Magma bees—-3Wang Yuelin pursed his lips as he tried to tug his hand which was caught by the woman free as he said, " I am here to ask for collaboration and not to sell my body, if you do not wish to collaborate, that's fine too. I will look for another investor."



Though Wang Yuelin's voice was stiff and stern, it had little to no effect on the woman who was holding him. The woman chuckled heavily as she turned to look at her lackeys who laughed along with her before she parted her lips and then said,

" Yuelin, you have lost your mind if you think that you will be able to find an investor for this kind of research," the woman snickered as she looked at the mer who was still acting stubborn, she looked at him as if she was looking at a child throwing a tantrum and then very patiently said, " Magma bees have been extinct for more than fifty years, even if you have found a few eggs, do you really think that you can revive them? They are dead and so is your research, Wang Yuelin. It's better if you follow me instead of working so hard to revive these eggs which had been dead for so long."

Wang Yuelin felt like his face had been slapped as he looked at the woman in front of him, his lips were tightly pursed as he tried his best to stay quiet and not jump at the woman and claw her face. When Zhu Lan called him, she spoke highly of him and even praised him for doing something that others could not even think of but now that he was here, she was going back on her words.

" Miss Zhu, I have nothing more to say," though Wang Yuelin indeed reached a bottleneck situation in his research, it did not mean that he was going to sell his body away just like that if he was to do something so cheap as this then he will be proving his ex-wife right. Something that he didn't wish to do, which was why he rejected Zhu Lan's offer with firm determination, he was a researcher and not a mer who was willing to sell his body.

His pride as a researcher will never allow him to do something so awful.

Zhu Lan did not expect Wang Yuelin to refuse her, with her lips firmly pressed she tightened her hold on Wang Yuelin's wrist and said, " You don't have to act so restrained with me, Yuelin. I know that you want it, how long it has been since you had a woman next to you? Come with me, not only will I give you the money to buy those instruments that you need but I will also give you the time of your life."

" No——"

" Oh it's you, Yuelin!" Just as Wang Yuelin was going to refuse Zhu Lan again, another voice came from behind and before Wang Yuelin could say anything else, a soft and gentle scent which seemed to belong to the forest and the lakes came floating towards his nose, startling Wang Yuelin as the latter turned around and looked at Mo Qiang in surprise.

" Miss Mo?" Though Wang Yuelin had no idea why Mo Qiang was here, he still greeted her politely. As he hailed from a family of scholars, his manners were immaculate and instances where he lost his temper were highly rare, thus even though the person who spoke to her was Mo Qiang, his voice was as gentle as ever.

Zhu Lan had not expected someone to suddenly pop up in between her and Wang Yuelin, she glanced at Mo Qiang in an unfriendly manner and then said, " I don't know why you are interfering between the two of us but I hope you will know what is good for you, Miss Mo."

" Of course," contrary to Zhu Lan's expectations Mo Qiang did not try to snatch Wang Yuelin away from her, instead she raised her hands in the air as if she was surrendering and then said, " I just came here to ask researcher Wang whether or not his illness was treated properly. In case something happens to Miss Zhu, it will be troublesome."

" Illness?" Zhu Lan's brows furrowed as she turned around and looked at Wang Yuelin but the latter was just as stunned at her because of this, Zhu Lan was not able to find anything from his expression.

Mo Qiang nodded seriously with a hint of awkwardness on her face as she rubbed the back of her head and then said, " It seems that Miss Zhu doesn't know about it, back when I was in imperial star, I and Researcher Wang ended up getting drunk in a banquet and you know ...things happen... because of that Researcher Wang ended up getting a positive result for an unknown disease, you see...?"

Wang Yuelin: ∑(; °Д°) I... I have a disease? No, why do I not remember rolling in sheets with Mo Qiang?

Zhu Lan: (; ꒪ö꒪)

" You...you are speaking the truth?" Zhu Lan turned to look at Mo Qiang with her red eyes narrowed sharply in suspicion to which Mo Qiang shrugged and replied,

" Why would I lie about this? It is not a good thing either even though this unspeakable disease can be treated with the advancement of science it's not something to boast about. I went ahead and received the treatment which is why I am now healthy and fine but since researcher Wang was troubled because of me, I wanted to ask if he was fine or not," with that she turned around and looked at Wang Yuelin and asked, " Researcher Wang, you are doing all right, right?"

Even Zhu Lan turned to look at Wang Yuelin, her expression was a mix of disbelief and betrayal causing Wang Yuelin to blink his eyes as he parted his lips and nodded before answering in a questioning tone, " I ... think?"

" WANG YUELIN!"

...

Wang Yuelin: I have no idea what was going on but suddenly I became a cheater with an unspeakable disease.

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Magma bees—-4Zhu Lan despite having no relationship with Wang Yuelin felt like she had been slapped in the face. She looked at Wang Yuelin with blame in her eyes and said, " Of all people you rolled in bed with this kind of woman?"



In Zhu Lan's eyes, Wang Yuelin was like snow piled up at the top of the mountain. Beautiful yet untouchable, just the very thought that this beautiful mer actually slept with someone like Mo Qiang made her sick to her stomach. How can Wang Yuelin do this to her? More importantly, when she asked him to spend a night with her he continued to refuse yet he actually....

Disgust flashed in Zhu Lan's eyes as she looked at Wang Yuelin and then snapped, " To think I believed in you, you are simply..." She shook her head apparently too disgusted to say anything more. " I thought too highly of you, a mer like you only belongs to a woman like her! Don't you ever call me again or try to meet me."

With that, she turned around and walked away leaving a very speechless Wang Yuelin behind as he looked at Zhu Lan and muttered, " Who are you to say that to me? I never called you in the first place. It was you who said that you wanted to talk to me about my research."

He then turned to look at Mo Qiang and asked, " What exactly are you trying to do Miss Mo? If Miss Zhu were to spread this matter around how will I respond?"

Though Wang Yuelin knew that Mo Qiang did it to save him, he still felt awkward. He and Mo Qiang never had anything to do with each other but now they had not only entangled with each other in bed but they somehow ended up getting infected with an unspeakable disease as well.

Mo Qiang smiled at Wang Yuelin and then politely said, " You might not know this Researcher Wang but as a woman, Miss Zhu had most definitely spoken about the affair between you and her if you agreed with her suggestion but you refused her and now that you are entangled with me, it's like her face has been slapped, she will not speak a word of what happened just now to anyone lest her pride takes a blow."

Wang Yuelin did not understand women that well because if he did then he would not have divorced his wife whom he had been married for years. He glanced at Zhu Lan who was now picking up another mer and then turned to look at Mo Qiang before asking, "Why did you save me just now?"

" Why? Were you going to follow her?" Mo Qiang asked back just now she saved this mer on instinct when she saw that he was getting bothered by the woman but if he wished to follow that woman, then her actions might be a bit uncalled for.

" Of course not, I truly had no intentions to follow Miss Zhu but the thing is that neither you nor I have ever seen each other before nor have we ever conversed, so why did you come to my aid for no reason?" Wang Yuelin could not be blamed for being suspicious, he had heard of Mo Qiang and her reputation wasn't that good to begin with, thus when he saw that she was helping him out, he couldn't help but be slightly suspicious of her intentions.

When Mo Qiang heard Wang Yuelin's question she did not hide her intentions and answered honestly, " You got me, researcher Wang. There is something that I want from you."

As soon as Wang Yuelin heard Mo Qiang's reply, he stiffened and took a double take before taking a step back.

" You...are you thinking of taking me——" Wang Yuelin had heard about Mo Qiang's thug-like reputation and thus he immediately jumped to the conclusion that she was trying to take advanced of him.

" No, No, No," Mo Qiang waved her hand in front of her face so fast that she created after images and continued speaking, " The thing I am interested in is the magma bees' eggs."

Just now Xiao Jiao told her that magma bees were a rare species that had now gone extinct, those bees were bright red with black rings around their bodies and could build their hives in magma rocks, they did not need trees or anything similar, they were more the honey that they produced had high medicinal properties.

Because of this, these magma bees were hunted by the hunters at an inhuman speed causing their population to go extinct fifty years ago. She had no idea how Wang Yuelin got his hands on the eggs of those bees but Xiao Jiao told her that as long as they get their hands on those eggs, she will be able to revive the magma bees without a hitch.

" Magma bees eggs?" Wang Yuelin did not expect this response from Mo Qiang and thus was stunned for a few minutes before he snapped out of his daze and then said, " Miss Mo, what are you going to do with those eggs? It is impossible to hatch them, I have been trying to do so for a very long time and have not succeeded yet."

" You don't have to worry about that," Mo Qiang lowered her voice and then said, " I might not look like it but I am invested in nature as much as you... I even ended up growing a few trees, if you don't believe me then you can come and look at those trees."

" Really? You grew trees without those expensive instruments?" Though Wang Yuelin was doubtful, Mo Qiang looked a bit too confident because of this he couldn't help but get infected by her confidence as he pushed his gold-rimmed glasses above his nose and then said, " I can hand you those magma bee eggs but what if you fail?"

" I will not fail but if you are doubtful why not sign a contract? If I fail then I will pay for your damages but if I succeed then you have to hand me half of those magma bees as you will make a breakthrough in your research, all right?" Mo Qiang suggested.

A dealWang Yuelin did not want to believe Mo Qiang but the latter seemed too confident to ignore which was why he pursed his lips and then said in a soft voice, " If you can help me revive these bees then I will give you the queen egg as well as a few slaves one."



These eggs were left behind by his grandparents who once worked as magma bees keeper but then they were attacked by the hunter and could only freeze these eggs and hide them as for the magma bees which were being raised by his grandparents were all killed as their stinger and wings could be used to make antidotes for many poisons.

Ever since then Wang Yuelin and his father had been frantically trying to revive these magma bees but despite their fanatic attempts, the research was still where it was years ago. If Mo Qiang was telling the truth, then it meant that she might have developed a potion or fertilizer that can be used to grow trees even in this toxic environment.

If that was the case then she might be able to help him a little!

" Deal!" Mo Qiang stretched out her hand and then let Wang Yuelin shake it, Xiao Jiao had already relayed every single bit of information about magma bees to her in her mind and Mo Qiang now knew that magma bees were not only good at making antidotes but were powerful pollination agents as well! She had to get her hands on those eggs no matter what!

While Mo Qiang was busy talking with Wang Yuelin, she completely forgot about a certain someone and unfortunately for her, that certain someone saw her not only smiling at Wang Yuelin but also holding his hand and shaking it firmly before continuing their conversation and looking like she was having a blast.

Shao Hui looked at Mo Qiang who was smiling and found her smile extremely unsettling, what was she smiling at? Was that mer so good that she couldn't help but smile like she was smitten with him?!

His gaze fell on Wang Yuelin, though the mer was pretty he was only slightly pretty unlike him who could be considered peerless beauty. His eyes were too small and his nose was a bit too sharp like a bird's beak, there was nothing good about that mer, so why was Mo Qiang finding him amusing?

' She really has a bad taste,' Shao Hui pursed his lips and thought in his head. First, it was that arrogant Qi Hong and now it was this nerd!

" Ah Hui, what are you thinking?" Jiang Zu saw that Shao Hui was not paying attention to him and felt slightly upset, he had been dropping hint after hint for Shao Hui to take and bring him to the imperial star entertainment but the latter was not even listening to anything what he was saying.

Though Jiang Zu was upset he did not show it on his face and calmly looked at Shao Hui. There was no need for him to get angry, though he could not point it out directly, he had brought enough people to help him out.

As he thought of this Jiang Zu looked up and glanced at the three women next to him who was frowning upon seeing that Shao Hui was not paying attention to him, seeing the frown on their face eased Jiang Zu's anxious heart and he turned to look at Shao Hui before tugging his sleeve and saying, " Brother Hui, I have booked a private room in the pub. Now that you and I are both idols we cannot show our faces carelessly to the public."

Shao Hui snapped out of his daze and turned to look at Jiang Zu only then did he remember that he came here to have fun with Jiang Zu and not to keep an eye on Mo Qiang.

Was he seriously keeping an eye on Mo Qiang like a jealous husband? He must have gone crazy what was he even thinking? With their relationship what was there to keep an eye on?

Shao Hui felt like he was going to be driven mad by Mo Qiang, he hummed in response before following Jiang Zu but as he was walking towards the private room, he turned around and looked at Mo Qiang who was now sending Wang Yuelin off.

' Is she taking him home? Then doesn't it mean that she will be spending the night with him?' Shao Hui thought in his head when he saw Mo Qiang follow that mer out of the pub with whom she was talking just now and his expression changed again and again before it twisted into an ugly grimace.

It shouldn't have bothered him, in fact, with Mo Qiang diverting her attention and taking care of her physical needs with some other mer should have made him relaxed but for some reason, he felt really upset when he saw her leave with that mer.

He couldn't wrap his head around how that mer was any good than him, she should be working hard for gaining his attention so why was she chasing after another mer?

As soon as this thought popped into his head, Shao Hui widened his eyes and whipped his head in front. His cheeks burning in embarrassment and annoyance, what was he thinking? It was a good thing that Mo Qiang was chasing after another mer instead of him at least it was one less trouble for him!

' I must have gone mad,' Shao Hui thought in his head before he continued to follow Jiang Zu and the others.

On the other hand, Mo Qiang who only came to drop Wang Yuelin to the parking lot had no idea that Shao Hui had thought so many things in one breath. With her hands in the pockets of her skirt, she looked down at Wang Yuelin who was sitting inside a branded MB car which was bright silver in shade with a glimmer that only belonged to an expensive car and was listening to him speak, " I will come to your house tomorrow, you can show me the trees and corn which you have grown. That way we will be able to start our research from the start all over again."

" Got it," Mo Qiang nodded as she watched Wang Yue turn the ignition on as the car rose in the air. " Drive safely." She added when she saw him wave his hand to which he nodded and then turned around to leave.

" Your husband is now in the private room with Jiang Zu and the others," because Mo Qiang was worried about Shao Hui, she left Chi Chi to follow him and since Xiao Jiao and the spirits shared a connection, Xiao Jiao knew where Chi Chi was currently at.

" That fool," Mo Qiang sneered when she heard Xiao Jiao's response but nonetheless entered the pub again.

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A deal —-2Inside the private room, Jiang Zu ordered a few drinks and snacks. Because he wanted to show off his generosity, he took the liberty to order the most expensive snacks in the pub. What was more he wanted Shao Hui to know the difference between the two of them, in the past when he was poor and had nothing, Shao Hui would often show off in front of him by handing this and that to him in the name of 'helping him out', now that Shao Hui was down in the dump, it would be too stupid of him if he did not show off in front of Shao Hui.



Jiang Zu wanted to show Shao Hui that he was no longer the same stupid child who would feel touched because of his small kindness, after he was done ordering he glanced at Shao Hui waiting to see his reaction but to his surprise, he found that Shao Hui was carelessly tapping on the monitor and was not even paying attention to him.

His lack of attention caused Jiang Zu's face to twist slightly but fortunately, Chen Han opened her mouth and saved Jiang Zu some face by exclaiming loudly, " Little Zuzu, you are really too good to us. To think that you ordered roasted three-horned chicken nuggets, you are really too good to us."

" I haven't eaten these nuggets for a long time," sighed Lin Yuelan from the side. "It's really hard to get the three-horned chicken breast even though I have placed an advance order, it will still take a month before the hunter association can deliver it."

Though they have mock meat on the star server it did not have the nutrition needed for a mecha morph to cultivate their core even though Lin Yuelan and the rest were not working for the army, they still had a B-grade mecha core. The required nutrition that they needed could only be fulfilled by eating the real thing, but was it that easy to buy meat?

With the serious decrease in the population of the animals, it was close to impossible for them to get a hold of even a pound of meat.

Jiang Zu smiled shyly, his pride taking a boost as he looked at Shao Hui who was still very calm and felt even more upset. At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder if Shao Hui was stupid, he was trying to embarrass him so why was he acting so calm? Was it possible for him to not understand the innuendos he was dropping?

Because of Shao Hui's lack of response, Jiang Zu was truly upset and since he was upset the three women who came with him also became upset.

Shao Hui who was the cause of this consecutive reaction did not know that he was being blamed, in fact, he had no idea that the others were upset because of his lack of reaction, maybe if Mo Qiang had not brought a bunch of three-horned chickens with her, he would have sensed the nobility of the snacks which Jiang Zu ordered but with more than a dozen of three-horned chickens staying in his family's chicken coop he did not have to worry about something so small.

More importantly, he saw Yin Fu carrying two big eggs inside the house when he was coming to the pub. If not for Jiang Zu, he would be eating the novel scrambled eggs that he wished to eat ever since he was a child.

"It's all right, you are praising me too much," Jiang Zu waved his hand and pretended to be bothered by the praises before turning to look at his friends and asking them what they were doing these past few months, Chen Han, Lin Yuelan and Xiao Cui answered one by one before turning to look at Shao Hui who frowned and lightly answered,

" I am not doing anything worth speaking about for the time being."

Shao Hui was speaking the truth he was truly not doing anything worthwhile but Jiang Zu thought that he was deliberately hiding the fact that he was now signed in the imperial star entertainment company.

' Hide, hide. Hide as long as you can let's see how long you can hide it,' Jiang Zu cursed in his head but outwardly he smiled at Shao Hui and winked at him as if blaming him for being too naughty, " Come on Brother Hui, you don't have to hide it from me. My agent has already informed me that you were asked to join the imperial star entertainment."

As Jiang Zu even though he did not show it on his face, one could sense the bitter resentment which was coating his voice.

Shao Hui pursed his lips, he did not know how this matter was found out by Jiang Zu's agent but since he wasn't going to hide it from Jiang Zu in the first place he nodded and replied, " Thats right, I was indeed asked to sign a contract by the imperial star entertainment."

" Wow brother Hu, you are really great," as Jiang Zu spoke he raised his hands and then clapped them in an exaggerated manner. " You are truly lucky that you were able to sign the contract with imperial star entertainment, I have been trying to jump ships for a very long time but maybe I am too lacking," he sighed as he cupped his cheek.

"It's not that you are lacking, you just need a push. Isn't that right, Brother Hui?" Chen Han asked as she turned around and looked at Shao Hui who narrowed his eyes and nodded before replying, " I guess...?"

Though he seemed to be getting what Chen Han was saying, Shao Hui did not wish to jump to conclusions which was why he did not speak much, seeing that he was not extending a helping hand towards Jiang Zu, Chen Han's expression couldn't help but turn black as he said,

"What's the matter with you, Shao Hui? Can't you see that your brother Zu is in a difficult position... why are you not thinking of helping him?"

Bedraggled ratShao Hui's expression changed as he raised his head and looked at Chen Han with a frown on his face. With his lips pursed he looked at the woman in front of him and asked in a low voice, " And how am I supposed to help him?"



He desperately hoped that Chen Han won't say those words that he thought she was going to say. He trusted these people because he had grown up with them but if they were to break his trust as well as his heart, he had no idea what he was going to do.

' For the love of god please don't say that you want me to help him by introducing someone who will sign Jiang Zu in the imperial star entertainment,' Shao Hui prayed silently in his heart but his prayers were doomed to fail as he heard Chen Han say a second later,

"Is this something that you even need to ask?" The latter chortled before looking at him with an expression that made him look like an idiot. "You have struck a pot of gold by getting introduced to someone from a high position, shouldn't you be taking Brother Zu now that you are flying high? Don't forget that Brother Zu was the one who helped you all along."

The help which Chen Han spoke of was nothing but a few gold star coins that Jiang Zu gave Shao Hui when the latter begged him to help his father who was admitted to the hospital and Shao Hui was exiled together with the Mo family.

Though Jiang Zu did help him, the money he gave him was not a lot. It was only enough for his father to get admitted to the hospital and Shao Hui had long repaid it, so why was it that he was being treated like such?

Shao Hui was upset but he still did not wish to fight with Chen Han and the rest, they were his childhood friends and he had known them for more than ten years. He still remembered how Chen Han used to help him when he was often kicked around by his mother's mer concubines.

But he couldn't help Jiang Zu in this matter.

"I cannot help introduce that person to you," Shao Hui sternly refused. If Mo Qiang and Jiang Zu had a good relationship, he might have thought about making an arrangement where the two of them could meet but since the two did not have a good relationship there was no point in introducing Jiang Zu to Mo Qiang and more importantly, he knew that his wife had to jump a lot of obstacles before she could get the contract for him, how can he ask her to get Jiang Zu a contract as well?

What was more they had already given President Shen a lot of discounts!

As soon as he refused Chen Han and the other women's expression changed. They all looked at Shao Hui with blame in their eyes and Chen Han who was already dissatisfied with Shao Hui couldn't help but say, "You are really too much Shao Hui! We are only asking you to introduce Little Zuzu to the person who got you the contract, we are not asking you to help him get one, why is it that you are refusing something so small?"

"If it is such a small thing why don't you introduce someone to him?" Before Shao Hui could stop himself he ended up blurting out, he did not wish to get angry but the way Chen Han was speaking to him made him feel like he was a criminal who had committed a great offence.

"You..."

"Its all right, Sister Han," though Jiang Zu was very dissatisfied with Shao Hui when he saw that the latter was refusing to arrange a meeting between him and the person who helped Shao Hui get a contract from the imperial star entertainment, he still acted as if he was fine and told Chen Han to stop.

The reason he did this was simple because he knew that the more he stopped Chen Han the more the latter would speak and sure enough, a second later he heard Chen Han reprimanding Shao Hui harshly, "You are really a changed mer now, Brother Hui. To think that you would become so selfish in just a few years, I am beyond disgusted after seeing how you forgot our friendship."

As she spoke she did not forget to shoot a disgusted glance at Shao Hui who clenched his hands and then looked at the rest of his friends and just like Chen Han, they too were looking at him with disappointed and upset gazes.

Was he really in the wrong? Seeing them act like such Shao Hui couldn't help but question, he wanted to say something but before he could say anything the door of the private room was kicked open as Mo Qiang walked inside behind her, a small chinchilla was chattering away while pointing at the three women and mers.

From the wild movements of his hands, one could see that he was actually complaining to Mo Qiang who seemed to be listening to his complaints rather carefully.

"Chi Chi, Chichichi, chic chi," after Chi Chi finished speaking he wiped the sweat off his forehead and turned to look at Chen Han before glaring at her. His gaze was even more vociferous than Chen Han and the rest, as everyone present in the room could feel the disgust that the little thing felt for them.

Chen Han: "...."

Everyone else: "...."

Though this little one was really small his facial expressions spoke volumes.

"Oh," Mo Qiang sneered with her eyes coldly glancing at the people in front of her. She only glanced at them but the people sitting inside the room felt a chill climb up their spines, except Shao Hui who was holding Ya Ya.

The little sheep knew that he was upset because of this she rushed to coax him as soon as she rushed inside the room causing Shao Hui's eyes to turn red. Even a spirit could sense that he was getting hurt by those words which were spoken to him by his friends yet they

A few tears escaped his eyes just in time for Mo Qiang to see as she turned to look at Chen Han and the rest before stating, "If you are going to beg then I am giving you a chance to go down on your knees and call me mommy."

Bedraggled rat —-2" Mo Qiang!" Chen Han snapped out of her daze as soon as she heard Mo Qiang's voice, she had never seen Mo Qiang dress up before, every time she saw Mo Qiang, the latter was dressed up as a ghost from the horror movie but tonight she was dressed exceptionally well and even looked quite dashing.



Chen Han hated to admit it but Mo Qiang looked prettier than her tonight.

" Stop screaming," Mo Qiang poked her pinky out and scratched her ear as she looked at Chen Han in disdain. " I can hear you just fine even if you don't scream like your daddy is beating your arse."

Her words were coarse causing Chen Han's expression to twist, seeing her react like this Mo Qiang was tickled. She only said a few words and did not even use a single cuss word but the woman was acting like she had cussed the heck out of her dead grandmother.

" What? What are you glaring at me for like that? Did I hurt that tiny ego of yours? Awe, come here I will kiss it so it will be fine," Mo Qiang motioned Chen Han to come close but the latter stayed where she was while her expression twisted into an even more twisted grimace.

" Mo Qiang, you bastard!" Chen Han never thought that one day someone like Mo Qiang will make fun of her, her face turned red with humiliation as she charged ahead with her hand raised and knuckles aimed at Mo Qiang.

If she did not teach Mo Qiang a lesson toning, then she might be losing an amazing opportunity which had presented itself in front of her.

Mo Qiang calmly glanced at Chen Han and then turned to look at Huhu who nodded his furry head and then arched his back before he let out a puppyish woof.

[ Go Go cheer activated, temporarily raising all stats by +5 % for the next fifteen minutes]

Once Huhu was done raising Mo Qiang's stats, it sat down on its bottom looking exceptionally tired as Chi Chi hurried over to him and patted him on the head while telling him that he had done a good job.

Mo Qiang would have said the same thing if she was not busy with Chen Han who was using her strength to her advantage as she flailed her fists in front of Mo Qiang.

Though Mo Qiang could have easily dealt with Chen Han, she did not wish to deliver a major blow to the latter which was why she did not make a move and simply dodged the hits which were aimed at her.

Chen Han swung her fists left and right, she hoped that she would be able to bring Jiang Zu justice by taking Mo Qiang down but the latter was as slippery as a loach. No matter how much she tried to get hold of Mo Qiang the latter did not stay put causing her stamina to drain.

" You...if you have the guts then fight back, coward," Chen Han could not see Mo Qiang dodging her hits, tonight she had to lend at least one hit on that face for Jiang Zu's sake!

Mo Qiang arched a brow and then said, " Do you really want me to fight back? I am afraid that you will not be able to raise your head in front of your sweetheart." As she spoke she looked at Jiang Zu who stiffened and looked away, he had not expected Mo Qiang to come with Shao Hui.

' Why didn't he tell me that Mo Qiang was with him? Was he trying to make me look bad?' Jiang Zu thought in his head as he looked at Shao Hui who was looking at Mo Qiang in a daze and felt even more upset because he did not sense as much reluctance and disgust from Shao Hui against Mo Qiang as before.

Chen Han, on the other hand, thought that Mo Qiang was only saying such words because she was afraid that she will be beaten up which was why she raised her hand and motioned Mo Qiang to come close as she said, " Come show me what you have gottttttt——-" her last syllable was dragged as Mo Qiang who was waiting for Chen Han to give her free rein raised her foot and kicked Chen Han in the stomach causing her to fly back as her bottom hit the couch on which everyone was sitting.

One could see the strength which Mo Qiang used as Chen Han's bottom was sticking out of the other side of the couch.

"Sister Han!"

" Han Han!"

At once screamed and gasps filled the room as Lin Yuelan and the rest rushed to Chen Han who was grinning loop sidedly. Small stars danced around in front of her eyes as she sang ' riding all the way to hell.'

Seeing Chen Han's condition, Lin Yuelan turned to look at Mo Qiang who was brushing the non-existent dust on her shoulder and then said angrily, " What are you trying to do Miss Mo, how can you attack Sister Han like this?"

" Hmm?" Mo Qiang turned to look at Lin Yuelan and then said with a mocking hint in her voice, " Miss seemed to be partially blind, did you not see your sister Lin attacking me just now? I simply fought back as a matter of defence and nothing else, why are you blaming me now?"

Lin Yuelan's expression turned grim as she pursed her lips and then said stubbornly, " Sister Han only did that because of your shameless actions Miss Mo, don't forget that you once assaulted Jiang Zu, with your vulgar actions even getting hit a hundred times is nothing!"

When Shao Hui heard Lin Yuelan's words, his eyes widened as he turned to look at Jiang Zu. Back then because he did not wish this matter to be known to others after all, no matter what Mo Qiang was his wife which was why he had handed Jiang Zu a song written by him and the latter had promised him that he will not publicise this matter either!

And that wasn't all, he had even helped Jiang Zu many times in the past with his lyrics!

Jiang Zu's heart skipped a beat when he saw Shao Hui's shocked expression, he wanted to say something to clear himself of the suspicions but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Mo Qiang.

" Jiang Zu?" Mo Qiang turned to look at the mer who was standing on the side silently and then asked, " Why will I assault a bedraggled rat? Do you think my eyes are as bad as yours?"

Little sh——Mo Qiang did not wish to find trouble but for the sake of some favorability points, she realised that it was better for her to clear the misunderstanding. More importantly, even though Jiang Zu looked good, she knew that he went under the knife many times to make himself look beautiful. Compared to Shao Hui who was a natural beauty, Jiang Zu was not as good-looking in her eyes thus, she felt that it was a great humiliation for her to be framed for assaulting a mer like Jiang Zu.



She placed her hand under her chin and then ignoring the affronted expression of the two women, she glanced at Jiang Zu and hummed before she opened her mouth and unleashed her poisonous tongue, " Your double eyelids are fake and so are your full lips and from the redness of your nose it looks like you just got work done on your nose yesterday."

When Mo Qiang finished speaking, Jiang Zu's expression changed and so did the others as Lin Yuelan turned to look at Jiang Zu with an assessing gaze. When Jiang Zu noticed Lin Yuelan looking at him, his heart skipped a beat as he turned to look at Mo Qiang and spoke admonishingly, " Miss Mo, I know that you are upset because I slapped you in the face but there is no need for you to insult me like this, right?"

As he finished speaking his eyes turned red instantly causing Lin Yuelan and Xiao Cui to feel protected they turned to look at Mo Qiang and Lin Yuelan immediately said,

"That's right, Miss Mo! You are being too much, if you keep acting like this we can sue you for spread into misinformation about Brother Zu."

" Misinformation? Sue? Heh," Mo Qiang walked closer to Jiang Zu who looked at her with trepidation in his eyes. " I wonder who will be sued for spreading misinformation if we were to go into court. But now that I am being questioned, I think we should clear the misunderstanding up."

No sooner did Mo Qiang finish speaking, she raised her hand and then clenched her fingers before looking at Jiang Zu whose eyes widened. The latter took a step away from Mo Qiang such that he will avoid getting hit but compared to him Mo Qiang was faster as she brought her hand which was aimed at Jiang Zu's nose heavily.

Seeing Mo Qiang's move, Jiang Zu's pupils constricted as he raised his hands and covered his nose. That's right, he covered his nose and not his face.

Mo Qiang smirked upon seeing his actions as she stopped her fist just an inch away from Jiang Zu's nose before saying in a sing-song voice," Just kidding." She then used the same hand to sweep over her head before taking a step away from Jiang Zu as she glanced at Lin Yuelan and Xiao Cui who were looking at Jiang Zu with confusion in their eyes.

Though the women seemed to have understood what was going on they did not dare to say it out loud since they were worried about hurting Jiang Zu.

On the other hand, Jiang Zu realised that he had been fooled by Mo Qiang. He was hateful and angry but he couldn't scold Mo Qiang because the current Mo Qiang terrified him a little. She was no longer as dumb-headed as she was in the past instead she looked sharp and witty, he was worried that even if he was to say something he might not get a chance to turn the situation around instead Mo Qiang would be the one who would take the opportunity to turn the situation against him.

Mo Qiang also knew that Jiang Zu was not going to say anything to her which was why she turned her attention to Lin Yuelan and then said, " And for your information when I said that I needed you all to kneel and beg I was not teasing you. I was the one who introduced Shao Hui to the higher-ups of imperial star entertainment, if you want to plead to someone then plead with me, not him."

" But then again," she turned around and looked at Jiang Zu before grinning cheekily, " I am never going to take a liking to a fugly, I bet I have said this before, didn't I mister Jiang?"

Jiang Zu's expression turned twisted, he wished he could slap Mo Qiang but that would be equivalent to agreeing with what she said which was why he did not raise his head and simply lowered his head in resentment, seeing him act like this Mo Qiang chuckle before turning around and heading out of the private room.

As she walked out she glanced at Shao Hui who was standing on the side, when her gaze fell on Shao Hui, Mo Qiang arched a brow and then taunted him, " Are you going to stand there like a fool and let them scold you? Why are you not following me?"

' This mer, he is truly foolish. Why is it that when he was dealing with me, he was courageous enough to wave a knife around but when it came to his friends, he was as quiet as a mouse?' Mo Qiang thought as she continued walking out of the room.

Behind her, Shao Hui snapped out of his daze and looked at his so-called friends before turning around to leave as well. Just as he was stepping out, he heard Lin Yuelan say, " Damn who does she thinks she is? How dare someone like Mo Qiang ride on top of my head?! What a b*tch. Sure enough, my parents were right, she is indeed trash in the name of a human being."

A flame ignited inside Shao Hui's heart, he hugged Ya Ya and then whipped around to look at Lin Yuelan as he sneered before spitting out coldly, " Even if she is trash, My wife can still get me a contract from the imperial star entertainment but you can't, so Lin Yuelan, what are you?"

With that, he stepped out of the private room and closed the door behind him with a loud bang just as a ding went inside Mo Qiang's head.

[ favorability points increased by +5, current fp: 250]

Little sh——2----------------------



Shao Hui followed Mo Qiang, the happier he was when coming to this pub, the more aggrieved he was now. He wanted to come to the pub and enjoy it with his friends but his so-called friends gave him quite a nice surprise tonight.

As he followed after Mo Qiang, he softly sniffled causing Mo Qiang's head to throb. She looked at the crying mer and then shook her head before she continued to walk, seeing her walk away from Shao Hui so heartlessly, Xiao Jiao couldn't help but say, " Why are you not coaxing him? Shouldn't you be hugging and kissing him while telling him that you will always stay by his side?"

For the sake of teaching this dumb woman how to romance her husbands, Xiao Jiao had been watching a lot of romantic shows and this scene of a woman hugging a mer and telling her that she was going to protect him no matter what was something that she saw in the Romantic drama series that Wen Gui was watching these days.

" Have you forgotten? That I am going to divorce him sooner or later," Mo Qiang reminded Xiao Jiao, even though she was not making a move that was because her reputation was in shambles at the moment. She couldn't divorce him, if Mo Qiang did divorce Shao Hui then the netizens would come knocking on her door calling her heartless and whatnot.

Because of this rotten reputation of hers, she was thinking of waiting until Shao Hui had debuted and earned his fame. Once he was rich enough to survive on his own, he will have enough admirers and no one would care about her nor would they call her heartless.

When Xiao Jiao heard that Mo Qiang still wanted to divorce Shao Hui, she was stumped. She thought that after so long this woman would have changed her mind but who would have thought that she was still hung up on divorcing Shao Hui and the rest?

This was really giving her a headache.

Though Xiao Jiao wanted to say something contradictory, she knew that Mo Qiang was not going to listen to her which was why she decided to save her breath for the time being.

The two of them along with the spirits slid inside the car, as Mo Qiang turned the ignition on, she could hear Shao Hui's broken sobs echoing along with the sound of the engine. Frustrated, she turned to look at Shao Hui, though she wished to say something rude, Mo Qiang stopped herself.

Though she did not understand the big fuss about getting betrayed by friends, Mo Qiang did not have any friends in her world, to begin with, she only had acquaintances because of this, it never mattered to her if they suddenly turned their back on her. But clearly, it was a big matter for Shao Hui and since she did not know something it was not proper of her to judge Shao Hui.

With a sigh, Mo Qiang scratched the back of her head as she took out a handkerchief from her pocket and then handed it to Shao Hui who was sitting beside her and then said awkwardly, " There is no need for you to cry for people like them."

If this was before Shao Hui would have refused her but tonight for some spooky reason he took the handkerchief and then wiped his eyes before pursing his lips as he said, " I believe that I owe you an apology."

He thought that what Jiang Zu said was indeed the truth, after all, his friend did not have any reason to lie to him but after seeing them again after so long, Shao Hui realised that his brothers and Wen Gui were correct all along.

Even though he remained the same, Jiang Zu and the rest have changed. They were no longer the same honest children with whom he grew up, they were now greedy and filled with insatiable arrogance. Shao Hui did not know when they started to change but it made him feel like he was the only one who was standing behind in the past while everyone else had walked past that bubble in which they once lived.

Mo Qiang noticed the saddened look on his face and then turned the autopilot on as she said, " People's hearts will change with the course of time. The reason you are still the same is because you are kindhearted but the same could not be said for the rest."

" You think I am kind even when I almost killed you?" Shao Hui asked, though he was speaking lightly one could see that his gaze was full of mockery. He seemed to be teasing Mo Qiang for trusting him even when he had treated her like so harshly.

The memory brought a really painful feeling in her hand which caused Mo Qiang to wince as slightly as she said, " Even though you are not kind to me, it doesn't mean you are not kind to others."

Shao Hui's smile turned even wider but this time he was mocking himself, he glanced at Mo Qiang as they arrived at their house but instead of getting out of the car, he turned to look at Mo Qiang and said, " You should ask sister in law to teach you seism core technique." He glanced at the spirits and then added, " I am sure you will be able to grasp it much more quickly."

With that, he slipped out of the car, since Mo Qiang helped him tonight he did not wish to see her getting plummeted to the ground by Madam Lian. It will be humiliating if Mo Qiang was to lose after talking so big!

At first Mo Qiang did not understand what Shao Hui was saying but then she heard Xiao Jiao say, "Oh no! How can I forget, Shao Hui's biological sister who is guarding the northern star is a war strategist? Surely he knows better about war better than us!"

When Mo Qiang heard Xiao Jiao's words, she dropped her gaze and looked at the flying squirrel as she spoke, " So are you saying that he is very well capable of killing me in my sleep and yet you forgot such an important thing?"

" Teehee?!"

" Teehee my foot you little sh——"

Core connection training" Excuse me coming through," Mo Qiang barged inside Mo Yan's office as she ignored the stunned look on her mother's face who seemed to be engrossed in her daily groaning about how she was going to pay for this and that given that their site which was supposed to be selling corn and maple syrup hit a small obstacle after the scandal with Madam Lian went on the air.



Apparently from what she heard from Wen Gui, even though Mo Yan got the stamp of approval, the company responsible for activating their site was giving her a hard time.

Of course, Mo Qiang had noted down this in the small notebook in her heart and underlined it really well with red. Once her site gets activated, she was going to make those bastards pay for ignoring and troubling her like this! Did they think they were the messiah of justice or something?

" What are you doing, Qi Qi?" Wen Gui who was calculating the expenses of this month looked up at his daughter who was rummaging through the tab books which his wife had accumulated in her entire life. Though Wen Gui had no problem with his daughter taking anything from the house since she was the one who was going to inherit everything but those books were all about war and boorish, gruesome things, what was his daughter doing picking those tab books up?

" Just looking for something," as Mo Qiang picked one tab after another, she finally found what she was looking for and then turned to look at Mo Yan who was speechlessly dumbfounded and said to her as she waved the tab book in her hand, " I am going to borrow this, General Mo."

And before anyone could stop her, she stormed out of the office leaving a very dumbfounded Mo Yan behind.

" What is she even doing?" Mo Yan asked as she looked at Wen Gui who glared at her and then said, " If you had done a good job, then my daughter wouldn't have suffered like this !"

" What do you mean by a good job? I fed her, clothed her and even sent her to school what did I not do?" Mo Yan questioned not understanding why her husband was angry.

" Humph, maybe if you have trusted and spent time with your daughters you might know!" Wen Gui snapped as he picked up the laptop on which he was tabulating their expenses and then turned to walk out of the office leaving Mo Yan alone in the office as she looked down and pursed her lips before muttering, " Did I really not fulfil the responsibilities of a mother well?"

.....

A few days passed by within a blink of an eye and the day of the duel continued to close in on Mo Qiang with each passing day but even so, Mo Qiang was rather calm with everything that was going on around her. She had re-arranged a meeting between her and Wang Yuelin after the duel because she sensed that she was being followed by someone day and night, if she was to meet Wang Yuelin before she took down Madam Lian, then Mo Qiang was worried that her meeting with Wang Yuelin would end up on the Internet once again.

She could even imagine the headlines that the blogger might use while posting her and Wang Yuelin's moments on the net.

" Shocking a certain perverted hooligan makes a move on a divorced mer, now even those who are married are not safe!"

Mo Qiang did not want that which was why she pushed the matter of raising the magma bees from the dead after her duel and fortunately for her, Wang Yuelin was quite understanding of the matter as well and did not get upset with her.

" Are we finally going to move to the next level of training ?" Mo Qiang asked as she looked at her sister who brought her to the training centre which Mo Yan built a bit further away from their house.

She had never been to this place before but even so, Mo Qiang couldn't help but be awed at the building which was in front of her. It was a dome-shaped building which seemed to be made of electronic sensors rather than K— Ion bricks which resembled a metal frame.

As she approached the dome-shaped building Mo Qiang could feel electric sparks lighting the space as her hair rose in the air because of the static electricity.

" Yes," Mo Xifeng answered as she unlocked the training centre and stepped back just in time for the door to open. When Mo Qiang saw that the training centre was working just fine while they were living in a house which was nowhere even close to this space, she could not help but ask, " Why is this centre working fine but the things at our home are all shut down?"

Mo Xifeng paused in her actions before she pursed her lips and then answered, " Its because Mother still believes that she will return to her former glory along with her team which is why she kept this training centre active to make sure that no one will miss the one at the imperial star."

" Core training is not a small thing one small mistake can lead to fatal death which is why Mother did not dare to treat the construction of the training centre lightly."

" Oh," Mo Qiang answered as she headed to the middle of the training centre which was more or less like a grand swimming arena, with blinding lights shining down at her from the top.

She could feel the pressure inside the training centre increase as her feet started to wobble with each step she took and then she heard Mo Xifeng speak, " We are going to start core connection training."

Mo Qiang's lips curled up when she heard Mo Xifeng's words, honestly, she was getting tired of doing the same thing over, but now that she was moving onto the next level, Mo Qiang was finally relieved!

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Core connection training——2Sitting in the middle of a chasm which exploded burning rocks was not something that Mo Qiang fancied. Though because of that training she had developed much better control of her spiritual powers, her complexion which was yellow and her eyes which were sunken had gotten better and fairer, even her body was full of vitality now that she could reign on the spiritual power much better than the rest.



These days when she woke up, she no longer found strands of her hair on the pillow which showed that her entire body was getting better slowly.

But apart from these small benefits there was a major benefit as well and that was the sudden surge of favourability points!

Because she had been working hard even Mo Yan and Mo Xifeng were not petty with their favourability points and Mo Qiang was able to acquire at least a hundred favourability points!

Within these past few days, Mo Xifeng's favourability points had increased and were no longer negative. It was something that Mo Qiang did not expect to happen so soon, and becasue of this she almost threw a party with a banner that said, ' World's best sister!'.

But was stopped by Wen Gui who told her that Mo Xifeng did not like noisy events.

It was a good thing too because if she was not careful all the hard-earned points might go down the drain! Even Mo Yan's negative feelings towards her had changed and now even her mother's favourability points were no longer negative.

Wen Gui never hated his daughter, to begin with, but because he felt sorry for her, his favourability points increased quite a lot causing Mo Qiang's fp stats to go past five hundred which was enough for her to level one of her spirits.

However, the surprising thing was that Yin Fu's favourability points increased as well! His negative rating towards the predecessor was the least because of which his favourability points were currently a +10 and were no longer negative!

Mo Qiang hadn't expected Yin Fu's favourability towards her to change which was why she was quite surprised when she saw his favourability points turning to 0 from a total of - 167.

She, however, did not mind this small change. If anything it was good, now she did not have to worry about Yin Fu even if she was to divorce him, maybe that guy will leave her alone and not chase after her with a laser gun.

Anyway, she was looking forward to levelling up chi chi who will be facing Madam Lian with her. Only when his level was up, will he be able to control his spiritual power properly.

There were only seven days left until the duel as two weeks had already passed and Mo Qiang knew that just with a week of training she will be able to win against Madam Lian by developing a mecha core which was why she was relying on small tricks.

" All right what do I need to do?" She asked Mo Xifeng who pointed to a circular hollow tube that had an oval-shaped entrance and said, " Sit inside of that capsule, sister Qiang."

" Okay," Mo Qiang walked towards the capsule and then sat inside of it with her legs crossed and her hands resting on her knees.

She saw Mo Xifeng adjusting the microphone which was sitting on top of a very complicated-looking control panel with multiple lights twinkling on it, as Mo Xifeng turned the microphone on, Mo Qiang heard her speak,

" Straighten your back and breathe in and breathe out. I will turn the machine on and you will feel an artificial mana surging around you, concentrate on it and then try to condense it inside of you by instilling it within your body. Do you get what I am saying ?"

Mo Xifeng questioned midway through her explanation to which Mo Qiang nodded. If she hadn't read the tab book which she picked up from Mo Yan's office, she might have faced some trouble but now she knew how to deal with much better than she did a week ago.

" All right, then I will turn it on," said Mo Xifeng and Mo Qiang closed her eyes.

Soon, a cool and clear energy filled the small capsule causing Mo Qiang to hiss as it felt like someone had covered her with a blanket which was covered with ice.

The mana energy seeped through her skin and muscles as Mo Qiang regulated her breathing and tried to bring as much mana inside her body as possible which was considerably easy for her since her spiritual energy was quite compatible with the mana energy.

Soon Mo Qiang collected enough energy around her dantian and then surged it up towards her heart where she started to condense it into small particles. As the mana energy crumbled down, she felt her senses getting sharper and her head lighter, the stiffness and tension within her chest and limbs slowly got released and when she opened her eyes, she felt like she could see it much more clearly than before.

Once Mo Qiang opened her eyes, Mo Xifeng turned the machine off and then opened the door of the capsule. She walked forward to where Mo Qiang was sitting and then asked, " How do you feel?"

This time Mo Qiang knew that she was not mistaking it, her senses were indeed much clearer. She could hear even the smallest tremor in Mo Xifeng's voice, she could even smell the putrid scent of the poisonous gases which were floating outside despite the fact that she was sitting inside a closed enclosure.

Mo Qiang looked at the surroundings and then turned to look at Mo Xifeng who was standing in front of her and then instead of answering the question, she asked a question in return, " Everything is good but how can clear senses help me take down Madam Lian? I mean it's cool but something cool like this ain't gonna cut it."

Mo Xifeng's expression froze, she had hoped that her sister would say something other than this but she did not expect that Mo Qiang would actually look down on core connection technique!