Qiao Sang tapped the computer touchscreen, and the private messages popped up.
【Is the OP from Shengshui High? How do you know so much?】
【Name your price? What do you want? Would 10GB of resources work?】
【What do you want?】
【I only regret that I have no money!】
【Do you want three hydro-therapy sessions from a Water-Secreting Shrimp?】
Qiao Sang looked for a long time but didn't see anything she was interested in.
As expected, money wasn't that easy to earn...
Just as Qiao Sang was about to close the private message interface, the content of a chat page she had casually clicked on caught her attention.
【100 Union Coins, will you sell the info?】
Qiao Sang replied immediately
【Sold!】
100 was still money!
In a business with zero cost, how could she possibly complain that the amount was too small!
Qiao Sang decisively chose to sell herself out.
Nowadays, forum backends could collect payments. After a short while, she received a notification for a transfer of 100 Union Coins.
Having tasted her first bit of sweetness, Qiao Sang's patience instantly returned, and she went back to reading the remaining private messages.
Actually, looking at them now, there were quite a few people making offers.
Although no one was offering much, combined, it was enough to gather the money to buy a bottle of E-grade Energy Recovery Fluid.
At this moment, Qiao Sang experienced the joy of "fleecing the sheep."
Her phone continued to flash with notifications.
Qiao Sang took a moment to glance at it.
As a result, she was startled the moment she looked.
What happened?
What was going on?
Why was everyone @-ing her?!
She opened the messages.
【Bai Yunmiao: Genius Qiao! Were you selected for the senior year school team?! Someone is selling your info online!】
【Shi Gaofeng: Your info was sold!】
【Zheng Guoping: The news of you joining the senior school team leaked. Why don't you just come back to our sophomore school team?】
【Wang Yao: Someone is selling your info, but don't panic. I bet it's someone from our school. I'll find them for you. Selling you is the same as selling our school; I won't let them off easy!】
There were many more messages, but seeing Wang Yao's, Qiao Sang felt it was necessary to soothe her emotions, so she replied
【It's just selling my info, it's not serious enough to escalate to "selling the school"...】
Wang Yao replied in seconds
【You are our school's precious baby right now! The school's treasure! To sell even you! This person has absolutely no sense of collective honor for the school!】
Qiao Sang rubbed her nose guiltily. Just as she was about to tell Wang Yao that the person selling the info was herself, she suddenly remembered the two boys who had mistaken her for someone else today.
There might actually be someone else in school selling her info...
Thinking this, Qiao Sang typed a reply
【We don't have tasks today, right? Where did you get a phone in school?】
【Wang Yao: 】
Early the next morning.
Qiao Sang navigated to a nearby gold shop that bought recyclables and rode Yabao there.
"Xun."
"Xun xun..."
Along the way, Little Xunbao held the gold gloves—which were the size of its Beast Tamer's palm—with a face full of reluctance.
This thing was so good, did she really have to sell it...
At first, Qiao Sang explained with a smile that money was the most important thing.
But Little Xunbao continued to mutter incessantly, forcing Qiao Sang to say, "If you're reluctant to let go of this pair, then sell your pair instead."
Qiao Sang only said this to bluff Little Xunbao. Her pair were pure gold gloves customized by Liu Qijia's father.
Little Xunbao's pair were imitation gold gloves she had bought online; there was no way they would sell for as much as hers.
"Xun xun!"
As soon as Little Xunbao heard this, it immediately placed the gold gloves it had been holding in front of Qiao Sang.
Reluctant?
No such thing!
Qiao Sang: "..."
The gold shop was located in an alley.
Nowadays, storefronts in prime locations all sold things related to pets. For a gold shop, opening in a prime location was a recipe for losing money.
Qiao Sang walked in with Yabao and asked, "Boss, do you buy gold gloves?"
The proprietress, who was grooming a White Sand Fox, looked up at her. "Did you bring your information card?"
"I did." Qiao Sang took the information card out of her pocket and placed it on the glass display counter.
The proprietress cast a seemingly casual glance at the unfamiliar pet beside the girl, feeling that it looked very familiar.
She didn't think much of it, picked up the information card, and paused at the date of birth column.
Tsk, 15 years old...
If she didn't make a killing today, she'd be doing herself a disservice.
The proprietress leisurely stroked the White Sand Fox's fur and said, "The current gold price is 345 per gram. Have you decided to sell?"
Qiao Sang narrowed her eyes and asked, "Boss, is this not a legitimate gold shop?"
"You child, what nonsense are you talking? I have a business license!" the proprietress said dissatisfiedly.
Qiao Sang said calmly, "Don't legitimate gold shops adjust their prices based on the international gold price fluctuations? I remember today's quoted gold price should be 412 per gram."
The proprietress was instantly stunned.
She hadn't expected such a young child to be an expert! She had even checked today's gold price before coming!
"People in our line of work have to make some profit." Seeing that the girl before her was young, the proprietress wanted to try and fool her again.
At that moment, the crouching White Sand Fox glanced at Yabao.
"Ya!"
Yabao curled its lips, revealing sharp teeth.
Well! Do you want to fight!
"Sha sha!"
The White Sand Fox was instantly frightened, jumping up to hide behind its Beast Tamer.
The proprietress quickly shielded the White Sand Fox behind her and said with a bluffing tone, "You child, can't you just speak properly? Why be so fierce! You think you're something just because your pet is big! Prices are meant to be negotiated! I'll give you today's gold price, alright!"
Qiao Sang: "..."
What happened?
She hadn't said anything yet, so how was she "fierce"?
"Ya..."
Seeing the White Sand Fox's reaction, Yabao wore an expression of "how boring" and retracted its teeth.
It thought it wanted to fight, but it turned out to be such a coward. No fun...
Twenty minutes later.
206,000 Union Coins.
Walking out of the gold shop, Qiao Sang looked at the extra money in her account and sighed from the bottom of her heart: Liu Qijia's father! So generous!
"Xun!"
The invisible Little Xunbao looked down at its own gold gloves, its gaze determined.
This thing must be cherished; it's valuable!
Over the next few days, because the National Campus Beast Taming League was about to be held, the heat of Qiao Sang's post on the forum continued to increase.
Especially since the people from Shengshui High kept cursing under the post, and some people from other schools who had bought the info went to verify it, only to find that everything the OP said was true!
The post had completely gone viral.
This also resulted in Qiao Sang making a small fortune every day.
"Ya!"
"Buy!"
"Xun~"
"Buy!"
"Lu."
"Buy!"
In just a few days, Yabao and Lubao were fine because they still had daily physical training, but Little Xunbao couldn't keep up; it had grown a full size fatter.
"This won't do. The competition is coming up soon. If you're this fat, your movements will be much slower," Qiao Sang said.
"Xun~"
Little Xunbao patted its round belly, then vanished on the spot and reappeared on the other side, shaking a short toe.
How could that be? It had teleportation.
Qiao Sang: "..."
Just then, the phone rang.
She took a look; it was the Vice Principal calling.
After connecting, the Vice Principal's voice came through
"The preliminary rounds of the National Campus Beast Taming League are the day after tomorrow. Remember to gather at the school's Training Ground No. 1 tomorrow morning at 8:30."
(End of Chapter)