Chapter 29: Peony Has a Maiden, Exquisite and Enchanting

“Who wouldn’t understand this?”

Lu Ke did not care about all that.

In her daily life, she despised this kind of despicable behavior—treating people based on their status, taking advantage of a crisis, and extorting others.

She was actually furious to the extreme.

At this moment, regardless of the difference in status or respect between superior and inferior, she delivered a harsh scolding straight to her face:

“You only know how to bully young girls who haven’t experienced the world, coaxing and tricking them into signing this kind of contract of indentured servitude.

Truly shameless, vulgar, and despicable to the extreme!”

“Hahaha~”

Unexpectedly, Lu Ke’s scolding did not anger the young mature woman.

On the contrary, she seemed extremely happy, covering her small mouth as her laugh swayed gracefully like a blossom, unable to stop laughing:

“It’s all in black and white.

I didn’t force them to sign.

They were the ones who cheekily came knocking on my door, begging high and low and insisting on signing.

What does that have to do with me?”

“If they don’t sign, what do I earn?

What do I eat?”

“These people who owe loans are the best at playing pitiful.

When borrowing, they don’t even look at the terms; they sign stylishly, take the money, and leave without turning their heads.

When repayment day comes and they can’t afford it, they make all kinds of excuses, weeping bitterly and begging for a few more days of extension.

Each of them pretends to regret their past actions…

In reality, if given another chance, she would still sign without hesitation!”

“It’s all their fault.

It’s all their fault.

It’s completely their own fault!~”

Rage!

She really wanted to smash this crooked merchant with one punch!

Lu Ke hung her head deeply amid the young mature woman’s laughter and mocking complaints.

Her hands clenched tight again and again, but in the end, she reluctantly let go.

Yes, there are a hundred aspects to life, in all shapes and forms.

Whether good or bad, everyone has her own destined path to walk…

Once again, respect personal destiny.

The young mature woman’s beautiful eyes closely monitored Lu Ke’s reaction.

Seeing her sigh in acceptance of fate, the interest in her eyes grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, she couldn’t resist reaching out a delicate white hand to hook Lu Ke’s chin, forcing her to meet those soul-captivating peach-blossom eyes.

“Let’s not talk about those unlucky wretches.

Little sister, I see that you are quite a fine talent.

Do you have a branch?

Do you want to job-hop over to my Peony Branch?”

She raised her eyebrows slightly, her warm breath colliding against Lu Ke’s cheek, leaving a moist patch behind as she smiled and extended an olive branch:

“As long as you are willing to come over, I will pay the transfer fee.

This loan won’t carry interest either—treat it as an interest-free loan benefit for you, deducted slowly from your salary.”

“Not only that, I will certainly entrust you with heavy responsibilities and generous compensation: six insurances and one housing fund, year-end profit sharing, paid annual leave, one day on and one day off…

As long as you want it, we can talk about anything…”

To be fair, the conditions she offered were incredibly generous and alluring.

If it were in her past life, when Lu Ke was still a normal, hardworking corporate s*ave, facing such a dream job, she would have long leaped forward to tightly hug the thigh of this world-class great boss and shouted “Mommy” wildly.

However, this was an alternate world.

This was Lu Ke’s second life.

Having lived through two worlds and two lifetimes, Lu Ke knew that in this world, there were things far more important than wealth and external items.

That was a person’s sincere affection.

A thousand pieces of gold cannot buy my willingness!

“Thank you for your kindness…”

Lu Ke didn’t even think about it, decisively raising her head with four fingers pointing toward the sky, making an absolute forbidden gesture of “Dame”:

“Daga, kotowaru!”

“Hmm?!”

The young mature woman’s gaze sharpened, displaying an unconcealable hint of surprise.

As the saying goes, clear wine flushes a person’s face, while gold shakes the Daoist heart.

Cultivators who could refuse massive financial temptations with a firm Daoist heart were not nonexistent, but most of them had already experienced the settling of world affairs, seen through the mortal realm, and knew their true self.

Yet at such a young age, to see immense wealth without changing color, and to refuse flatly without a single trace of hesitation—that was something she rarely saw.

A trace of unconcealable smile hooked up the corners of her mouth.

For some reason, the more she looked at this young girl, the more she liked her!

“This child will definitely achieve great things in the future!”

“No, I must find a way to trick her under my command.

My Peony Branch is precisely lacking such talent!”

That being said, forced melons aren’t sweet.

Although she was noble as the head of a branch, no matter how much she liked her or cherished talent, she could never do something like forced buying and selling.

“Sigh.”

She regretfully put away the contract, thinking quietly in her heart, “It seems I’ll have to thoroughly investigate this young girl’s background later and take her in step by step.”

“It doesn’t matter, I have plenty of energy and methods; I will definitely capture you!”

Unexpectedly, in the next moment, the beautiful girl before her eyes suddenly raised a hand toward her:

“Hand it over!”

“Eh?”

The young mature woman was somewhat surprised: “Didn’t you refuse?”

“One thing is separate from another.”

Lu Ke turned her face away, pouting angrily, unwilling to look at her with a straight gaze:

“Although I don’t want to join your branch, the spiritual stones still need to be borrowed, because I have a reason why I must borrow them.”

It was paramount to redeem herself from the Bamboo Branch first; as for the massive debt owed, she could only find a way slowly later…

Hearing this, joy rose to the young mature woman’s brows.

Although unconcealable delight filled her eyes, she still put on an act and pretended:

“Oh?

Do you really want to sign?

Don’t blame sister for not warning you: this is a Heavenly Dao contract condensed with soul power.

Once signed, there’s no regret pill available~”

Lu Ke tilted her head to the side, still refusing to look at her:

“If I sign, I sign.

Why so much nonsense?

Do you refuse to do business?”

“I’ll do it, I’ll do it!

Setting others aside, sister will definitely do your business~”

The young mature woman giggled merrily, quickly unfolding the contract paper, using her finger as a pen and channeling spiritual energy, asking with a beam:

“Little sister, what is your name?”

“Lu…”

Lu Ke’s tongue slipped, almost biting it:

“Bai Ke… Bai Ke’er.

My name is Bai Ke’er.”

Since she was hiding her identity, she naturally couldn’t use her real name.

In an emergency, she had no choice but to make up a name on the spot.

As for why the surname was “Bai”…

Wouldn’t that share a surname with her precious Xiaoyu?

Could she possibly take that bad woman’s surname “Ning”?

Ning Ke’er?

Bah!

Disgusting!

Just thinking about it felt disgusting!

“Alright, Miss Ke’er.”

Unhurriedly, the young mature woman pulled her finger to stamp an imprint, then gracefully wrote down a line of delicate small characters:

Creditor: Su Miaoyan.

Lu Ke caught a glance with her peripheral vision and couldn’t help but mock sarcastically:

“Hmph, Su Miaoyan, the name sounds quite nice, but too bad you’re not a nice person—crooked merchant!”

Su Miaoyan acted as if she heard nothing, happily tucking away the precious contract.

Anyway, the contract was sworn by the soul.

As long as it was set down in black and white, no matter how she changed her name, changed her appearance, or even swapped her body or changed her gender in the future, she could never renege on it.

A huge sum of over three hundred thousand spiritual stones—she didn’t believe a Foundation Establishment cultivator could afford to repay it.

Ten years later, regardless of how unwilling little Ke’er might be, this little darling would belong to her~

As long as she fell into her hands, no matter how upright and steadfast a girl was, after her thorough training, she would eventually turn into an obedient, compliant child~

“Heehee~”

Thinking of such a wonderful scene, Su Miaoyan laughed somewhat wildly, almost unable to contain her bellyful of bad intentions, nearly letting the abacus beads in her heart bounce onto the other person’s face.

“Farewell.”

Lu Ke didn’t want to deal with this vampire.

Taking the fully packed storage bag, she turned around and left immediately.

Su Miaoyan hurriedly got up to see the guest off, her jade arms swaying like willow branches fluttering in the wind, smiling as she bade farewell:

“Take care, little Ke’er.

You’re welcome to come again next time~

If you come again, borrowing another hundred thousand won’t be a problem at all!~”