Intelligence Refresh

Thousand Changes Silkworm stared at Ye Bai with a resentful look while wolfing down its beast feed.

Starving to death, I'm about to starve to death.

Just now, Thousand Changes Silkworm was so hungry its chest was pressed against its back, and it wanted to burst out of the Pet Beast Space to eat. But that was the critical moment of the experiment, so how could Ye Bai dare let this fool out?

This guy would probably tear the lab apart.

Thousand Changes Silkworm was just like a husky tearing up the house—interested in everything.

"By the way, Master, it's already late. I'll head back now. You should rest early too."

As soon as he stepped out of the school gate, the sky began to pour down a torrential rain. In no time, it formed a curtain of water.

Ye Bai stopped and took shelter at the school entrance. If it were just a light drizzle, he could still make a run for it, but with heavy rain like this, there was nothing he could do.

A sturdy figure holding an umbrella emerged from the rain curtain.

"Da Hui, why are you here?"

Da Hui grinned broadly and handed the umbrella in his hand to Ye Bai.

So he had come specifically to bring him an umbrella.

Let's go. We're heading home.

Da Hui nodded heavily.

One person and one pet walked side by side in the heavy rain under the umbrella, looking especially warm and cozy.

Back home, Da Hui set the cooked meals on the table.

He didn't make much, but every dish was exquisite. Ye Bai shared amusing stories from school with Da Hui, while Da Hui washed the dishes and listened quietly.

This had been a habit between them for years.

Just past midnight, the Information System began to refresh automatically.

[1. The breeding house at the entrance of Sacred Mountain Middle School went out of business due to poor management and was sold at a very low price this afternoon. The owner's target price was 900,000 Alliance Coins.]

[2. In three days, a Secret Realm rift will appear northwest of Jiaying City, with a large number of First Order Burrowing Rats emerging. Inside the Secret Realm, there is a Third Order Ground Gem.]

[3. Some Gray Poison Moths have a hidden Evolution Path. There's a small trick to identifying this type of Gray Poison Moth: check if its wing color shows a purple halo under sunlight.]

[4. A comb made of Purple Crystal Wood has appeared at the Jiaying City flea market. Someone will successfully snag it in two days.]

[5. The day before the Dragon Soaring Auction House auction, they will recruit cleaners for a generous pay.]

After reading these five pieces of information, Ye Bai pondered for a moment.

"There are several breeding houses near the school gate. Which one is the system talking about?"

Ye Bai lay on the bed with his hands behind his head, quietly thinking.

This shop was rented by his parents, and they had already paid three years' rent in advance.

In half a month, the lease would expire. He might as well just buy the breeding house in front of the school.

Sacred Mountain Middle School had pretty good security, and the students provided a steady flow of customers.

Ye Bai also had another goal: to entrust the pet beasts in the breeding house to someone else.

After all, the breeding house was just a place for Ye Bai to earn a living. Once he got into university, he would have to leave here with Da Hui anyway.

The pet beasts in the breeding house would then have no one to care for them.

He wanted to take this opportunity to pick suitable people and give them away.

The next day, Ye Bai got up early. He enjoyed a hearty breakfast and headed to school under the morning sun. He had already checked the schedule; the morning classes were all general education, so he didn't need to attend.

On the way, he used his phone to look up the breeding houses near the school gate. There were four in total.

They were Dragon Soaring Breeding House, Rainbow Breeding House, Angel Breeding House, and Limitless Breeding House.

Among them, Dragon Soaring Breeding House was a chain store set up by the Dragon Soaring Group, so Ye Bai ruled it out immediately.

Rainbow Breeding House had been in business for many years with a solid reputation and a stable customer base. Besides, Ye Bai knew the owners—they were an elderly couple running the place.

Their approach was relatively conservative, and at their age, they didn't like to stir things up. It was impossible for them to fall into a business crisis.

That left only Angel Breeding House and Limitless Breeding House as possibilities.

Ye Bai looked up the information on these two. They had been established about a year ago. The owner of Limitless Breeding House, Zhao Wuji, had once been a lecturer at Toronto University.

Since he didn't know the specifics yet, he decided to go check them out in person.

Securing the breeding house early would mean having a safe home to settle into.

He arrived at the school gate. The school wasn't open yet at this hour. The morning birds were chirping away, perched on branches, gently pecking at the leaves with their beaks.

Ye Bai first came to the entrance of Angel Breeding House.

The fallen leaves at the door had been swept spotlessly clean, and the signboard was polished until it was free of dust.

The goods inside were arranged neatly and orderly.

Limitless Breeding House, on the other hand, was a different story. A layer of fallen leaves had piled up at the entrance, and the signboard was covered in dust.

The shelves inside were mostly empty, and the floor was stacked with packing boxes.

With this one look, Ye Bai had a clear picture.

The Limitless Breeding House was about to be sold.

Just then, a dejected young man walked over. His chin was covered in stubble, and his clothes were somewhat wrinkled.

Dark circles ringed his eyes, as if he hadn't rested in a long time.

Ye Bai recognized him at a glance—this was the owner of the Limitless Breeding House, Zhao Wuji.

He had long lost that spirited air of commanding the scene; now, he only wanted to offload this hot potato of a breeding house.

Without running a breeding house, one would never know the ins and outs.

The waters ran too deep; he simply couldn't handle it.

Now he was drowning in debt. Every minute the breeding house remained in his hands, silver flowed away like a stream, and his liabilities piled up another notch.

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth. He couldn't hold on any longer—he had to get rid of the breeding house as soon as possible.

In three days, the open recruitment for a specially appointed associate professor at Toronto University would begin. As a former lecturer at Toronto University who had published multiple papers, he had a high chance of being specially appointed as an associate professor.

So even if it meant taking a loss, he had to sell the breeding house.

The key was that he needed to clear his debts and still have some money left to rent a place and cover his expenses for a while.

A rough estimate put it at least at eight hundred and fifty thousand, but selling in a hurry—forget eight hundred and fifty thousand, even reaching five hundred thousand would be tough.

Sigh. If he could get nine hundred thousand, he'd sell both the breeding house's operating license and all the equipment inside, never come back for the rest of his life, and focus on academic research at the university.

Just as Zhao Wuji was lost in thought, the door creaked open with a groan.

Ye Bai surveyed the overall layout of the room. From the outside, it had three floors, each about a hundred square meters.

Much larger than the place he had been in before.

Though the breeding house was now covered in dust everywhere, the interior decoration and design were still decent.

"Boss, I heard you want to sell the breeding house. Let's talk about the price!"

Ye Bai revealed a smile like a sly little fox, and Zhao Wuji couldn't help but shiver.

An hour later, a beaming Zhao Wuji walked out.

A card was tucked in his pocket, and his mood was one of pure relief.

He hadn't expected his luck to be so good—no sooner had the thought crossed his mind than a buyer showed up, and they even met his target price.

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