In her possession, Chi Lian had only adjustable three bats left. She was planning to give one to Jun Muyang, another to his grandfather whenever she met him and one for his father of course. She was planning to ingratiate herself into their good graces hard if Jun Muyang decided that she was the one for him.
However, at the moment what she needed most was money to build her empire and this beautiful daosi as he referred to himself was desperate and rich. Who was she to chase away the fat cow that was offering itself up for slaughter?
She asked T4 to search for his information immediately so that she could know how much to ask for.
"His name is Su Xinchiang, his family owns a large number of malls in the empire. They also own a racing track, racing team and a few luxury resorts. Individually, he owns a number of car stores dealing in the importation of sports and foreign cars mostly. He also has investments in real estate and some internet companies."
On the virtual screen, T4 included pictures of his family and their buildings that were available on the internet.
"How much is he worth individually? She asked.
"He is worth around one billion individually and more if you factor in family wealthy.
Armed with that information, she looked at the young man that was looking at her with a hopeful gaze and licked her lips like a wolf ready to eat a gazelle.
"Are you old enough to be making such a large purchase?"
"Sister, I am twenty two years old. My beautiful face is just overly pampered. I can prove it with my Identification card." He snapped his fingers and one of the body guards handed over his identification card.
Chi Lian pretended to seriously read his information. She looked at every side of the ID and handed it back.
"I am satisfied with your information. However, I am out of bats." She held her hands out.
The young man looked at her doubtfully. "No wise businessman will believe the words coming out of your mouth right now. I am sure you kept one or two for transactional purposes."
"And what makes you think that?" she raised her eyebrows.
"Because I have been doing business for a really long time, don't let my youth deceive you, I am wiser than most of my age mates. If the problem is price, we can come to an understanding. This beautiful daosi does not lack money."
Rather than answer, Chi Lian burst into laughter. "Why do you call yourself that?" She asked.
"If this was a cultivation world, I would be a handsome daoist master with unequalled power."
His eyes were shining as if he could actually see himself in that world and situation. "Sadly, we live in a normal world so the power I have is my looks and financial strength."
Chi Lian, who had a virtual pet system longed to tell him, that this world was not as normal as he thought.
"Well beautiful daosi, even if I have what you desire, you should know that it will come at a very expensive price because aside from the military, my family and around five friends, nobody else in the world has this item. Only twenty of them exist in this world."
He closed his eyes like a scared child and took a deep breath, when he opened them he said, "Give me a figure."
"Thirty million, and there is no room for negotiation."
"Deal."
The beautiful daosi asked for her account and wired the money immediately. He was afraid that she would change her mind if he gave her time to reconsider.
The three brothers, manager, sales girl and body guards looked on with shock on their faces.
The brothers were shocked because lately money just seemed to fall into their sister's laps randomly. Look at the current situation; she was planning to pay close to eight million for the cars. Any normal person would feel that dent financially but now she had made thirty million just like that.
Chi Lian looked at the cars in the store through the glass window in the manager's office. Her eyes were glued to the green off road range rover that she had not considered before. It would be the perfect car for her trips to the orphanages and rural areas in case there was a story to cover.
"Throw that car in as well." She said to the manager.
"You can have it free of charge if you promise to sell me whatever interesting thing you come up with next." The beautiful daosi blurted.
Chi Lian observed his face as if she could find the reason for his words on his fore head.
"What makes you think I will have something else?"
"I won't lie to you. The minister of state for security is my uncle. I heard him saying that you said you were looking forward to doing business with him again. In his words, you must have a secret laboratory from where you manufacture special technological items."
"Hmm.." she replied.
In her mind, she considered the benefits of having this young man in her pocket. He had connections which would be helpful on her journey up.
"I can tell you a secret. It will make you rich." He whispered to her. He went ahead to tell her what the secret was.
Chi Lian smiled and nodded. They shook hands and exchanged contacts.
The beautiful daosi walked away with a swagger in his steps.
"Let's finish up our business here." She said to the manager.
"Y-Yes ma'am," He answered nervously.
This was a big fish; he had to treat her respectfully. If he did a good job, his young master would be happy with him. As he worked on her order, he imagined the sweet rewards and promotion which would come his way.
Having tasted the sweetness of the easy money from selling alien technology, Chi Lian wanted more.
"T4," she asked, "Can I get some more bats?"
"No my lady, in fact, because of your actions, you have been denied access to the virtual storage space for two days."
"What? How could you not tell me this earlier?"
"I tried but you would not listen. You were just excited to be making money from selling the bats."
"But why is it forbidden?"
"Because, this kind of technology can have negative effects on your world if it's not managed well. You are allowed to research the products I provide and make your own but you cannot sell them directly. You are being warned because this is your first mistake."
"Thanks a lot for putting a dumper on my happy day." She sulked.
"It's time for my daily feeling host."
"Not now. "She closed the virtual screen.
As she did that, her brothers returned with the manager who had finished all the paper work.
"We can go home now sis. And we get to take the cars with us. Apparently that beautiful daosi has fast tracked everything for us." Chi Zimo announced loudly.
"In that case, everyone get into their car. The remaining two will be delivered by drivers the store provides."
She led the way and got into her Benz. Happily, they drove home to surprise their parents with a brand new car.
On the way, she asked T4 to help her search different employment agencies for a nanny and a driver. Her father's foot was injured so he could not drive. And her mother needed help around the house because she was doing all the house work on her own.
It was also time for her to hire more employees for Phoenix media. They needed an editor, camera man, producer, script writer, reporters and presenters.
She was spending a lot of time outside the office and so were her siblings. T4 could not do everything on his own. What would happen if he disappeared one day?
She also had a different plan in mind for Chi Wei now. He was a lover of technology so she should push him in that direction.
She was planning to let him tinker with some of those alien toys and see if he could make a knock off version .
If she could not sell the alien technology directly, she would make something similar to it and sell that.
All these plans needed money. And that she did not have much of at the moment.
"Money, money, money," she sighed. "Where can I get more of you from?"
"Do your job as a paparazzo and be patient." T4 chimed in on her thoughts.
"I guess we will have to go hunting tonight." She said.
"T4, can I at least get some toys like Mei-Mei,s rabbit as long I won't be selling them directly?"
T4 remained silent for a while and the screen read 'Response pending.'
Finally, T4 replied, " You are limited to only six animal toys so choose carefully. "
" Oh thank God!" She was relieved and the knot in her stomach loosened.
One could not wipe away the smile from the faces of the Chi siblings at the moment as they drove home to surprise their parents. What awaited them at home however, was a storm of unpleasantness.
Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!
What was meant to be a glorious event for the Chi family with the addition of several new cars to their assets was officially a burst thanks to the presence of one family of unwanted visitors at their home.
When Chi Lian and her brothers drove up to the house, what greeted them was not the sound of nursery rhymes which were usually accompanied by the lovely voice of mama Chi as she sung to Mei-Mei at this time of the evening usually. It was the sound of their aunt insulting their mother and calling her a selfish and wicked woman.
At the door, Chi Rui who hated that family the most looked at his elder brother and asked, "Is it really that old witch or am I ears not working?"
"It's them." Chi Wei answered roughly.
His fists were clenched and the veins on the side of his head were slightly swollen.
"How did they even get here?" Chi Zimo asked.
"Someone must have told them where we moved to. Obviously they are not here with good intentions."
"If I beat up that old witch today, nobody should interfere." Chi Rui warned his siblings. For so long, all he wanted to do was beat up that shameless family but Chi Wei held him back. However, after everything that family had done to them after they lost their fortune had taught them to rely on no one but themselves. That family was not on his list of relatives anymore.
Chi Lian pushed the door open and the siblings walked in like warriors. Their eyes exuded aggressiveness and hatred.
Immediately, Chi Lian noticed that her mother's hair was disorganized and her eyes were red. It was obvious that someone had pulled on her hair. She could imagine how much pain her mother had endured. Rage filled her heart.
"Who touched you?" she asked.
Her aunt Li Chien who was standing to the side screamed immediately, "It was me who did it. What will you do about it?"
Without hesitation, Chi Lian walked up to her aunt and slapped her across the cheek.
"Chi Lian, how dare you?" her cousin asked.
"I dare. And I will do even worse if she ever lays a hand on my mother again."
"I will tell mother about this. Your wicked daughter dared to slap her aunt, what a good child you have raised sister!"
Her Aunt's face was contorted with a viciousness and meanness.
Usually, this is the part where Chi Lian's mother would soften and give in to all of her sister's demands but today, she was adamant. She already knew the true color of her so called maternal family and wanted nothing to do with them.
"Do whatever you want" Mama Chi said.
"You think you can do whatever you want because you made a little money. Let me tell you, half of all your money belongs to me. I am the one taking care of our mother and that is what she said should be done." Her aunt screamed like shrew.
"That used to be the old system. You will never get a coin out of our family ever again." Chi Wei walked towards his aunt slowly.
"What are you doing? Do you want to beat up my mum too? I will call the police" Wen Li threatened.
"Go ahead; we will file charges for trespassing and injury." Chi Lian informed her.
"How can you say injury when it's you that slapped my mother? Everybody saw it."
Like a fool, Wen Li looked around the room for support as if she had forgotten that everybody else in that house currently was a member of the Chi family with the exception of her and her mother.
Without any support, she said, "You people are bullying us." and started crying.
"What a white lotus." Chi Zimo said.
"So shameless," Chi Rui added.
"You should leave before another slap is added onto you." Chi Lian pointed to the open door way.
At that moment, Mei-Mei who had been hiding in the kitchen stepped out and run to Chi Lian.
"Ma-ma," she called out in fear.
Chi Lian carried her and comforted her.
"Huh." Wen Li gasped. "Whose child is that?"
"Mine, not that it's any of your business." Chi Lian answered coldly.
"You even have a bastard child. I knew you were a good for nothing whore." Wen Li laughed wickedly.
"Sister, you have such a useless daughter." Li Chien smiled smugly like she won the jack pot in her daughter. "My Wen Li would never get pregnant before marriage."
"Then take your pure virgin daughter and leave my house." Mama Chi replied unbothered by the vicious words said by her sister.
"Ha-ha,_ virgin." Chi Zimo laughed. He looked at his aunt and cousin, pointed at them and continued to laugh like he had just heard the biggest joke of the century.
The other members of the family were struggling to hold back their laughter as well. Everyone in that room knew why the relationship between Ji Haolin and Chi Lian ended.
The two of them were caught together in bed in a hotel!!!. Wen Li had no business making her voice present in the virgin discussion.
Embarrassed at being the source of the joke, Wen Li angrily stomped her foot and shouted, "Stop laughing. You, Chi Lian what lies have you been telling about me?"
At that moment, another unwanted visitor made his way into their house. It was none other than the unwelcome Ji Haolin.
"Li-Li, I came as soon as I could." He run to Wen Li.
Immediately, like the aspiring actress she was, Wen Li broke down in tears and claimed that she and her mother were being bullied.
Ji Haolin looked at Chi Lian like she was the source of all evil.
"Why won't you let LI-li be? I am the one who approached her. I fell in love with her first. If there is anyone you should be angry with, it should be me."
"Where did this fool come from to spew such nonsense?" Chi Wei asked.
"Do you even know what is going on here right now?" Chi Rui asked as well.
"JI haolin, you continue to disappoint me." Chi Lian looked at him coldly and continued, "Your desire for mediocrity is embarrassing enough as it is but your stupidity is even worse."
So offended, Wen Li heaved, "Chi Lian who are you referring to as mediocre?"
"You Wen Li, Isn't it obvious. You have a flat chest, flat buttocks, tiny brain and ugly heart." Chi Lian moved closer to her as she stated each attribute. "Mediocre." She finished her words directly in Wen Li's face.
"Phu_phu_phu_" Chi Zimo laughed into his hands.
Eventually all pretense fell away and he laughed out loud without shame.
The other members of the Chi family who were pretending that they would not laugh could not hold back and laughed as well.
The humiliated Wen Li stared at Chi Lian with malicious intent. As if all she wanted to do was wrap her hands around her neck and squeeze it really tight in that moment.
"Don't insult my daughter like that you shameless whore. You even have a bastard child. What right do you have to call my Wen Li mediocre?" Li Chien pushed Chi Lian and she lost her footing.
"Chi-Chi!!, Her family screamed in fear.
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