Hua knew her guardian well. He was no good at comforting people.
When faced with someone feeling down, her guardian would only help them adjust their mood in his own way.
When Hua realized her tone had given her away, she knew she was in trouble. Just as she expected, her guardian brought up Aha with that mouth of his, so adept at getting under people's skin, and successfully diverted her attention.
One sentence was all it took to set her temper flaring.
Couldn't you have picked any other Aeon?
If I can't have a good time, neither can you.
Hua needed only two sentences to effortlessly infuriate Xianyu.
After telling her guardian part of the truth, she decisively held the Jade Abacus away from her.
Sure enough, even without speaker mode on, Hua could still hear the startled cry from the other end despite holding the Jade Abacus far away.
"How much? Ten billion? In Strales? You must have misspoken. You meant Credits, right?"
Hua denied it. "I didn't misspeak. Strales. Ten billion."
Thanks to the efforts of her guardian and other Xianzhou natives, the Xianzhou Alliance's fleet and economy far surpassed those of other nations.
As for currency, Credits were used by the most people in the universe, but when it came to the most valuable currencies... conservatively speaking, Strales currently ranked among the top five in the universe.
If you wanted to spend ten billion Credits, you only needed to have someone buy a few lots at an auction, and the money would soon be gone.
But ten billion Strales... spending that sum really wasn't easy.
Hua could fully understand her guardian's feelings. In his shoes, she would have been angry too.
After hearing that the final lot at a certain auction was connected to the Former