"I also invited her to experience life on her planet, since she seemed so interested before."
"Who would be interested in that bird-shit-covered Garbage Planet."
"This is an outright provocation!"
Qu Jianwen and Li Yuexiang were also shocked.
"Impossible!"
"What happened?"
A moment later, Qu Jianwen and the others had barely calmed down from their shock and anger, Qu Wanwan pulling Qu Jianwen along and saying,
"Dad, what should we do? From that waste's tone, Star 1757 is already hers. Didn't you say that once the planet was obtained, we'd expand the farm and give me thirty percent of the profits for my allowance and dowry? What do we do now? Should we go to the Empress Dowager for help?"
Li Yuexiang also looked at Qu Jianwen.
Qu Jianwen's face had turned dark as the bottom of a pot, "The Empress Dowager must have known about the planet transfer. Going to her would be useless."
They had originally promised to support the Qu Family in planting Energy Plants.
The Emperor and Empress treated them very kindly on the surface, but ultimately they were ruthless, handing a planet over to a clueless waste. They wondered what role her cunning cousin played in this.
"Should we rush to Star 1757 and make Qu Tong hand over the planet?" Li Yuexiang said.
"Would you agree if it were you? Besides, she is protected by the Royal Guard," Qu Jianwen retorted.
They fell silent.
After a long while, Qu Jianwen spoke with a dark expression, "I underestimated her. She has a big appetite. I'll wait and see how she swallows it and how she spits it out."
*
Their aircraft, both in speed and function, far surpassed civilian spaceships, reducing a three-day journey to just one day. They arrived while it was still light outside.
Qu Tong expressed her gratitude to the two trusted aides and sent them back.
She turned to look at the small dilapidated house and sighed at the difference between luxury and austerity.
It took her a full hour to clear out the useless things from the house.
Looking at the emptied small room, she finally felt more comfortable.
Feeling her Special Ability half depleted, Qu Tong sat on the only chair and pondered when to buy a domestic robot.
She remembered that an ordinary domestic robot cost only two to three hundred thousand, which was not expensive.
Alas, she was short on cash!
Making money couldn't wait!
She had just finished drinking a mid-level nutrient solution and was about to lie down when she heard a clang. The door was kicked open, hanging off its frame.
"You trash, you dare to come back!"
Qu Tong frowned slightly, looking at the three people standing outside.
Li Kun was holding a metal rod, juggling it while cursing, "Damn it, you damaged the detector at the company, letting us take the blame and work like slaves for a week for nothing. I've never suffered such a loss, and I won't let you off today."
So it was about this.
"Oh? How do you plan not to let me off?"
These three had often bullied the original owner, who had worked hard collecting garbage to earn money, which they would rob every few days.
She had let them off last time because her Special Ability hadn't recovered, and her original body was too weak, but this time might not be the same.
"I just knew you, a piece of trash, would return to Capital Star for no good reason. Didn't expect you to return so soon. Clearly, you're unwanted trash. Be wise, hand over whatever you brought back, then go work, and make up for the money you cost me."
Li Kun sized up Qu Tong and said to the skinny one, "That outfit looks quite nice. Chopstick, strip it off her, and we can trade it for some liquor later at the shop."
"Roger that!"
The skinny man rubbed his hands with a lewd smile and was about to step inside.
Qu Tong, with a disgusted frown, kicked the man to the ground without hesitation.
"Ah!"
Qu Tong's kick was infused with her special ability, making the skinny guy clutch his belly and scream like a slaughtered pig on the ground.
Li Kun and the buzz-cut minion were shocked and before they could react, they were whipped to the ground.
Li Kun quickly grabbed the iron rod but unfortunately, the whip coiled around and flung it far away, landing it on the ground with a loud "clang."
In no time, the three were tied up hand and foot, struggling and writhing on the ground.
"Looking for death?" Qu Tong looked down at the three of them, a whip cracking crisply against the ground.
The coldness in Qu Tong's eyes made them shiver, not understanding how the previously easy target had suddenly become so formidable.
Li Kun was the first to realize he needed to beg for mercy, lying on the ground he began to plead, "Miss, I was wrong, I shouldn't have spoken to you disrespectfully, shouldn't have raised my hand against you, I'll never dare again, please forgive me, it was Bamboo Pole, this jerk who said you must've brought back some good stuff from Capital Star, and instigated me to come here."
The three were already known to be bullies who feared the strong, and though Li Kun was a B-rank physique, their underestimate let him overpower them without them being able to fight back.
Bamboo Pole, pulled out by the boss to take the blame, also panicked and pleaded repeatedly.
"It's my fault, my fault, I'm sorry Miss, please spare me, I'm willing to be your ox and horse."
"I'm willing too—we shouldn't have bullied you before."
"It's all my fault for being so daring, I'll never dare again, never!"
Qu Tong, seeing the three competing in their apologies, smiled with interest, "How about this, slap yourselves 30 times each and I'll let you go."
"This...." The three exchanged glances, hesitating.
Slapping their own faces was too humiliating for three grown men.
"Or... should I cripple you?"
Qu Tong's whip lashed on Li Kun, who immediately howled in pain.
"No, no, no! I'll do it!"
"Don't hit! I'll do it too."
Qu Tong purposely untied their hands, and without hesitation, they began to slap themselves.
"Hit harder, if there's no swelling, I don't mind helping you out," Qu Tong grinned wickedly at them.
The men's faces looked terrible upon hearing this, and their slapping sounds grew much louder.
Once the three had nearly turned into pig-headed figures, Qu Tong was finally satisfied and let them go.
Fortunately, although they kept an eye on her as per Li Yuexiang's words and feared the original person from Capital Star, their claims of theft were just for buying two nutrient injections and they didn't go too hard on her physically, mostly just intimidated her.
Otherwise, it would've been more than just these 30 slaps today.
"Come over, the door is fixed."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Li Kun and the buzz-cut minion, able to move, hurriedly put the door back in place, though there was still a dent from where it had been kicked.
Qu Tong didn't mind.
"Leave the money on you and get lost, stay out of my sight from now on," Qu Tong extended her left hand, showing her Light Brain and signaling the three to transfer money.
The three, with swollen faces, each made a transfer.
Qu Tong checked her balance, raising an eyebrow at them.
"Miss, that's really all, we have used all our Star Coins to cover debts," Li Kun answered tremblingly.
The other two nodded frantically in agreement.
"Get lost."
Qu Tong kicked the skinny guy, pain distorting his face.
At her command, the three scrambled away, fearing they wouldn't get away if they delayed.
The skinny guy clutching his nearly ruined back, struggled to his feet and limped after them, calling out, "Boss, wait for me."
However, just as Li Kun and the other turned their heads, they saw Qu Tong raise her whip and immediately took off running without a trace.
Skinny guy: "..."