Uncle Zheng said that items could be used for exchange. If you didn’t have money, there was no way you wouldn’t have anything at all, right? If you truly had nothing, then why come to the supermarket in the first place? Was she trying to take advantage of their innocent and adorable young master?
Of course, if the other party could produce even a slightly decent item, then as someone brought in by the young master, Uncle Zheng was willing to make the greatest concession and offer the highest trading price available in the market.
But Uncle Zheng didn’t believe Lu Yuelan could produce anything valuable at all. He looked at her full of confidence, waiting for her to embarrass herself in front of the young master.
That way, the young master would finally see her true colors and would no longer be deceived by her.
“This is too much trouble for you. Can you see if you’ll accept these items?”
After hearing the manager’s words, Lu Yuelan’s eyes lit up. She took out the things she thought were pretty good and handed them over to him.
As for high-grade weapons, Lu Yuelan still needed them for self-defense against the Ant Queen, so she didn’t hand those over.
She took out everything else one by one and let the manager choose freely.
Since she rarely had a chance to take advantage of a situation like this, if she didn’t squeeze it for all it was worth, she’d be seriously foolish.
Right, Lu Yuelan also grabbed the bandages from the medical kit, ran behind them, and quickly wrapped up the two large orange cats that had been fighting.
Well, they’d been in a fight and had some minor abrasions, so treating them was perfectly normal.
Lu Yuelan stared expectantly at the big screen, waiting for the system notification.
One second, two seconds… ten seconds… a hundred seconds.
Good. Exploiting the system loophole failed. She wasn’t sure if it was because her actions were too perfunctory and the system couldn’t stand it, or because the system had already patched the bug where a childcare instructor could use adult beasts for missions.
If it was the former, there was still room to fix things. If it was the latter, it would be troublesome, where was she supposed to find an injured little “baby” now?
“Ahh~ my head hurts so much!”
“Young master, what’s wrong? You’ve even got a big bump on your forehead. I have a high-grade restorative serum here; applying it will make it better right away.”
Hearing Manager Zheng and Meng Yemo behind her, Lu Yuelan quickly turned and ran over to the little cutie. She said righteously, “Let me do it instead. As the teacher, it’s my responsibility, I failed to protect the little angel under my watch, so I must take full responsibility.”
“Teacher Lulu really has such strong professional ethics. I misjudged you before. For this transaction, I will give you the highest possible exchange price, and also allow unlimited purchases from Yongjia Supermarket within that same price range.”
Seeing Manager Zheng’s admiring gaze, Lu Yuelan felt a little guilty. Although she had looked righteous just moments ago, in reality it was still her own selfish motives at work.
Seeing that the mission could be completed and she could obtain another valuable item, Lu Yuelan naturally would not let this opportunity slip by.
She had never forgotten that she still needed two parallel cards. Even though she didn’t yet know the exact coordinates of her grandmother and little nephew, it didn’t stop her from preparing the necessary items in advance.
What she feared most was finding the people but not having the means, only being able to stand by helplessly and watch her grandmother and great-nephew suffer. Just thinking about it was unbearable.
With the items in hand, she could also convince herself that once she found her family, they would be reunited. That thought alone made the pressure feel much lighter.
However, there was one thing Lu Yuelan hadn’t lied to Manager Zheng about, she really did feel quite sorry for the little one.
He had only walked away for a few minutes and already managed to knock himself into a big bump. Just looking at it made Lu Yuelan feel a sharp pang of pain, and she hurriedly and somewhat clumsily applied medicine to Meng Yemo.
“Bear with it a little. Teacher will apply the medicine for you.”
Following the standard procedure for treating impact injuries, Lu Yuelan tended to the white kitten’s wound. At the same time, she finally used “mental guidance,” hoping it would help the child feel a bit better.
However, this was her first time using the skill, and she wasn’t sure what its actual effect would be. She watched nervously at the white kitten’s forehead, ready to immediately withdraw the mental guidance if she noticed anything off.
Even if interrupting the skill midway would cause a strong backlash on herself, Lu Yuelan would not hesitate at all.
A pale, translucent white light gathered toward the white kitten. Aside from Lu Yuelan herself, no one else could detect it.
Everyone else on the scene assumed Lu Yuelan had simply taken bandages from the medical kit and performed some basic first aid.
Even Uncle Zheng felt somewhat disappointed. He had thought that Miss Lulu, as a teacher, would have impressive abilities and was prepared to pay a heavy price just to earn favor with the young master. But it turned out to be nothing special, just ordinary medical supplies, inferior even to the lowest-grade items in their Yongjia Supermarket.
“Mm~”
“Baby, what’s wrong?”
Seeing the little one’s expression suddenly turn strange, Lu Yuelan thought something had gone wrong with the treatment. She hurried forward, intending to stop the process, but was interrupted by Uncle Zheng.
Instead of looking anxious, he appeared pleasantly surprised. Compared to how panicked he had been earlier when the child was injured, his current expression was a stark contrast. Lu Yuelan even began to suspect he might be acting, pretending to be kind just to deceive her innocent little kitten.
“Teacher Lulu, we don’t know what expensive equipment you used to treat the young master, but name your price. Our Yongjia Supermarket will offer it without hesitation.”
What?
Lu Yuelan seriously suspected she might be hearing things. What “expensive equipment”? What did they mean she used some special item? Didn’t they see everything she did right in front of them?
“It’s all just from in here.”
Lu Yuelan, maintaining good manners, even though she was speechless, still chose to explain things clearly. She pointed at the medical kit she had just used, indicating that everything was in there, she could just check for herself. There was nothing serious about it, yet the whole situation made her uneasy, as if she had done something earth-shattering.
“Could it be that Miss Lulu thinks our Yongjia Supermarket doesn’t have the financial strength to purchase your patented product?”
Lu Yuelan was completely at a loss for words. What was this even about? When had she ever said Yongjia Supermarket lacked financial power? Just this building alone, spanning tens of thousands of square meters, was not something a poor person like her, with only five resource coins to her name, could look down on.
But Uncle Zheng clearly misunderstood her silence. He assumed she genuinely did not believe in Yongjia Supermarket’s capability, and that she was refusing to reveal the “purification mental power potion.” He clapped his hands, signaling the staff behind him to come forward.
“Manager, what does Xiao Bing need from me?”
“Bring out that batch of goods. Let our esteemed Miss Lulu see the capabilities of Yongjia Supermarket.”
“Manager, that batch of goods is very valuable.”
“Just do as you’re told. Why all the nonsense?”
Manager Zheng impatiently kicked Xiao Bing away, sending him flying. His cold gaze then shifted to Xiao Lan standing behind him.
What a troublesome bunch. If they caused the esteemed guest to misunderstand further and refuse the deal, what then? How did he ever end up taking in such a foolish disciple?
Xiao Lan was quite perceptive and immediately went to fetch the item. He moved so quickly that Lu Yuelan didn’t even notice he was gone before the goods suddenly appeared in front of her.
Is this teleportation ability? She really wanted to learn it. If she had that skill, she could show off in front of new cubs the next time she met one.
Since her mission involved teaching young cubs, Lu Yuelan couldn’t appear too weak herself. Otherwise, how could she earn their trust and make them willingly learn from her?
For the sake of her future career development, she needed to work harder.
“Miss Lulu likes Xiao Lan? As long as the deal goes through, I can make the decision to give Xiao Lan to you.”
“Haha, Uncle Zheng, you’re really joking. Trading living beings is shameful, we can’t be traffickers and strip away their dignity.”
Cough, cough. That sounded a bit too convoluted. Lu Yuelan almost tangled herself up in her own words. She coughed twice to steady herself.