Hearing Song Cha’s words, Shao Yumiao was stunned.
“Cha Cha, you…” Shao Yumiao looked at Song Cha, not understanding why she would say such a thing.
Seeing Shao Yumiao’s reaction, a tear fell from Song Cha’s eye, making her appear even more fragile. She looked at Shao Yumiao accusingly, “Sister Yumiao, you weren’t like this before. But now, now you want me to buy things for you, such expensive things, I can’t afford them.”
At this point, Song Cha covered her eyes in sadness, “Sister Yumiao, do you not care about me anymore? Is that why you’re treating me like this?”
Shao Yumiao valued Song Cha the most, so how could she possibly not care about her?
Hearing Song Cha’s words, she became even more flustered, “Cha Cha, don’t cry.”
Song Cha remained silent, still covering her eyes.
“Cha Cha, it’s my fault. It’s all my fault.” Shao Yumiao hugged Song Cha’s shoulders, gently patting her, “I won’t ask you to buy things for me anymore, it’s all my fault.”
“No, Sister Yumiao.” Song Cha finally released her hands from her face, “I want to buy things for you, but that sword is just too expensive, I really can’t afford it.”
Song Cha looked incredibly pitiful as she said this.
Shao Yumiao instantly believed Song Cha’s words.
At this moment, she completely forgot about the top-grade spirit stones she had once given to Song Cha as a reward for being the number one in the cultivation world.
Top-grade spirit stones are extremely valuable, just one piece is worth twice as much as that sword.
In her heart, Cha Cha was so pure and kind, how could it possibly be Cha Cha’s fault?
Even if there was a fault, it was all someone else’s fault.
Like her, right now.
Shao Yumiao no longer had the desire to buy that sword. Under the disdainful gaze of the shopkeeper, she supported Song Cha and walked out of the magic artifact shop.
Because Song Cha was too sad, Shao Yumiao lost the mood for shopping and began to comfort Song Cha along the way.
After some comforting, Song Cha’s mood finally eased a bit.
Shao Yumiao looked at Song Cha’s sleeping face and, feeling disheartened, left Song Cha’s cave dwelling.
Back at her small courtyard, Shao Yumiao’s mind was in turmoil. Song Cha’s words today had completely caught her off guard. Shao Yumiao was a straightforward person. Growing up in the Sword Sect, she hadn’t experienced much of the world’s complexities. Most of her time was spent practicing swordsmanship.
This upbringing left her clueless about social interactions. When her mother told her that the more money you spend on someone you like, the more likely you are to be with them, Shao Yumiao took it to heart. Desperate to be with Song Cha, she thought the best way was to spend Song Cha’s money.
Little did she know, this behavior had the opposite effect. After pondering in the courtyard for a while, Shao Yumiao still couldn’t figure it out. In this situation, she had no choice but to seek her mother’s advice. Although her mother had given her the wrong guidance this time, Shao Yumiao knew too few people to turn to anyone else.
So, Shao Yumiao went to the inn and told her mother about her situation. Upon hearing Shao Yumiao’s words, Lin Mei, who had come here because of her daughter, frowned.
“Miao’er, did your beloved really say that?” Lin Mei looked at Shao Yumiao in disbelief.
Shao Yumiao nodded in response.
Hearing this, Lin Mei frowned even more. “Miao’er, the person you like doesn’t seem to have good character if they can’t even spend a little spirit stone on you.”
“Cha Cha has a very good character,” Shao Yumiao retorted without hesitation.
Lin Mei wanted to say more, but seeing Shao Yumiao’s determined expression, she couldn’t bring herself to continue. She wasn’t the one experiencing all this firsthand. Even though she felt that everything her daughter was going through was unreliable, she couldn’t say it outright.
Because their daughter had been so independent since childhood and didn’t require much attention from them, Lin Mei always felt overly protective towards Shao Yumiao.
“Yumiao, wait a moment. I’ll go ask your father.” For her daughter’s sake, Lin Mei didn’t hesitate to send a message to Shao Yumiao’s father.
Shao Yumiao’s father was the sect leader of the Sword Sect and had already reached the peak of the Transcending Tribulation stage, just one step away from the Great Ascension stage.
Such cultivators could travel thousands of miles in a day.
In just over ten minutes, Shao Yumiao’s father had arrived.
The Sword Sect leader, Shao Lanfeng, exuded an imposing aura, but the moment he opened the inn door and saw Lin Mei and Shao Yumiao, his demeanor softened.
“Mei’er, Yumiao.” He looked at Lin Mei and Shao Yumiao gently. “What do you need me for?”
Seeing Shao Lanfeng arrive, Lin Mei immediately perked up. “Lanfeng, Yumiao has someone she likes, and I’m helping her pursue that person.”
Hearing Lin Mei’s words, Shao Lanfeng remained indifferent.
To him, his daughter was already eighteen and a Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator. Liking someone was entirely up to her.
Seeing Shao Lanfeng’s indifferent expression, Lin Mei felt a bit dissatisfied but still said, “I came to you for advice on how to pursue someone.”
“I told her that if you like someone, you should spend more of their spirit stones. Only by spending a lot of money, and if you break up, all those spirit stones would be wasted, can you increase your weight in the person’s heart.” Lin Mei looked at Shao Lanfeng. “Lanfeng, what do you think?”
Shao Lanfeng: “…”
Hearing Lin Mei’s words, Shao Lanfeng couldn’t help but frown.
He didn’t understand why Lin Mei would say such a thing. “Mei’er, why do you think that way?”
“When I pursued you…” Lin Mei covered her mouth halfway through her sentence, realizing she had said something she shouldn’t have.
Shao Lanfeng: “…”
“So, is that why you spent my spirit stones so recklessly back then?” Shao Lanfeng couldn’t help but ask.
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng looked at Lin Mei strangely, “Do you know that if I didn’t like you back then, I would have kicked you out long ago?”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng: “Haven’t you always wondered why my mother never liked you?”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng’s words were extremely lethal, “It’s because you’re too good at squandering money. In just three days, you spent all of my ten million high-grade spirit stones.”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Listening to Shao Lanfeng’s words, Shao Yumiao was filled with terror.
…Mother was disliked by Grandmother because she was too good at squandering money, and Grandmother often found fault with her.
Fortunately, Father always protected her, and later Grandmother went into seclusion for cultivation, so things didn’t get too embarrassing for them.
Lin Mei never expected things to be like this.
She had learned this method of pursuing someone from books on pursuing people in the cultivation world.
She didn’t expect that what was written would be such harmful stuff.
She decided to file a complaint and have those harmful books taken off the shelves when she got back.
However, after the distress, Lin Mei’s mood wasn’t too bad.
She didn’t expect that Shao Lanfeng liked her back then too.
But just as Lin Mei was feeling happy, she saw Shao Yumiao looking at her coldly.
Lin Mei: “…”
Lin Mei’s happiness disappeared instantly.
She… had wronged her daughter.
Just as Lin Mei was feeling troubled, Shao Lan Feng spoke up, “Mei’er, from now on, don’t get involved in Shao Yumiao’s pursuit of others.”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng: “The methods you used to pursue me back then are not suitable for this.”
Lin Mei recalled the methods she used to pursue Shao Lanfeng and fell silent.
Shao Lanfeng looked at Shao Yumiao seriously and said, “Yumiao, from now on, I’ll teach you.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Shao Yumiao glanced at her mother, then at her father, and felt that her father was more reliable. She nodded earnestly.
Seeing Shao Yumiao nod, Shao Lanfeng began to impart his experience in pursuing people to her.
“Yumiao, the most important thing in pursuing someone is to spend spirit stones.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng: “As long as the spirit stones are in place, the feelings will follow.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng: “Back then, your mother only liked me a little, but after I spent ten million spirit stones in three days, her affection for me grew rapidly, and she wouldn’t marry anyone else but me.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Lin Mei: “…”
Shao Lanfeng: “So, the greatest and best method to pursue someone is to spend money.”
“In the future, whatever your beloved likes, whatever they look at more than once, you buy it.”
“If you spend more money on him, giving him everything he wants and desires, then if he ever leaves you, he won’t have these privileges anymore. He won’t be able to leave you.”
Shao Yumiao thought Shao Lan Feng’s words made a lot of sense.
However, because of her previous bad experiences based on her mother’s advice, she was hesitant to trust easily when it came to pursuing someone.
Shao Lanfeng clearly noticed Shao Yumiao’s hesitation: “Yumiao, trust me, you won’t go wrong.”
He then looked at Lin Mei: “If you don’t believe me, look at your mother.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Thinking about how Lin Mei was entirely devoted to Shao Lanfeng, Shao Yumiao felt like she understood something.
Love bought with money?
“But, I asked Cha Cha to buy things for me before, and now she will definitely…” Shao Yumiao was a bit unsure how to handle it.
“Spend money,” Shao Lan Feng answered without hesitation, “Buy a lot of rare treasures for him, let him know that today’s you is not the same as before.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Father’s words made a lot of sense.
“Yumiao.” Shao Lan Feng took out a storage ring and handed it to Shao Yumiao: “Here are thirty million high-grade spirit stones and a thousand top-grade spirit stones, take them.”
“Thank you, Father.” Shao Yumiao did not refuse.
Seeing Shao Yumiao take the ring, Shao Lanfeng finally smiled.
He knew his daughter was now secure.
Early the next morning, Shao Yumiao headed to the largest auction house in Qingfeng City.
Shao Lanfeng had given Shao Yumiao thirty million high-grade spirit stones and a thousand top-grade spirit stones.
Shao Yumiao planned to give these top-grade spirit stones to Song Cha for cultivation, and use the remaining high-grade spirit stones to buy things for Song Cha.
But now, Song Cha doesn’t have a good impression of her. If she takes the initiative to invite Song Cha, Song Cha might be unhappy.
However, buying some nice things first to make Song Cha happy is also a good idea.
Thinking this way, Shao Yumiao’s previously bad mood finally improved a bit.
They were about to reach the auction house soon.
But just one step away from the auction house, Shao Yumiao passed by a small stall.
Normally, Shao Yumiao wouldn’t pay attention to such a stall, but for some reason, today she was completely drawn to it.
In front of the stall, a familiar person was bargaining.
“Boss, can you make it cheaper? Ten mid-grade spirit stones are too expensive. How about five mid-grade spirit stones?” A burly man with a delicate face was haggling with the stall owner.
Shao Yumiao’s gaze was fixed on a jade bead on the stall.
She stopped and walked directly to the stall. Looking at the stall owner, she asked, “How much is this jade bead?”
Seeing Shao Yumiao’s exquisite clothes, the stall owner’s smile immediately became more flattering. “One high-grade spirit stone.”
Hearing the stall owner’s words, a high-grade spirit stone instantly appeared in Shao Yumiao’s hand. Holding the spirit stone, she was about to hand it to the stall owner. “I’ll take this jade bead.”
Seeing the spirit stone in Shao Yumiao’s hand, the stall owner was obviously very happy and was about to take the spirit stone and hand over the jade bead to Shao Yumiao.
“Fairy, please wait a moment.” The burly man was Long Aotian. He anxiously looked at Shao Yumiao and said, “Don’t buy this jade bead. This stall owner is cheating you. He just said this jade bead was worth ten mid-grade spirit stones, and now he’s suddenly asking for ten times that. He’s trying to scam you!”
Hearing Long Aotian’s words, the stall owner glared at him fiercely.
This person couldn’t even come up with ten mid-grade spirit stones, yet he was here bargaining and now obstructing his business. The stall owner now found Long Aotian extremely annoying.
After hearing Long Aotian’s words, the stall owner felt that his lucrative deal might fall through.
But something unexpected happened.
The white-clothed fairy didn’t hesitate because of Long Aotian’s words and quickly bought the jade bead.
Seeing the jade bead fall into Shao Yumiao’s hands, Long Aotian’s face turned sour.
“Fairy, what would it take for you to give me that jade bead?” Long Aotian asked.
After purchasing the jade bead, Shao Yumiao had already started walking away. Hearing Long Aotian’s words, she turned her head slightly and looked at him coldly, “No matter what, I won’t give it to you.”
Long Aotian: “…”
Hearing Shao Yumiao’s words, Long Aotian became furious.
If it were any other matter, Long Aotian wouldn’t be this angry.
But this jade bead was different.
When he passed by this stall, the jade bead had firmly caught Long Aotian’s attention.
A gut feeling arose in Long Aotian’s heart, telling him that this jade bead was a treasure and very important to him.
This feeling was not unfamiliar to Long Aotian. In the past, even when the feeling wasn’t strong, he often managed to make a small fortune.
The strongest feelings were for the little fox that Song Cha bought and now this jade bead.
However, both of these strongest feelings were taken by others.
Thinking of this, Long Aotian felt extremely unwilling.
“Fairy, please be generous and let me have this jade bead.” At this point, Long Aotian looked at Shao Yumiao with a hint of pleading in his eyes, “Rest assured, I will definitely repay you.”
Shao Yumiao: “…”
Shao Yumiao was completely unmoved, “Repay me? After I beat you so badly before, you still want to repay me?”
Long Aotian: “…”
Because she was going to the auction house, Shao Yumiao had cast several confusion spells on herself.
In this situation, although her clothes were still visible, her face was obscured to others.
Originally, Long Aotian found Shao Yumiao’s voice somewhat familiar, but he didn’t think deeply about it, his mind preoccupied with the jade bead that had been bought.
Hearing Shao Yumiao’s words now, he finally remembered who Shao Yumiao was.
The one who beat him so badly, dressed in white, with a cold demeanor—who else could it be but Shao Yumiao?
The moment he figured it out, a trace of hatred appeared in Long Aotian’s eyes.
Then he lowered his head, forcefully suppressing the hatred.
Shao Yumiao clearly noticed the hatred in Long Aotian’s eyes.
But she didn’t care.
Or rather, Long Aotian’s wasted foundation wasn’t worth her concern.
However, Shao Yumiao wasn’t a person with a good temper.
Although Long Aotian’s cultivation couldn’t possibly cause her any trouble, he was still a potential threat.
But casually silencing someone in Qingfeng City wasn’t good, so in the future… she would just give him more trouble.
Shao Yumiao didn’t turn around to look again but continued walking towards the auction house.
She was going to the auction house to pick out some rare treasures for Song Cha.
Yumiao’s parents don’t know about favourite green tea girl, Song Cha haha
