Chapter 79: Protecting Her Life
Seeing Su Muyao’s displeasure, Wen Nanxi reached out and gently patted her head. “Don’t worry, we won’t do that kind of thing.”
Hearing Wen Nanxi say this, Su Muyao’s expression softened.
Xiao Jihan also nodded. “Agreed.”
Hua Linye dropped his pitiful act, realizing that strategy wouldn’t work. He was only now realizing that entering his Wife Master’s heart wasn’t going to be easy. He truly regretted the cold words he had spoken in the past about leaving her.
Hua Linye composed himself, his fox eyes deepening with a mesmerizing light as he responded earnestly, “I’m sorry, Wife Master. I understand.”
“I promise I won’t do it again!”
However, he didn’t regret his action just now. He could see how happy she was when she sold her goodsâhappier than she ever was at home. He wanted to protect that smile.
Seeing that they had taken her words to heart, Su Muyao nodded.
Her expression shifted, and she added, “Still, thank you for earlier. But don’t do it again!”
“I don’t want to see you getting hurt.”
Hua Linyeâs face instantly broke into a smile, breathtakingly beautiful. “I know, Wife Master!”
“Wife Master still cares about me.”
“I promise to listen to you.”
“If you tell me to go east, I will never go west.”
Su Muyao felt like this fox was trying to bewitch her again. She didn’t respond to his flirtation, simply saying, “Go rest for now!”
Su Muyao continued selling. Customers who had witnessed the scene were stunned.
A male beastman nudged the person next to him. “Did you see that? Learn from him. Your Wife Master will definitely treat you differently.”
“I don’t think I can learn that…”
Su Muyao overheard their whispers and coughed awkwardly. “What would you like to buy?”
“Oh, hemostatic packets!”
“Yes, two packets.”
Su Muyao found that once people realized the efficacy of the hemostatic packets, demand soared. The crowd attracted even more onlookers; beastmen loved a spectacle. The line grew longer.
Fortunately, she had prepared a large stock.
Su Muyao collected a lot of Crystal Coins. She loved the sound of them clinking in her money bag. It gave her a sense of achievement and security. Eventually, there were too many, so she discreetly moved them into her pocket dimension for safekeeping.
Business was booming.
As noon approached and they were nearly sold out, Su Muyao considered closing up shop to grab some lunch and look around.
Just as she was thinking about packing up, a man who looked like a steward ran over frantically. “Oh my, Stall Owner, do you have any more hemostatic packets?”
Su Muyao looked at the few packets left in the basket.
The man assumed that was all that was left and said, “Do you have more? I’ll buy them all!”
“Your hemostatic packets are incredible. Just now, several of my family’s guards came back heavily injured. Your packets stopped the bleeding and saved their lives.”
“I’ll buy however many you have.”
The man looked at Su Muyao with gratitude, as if she were their savior.
Su Muyao paused. “I’m sorry, the hemostatic packets are all sold out.”
“Ah? All gone? When will you have more?”
“I should have bought more earlier!”
The man regretted not buying a larger quantity. The price was cheapâhalf that of the medical hallâand the effect was superior.
Su Muyao smiled. “I’ll be back at the next market.”
The man sighed. He would have to wait. Then he remembered something. “By the way, you mentioned sample packets earlier. Can I buy those?”
Originally, Su Muyao had prepared the small sample packets for free trials. But since Hua Linye had demonstrated the effect so convincingly, the samples hadn’t been needed.
“Sure,” Su Muyao said. “I have twenty sample packets. They are small, so I’ll sell them to you for five bronze Crystal Coins each.”
The man was delighted and handed Su Muyao one hundred bronze Crystal Coins.
Su Muyao gave him the packets.
He glanced at the remaining brown sugar and melon seeds. “Is this all the sugar and seeds you have left?”
“Yes, twelve pieces of brown sugar and this bit of melon seeds.”
The man bought them all. Su Muyao was happy and gave him a slight discount.
With everything sold, she said, “Let’s go. We’ll walk around and buy some things.”
She had a shopping list.
The group strolled through the market. Many tribes had set up stalls selling meat, mountain fruits, vegetables, and bird eggs.
Su Muyao went to the pottery stall first. After some bargaining, she bought a pile of clay pots and jars in various sizes. She needed the large ones for pickling sauerkraut and storing food for the snow season.
Next, she saw someone selling eggsâduck, chicken, and other bird eggs. The duck eggs were huge.
“Stall owner, how much for these?”
“Two bronze Crystal Coins each.”
“I’ll take them all!”
She planned to make salted duck eggs; the yolks were versatile for cooking and making pastries to sell. She was currently obsessed with her business ventures.
Su Muyao then bought soybeans, rice, and other grains. Wen Nanxi and the others stayed close, shielding her from the crowd.
She also bought cornmeal, planning to make multigrain pancakes for breakfast later. She still needed to commission some small pans.
They headed to the blacksmith’s shop.
After paying the deposit, as Su Muyao was walking out, she suddenly saw a carriage careening towards a cat in the street.
Seeing the cat, memories of the apocalypse flooded her mind. Su Muyaoâs face paled. Reacting on instinct, she surged forward with inexplicable strength, leaping to scoop up the cat and rolling inward, narrowly avoiding the carriage.
“Wife Master!”
Wen Nanxi and the others screamed, rushing towards her.
But in that instant, the road seemed to be sliced apart. The carriage acted as a boundary, severing the space between Su Muyao and her husbands.
Black mist erupted in the street before Su Muyao’s eyes, turning the sky dark.
Su Muyao realized something was wrong. Before she could react, the cat in her arms suddenly transformed into a human, drawing a dagger and thrusting it straight at her heart.
It was completely unexpected.
In that moment of peril, the ice crystal pendant around her neck flared with power, blasting the assassin back and killing him instantly.
At the same time, far away in an ice palace, Xie Guixue coughed up a mouthful of blood. Realizing what had happened, he tore through space, vanishing like a gust of wind.
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