Bai Zhi's bed-warming technique came from a television drama in Minor World 003.
In the drama, every night before a corrupt official went to sleep, two maids would warm his bed... by holding their master's feet in their arms!
It was far too simple. Bai Zhi felt she could manage it with ease.
As long as her master cherished her enough, he wouldn't sell her off so easily, right?
After all, the Shop's principle was that anything could be sold.
Bai Zhi had never worried about this before. After all, the people who truly found the Shop were all seeking something... Who could have imagined that Lucia, the Grand Princess, would show up asking for Bai Zhi herself?
She had repeated the Grand Princess Lucia's words exactly, without adding or removing a single word. Now all she could do was wait anxiously.
"So that's what the Grand Princess said..." Boss Luo nodded and smiled faintly. "No wonder you've been acting so strangely. Don't worry. I won't sell you off so easily."
Bai Zhi's heart lifted slightly, and her expression visibly relaxed. Master is so kind!
Boss Luo narrowed his eyes. "After all, the Grand Princess really values you. She'll have to pay a very high price."
Bai Zhi's heart sank. She stood there dumbfounded, as if petrified and covered in black lines, with tears dangling from her large eyes like pendulums.
"...That's, that's true. Bai, Bai Zhi is Master's private property. So, so even if I'm sold, I... I should still earn Master even more in return. I... I'll go out first."
As if her soul had been pulled out, Bai Zhi drifted out of the study like a pale shell, her head tilted up and her face blank.
Boss Luo couldn't help chuckling. Perhaps he had teased her a