Chapter 109: Really Don’t Lack Coins

Chapter 109: Chapter 109: Really Don’t Lack Coins

How could that be? Bo Rongrong laughed in amusement. "Heheheh... Okay, okay, if you want to bring them, then bring them. Have the robot butler carry everything."

On this, Feng Si was quite obedient. She turned and beckoned to f22.

f22 immediately came over, stored the food and water inside its compartment, and dutifully followed the two as they left.

...

The scorching sun hung high in the sky, casting a golden-green glow over the living things on the ground.

A small, steel-colored hover car flew out from Boman Gate Island. Its body was sleek and light, its surface adorned with an array of polished, colorful gems. It moved smoothly and swiftly.

Bo Rongrong was extremely proud of her private vehicle; it had been custom-made for one million coins.

Feng Si sat in the passenger seat. The entire car was fitted with one-way glass; no one could see in from the outside, but the view from within was completely unobstructed.

As the hover car passed through an invisible security barrier, it detected the owner’s information and the two females inside. It was allowed to pass without any hindrance, leaping across the river to the other side.

Once across the river, Bo Rongrong took her hand off the vehicle’s identity scanner and pulled up a map of Pantian City, preparing to set a destination for the autopilot.

She asked casually, without turning her head,

"By the way, I haven’t asked yet, are you looking to buy clothes or jewelry?"

Feng Si leaned forward to look at the holographic screen that had appeared. Her beautiful eyes scanned it, and at the very edge of the city’s outskirts, her sharp gaze spotted a green circle.

Her eyes lit up. She reached out a long, slender finger and tapped the circle closest to them. "Here. The No.1 Collection Area."

Bo Rongrong looked baffled. "There... aren’t any shops there. You must have tapped the wrong spot."

Feng Si smiled. "No mistake. I want to gather food myself."

Bo Rongrong: "...??"

’What in the world is that excuse?’

’So Feng Si is so poor she has to forage to survive?’

"Are you all alone in your family?" Bo Rongrong felt she had uncovered the truth.

She turned to Feng Si and said magnanimously, in the most generous tone she had ever used, "If you’re short on coins, I can lend you some! I may not be a rich female, but I still have tens of thousands of coins to spare!"

Feng Si tapped the holographic screen, confirming the displayed destination was correct, before she noticed Bo Rongrong staring at her.

Feng Si pursed her lips and smiled at her. "As for coins... I’m really not short on them."

Unexpectedly, not wanting her neighbor to misunderstand that she couldn’t even afford food, Feng Si very naturally raised her wrist, opened the withdrawal page of her livestream channel, and enlarged the display, positioning it between them.

Bo Rongrong: "..."

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Bo Rongrong’s mouth fell open in shock, and for a long moment, she couldn’t close it. She simply couldn’t believe her eyes.

With her mouth still hanging open, her eyes slowly drifted upward to stare blankly at the black-haired female beside her.

She heard the other woman continue in a calm, understated tone, "This is just one of my accounts. Rest assured, whatever else I might lack, it will never be coins."

’Just one of her accounts...’

120,000,000 coins. After taxes.

"..." Bo Rongrong felt like she was the real country bumpkin.

Feng Si turned off the holographic screen and looked over with concern. "What’s wrong? Are you okay?"

Bo Rongrong shook her head. For the first time, the usually talkative girl had no desire to speak.

She was so embarrassed her toes could have dug a hole in the floor.

’To think I offered to lend Feng Si money...’

’Oh god, I just want to run home, crawl into bed, pull the covers over my head, and never come out again!’

Feng Si blinked and said softly, "My mistake."

Her tone was apologetic. "I forgot to mention the address earlier. I’m only just realizing that our destinations might be different. Why don’t you pull over? I can get out here."

Bo Rongrong snapped out of it. "No, you don’t have to get out."

She looked down at the red dot indicating their position on the car’s screen. They were already heading toward the No.1 Collection Area, south of Pantian City.

’We’ve come all this way already.’

She shook her head to clear it and reconsidered.

’Feng Si has so many coins—yet she doesn’t wear a single piece of silver gold jewelry. But she did pour me that sweet honey water and give me fruit.’

’And she showed me her balance without any hesitation—that’s something you only do if you really trust someone and see them as a friend.’

’Especially since she arrived at Boman Gate Institute. Everyone else gives her the cold shoulder. Now that she finally has a neighbor who’s so easy to get along with, she doesn’t want to be all alone on the island anymore.’

Having convinced herself, Bo Rongrong took a deep breath and said with the resolve of someone determined to stand by her friend, "I’ve never been to a collection area before. I’d like to see it, too."

Feng Si was taken aback for a moment. She studied Bo Rongrong carefully, and once she was sure the other girl wasn’t forcing herself, she nodded with a smile. "Alright."

Seeing Bo Rongrong’s expression, which looked like she was marching to her doom, she continued to reassure her. "Don’t be so nervous. Once we get to the collection area, I’ll just be sticking to the very edge of the forest. So you can get out and wander around if you want. I have a lot of gathering experience, you know. I can teach you."

Bo Rongrong: "..."

’I don’t really want to learn how to do manual labor!’

Feng Si sensed Bo Rongrong’s hesitation and said after a moment’s thought,

"I’ll probably be here until the afternoon. If you get bored waiting, you can go home first."

She smiled and raised an eyebrow at Bo Rongrong. "You said it yourself, this is Pantian City. As a female, I’ll have no trouble hailing a ride back."

Bo Rongrong was instantly touched again. "I’ll wait for you. We can go back together."

And then, as the trees grew denser and the air below swarmed with insects, Bo Rongrong got her first look at the collection area. It looked like a primeval forest, the undergrowth so thick there was nowhere to even set foot.

She regretted it.

Feng Si already felt bad about the situation. Seeing the look of utter refusal on Bo Rongrong’s face, she thoughtfully told her to just drop her off at the collection area’s parking spot and head back.

...

Even though Feng Lian tried to act unconcerned after returning from her visit with the new, black-haired female, her mind would not let it rest, especially at night when she lay in bed.

That arrogant face would inevitably pop into her head. She was so angry that even if she managed to fall asleep, the rage would wake her up.

’Does that black-haired female think that just because she was escorted here by the military, she’s so special? That she can be so arrogant and treat even a High-level Female with contempt?’

’If that’s the case, then she’s either of a sufficiently high status—at least my equal—or she’s utterly stupid and ignorant.’

’Doesn’t she know that beauty is the most useless thing here?’

’After all... a male beast needs to be soothed by spiritual power to keep his Original Value stable.’

Feng Lian may have reasoned it all out, but the black-haired female’s attitude was like a thorn in her side—not exactly painful, but impossible to ignore.