Chapter 109: Guide

Ye Xi'an had just entered the gate of the Purple Orchid Flower Garden residential area when a group of enthusiastic males surged forward.

They wore uniform attire, all in black-and-white tailcoats; only their hairstyles and makeup differed, but without exception, they were all exceptionally flashy.

Exactly, they were flashy.

A group of big males wore exaggerated, beautiful accessories on their heads—like jeweled forehead bands, silver chains—and some even had special makeup on their faces, very handsome, the kind you could directly pull over for a cosplay photoshoot.

Individually they stood out, but all together like this, especially with their deliberately coquettish expressions, then all rushing over, it caused aesthetic fatigue, making them feel tacky and frightening.

Ye Xi'an felt they weren't there to introduce the house, but to climb into her bed.

"Hello hello, beautiful female, I'm Gu Rong, would you like me to be your guide?"

"Don't listen to him, come to me, I'm Xu Yu, a flower-butterfly beastman, I can be your guide!"

This group surrounded Ye Xi'an in a circle, chattering nonstop about their advantages, waiting for her to pick one from among them.

But faced with the dense crowd, Ye Xi'an's head felt a bit dizzy.

She uncomfortably leaned on Bao Jing's shoulder: "Bao Jing, Ji Jiangci, clear the way!"

Bao Jing and Ji Jiangci were observing the surrounding building structures, wary of someone taking advantage of the chaos to sneak attack; upon hearing Ye Xi'an's words, their brains hadn't even had time to react why they needed to clear the way, yet their bodies moved on their own.

The two were like bulldozers, using brute force to plow through the crowd ahead, bringing Ye Xi'an into the residential area's interior.

After realizing what he had just done, Bao Jing looked bewildered: "Wife, aren't you going to pick one?"

Ye Xi'an, a bit out of breath from running, said: "Pick what?"

"A guide. Here the unit types and prices, the pros and cons—guides know them best; if you don't pick one, it's easy to fall into a pit."

Ye Xi'an's expression displeased: "But those people are also too crazy." It was like just getting off a bus, frantic taxi drivers soliciting customers, grabbing you and wanting to fleece you badly.

Ji Jiangci tidied Ye Xi'an's clothes, which had become messy from the pulling: "They're all males who can't get a female; this is quite normal."

"What do you mean?" Ye Xi'an tilted her head, wondering what connection there was between not being able to get a female and their being so crazy as guides.

As it turned out, most males who could apply to be guides were those beastmen with handsome faces but low aptitude, like butterflies, flying insects; even if they desperately took on missions, they found it hard to break past second-tier abilities.

To survive, they could only rely on females; even being able to do some rough work beside a female was enough.

So their flashy dressing wasn't just to earn money to support themselves, but also to attract females' attention. Rather than saying they were marketing themselves as Ye Xi'an's guide, it's more like they were actually marketing themselves to Ye Xi'an.

After Ji Jiangci finished explaining the guide profession, he added: "Anyway, they think if they can attach to a female they profit; if they can't, at least they still earn a guide fee and don't lose out."

"No wonder they're so enthusiastic." A hint of sympathy appeared on Ye Xi'an's face: "Then Bao Jing, just go help me pull one over."

"Although we won't take them on, we can still lend a bit of support in our career."

"Okay."

After Bao Jing agreed, he brought back a male who was shrinking back, looking startled and flattered.

This male had no accessories at all, his appearance wasn't particularly striking, his whole body thin and scrawny, looking somewhat malnourished, but his hair was neat, showing he had carefully groomed himself.

Bao Jing secretly felt pleased; this was the ugliest one he had deliberately picked from that group of guides, and he didn't believe such a specimen could still lure Ye Xi'an.

"Hello, I'm Xu Xiaowen. I'm an ant beastman."

Xu Xiaowen, somewhat excited, gave Ye Xi'an a half-bow, introducing himself in a very loud voice; he hadn't expected a family to actively want him as a guide, and each time females saw him, they either treated him as air or as trash.

Ye Xi'an was first startled by Xu Xiaowen's voice, then seeing him bow to her, she was even more frightened and took a step back, thinking introducing himself required such a grand gesture?

"Hello hello," Ye Xi'an greeted Xu Xiaowen awkwardly.

Xu Xiaowen stood up, his pale face slightly flushed: "Then shall I now take you to view the house? Could you tell me your requirements?"

Ye Xi'an pinched her chin, thought for a moment: "Um—, I don't really have any special requirements. I just want a place nearby with few people, a top floor with a rooftop, plenty of sunlight, preferably a floor-to-ceiling window, at least five rooms, size not needing to be large but not too small, at least two bathrooms, only one household per floor, two households being the limit. That's about it for now."

She looked at Bao Jing and the others: "Do you have any other needs?"

Bao Jing, Ji Jiangci, Yi Yang: …… They hardly dare to make any demands.

Xu Xiaowen, preparing to sell the house: …… But you said there were no requirements.

"Oh! Right! I forgot the most important clause." Ye Xi'an smiled kindly at Xu Xiaowen, but to Xu Xiaowen it now seemed inexplicably terrifying.

"Your houses are all fifty thousand, right? There won't be any hidden fees, will there?"

Xu Xiaowen closed his eyes and fainted.

"Ah!" Ye Xi'an instinctively went to help, but Yi Yang stepped in first to support him.

"What's wrong with him?"

Yi Yang looked at Ye Xi'an with a strange expression, thinking in his mind that maybe Xu Xiaowen hadn't been frightened into this state by her wife's words.

"It's fine." Lin Zhi Jing checked him: "He hasn't eaten for too long, fainted from hunger."

Upon hearing that, Ye Xi'an took out a handful of Jabao fruit from her space: "Here, eat this."

Xu Xiaowen, in a daze, ate something and then felt somewhat better.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he realized what had just happened, immediately scrambled up from Yi Yang's embrace, and kowtowed to Ye Xi'an: "Please give me another chance."

He had no money left, desperately needed this job, otherwise he would starve to death.

"No no no! Hurry up and get up."

Ye Xi'an tried to pull him up but couldn't; instead, Lin Zhi Jing and Ji Jiangci helped him to his feet.

Xu Xiaowen cried, his eyes red, thinking desperately that this female would certainly not continue to employ him as a guide.

Ye Xi'an also didn't know what to say to him, so she forced herself to say: "Why don't you just take me to view the house and introduce what you think is good?"

Xu Xiaowen's eyes lit up—this meant they still wanted him!

"Good good good!"

"In this residential area there's a unit I think suits you best; although it can't fully meet your requirements, I think we should take a look!"

Xu Xiaowen led Ye Xi'an's family to a building at the easternmost part of the residential area; because they were going to modify a garden there, they had built this building, and the sunlight is absolutely sufficient.