“If you can accept this price, we can sign the contract later.”
Through the remote connection of the communication device, the male zerg with green eyes and black hair had a stern appearance. Even though they were separated by a screen, they exuded a heavy sense of oppression.
“We have no problem with that.”
The male zerg nodded. “Then it’s settled.”
In the moment the communication ended, the female zerg finally wiped the sweat off her face, relaxed, and slumped on the table, letting out a sigh of relief.
No wonder Mr. Jin Qi had a subtle expression before, telling her that the employer this time was a slightly peculiar male zerg. She thought it was some inexperienced male zerg, but it turned out to be Lu Mo.
This male zerg was well-known in the industry, and his rags-to-riches story had a touch of fabrication.
Initially, he was just an ordinary low-level male zerg on a barren planet, but he inherited all the wealth of his male father. This money was enough to allow him to spend his entire life extravagantly on that barren planet. However, he used all the money to renovate the almost unusable port.
If he hadn’t done that, when the port was completely paralyzed and this barren planet lost its ability to communicate with the outside world, it would gradually fall into silence.
Even so, that was something that would happen hundreds of years later. Male zergs with money indulge themselves in pleasure, paying no attention to the devastating flood after death.
Initially, everyone thought this male zerg had gone crazy. Building a port on such a barren planet was like using banknotes to keep warm in the icy snow. It was a huge investment with minimal returns.
On the first day the port opened, the ships coming and going were packed with sub-females and female zergs.
These were the kind of zergs living at the lowest level, trying their best to travel between different planets, listening to rumors and attempting to find an opportunity to settle down on some planet. When they heard that a new port had opened here, they swarmed to try their luck.
For a while, the observing zergs were dumbfounded—this wasn’t a good thing at all.
The resources on a planet were limited, especially on a barren planet. The local zergs were already competing fiercely for jobs, and now it became even harder to survive.
Moreover, these zergs were accustomed to wandering, with bad character and extreme behavior, causing the security situation on the barren planet to quickly deteriorate.
All the zergs began to blame Lu Mo, saying that if he wanted to squander money, he could just gamble or indulge himself. Even if he had a fortune, it wouldn’t be enough for a day of gambling. Why did he have to go to such extremes?
At this point, it seemed like it was just an ordinary spendthrift male zerg. But then, something shocking happened.
One month after the port opened, a loud roar broke the morning tranquility, and a huge factory began construction!
From building the factory to producing goods, and finally transporting the products, just one factory provided tens of thousands of job opportunities—not only absorbing numerous zergs but also driving prosperity in the surrounding areas…
However, even though Lu Mo inherited all his male father’s assets, he couldn’t possibly have money left after renovating the port, so what was this factory about?
“Well, one of the conditions for me to renovate the port was to obtain 80% of the shares in the port.”
During a banquet, the male zerg with black hair and green eyes revealed his secret. “To be honest, I thought it would take at least five years to recover the funds, but it happened much faster than I expected.”
However, even with this knowledge, few zergs followed suit.
Obtaining shares in the port was not an easy task, and renovating the port required a massive amount of capital. Lu Mo mortgaged his noble title and all his rights as a male zerg to obtain sufficient funds in the early stages.
Even so, the speed of capital flow after the completion of construction was far slower than in other industries. It was only due to the perfect combination of various conditions that Lu Mo achieved such a miracle.
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Starting from there, this male zerg continued to accumulate his wealth. Three years was a short period of time for zergs, and even the weakest sub-female could live for two to three hundred years. But in these three years, this male zerg created his own world.
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“Oh, by the way.”
The communication device opened again, and Lu Mo’s face appeared on the screen, startling the female zerg. “Here!”
The male zerg glanced at him subtly. “Can everything be completed within a month?”
After estimating the time, the female zerg answered without hesitation, “Yes.”
“This is the detailed contract. Take a look, and if there are no issues, we can sign it.”
“Okay.”
Lu Mo closed the communication device and covered his slightly aching conscience, leaning on the table, gasping in pain.
He had a guilty conscience of bullying honest people.
Even taking the incredibly powerful physique of the zergs into account, completing all the work within a month was pushing them to the limit.
When he was building the factory, he only provided food and accommodation. There was no salary, yet he managed to make those zergs work ten hours a day.
Even the system was astonished: [One month?]
Lu Mo sighed in pain: [He didn’t even intend to negotiate the price.]
The system fell silent for a moment before finally saying, [Compared to the worst of my 172 personalities, you are not far behind.]
Lu Mo: [Thank you for the compliment.]
Finally finishing all the work, Lu Mo looked up and glanced outside the window. It was already dark.
In an instant, he seemed to return to his past life.
He had drifted in a bustling city in his previous life, sitting in his room at night, looking at the bright lights and bustling streets, reminding him of a poem by Xin Qiji.
Luxury carriages fragrant on the street, the sound of phoenix flutes, the brilliance of jade wine, a night of dancing and revelry.
But in the room, an old-fashioned incandescent light bulb flickered, with moths dancing around it and occasionally falling down, sprinkling fine phosphor powder. When a moth landed on the incandescent light bulb, it would be burned and make a sizzling sound.
Lu Mo swept the fallen moths into the trash can. The room had poor sound insulation, and he could hear the laughter of the neighboring couple in the middle of the night, as well as the quarrels of a middle-aged couple and the cries of a child.
Only his room was quiet and empty, similar to his thin household registration.
Even the sound of arguing made him feel envious.
The imperial star of the zerg race was even more prosperous than the city in his previous life. After all, even though the zergs weren’t skilled in construction, they were the dominant race in the universe.
The system kept chattering: [Lu Mo, don’t be too downcast. I have experience. I used to have a host who struggled for thousands of years—it was miserable, tsk tsk. Cheer up!]
The system could detect Lu Mo’s mood, but this underage system thought Lu Mo was feeling down about his scum value.
Lu Mo went along with it and said, [Thank you, I’m feeling much better now.]
[Hmph, what am I supposed to do without you? You weak host.]
[Thanks, thanks.]
Whether in his past life or this life, Lu Mo always had a lingering sense of loneliness.
It seemed that no matter where he was, he was an outsider.
—
Ling stood at Lu Mo’s door, holding a cup in his hand.
To go downstairs from his room, he had to pass by Lu Mo’s door.
He just wanted to go downstairs to get a drink, so he made some footsteps. After all, Jin Qi was a troublesome noble, and the ground had to be paved with wooden boards. Over time, they would loosen and make creaking sounds when stepped on, which was unavoidable.
Lu Mo could hear his footsteps.
– Then what?
So what? Ling wasn’t quite sure of his purpose. It seemed like he was doing something illogical, useless, and baseless.
But deep down, there was a faint expectation, always wanting to… catch Lu Mo’s attention?
Ling slowed down his footsteps, deliberately stepping on the wooden boards to make a long, grating creaking sound, but there was no response from Lu Mo’s room.
What was Lu Mo doing now?
Despite the piercing sound of the wooden boards, Ling could discern Lu Mo’s calm breathing. Was he just resting in his room?
As Ling pondered, he went downstairs. He opened the refrigerator, took out some ice cubes, and dropped them into the cup, making a tinkling sound. He then grabbed a bottle of carbonated water, and when he opened it, it made a “pop” sound, filling the cup with a series of “dun dun dun” sounds.
He carried the cup back upstairs, and water droplets condensed on the cup’s surface, rolling down his hand.
Just as he stepped on the wooden boards and made a creaking sound, Lu Mo suddenly opened the door. Ling’s hand trembled, causing the water in the cup to sway, nearly spilling out.
“My dear female monarch.”
The male zerg crossed his arms and leaned against the door, his face full of displeasure. “It’s late at night, and you’re making all this noise. What exactly…”
He suddenly stopped speaking, sweeping his gaze up and down Ling, causing Ling’s heartbeat to quicken.
“It’s so late, and you’re still in your military uniform?”
Ling: “…”
It felt like being guilty of something and having been exposed. Ling’s face grew hot.
Lu Mo… did he dislike military uniforms?
He explained, “I’ve been in a meeting since I came back. I just finished and went to get a drink. I didn’t have time to change.”
Ling raised the cup, indicating that he was telling the truth.
It was practically a blatant cover-up!
He averted his gaze, afraid of seeing a blatant sneer in Lu Mo’s eyes.
In the next moment, Lu Mo grabbed his hand and pulled him into the room, loudly saying, “Is disturbing my peace your purpose? If that’s the case, I’ll let you experience what it’s like to be disturbed.”
He pushed Ling towards the bathroom, then lowered his head and took a sip of water from Ling’s hand, expressing his disdain, “I hate carbonated water without sweetness.”
This was his female monarch.
Between his past life and this life, it was the first time Lu Mo had such an intimate partner.
A more annoying, noisier, and more perplexing zerg than the system, always demanding things from him, even when not present, always causing various commotions…
Keeping his life busy and preventing him from being lonely by female monarch.
“Go in,” Lu Mo narrowed his eyes, “and don’t make a mess like a little cub.”
The bathroom door mercilessly closed on the female zerg.
Ling stood under the bright lights in the bathroom, placing the cup on the sink, then sat down on the other side.
He just didn’t have time to change clothes.
But there was a voice in his heart telling him: You just wanted to see the infatuated look on the male zerg’s face.
Tsk.
Even though he was over a hundred years old, he was becoming more and more childish. This was just… a plot that would only appear in cheesy romance novels.
In the mirror, his lips couldn’t help but curl up.
Author’s Note: Lu Mo is the kind of person who wouldn’t bully NPCs even in games.
First. This couple is just so sweet. Thanks for the dog food, looking forward to more. 😋
Awww I wasn’t first. Anyways I love Long so much he’s the actual tsun tsun here😂
Thanks for the chap
I love these two 😭💖
Thanks for the update ❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️
Aww. It’s so sweet that they find in eachother what they truly need. Meaningfull companionship couldn’t be compared to endless wealth or great career successes.
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Thank You for the new chapter ʚ♡⃛ɞ(ू•ᴗ•ू❁)