Chapter 140
Unfortunately, Shen Tang hasn’t made the inhibitor yet, and she’s not sure about its exact effects, so she doesn’t rush to speak up. She just keeps this matter quietly in her heart.
When she gets back, she’ll have to find time to visit places like the auction house and the black market to see if she can gather all the remaining materials.
Among them, the most important raw material is the hardest to obtain, and that is — Mermaid’s Tears!
Not just ordinary tears, but tears shed by a mermaid under extreme emotional fluctuations.
How the heck is she supposed to get that?
She can’t just beat Jia Lan up and make him cry hard, can she?
For now, Shen Tang puts this matter aside and will deal with it later.
After the ball ended, Shen Tang didn’t have anything else to do, so they returned to the hotel estate before it got dark.
When it was time to sleep, however, she encountered a century-old problem.
“Xiao Tang’er, your heat period is over, so shouldn’t we revive our family’s fine tradition of taking turns on sleep duty p>
Shen Li looked at her with a smile, “Who’s turn is it tonight p>
Listening to this familiar rhetoric, Shen Tang’s mouth twitched; she didn’t expect that one day she would end up shooting herself in the foot.
She couldn’t even find a reason to refute.
After all, this was a fine tradition she had personally acknowledged.
After Shen Li said that, the gazes of four big men fell on Shen Tang.
There’s no need to say much about Xiao Jin; his fiery gaze was fixed straight on Shen Tang, wishing he could carry her back to his nest immediately, from dusk till dawn, squeezing and savoring at will.
Shen Li’s handsome face was gentle, but it also revealed a hint of desire.
He’d only done it with her once, and that was when he was out of his mind, so he somewhat missed that feeling.
He wanted to experience it once more, truly, while fully conscious p>
Jia Lan didn’t speak, but his deep blue peach blossom eyes were looking at Shen Tang intently. He had made it so obvious at the ball; surely this lady wouldn’t be clueless!
Lu Xiao’s expression was indifferent, but in normal times, he would’ve already found an excuse to leave in such a situation. Today, he surprisingly didn’t leave, seemingly curious about whom she would choose.
With these four guys staring at her, Shen Tang felt inexplicably nervous.
She swallowed and was just about to find an excuse to brush it off when a system prompt suddenly sounded in her mind,
[Ding! New side quest issued to the host: Complete intimate contact with Jia Lan, with an additional requirement to acquire the crucial item [Mermaid’s Tears]! Task deadline: one month, reward: a Resource Gift Package p>
Shen Tang’s mouth twitched; this damn system really knows when to strike.
Having faced this ridiculous system too many times, Shen Tang’s threshold was raised, so she wasn’t too surprised.
Anyway, she knew this darn system would eventually take this path sooner or later.
She just didn’t expect there to be an additional condition involving Jia Lan this time.
She actually has to obtain [Mermaid’s Tears] to complete the task?
Thinking about [Mermaid’s Tears] gave her a headache.
Shen Tang was speechless, “How am I supposed to get Mermaid’s Tears, tie up Jia Lan and beat him up p>
[Given the host’s current combat capabilities, trying to beat Jia Lan to tears seems rather unrealistic p>
“Then why don’t you teach me how to do it p>
The system chuckled, [The host can use other methods, like — make him cry p>
Shen Tang was choked up, her face flushed red, almost failing to react.
The system further explained considerately, [If the host makes him cry out of extreme pleasure, those tears, born from overwhelming joy, are the top-quality raw materials p>
Shen Tang’s face turned crimson, such a shameless system!
It said it so openly, she was even embarrassed to listen.
Shen Li sat on the sofa, his slender hand touching her forehead, gently and worriedly saying, “Xiao Tang’er, why is your face so red and hot, are you sick p>
Shen Tang snapped back to reality, coughed guiltily twice, “Maybe I caught a chill on the way back, cough cough, seems like I have a bit of a fever and cold p>
Upon hearing this, the Beast Husbands’ naughty thoughts vanished without a trace.
Xiao Jin quickly poured her a cup of warm water, and Jia Lan fetched the cold medicine.
The two were so proactive that even the old mother figure Lu Xiao couldn’t get a chance to intervene.
After taking the medicine, Shen Tang went back to her room to rest.
The Beast Husbands didn’t bring up sleeping together again, only saying for her to rest well and call them if she needed anything.
The night passed peacefully.
The next day, Shen Tang planned to return to Greenfield City since there was nothing more to do in the Imperial City; staying any longer seemed meaningless.
She was still concerned about how the crops in the city were growing, and by now, the grains should have matured and been harvested.
The Empire does have a transport spaceship available to shuttle between the two places.
However, after clashing with Shen Qingli yesterday, Shen Tang assumed that the dog protagonist probably hated her now, wishing her dead; who knew if there would be some trick halfway through, like the spaceship exploding.
Shen Tang dared not take the Empire’s spaceship.
She planned to buy a private spaceship directly, eliminating concerns about anyone sabotaging it and making future travel more convenient.
The Imperial City is the richest place, home to the largest spaceship market, where one can buy the most advanced private spaceships.
Of course, the prices were ridiculously high as well.
All the way through, Shen Tang felt either thrilled or perturbed.
Randomly, a small private spaceship cost several tens of millions of Star Coins, if not billions.
Initially feeling like a super-rich lady, Shen Tang realized after entering this vast and lavishly decorated super emporium that the money she had wouldn’t last a day here.
The marketplace’s staff, seeing Shen Tang and the four tall and handsome Beast Husbands behind her, had eyes full of amazement.
It was the first time they had ever seen such a gorgeous female in reality!
Suddenly thinking of something, someone turned on the Light Computer, and the hottest headline was yesterday’s footage of the conferment ceremony.
There was a clear photograph.
It depicted the return of the exiled late Princess.
— That was Shen Tang p>
The beastmen in the marketplace were full of surprise, wondering how Shen Tang had become so beautiful.
But recalling the stupid things this late Princess had done before, none of the beastmen present wore pleasant expressions.
No matter how beautiful the exterior, if hidden within is a false, dirty, and stupid soul, it only makes people loathe it more!
“Oh, isn’t this the exiled Fake Princess? Heard she even had her family assets confiscated, and this pauper still dares to shop here!” The marketplace’s salesperson sneered sarcastically.
Xiao Jin frowned and smiled coldly, “Since when can a mere salesperson dare to discriminate against customers? Anyone who doesn’t know might think you own this marketplace p>
Rendered speechless, the salesperson’s face turned ugly, coldly snorting, “I’m just telling the truth. Who in the entire Empire doesn’t know that this Fake Princess had her family assets confiscated? Where would she get the money to buy a spaceship p>
“I just don’t want you to embarrass yourselves. Get lost quickly, before someone else sees a former Princess unable to afford even a spaceship, and the laughter won’t stop p>
Jia Lan’s handsome face was frosty, “Who says we can’t afford it? Take us to see the latest spaceship model in the store right now p>
“Ha, all bluster and wasting my time. I’m in a hurry to attend to other customers.” The salesperson’s face was full of disdain, but the job requirements left him no choice but to lead them to the top floor.
The salesperson pointed at the price tag, sneering, “See that? This new spaceship model costs 5.6 billion Star Coins, can you afford it p>
A staff member next to him also sneered, “Not to mention now, even back when she was a Princess, she couldn’t come up with such an amount. Now she probably can’t afford it even with installment payments, selling her kidneys and liver p>