Chapter 10: Looking for Death?

She was even invited to visit her planet sometime and experience life there, seeing as she'd seemed quite interested previously.

Who'd be interested in that bird-shit-free garbage planet?

This is an outright provocation!

Qu Jianwen and Li Yuexiang were also shocked.

"Impossible!"

"What happened?!"

A moment later, having somewhat recovered from their shock and anger, Qu Wanwan pulled Qu Jianwen aside and said,

"Dad, what do we do? By the tone of that little waste, Star 1757 is already hers. Didn't you say that once the planet was ours, we'd expand the farm, and I'd get thirty percent of the profits for pocket money and my dowry? What now? Should we go to the palace and see the Empress Dowager?"

Li Yuexiang also looked towards Qu Jianwen.

At this moment, Qu Jianwen's face had also turned as dark as the bottom of a pot: "The Empress Dowager must surely know about the transfer of the planet, going to the palace would be useless."

Initially, they had promised the Qu Family support for planting Energy Plants.

Although the Emperor and Empress appeared very gentle on the surface, they ultimately showed no favoritism; they had actually handed a planet over to a little waste who knew nothing, and who knew what role her crafty cousin had played in this.

"Should we rush over to Star 1757 and make Qu Tong hand over the planet?" said Li Yuexiang.

"Would you agree if you were in their shoes? Besides, she's got Royal Guards protecting her," Qu Jianwen retorted.

The two fell silent.

After a long time, Qu Jianwen spoke with a dark expression, "I underestimated her indeed, her appetite isn't small. I'll wait to see how she swallows it down, and how she spits it back up."

*

The spacecraft was leagues ahead of civilian ships, both in speed and functionality, reducing a three-day journey to just one. By the time they arrived, it wasn't even dark yet.

Qu Tong expressed her gratitude to the two trusted aides and let them return.

Turning to look at the shabby little house, she sighed at the stark difference between luxury and frugality.

It took a full hour to clear out all the unnecessary items from inside.

Only after seeing the freed-up space in the small room did she feel somewhat more comfortable.

Sensing that half of her Special Ability had been consumed, Qu Tong sat on the only chair, contemplating when to buy a domestic robot.

In her memory, an ordinary domestic robot only cost two or three hundred thousand Star Coins and was not considered expensive.

But alas, she was strapped for cash!

Making money was of the utmost urgency!

Just as she had finished drinking a medium-grade nutrient solution and was preparing to lie down, she heard a "clang," and the iron door was kicked open, hanging by one hinge on the frame, about to collapse.

"You little waste, you dare to come back!"

Qu Tong frowned slightly, looking at the three people standing outside.

Li Kun held an iron rod, tossing it up and down as he cursed, "Damn it, breaking the detector at the store and letting us take the fall? We toiled for them for a whole week for nothing, I've never taken such a loss before. No way I'm letting you off today."

So it was about that.

"Oh? How do you plan on not letting me off?"

These three had often bullied the original host, sometimes even taking the money she'd painstakingly earned from picking up trash every now and then.

Last time, she let them go because her Special Ability hadn't recovered, and the original host's physique was too weak; this time might not be the same story.

"I just knew you, a waste, would come back to Capital Star for something. Didn't expect you to return so soon. Just as I thought, an unwanted little waste. If you know what's good for you, hand over the stuff you brought back obediently, and then go work hard to make up for the money you cost me," he said.

Li Kun took an appraising look at Qu Tong and said to Skinny, "Those clothes look pretty good on her. Bamboo Pole, strip them off her. We can exchange them for some drink later at the store."

"You got it!"

Skinny rubbed his hands together with a lecherous expression and was ready to enter.

Qu Tong frowned in disgust and, without hesitation, kicked the person to the ground.

"Ah!"

Qu Tong's kick was infused with his special ability, and the skinny guy clutched his stomach, screaming on the ground like a slaughtered pig.

Li Kun and the buzz-cut lackey were startled and, before they could react, were knocked to the ground by a whip coming directly at them.

Li Kun quickly grabbed for the iron rod, but to no avail, as the whip coiled and flicked, sending their only weapon flying far away, clattering loudly as it hit the ground.

In moments, the three of them were bound hand and foot, struggling and writhing on the ground.

"Looking for death?" Qu Tong looked down at the three men, a whip cracking crisply against the ground.

The indifference in Qu Tong's eyes sent chills down the spines of the three men, unable to comprehend how the once easily butchered weakling had suddenly become so terrifying.

Li Kun was the first to come to his senses and began to beg for mercy from the ground: "I was wrong, my lady, I shouldn't have spoken to you that way, I shouldn't have laid hands on you, I'll never dare again, please let me go, it was all Bamboo Pole, this worthless calf, who said you must have brought back lots of good stuff from Capital Star, and coaxed me into coming here."

Already the type to bully the weak and fear the strong, Li Kun was at least B-rank in physique, yet the three against one still left them utterly powerless; although their underestimation played a part, they had to admit they were outmatched.

Bamboo Pole panicked when called out for taking the blame and followed suit, begging for mercy.

"It's my fault, my fault, I'm sorry, my lady, will you spare me? I am willing to be your ox, your horse."

"So am I, we shouldn't have bullied you before."

"It's all my brazenness, I'll never dare again, never dare!"

Qu Tong looked at the three men vying to beg for mercy and smiled with seeming interest: "How about this, if you each slap yourselves 30 times, I'll let you go."

"This....." the three men looked at each other, hesitant.

For three grown men to slap themselves was simply too humiliating.

"Or... shall I cripple you instead?"

As Qu Tong whipped Li Kun again, he immediately screamed out in pain.

"No no no! I'll slap!"

"Don't hit! I'll slap too."

Qu Tong deliberately untied their hands, and without further hesitation, they began to strike themselves.

"Hit harder, if it's not swollen, I don't mind lending a hand," Qu Tong said with an evil, defiant smile.

At that, the faces of the three men turned sour, and the smacking sounds grew much louder.

Not until all three resembled swollen pigs did Qu Tong finally let them go, satisfied.

Fortunately, although they had obeyed Li Yuexiang's instructions to watch over her, they had kept in mind that she was from Capital Star—they only took her money and bought her a couple of nutritional injections, without causing more serious harm, mainly using intimidation.

Otherwise, today would have been about much more than just 30 slaps.

"Over here, the door's fixed."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The able-bodied Li Kun and the buzz-cut thug quickly moved the door back into place, albeit, it still had a dent from being kicked.

Qu Tong didn't mind.

"Leave your money and then get lost; don't show your faces around me too often," Qu Tong extended his left hand, displaying his light-brain, indicating for the three to transfer money.

With swollen faces, each one transferred their money.

Qu Tong checked his balance and raised an eyebrow at the three men.

"My lady, that's really all we have, we've already used our Star Coins to pay off debts," Li Kun answered with a tremble.

The other two also nodded their heads frantically in agreement.

"Get lost," Qu Tong said.

Qu Tong kicked the skinny guy, who cried out in pain, his face contorted.

At Qu Tong's command, the three men rolled and crawled away, afraid that any delay would mean they couldn't escape.

The skinny guy, holding his almost ruined waist, struggled up from the ground, limping after them, calling "Wait for me, boss."

However, when Li Kun and the other turned their heads, they saw Qu Tong casually twirling her whip, paused for a moment, then scattered like smoke without a trace.

Skinny Guy: "..."