Ch24.2 - Curry favour

Yu Xingqiao couldn’t help but be stunned.

He thought he was going to bleed money, but he didn’t expect Laura to not want money, and even thanked him for saving her! 

This kinda made one feel very embarrassed.

[You can control hired NPCs in the [Hire] column.]

The system box popped up again with a prompt. So he clicked on the Hire column and found that the nanny’s icon, the woman in the maid’s outfit, had turned into the image of Laura.

However, she has a heroic look, together with short hair and the maid outfit, it looks a little strange. Yu Xingqiao clicked on her icon and a page popped up with her details. In addition to the dismissal option, there was actually an option for a pay raise. 

It was impossible to get a raise, don’t try to trick him for kryptonite!

Yu Xingqiao closed the Hire function and looked at the female NPC in the game screen. Really, the more he looked at it, the more he felt she was pleasant to the eye.

Seeing her covered in mud, he hurriedly opened the system mall.

The mall really has everything. The clothing column also has various categories for various age groups.

Before, he could not understand why there were women’s clothes on sale, but now he understood. So the clothes could be bought for the hired NPCs.

Yu Xingqiao was not so concerned about buying clothes for Laura and was not going to pursue stylishness. It’s fine if it’s wearable. Finally, he spent 100 gold coins in the discount section to buy a set of sports long shirt and pants.

But when he was prepared to change her clothes, Yu Xingqiao finally realized that, somehow, he had a maid’s outfit in his backpack.

Yu Xingqiao looked at the clothes he just bought, and then looked at the maid’s outfit. He couldn’t help but fall into a tangle. 

“Can I refund it?”

[Discounted goods, once sold, no refunds.]

Yu Xingqiao pursed his lips, then rolled his eyes and thought of something, he asked: “Then non-discounted goods can be refunded?”

[You can refund it at a discounted price according to the degree of wear and tear.] 

Yu Xingqiao nodded his head. He did not expect to be quite reasonable. He asked again: “Then this set of clothes on the cub, how much can be exchanged if refunded?”

The system was quiet for a while, seeming to be calculating.

[Five thousand diamonds ba.]

It had only been worn for a day, but the price had been discounted by half! Wasn’t this game a bit too evil? 

Yu Xingqiao was about to break up with the system when he heard the nurse lady next to him coughing gently.

He was instantly abashed.

Aish, forget it, forget it, there was no need to waste precious time on this kind of thing. Anyway, he was not going to refund the clothes for the cub now.

Yu Xingqiao clicked “Use” on the set of long shirt and pants. 

According to Laura’s modelling, wearing a maid’s outfit was really too incongruous, and they were also in the wild. With the flexibility of this game, there was no guarantee that it would not cause any trouble, so the set he bought was still more appropriate.

Compared to the dazzling white light when the cub changed, this was different. When Laura changed, it was much more low-key.

In the blink of an eye, the mud on her body was gone, and the original torn clothes also changed into a set of a clean and loose sweatshirt.

Besides the body, even the mud on her face and hair also disappeared. Revealing her original brownish-red hair colour and caucassian features. 

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After the change, the female NPC who looked skilled and capable at first, fell into a daze, seemingly shocked by the changes on her body.

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But currently, he had only encountered a few NPCs. Perhaps in the future, when there would be more characters and the plot became more complicated, the bugs will come out ba.

Yu Xingqiao pulled back his thoughts and continued to purchase items for Laura.

As a nanny, she certainly needs some daily supplies which are essential. And in the wild, she will also need some self-protection equipment.

Otherwise, relying on the cub to protect her? That would be putting the cart before the horse. 

Yu Xingqiao was browsing around the mall, so he didn’t see that the plot in the game had changed.

Only to see the little black-haired boy, who was three or four years old, suddenly stopped fighting.

He glanced at Arashi, who understood his intentions. It went over to lie down in front of him so that he could ride on his back.

Driven by the little boy, the white wolf took one step towards Laura. 

Jun Lu’s gaze, coldly fell on Laura.

He had long noticed the situation on Laura’s side. But when he got closer and saw the brand new clothes on her body, as well as looking refreshed as if she had taken a bath, his face became a little icier.

The scene was so familiar that it reminded him of last night’s experience.

It was the master who had helped her change her outfit. 

So, the demon master of his had saved this human. Was it also to sign a contract with her?

Except for the mid rank martial arts abilities, he really couldn’t see anything special in this human. Two days ago, this strength would have made him afraid, but now, it was not even enough to enter his eyes.

Perhaps she also has potential, but who has the potential that can compare to him as one of the Light Race?

What value is there in her that can make the master look at her differently and divide his attention from him? 

These thoughts flashed through his mind so fast that even Jun Lu himself did not catch them.

He just felt that he looked at Laura with displeasure because of Saer, because they were both human.

More so, because as former subjects, they both betrayed him.

Laura sensed the young boy’s stare. 

She scrambled back to her senses. What had just happened was just too shocking.

Although she knew that there were many mysterious beings in this world, and they could do a lot of magical things, it was still really hard to accept when it really happened to themselves.

But soon, she remembered the “grandmaster”, who let her be this little boy’s nanny.

In order to survive in this cruel wilderness, she had to hold on to this thick thigh. 

Just when she was about to open her mouth and ease the atmosphere ……

“Plop——”

A grass-green marching bag/hiking bag fell in front of her, making Laura froze in disbelief.

Then there were hot water kettles, pure water, tents and some other miscellaneous things. The most conspicuous item was probably a can of milk powder and a milk bottle. 

These things appeared in front of Laura one-by-one out of thin air.

It was as if a hole had been cut in mid-air, and someone was constantly throwing things through it.

Laura swallowed and forced herself to calm down.

This was nothing to be surprised about. 

She heard from the people in the research institute that a small space leap machine had been developed that can even transfer people on a shuttle with fixed point teleportation to a very far away place.

Now it was just a delivery of simple items, it was not that mystical. She didn’t need to be so shocked as if she hadn’t seen the world before.

Laura stretched out her hand and tried to pick up the milk bottle.

However, before her fingertips could touch it, a dark shadow flashed before her eyes—— 

The shadow tentacles curled around the bottle and quickly shrank back.

Laura could not help but look up, and saw the little boy reach out and hug the bottle.

The boy was thin and small, and the bottle was a bit too big for him, so he needed both hands to hold it.

He was sitting on the back of the wolf, looking down at her from above. The raging irritation and hostility in his bloodshot pupils swept over her as if it had turned into substance. 

[Ding~ Blacken value +1]

[Warning warning, when the blackening value increases by 10 points, the main quest will deduct 0.1% of the progress]

Yu Xingqiao: “!!!”

What is this situation? He had only bought Laura’s equipment and babysitting skills, how come the cub had blackened? 

He hastily closed the backpack and mall. When his eyes fell on the game, he saw the cub holding the milk bottle, glaring at Laura with an expression like protecting his food.

Just…….very meng.

Yu Xingqiao felt like he had completely transformed into an old father. How did his family’s cub look cute doing just anything?

But he still couldn’t let him continue blackening, or else it would trigger very serious consequences—— 

If the main task was reduced by 1%, all his assets will be deducted. If it is reduced by 0.1%, according to the ‘uniqueness’ of the system, it would not be reduced by only one-tenth.

He had just charged 500, and now he has 4,000 diamonds left! Four thousand diamonds to buy candy for the cub, isn’t that great? Give the system to deduct? Yu Xingqiao’s mind went through quickly for a moment.

 But what exactly is the cub unhappy about?

Could it be that he doesn’t like Laura? But just now he watched the two get along quite harmoniously ah. 

Or is it because Laura took his bottle?

Seeing the little boy holding the bottle tightly in his arms with a defensive and annoyed look, Yu Xingqiao nodded and thought he had guessed the reason.

Some people do not like others to touch their things.

Moreover, it was mentioned that the cub had lost everything. 

There were so few things that belonged to him, that was why the cub was clinging to what they already have, right?

Thinking about it hurt Yu Xingqiao’s heart.

He hurriedly stretched out his fingers, wanting to touch little Jun Lu’s head to comfort him, but saw the little guy suddenly loosen his hand and returned the milk bottle to Laura.

Yu Xingqiao: “?” 

What situation is this?

After snatching the bottle over, Jun Lu opened his mouth to reprimand Laura, but then suddenly froze.

It was only at this moment that he realized with hindsight what he had done – the milk bottle, which was given to this human woman by the master.

Jun Lu pursed his lips. 

Anger and anxiety surged from the bottom of his heart. He clearly knew the reason why he could see the hope of revenge, but he often couldn’t control his emotions.

Probably because ……

The demon master was too indulgent with him.

So indulgent that he forgot to be vigilant and proper. 

He was also a person who had been a superior. How can he not understand the psychology of the superior? What’s more, his master was still a demon.

What he just did was provocative, was …… questioning and challenging his master’s authority.

And his hostility and anger towards the woman in front of him was perhaps not because she was human, but stemmed from the fact that …… his own position was threatened.

Realizing this, Jun Lu’s heart could not help but smile bitterly. 

In just two days, he was …… already so concerned about the demon master’s “favour”? The body regressed back to the infant form, did the mind also follow suit?

They were only in an exchange relationship, he must not forget this point.

He looked down on Laura from above, and his shadow tentacles rolled forward, sending the milk bottle he was holding in his arms back to Laura.

It was still necessary to fight for the master’s “favour”, because he needed more resources. He needed more leverage to grow up more quickly. 

But definitely not in such a cheap way.

Jun Lu’s face turned cold, he gently patted the top of the white wolf’s head. Arashi then willingly turned around, carrying him majestically away from Laura.

In front of the phone screen, Yu Xingqiao was relieved that the conflict had been resolved, when he saw——

[Ding~ Blackened value +5.] 

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Yu Xingqiao: I’m too miserable!