A Lifetime Employment Contract (3/5)

"Are you really going back to avenge your mother?" Ma Feifei asked seriously. It was uncertain whether Li Bieli's mother had been murdered by the Jiang Family, but the Prince Jiang's Patriarch was Li Bieli's father. If Li Bieli went back, he would be going to clash with his own father.

Ma Feifei wasn't sure if the plot of a son killing his father would actually happen, but at the very least, Li Bieli definitely face criticism from the world, and might even be considered unfilial.

"I hope the shopkeeper will grant my request!" Li Bieli replied earnestly. Returning to the capital to seek justice for his mother was his lifelong wish, and he was willing to die for it.

Seeing this, Ma Feifei sighed softly, nodded, and said, "Alright, be careful on your way back, and come back as soon as you're done. I still have a task for you."

"Thank you so much, shopkeeper!" Li Bieli was overjoyed and bowed in gratitude.

Ma Feifei waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."

Although Li Bieli was somewhat related to him, he really had no right to stop Li Bieli from doing what he wanted to do, especially since it was such a momentous matter as avenging his mother, for which he had even less reason to stop him.

However, Li Bieli has only just entered the Spirit Saint First Stage realm. Going to the Jiang Family to avenge his mother, he may not be able to escape unscathed. After all, the Jiang Family is one of the Twelve Kings of the Great Chu, and they still have some foundation.

Of course, this did not stop Li Bieli from going to the capital to seek revenge. After thanking them, Li Bieli walked out of the Mysterious Bookstore with his head held high.

Ma Feifei watched Li Bieli's departing figure silently, and for a moment he also fell into deep thought.

"Where have you been these past few days?" Yun Qingyang asked Ma Feifei.

"Of course I went to rescue people! Look, I even brought back the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey! Isn't that amazing!" Ma Feifei said proudly, pointing to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey that had been standing quietly to the side without saying a word.

Yun Qingyang glanced at the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey chuckled and greeted her, "Sister Qingyang."

"When are you going to pay me back the money you owe me?" Yun Qingyang said coldly.

"Uh..." The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey froze on the spot.

Ma Feifei was also a little confused and asked in confusion, "What, does this monkey owe you money too?"

Ma Feifei was truly speechless! It felt like every employee in the entire Mysterious Bookstore owed Yun Qingyang money!

Who started this trend?

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey said somewhat embarrassedly, "I didn't have any Spirit Crystal when I went shopping with Ba Jiu, so I borrowed ten Spirit Crystal from Sister Qingyang."

"Ten?" Yun Qingyang's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "What did I tell you back then? The principal was ten spirit crystals, but the interest would increase every day. Several months have passed now; it's not something that can be repaid with just ten Spirit Crystal."

"Yes, yes, Sister Qingyang, however many you say, that's how many I'll return to you right away." The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey smiled apologetically, then looked at Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei instinctively took a step back and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey scratched its head and said, "Shopkeeper, could you lend me a thousand Spirit Crystal? I need to pay back Sister Qingyang first."

Ma Feifei hesitated for a moment, then said, "Monkey, lending you a thousand Spirit Crystal is no problem, but I advise you to first ask yourself how many Spirit Crystal you actually owe before you say anything."

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey didn't quite understand the deeper meaning of Ma Feifei's words, but it grasped the literal meaning. It turned to Yun Qingyang and asked in a low voice, "Sister Qingyang, including interest, how many Spirit Crystal do I owe you in total?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyang took out a small notebook from her spatial ring. Ma Feifei discreetly walked behind Yun Qingyang and looked at the notebook. She found that Yun Qingyang's notebook was filled with densely packed numbers. At the top of the page that Yun Qingyang had turned to, the words "Sky-reaching Ape Monkey" were written.

Then look down, the first line is: October 7th, 351st year of the Great Chu Dynasty, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey borrowed ten Spirit Crystal.

This is the principal, and it matches what the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey said.

Ma Feifei looked down and saw rows of dates, each with a string of numbers next to it, starting with 20, 30, 40... then moving on to ten thousand, twenty thousand... then one million... two million...

Alright! Ma Feifei doesn't need to look anymore. He only just saw that it was December 24th, 351st year of the Great Chu Dynasty, and the total amount owed had already reached two million.

It is now June of the First Year of Qiongyu!

In just over half a year, the interest must have compounded to an astronomical figure, right?

Even if Ma Feifei lent all his savings to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, he probably still wouldn't be able to repay the horrific debt of 'ten' Spirit Crystal.

"You now owe a total of 32,765 billion Spirit Crystal. Pay it back." Ma Feifei didn't know how Yun Qingyang had finally calculated such a number; it was probably just something she made up. Anyway, how much she owed was up to her mood.

But the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was different. Upon hearing the number, he almost choked on his breath, staring wide-eyed at Yun Qingyang, and asked incredulously, "Owe... owe... owe so much?"

"Of course, this is based on my precise calculations, it's absolutely accurate. You'd better pay me back quickly, otherwise the amount will be different tomorrow," Yun Qingyang said seriously. She updates the new debt information in her notebook every day, so it's definitely not wrong.

"But..." The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was a little embarrassed, and originally wanted to defend himself.

"Hmm?" Yun Qingyang's temper was as unpredictable as summer weather, and he immediately turned cold, ready to slap the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey to death if it dared to resist.

Yun Qingyang would show absolutely no mercy to those who refuse to repay their debts.

"I'll return it! I'll definitely return it!" the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey immediately promised.

However, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey's face immediately fell, and he said aggrievedly, "But Sister Qingyang, I don't have that many Spirit Crystal."

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey also has so many Spirit Crystal that Ma Feifei definitely can't produce them. Even if he could, he wouldn't lend them to him, so he has to think of another way.

"It's okay if you don't have the money to pay back, let's sign an agreement." Yun Qingyang seemed to have known all along that the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey couldn't pay back, and took out a piece of paper and a pen from his spatial ring, handing them to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey took the paper and pen and looked at the words on it. He could still recognize the characters, but his expression became somewhat conflicted after recognizing them.

Curious, Ma Feifei went around to the back of the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey to see what was written on the paper. When he saw it, Ma Feifei's lips twitched involuntarily.

The inscription reads, "The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey that can not repay its loan voluntarily sells itself to pay off the debt, and will go to the Book Garden every day to do three hours of voluntary labor until it dies."

In other words, this is a lifetime employment contract!