Chapter 131: The Mom-Protecting Cub is Very Fierce

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: The Mom-Protecting Cub is Very Fierce

Shopkeeper Li snapped irritably at the two sub-females kneeling on the grass, "Hurry up and open the gate! Are you waiting for me to do it? What a pair of morons."

Feng Si’s frown deepened. ’The females I’ve met before were all perfectly normal. I didn’t expect this one’s personality to be so awful.’

"Please... please come in." The sub-female’s voice was hoarse and grating, as if her throat was injured.

"Thank you. Could you please show me around the shop?" Feng Si said with a smile to the sub-female who couldn’t even stand up straight. The sub-female, who had kept her head bowed, looked up, a flicker of surprise in her lifeless eyes.

However, their long-held fear of females had extinguished any trace of curiosity. They stiffly led the way forward, while Shopkeeper Li had already disappeared into the mushroom house.

’Well, since I’m here anyway,’ Feng Si thought, and began to inspect the shop in earnest.

The mushroom house was quite large, about two hundred square meters, divided into a front and a back hall. ’The front hall could be used as a sales area,’ she mused, ’and the back as a temporary warehouse.’

The interior decoration was also quite exquisite. The walls were painted a pearlescent white, as if coated with a fine layer of shell powder. Light streamed in through the mushroom house’s few windows, creating a beautiful, subtle shimmer.

The shelves along the walls were made of delicate transparent glass, on which were displayed a variety of exquisite round mirrors. The whole shop sparkled.

’So it’s a mirror shop,’ Feng Si realized. ’The decor is exquisite. If I buy it, I can stock the shelves and open for business right away without having to redecorate.’

As she turned to survey the shop, Feng Si simultaneously sketched out a new layout in her mind.

Following Feng Si around the shop, Yun Chi’s attention wasn’t solely on his mother as usual. Instead, he turned his head to follow her gaze, looking all around.

There were so many mirrors here. Yun Duo, who in his innocence had just been copying his mother, was suddenly genuinely captivated. Wanting to see himself and his mother from every angle, Yun Chi widened his golden pupils and studied each mirror with great care.

"What do you think of this shop, Yun Duo?" Feng Si lifted the little guy from her shoulder and held him to her chest, looking down with a smile as she consulted him.

Yun Chi tilted his head back as far as it would go to look up at Feng Si. Hearing his mother’s voice, he responded with a soft, sweet "HISS~"—his way of saying *Mama~*.

Feng Si smiled faintly, the corners of her lips curling up. She raised a hand and stroked Yun Duo’s little head with her fingertip, then walked from the back hall through the wide archway into the front hall.

The two sub-female clerks, distinguished by the squirrel ears on their heads, trailed behind Feng Si with their heads constantly bowed, moving like a pair of robots.

Shopkeeper Li sat behind the counter to the right of the entrance. When she saw Feng Si emerge with her entourage, she thought, ’This beautiful female is clearly very satisfied with my shop.’

’Look at how plainly she’s dressed, and there’s no male beast with her. She must be one of those Low-level Females with low fertility and an ordinary family background.’

’For a Low-level Female to be that stunning, she must get special treatment from a lot of male beasts. Too bad for her, I’m not going to coddle her.’

"This shop, including the land, is 180 million coins in total. Transfer the money to me quickly. Don’t waste my time." Shopkeeper Li raised her chin and pulled up the shop’s information on a light screen.

Feng Si, who had walked to the doorway, froze. "What?"

The small eyes on Shopkeeper Li’s fat face slanted upward. She said in a snide tone:

"This shop is in the very center of Secret Fragrance Pine Forest Street, surrounded by high-end stores. It’s a prime location that’s hard to come by. When goods are scarce, prices go up. Naturally, the price of this property also goes up every day."

Feng Si sneered. "The listed price is 150 million coins. What kind of property goes up by thirty million coins overnight?"

"If you don’t have the coins, then don’t come to Secret Fragrance Pine Forest Street..." Shopkeeper Li looked up and was suddenly met with a pair of icy black eyes.

Feng Si watched her silently, while Yun Chi, nestled at her chest, mimicked his mother’s expression and glared fiercely at the Beastman.

An overwhelming sense of pressure washed over her. Shopkeeper Li faltered, then blustered, "Around here, a single piece of jewelry can go for over a hundred million, and people will still fight to buy it! My shop is only 180 million coins. That’s practically a bargain."

"Oh? Then you can keep it," Feng Si said, turning to walk out.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Li’s expression flickered.

’My shop has been on the market for half a month without selling. How can I let her walk away after she spent so long looking at it?’

She turned and ordered the two sub-females, "What are you waiting for? Go and stop her!"

The sub-females cowered where they stood, then knelt and begged, "M-Master, she’s a female. We can’t stop her."

"Damn it! I’ll deal with you two later." Shopkeeper Li seethed as she turned to look toward the door.

Feng Si was half a head taller and had longer legs, so she was already nearing the courtyard gate. Shopkeeper Li huffed and puffed as she jogged to catch up, barely managing to block her at the entrance.

Shopkeeper Li looked up at Feng Si and said belligerently, "You’re not allowed to leave! You wasted my time looking at the shop for so long, so you have to buy it!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her hands, about to shove Feng Si back inside. But suddenly, a chill shot up her spine to the crown of her head, making her raised hands freeze in mid-air. She shifted her eyes downward.

"HISS!" A small black snake was poking its upper body out, but its belly was blocked by a long, slender, fair-skinned hand. Its mouth was open, two ghastly white fangs already extended, its cold-blooded, icy eyes staring fixedly ahead.

’This is my favorite mama. No one is allowed to hurt her!’

The ferocious cub’s protective instinct was incredibly lethal. A drop of venom hanging from the tip of his small fang slowly fell. Instantly, all the grass, flowers, and mushrooms in the courtyard withered.

Feng Si soothingly scooped Yun Duo back, a flash of affection in her eyes. "It’s okay, baby, it’s okay. Thank you for protecting Mama." Yun Chi immediately retracted his fangs, puffed out his chubby belly, and nudged his mother’s hand with his head. *Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, Yun Duo is here~*

Meanwhile, Ying Kong, who had been hidden in the treetop above and was about to intervene, sat back down. He clicked his tongue. ’What species is that cub? To have such combat power at such a young age is incredible.’

「In the courtyard.」

Having experienced a life-and-death threat for the first time, Shopkeeper Li collapsed by the door after the initial shock, gasping for breath.

’It was clear that if this female hadn’t stopped the cub, I’d be dead as a doornail by now.’

The two sub-females and the robots stood to one side. They hadn’t dared to interfere in a dispute between females, but now, seeing Female Li fall, the two sub-female servants immediately rushed forward in panic.

They carefully avoided Feng Si, afraid of bumping into her, while helping the collapsed Shopkeeper Li up, intending to take her to the Sacrificial Hall.

"Master, are you alright..."

The servants’ hushed cries of alarm brought Shopkeeper Li back to her senses. She leaned on them to struggle to her feet, but when she saw the little creature nestled coquettishly in the other female’s arms, her heart still hammered with fear.