone, she scratched her head and asked, "Do you have anything special here? Like a town's treasure?"

Hu Mei's face was expressionless; this human, not spending money was bad enough, but now asking about such things? Her temper flared again, and her fear of this human vanished.

"You haven't spent a penny, yet you want to ask about my shop's treasure? Human, are you trying to steal it?"

That's really unfair.

Cheng Shuili raised her hand to show she wasn't carrying a weapon, saying, "I just wanted to inquire."

Hu Mei's attitude was firm: "I can't possibly take it out for you to see, and you can't force me to show it. My favor toward you isn't enough, and your spending in my store is zero, so my treasure definitely won't be shown to you."

That statement contains a lot of information.

Cheng Shuili silently nodded, then stopped bothering Hu Mei in the shop, pushed open the glass door, and walked out.

According to Hu Mei, to obtain this kind of special item, even having game coins isn't enough; she also needs the beastman shopkeeper's favor, or to spend a certain amount in these shops.

This setting is also very game-like.

Cheng Shuili glanced back at the beauty shop's sign.

Fine.

If this place is like this, then the remaining shops are the same.

Cheng Shuili sighed; obtaining a special item really isn't simple.

She didn't rush to leave; she remembered she still had a door card in her hand.

Cheng Shuili fumbled inside the Abyssal Ring for a moment and finally found that card.

【Beastman Town Underground Storage Room Door Card】

【Description: Seems like it can open a door somewhere; the exact location still requires you to feel your way slowly.】

Feel your way slowly?

That's too slow.

What's under the nose? A mouth!

Cheng Shuili just asked outright!

She turned, pushed open the glass door, poked her head out, and asked, "Do you know where the underground storage room is?"

As Cheng Shuili pushed open the door, Hu Mei was on tiptoe wiping dust off the counter.

Hearing the sound, she jerked her head back, the fur on her tail standing on end: "How come you're back again?!"

"I want to ask about the location of the underground storage." Cheng Shuili was truly innocent; she shook the door card in her hand and showed it to Hu Mei.

Hu Mei's pupils contracted sharply, even her ears perked up: "How do you have the key to that place?"

A tiger's ears perking up look very much like a dog's ears, and Cheng Shuili couldn't help but glance twice.

Hu Mei didn't mind at all; instead, she rushed to Cheng Shuili in two quick steps, staring intently at the metallic sheen of the door card, over and over.

"Where did it come from?"

She asked sincerely and politely.

But Cheng Shuili certainly wouldn't tell the truth.

She kept a straight face: "I found it."

Hu Mei's tail flicked anxiously; she hesitated a moment, then lowered her voice: "I can tell you the location, but you have to promise me one thing."

"What thing?"

"Help me find my brother." A flicker of worry passed through Hu Mei's eyes: "He went to the underground storage to get supplies half a month ago and hasn't returned since."

Cheng Shuili frowned; had she heard right? Half a month ago? Isn't that when the game started?

This couldn't be some quest, could it?

Cheng Shuili raised an eyebrow, probing: "Is that place dangerous? Are there monsters?"

"There weren't any before..." Hu Mei bit her lip, "but lately strange sounds have come from the depths of the storage, and some say they've seen... red eyes."

Cheng Shuili nodded thoughtfully.

It seems this isn't just a simple errand.

Since there's danger, we'll have to raise the price.

Cheng Shuili lifted her brow: "Then how will you thank me when the time comes?"

Hu Mei: "……"

Detestable humans!

You come asking for a reward without doing anything? Indeed, humans!