Chapter 172: Set Phrases

How can this work?

Cheng Shuili became solemn all over; she didn't care what Bao Chi looked like, she only cared about the 3960 Game Coins she earned each day!

That's 3960 Game Coins!

This is the most satisfying money Cheng Shuili has ever earned!

Cheng Shuili could never just watch that money fly away with her eyes open!

She immediately pushed the door and left the cockpit, fearing the two beastmen might vanish, so she stood at the doorway and shouted, "Bao Chi!"

The sudden voice made both beastmen shiver, especially the timid Bao Chi, who, if he could, would have already slipped into a crack in the ground. The other beastman wasn't any better; he only seemed fierce, but in essence he was no different from Bao Chi.

Otherwise Bao Chi wouldn't have come to team up with him.

The two beastmen crouched down, carefully propping themselves with their hands and inching forward, as if that would make Cheng Shuili unable to see them.

Cheng Shuili: "……"

Is this because they're too cowardly, or because they think she's a fool?

She twitched the corner of her mouth and shouted again, "Bao Chi!"

That call still failed to attract the two beastmen, but it did draw Su Rui, who was standing in the cockpit, out.

"Do you know him?"

Su Rui truly didn't know what to say; Cheng Shuili knows so many kinds of people, doesn't she? Aren't these beastmen NPCs? If she remembers correctly, they're supposed to be hostile, right?

Why is she shouting at them now?

Cheng Shuili really didn't have time to explain to her, so she just nodded; seeing the two beastmen still looking ready to flee, she couldn't help but stride over.

As she moved, she scared Hu Bu and Bao Chi into lying on the ground, too frightened to move.

The two beastmen stared at each other with wide eyes; after a while, Hu Bu finally asked, "Why did she come over?"

His voice was soft, but Bao Chi could hear the collapse inside.

Bao Chi actually doesn't have such delicate thoughts; he could only sense it now because, at this moment, he shares the same feeling.

"You… you just said that person is extremely strong…" Bao Chi stammered for a while, finally spitting out the second half: "She… she won't eat us, will she?"

Hu Bu had no experience in this at all; he tried to think, but under the current circumstances he couldn't concentrate, and as the footsteps grew nearer, Hu Bu finally…

cried.

Before Cheng Shuili could get closer, she heard a wail of crying.

She had assumed it was the pathetic Bao Chi, but on closer look it turned out to be the tiger beastman crying.

Isn't he the King of Beasts?

I give up, Bao Chi is more successful than him!

Cheng Shuili stood still and shouted again, "Bao Chi."

Both beastmen's ears twitched simultaneously, and then Bao Chi's tear‑streaked leopard face turned toward her.

Cheng Shuili: "……"

This beastman isn't not crying; he simply dares not let a sound escape.

Cheng Shuili didn't know what to say for a moment; Bao Chi, like an aggrieved young wife, kept his mouth twisted but said nothing, just kept shedding tears.

Hu Bu, lying nearby, thought several rounds before finally reacting: "Do you know each other?!"

He mustered courage to glance at Cheng Shuili, felt the Authority she exuded, and quickly turned his head away.

Cheng Shuili finally realized why she was shouting at the two beastmen while running away.

Since the "Supreme King" title hadn't been bestowed, her words now carried "Authority", so Bao Chi couldn't be blamed. Cheng Shuili hurriedly changed the title to "Cai Cai Rescue", sighed, and said, "Let's talk in my car."

Bao Chi's tears hovered on his cheeks, looking truly pitiful.

Hu Bu seemed a bit better, but his clenched fists showed the fellow was so restrained he was about to snap.

Su Rui gave each beastman a bottle of Good SuSu Milk; the two beasts immediately sat on the carriage floor, while Cheng Shuili and Su Rui sat opposite them, watching their movements quietly.

Bao Chi seemed to haven't eaten for ages; when he took the milk, his eyes were watery, crying and drinking at the same time, looking like he had suffered a huge grievance.

Cheng Shuili thought to herself, "That's not good; with that look, the bakery really won't close down, will it?"

Hu Bu sipped quietly beside her, not saying a word.

Cheng Shuili stared at the two beastmen, speechless. Come to think of it, weren't they a team that came to rob? Why are both of them now feeling aggrieved in her car?

Cheng Shuili patiently waited for the two beastmen to finish the milk, then finally seized the chance to ask, "What about the bakery?"

It was fine not to ask, but once she asked, the stammering one who had just stopped crying now had watery eyes again.

Cheng Shuili: "......"

One must get to the bottom of it; a short pain is better than a lingering one.

The two beastmen clutched their heads and sobbed for a moment, then Bao Chi stammered, "It's closed."

Seeming to worry Cheng Shuili might misunderstand, he added, "Temporarily. We have no raw materials now, so we can only close temporarily."

Temporarily.

A huge weight finally lifted from Cheng Shuili's heart; she nodded, exhaled, and took a moment to ask the pitiful beastman, "How did you become a refugee?"

Bao Chi: "Part… part‑time."

Doing a part‑time job makes you this miserable?

Cheng Shuili didn't understand; as she furrowed her brows, Bao Chi said again, "Can't… can't be without work."

Right.

They can't be without work.

Cheng Shuili realized, it's forced.

She waved the banner of concern and chatted with Bao Chi, and after a while actually got some useful info.

Bao Chi: "I have to go out to work five times a day."

It means you'll encounter five waves of refugees in a day.

Bao Chi: "It will take four days in total, with a rest day in between."

So that goes on until the famine ends; the rest day must be the Instance day this week.

Bao Chi: "Humans are so scary… When they're angry they even beat beasts. The two of us just got a good beating, whimper. You're different, human! You're a good person."

Oh, you can attack the beastmen.

Cheng Shuili understood the situation, and her attitude toward the two beastmen improved considerably; she proactively asked, "Do you have any goals to achieve?"

The two beastmen clearly hadn't heard the term, and they stared dumbfounded at Cheng Shuili, one on the left and one on the right.

Cheng Shuili pressed her hand to her forehead with a wry smile and, having no choice, asked in more detail, "Do you have a rule about how much food you must seize and bring back when you go out?"

The two beastmen shook their heads together, glancing at each other, and finally Hu Bu said, "But the two of us are too weak; we might not be able to seize any food… This boss doesn't care about meals. If there's no food, we'll just have to starve."

Understood.

Cheng Shuili nodded; the moment for her to step forward had arrived.

The remaining bread inside the Abyssal Ring finally has a good destination!

Cheng Shuili immediately took the bread out.