Bunny Suit, Hop Hop HopMo Xifeng tried to run but was stopped by Mo Qiang who reached out her hand and then placed it on the back of Mo Xifeng's collar putting a stop to her escape.
" Sister Qiang, we should not get into such a mess," Mo Xifeng did not like it when someone forced her to face the camera. Ever since she succeeded in raising her cultivation and breaking through the S-grade mecha core, Mo Xifeng has been subjected to extreme publicity.
Back when she was still studying in college, she was harassed by the paparazzi every day. She couldn't even frown without being called rude and with tons of speculations being made about her, ever since then Mo Xifeng started to feel rather annoyed and irritated every time she had to stand in front of the camera.
What was more those who were shooting her and those who were watching her both expected something unrealistic from her. Many times Mo Xifeng read the comments of those who looked up to her at the beginning, only to turn into her haters later on as she did not act like they wanted.
Those people behind the screen forgot that she was a human too. She couldn't smile when they asked her to and she couldn't pretend to be touched and comforted when she didn't feel like it!
Mo Qiang turned to look at Mo Xifeng who was resistant and pursed her lips. She indeed knew that Mo Xifeng hated coming in front of the camera as the latter had tried to keep her presence to the bare minimum when they were being recorded by the national television on the day of the duel. Mo Xifeng also showed quite a lot of resistance when that mer tried to snap a picture on the bus ride to the imperial star.
So, of course, Mo Qiang was able to figure out the disdain that Mo Xifeng held for cameras but the money that was being handed to them as a reward was too much for Mo Qiang to ignore. At this moment, she needed to hire more young women for their hunting team, though the hunting team arranged by Mo Yan was good —— the women in the team were now twice Mo Qiang's age.
They were slowly reaching the age of retirement and were no longer as agile as before, if she was to take them with her then they would get hurt just like the time when they went to the other dimension to hunt the three-horned chicken.
As a matter of respect, Mo Qiang was not going to fire them or ask those ageing women to retire but now it was seriously the time to add some fresh blood to the team.
In case they were to take the current team with them to the Srephere dimension, Mo Qiang was worried that rather than, them protecting her and Mo Xifeng, it would be her and Mo Xifeng protecting those aged soldiers!
However, if she wanted to hire good women in her team then she needed money! Only with money will she be able to hire skilled workers!
With the pitiful amount of money that she had in her account, how can she hire good and skilled workers?
" You call that pitiful amount?" Xiao Jiao who could read Mo Qiang's thoughts was speechless. The money in Mo Qiang's account was indeed not enough for building a house or living a comfortable life but it wasn't that small either! After taking care of most of the things, Mo Qiang still had enough money to hire workers.
" Thats my private stash! No one is allowed to touch it!" Mo Qiang snapped at Xiao Jiao when she saw that the latter was eyeing the money that she had saved!
Like a fierce dragon protecting its treasure, she growled at Xiao Jiao and then added harshly, " No touchy touchy with my savings or I will shave your head and make you dance on the street like a performing monkey."
Xiao Jiao: "....."
The latter did not expect such a severe reaction from Mo Qiang but then again she did not know how much Mo Qiang suffered when she did not have money in her pockets when she was living alone without any support.
Thus, Mo Qiang who knew the harshness of the world would always keep a large amount in her savings to make sure that even if something happened to her, she would still have enough money to eat three meals a day. Those who hadn't gone past the days when they couldn't even eat one meal wouldn't understand her pain but those who did would know why she was so inclined to hoard as much money in her bank account as possible.
After settling Xiao Jiao down Mo Qiang turned to look at Mo Xifeng who was still hesitating and smiled profoundly, " Why are you worrying like this? I promise that no one will see your face and neither will they judge you. As long as you follow sister, everything is going to be fine."
As she spoke Mo Qiang flashed Mo Xifeng one of her 'trust me' smile but that only caused Mo Xifeng to pull her hand away from Mo Qiang as she stared at her sister warily. Whenever Mo Qiang smiled like this, it clearly meant that she had something sneaky planned in her head and Mo Xifeng did not wish to be a part of that sneaky plan.
Seeing that Mo Xifeng was not willing to trust her, Mo Qiang pouted and then clasped her hands together before saying in a pleading voice, " Oh come on, Xifeng! Just a little, we will play just a little and then we will come back! No one is going to see your face and you don't even have to speak, all you need to do is follow your sister's lead and we will be fine!"
Mo Xifeng stared at her sister's wide eyes which were staring at her pleading and she hesitated. Though Mo Xifeng knew that Mo Qiang was only acting, she still pursed her lips and then nodded—- fine, if her sister wanted to play then she will play this damn game!
Bunny Suit, Hop Hop Hop——3------------------
However soon Mo Xifeng realised that she should have never trusted her sister because a second later her sister dressed her in a big bunny dress. Not the seductive kind, the one that had a large bunny head with a furry body suit that made her look like a gigantic six-foot rabbit walking around the streets.
" When did you even buy this?" Mo Xifeng was speechless after getting dressed up in a bunny suit. She looked down at her furry paws which were hyperrealistic and simply lost all her ability to speak anymore. How can her sister buy something like this and why? What was she thinking when she bought this suit that resembled a bunny so well that one would mistake her for a real one?
" I didn't buy it, I made a custom order for this," Mo Qiang was rather proud of the feat that she had achieved. She looked at Mo Xifeng who looked like a real bunny and nodded her head in approval. " I know how much you like furry animals so I had the costume company make one. Now you don't have to miss furry little things anymore. Just wear this suit and hop around a little, you will definitely love it."
Mo Xifeng: "..." I like little furry things but that doesn't mean that I want to become one.
However, Mo Qiang did not think that she was wrong in any way. After she was done zipping the suit's zipper, she asked Mo Xifeng to follow her before she came to a stop in front of the announcer who was speaking flamboyantly into the microphone.
" Hi, we would like to participate in the game!"
" Sure—-AHHHHH! WHAT IS THAT THING?" The announcer screamed at the top of her lungs as her gaze fell on the giant bunny that was looming on top of her head and fell on her bottom with a plop. Why did no one tell her that there was a giant bunny on the loose here? She would have never taken the job!
" Rude. What are you trying to do? Are you trying to frighten the ally of justice for all the furry beings in the world, Miss Cuddles!" Mo Qiang reprimanded the announcer with her hands on her hips. Her expression was that of disdain as she turned to look at Mo Xifeng and soothed her with a soft voice, " Don't listen to that woman, you look really cute."
Mo Xifeng: "...." For the first time in her life, she wanted to throw fists and fight it out with her sister.
Control Mo Xifeng! Control! The little angel in her head told her to calm down repeatedly as she worriedly spoke, ' Your sister is working so hard for the family, so what if she is playing around a little? As a younger sister who can't do much to help her elder sister, you should let her play a little.'
'Heh!' On the other side the Devil sneered in Mo Xifeng's ears. ' Who says that we did not help her? Who was the one who paved the entire fields? Who was the one who overlooked the chicken coop? Isn't she just making fun of us just because we are younger than her? Why don't we show her who is the boss? That way she will know that even if she is the eldest sibling, the one who is in control are us!'
' No, we can't!'
' Yes we can!'
There was an intense battle going on inside Mo Xifeng's head at the same time the announcer was also looking at Mo Qiang as if the latter had gone crazy.
Clearly, the rabbit was the one who was scaring everyone on the street, so how come suddenly it was her who scared the rabbit? And Miss Cuddles? Who the hell cuddled with that thing? Wasn't they afraid of getting choked to death in their sleep? Just look at those muscular forearms of Miss Cuddles.
" Are you going to stay on the ground the entire time?" Mo Qiang asked as she arched a brow. Though she knew that Mo Xifeng looked a bit —— all right a lot scarier. But she looked funny too, right? There was no need for such an exaggeration.
And compared to the five million gold coins, this was just a small sacrifice on their part.
" Why is it that, she has to be the one to sacrifice when you are the one who wants the rewards?" Xiao Jiao chimed because Mo Xifeng suffered a huge blow to her heart, Xiao Jiao decided to soothe her broken heart by plopping herself on Mo Xifeng's shoulder.
But even so, she kept an eye on Mo Qiang all the time.
Mo Qiang looked at Xiao Jiao and then calmly smiled before stating, " As the older sibling, I have full rights to exploit my younger siblings. Blame her for taking birth after me. Kekeke."
Xiao Jiao: "...." Suddenly, she felt even more sympathetic towards Mo Xifeng.
With a sigh, she turned to look at Mo Xifeng who upon sensing her gaze turned to look at Xiao Jiao. Only to be surprised later on when she noticed the pity in the eye of the squirrel. Was the rabbit suit so bad that even a squirrel was looking at her with sympathy?
Mo Xifeng did not get the chance to take the horrendous suit off, as Mo Qiang immediately raised her voice and then said, " Come on write our names down, is it too hard? Can't you write Miss Cuddles?"
The announcer looked at the looming rabbit behind Mo Qiang, she did not know why but every time the woman called the rabbit ' Miss Cuddles' a cold chill would climb up her spine which was why she bit the bullet and then turned to look at Mo Qiang and suggested, " Shouldn't you give Miss Cuddles a much more dashing name? Like Big Foot or One Punch Rabbit ?"
" Huh?" Mo Qiang's expression suddenly turned cold as she looked at the announcer like a thug before questioning, " I like Miss Cuddles, what? do you have something to say?"
The announcer: ( ˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ ) No it's okay, you are the only one who is right while the world is wrong. It's your rabbit anyway.
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Eyeing Mo Qiang's core
In the end, under Mo Qiang's great persistence—— no, great love for the giant rabbit, the rabbit suit was christened Miss Cuddles. The announcer looked at the person clad in the rabbit suit and then turned to look at Mo Qiang before clearing her throat as she asked, " Ahem. What's the name of the person behind you? In case you were to win the games, we need the name of your partner. Only then will we be able to write her name on the E-cheque."
" Miss Cuddles, didn't I tell you?" Mo Qiang replied with a soft frown on her face.
The announcer: (◡ ‿ ◡ .)
Why was it so hard to talk with this woman?
" I mean to say the name of the person who is wearing the bunny suit," stated the announcer with a strained smile. " In case you win the games, don't you think it will be weird if your partner is called Miss Cuddles?"
" There is no person inside, it's just Miss Cuddles," Mo Qiang did not want Mo Xifeng's identity to be disclosed and thus put on a thick skin as she refused to admit that there was a person inside the bunny suit. If she didn't admit who dared make speculations? And even if they did make speculations, they would never find out that the person inside was Mo Xifeng.
After all, in the eyes of the mers of this world, Mo Xifeng was like a white flower fluttering at the top of a mountain, cold and unreachable. While the women took Mo Xifeng as their master and thought of her as someone admirable and untouchable. Thus the idea of Mo Xifeng wearing a bunny suit was simply out of the box for many people!
The announcer: (∗'ര ᎑ ര'∗), Now, Now let's not lie shall we?
Thus, she tried every means to get Mo Qiang to cough out the name of the person inside the bunny costume but Mo Qiang's 'Wall of iron' heart was even more stronger. No matter how many tricks the announcer used, the only name that came out of Mo Qiang's mouth was —— Miss Cuddles.
The announcer looked at the looming rabbit that looked just as upset with its name as she was but spoke no more. She seemed to have understood that even if she was to spend the entire day with Mo Qiang, the latter would not give her the name of the person inside the bunny costume and thus finally jotted down the name 'Miss Cuddles' next to Mo Qiang on the participating form.
" Here, Miss Mo... and Miss Cuddles," the announcer handed the name badge that her assistant morphed in a small machine and handed it to Mo Qiang and Mo Xifeng who took the bronze badges from the announcer with their respective name on them and then took a look at it.
While Mo Qiang had no problem pinning her badge to her clothes, Mo Xifeng aka Miss Cuddles looked at the badge in her hand with black lines covering her bunny mask.
Miss Cuddles... the name of the youngest and fiercest S mecha morph was now changed into Miss Cuddles. If someone was to find out that the person inside the mask was her then Mo Xifeng was sure that she was going to lose an inch of her skin.
Seeing that Mo Xifeng was still looking at the badge, Mo Qiang patted her on the shoulder and commented, " The rabbit in my kindergarten class had the same, it was really cute and cuddly. I truly liked this name."
Mo Qiang was not worried that Mo Xifeng would find out that she was talking about the kindergarten that she attended in her world. As —— when the predecessor of this body attended kindergarten, Mo Xifeng was in a cradle sucking her milk bottle!
Wait there was no milk in this world —— so using a pacifier was better?
" Shut up!" Xiao Jiao who sensed Mo Xifeng's patience running out along with the dangerous thoughts that were surging inside her head, immediately stopped Mo Qiang from looking for death anymore.
This woman, she truly had no filter! No wonder her virginity was at stake! She did not know where to open her mouth or not.
" All right, all right, I won't tease her anymore," Mo Qiang also knew that she was playing with fire which was why she stopped teasing Mo Xifeng, her words eased the worries in Xiao Jiao's heart as the latter turned to look at Mo Xifeng who despite not liking the name Miss Cuddles had finally accepted her fate and had pinned the badge on her chest.
"Her mentality is truly formidable," Even after getting teased like this, Mo Xifeng was able to hold her ground without losing her temper at Mo Qiang!
" Thats why it's fun to tease her," commented Mo Qiang from the sidelines. "It is really amusing to see a fierce lion growling but not biting, don't you think so?"
Xiao Jiao: ₍₍ (̨̡⸝⸝'꒳'⸝⸝)̧̢ ₎₎
Just so you know, if you die teasing her—— I am not going to send you flowers. Because idiots who play with fire deserve spanking not flowers!
Fortunately, for Xiao Jiao and her own safety—— Mo Qiang stopped teasing Mo Xifeng. The two sisters strode towards the bus which was going to take them to the competition arena, leaving the helpless announcer behind.
Once the two sisters were gone, the smile on the announcer's face dropped as she pushed her silver hair back and then pushed her sleeves before tapping on her monitor. Soon the sound of a call connecting rang in the alley but it was immediately cut off as the announcer turned on the Bluetooth earphone.
" Hello?" A soft yet cold voice resounded from the other side of the call.
" I have done it, the target is coming to the arena," the announcer rallied in a soft voice.
There was no response from the other side for a little while but then a light chuckle rang out as the person on the other side hummed and then said, " Good job. Come back to get your rewards."
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The hand of ghostWhen the woman in the red suit heard the words of her master, her eyes brightened up at once. She was in fact not willing to come to this damn star where only criminals who committed small crimes lived but the reward offered by her mistress was too high and thus, the announcer couldn't refuse.
Now that the task was completed, the announcer was more than happy!
With this task done correctly not only will she gain the trust of her mistress but she will also get a reward and maybe a higher position in the team led by her mistress.
" You have taken care of everything right?" While the announcer was lost in her thoughts, the voice from the other end of the call spoke once again. " We are not supposed to make a mistake or else Madam Wei will be furious."
" Don't worry, Mistress Mo," replied the announcer with a smile on her lips as she spoke in a servile attitude, " I have made sure that everything will go according to the way you planned it. Even if someone were to notice that there is something wrong with the games, no one will be able to trace the matter back to us."
Only then did Mo Li on the other side heave a sigh of relief.
A few weeks ago, Madam Wei wanted to kill Mo Qiang in one clean sweep as the sudden changes in the woman's core functions were something that neither of them had expected nor did they have any plans to deal with it.
However, no one expected that Madam Wei's eldest daughter would end up getting in an accident.
After Madam Wei gave the orders to take care of Mo Qiang once and for all, three days later the news of her daughter's core explosion reached her. No one knew how it happened but Wei Xinyi who was sent on an expedition by the Empress suddenly met with a mishap and lost her core.
This news was a huge blow to Madam Wei.
Many people in Madam Wei's fraction thought that it was a subtle warning from the Empress. She was telling them not to stretch their hands further than they were supposed to but these speculations made by the people of their fractions only fueled Madam Wei's desire to take over the throne.
Not only did she not heed the warning handed by the Empress, but she also started to look for a suitable core for her daughter. However, neither of the cores preserved after the death of mecha core users matched with Wei Xinyi causing Madam Wei to almost go crazy.
Just as she was losing her mind, one of the doctors suggested Madam Wei to try the mecha core of the living ones. Of course, the doctor only wanted to make unscrupulous gains but her advice stuck close to Madam Wei's heart.
In the Imperial Star, Madam Wei could have gone for anyone but instead, she turned her attention to Mo Qiang, Mo Yan's daughter. She had heard the rumours and the praises that others showered on Mo Yan for giving birth to two talented daughters with exceptional skills and thus wanted to have the same set of daughters as well.
One with S grade mecha core and one with a core that could summon spirits!
Ever since she was young Madam Wei wanted everything that Mo Yan had and thus she thought that she could replace her daughter's broken with Mo Qiang's unique one. She did not even think of anything else and simply sent Mo Li and the rest to bring back Mo Qiang's blood sample.
As long as her daughter's blood and Mo Qiang's blood matched, she would not leave any stone unturned to kill Mo Qiang and snatch her core! When that happens Mo Yan will be left with nothing but a dead daughter while her daughter will become the next —— one and only spirit summoner!
And all the limelight and attention would be on her once again!
With the spirit summoning core even the Empress would have to take her claws off their fraction!
Thus, after thinking long and hard they came up with the plan of stealing Mo Qiang's blood sample in a game show. Accidents were bound to happen in such activities, no one was going to doubt anything and in case someone did doubt them somehow, it would be too late!
" Good, then carry on with the plan," stated Mo Li with a gruff voice. " Once you have gotten the blood sample, send it to my house as soon as possible."
With the Empress keeping an eye on them, they couldn't make a move for the time being but that did not mean that Mo Qiang was untouchable!
" Yes Madam Mo," came the hasty reply from the announcer as she ended the call. After she was done speaking with Mo Li, the announcer turned to look at her assistant and said, " Hurry contact our woman in the game show management. Tell her that everything is ready and she should execute the plan as we have——"
She was still speaking when a hand suddenly reached out clasping her from behind. Her assistant who sat next to her, looked at the person behind her and her eyes widened in surprise. The announcer saw how her assistant opened her mouth to scream but couldn't as a needle flew past her and the entire being turned into nothing but a puddle of blood and flesh.
When the announcer saw how quickly her assistant was killed, her mouth fell agape and she couldn't help but tremble in fright as cold sweat covered her forehead. The announcer wanted to turn around and look at the assaulter who killed her assistant but she was too scared to turn around and look the person in the face.
" P...please let me go ... I was only following orders from my superiors. I did not mean it——" The announcer did not get a chance to speak as something sharp and cold embedded in the back of her neck causing her eyes to roll in their sockets and the next thing she knew her entire body was bursting with an energy that exploded into millions of fragments, the last thing she saw was a furry teddy bear staring at her with its black beady eyes.
' Damn, she really should have taken today's prediction seriously. It did say that she was going to face a rather furry problem.'
The thief who stole-------------
" Ara, Ara," Wen Gui wiped his hand, a dark glint in his cold eyes as he looked at the mess on the ground. With his long and delicate fingers, he clutched a white handkerchief and wiped his hands, a small smile decorating his lips as he coldly mused, " To think they have ideas about my daughters and such dangerous ones at that, it will be too bad if I don't play along with them."
With a soft chuckle, Wen Gui snapped his fingers and summoned the disturbance ball back into his space ring before leaving the spot where he committed a very small crime.
In his hands was a fluffy bag in which sat a cute little bear. But if one were to look carefully, one would see a small gun nozzle sticking out of the mouth of the teddy bear that glinted sharply under the street lights.
...
On the other side, Mo Qiang did not have the slightest bit of idea that she was being schemed against nor did she know that because of her, Wen Gui lost his temper when he was supposed to keep a close eye on his poisonous fingers.
In her mind, she was simply excited about winning the games!
These street games were something that she was used to as she had played them a lot when she lived in her world. In fact, it wouldn't be wrong to say that half of her childhood meals came from these street games which small shops and companies held.
Mo Qiang still remembered that one time a rice company held an ice shaving competition because it was launching different shaved ice flavours and she participated in the competition with her flaring will of youth. Back then she was the youngest competitor and yet she left all those mothers who were participating behind and won a year round of free rice supply!
She was the mega-pro champion of these street games, forget about losing. She can even win these with her eyes closed!
Xiao Jiao looked at the excited Mo Qiang and sighed in her heart. She did not have the heart to tell Mo Qiang, that the reason she won all those games was because those mothers pitied her —— though Xiao Jiao did not have much information about Mo Qiang. She did know that Mo Qiang grew up so well and healthy because she was often pitied by her neighbourhood aunties and those female workers in the school.
When she went to the cafeteria of the school, the aunties serving the meal would hand her extra food and those aunties in the street games would deliberately lose upon seeing how desperately Mo Qiang fought with them for rice supply.
Mo Xifeng looked at her sister who was suddenly very excited and was slightly confused. No matter how bad their situation was, Mo Qiang had always got what she wanted so why was she acting all excited and jumpy upon seeing such a small sum of money?
Unless... her eyes flickered but Mo Xifeng did not say anything and simply clenched her fingers.
" Ladies and gentle mers!" The announcer on the stage in the middle of the arena greeted the competitors as he smiled at them with a friendly smile.
He was a very beautiful mer with shoulder-length blond hair that looked like threads of pale gold, and his charming green eyes shimmered under the light with a beautiful hue. And on his right ear, a diamond earring dangled while moving left and right as he moved while holding the microphone in his hands.
The mer was so beautiful that every woman sighed in desire while the mers eyed him with envious gazes.
Even Mo Qiang seemed to have been enchanted with the mer as she looked at the mer point blankly as if she had been bewitched by the mer.
Mo Xifeng noticed the stunned look on the face of her sister and immediately slapped her on the back. The last thing they needed was another scandal about how Mo Qiang fell for an announcer and couldn't move her gaze away from him even for a second.
" Oww, what the hell!? Miss Cuddles, you are supposed to be cute and fluffy. This is a serious breach in your character, you know that ?" Mo Qiang rebuked Mo Xifeng who speechlessly looked at her sister and then stated coldly,
" I did that because you were staring at the mer for far too long, if you are recorded by someone then it would be problematic. This game show might be telecasted on some small channel but it will still stream online and many people will watch it. What will happen if they were to see, Sister ogling a mer like that ?"
Mo Xifeng paused and then added, " By the way, why is sister eyeing the mer? Just so you know ...you are only allowed to have three husbands as a commoner without any title. And since you have not divorced my brothers-in-law, your actions count as cheating."
As she spoke a chill crawled up on Mo Qiang's back. It was so cold that Mo Qiang immediately felt alarm bells ring inside her head, she knew that if she was to say a single thing wrong, Mo Xifeng might cut her in half right here and now.
" I am not looking at him because he is attractive," Mo Qiang felt her eyelashes flutter as she rubbed her arms and then pointed to the ring that the mer was wearing. "It is the ring that was stolen from me, the one that costs more than thirty million gold coins. I was trying to see whether this announcer is the same bastard who stole the ring from me or he was an innocent purchaser but..." she gritted her teeth hatefully and sneered, "It's that hateful bastard! He might have changed his looks but I can totally sniff him out! It's that jerk! The one who stole my ring!"
With that, she ignored Mo Xifeng's attempt to stop her and then rushed at the announcer with a roar, " Give me back my ring you thief!" She was afraid that if she waited, that sneaky mer would vanish in a poof like last time. Mo Qiang thought about all the atrocities he did to her, she wanted to eat the mer out. No sexual pun intended!
Thief meets ThiefMo Qiang's roar was not light, immediately it attracted the attention of many onlookers along with the announcer on the stage. Immediately, the mer on the stage looked a bit flustered—— as the son of the chief of the bandit association, Yi Yazhu did not expect that someone would be able to see through his disguise.
Thus, when he saw the woman from whom he stole a few months ago rushing towards him at record-breaking speed, he couldn't help but take a few steps back. However, his gaze then fell upon the organizers of the events, they were frowning at him while muttering something among them.
Yi Yazhu understood that if he did not take control of this situation, he would be fired without getting a penny from the organizers. He thought of the conditions at home and then immediately pulled an innocently aggrieved look while using his beautiful and angelic disguise to maximum potential.
He turned to look at the crowd flashing his pearly white teeth and eyes that shimmered like gems before shouting in the microphone which was flying in front of his mouth, " And here comes the first mega start of the event, everyone tackle the young lady down and show the world what you have got! The faster you are the more chances will you have to win the game. Just so you forget the goal of this event is only three things —— Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment! So show us what you got!!!!"
When the crowd heard the words of the announcer, they immediately felt energized half of the crowd was filled with excitement while the other half couldn't refuse the words coming out of the mouth of a beauty.
And just like that more than half of the crowd rushed towards Mo Qiang.
" Get ready to rumble——ack" the words spoken by the woman who was rushing towards Mo Qiang to tackle her down, suddenly came to a halt as Mo Qiang raised her leg and kicked the woman in the face.
" Get out of my way, can't you see that I am in a hurry!" Her thirty million imperial gold coins were about to run away!
However, Mo Qiang severely underestimated the strength of the crowd. Under the cheers of Yi Yazhu, not only did they stop after getting kicked and stomped by Mo Qiang—— but instead they started to rush towards her even more fiercely. Seeing this Mo Qiang couldn't help but grit her teeth, just how can people be so foolish? Just because a beauty told them to jump, they were jumping?
How thick could they be?!
Xiao Jiao: "...." You of people don't get to say this.
In the end, Mo Qiang realised that she couldn't fight with the crowd which seemed to be overwhelming her with its presence. She grounded her teeth took out a round ball and threw it at the announcer running to the back room. No matter what, that mer was not getting away from her this time!
No sooner did Mo Qiang throw the round ball, than someone came hurtling towards her and then —- Bang!
Gwack!
Mo Qiang felt a hard body running into her body and the next thing she knew a mouthful of saliva escaped from her lips because of the impact. The collision was so hard that she fell on the ground and the second she fell on the ground it was like she pulled one of the building blocks of a domino tower.
One after another, heavy body continued to fall on her and in no time she was covered from head to foot until only her right hand was visible. Mo Qiang raised that right hand with a trembling force which was followed by a muffled groan, " Miss Cuddles ...H...Help... me!"
Mo Xifeng: "...."
The sight that took place in front of Mo Xifeng was simply too extraordinary. She did not seem to believe that something like happened but when she saw a small chubby woman swing her arms and then jump onto her sister's only visible arm with a soft thump, she had to believe that her sister who rushed to catch a thief ended up almost getting transported to another world.
Gloomy clouds settled on Mo Xifeng's face but she still sighed like an old yet worried mother before lifting her furry paws to walk towards Mo Qiang. As soon as she approached the pile of human blocks, Mo Xifeng raised her hand and then started pulling the women who were lying on top of her sister.
Once, twice ..twenty times, she dragged and pulled before finally excavating her sister out of the human rubble.
Mo Qiang's eyes were rolling slightly in her hands as she muttered with a happy smile on her face, " Ding Dong, you finally got your treasure chest."
" Are you sure it's a treasure chest and not a trauma chest?" Mo Xifeng questioned, because she was using a voice modifier, her voice was low and squeaky but the question that she asked was truly depressing.
" How rude~!" Mo Qiang snapped at her sister who was looking down at her from the top and suddenly furrowed her brows before asking, " Miss Cuddles, since when did you have a sister?"
" Since daddy decided to have you," Mo Xifeng answered as she crouched down and then plucked Mo Qiang from the ground and placed her on her shoulder like a sack of rice. " From the next time think before rushing ahead like that, you almost became meat patty just now."
" Hehe, even if I became meat patty... I made sure to get my hands on my ring," just because Mo Qiang was feeling dizzy it did not mean that she was completely out of it. With a sly smile on her face and her eyes glinting with a smug grin within them, she exclaimed, "That thief doesn't know with whom he messed with, I am the kind of woman who would steal even the undergarments of those who try to snatch my things! That thief is still a rookie in front of me."
Mo Xifeng stared at her sister helplessly before asking in a low voice, " .... So you sent one of your spirits to steal that mer's underpants along with your ring?"
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Thief meets Thief——2" Of course, it's only the ring...how can the underpants of a mer be of any worth?" Mo Qiang questioned her sister but no sooner did she finish speaking, than she heard an exclamation from behind.
" Ah, Ah, Ah! I got the earrings of Mister Fairy Announcer! He must have dropped it when he was walking to the back room just now!" One of the women was holding the silver cross earring in her fingers, it was indeed the earring that the thief was wearing a second ago.
Mo Qiang was about to snort when she saw how excited the women were just because of a simple earring but that was until she heard one woman say, " Give it to me, I will give you a hundred thousand gold coins!"
" No hand it to me... I will give you two hundred thousand gold coins!"
" Three hundred thousand!"
"One million!"
The bid continued to go higher and higher until it crossed the price of Mo Qiang's gold ring with three diamonds embedded in it.
Mo Qiang: "..."
Mo Xifeng: "...."
" That earring, it's fake right?" Mo Qiang asked as she turned to look at Mo Xifeng who hummed and then replied, "It is totally artificial... without a single gem embedded in it."
Mo Qiang:(≖_≖)
Her expression suddenly changed as if another thought had infiltrated her mind but she was stopped by Mo Xifeng who immediately said, " No. We are not doing it. We are not going to do it, so forget it."
The last thing she wanted was to be called an underpants thief. Being Miss Cuddles was enough for the time being.
"You misunderstood... I never thought of doing something like that," Mo Qiang did not dare to mention that she was seriously thinking about asking Chi Chi to become a flower thief just for a few seconds after seeing the amount of money those women were willing to throw just for an earring.
'No wonder, my colleague was able to sell an idol's fart for more than four hundred thousand yuan,' thought Mo Qiang.
Xiao Jiao who could see through her thoughts suddenly couldn't help but question where the world went wrong.
On the other hand, Yi Yazhu did not know that even his underpants were in danger nor did he know that he had left a mess to be taken care of behind him. He hurriedly rushed back to his dressing room and then took off his mask before another beautiful face came into view. Unlike his charming green eyes from his disguise, his real eyes were lazy and chilly blue.
With his navy blue hair tied in a small ponytail, Yi Yazhu banged his hands on the table where he placed his makeup accessories. " Damn, how did that woman see through my disguise? Did she place a tracker or something the last time we met?"
However, he soon shook his head and then trashed the idea. If Mo Qiang had placed a tracker on him, she wouldn't have waited till today to find him, she would have found him long ago. The fact that she noticed him today must be because he was still wearing this ring in his hand.
Yi Yazhu dropped his gaze and looked at the gold ring which he wore on his ring finger with pursed lips.
He originally wanted to sell this ring but he did not expect that Mo Qiang's mother had placed an exclusive order for this ring making it one in millions. Thus, when he went to sell this ring, the shopkeeper straightforwardly asked for the bill and when he said that the bill was lost, she simply refused to buy it, explaining to him why this ring couldn't be sold.
This was the gift that Mo Yan prepared for her daughter for her eighteenth birthday. A ring made of pure gold even if someone wanted to steal and sell it, they wouldn't be able to do so because the ring had such a uniqueness to it.
Because of this, Yi Yazhu simply started to wear it on his finger. Since he couldn't sell it, he might as well wear it and make himself look like a young lord instead of the son of a small bandit group.
However, he never expected to see Mo Qiang and what was more he did not expect Mo Qiang to see through his disguise. It was as if she did not even need a disguise deception machine to see through his disguise!
Yi Yazhu did not know how Mo Qiang was able to see through his disguise but he did not have the time to worry about it.
There was a job that he needed to finish and before that, he couldn't let anyone know that he was the son of the bandit leader.
Thus, with his long and slender fingers, he took off the ring and then threw it inside the cabinet before turning to head towards the cleansing room. He needed to wipe his makeup off and then re-apply it before going back outside or else Mo Qiang might recognise him again.
With his feet heading towards the threshold of the room, Yi Yazhu did not notice a small round ball of fur rolling down his clothes and then coming to a stop with a plop.
Chi-chi, the chinchilla shook his head and then scratched the back of his ear before taking a look at the door which was closed by the mer and then turned to look at the cabinet which was behind him. As he was hiding behind the pants of the mer, he of course saw that the mer had thrown the ring inside the cabinet.
Thus, he did not waste any time and then started to climb the cabinet with his small paws. If not for the fact that he was afraid that his sudden transformation would freak out the mer along with attracting his attention, Chi Chi wouldn't have bothered with this slow pace.
With his jaw set in determination, the small furry ball somehow managed to climb the cabinet and even succeeded in stealing the ring back but just as he jumped down from the cabinet, the door of the dressing room was pushed open.
Chi Chi: Σ(O_O)
An accidental child" This ..." Yi Yazhu did not recognise the small chinchilla at first but then his memory refreshed as something clicked inside his head. "It's you! The spirit raised by Mo Qiang!"
Even though Yi Yazhu was not keeping tabs on Mo Qiang, it was impossible to not pay attention to her duel with Madam Lian. With the amount of traffic she was gaining on the internet after the declaration of the duel even Yi Yazhu couldn't help but pay attention to it.
So of course he knew Chi Chi was Mo Qiang's chinchilla!
Chi Chi narrowed his eyes, at first he was surprised but after calming down he looked at the mer in front of him with the ring in his mouth and started calculating his chances of escaping without being caught.
Yi Yazhu did not know how he did it but he was able to decipher the calculating look on the face of the chinchilla in front of him. He spread his arms and then squatted down while eyeing Chichi with sharp eyes and said, " Leave the ring and no one will have to get hurt, all right?"
" Chi Chi (NO)!" Chichi replied with his paw stretching back. His eyes flicked to the door before turning to look at Yi Yazhu, he curled his upper lips and showed his sharp teeth to Yi Yazhu in an attempt to make the mer back off. He was clearly telling him to get back or else he will suffer!
" I know you might be bursting with confidence since you defeated Madam Lian but don't think that you will be able to get away from me," Yi Yazhu took a threatening step in front of Chichi as he continued to state, " There is a law that states that no matter what position or grade a woman was, as long as she isn't challenged by her opponent she cannot use her powers. So you might be a big bad spirit capable enough to take Madam Lian down but you are not bringing me down with you."
With that said, he pounced on Chichi trying to catch the chinchilla at once. Though he could not sell Mo Qiang's ring, he did not want it to be stolen from him, if such an explosive piece of news ended up getting spread outside then Yi Yazhu wouldn't have any face left to show in the world!
For a bandit queen's son to get robbed —— there was nothing more humiliating than that!
However, Yi Yazhu seemed to have underestimated Chichi what was more he missed a crucial piece of information that every person while facing a chinchilla should remember.
That was ——
When chinchillas face grave danger.. they puff up their fur and pee on their opponent to escape.
Something which happened as soon as Yi Yazhu jumped at Chichi.
No sooner did he catch Chichi in both of his hands, like a sauce bottle getting squeezed—— something warm and smelly squeezed out of his fingers and .....
" AHHHHHHH!!!!!" A wretched scream echoed inside the dressing room.
Chichi with the ring inside his mouth escaped without even losing a small tuft of fur but Yi Yazhu on the other hand.
" Dirty! So dirty! Disgusting!" With his hands rubbing his face Yi Yazhu wiped his face over and over again but no matter how many times he wiped his face, he could still smell the disgusting smell emanating from his face.
MO! QIANG!
This humiliation he will never forget! Not only did she steal from the son of a bandit queen but she also ruined his pretty face!
" I will never forgive you! Never!"
....
Mo Qiang felt a chill climb over her back, she turned to look at the crowd wondering whether or not the air conditioning of this auditorium had gone down but then her gaze fell on the small chinchilla who was rushing towards her and in his mouth was her ring! Hurrah!
" Look at this! Look at who came back! My baby! My boo!" She rushed ahead and then caught Chichi in her arms as she hugged and kissed the —-ring.
Chi chi: ( 。 •̀ ᴖ •́ 。)
" Chi Chi! Chi chichi!?!" The fur on the back of the chinchilla exploded as he glared at Mo Qiang upon being ignored.
[ How can you treat me like this?!]
" Yes, Yes...you did a good job as well," Mo Qiang patted Chichi on the head while smoothing his fur. Oops, she almost made someone angry.
Xiao Jiao saw how easily Mo Qiang caressed Chichi and then thought, ' This woman ...she doesn't even know but she has all the traits of being a galaxy-wide playgirl.'
Back then when Mo Qiang first transmigrated to this world, Xiao Jiao thought that she would have a hard time taking care of three husbands but after seeing her in action.
Forget about three, Mo Qiang can even deal with ten!
She kissed the small chinchilla on the forehead which soothed his anger, which was a good thing because the second she turned around, her gaze met with someone whose eyes were filled with nothing but murderous threats and all of them were aimed at Mo Qiang.
However, Mo Qiang was not afraid. With a raise of her brow, she met Yi Yazhu's gaze and then made a face by putting her middle finger and pulling the bottom of her eye down while poking her tongue out of her mouth.
Yi Yazhu: !!!!
His brows twitched as he looked at the woman who was looking a bit too confident. His beautiful face almost twisted into that of a malevolent spirit as he glared at Mo Qiang.
'——All right, Miss Smarty Pants, let's see how you will deal with the challenges I put forth for you!' Yi Yazhu thought in his head before he smiled brilliantly at the camera and flashed a million-dollar smile. Though his face was illuminated with glee, the tiny flames in his eyes were hard to miss.
Mo Xifeng who was getting glared at by a mer for the first time in her life: (°□°).
Excuse me, I just came here.
Though Mo Xifeng did not understand what the look in Yi Yazhu's eyes meant but soon she found out what it meant for an ant to be grounded along with rice.
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An accidental child ——2" Ladies and gentle mer and men! Let me introduce you to the first round of the game competition!" Yi Yazhu smiled brilliantly as he turned to look at the mers in charge of setting up the game.
Within seconds, four or five mers rushed out of the preparation room of the auditorium. In their hands, they were holding three buckets filled with colourful balloons as they rushed towards the centre of the stage where the participants were supposed to play the games.
Soon in front of the eyes of the onlookers, a small stage was decorated with balloons and ribbons while three mega buckets filled with balloons were placed next to the three boxes drawn on the stage.
" The rules of the games are as follows, firstly, you are not allowed to touch the balloons with your hands. One of the assistants will help you place the balloons where you want to place them, you just need to tell them. Secondly, do not by any means try to use any sharp objects attached to your clothes or body. Finally, you only have one minute to pop the balloons make sure that you don't cross the time and even if you do, the balloons will not be counted once your time is up!"
Yi Yazhu cheerfully told the rules to everyone participating in the games, he even winked while placing his fingers in a V shape in front of his eyes which glittered under the lights shimmering over his small face. The effect was so beautiful that many women and men sighed in contentment, Mo Qiang even noticed a man tugging his pants on his waist while trying to suck his belly inside such that he would look better than he did with his belly sticking out.
" Jeez seriously," Mo Qiang rolled her eyes, she really couldn't understand how anyone could go crazy for someone just because they looked good. But soon her expression smoothened as she clenched her fists and excitedly exclaimed with a fire burning in her eyes, " But this is good, the game is too easy. We will have no problem crossing this level!"
Mo Xifeng on the other did not think that it was going to be that easy. The toy-making company was handing out a reward of five million coins, they must have done something to make sure that no one would be able to win the game, at the same time boosting their popularity——
Feeling someone's gaze on her, Mo Xifeng turned to look in the direction in which she felt a persistent gaze coming from but when she did not find anyone, her brows furrowed inside the costume that she was wearing.
Something was weird, just now she swore that she felt someone gaze at her.
However, even after looking around for two minutes, Mo Xifeng did not find anyone staring at her or Mo Qiang. She then turned around and faced the stage where the first round of contestants were climbing up the stairs.
And as they took their positions, Mo Xifeng's predictions came true. The balloons couldn't be popped.
Even when the contestants sat on the balloons, jumped on them and even used their partners to body slam on the hard surface balloons—- nothing happened. It was as if the balloons were made up of concrete and Mo Qiang's suspicions became even more intense when she saw a woman almost bruising her tailbone when she humped on the balloon that remained unaffected till the end.
" That balloon is made up of some crazy sh*t," she muttered after seeing a tall man snap his arm when he tried to explode it by jumping on top of the balloon with his bottom.
" No, it isn't," Mo Xifeng looked at her sister and then explained in a calm and static voice, " That balloon seemed to have been made by the number one cond*m company in the Imperial Star. It's rumoured that their con*oms manufactured by their company have never broken and thus they decided to use the same technique in making balloons for kids."
Mo Qiang: (=^ ◡ ^=)
" And why in the hell a con*om company is manufacturing balloons for kids?" Mo Qiang questioned with an exaggerated expression on her face.
They have to be kidding her!
" Well it is their policy to take care of their customers——with or without kids," Mo Xifeng stated before raising her paw and pointing at the advertisement at the big LED which said ——
[ Heavenly Sensations! We are with you at your most intimate moments with your loved ones or with your lover.]
Mo Qiang:.....?
In the end, by the time Mo Qiang's turn was about to come. Only five pairs were able to pop the balloons and most of them were men or women with gigantic physiques, something that neither Mo Qiang nor Mo Xifeng had, though they were tall...they were not gigantic enough to pop that balloon made by the number one Heavenly sensation!
" You don't have to feel so troubled, Sister Qiang," Mo Xifeng suddenly spoke up from behind. She raised a hand and then placed it on Mo Qiang's shoulder in an attempt to cheer her up which made Mo Qiang feel all sort of touched. But that was until she heard Mo Xifeng's latter half of the sentence, " There was one time when mother got really angry at you and you in turn asked her why she even gave birth to you."
"Don't——" Mo Qiang had a feeling what was going to come next which was why she tried to stop Mo Xifeng but it was too late as the latter smirked sinisterly and then continued, " And then mother yelled at you saying that she did not want to give birth to you either but you were a tough lad and broke free out of the prevention that she and Daddy Gui took. Just so you know... You brought Mother twenty million gold coins as you were the first one to pop the con*om made by this company."
With a joyful pat, Mo Xifeng delivered the final blow, " Since you were able to pop the con*om when you were inside an egg ... I am sure you will be able to pop those balloons as well now that you are out."
Mo Qiang: ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ, Just lend me your face once. Just once, Xifeng.
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Which crop will she get?
Mo Qiang felt her heart crush a little because no child in the world wanted to hear that she was in an accident and neither did she! Even though the Mo Qiang whose body she was occupying wasn't her in essence, Mo Xifeng's words still offended her to a great degree.
She immediately took out her monitor to text her father because she wanted to make sure that Mo Xifeng was lying and that there was no such thing.
' I am going to show this little annoying sister of mine that I am not an accidental child!' Mo Qiang thought in her head as she finished texting Wen Gui. Maybe Wen Gui was watching his monitor at the moment because his reply came pretty soon but it did not bring the joy that Mo Qiang anticipated, if anything it messed her head up!
[ You don't have to worry about that sweetie. It only means that you were one strong kid and a lucky one at that! Which child brings twenty million gold coins to their parents as soon as she conceived huh?]
Mo Qiang: "...." Thank you but I would rather not have such a stroke of luck.
Behind her, Mo Qiang heard a small 'pfft' causing a nerve to throb in her head. She turned around and looked at both Mo Xifeng and Xiao Jiao laughing at her!
Mo Xifeng was one thing since she was her sibling. Why was Xiao Jiao laughing at her too? That traitor!
With a careful sweep, Mo Qiang underlined another sin that Xiao Jiao had to pay for inside the notebook that Mo Qiang was carrying in her heart.
" I will deal with you two later," she spat through gritted teeth, in fact, Mo Qiang would have loved to deal with Mo Xifeng and Xiao Jiao then and there but they were called to the stage at that very moment and Mo Qiang didn't have the chance to avenge herself.
With a huff, she turned to walk up the stage followed by Mo Xifeng who finally felt relieved. She wanted to take a small revenge on Mo Qiang ever since she was forced to wear this rabbit costume and thankfully that chance arrived pretty soon.
The two sisters attracted the attention of the crowd the second they stepped up on the stage for two reasons. The first one was obviously, Mo Qiang being famous and the second being —— the dangerous-looking rabbit following after Mo Qiang.
" Oh, we have another pair!" Yi Yazhu smiled at Mo Qiang even though he would have loved to spit in the face which caused him to suffer with the greatest humiliation of all time. "Would you like to introduce yourself?"
He waved his hand such that the mic would fly in front of Mo Qiang's mouth.
Mo Qiang looked at the microphone and then breathed out before saying, " I am Mo Qiang."
After that, she stopped speaking causing Yi Yazhu's lips to twitch as he urged her, " Is there nothing else you want to say? Like hobbies or anything?"
" Why?" Mo Qiang asked him while blinking her eyes. "It's not like I am here for a marriage match?"
Her words caused the crowd to laugh, some of them found her too arrogant but most of them liked Mo Qiang's straightforward manner. It was fine if one wanted to speak about themselves but it was a bit too annoying when someone who did not like speaking was forced to speak in front of the crowd.
Yi Yazhu felt his fists clench, a sudden urge to punch the woman in front of him rose in his heart but he did not cave into his whims and then smiled as he clapped his hands and then moved the microphone towards Mo Xifeng as he asked, " And your partner is..."
" Miss Cuddles," Mo Xifeng hated to use the name but while wearing this bunny suit, she would rather jump down a monster echo hornets' nest rather than speak her name.
" Miss Cuddles?" Yi Yazhu felt like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed while dealing with one Mo Qiang was bad enough. Now he had another weirdo in front of him!
Seeing that Miss Cuddles was not speaking either, Yi Yazhu turned to look at the crowd and clapped his hands before saying, " Come on everyone put your hands together for Miss Cuddles and Miss Mo Qiang."
The sound of clapping echoed in the auditorium before Mo Qiang along with Mo Xifeng stepped inside the box. Beside them, they could still hear Yi Yazhu speaking, " Now as per the rules you only need to tell the assistant where you want the balloon to be placed. Don't use your hands, if you do then you are out!"
Mo Qiang looked at the shiny, colourful balloons piled up in the baskets before turning to look at Mo Xifeng. She stared at her sister from top to bottom before her gaze came to a stop in front of Mo Xifeng's chest.
" You..."
"Hmm?" Mo Xifeng turned her attention to Mo Qiang when she heard her voice. She thought that Mo Qiang had come up with a way to pop the ballon which was why she turned and looked at Mo Qiang but instead of finding a way to solve the task in front of her, she saw Mo Qiang hesitating in front of her.
She thought that Mo Qiang had something serious to say which was why Mo Xifeng leaned down and then stated, " You can say what you want to say, Sister Qiang."
"Really? You will not get mad right?" Mo Qiang asked while looking at Mo Xifeng.
Seeing Mo Qiang acting hesitant was something that Mo Xifeng found even weirder. She furrowed her brows and nodded. The worst Mo Qiang could ask her to do was to pop the balloon with her bottom, though the actions of popping balloons like that was quite vulgar and coarse, Mo Xifeng was not one to take her foot back once she was to take part in something ——
" You are quite flat aren't you?" Her thoughts were interrupted by Mo Qiang and soon a silence where the crowd could even hear the sharp breath that Mo Xifeng took after hearing Mo Qiang's words, fell all over the place.
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