Something Conjured Up

They had eaten quite a bit during this time, but the remaining bread from that day was still too much. Besides, one kind was toast—the super affordable, multi-slice kind—that they simply couldn't finish!

The two types of bread were piled together, looking like two small hills.

Bao Chi and Hu Bu's eyes lit up instantly, and their ears even stood straight up.

"Br... bread? It's so fresh, like it came out of the oven yesterday. But... yesterday there were no losses. Did you... conjure this up?"

Bao Chi asked, stuttering, his gaze fixed on the bread, unable to look away.

Yes, she had conjured it up.

Cheng Shuili shoved the bread directly into their arms. "Take it. I can't finish it anyway."

Mostly, it was expired; she wasn't even allowed to sell it.

The people in the small group were already sick of eating it, and now they felt nothing but resistance whenever bread was mentioned. If she didn't take this opportunity to give the bread away today, Cheng Shuili would truly be wasting food.

Bao Chi widened his eyes, pointing at the bread and then at himself, clearly too surprised to speak.

Hearing this, Hu Bu didn't even bother with pleasantries and immediately grabbed a piece of plain bread to gnaw on. He was different from Bao Chi; Bao Chi had a bakery and hadn't gone hungry these past two days, but he had truly been starving for two days straight!

This action scared the life out of Bao Chi. He immediately tugged at Hu Bu's sleeve and whispered a reminder: "Thank..."

This beastman was clearly Bao Chi's friend, and Bao Chi could be considered a friend of Cheng Shuili's. Cheng Shuili was always very generous with friends, so she simply waved her hand. "It's fine, you eat too."

Only then did Bao Chi tear open a bag of bread. After taking one bite, he couldn't help but rub his eyes again. "Hu... you are the best person Bao Chi has ever met."

Wuwu.

Bao Chi was truly so moved he couldn't speak. When he received his share on the first day, he had still been suspicious of this human. Now that he thought about it, how could such a thing possibly be the doing of this human?!

He had really been too much! To actually suspect such a kind human!

All of this definitely had nothing to do with this human.

Cheng Shuili smiled naturally, without a shred of guilt for giving the beastmen expired bread. She didn't say anything more, planning to wait quietly for the two beastmen to finish their bread before seeing them out.

After the two beastmen finished eating, they remained very reserved and stood up, wanting to scramble out of the vehicle.

Cheng Shuili grabbed Bao Chi, shoving more bread into his arms as she said, "Take all of this with you."

She swallowed the rest of her thoughts. With the way these two beastmen were socially anxious, it was a miracle they could snatch any food at all! She didn't want Bao Chi to starve to death before the Famine was even over.

Hurry up and reopen the bakery! This stupid disaster could affect anything it wanted, but affecting her ability to earn game coins was crossing the line!

"Th-this, can you really give this to us?" Bao Chi asked, stuttering, his claws hovering in mid-air, wanting to touch but afraid to.

Cheng Shuili firmly pressed the bread into Bao Chi's arms. "Take it, I can't finish it anyway."

Bao Chi held a full armload of bread, his leopard ears twitching nervously, and his tail sweeping uneasily across the floor of Cheng Shuili's vehicle. He seemed truly unable to let it go, thinking hard about how else he could help Cheng Shuili, before finally saying: "Hu... you were very scary before. If you stay like that, very few beastmen will dare to come and cause you trouble."

Was he talking about... 【Majesty】? Could 【Majesty】 also defend against these drifters?

This was useful information.

Cheng Shuili nodded and said, "Thanks."

The two beastmen left the vehicle after expressing their deep gratitude. Su Rui finally saw an opportunity to speak and looked at Cheng Shuili, who was standing to the side: "You're this familiar with NPCs too?"

After all, she was ranked number one.

Being familiar with NPCs was normal; who knew, maybe she'd be familiar with the system itself later on?

Cheng Shuili nodded and said seriously: "Time to work, Miss Su."

Su Rui didn't mind the address and nodded, heading to the driver's cab by herself.

Cheng Shuili sat cross-legged on the floor and changed her title back to 【Supreme Monarch】. Now that the drifters were no longer much of a threat to her, and she had clarified what she needed to know, she could safely and boldly sell the designated player duel cards.

She stroked her chin in thought, deciding to go pit the old customers against each other first.

Cheng Shuili opened the chat box with 【Don't Want to Work】 and typed a line of text.

【Crow Fans】: Do you need designated player duel cards? If you buy more, I'll give you a discount. Also, there's precise news about this wave of drifters; buy more and it's free.

【Don't Want to Work】 didn't see anything wrong with the message at first, but noticing the "oh" at the end of the Crow's two sentences, he frowned in vigilance.

There was a bad premonition, really.

All of 【Don't Want to Work】's tasks were done according to procedure, and of course, he had to report this situation immediately.

Zhu Xuan was a bit surprised that the Crow would take the initiative to come to him for business, but since she had, he certainly had no reason to refuse.

Even if their organization didn't have a need, he wouldn't easily slight the Crow, not to mention that they were indeed feeling anxious because of the drifters right now.

It was just the price... Zhu Xuan sighed, no longer hoping to take advantage of Cheng Shuili. If the organization could accept the price the other party asked for, Zhu Xuan was very willing to make this deal.

As for how much to buy... he had to see what the "precise news" the Crow mentioned was first.

He gave his instructions. Although 【Don't Want to Work】 didn't want to work, he understood human speech just fine. Knowing that official trading wouldn't happen yet, he spoke much more casually.

【Don't Want to Work】: Our boss wants me to ask first, what is this precise information? We need to know this to determine the number of duel cards to buy. Of course, no free rides, name your price, Sister Crow.

Honest! What an honest person!

Cheng Shuili's eyes lit up. She loved people who spoke their minds!

【Crow Fans】: Ten vehicle upgrade material shards. If you buy more later, I'll give you a discount. Is that okay?

【Don't Want to Work】 thought there was no problem at all. He silently reported the message to Zhu Xuan, suddenly feeling that their organization's procedure was truly superfluous.

Since Zhu Xuan made all the decisions, why didn't Zhu Xuan discuss it directly with the Crow?

What was the point of going through him, a wage slave? Was it to look high-class?

【Don't Want to Work】 didn't understand, and Cheng Shuili didn't either, but she respected it. She waited quietly for a while, and finally received a reply from 【Don't Want to Work】.

【Don't Want to Work】: Our boss agrees. Here are the ten vehicle upgrade material shards we discussed.

"You have received from player..."

Cheng Shuili was very satisfied and sent the information she had wheedled out of Bao Chi to 【Don't Want to Work】 exactly as it was.