"Sure enough, a Goddess—the kind of goddess picked from ten thousand to be every shut-in guy's dream, right?" In the girls' dormitory, Qilin watched Lena keep twisting her body to get used to the clothes and spoke with undisguised sarcasm.
As if she had not caught the bitterness in Qilin's words, Lena continued to grin carefree. "Not some shut-in guys' goddess. I'm the Goddess of Dawn! From now on, you should call me Your Goddess!"
"Pfft. I think you're just a crazy goddess," Du Qiangwei said irritably.
"Uh..." Lena choked up for a moment, then gave an awkward laugh and forcibly changed the subject. "I still have too few clothes. I can't keep wearing yours all the time, can I? Besides, look—they don't fit at all..."
"Whose fault is it that your butt's so big?" Qilin mocked her just as irritably.
"Ahahaha..." Lena forced out a laugh to hide her embarrassment. "How about it, ladies? Come on a shopping spree with me?"
"No time!"
"No money!"
Du Qiangwei and Qilin voiced their objections one after the other. Neither of them particularly disliked Lena, but neither did they like her much. Put nicely, Lena was here to assess them. Put bluntly, she was here to beat them up. Who liked getting beaten up?
Qilin had always stayed in the dorm doing her own thing and did not know much about what went on outside.
But ever since learning about the miserable state of those boys during the last meeting, she had become somewhat wary of her roommate Du Qiangwei and had developed no fondness for all those assessments. Even though she herself had passed assessments back at the police academy, no normal person liked getting beaten up!
Du Qiangwei understood the twists and turns here even better. After all, she was the one carrying out the assessments. The training and assessments she had undergone in the military were far stricter than Qilin's ordinary police academy experience. When military instructors beat people, they hit wherever it hurt the most without holding back in the slightest. As long as it was not a fatal spot, they would lay into it with all their strength—even the female instructors were the same!
Seeing that the two were not biting, Lena grew troubled. After thinking for a moment, she smiled. "How about I go easy on you two during the assessment? Keep me company, okay? It's my first time on Earth. I want to have some fun..."
"You said it!"
Du Qiangwei and Qilin spoke in unison. To keep Lena from backing out, Du Qiangwei added, "No going back on your word!"
"Hahaha, I'm your Goddess! How could your Goddess ever go back on her word?" Lena laughed heartily and waved a hand with great flair.
"Okay!" Du Qiangwei stood up, paced a few steps, and said thoughtfully, "Since we're going on a shopping spree, we'll be buying a lot of things..."
"Of course, of course!" Lena was getting impatient.
Du Qiangwei raised a hand to stop Lena's excited expression. "That also means we'll be spending a lot of money. Do you have any?"
It was as though a bucket of cold water had been dumped over Lena's head. Ryze the Wanderer had teleported her here in such a rush that she had not even brought clothes. Where would she get money? Besides, even if she had any, Blazing Sun currency would not work on Earth! And as the Goddess of the Lieyang Civilization, she had never even had the concept of money. She had only learned about it after doing some research before coming to Earth...
"You... don't have any money either?" Lena asked timidly.
"Why should we spend our money on your shopping spree?"
Du Qiangwei and Qilin answered in unison again. Qilin also added, "I was temporarily suspended from duty after arriving at the academy. My new post hasn't been arranged yet. I need to pass the assessment and become a Xiong Bing Lian Warrior before I can take up my position!"
"Oh, then it's over. How long will I have to wait?" Lena covered her face and said mournfully.
"Besides, if you buy that much stuff, someone will have to carry it. I don't want to be a laborer," Du Qiangwei said.
"Me neither!" Qilin added.
"After saying all that, you still just don't want to go with me, right?" Though Lena was somewhat carefree by nature, she was not stupid. Her tone turned threatening. "Then the assessment..."
"Fine. Then don't wear our clothes when the time comes. Go naked. I'm sure those boys will absolutely love this assessment!" Du Qiangwei sneered, completely unmoved by Lena's threat.
"You..." Lena had no reply.
"But all your problems aren't problems at all for a certain someone!" Du Qiangwei suddenly changed tack and stared into Lena's eyes. "As long as you add one more person to the list of people you'll go easy on, I think he'll be very willing to become the laborer we're freeloading off!"
"Who is it?" Lena hurriedly asked, instantly throwing aside the unpleasantness of her earlier bickering with Du Qiangwei.
Qilin looked up at Du Qiangwei in surprise. She seemed to understand something. Du Qiangwei had laid so much groundwork just to secure another spot for someone. That person might seem to be getting the short end of the stick, but compared with a formal assessment at Lena's level, it was nothing at all!
"Wei Zitong!" Du Qiangwei named him.
"Who's Wei Zitong?" Lena quickly asked.
Du Qiangwei turned toward the balcony. "That show-off reading on the balcony across from us!"
Following Du Qiangwei's indication, Lena saw the handsome young guy who had helped turn her invisible during Ryze the Wanderer's summoning class today and smiled. "It's him? I was already planning to repay him properly. You didn't need to beat around the bush and plead for him!"
"How will you repay him?" Qilin asked. "Offer yourself to him?"
"That works too!" Lena puffed out her chest, her face not reddening in the slightest.
"Shameless!" Qilin shot Lena a sidelong glare and said irritably.
Wei Zitong had been drafted as a laborer—and not only was it unpaid labor, he even had to pay out of pocket. He was depressed beyond words...
There was no helping it. Lena's promise to go easy on him was too tempting. Looking at the envy, jealousy, and resentment on the boys' faces, he had originally wanted to drag a few of them in to share the burden.
But the three girls sternly refused, especially Lena. She had no favorable impression whatsoever of those pathetic losers who had taken advantage of her predicament during summoning class.
And so, the sight of three beauties and one handsome guy strolling down the street side by side appeared. The handsome guy, however, looked especially burdened. He was carrying and hanging bags all over himself, with even a bag dangling from his neck by its long strap.
As if deliberately trying to bleed Wei Zitong dry, Du Qiangwei, who had taken the initiative to shop with Lena, chose only expensive stores rather than suitable ones. Wei Zitong felt like his heart was bleeding!
As a shareholder in a multinational corporation, he was certainly wealthy, but Wei Zitong's soul was still that of a poor man. Back when he bought that multimillion sports car, he had agonized over the decision for ages. Yet he had never expected it to be ruined after only one day by Ge Xiaolun's shout of Silence!
The stores Du Qiangwei chose were all world-famous designer clothing shops where prices started in the tens or hundreds of thousands. The money might not have seemed as valuable as that sports car, but Lena found everything novel. She did not want to pass up any clothing that looked good. In the end, Wei Zitong had no choice but to rent a cart to haul all their purchases!
As an alien, Lena had no concept of money at all. She simply kept buying and buying, leaving Wei Zitong to deal with everything else. Along the way, she even encouraged Du Qiangwei and Qilin to buy plenty of clothes too.
Du Qiangwei naturally did not hold back. That woman had an incredibly sharp eye. Lena bought whatever looked pretty without caring about the price, but Du Qiangwei immediately picked out an outfit that looked simple yet actually cost a fortune. That one outfit alone cost more than all the dozens of pieces Lena had bought combined!
Wei Zitong's heart was breaking, while the saleswoman was overjoyed!
This dress, not particularly extravagant in appearance but exquisitely crafted, had finally been sold!
Though Qilin could not resist Lena's urging, the girl truly had a beautiful heart. After picking through countless options, she ultimately chose the cheapest one, moving Wei Zitong so much he nearly cried...
By the time he paid for Du Qiangwei's purchase, Wei Zitong had completely maxed out his fifth credit card. He felt around in his pocket and discovered sadly that he only had one debit card left!
So he glanced at that outrageously expensive dress, looked at the saleswoman with utmost sincerity, and said, "This dress doesn't look that good. Can you make it cheaper?"
Seeing that the three beauties had bought so many clothes and that the handsome man before her had paid for all of them, the saleswoman patiently explained with a smile, "I'm sorry, sir, but this dress is a famous French..."
"Don't make it so expensive!" Wei Zitong stared straight into the saleswoman's eyes and enunciated every word.
The saleswoman seemed to be struck by lightning. Her mind buzzed, and a moment later, she looked at Wei Zitong like a lovestruck fool and said blankly, "All right, sir. I'll give you fifty percent off..."
"Okay!" Wei Zitong happily took out his last debit card and paid.
"Wow! Your ability is amazing! So magical!" Lena clapped repeatedly in amazement from the side.
"Hurry up! The effect won't last long!" Wei Zitong gave a sly grin, grabbed the cart, and ran outside.
"Tch, cheapskate!" Du Qiangwei snorted coldly, pulling Lena and Qilin along as they hurried after him.
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