Chapter 132: Have You Figured Out How to Compensate Me

Chapter 132: Chapter 132: Have You Figured Out How to Compensate Me

Cold sweat dripped down Shopkeeper Li’s face, and her legs felt like jelly. But accustomed to a life of arrogance and dominance, she shoved away the servant who tried to pull her to safety.

She pointed a finger at Feng Si and cursed, "A mere male beast dared to attack me! I’ll make him pay! You..."

"SMACK!"

A crisp slap cut off Shopkeeper Li’s angry tirade.

Shopkeeper Li was stunned.

She raised a hand in disbelief to cover her stinging cheek. Trembling, she started to raise her wrist to call the Female Protection Institute, managing to spit out a threat, "You just wait."

Tired of listening to her opponent’s ugly words, Feng Si, a faint, unreadable smile on her face, reached into her waist pouch and took out a Black Crystal Pendant the size of a finger joint.

Her fair fingers, with their light pink tips, hooked a thin, black cord. She swayed it gently, and the black crystal danced in the sunlight filtering through the trees, emitting its unique, shimmering luster.

Feng Si looked directly at Shopkeeper Li, her voice cold but laced with amusement. "Ma’am, you saw clearly that *I’m* the one who hit you, right? And another thing—"

"First of all, your face hurt my hand."

"Secondly, you’d better think hard about what kind of compensation will appease me."

The rank represented by the Identity Token in Feng Si’s hand was known to all. The two servants supporting Shopkeeper Li took one look at it and immediately buried their heads in fear and terror, their legs nearly giving out.

’How could a Special Rank Female be out here all alone!’

’We’re so screwed!’

So, even though Female Li’s face was throbbing with pain and she had already keyed in the number on her wrist communicator, she froze, her jaw dropping in shock.

All her anger vanished in a flash.

If the female before her decided to press the issue, the Female Protection Institute would undoubtedly take her side indiscriminately. As someone who enjoyed the preferential treatment afforded to females in the Beastman World, Shopkeeper Li knew better than anyone about the hierarchy determined by fertility.

Shopkeeper Li’s face instantly turned deathly pale. A bead of sweat rolling down her slapped cheek intensified the pain, and she immediately chose to offer compensation to save her own skin.

Shopkeeper Li said nervously, "If this shop pleases you, I’m willing to sell it for half price, 75 million coins. If you’re not satisfied... we can negotiate further."

Feng Si, holding Yun Chi with one arm, heard this and retracted the Black Crystal Pendant. She then casually handed the pendant—the very Special Rank Identity Card that had terrified everyone—to Yun Chi, letting him hook it with his tail and play with it like a toy.

She thought for a moment. ’A half-price offer delivered to my doorstep? I’d be a fool to refuse.’ "Alright. Give me your account number. Start processing the transfer paperwork now. My time is limited. I’m only giving you half an hour."

"Okay." Seeing this, Shopkeeper Li’s heart bled with regret.

’If only I hadn’t tried to jack up the price when I saw she was alone, I wouldn’t be in this mess, losing so much money.’

Handling the shop transfer was very convenient on the optical computer. With Shopkeeper Li present, it took just over ten minutes to verify her fingerprint, iris scan, and Identity Card. After Feng Si’s payment of 75 million coins was received, the shop’s ownership was changed to Feng Si’s name.

With the matter settled, Shopkeeper Li, having suffered a major loss, watched as Feng Si took a robot to inspect the shop.

She turned and took her anger out on the two sub-female servants. Picking up a stick from the dry grass, she vented her fury by bringing it down on them. "I’ll kill you! You didn’t even try to protect your master."

The two sub-females, who had squirrel-like ears, endured the beating. They were so used to their master’s abuse that they didn’t dare to cry out too loudly, knowing that screams would only annoy her and lead to an even more severe punishment.

Just like always, the two of them knelt on the ground, covering their heads and thinking, ’Just endure it for a little while, and it will be over.’

Muffled wails from the courtyard reached the house. Feng Si couldn’t help but frown, instructing her robot to remove all the mirrors and dispose of them.

She turned and walked quickly to the courtyard entrance and, sure enough, saw the female beating her servants.

’Bullying people with status? I can do that, too.’

"Hey, this is my place now, and those two sub-females from the shop are mine, too. Are you trying to discipline my people for me? Now, get lost."

Holding the youngling in one arm, Feng Si leaned against the doorframe, her eyes fixed on Female Li in the courtyard with displeasure.

At her words, Female Li’s hand froze. She gnashed her teeth, unwilling to give in. She’d already lost seventy-five million coins; she didn’t really care about a couple of servants who had only cost a few tens of thousands.

But those two had seen her groveling and demeaning herself. ’How could I let the very people I usually beat and scold see me in such a disgraceful state?’

’She couldn’t do anything to the Special Rank Female, but weren’t two sub-female servants easy to deal with?’

A vicious glint flashed in her beady eyes. She had already decided the two sub-females’ fate—it would be best if they never spoke again.

Shopkeeper Li put on a fawning smile for Feng Si. "They’re dull and stupid, not fit to serve you. I’m willing to exchange them for two smarter sub-females for..."

The end of Feng Si’s eyebrow twitched upward in annoyance.

’I don’t care if they’re stupid or not. As long as they’re obedient.’

"I’ve said my piece." Feng Si held up a hand to stop her. "I hate it when people waste my time. If you don’t leave now, I’ll assume you’re looking for trouble."

Shopkeeper Li: "..."

Shopkeeper Li left meekly, leaving the two sub-females still kneeling on the ground, clutching their heads.

Feng Si walked over, bent down slightly, and pulled at them to help them up. The two sub-females stared at her with terrified eyes, momentarily struck dumb.

Seeing this, Feng Si summoned F22 and had it take the two sub-females to the Sacrificial Hall for treatment. She gave them her contact information and told them to wait for her to get in touch.

Then, she took Yun Duo and prepared to hurry to the next location to buy a workshop.

On the terrace of the third mushroom house at 68 Tree, across from 21 Tree, stood a well-built male beast.

Beneath his silver hair, his blue eyes were downcast. His thin, white shirt did little to hide his well-defined muscles, broad shoulders, and narrow waist. A pair of black trousers made his already long legs seem endless.

From the terrace, which offered an excellent view, he could see everything that had happened in the courtyard across the way perfectly clearly.

Tiger Flame had always scoffed at the squabbles between females. But upon seeing that black-haired female with her unconventional aura, a deep flicker of interest flashed in his eyes, like ice melting on the frozen Beichuan.

Shi Li had finished purchasing the heating energy source needed for their silver ship. Seeing his Young Master staring down below, he asked, "Young Master, is something wrong?"

"It’s nothing."

Tiger Flame shook his head. His blue eyes surreptitiously glanced at the black vehicle flying away from the treetops, followed by a fleet of flying cars, and he forcibly suppressed the predatory desire rising within him.

He cast a predatory gaze in the direction where they had disappeared, then looked away, his voice laced with a hidden ambition. "Let’s go. We’re returning to the Envoy Courtyard."

Shi Li followed his Young Master, muttering to himself, "I wonder when the things our King sent will arrive. The Southern Wilderness is too hot, and there are always Beastmen hanging around, watching us. I’m not comfortable here at all. I really want to go back to the Northern Wilderness."

Hearing Shi Li’s quiet muttering behind him, Tiger Flame found himself hoping the delegation from the Northern Wilderness wouldn’t arrive too soon. He still wanted a chance to take that female named Feng Si away with him.