Chapter 30: Been Targeted

But if they are single males, the things they can bring back from each mission are limited, so they basically can't earn much money; therefore, single males mostly focus on life, only spending money on renting housing, buying food, and dressing up, making it impossible for them to have this much money to buy this thing.

This person before them likely has some dishonest hands—either they stole it, or they used some other method.

But it has nothing to do with him; he just wants to make money.

"Okay, this is your fruit."

That person didn't take the fruit, but directly paid and then tried to put his arm around Ye Xi'an's waist, only to have Bao Jing grab his wrist.

Bao Jing's face darkened, his eyes sharp: "What are you doing?"

The beast person, even with his wrist caught, laughed indifferently: "I paid ten million, so of course I should take what's owed to me."

Ye Xi'an's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant; she had almost been hugged by this person just now—if it had been the person in black leather earlier, she wouldn't have minded, but this person in front of her inexplicably made her feel disgusted.

But having taken ten million, one can't go back on one's word.

Ye Xi'an patiently held up the wooden board for him to see: "I'll kiss you, not you kiss me."

The beast person's smiling face instantly fell, his greedy gaze fixed on Ye Xi'an, his voice sinister: "Fine, you kiss me."

Ye Xi'an quickly kissed his cheek; the icy sensation made her shiver all over.

The beast person didn't say more, just walked away, but before leaving he glanced back, his eyes flashing with the light of something he was determined to obtain.

With the two people's demonstration, the beast people swarmed over, frantically starting to buy up the fruit; when the fruit sold out, Ye Xi'an was so exhausted she could barely stand.

Fortunately, few could afford ten million, otherwise their lips would probably be swollen from kissing.

Ye Xi'an, feeling lifeless, slumped limp on the bench; since the bench had no backrest, she leaned into Yi Yang's embrace.

Yi Yang heartbrokenly held Ye Xi'an, gently massaging her sore back.

"Wife, next time let's not do this; earning a little less is fine, otherwise if we wear out our bodies it won't be good."

Ye Xi'an chuckled twice; actually she wasn't that tired, just a bit numb from earning money.

She raised her hand to check the account balance; the number flashed so much it made her eyes dizzy.

"How much money did we earn?"

Ye Xi'an couldn't count it, so she directly handed her hand to Ji Jiangci to look at.

Ji Jiangci looked at Ye Xi'an's snow-white arm, so smooth that pores were hardly visible, with a tiny red mole in the middle; a female possessing a red mole signifies she has not yet taken a substantive beast husband, which holds a deadly attraction for every male.

Ji Jiangci's gaze sank; this female truly could be trusted by him.

He grabbed Ye Xi'an's wrist; the delicate feel surprised him—female skin differed so much from male's. He came to his senses and read the numbers on her arm: over fifty million, enough to last them a long time.

Yi Yang also saw the numbers on Ye Xi'an's arm and couldn't help exclaiming: "So many Contribution Points!"

"Mm." Ye Xi'an, exhausted, glanced at the sky—it was getting dark—"Let's head back quickly."

Suddenly Ye Xi'an thought of something: "Why don't we just go rent a place? After all, there's nothing worth taking back at home."

Ji Jiangci shook his head: "No need; we have to go pick up a mission tomorrow, renting would be wasteful."

"But we'll be back soon."

Ji Jiangci found it a bit funny, wondering how Ye Xi'an could be completely ignorant of the mission system: "Who told you missions can be completed quickly?"

High-value missions might take as little as eight or ten days to return, but there are also those that last several years or even decades.

"Not every mission is as simple as the Yuangu Shoushi. You'll know once you take on a mission tomorrow."

Ye Xi'an didn't understand, feeling a bit down; despite earning so much money, she still had to go back to live in that shabby house.

"Alright then."

They returned their clothes, bought some toiletries, and went to the station.

But soon they noticed something was off around them.

Yi Yang looked around and said: "Brother Jiang, aren't there too many people at the station?"

Ji Jiangci glanced once, then withdrew his gaze, voice calm: "Looks like we've been targeted."

"I knew something would go wrong," Bao Jing glared fiercely at the surrounding males, shielding Ye Xi'an behind him.

Ye Ling, on the other hand, was pleased; he hoped these people would rush forward, so that once he subdued these three troublemakers, it would be his chance to kill Ye Xi'an.

"What's wrong with you all?" Ye Xi'an wondered, looking at each of their grim faces.

Yi Yang leaned close to Ye Xi'an's ear and whispered softly: "Wife, if anything happens later, I'll tell you to run—just run, and don't look back."

"What does that mean?"

Yi Yang didn't have time to explain; seeing the train arrive, he hurriedly pulled Ye Xi'an aboard, and instead of taking seats, they slipped into the restroom while others were still boarding.

The restroom is shared by everyone on the car; although it's unisex, males and females can't really crowd into one stall.

Ye Xi'an was squeezed by the three of them unable to move; fortunately Ye Ling didn't come in, otherwise the restroom would have exploded.

Ye Xi'an and Bao Jing faced each other, their slightly raised chests flattened by Bao Jing's pressure: "Ow, what are you three doing?"

Bao Jing secretly pleased, raised his head and suppressed a smile, saying to Ji Jiangci and Yi Yang behind him: "You two could stop squeezing me, could you?"

At that moment, Ji Jiangci had a blank expression, while Yi Yang, looking puzzled, stepped out from behind Bao Jing and stood respectively to Ye Xi'an's left and right, but Bao Jing continued to press against Ye Xi'an, his head raised, completely unaware that the two had already stood beside her.

Ye Xi'an narrowed her eyes and lowered her voice to call out to Bao Jing.

Bao Jing heard Ye Xi'an call him, then lowered his head: "What do you want me to..."

He hadn't even finished saying "what do you want me to" when he saw Ji Jiangci and Yi Yang waiting with expressions of watching a show.

Turns out the cat was out of the bag.

But Bao Jing wasn't an ordinary person; he immediately stood up straight, pretending nothing had happened.

Ye Xi'an was speechless toward him; she really felt like punching someone now, she uncomfortably rubbed her chest: "What is this for?"

Ji Jiangci pressed his finger to his lips to signal her not to speak, then cracked open the restroom door a slit to observe the outside situation.

The car cabin was packed with males, walking around as if searching for something.

Ye Xi'an couldn't see standing up, so she crouched to look through the crack, likewise discovering the scene: "What are they looking for?"

Yi Yang, frustrated, said: "Wife, you don't know how great your charm is—online plea, I'm anxious: 'Wife, are you stupid? They're just looking for you! This group of single males wants to snatch you away to be their wife!'"

Yi Yang got more and more excited as he spoke: "By then you'll have a hundred husbands, a thousand husbands, each person whipping you once a day, you won't be able to endure it!"

Bao Jing, standing nearby, heard it and his forehead veins bulged; he couldn't hold back, he slapped Yi Yang hard on the back of the head: "Stupid dog! Shut up!"