The furniture store wasn't very crowded today, but Bai Zhi was the first customer shopping like she was, so she quickly became the center of attention.
Everywhere she went, you could hear her crisp, decisive voice saying, "I'll take it." Many of the other females, who had to painstakingly compare prices for every single item, watched her with envy.
When they reached the bed section, the sub-beastman salesperson launched right into their pitch. "This is our best-selling model. It even won an award this year for helping females and Beastmen fall asleep the fastest and achieve the best quality sleep. It uses..."
The sub-beastman went on and on. When Bai Zhi heard she could try it out, she lay down. The bed was just as the salesperson described, conforming perfectly to the curves of her body. Lying on it felt like floating on a cloud—comfortable and relaxing.
Her tense nerves were soothed.
Gradually, a wave of drowsiness washed over her.
When Bai Zhi didn't return after a long while and her voice went silent, Hu Yan and the others thought something might have happened. However, none of them felt any other reactions, so they knew she wasn't in any mortal danger.
Just as they were about to split up and search, the sharp-eyed Yan Yichen spotted Bai Zhi, fast asleep on a bed.
The corner of Yan Yichen's mouth twitched as he pointed in one direction. "Hey, look. Does the person sleeping on that bed over there look a little familiar?"
The other Beastmen all looked over in unison, and then fell silent. "..."
Bai Zhi's nap lasted for two or three hours.
When she woke up and saw several handsome men standing in front of her, she shot upright. Looking closer, she realized—weren't these her Beast Husbands?
Then she saw that several hours had passed. Only forty-some minutes were left on the screen. The shock chased away any remaining sleepiness. With sleep marks still on her face, she asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
Sang Mo shot her a look and said menacingly, "We hadn't seen you for a while. Didn't expect to find you sleeping so soundly here."
He had wanted to lie down too when he saw how peacefully Bai Zhi was sleeping, but Lang Qiu and Hu Yan had stopped him. So now that she was awake, he couldn't help but let out his pent-up frustration.
Hearing the commotion, the sub-beastman hurried over. "Did you sleep well?"
Bai Zhi got off the bed. "This bed is great. I'll take it."
The sub-beastman smiled and handed her the calculated bill. "Excellent. Your total comes to 1,390,000 Star Coins."
Bai Zhi froze. "How much is this bed?"
The sub-beastman replied, "This bed is 980,000 Star Coins."
Bai Zhi's eye twitched. No wonder she was almost 300,000 Star Coins over budget.
'I was planning to buy six of them, but at this price... forget it. I guess I'll wait until next time.'
After she paid, she immediately received a notification about her card balance.
[Congratulations, Host. Mission complete. The extended-model Flying Sports Car has been delivered to the designated location. One Top-grade Beauty Pill has been placed in the Host's bag. Please check for them.]
Hearing the system's notification, a smile spread across Bai Zhi's face. She turned to them and said, "Come on, let's go pick up the car."
Yue Junxiao had just watched Bai Zhi spend over two million Star Coins. No matter how much money she had won, it wouldn't last if she kept spending like this. He glared at her, grinding his back teeth. "You're such a spendthrift!"
They usually couldn't even bear to buy themselves a new piece of clothing, yet here was Bai Zhi, casually dropping millions!
How long would it take them to earn that much money!
The thought of how many beasts they would have to hunt to make up for this one shopping trip made his heart ache. All his earlier excitement about buying a Flying Sports Car vanished.
Hu Yan frowned and tried to reason with her. "We've already bought a lot of things today. Let's wait a while before buying a flying device."
Lang Qiu chimed in, "If you really want to buy one, we can make another trip to Zone C in a couple of days and hunt an S-level Beast to sell."
Hearing this, Bai Zhi turned to Hu Yan and frowned. "Didn't you tell them they're forbidden from hunting in Zone C from now on?"
Then she added reassuringly, "Don't worry about the money. I know what I'm doing."
Yan Yichen was completely unconvinced. "You know what you're doing? What, you mean the kind of restraint that stops you from beating someone to death?"
His words made the other Beastmen present think of their own scars.
Yan Yichen continued his tirade, "I don't know how much you won, but if you keep spending like this with no plan, it won't matter. It'll be a drop in the bucket! When you had no money, you got your fun from torturing us. Now that you're rich, you get it from endless spending? When the money runs out, are you going to go back to your brutal ways?"
"We might have temporarily believed you were trying to change, but now it just looks like you've found a different vice! Once you're broke again, you'll go right back to thinking about selling us off!"
Bai Zhi was rendered speechless by his accusations. She couldn't argue against the things the original owner of her body had done. Their reaction was understandable.
She looked at her other Beast Husbands. Except for Sang Mo, the others basically agreed with what Yan Yichen had said.
Bai Zhi sighed. She knew that if she didn't put their minds at ease today, they would probably try to restrict her spending in the future. She negotiated with her system, "Can you create a virtual account for them to see?"
System: [Are you trying to deceive them, Host?]
Bai Zhi bluffed with a straight face, "How is this deception? At the rate I'm going, having this much money is just a matter of time. I'm just showing them my future earnings in advance. This will stop them from trying to block me every time I want to spend money on them. I call it proactive risk mitigation."
The system didn't reply, seemingly considering her words.
[Affirmative.]
Not long after the system agreed, it spoke again: [It is done. The Host may now view it.]
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhi opened her Light Computer and followed the prompt to view the account. When she saw the sheer number of zeros in the balance, even she was shocked. "Make it less," she said hurriedly. "This is too much! It's not realistic!"
A few zeros disappeared from the number. After counting them, Bai Zhi handed the Light Computer to them. "See? I wasn't lying, was I?"
They stared at the long string of zeros, trying to count them. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands... hundred-thousands... millions... billions...
Staring at all those zeros, Yue Junxiao and Yan Yichen swallowed hard. They had never seen so much money in their entire lives!
Even Hu Yan and Lang Qiu were stunned. They exchanged complex looks with Bai Zhi. Unlike Yan Yichen and the others, they knew that no one in the Federation had ever won such a large prize. Although they didn't know where Bai Zhi had gotten so much money, they resolved that as long as they were with her, they would do everything in their power to protect her.
Sang Mo glanced at it once before lowering his gaze, hiding the profound look in his eyes.
Bai Zhi continued, "So, you don't have to worry about me selling you off anymore. And from now on, none of you are allowed to go hunting in Zone C. Got it?"
After a moment of thought, Lang Qiu nodded.
Seeing Lang Qiu agree, Bai Zhi turned to look at Yue Junxiao and the others.
Yue Junxiao snorted irritably. "If we don't have to go to Zone C, who would want to go there for no reason?"
Yan Yichen also frowned. "Yeah, I don't want to go to Zone C at all. I come back covered in injuries every time."
When she looked at Hu Yan, he just gave a slight nod.
Having gotten their unanimous agreement, Bai Zhi said with satisfaction, "So, no objections to picking up the Flying Sports Car now, right?"
Hu Yan smiled faintly. "Whatever you say, my lady."