"Chi-Chi, wake up." Mama Chi went from soft knocking to hard pounding on her door.
Ever since she returned home last night victorious but drained, she had gone straight to bed and had not woken up since. It was coming to noon and still, she was wrapped up tight in her warm blanket like a dumpling.
Mama Chi was adamant to wake her daughter up however a couple of military vehicles had showed up in front of their house. As if the exiting soldiers were not scary enough, the state minister for security had come along with them.
It was the first time in her life to meet an official of the empire up close. All the etiquette that had been instilled in her in those expensive etiquette classes wealthy madams took went flying out of the window. She stammered when greeting the minister and broke a few cups while serving him coffee.
At this moment, all she wanted was for Chi Lian to wrap up her business with the scary man so that her heart could calm down.
Tired of waiting at the door, she pushed it open and pulled the blanket off of her daughter.
An unhappy drowsy Chi Lian with a mess of hair on her head that was like a birds nest woke up. She rubbed her eyes and found her mother eyeing her impatiently.
"I am tired mum; let me sleep a while longer." She whined and fell back on the pillow.
"I will spank your bottom if you don't leave that bed right now Chi-Chi."
"Mmm-mmm-mm_" Chi Lian mumbled into her pillow.
Mama Chi who was not joking went ahead to spank her bottom really hard.
Chi Lian shot up like her bums were on fair, "Why mother? That really hurts." She wailed.
"Go downstairs and greet your visitors' young lady."
While rubbing her bum, she asked, "what visitors?"
"The minister." Her mother whispered extravagantly.
She remembered that he had promised to send someone to pick up the bats yesterday. But why was he here in person? She wondered.
The only possible answer was that the higher ups that he delivered the bat to must have been fascinated by the technology or the concept behind it so now they were considering it a high value technological item that was worth extra security.
"Give me twenty minutes and I will meet him."
Mama Chi smiled and left the room after getting the appropriate answer she was seeking.
True to her word, Chi Lian was out of her bedroom and downstairs within twenty minutes. On her laps was a beautiful Mei-Mei dressed in blue overalls and a yellow flowered shirt.
"Ten bats, just as I promised you." She said to the minister.
"I can count." He snapped softly.
"The empire would appreciate it of course if you were to sell us all the bats in the possession of you and your family or friends." He added.
"The empire has yet to wire my money. Perhaps it should first accomplish that task." She took a sip of her warm tea and smiled.
"I will get on that right away." The minister made a call and a payment was made into her account.
After getting the notification, she carried her daughter and said, "It was nice doing business with you as usual. I hope we can do this again soon."
The minister pursed his thin lips unhappily, "Yes, I hope so as well." His security detail surrounded him and they left the Chi household.
Chi Zimo who had been restlessly waiting for the minister to leave before making his way downstairs approached her while running.
"Sis, where is my bat?" he asked. He held out his hand expectantly.
Chi Lian noticed that the rest of her family was looking at her with the same expectant gaze. Even her father who was rarely interested in new technology was looking at her with shifty eyes.
She went upstairs and came back with one for each of them.
Tagging alongside her was a mini sized hopping toy bunny.
She set Mei-Mei down and the child immediately picked up the bunny.
Mama Chi was the first to spot the bunny, "Why is there a rabbit in the house? It will poop everywhere." She went in the direction they had come from to check for rabbit droppings.
Chi Lian tugged on her shirt, "It's a toy mum. It's not a real bunny."
"Where did you get that from?" Chi Wei asked immediately.
"I invested in a technology lab with a friend of mine so he sends me unique finished technologies once in a while. You will see more innovative items as time goes on." She lied through her teeth with confidence.
Fingers crossed, her little lie would be enough to satisfy their curiosity about the alien technology she would be pulling out every once in a while.
Chi Wei was walking slowly towards Mei-Mei; his greedy eyes were focused on the hopping bunny like a piece of juicy meat. His love for technology had always outweighed pretty much everything else in his life.
The only reason as to why he majored in business rather than technology at the university was because he wanted to help his father in running the family construction business. But that business was now gone. As painful as it was, he finally had a chance to pursue his real interest.
The little hopping mechanical bunny in front of him appeared so life like that he longed to study its mechanism and chip.
"Don't even think about it." Chi Lian tugged him away from her daughter.
"But sis, I just want to take a look and see." He whined.
"What will Mei-Mei play with if you take it away from her?" Papa Chi asked.
The whole family was keeping their eyes on the bunny. It hopped after Mei-Mei in every direction she took.
"How does it know where she is all the time?" Zimo asked.
"It has location software encoded into its chip to track the location of its owner anywhere in the world."
"Whoa. That sounds freakishly amazing. It's like a baby sitter." Chi Rui bent down to pick it up.
"Hmm-mm and it has a camera embedded in its eyeball that I can access so I can know where she is going and what she is doing.
"Sister you are abusing Mei-Mei's rights by spying on her." Chi Zimo shook his head in disapproval.
"Are you a law student?"
"No." he answered.
"Case closed." She said.
As usual, Chi Zimo pouted as if he had been wronged.
"I will put her out in the garden to play." Mama Chi took the bunny away from Chi Rui and carried it outside with Mei-Mei. Papa Chi followed them.
Meanwhile, Chi Lian was jumping up with excitement inside her heart because T4 had just informed her that they had managed to make it level two.
If Chi Lian had known that the more alien technology she got her hands on and sold in this world would be the faster she leveled up, she would have done it already.
"It's not that simple." T4 said.
"I don't care, I just leveled up." Chi Lian ignored him. There would be time for discussion later; right now she was celebrating her win.
One more level up and she could get a permanent health capsule. She would finally be able to sleep without worry.
Because she was in a good mood, she decided to do something she had been planning to do for a long time, "Brothers," she called, "Who wants a new car?" she asked.
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Shopping for new cars was more of a nightmare than Chi Lian anticipated. This was because the excited Chi Zimo was currently running around the car store like a kid in a candy store.
When she had asked who wanted a new car, she had not meant to include her youngest brother in the group. However, to her dismay, he was the first to rush out of the house while shouting "me, me," over and over.
Thanks to his behavior of jumping from one car to another, the beautiful sales girls were keeping a distance from them. While they were blushing and acting shy and coy when her two elder brothers looked at them smiled, they had lumped them into a group of good looking but broke people.
Chi Lian watched her brother adorably and smiled. In her previous life, she had not experienced the joy of being an older sister. Now that she was one, she intended to spoil her darling little brother unceasingly. Of course, she would be strict with his discipline though.
She looked at her elder brothers who were watching the youngest with disdain on their faces.
"Ignore him and choose the cars you want. Your sister is a little wealthy woman today."
"Is there a limit to the budget?" Chi Rui asked.
His interest was held by the red sports car which in his mind would get him the attention of all the beautiful girls he wanted. He was a single man that intended to enjoy his youth maximally.
Chi Lian could easily read his thoughts which were written all over his face.
"It's one point five million for you."
"Yes, thank you sister." He carried her and swung her around.
When he put her down, she looked at Chi Wei, "What about you eldest brother?"
Chi Wei smiled a little bit and sighed, "I should be the one doing this for you, not the other way round."
In his heart, he was proud of everything his little sitter had managed to accomplish in a short period of time but he was sad because he felt like the family was over burdening her. She was at an age where she should be going on dates, taking vacations and chasing her dreams. Instead she was starting a business to support the family.
"Older brother, if you continue being like this I will not talk to you anymore." Chi Lian pretended to be angry and looked away from him.
"Chi-Chi, older brother did not mean to make you sad or angry. I am sorry, hmm_" he coaxed and patted her hair.
"Humph." She crossed her arms over her chest and looked away from him.
"If you don't forgive me I will show Jun Muyang a picture of your morning face."
Chi Lian looked at him like he had just sold her out to an enemy.
"You wouldn't."
"I would." He smirked and laughed.
"Just choose a car already. Why are you bringing Jun Muyang into this anyway?"
"Because you loooooove him." Chi Zimo interrupted their conversation and said. In addition to that, he made pouty and kissing sounds.
"You are so juvenile." Chi Lian rolled her eyes as her bothers laughed.
"Do you know that people online are calling you Poorella." Chi Rui asked.
"Poorella! What does that even mean?" she asked.
"Poor Cinderella" Chi Zimo said.
"According to the mighty little peep star you are the poor girl who has made it big in life by dating the wealthy Jun Muyang. Like Cinderella and the prince." Chi Rui explained.
She pulled out her phone and checked and truly, she was being referred to as the empire's new Cinderella.
"I have to give this paparazzo credit for taking good pictures. I look beautiful." Chi Lian admired the pictures of herself posted online.
The Chi siblings were really vain when it came to their looks.
"Is that all you care about? The women in those comments are threatening to kill you unless you break up with Jun Muyang. Are you really dating him?" Chi Wei asked.
Aside from curiosity, he was worried about the potential implications of his sister being involved with Jun Muyang. He was an even bigger fish than Bholin.
This meant a bigger problem if his sister got involved with him. The Jun family was not just wealthy, they were super wealthy and related to the royal family. They carefully chose spouses for their children and a single mother would not be welcomed into that family with open arms. She would be mocked and thrown out.
"I am in the process of trying to start a relationship with him."
"You are wooing him!" Chi Zimo Shouted in shock. "Sister how can you be the one chasing a man?" He was horrified.
"Who said that a woman cannot woo a man?"
The three brothers could not come up with a proper answer to her question. Indeed, there was no rule that a woman could not woo a man.
"In fact, let me get back to wooing my man right now." Chi Lian smiled shamelessly and pulled her phone out.
She made and order for nine hundred ninety nine red roses to be sent to Jun Muyang's office.
"She has gone crazy." Chi Zimo whispered.
"Do you still want a car or not?"
Chi Zimo run back quickly to his car of choice.
"Have you all made your choices?" she asked.
She called the shy sales girl who had been peeping at her ever since she stepped into the store and the girl quickly made her way to her.
"We would like to pay for our cars." She said.
"Lady Chi," the girl whispered, "Can I please ask for an autograph?" she held out a notepad with shaking hands.
"Mine!" Chi Lian placed her hand over her chest in shock.
"Yes, I am your fan. You were so cool when you chasing after the rebels. I think you are so brave and righteous." The girl's eyes were sparkling with untold reverence.
Chi Lian laughed at the cute sight before her. "Alright."
She signed the note pad and pinched the girl's cheeks. To her shock, the girl blushed as if the person before her was her boyfriend or crush.
"How cute," Chi Lian laughed.
"Sister the car," Chi Zimo coughed.
"Sorry, which car are you buying?" the young sales girl looked at Chi Zimo.
"We want five cars." Chi Lian answered.
The girls face dropped in shocked. Five cars would mean at least thirty five thousand as a bonus for her. That is almost a full year's salary for her.
"I will call the manager immediately." She took off running into one of the offices.
When she returned, an older middle aged gentleman with thinning hair that was dressed in tight jeans and a white shirt was walking ahead of her.
"Isn't he too old for tight jeans?" Chi Zimo whispered.
"Shut up." Chi Wei answered.
The manager smiled as he walked to them, "We are very happy to have you in our offices today please tell me how we can help you." He smiled so broadly.
"We want those five cars now; we will be paying in full for all of them." Chi Lian indicated at each car.
In his head, the manager calculated the total price of the five cars, it was around seven and half million.
"Let us step into my office as we work on you."
As they were heading into the office, a young lanky man came running into the car store. A few body guards were running after him.
"Lady Chi, Lady Chi, hold on." He shouted so loudly that people all around turned around to see what was happening.
"Young master." The manager gasped.
Ignoring him, the young man who was panting and sweating walked to Chi Lian, "Sister, please sell me a bat."
"I don't have any bats left."
"Ten million, sister, I will pay ten million. I the young beautiful young Daosi of B city do not lack any money."
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