Spending money is addictive
Editor: MinMin
The Fourth District.
The entrance to the Third District was heavily guarded and everyone heading to the Third District was asked to show their IDs and was only allowed to go through after confirming their identities.
Two men in hoods were hiding behind the car parked at the corner. One with light blue eyes, red lips, and pearl-white teeth, delicate like a siren. The other was handsome, with dark-gray eyes and a few stands of silver hair that escaped under his hood.
Brent was about to step out, but Serbia grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him back. He warned in a whisper, “Brent, do not be impulsive!”
“Why?” Brent looked back in confusion. “We can confuse them with mental power like before.”
The Merfolk’s mental power was naturally higher than that of humans, and hypnosis and charm were their racial talents. Serbia also possessed 3S-level mental power. Such a powerful combination was enough to trick any human, making them obedient before wiping their memory.
It was how they passed the previous hurdles, from the Ninth District to the Fourth District, unhindered.
“Further ahead is the entrance to the upper three districts.” Serbia said, “Making the inspection much stricter than the middle and the lower three districts. Do you see that machine? We may be able to hide from human eyes, but not from the machine’s scans. If it is found that we are foreign trespassers, we will be attacked and detained immediately.”
Brent furrowed his brows. “Then we dismantle that damn machine!” He had mental power comparable to SS-level for humans and could easily kill anything he wanted, including machines as hard as iron—those machines were much tougher than steel, and thus more expensive. Which was why it was only used for security checks in the upper three districts.
Serbia shook his head. “This machine was designed by Seven Star Co., and its strength is on the same level as an alpha with SS-level combat and mental powers. We cannot use brute force. Moreover,” he glanced at Brent’s legs. “You just learned to walk and now, you want to fight?”
The Seven Star Co, which specialized in manufacturing machines, also belonged to the Ji family. They were the manufacturer of the most advanced and intelligent machine in interstellar travel, including the latest robot that Yan Weiliang bought before.
Speaking of that robot, Yan Weiliang bought it when it was under commission, as the computer would not make it unless an order was placed. It was estimated that it would take one month before the final product was delivered.
The reason why the Ji Family was regarded as the guest of honor by the major powers was not only because they have money, but also because of the various technologies that the Ji Family possessed. Machine and mech manufacturing alone was enough for people to be green with jealousy. For example, SS-level combat and mental powers were difficult for humans to achieve, however, machines could easily be more powerful than humans.
Of course, the machine had to be controlled by people. If one-day artificial intelligence gained independent consciousness and wanted to seize control of the world for itself, it would be the end of mankind again.
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“…Then what should we do?” Brent dejectedly gazed at his legs and said, “We have come this far, and this is as far as we could go?”
“Of course not.” Serbia mused, “Let me think of something…”
Think of what?
Even Serbia was not sure.
As someone from the Violet Planet, he did not know the Empire any more than Brent. He had been in exile in space for many years and rarely set foot on the Empire’s land.
Just as they were stressing over this, a sudden noise came from the inspection office. A blond girl got dumped unceremoniously on the ground in the Fourth District by soldiers.
“And do not step foot in the upper three districts again.” One of the soldiers gave a vicious warning.
“No!” Rhine cried out in despair. She had joined her father’s company to enter the First District to step across the social class. But now she had been banned from entering the upper three districts because she had offended that woman!
She even lost her original status in the Third District! She was now an outcast in the Fourth District!
With how many daughters her father had, he would not step up to a noble lady in the imperial capital to seek an explanation. He would probably treat it as if this daughter of his never existed.
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The more she thought, the more desperate she became. Remaining on the ground, she covered her face and cried.
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“It has nothing to do with us.” Serbia turned around hastily. “Let’s go back and figure out what our next step is.”
Brent followed and grabbed him. “But she looks like she needs help.”
Serbia lowered his eyes. “Brent, I am not a good person.”
He was a space thief, one with a notorious reputation.
Brent looked at him with his clear blue eyes. “Serbia, if you were not a good person, you would have left me to die.”
Being penniless in the past, when he met the merman hiding in the stream, instead of selling the merman to the highest bidder, he crossed planets to earn star coins to help him buy a bottle of xenomorphe agent.
Serbia gazed into his pure eyes for a long time and agreed helplessly, “You are right.”
They went back.
Brent bent down and asked Rhine gently, “Hello, is there anything I can help the young lady with?”
Those blue eyes were as charming as the sea. By chance, a gust of wind blew, dragging the hood off and revealing the soft sea-blue hair and delicate, gorgeous face.
In a moment of stun, Rhine immediately turned on her livestream and captured Brent’s face.
She could re-enter the imperial capital again by becoming a popular streamer on the Star Livestream Platform. So long as she could get the favor of any of the three judges, that aristocratic lady would have nothing on her!
Popularity? There was no way popularity would not start rising if these two young men showed their faces!
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Yan Weiliang waited a long time, but Serbia did not livestream again.
The young man was probably in desperate need of money to livestream last time. Once he got the profit, he did not intend to continue to develop in this industry.
Yan Weiliang felt regret. If they were not fated to be, he would not force it.
As he was about to quit the Star Livestream app, he suddenly saw the long string of [Lady Rhine and Her Two Older Brothers] on the popularity ranking list, sitting frighteningly in the top ten.
Of course, with his excellent memory, he remembered who Lady Rhine was.
She was kicked out of the clothing store by Luo Lin.
As the daughter of the Luo Family, Luo Lin has ways to make it impossible for people who offend her to stay in the upper three districts. The Luo Family’s power was not as great as the Ji Family’s, so Star Livestream would not block Rhine because of this. However, with Rhine expelled from the upper three districts, she lost her aristocratic lady persona, so it made no sense for her to be this popular.
Yan Weiliang was interested in the sudden emergence of these two ‘older brothers’.
What kind of divine being could change something this rotten into something so magical?
He clicked to take a look.
The background was a very modest house. There were a few wisps of blond hair in the camera, and it was obvious that Rhine was holding up the camera for her livestream.
The silver-haired young man in a long trench coat sat in front of the window, reading a book. His dark-gray eyes were somewhat lazy and tired. His side profile was beautiful and flawless, well-defined, and cold.
The door suddenly opened and a blue-eyed young man with a stunning posture entered. He hooked his arms around the silver-haired young man’s neck, leaned down, and asked, “Ge, what are you reading?”
Serbia showed him the cover, and Brent narrowed his eyes and read the title word for word, “Son of the Sea…Puff, you are still reading fairy tales at this age?”
“Stop reading.” Brant closed the book and turned to Serbia. “Look at me; the son of the sea is standing right in front of you.”
Blue hair and blue eyes were standard features of mermaids, but there were other races with blue hair and blue eyes, so no one would think twice about it.
The bullet screen was covered with loud messages such as [They are so cute], [Everyone in the family is so good-looking], [Meimei is very ordinary compared to them], and so on.
One of the flying messages asked: [Eh? Isn’t this the xiao gege who ate Zerg live a few days ago? Experiencing life like a young master is also very special.]
For ten seconds, Yan Weiliang watched the livestream and all the messages on the bullet screen to conclude the following:
1. Serbia was now in the middle three districts, and judging by his surroundings, he was very likely to be in the Fourth District.
2. Serbia and the blue-haired youth were companions, and they ran into Rhine by chance, who was driven out of the upper three districts. They were pretending to be each other’s siblings in this livestream. Due to their humble residence, the gimmick was ‘experiencing the life of commoners as aristocratic children’.
3. They were being used by Rhine, but they were also using Rhine.
4. Rhine wanted to use their faces to gain popularity, while Serbia wanted exposure among Rhine’s fanbase and to become one of the top 100 in the popularity charts.
5. Their common goal was to enter the capital.
Yan Weiliang deducted all of these within ten seconds.
No matter what their purpose was, it coincided with Yan Weiliang’s thoughts.
He precisely wanted Serbia to come to the imperial capital.
Yan Weiliang glanced at the ranking of the popularity list. Due to the strong support of the aristocrats and their active participation, the top hundred of the popularity list was very tight. Although Serbia was ranked tenth, it was only slightly above the one-hundredth rank, so he could drop out of the top one hundred.
The popularity list could rely on money. With the monetary power of the local tyrants, Serbia, and his companions made it to the top ten simply with their faces alone, which showed that these two indeed have outstanding appearances.
But the ranking was still too unstable.
He decided to give a helping hand.
[‘An’ donated 1 ‘spaceship’!]
[‘An’ donated 2 ‘spaceship’!]
[‘An’ donated 3 ‘spaceship’!]
…
[‘An’ donated 10,000 ‘spaceship’!]
On the screen, Serbia and Brent’s faces got buried by flying spaceships flooding the screen.
There was a moment of silence in the livestream room.
Rhine let out an uncontrollable scream.
…What an amazing local tyrant! Ten thousand spaceships, that was one hundred million star coins!
It sent [Lady Rhine and Her Two Older Brothers] livestream name flying up the list, snatching the first place and leaving the second place to bite the dust with the large gap.
Yan Weiliang, who squandered one hundred million star coins from Chu Yuwen’s fortune, was extremely happy.
Chu Yuwen gave him two cards. One of them was unlimited, which was usable across the whole network except for Taojin Marketplace, which did not accept credit cards with an unlimited balance, and the other was a Taojin Marketplace credit card, which only had a balance of ten million star coins
Burning money was not something to be happy about, but burning Chu Yuwen’s money was something to rejoice about.
Tsk, this intoxicating feeling of swimming in riches.
Was addictive.
Yan Weiliang was happy, but on the other hand, when Chu Yuwen received the purchase notification at the military headquarters, he almost had a heart attack.
…Was Ryan kidnapped? Otherwise, how could he spend one hundred million star coins?
Was this the same Ryan who was terrified to learn that he spent ten thousand star coins?
Chu Yuwen immediately checked the monitor at his mansion.
Then he saw the youth staring intently at the two beautiful men on the screen.
Ryan watched the two men while he watched Ryan.
The boy stared at the screen the whole time, like a fool.
In the first minute, Chu Yuwen was very angry.
Ryan spent the money he gave him on attractive young men. He will throw a fit tonight; he would not allow the other to act spoiled and arrogant like this.
After ten minutes had passed, Chu Yuwen wrinkled his eyebrows slightly.
…Why was Ryan still watching? What was there to see? It seemed that he was away from home too much, that the little guy was overthinking or the little guy was too lonely and chose this to pass the time. He should go back early today to keep the boy company.
Twenty minutes later, Chu Yuwen turned off the monitor indifferently.
Those two guys were not as good-looking as he was.
He needed to go home immediately to correct Ryan’s aesthetic.
The author has something to say:
Chu Yuwen: Drinking vinegar? Drink what vinegar, there is no way I am drinking vinegar. I just need to correct Ryan’s aesthetic.
Yan Weiliang: With what? Your own aesthetic?
Chu Yuwen: I passed all the stages in the Marvelous Liang Liang; Dress-Up Game with flying colors.
Yan Weiliang: …Then you are indeed very beautiful.
Tomorrow will be the first VIP chapter, which will also be the first time the real Liang Liang meets the Marshal.
The soft and delicate wife and wife-pampering mad husband script is going to be transformed into the indifferent Third Prince and cold-blooded Marshal, and their chemistry will be completely different. Please look forward to it~
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Thank you for the chapter 💕I look forward to it!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
No, no, who are talking about vinegar?
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ŐωŐ人)
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the chapter…. jajajajaj it seems that Yue Weiliang had a great time with Chu Yuwen’s money
bro is not drinking vinegar, he is chugging too much all at once the fermentation cannot keep up😭😭😭😭
Bro,Is that KDJ on ur pfp?🥺✨🌙