Stunningly beautiful yet wicked, she begins by conquering eight beast husbands.

Chapter 147: Completely Addicted.

That's right.

Mo Ting and his companions have fallen on hard times and are now living in the streets.

The seven people were staying in three clubs, two pubs, and a theater that hosted dinner parties.

The club's prices are a bit high, with an average cost of 2000 Star Coins per person.

The lowest price at the tavern is 1500 star coins.

theater.

It's also the location where a bonfire party will be held tonight; the price is currently unknown.

To legally "rescue" them, a large sum of money would be needed.

Scarlett thought about it carefully for a moment, then turned to Ashley and said, "Let's go home."

Ashley was even more confused. "Go home?"

Aren't you going to do anything? Or did Scarlett take what I just said to heart and go home...?

Scarlett glanced at him. "What do you want to do if you don't go home?"

Ashley blushed. "No, I don't want to. No, it's not that. Whatever you say, I'll do whatever you say."

Scarlett squinted, not understanding why Ashley was blushing; it wasn't even hot today.

But she didn't take it to heart; she was focused on making money.

The bicycle wobbled back to 265 Dock Street.

Behind Scarlett's house was a large vacant lot that had been neglected for a long time and was overgrown with weeds.

On her way back, she bought two shovels, took Ashley to the open space, threw him a shovel, and said happily, "Ashley, let's cultivate this open space today and make a vegetable garden, then we won't have to go out to buy vegetables anymore."

Why are you turning into a vegetable garden again out of the blue?

Ashley looked at the shovel in his hand, somewhat puzzled. He shoveled at the ground a couple of times, but the weeds didn't budge.

That's right.

He is maintaining his persona of being weak and unable to take care of himself.

Scarlett glanced at it, then laughed, but a hint of bitterness lingered at the corners of her mouth.

The beastly husband has become a doting husband.

She gripped the shovel tightly and began turning the soil on her own.

Of course, her goal wasn't really to create a vegetable garden, but rather to find a plausible reason to extract the ore.

She focused on one spot and dug and dug, and after more than two hours of tireless work, she finally dug a two-meter-deep pit.

She paused briefly, drank a glass of cool water, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and continued digging.

This open space has no fence, so anyone passing by can see it.

A neighbor, seeing Scarlett fiddling around in the open space, couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Scarlett, what are you doing?"

Scarlett chuckled and replied, "I'm clearing land to make a vegetable garden."

The neighbor took one look at the deep pit.

He sneered inwardly: This is a lie. This pit is so big, it's not like we're clearing land, it looks like we're digging for something.

But he didn't say anything on the surface, just laughed it off, but he kept it in mind and hid in the house, finding a good angle to observe Scarlett's actions.

They dug until dark, and Scarlett's pit had become five meters deep.

She clapped her hands in satisfaction, took out the minerals from her spatial storage, picked out the two worst ones and threw them into the ground, then picked out a few with good color, covered them with some damp soil, put them in her pocket, and crawled out using both hands and feet.

Before leaving, she deliberately glanced around furtively, appearing cautious. After looking around and seeing that no one was around, she finally felt relieved and climbed out of the pit.

After she climbed out, she took Ashley's arm and whispered a few words in his ear.

Ashley's expression tightened, then relaxed; his eyebrows rose, and his eyes lit up.

Scarlett went back to her room to change into clean clothes, then rode out on her bicycle, disappearing with Ashley at 265 Dock Street.

After a few minutes
The neighbor walked to the vicinity of the deep pit, held up a kerosene lamp, and peered into the pit.

"Holy crap! Ore!"

He quickly covered his mouth, his dark eyes darting around slyly several times. Seeing that no one was around, he put down the kerosene lamp and decisively jumped down.

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Because of the high cost of living on Langton Street, it is surrounded by all sorts of merchants who will buy anything as long as it has value.

Scarlett found a gem processing and recycling shop.

In this world, minerals are rare resources. Due to the lack of advanced technology, large-scale searching and mining are impossible. Minerals can only be extracted by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Therefore, even the low-quality ore in Scarlett's possession is still a rare commodity here.

She placed a pure black dragon crystal and two pink tourmalines on the counter and said, "Boss, I'm selling something."

The owner of the recycling shop was an ordinary-looking woman with plain features and nothing memorable.

But when she saw the ore on the counter, her eyes lit up and her face lit up.

She picked up the three minerals, examined them closely for a while, and then took a deep breath after looking at the details with a magnifying glass.

Now not only are their eyes brighter, but their lives are also brighter.

In the gemstone recycling business, the most famous saying is: "No business for three years, then enough to live on for three years."

These three ores, with a little polishing, will last for five years without any problem!
She put down the ore, rubbed her hands together excitedly, and looked at Scarlett.

Seeing that it was a young female with sunken cheeks and yellowish skin, his bargaining instincts kicked in immediately, and he said, "Little female, the quality of your ore is not good, it won't sell for much, at most three thousand star coins."

"Three thousand star coins?" Scarlett grabbed the ore, turned and left. "That's too little. I'll go look somewhere else."

The shopkeeper hadn't expected Scarlett to be so decisive, turning around and leaving without even discussing the price. Knowing that this young woman wasn't easily fooled, he quickly changed his approach, grabbing Scarlett's hand and saying in a friendly tone, "Little woman, please wait a moment, the price is negotiable."

“No discussion, it’s too low.” Scarlett waved her hand.

"Then five thousand?" the boss asked tentatively.

“Fifty thousand, fixed price.” Scarlett turned around and said with a radiant smile.

The boss was stunned, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets. "Fifty thousand? You might as well rob someone."

Scarlett thought it was a good idea and nodded, "Okay. Then I'll go 'steal' someone else's."

She's leaving again.

Despite her slender arms and legs, this little female is surprisingly strong. Her wrist was twisted in her hand, and she almost broke free.

The boss was really suffering.

Did we run into someone who knows what they're doing?
The boss quickly calculated in his mind how much profit he could make after deducting the cost of the three ores.

I don't know, I was taken aback.

Twenty thousand.

Just 20,000.

This does not include labor costs during the sales period.

Now, the boss was a little reluctant to keep it, but 20,000 was still money.

She hesitated for a while, then held up four fingers. "Little female, how about this, we each take a step back, 40,000, how about that? I really can't give you any more than that, I need to eat too, right? We need to make a profit to continue the transaction."

Scarlett was actually there to test the waters. She noticed that the owner's eyes were practically brimming with excitement when he looked at the ore, so she raised the price to 50,000.

Forty thousand is not bad, it exceeds her expected price.

She readily agreed.

After collecting the money, Scarlett casually asked, "Boss, do you buy ore here regularly?"

The shopkeeper was taken aback. "You have more?"

Scarlett's eyes sparkled, filled with a pious yet charming look. "No."

The boss simply refused to believe it.

He locked the ore in the safe, glanced at Scarlett, his gaze lingering on the wet mud around her shoes, and smiled. "Little sister, how about this, I'll give you another five hundred dollars as a token of friendship? When you have any ore in the future, bring it all to me, and I guarantee I'll give you the highest price, higher than everyone else!"

Scarlett hesitated, but still said, "Sister, I really don't have any more."

She glanced outside anxiously, "The bonfire party is about to start, I have to go now, bye-bye sister."

The boss watched her anxious back and knocked on the wall behind her.

A male stepped forward and said, "Boss."

The boss pointed outside and said, "Go follow that little female, see where she lives, and what she's been doing lately."

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The bonfire party for females to choose their husbands is held at the Ya'an Theatre.

It's called a bonfire party, but you don't actually need to sit on the lawn. Just light a bonfire, everyone jumps around it, and if they see a male they like, they can carry him away.

That was a bad habit from hundreds of years ago.

The bonfire party is now held in a magnificent banquet hall.

The females sat at the table, enjoying a sumptuous meal while watching the males sing and dance on the stage.

If you see someone you like, write down their name, and then you can make an offer when it's time to choose a husband.

Whether you can get it or not depends on your own wallet.

Scarlett wanted to bring Ashley to such a grand party, but since he was male, he wasn't eligible to attend and was instead placed in the underground hall by the servants, with a sign hanging up for him.

After Scarlett finishes the party, she goes to collect the dinner invitation card.

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Upon entering the banquet hall, Scarlett found her seat.

The seats contain specific information about the males performing the song and dance.

Scarlett flipped through it.

Riley and Brian were both there.

suddenly.

Bright eyes.

The party has begun.

The opening dance is performed by all the males together.

Wearing dress pants, shirtless, with only a tie around his bare neck that bounced back and forth on his chest and abs, drew cheers from the audience.

Scarlett joined in, whistling and cheering.

His level of excitement was no less than that of the female sitting next to him.

She was completely obsessed.

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