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Mo Qiang cleared her throat after she was praised by Wen Gui, though she had a thick skin it became slightly thinner when she was praised for her ruthlessness.

" Ahem, now that we are done," she turned to look at Su Jiu and asked, " What should we do with him?"

Though Su Jiu was a pitiful mer, she was also a pitiful woman all right because of him, Mo Qiang had to withstand all the squeaking and flurried actions of those old mers. They all looked at her as if she was going to tear their clothes and have her way with them every time she went out! It was embarrassing!

Su Jiu shivered as he looked at Madam Lian who was on the ground. He never thought that his wife whom he was so scared of would one day lay on the ground like a defeated warrior, he turned his head and looked at the Mo family before lowering his head and whispering, "D..Don't hurt me.... I ... I will be a good mer."

His lips were pale as he gritted those words out, every time he was getting beaten up by Madam Lian, he would say those words and she will let him go. Maybe ... if he pleaded like this in front of Mo Qiang and the rest, they will not beat him too harshly.

"Do you think we are going to let the matter of you accusing my daughter go just like that?" Wen Gui angrily spoke as he glared at Su Jiu who lowered his head and did not speak anymore. He knew that he was in the wrong—— but what was he supposed to do? If he did not listen to his wife then she would have beaten him until he died.

Mo Qiang looked at Su Jiu who seemed to have accepted his fate, her eyes flickered before she put on a big smile on her face and stepped close to the mer who closed his eyes instinctively when she took a step close to him as if waiting for the blow to land on his face.

" Don't worry, I am not going to hit you ...I just want to know what is Madam Lian's prized possessions."

Her voice landed gently on the old mers ears as he snapped his eyes open and looked at Mo Qiang with shock flickering in those light grey eyes.

" What...?" He asked.

Mo Qiang shrugged and then without changing a fact explained, "As you already saw, Madam Lian joined hands with those officials who were supposed to collect compensation and deliberately hitched the price higher which allowed her to take half of the compensation and then live a comfortable life. Don't you think that we need something in exchange for all the financial loss that we have suffered?"

" I...." Su Jiu opened his mouth but he was stopped by Madam Lian who made quaking and whiny sounds. She glared at Su Jiu and even though she couldn't lift her hand or move, she still incited a terror like never before in Su Jiu's heart.

With terror coursing in his heart, he lowered his head and did not speak. However, how can Mo Qiang leave the matter so easily? She had heard from the spirits that this mer was often beaten and brainwashed by his wife, thus she immediately stood in between the two and then swiftly spoke, " Mister Su, I am not trying to cause conflict between the two of you but as you know, now that Madam Lian's treachery is out in the open ...she will lose everything. Most probably she will have to lie in bed in some rotten caring centre as for the debts that she owes..." Mo Qiang trailed off before pointing at him and said, " You will be the one handling them, do you want that?"

Su Jiu shook his head at once, he was just a mer who did not know any better. At his home, he was pampered young master and once he married off, he was beaten black and blue by his wife while staying at home and acting like a home maker. How can he pay the debts?

Mo Qiang's smile widened as she snapped her fingers and then continued speaking, "That's right, you don't want to right? Clearly, you never had any fun with the money she smuggled from between, so why should you pay that money back? Do you love her so much that you want to be sent off to another star and then mine for energy cores? Is that what you wish to do? But with your frail body can you really do it?"

She turned on her feet and then waved her hand in the air before saying, " Just imagine, you sweating hard inside a thousand meters mine while carrying a heavy bag on your back. With dirt and muck sticking to your face... and you have to do it not once but for years because the debt that your wife owes is just that big... in the mine, you will be alone who knows with that pretty face of yours, you might even attract some trouble?"

With her lips pursed in a questioning look, she asked, " Did she really do something for you that you are willing to take such a danger for her?"

No sooner Mo Qiang finished speaking Su Jiu shivered and all the blood drained off from his face. That's right as Madam Lian's spouse it will be his responsibility to take care of those debts ...if he was really overruled in the case and sent away to mine then ...?

" No!" Su Jiu screamed as he turned to look at Mo Qiang and then said hurriedly, " She ...she doesn't even like me, instead you should go and look for her other husband, he has a daughter with her... ask him to pay since he was the one whom she loved truly!"

With Mo Qiang's slick words, Su Jiu could not handle the pressure for long and crumbled.

" Oh, she has another family?" Mo Qiang's eyes glinted with sparks as she turned to look at Madam Lian whose face was twitching madly. She wheeled her head back to Su Jiu and asked, " And where does her family live?"

No sooner did she ask, Su Jiu's expression turned sombre as he replied, " I don't know."

" Hihihihi," this time it was Madam Lian's turn to laugh as Mo Qiang looked at her with narrowed pair of eyes, from the looks of it Madam Lian looked quite arrogant and proud but soon her arrogance depleted when a floating voice came from behind,

" Red star, Long Tower apartment number 609."

Work till you die"Sister, what are you doing here" Su Jiu cried when he looked at his sister who was walking towards him with a stern look on her face. His expression turned fearful as he lowered his head and took a step back, this was what he was worried about, if his sister found out that he was such a despicable mer who couldn't even make his married life prosper she will surely condemn and hate him.



Su Rong strode towards Su Jiu in her black heels as she came to a stop in front of her brother who was shivering and looking down as if he had done something wrong and sighed. Her sigh only aggravated Su Jiu even more as he gulped and his chin which was a few inches away from his chest ducked even more which made Su Jiu only look at the ground and the heels of his sister.

" If I did not come here, how would I have known that my silly brother despite being in his forties was acting like a fool?" Su Rong questioned as she looked at Su Jiu who snapped his head up and stared at his sister with a surprised look on his face.

" Y...You are not angry?" Su Jiu questioned nervously as he was worried that his sister would scold him since he will now become hers and his brothers-in-law's burden.

" Are you a fool?" Su Rong was so angry that she laughed, with her hands raised she pinched Su Jiu on the cheeks and then said, " Why will I be angry? You did nothing wrong if anything, it's Madam Lian who was in the wrong!" She turned and glanced at the woman who was lying on the floor with a cold gaze which looked even more chilling when it glinted behind the framed glasses that Su Rong was wearing. " She promised our mother that she will take care of you and in return took a hefty dowry but he dared to treat you like this, this is something that she needs to explain."

Madam Lian stiffened and this time it was Mo Qiang who turned around and looked at her before going, " Hihihi...hi!"

Everyone: "...." How petty.

Wen Gui: That's my daughter!

" S...Su Rong, don't be too much...he is still m...my hu...husband——-" Madam Lian spoke but was cut off as her head was smacked by the tablet which was sent flying by Su Rong causing a huge thunk to echo in the training field.

" I am afraid that is not the case anymore," Su Rong pushed her framed glasses and then continued speaking, " You didn't only betray the contract which you signed and agreed that you will not keep another husband other than my brother in exchange for the monetary benefits you were receiving. But you also physically and mentally abused him causing my brother to suffer severe trauma. I haven't even started on the fact that you pushed him to make false allegations against Miss Mo, so don't even think about clinging to our family anymore... my brother might be innocent and naive but I am not!"

With a gaze which was similar to that of a dragon hiding in the dark sky waiting to perform a heavenly tribulation, Su Rong glanced at the woman who had lost all her previous arrogance and then added, " If you dare to act up with me then I will make you cry tears of blood! Let's see if you dare!"

Madam Lian couldn't raise her head but even so, she could see the charges which were pressed on her by Su Rong. Her pupils shrunk as she looked at Su Rong and asked, " M..Must you be the...this ruthless."

" Compared to the years of torment that you have shown to my brother, this is nothing," Su Rong could not be blamed for feeling furious. She left Su Jiu in Madam Lian's care because she had her own family to take care of and once her parents died she also had to take care of the academy which they opened when they were alive.

With so much on her plate, she did not have the time to look after Su Jiu but even so, she still found time to call her brother but who would have expected that every time she called him, he would tell her that he was fine. Su Rong obviously believed him as Su Jiu was forty not four but who would have expected that Madam Lian was gaslighting her brother making him, her little puppet!

If she did not get wind of the information which was circulating on the net and started investigating everything, she would still be in the dark!

Madam Lian was furious but before she could say anything more, Mo Yan asked for the soldiers to pick Madam Lian up and send her to the mecha craft which was heading to the Shrunken star. Though Mo Yan was exiled, she was still a war hero which was why the place she was sent to was considered better than the ones where murderers and sinners with grave crimes were sent.

The shrunken star which Mo Yan was talking about was a small star where mostly the most dreaded criminals were sent. But with Madam Lian's actions of killing more than one woman when she deliberately destroyed the circuit of the Mecha crafts which were given to her team. This was what she deserved.

" I... I will not le,...let you go !" Madam Lian realised that she could no longer shirk the responsibility which she had to take and screamed at those who were the cause of her current situation.

" Yeah, we will see!" Mo Qiang waved her hand with a grieving sigh. " Ah, such goodbyes I will never miss."

She then turned to look at the woman who seemed to be a lawyer by profession and her eyes started flickering before Mo Qiang held her hand out and then said, "So where is my compensation? And how are we going to deal with your brother? Do I call the police now or later? "

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Work till you die —-2When Su Rong heard Mo Qiang's question, she stiffened and so did Su Jiu as he hid behind, his sister and softly whined, " Sister ... I d..don't want to go to the police station."



Of course, Su Rong did not wish to send her brother to the police station either but the fact remained that under the insistence of Madam Lian, he had falsely accused Mo Qiang. If Mo Qiang wanted then she could of course drag her brother to the police station since the truth was out in the open now.

Su Rong was having a headache as she turned to look at Mo Qiang and then said in an unhurried voice, " Miss Mo, I understand what my brother did was indeed wrong but don't worry, I will give you an explanation and even make sure that the rumours die down as soon as possible."

" Do you think that you can just wipe your slate clean just because you take care of the aftermath? You are supposed to do it anyway!" Mo Qiang snorted as she raised her hand and then pointed at Su Rong. "What I want is you!"

" Excuse me?" Su Rong's brow twitched as she immediately took a step back and turned to look at the three mers who were hiding behind Mo Qiang, hoping that they would say something. " I am afraid ... this is something that I cannot agree to, I am married, Miss Mo."

Behind her Su Jiu nodded fervently with a guilty expression, he thought that it was because of him that Su Rong had to suffer like this.

If he did not accuse Mo Qiang then his sister's virtue wouldn't be in danger.

" You are overestimating yourself," deadpanned Mo Qiang as she snorted. " I am talking about your skills and not your body."

Only then did Su Rong heave a sigh of relief, if it was her skills which Mo Qiang was talking about then she had nothing to worry about. With her expression slightly awkward, she looked at Mo Qiang and then asked, " What do you want, Miss Mo?"

" Why don't you come with us to our humble home? We will talk there," Mo Qiang suggested as she did not wish to talk about her new business venture outside since walls have ears who knows maybe there might be a few ears still listening to them.

Su Rong agreed with Mo Qiang as she too noticed a few soldiers looking at the two of them.

As the Mo family turned to head back to the house, a small flying camera peeked out from behind the boulder before self-destructing.

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Crash!



The sound of something breaking harshly echoed in a luxurious palace-like building. Inside three women were kneeling on the ground while a woman dressed in uniform stood in the middle of the white marble hall.

" Madam Wei...there is no need for you to worry about this matter," said a woman with black hair and brown eyes while looking at Madam Wei who was heaving harshly. " Though Mo Yan has been proven innocent, it doesn't change the fact that she is still living at the damned place."

"That's right, I don't think that Mo Yan will be able to make a comeback," another woman chimed from behind as she smiled flatteringly at Mo Yan and said, " The Empress did not give her permission to return doesn't that mean that she still doesn't trust Mo Yan?"

" Fools!" Madam Wei turned to look at the three women with a terrible expression on her face. "It's not that the Empress doesn't trust Mo Yan. The reason she did not call her back is that the identity of the sender of the emails is yet to be confirmed! Her Majesty does not want Mo Yan to be questioned which is why she deliberately skipped bringing Mo Yan back. Do you think that once your burner accounts were found out, her majesty would have stopped?"

The three women lowered their heads, seeing them lower their heads like this Madam Wei sneered.

" You couldn't even make sure that those burner emails were deleted? What use are you three!" She roared at the three women who flinched and closed their eyes.

Ke Meng who sat in the middle of the two women pursed her lips and then replied, " I made sure that the emails will be deleted but Madam Lian was smarter, she created a copy and saved it on her star cloud."

" Of course she did, that woman is out to find trouble for me and everyone else!" Madam Wei rolled her eyes angrily before turning to look at the three women and ordered, " Make sure that Madam Lian never speaks a single word. If she is to give out my name to her majesty then no one will be able to stop Mo Yan from returning!" Her eyes rested heavily on the woman on the right as she added, " You wouldn't want that would you, Mo Li?"

Mo Li lowered her head and nodded before replying, " Don't worry, since that woman has left... we will never let her come back in this lifetime."

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" In this lifetime, I will never agree to something like this!" Su Rong exclaimed as she looked at the contract in front of her. When she thought Mo Qiang wanted to talk to her about something, she thought that Mo Qiang wanted to talk to her about something serious and needed her help but instead, she shoved a contract which stated that she had to help Mo family with their legal troubles until her death!

How can she agree to this contract?

" Hah?" Mo Qiang pulled a long thug-like face as she banged her fist on the table before she cleared her throat and then started speaking, " Do you mean to say that you are going to shirk responsibility? Your brother was the cause of my tragedy! Don't you know that I am not a mecha morph? Even my core awakened a few days ago... with such conditions, I would have died if I was not smart enough and you want to refuse responsibility? How can that be! Your brother caused my life to be on line, I am only asking you to help my family with your skills what's wrong? You can't even do that?"

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The site goes live!Su Rong pursed her lips, honestly, she understood where Mo Qiang was coming from but this contract was too over the top what did she mean by writing down that in times of emergencies, Su Rong had to put forth Mo Qiang and her family matters first instead of the work that she had in hands.



It was unreasonable! No matter how she looked at it, it was a slavery contract.

" I——"

" And in exchange, I will give your brother a place to stay and a job with which he can feed and take care of himself for all his life," before Su Rong could say that she did not wish to sign the contract, Mo Qiang threw another bait which caught Su Rong interest.

".. A job?" Su Rong echoed she did not think that Mo Qiang was in any position to offer her brother a job but she still silently waited for Mo Qiang to explain.

Seeing that the fish had caught the bait, Mo Qiang hurriedly asked Wen Gui to bring out a common tablet which she tapped on the site which was yet to go live and then explained to Su Rong, " I am not asking for much as you can see, we are selling some really rare things which you cannot find just anywhere. But unfortunately for us, we don't have the power to make this site go live."

As on cue, Yin Fu brought a glass of water with maple syrup drizzled inside it and placed it in front of Su Rong whose eyes widened as she looked at the water which was crystal clear and with a hint of faint sweet scent.

" This..."

" This is the water that I purified," since Mo Qiang believed in the terms of only using people whom she trust when doing business, thus she did not hide anything from Su Rong and told her the truth. " Not only am I selling bottles of pure mineral water but also maple syrup and corn, all of which are A+++ grade, as you can see under the description."

No sooner did Mo Qiang finish speaking, Su Rong snatched the tablet and started reading the description of the products, what was more, next to them was also an authenticity report which verified that what Mo Qiang was saying was indeed the truth.

She looked at the tablet and then turned her gaze to look at the glass of water which was sitting in front of her and tentatively took a sip from it.

" Woah," Su Rong's eyes widened as soon as the burst of sweet explosion followed a freshness that she had never tasted spread all over her mouth, she swallowed the sweet syrup water and felt the tiredness that she was carrying on her shoulders after travelling through three galaxies vanish.

Her eyes were filled with surprise as she raised her head and looked at Mo Qiang before asking," How come something this good hasn't gone live yet?"

If this water was selling online she would have snagged more than thirty water bottles!

Mo Qiang sighed and then remarked, "Isn't it because those people from the network verification department are making things difficult for us? My mother went to their office but they always turn her away which is why I think I need to rely on Madam Su a little," she then turned to look at Su Jiu and then added, " In exchange, I will give master Su the responsibility of taking track of orders and handling the technical procedures."

Though Su Jiu looked like he was a fool, he was a rather smart mer who learned computer skills when he was studying in college, it's just that he was brainwashed into believing that he was not good enough and couldn't earn his keep.

The job that Mo Qiang was offering him not only suited him but it was also easy and with the prices of the products like eggs and syrup ...it would be beyond easy for her to pay a decent sum to her brother.

" I understand," after a long pause Su Rong sighed and then signed the contract, seeing her sign the contract, Su Jiu was stumped he wanted to say something but was interrupted by his sister who said, " Brother Jiu, I am not shirking responsibility on you but sooner or later you will have to move out, you cannot just stay next to me for your entire life can you?"

Su Jiu lowered his head, he indeed did not wish to become a burden for his sister but he was not confident. What if he makes a mistake and gets blamed?

Maybe Wen Gui sensed his thoughts and rolled his eyes before stating, " Don't think too much, we are not going to start giving you big orders from the start. I am responsible for the same thing and I will be teaching you at the beginning only then will I hand you the job to do alone."

Only then did Su Jiu sigh in relief and next to him, Su Rong also heaved a sigh of relief.

With this, she no longer has to worry about her brother anymore.

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Once everything wad decided it did not take long for Su Rong to head to the office of the networking sites, with her backing Mo Qiang's, 'All Hail Mother Nature,' site soon went online.

At first, the site did not make any noise as there were no buyers but then before everyone's eyes, the small site which only went live——tagged Shen Miao, Cao Jian and Fu Qiuning along with Zhu Tong with the caption that read —— Thanks for the patronage!

As the four of them held quite a lot of weight in the entertainment industry it did not take long for the netizens to notice the small site tagging these big shots. They all thought that the small site was only making use of their idol's fame and started scolding the owner for not knowing their place but as the netizens were getting hyped up.

Fu Qiuning reposted the post with a picture in which he was holding a large corn which was shining with a lustre that could make anyone drool. His caption was —— Just keep them coming @allhailmothernature.

Following him were Shen Miao, Cao Jian and even the ever-smothering Zhu Tong!

Each one of them was holding something that the netizens had not seen for a very long time but what made them surprised the most was that Zhu Tong was actually holding scrambled eggs in his hands! Eggs! These were eggs!

Whoosh!

Immediately, all the idols under Imperial star entertainment along with the netizens rushed to the site under the name All Hail Mother Nature and one by one despite the high price placed by the site owner, they continued buying until products slowly started to go out of stock!

And the second they went out of stock, an evil laugh echoed in the Mo house.

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Grow potatoes and get a cowMo Qiang cackled like a maniac as she looked at the sales, her eyes were shining with green light and even though it was late at night, she was not feeling sleepy. With her eyes fixed on the computer, Mo Qiang grinned and said, "Look at this ...just look at this, so much money. With this money, I will be able to build our house without a worry!"



Even though the house in which she was living with the rest of the Mo family was enough to provide a roof over her head but with all the creaking and croaking of the rusting metal made under the winds which blew restlessly when night came, she wanted to make a new house lest this one blows away in case a storm was to arrive.

Something that was quite a normal occurrence in this star.

" Money, so much money, hahaha!" Mo Qiang laughed crazily as she looked at the sales getting higher and higher with the constant dinging of emails which were asking her to hurry up and stock more products.

She was going to be a millionaire! A millionaire!

" Snap out of it!" Xiao Jiao waited for her master to wake up from her dreams but when she saw that Mo Qiang was still out of it, she sighed and then jumped in the air before kicking Mo Qiang right across her cheek causing the latter to fall off the chair on which she was sitting.

With her hands on her hips, Xiao Jiao looked at Mo Qiang and then pointed at the blue screen which only showed a single revival percent in the revival bar. This was a new bar which popped up the second Mo Qiang introduced the products to the world and netizens started buying them.

" You are still far from the goal and yet you are cackling as if you have won a lottery!" Xiao Jiao unhurriedly snapped Mo Qiang out of her jovial mood. " Mother Nature's power in this star is below the satisfaction level what are you getting happy for?"

" Tsk, I was just feeling happy because I no longer have to cry over my empty bank account anymore," Mo Qiang pushed herself off the floor and heard the flying squirrel click her tongue as she said in an unhurried motion, " You are really ... too materialistic, your world is in shambles and yet you still worry about bank balance?" She then paused and then narrowed her eyes before looking at Mo Qiang and stating, " Did you not make that announcer who was collecting bets go back in nothing but her undergarments? How can you even say that you have no money?"

" Cough, that money did not go into my pocket!" Mo Qiang replied sounding highly affronted as she looked at Xiao Jiao. " It all went in Daddy, little Xifeng and Yin Fu's pockets."

This was the truth, since Mo Qiang was broke she couldn't place a bet, though Mo Xifeng placed a bet on her account it was still her own money and as for Wen Gui and Yin Fu, the two placed the bets on their accord when they saw that Mo Xifeng was using all her savings.

Though Mo Qiang thought that they might share some shiny gold coins with her, Wen Gui suddenly told her all the expenses which included buying the highly durable courier boxes and Mo Qiang could not ask for money from him and as for Yin Fu, the latter told her that he was going to use the money for their date.

She couldn't ask for money from him either as for the little cents which Xie Jie and Shao Hui won it was impossible for her to get that small chunk of money either.

Xiao Jiao rolled her eyes and then said, "It's fine if you want to go all happy but it will be better if you pay attention to your new goal."

As she spoke, the blue screen once again shone in front of Mo Qiang and this time there was another mission displayed on it, Mo Qiang read the words written on the screen and then stated with a frown, "This is impossible."

She pointed at the screen and then continued, " You want me to grow potatoes and find a cow? How am I supposed to do that? There is no way! I have looked up the agriculture site of this galaxy and I am sure there is no such thing as cow and potatoes... they don't even know what that is!"

"That's because there is no such thing as potatoes in this world," Xiao Jiao calmly replied.

"That's right!" Mo Qiang stressed as she used both her hands to point at the screen which was illuminated on her side and narrowed her eyes when she saw the screen using extra words like 'dumbass' to put her down as soon as she said that she couldn't do the mission. " I don't like this... I don't like this screen at all."

" As long as you don't act like one, it will not get a chance to call you names—— stop flapping your arm like a fool and you too stop playing!" Xiao Jiao scolded both Mo Qiang who was trying to hit the screen as well as the blue screen which was dodging Mo Qiang's flapping arms. " Since this mission is being handed to you, then you will have to do it unless you want your life force to suddenly deplete and then your soul to head over to hell."

Mo Qiang looked at the tiny squirrel who threatened her with hell again and then raised her hand. " Quick question, can I ask?"

" Go ahead," replied Xiao Jiao as she looked at Mo Qiang already aware of what was going on in the head of the host she had signed a contract with.

" If there is no such thing as potatoes in this world, how do you expect me to grow them and the same can be said for cows, I don't think that I have seen any cows," remarked Mo Qiang causing Xiao Jiao to smirk as the latter replied, " Thats because they no longer exist in the same form as you are used to."

She then snapped her tiny fingers causing the blue screen to shudder and display an image which made Mo Qiang tremble in fright.

Turtle tubers" ...What is this?" Mo Qiang looked at the ugly beast which looked like a monster turtle, the size of a small mountain itself. Its head was that of a snake with a very long neck and yellow eyes that shone in the dark, with a large shell which had multiple mega-large tubers growing on top of it.



Mo Qiang looked at the purple vines poking out of the tubers with an ugly greenish liquid oozing out of those tubers and then her eyes fell on the description that said ——

[Caution those tubers release poisonous gases so stay away if you come in contact with this mutant being and in case you do meet with it, just drop on the ground and finalise your will to not cause any trouble to your family.]

Mo Qiang: ┬─┬ノ(ಠ_ಠノ)

Mo Qiang: ( °□°) ︵ ┻━┻

" Did you... by any chance not read what is written in the description?" Mo Qiang asked as she turned to look at Xiao Jiao who was flying next to her head. A part of her wanted to ask Xiao Jiao to bring out the contract and let her read the terms again because nowhere in the entire contract she agreed to put her life in danger!

What was this!?

" I did read it," Xiao Jiao replied, which made Mo Qiang's expression twist and become something like this ——(꒪ȏ꒪;)

" And you still want me to go and look for this ...this beast?" Mo Qiang asked while looking at Xiao Jiao as if she had gone crazy. What did she mean by that she had read the description but she still wished for Mo Qiang to run headlong into that beast? Was the line ' drop on the ground and finalize your will,' not enough to relay how terrifying that creature was?

" It might look a bit deadly but there is nothing for you to worry about since you have my protection," she then paused and then continued, " And in any case even if you were to die, I will bring you back from the dead. So you don't have to worry about anything."

Then ignoring the shocked look on Mo Qiang's face, Xiao Jiao opened her own mini tab and started to speak, " This mutant being is called turtle tuber, its neck is that of a snake but its body is that of a turtle. Its defences are nothing to worry about as it only relies on its long and thick neck to attack its prey with those large fangs of his... as for the other one, the turtle tuber would release those tubers growing on its back and release poisonous gases when it feels threatened."

" Our mission is to get a few tubers which are growing on his back before they explode," stated Xiao Jiao firmly leaving Mo Qiang to be speechless.

" And by any chance, can we simply catch the tubers which it releases?" Mo Qiang asked with a low voice, she did not wish to get close to that slimy, monstrous thing! How was she going to climb that shell which was so slippery and wet?

Xiao Jiao looked at her as if she was looking at an idiot and then remarked, " What are you talking about? Of course, you have to climb up and pick a few tubers off. Do you think that you can just catch those tubers? They will explode the second they touch a harsh surface."

Mo Qiang : (　◜◡‾)

" I think we need to re-discuss the terms here," Mo Qiang finally spoke up as she looked at the little squirrel who was flying in front of her eyes, with her hands raised she stated one word after another, " I never agreed to put my life in danger when I signed the contract with you. I don't think this is under our working terms!"

" I am afraid that it is indeed in our working terms," Xiao Jiao's eyes flashed dangerously as she looked at Mo Qiang. " You promised to do everything that will help me revive nature which means you will go to this dimension where turtle tuber is found and you will climb up the shell and get me a few tubers to refine such that I can remove the toxins and the poison before changing its appearance back to what it was in the past."

" To that of the past?" Mo Qiang looked at the ugly brownish tubers and frowned. Were these things really potatoes? How was that possible?

At her question, Xiao Jiao's eyes brightened like that of a cat which caused the three spirits to shiver and then they immediately huddled under the bed. They were good kids and they knew that when parents fought one needed to hide as soon as possible because gunpowder was about to be ignited!

" Of course," Xiao Jiao immediately flew close to Mo Qiang as she narrowed her eyes and then started throwing the diatribe which she had been stifling for a very long time. " Once humans ran out of fertile lands where they could plant their crops they started to think of ways to restore the production levels of vegetables which was going lesser and lesser by each day."

" First they thought of re-fertilizing the lands which have gone barren, which was why they filled those lands with fertilizers and chemicals hoping that the lands will regain their past productivity but of course, they failed. Each land has a life vein," Xiao Jiao took a few steps back as she spread her small paw and then summoned a green energy which was floating on top of her palm. " This life vein is the key to the fertility of the land, once it's destroyed the fertility will be gone. No amount of fertilizers or chemicals can bring it back...after years and years of torment and exploitation, this green vein which flowed under the lands was destroyed one by one and thus making those lands barren and unfruitful."

Xiao Jiao clasped her hand which was holding the green vein and then turned to look at Mo Qiang as she continued, " And you know what they did once they realized that they were running out of food?"

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Turtle tubers ——2Though Mo Qiang had no idea what her successors who took over the world did, she had a feeling that it was nothing good and sure enough! When Xiao Jiao answered her own question which she had asked, Mo Qiang couldn't help but feel ashamed.



" They tried to turn their attention to animals."

A sad look came over Xiao Jiao's eyes as if she could see the past very clearly in front of her as she reiterated everything that she had seen in those labs which were focused on trying to make sure that humans survived at the end.

" Once the humans realised that they couldn't restore the fertility of the lands, they came up with another idea. They thought that as long as they fused the animals and the composition of vegetables together they will be able to get a permanent supply of vegetables without lands," Xiao Jiao sneered with a cold glint in her eyes. " Stupid, really stupid idea. How can those two things ever be combined? But humans were running out of ideas no matter how highly developed greenhouses they made, those things could not keep the vegetable plants alive as the green vein was destroyed."

" For the sake of survival, they tried to create mutants which will fulfil their needs," a side of her lips curled up in disdain as Xiao Jiao continued, " And of course, they paid a hefty price, as they were mere humans and not gods. When Mother Nature heard the cries of those innocent animals, she grew furious and of course, a rebound occurred... those mutants upon which your kind was placing all their hopes turned out to be far superior beings than humans could control."

She snapped her finger and the blue screen started showing what remained of her world after those mutants breathed their first.

It was annihilation.

Pure and simple annihilation.

Xiao Jiao snapped her fingers once again and then said, " Turtle tuber is one of those mutating animals that was created to stabilize the production of potatoes but it ended up becoming far stronger and poisonous. Mother Nature did not wish to see it get exploited by your kind so she gave it much better defence mechanisms."

" If she was the one that caused humans to fall into despair why is she trying to save us then?" Mo Qiang asked which only caused her to receive a glare from Xiao Jiao.

" What do you mean by falling into despair? It's your kind who did not know when to stop and went too far! They deserved it!" Xiao Jiao scoffed before continuing, " Anyway, Mother Nature is not like you humans who will hold grudges for years, her anger rises and subsides in minutes. She regretted not saving your kind and making them destroy the beautiful world which she gifted them. This is why she wants me to revive her influence in this world, that way the green vein will be able to heal once again and the humans who have lost their way will be able to come back on the right path."

Mo Qiang pursed her lips as she looked at the turtle tuber and then remarked, " Are you sure that we truly need it?"

" I have already calculated among all the tubers only the turtle tubers are closest to a potato. I can refine it back into a potato for the rest we will talk about it later on," Xiao Jiao explained causing Mo Qiang to sigh and rub her head.

All the excitement that she received after earning such a big sum of money was gone and was replaced by newfound worry.

" What about the cow?" She asked.

" Compared to the turtle tuber, getting a cow is fairly easy," though Xiao Jiao said that as soon as the purple muscle macho cow who seemed to have taken thousands of steroids, the image was displayed on the screen Mo Qiang knew it was far from easy. " This is called violet cow —— it went through several mutations and now lives in the deep mountains of the Startite dimension where blue gemstones are found. The violet cow relies on the startite gemstone but I can make it make do with the spiritual fodder. All you need to do is tame one or two of their kind...." She then paused and added,

" But of course, we will have to refine the milk as the milk produced by the violet cow causes drowsiness instead of energy," Xiao Jiao smiled like a cat who was satisfied with the prey she had eaten. " But I can change the chemical structure of that milk making it even more nutritious than the one which was sold in your world."

Mo Qiang sighed heavily as she looked at the two tasks which were given to her out of nowhere. She didn't even get a chance to take a holiday and now she was back to work again!

" Fine, we will see what to do about these two tasks," she muttered before turning to head over to her bed. Seeing her tuck herself into the bed, Xiao Jiao frowned and asked, "Don't you want to discuss anything with me?"

" What is the point of discussing it with you?" Mo Qiang questioned as she looked at the little squirrel. Before turning the glass orb of her bed on and sighing in relief when the warm air filled the small space. " You might have already planned everything. Didn't you?"

Xiao Jiao had indeed planned something already but she wanted to talk with Mo Qiang and review her plan before she could say it, something else knocked her awake as she headed to the glass dome which was covering Mo Qiang's bed and then said, " I am not inside yet!"

"... I know, this is me kicking you out of the bed. Go and sleep somewhere else you evil capitalist," sneered Mo Qiang as she turned her back on Xiao Jiao and closed her eyes.

Xiao Jiao : (・ω・｀)........

What to do now?

The little squirrel tried to sneak inside Mo Qiang's bed as it was too cold outside but the latter was heartless through and through, she did not even look at her!

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" Fine!" Xiao Jiao's anger finally exploded! " Since you don't love me then don't blame me for cheating!"

She then turned around and flew out of the room heading straight to the room on the right and knocking on it.

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Mo Qiang is in love with another mer?The door on which Xiao Jiao was knocking slid open and Mo Xifeng who was dressed in pure white pyjamas looked down at the little squirrel near her feet.



" Miss Xiao Jiao?" Mo Xifeng did not know how to address the little squirrel. She wanted to call it Xiao Jiao like Mo Qiang but after Mo Xifeng saw Xiao Jiao sending Madam Lian flying in the air, she no longer treated the little thing as just a pet. Thus, Mo Xifeng respectfully started to call Xiao Jiao as Miss Xiao Jiao. " Is something the matter?"

Of course, something mattered, just because she asked Mo Qiang to pick up her pace and start working hard, the cruel woman kicked her out of bed leaving her to suffer on this cold night! But this was something that Xiao Jiao did not wish to tell Mo Xifeng, she had noticed that Mo Xifeng respected her a lot more than Mo Qiang did —— if she was to tell Mo Xifeng that she was treated lightly by Mo Qiang then...

A sudden premonition came to Xiao Jiao's head as she imagined Mo Xifeng's reaction after finding out that she was kicked out by Mo Qiang.

' Oh, so you were kicked out by that good for nothing?' A very disappointed and contemptuous Mo Xifeng looked down at her with disgust filling her eyes. ' If you are even weaker than her what is the point of me treating you with respect? Get lost!'

" NOOOOOO!" Xiao Jiao screamed suddenly causing Mo Xifeng to flinch as she looked down at the screeching squirrel. She of course did not understand what Xiao Jiao was trying to say to her but after hesitating for a while, she crouched down on the floor and then looked at the small furry being.

" Miss Xiao Jiao, I don't know what is wrong ... but are you here to sleep with me?" These days the spirits would sometimes run around in the house and sneak inside different rooms to sleep with the people of the Mo family. This was of course arranged by Mo Qiang, even though only Huhu was capable of calming down emotions, Chi Chi and Ya Ya were not useless either.

After all, they were spiritual beings as well. Hugging them brought a sort of tranquillity and thus, Mo Qiang allowed them to sneak inside the Mo couple's room along with the mers in the hope they will understand the importance of peace and calm lest they started waving something dangerous in the air once again.

Though the spirits ran amok, Xiao Jiao stayed with Mo Qiang all the time. Thus, Mo Xifeng was quite touched by the sudden grace which was handed to her all of sudden as she had always wanted to touch the little squirrel.

Xiao Jiao looked at Mo Xifeng and then suddenly remembered that this woman was a mega plush lover. Because of this sudden reminder, she suddenly became a bit hesitant but then thought of the three mers who were rather bloodthirsty followed by Wen Gui who simply hated anyone who harmed his daughter. What if ...they suddenly found her displeasing to the eye and then grilled her?

With the three mers and Wen Gui being as sane as a squirrel on crackpot there was a high chance that they might indeed do something so over the top.

She was well aware of how dangerous those three mers could be and if she went to their room then ...

' Oh, she is that squirrel who always stays with Mo Qiang? Let's rip it apart.'

Xiao Jiao shuddered as she imagined the evil expressions of those three mers and then she thought of Wen Gui and of course, she did not have any good thoughts when she thought of that violent mer.

' Hoho, you are the same squirrel, who always hit my daughter willy-nilly right? Come with me, I have some very special death packages for you.'

Another shiver danced down Xiao Jiao's spine as she looked at the woman in front of her. She hated to admit this but in this house of crackheads, only this woman was a bit sane when compared to the rest.

Thus, Xiao Jiao made a decision in her head and then raised her arms before giving Mo Xifeng, her best puppy dog eyes, who cares if this woman was a plush lover? As long as she took her inside her room and gave her a place to sleep she will allow Mo Xifeng to hug her as much as she wanted.

Sure enough, when Mo Xifeng saw Xiao Jiao stretch her arms out, she was really happy. With a quick glance at Mo Qiang's door, she snuck Xiao Jiao inside her room. Now that the little squirrel was in her room she was not going to hand her over to Mo Qiang till the morning!

Mo Qiang on the other hand waited for Xiao Jiao to return but when the latter did not return, she had a feeling that she went looking for Mo Xifeng.

" What a heartless little squirrel," muttered Mo Qiang before she turned on her back and went back to sleep.

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Morning arrived in a jiffy, the red clouds lightened and were filled with a light glow. The streets of the dead star were filled with bustle while people went out to buy some monster meat which was being sold by the butcher.

Just like them, Wen Gui also went out but he did not purchase anything and returned home with a smile on his face.

" Do you know? Everyone is praising our Qi Qi," he told his wife who was reading her news tab which had a headline displayed in flashy font.

' Madam Lian—— the betrayer of Imperial Star.'

Underneath the headline a huge article was written that explained how Mo Qiang bravely caught hold of Madam Lian with a noose and then challenged her to duel before bringing the truth to light in great detail.

There was nothing about her mentioned but Mo Yan did not mind, she now only wanted to live a peaceful life which was why she even ignored the messages and calls of her friends from the imperial star telling her how they all trusted her all along and blah blah blah.

" Yeah, she has grown up——"

No sooner did Mo Yan speak up, than the doorbell of their house rang interrupting her.

Wen Gui who stood next to the shoe cabinet which was just next to the door, turned around and opened the door revealing a beautiful mer standing outside.

" Does Mo Qiang lives here?"

Everyone : (꒪ȏ꒪;)(꒪ȏ꒪;)(꒪ȏ꒪;)(꒪ȏ꒪;)(꒪ȏ꒪;)

Who was this mer? More importantly, why was he asking for Mo Qiang?

Mo Qiang is in love with another mer ——2Wen Gui looked at the mer with a shocked gaze, he turned around and then looked at his wife who was too shocked to even change her expression and then turned his head back to look at the mer with a smile on his face.



"Oh, hello dear," Wen Gui greeted the mer with a smile on his face. "How may I help you." Though he was smiling on the outside he was inwardly praying for this mer to be not pregnant with Mo Qiang's child. The last thing he wanted was for all the good that his daughter had done to go down the drain.

Wang Yuelin smiled back at Wen Gui and then bowed his head before saying, " I am Wang Yuelin. I met with Miss Qiang in the majestic bar a few weeks ago and she invited me to her house. There is something really important that the two of us need to discuss, so if she is at home, can I meet her?"

"Of course," Wen Gui clapped his hands and then invited Wang Yuelin inside the house. " Qi Qi is sleeping after working so hard for weeks she is quite tired. Don't worry, I will send her sister to go up and bring her down as quickly as possible."

As he spoke he turned to look at Mo Xifeng who was standing behind the kitchen with a mug in her hands. From the looks of it, she was drinking hot water with some maple syrup and was going to cook an omelette for herself but she paused when Mo Xifeng noticed Wen Gui looking at her.

" Xifeng, go and call your big sister will you?" He asked Mo Xifeng sweet;y which caused Mo Xifeng to shiver but she still nodded and placed her mug down before heading to the second floor.

Only then did Wen Gui turn to look at Wang Yuelin and softly simpered, " This important matter just how important is it exactly? Oh don't think that I am trying to pry ... it is just that I am afraid that my Qi Qi will mess it up a little."

Wang Yuelin thought about his lifelong aim of reviving the magma bees and seriously replied, "It's as important as my life for me, if Miss Qiang does not help me then I am afraid that I will lose my will to live."

Losing my will to live if Mo Qiang does not help = Mo Qiang is as important to me as my life!

No sooner did he say those words than three things happened at once.

Behind Wen Gui and Mo Yan, Shao Hui who was cleaning the cabinet dropped the vase in his hands while Xie Jie who was in charge of cooking the breakfast broke the handle of the pan with a crack while Yin Fu's reaction was the biggest as he crumpled the mop which he was holding in his hands.

Wang Yuelin looked at the three mers with a surprised look on his face but his attention was diverted by Wen Gui who chuckled loudly and then said, " Don't pay attention to them, I apologise for letting you see this but what can I do? These sons-in-law of mine, they are quite clumsy... always making mistakes and breaking things." As he spoke he glared at the three mers who lowered their heads.

He did not understand why the three of them were acting so upset when they were the ones who pushed Mo Qiang away from them and now that someone was here for her, they were acting as if she had cheated on them.

On the other hand, Mo Xifeng knocked on the glass-shaped dome on Mo Qiang's bed while trying to wake her up.

" Sister Qiang, wake up. Sister Qiang? There is a mer waiting for you downstairs."

But no matter how many times Mo Xifeng called Mo Qiang, the latter did not respond and continued to snore. Seeing Mo Qiang snore as if she was the only one who worked hard these past few weeks, Mo Xifeng's eyes narrowed and she looked at Xiao Jiao who exchanged a glance with each other.

Neither of them knew how they came to an understanding but then Mo Xifeng nodded in understanding as if she realised what Xiao Jiao wanted to do and then turned to look at Mo Qiang before cupping her hands over her mouth like she was going to shout and said loudly, " Sister, there is a mer downstairs who claims that he is carrying your child."

" Oh hell no! I didn't do no tango...he is lying !" Mo Qiang snapped awake at once as she pushed the dome off her bed and turned to look at Mo Xifeng in a hurry but when she saw the calm expression on Mo Xifeng's face, she knew that she was fooled and was speechless.

" Xifeng, what is the matter with you? I worked so hard... I think I deserve a day to sleep in right ?" Mo Qiang questioned with a lazy expression on her face.

Mo Xifeng glanced at her sister who was going pliant on the bed and then stated calmly, " I did not lie to you when I said that there is a mer looking for you ..." She paused and then added, " He just told everyone that you are as important as his life if I were you, I would be running as fast as possible because I don't think that my brothers in law are happy with this sudden arrival."

And no sooner did Mo Xifeng say those words, than an alarm rang inside Mo Qiang's head telling that the three mers' favourability points were going speedily down.

Mo Qiang: ᕕ( ╯°□° )ᕗ, I just woke up what kind of changes did this world go through in just a few hours?

Startled, Mo Qiang immediately jumped on her feet and then rushed out of the room heading straight downstairs leaving nothing but a whoosh of wind behind.

Seeing her run like her bottom was on fire, Mo Xifeng turned to look at Xiao Jiao and then said, " I did not know that my sister was so scared of my brothers-in-law...just what did they do to her?"

Xiao Jiao: "....." They don't need to do anything with their murderous intentions it's impossible for Mo Qiang not to run like her life was on the line.

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I am about to get another son in law !



Mo Qiang dashed downstairs and no sooner she stepped inside the living room five pair of eyes fell on her. Three of them were filled with glares as they looked at her, seeing them act all haughty and angry caused Mo Qiang to be speechless. What was the matter with them?

They were the ones who acted all angry when she tried to talk with them but now that she was talking with other mers, they had a problem with that too? Were they not being too much !?

Though she was momentarily speechless by their actions, she ignored their glares and turned to look at Wang Yuelin. The second her gaze fell on Wang Yuelin, Mo Qiang's eyes brightened.

" Mister Wang!" He was here, her new money-making bag was here!

" Miss Qiang," Wang Yuelin stood up from the couch on which he was sitting, he bowed his head and then greeted Mo Qiang before apologizing, " I am sorry for coming without sending a word but I just couldn't help myself."

Like many, he also watched Mo Qiang's duel with Madam Lian and of course, he noticed how she was able to summon a spiritual beast when no one else was able to do it for years. The more Wang Yuelin watched Mo Qiang, the more excited he became, and his trust in her which was wavering for the past few days started to solidify. If this woman was able to summon a spiritual being then she surely had a chance in reviving the magma bees.

Thus, as soon as he woke up this morning he came looking for Mo Qiang.

Though Mo Qiang understood Wang Yuelin's reasons, the others did not. Especially the mers, they all looked at Wang Yuelin with an unfriendly gaze.

Shao Hui's glare was the most unfriendly as he looked at Wang Yuelin. He of course recognised this mer as he noticed Mo Qiang talking with him in the bar but he did not expect Mo Qiang to invite him to their home, what was she thinking? Was she seriously looking for another husband when they haven't even divorced yet?

Beside him, Xie Jie stared at Wang Yuelin and his gaze fell on the smiling expression of the mer. He had to admit that compared to him, who looked like a criminal, Wang Yuelin looked like a prince.

But that did not give Mo Qiang enough rights to bring another mer to their house when he was yet to divorce her! Had she forgotten that she was no longer the daughter of an official? She couldn't marry more than three husbands!

The one who was most upset was Yin Fu who was tearing a handkerchief in his heart with his teeth as he looked at the mer and his wife smiling and talking. Who...who was this mer? Where did he pop out from anyway?

" I see," Mo Qiang felt her eyebrows twitch as she felt three glares boring in her back and then raised her hands to place them on Wang Yuelin's shoulders as she started to push him out of the house. " I think we should discuss this outside." She then turned to look at Xiao Jiao who was sulking behind her and asked, " Are you coming?"

A part of Xiao Jiao wanted to refuse but then she thought about how Wang Yuelin was here to discuss the magma bees and then went to sit on Mo Qiang's shoulder. But the most important reason was —— the smell of gunpowder inside the living room was too explosive!

She glanced at the three mers and sighed. What kind of drama was this? Not wanting to have her but not willing to have anyone else have her either? What kind of confusing feelings were these? Humans were so complex, why do they have to make something so simple so confusing?

Mo Qiang on the other hand did not sense the gunpowder but she did sense that she will not be able to talk with Wang Yuelin if she was to stay in this living room, thus she pushed Wang Yuelin outside. With her hand-stretched, she picked up the mask which was lying on the cabinet and then said to Wen Gui, " Daddy, I will be back in a jiffy."

"It's fine sweetie, take as much time as you want," Wen Gui was quite satisfied with Wang Yuelin. He was polite, sweet and gentle compared to the three explosives behind him, Wang Yuelin was like a breath of fresh air.

He thought that the reason Mo Qiang was treating Wang Yuelin so well was that she felt something for him but unfortunately for him, he had no idea that Mo Qiang only saw Wang Yuelin as a money bag.

Mo Yan turned to look at Wen Gui, her eyes falling on the three mers and then she cleared her throat uncomfortably, " Ah Gui, don't you think you are jumping the gun too fast? He just came here and we already have three sons-in-law."

The said three mer sons-in-law: Exactly!

Wen Gui turned to look at his three mer sons-in-law and then arched a brow feeling quite satisfied when he saw the three looking like they were suffering from constipation.

" What are you talking about? Though we have three mer sons-in-law currently...have you forgotten? Mo Qiang has already handed Ah Hui and Jie'er divorce agreements. Don't we have like two vacant spots already?" He then turned to look at the two mers who hated Mo Qiang the most and then added, " I bet they don't mind it either, after all, this marriage was all business for them as well. Isn't that Ah Hui, Jie'er? I hope you will not blame Qi Qi... it's only right for her to get to know another mer as you three will be divorced pretty soon in a few months."

Shao Hui: "....."

Xie Jie: "...."

Their father-in-law's tongue was as sharp as ever, who told him that he needed a knife to stab someone? He could do that with his tongue alone!

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Wen Gui: Aww my daughter is finally in love again with a good mer, I am going to get a decent son-in-law this time.

Mo Qiang: Money, Money, Money...give me more money!