Xia Yuanfang knocked and came in.
The bedroom was filled with warm yellow light. Xia Chujian was sitting cross-legged alone on the soft carpet.
The fluffy Small Dog was nestled on her crossed legs, and she was looking down, smiling, constantly stroking the thick, long, soft fur on Small Dog's back.
The atmosphere in the room was peaceful and quiet.
Xia Yuanfang couldn't bear to break this mood. She leaned against the door and watched for a while before softly saying, "Chujian..."
Xia Chujian turned her head and waved at Xia Yuanfang, "Aunt, sit here."
She patted the soft, wide single sofa chair behind her.
Xia Yuanfang walked over and sat on the single sofa.
Xia Chujian leaned against Xia Yuanfang's legs, still holding Small Si Xi.
Small Si Xi looked up, then listlessly lay down again.
Its little dog head nodded, obviously sleepy.
Xia Yuanfang said to Xia Chujian, "Chujian, Aunt wants to discuss something with you."
Seeing Xia Yuanfang's solemn expression, Xia Chujian quickly sat up straight, "Go ahead."
"Aunt wants to borrow some money from you."
"Aunt, don't stand on ceremony. Just say how much you want." Xia Chujian immediately raised her wrist, wearing the Quantum Optical Brain wrist carrier, ready to transfer money to Xia Yuanfang.
"Aren't you going to ask Aunt what she needs the money for?" Xia Yuanfang smiled and gently tapped her forehead, "So careless?"
"Why should I be wary of Aunt?" Xia Chujian said without hesitation, "Mine is Aunt's, so please don't be polite. Besides, I..."
Xia Chujian thought for a moment, then decided to be honest, "...I made some money on this trip to Da Fu Prefecture, um, I made a lot of money..."
"How much is a lot?"
Xia Chujian held up a finger, "This much."
Xia Yuanfang: "...Ten thousand?"
Xia Chujian shook her head.
"One hundred thousand?"
Xia Chujian still shook her head.
Xia Yuanfang didn't dare to guess higher, so she said, "...Could it be one hundred?
Xia Chujian: Pfft—! "Aunt, poverty really limits your imagination." Xia Chujian clicked her tongue twice. Unsurprisingly, Xia Yuanfang pinched her ear.
She cried out in pain and quickly said, "My ear cartilage is hard! Be careful you hurt your hand!"
Xia Yuanfang was amused by her lazy appearance and scolded, "Speak! Stop beating around the bush!"
Xia Chujian then said triumphantly, "...One million."
As she spoke, she showed Xia Yuanfang the balance of her digital currency account.
Sure enough, there were two recent deposits.
One for six hundred thousand, and one for four hundred thousand.
Exactly one million.
Xia Yuanfang was surprised, "Is being a Bounty Hunter that profitable? Didn't you say you were just a bodyguard for a Noble Lady?"
"Yes, but she's no ordinary Noble Lady. She's from the Quan Family. Aunt, do you know the Quan Family?"
"Of course, who in the Beichen Empire doesn't? The famous Quan's Mining, one of the Four Great Noble Families." Xia Yuanfang said dismissively.
Xia Chujian nodded vigorously, "Right! One of the Four Great Noble Families!"
In the Beichen Empire, not just anyone can be called a Noble. You must have a title to be considered a Noble.
Xia Yuanfang: "Okay, so what? They paid that much?"
"Right, we were supposed to get three million in six days. Our team of five split it, and each of us got six hundred thousand. Then, on the last day, that Quan Family Noble Lady was so scared out of her wits that she insisted we continue as her bodyguards, and she paid us two million a day. That was extra, not through the Association, so the Association didn't take a cut. We five split it, and each of us got four hundred thousand, which adds up to a million, right?"
Xia Chujian calculated the accounts well.
Xia Yuanfang said with emotion, "You can earn so much? No wonder you don't want to go to university..."
Uh, she had exaggerated.
Xia Chujian said with an embarrassed smile, "Aunt, don't think we always earn this much. That's impossible. In the past three years, our team has done so many missions, and basically, each reward was no more than five hundred star coins, and the whole team had to split it. Really, it was only this year, no, at the end of last year, that our luck turned around!"
What they had earned in these three years was not even a fraction of what they had earned at the end of last year.
This was really a case of wealth coming, and there was no stopping it...
Xia Chujian was very pleased.
Xia Yuanfang understood, "So it depends on luck. That's right, we can't always rely on luck to live our lives. Okay, let's get down to business."
She coughed and said, "Aunt's body is getting better and better now, and I don't want to stay at home doing nothing."
"Aunt can walk the dog, plant Blood Kirin, and make food for me. How is that doing nothing?" Xia Chujian had many opinions.
Xia Yuanfang ignored her and continued, "I want to open a studio, specializing in providing reproductive assistance to humans and humanoids."
Xia Chujian didn't understand at all, "...What? What is reproductive assistance?"
Xia Yuanfang thought for a moment and explained, "It's like, if a human or humanoid can't have children, I can help them."
Xia Chujian said, "But the official Imperial hospitals, and Li's Hospital, should all have this kind of service, right? Can you compete with them for business?"
Xia Yuanfang said, "Well, they do in vitro fertilization, but the reproductive assistance I do is something those hospitals can't do."
"So amazing? For example?"
"For example, I can let them conceive naturally, instead of doing in vitro fertilization."
Xia Chujian had no understanding of this at all and listened with great interest, "In vitro fertilization? Is it raising a child in a test tube? That's so interesting!"
"What are you dreaming about? In vitro fertilization is just cultivating a fertilized egg in a test tube, and then transplanting it into the uterus of a human or humanoid to implant, develop, and grow. So, it's still born, not grown in a test tube."
Xia Chujian said "oh" in disappointment, "Then can Aunt grow a child in a test tube?"
Xia Yuanfang: "..."
This brat, what was she saying? Xia Yuanfang tapped her forehead and said, "Of course not, I wouldn't do such a thing. I let them conceive naturally, without artificial insemination. And... I can also increase the probability of their offspring becoming Gene Evolvers. This probability can be controlled and can be measured with money."
Xia Chujian listened attentively.
Xia Yuanfang continued in a serious tone, "If they give enough, I can also guarantee that their offspring will be Gene Evolvers, one hundred percent."
Xia Chujian was extremely surprised and immediately said, "Aunt, you have to take it easy! If you are really so powerful, and we don't have any backing, someone will immediately come to take advantage of us, or even kidnap you and seize your technology!"
A common man is not guilty, but possessing a treasure is a crime, Aunt had told her this principle.
Xia Yuanfang said, "Do I need you to teach me that? Of course, I won't directly tell people that I can increase the probability of their fetus becoming a Gene Evolver. Am I crazy?"
"These are all additional benefits of my reproductive assistance treatment. Over time, people will naturally know, and everyone will be tacitly aware. Moreover, I won't take out the method to increase the probability to one hundred percent right now. - Everything is a magical gift from nature."
Xia Chujian stared at Xia Yuanfang and suddenly said, "Aunt, you're not kind! You're so capable, why didn't you let me become a Gene Evolver in the womb!"
Xia Yuanfang: "..."
This was really troublesome, why did everyone have to ask her this question?
Xia Yuanfang lowered her eyes and sighed, "Do you think Aunt didn't want to? At that time, Aunt wasn't by your parents' side. By the time Aunt rushed over, you were already born. What could I do?"
Xia Chujian looked at her suspiciously, "Why wasn't Aunt by my parents' side? My parents should be Aunt's older brother and sister-in-law? Or younger brother and sister-in-law?"
Xia Yuanfang's expression did not change, "Of course, they are older brother and sister-in-law. I am much younger than them."
"Then why didn't you stay with them?"
"...Because, I was admitted to university at the age of twelve and studied outside, only occasionally returning home during winter and summer vacations."
"Aunt was admitted to university at the age of twelve! That's so amazing?! I knew Aunt must be a top student! Did you go to university on Beichen Star?!" Xia Chujian pretended to be excited, but was actually carefully trying to get information out of Xia Yuanfang.
Xia Yuanfang had never told her these things.
She knew nothing about her past.
Xia Yuanfang seemed to come back to her senses at this moment, and said calmly: "It was just good luck, I was recommended. Well, later, for you, I came home."
"...Was there something wrong at home?" Xia Chujian couldn't get any more information, so she had to start imagining on her own, "Auntie, are my mom and dad gone? How did they die? Can you give me a straight answer?"
Xia Yuanfang: "...What are you saying, child? Those are your parents, why are you talking like they're strangers? Can't you show some emotion?"
Xia Chujian hugged Xia Yuanfang's arm, rested her head on her warm shoulder, and said with a smile, "Auntie, it's not that I don't have feelings for them, it's that you're too good, perfectly replacing the image of my parents in my imagination. I don't lack maternal love, nor do I lack paternal love, I'm mentally healthy, and my emotions are normal, is that not okay?"
Xia Yuanfang rubbed her hair, "Okay, of course I'm happy if you can be like this. But, you're also too carefree, don't you have any expectations for your own parents? I'm your aunt, not your mom and dad, and I don't want to replace them."
"But you never talk about them, I don't have any impression of them, and feelings need to be cultivated..." Xia Chujian sometimes felt that she was too carefree, but this kind of thing really didn't cause her any trouble.
It's just that sometimes, she would be a little curious.
So she would ask, but she wouldn't pursue it relentlessly.
Xia Yuanfang pursed her lips.
She hadn't done well in this regard.
But, what could she say?
Xia Yuanfang sighed and racked her brains to come up with a few sentences, saying, "Your father was a very powerful and intelligent person, so powerful that I can't imagine. Your mother was also not an ordinary person. She was wise, calm, and clearly very kind, but she always put on an arrogant appearance, sometimes even a bit awkward..."
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched: "Auntie, can you be any more exaggerated... Powerful, intelligent, calm, wise, are these my Xia Chujian's parents? They were so good, how could they give birth to a child like me? - You've mistaken me for someone else, right?"
"What's wrong with you? You're very good..." Xia Yuanfang rubbed her head, "How can you be so self-deprecating?"
"We have to be realistic, could parents who can be described with these adjectives give birth to me, who is like an idiot when it comes to learning?" Xia Chujian pointed at herself, and said triumphantly, "Auntie, my elementary school to junior high school, junior high school to senior high school, and this time's senior high school graduation exam, I only barely passed because you gave me the test questions!"
Xia Yuanfang speechlessly poked her forehead, and said, "You're even proud of it... You're good at summarizing, why aren't you so clever when it comes to learning?"
How could such a smart child have such poor grades?
As soon as Xia Yuanfang thought of Xia Chujian's grades, she felt like she was about to have a heart attack.
She waved her hand and changed the subject, saying, "Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about the investment ratio for my studio."
"Auntie, please speak."
"I've thought of a few ways. One is that you lend me money, and I'll give you an IOU, and you'll be my creditor. This way, you have no risk and can receive fixed interest every year."
Xia Chujian was about to object, but Xia Yuanfang stopped her: "Listen to me, even if we are close aunt and niece, we have to be clear about the accounts."
Xia Chujian had no choice but to remain silent.
Xia Yuanfang continued, "The second is that you also become one of the owners of the studio. I'll make you the major shareholder according to the proportion of your investment. The risk is that if we are too successful, we will be targeted by people with ulterior motives, and you, the major shareholder, will be the first target they want to deal with."
Xia Yuanfang wouldn't have said anything if she hadn't said that, but as soon as she heard that she could be a major shareholder and protect her aunt from disaster, Xia Chujian immediately decided: "Being the first target is good! I like being first! If I can't be first in learning, I have to make up for it elsewhere, right?!"
She thought that if she was the major shareholder, then if she was targeted, she could also counterattack!
Moreover, she had the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, and if she couldn't win, she could use the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha to run away! Xia Chujian understood and immediately said, "Auntie, I want to be your major shareholder! How much money do you want me to contribute? Is one million enough?"
As she said that, she was about to transfer all the money she had earned to Xia Yuanfang.
Xia Yuanfang smiled and said, "You don't need that much. The cost of living in Mulan City is very low, and there won't be much business in the early stages. The expenses are limited. 100,000 is enough for me to operate for three years."
"So little?" Xia Chujian nodded and immediately transferred 200,000 to Xia Yuanfang, "You can handle the extra as you see fit, anyway, I'm the major shareholder."
This is the first update, the second update will be at 1 p.m.
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