The Zong Family, Quan Family, and Li Family are three of the top four well-known Nobles.
The Fan Family, a small noble family, wouldn't even be considered for a doorman position by them.
Fan Chengcai's face flushed red and then turned pale; he was almost in despair: "Is there really no way?!"
Da Lu Yuan, seeing that he had been pressured enough, then asked with concern: "Fan Er Shao, may I ask, what exactly happened?"
Hiring two Rank A peak Mental Strength experts as bodyguards was no small matter.
"What's the use of telling you? You wouldn't want to be bodyguards for someone like me anyway." Fan Chengcai poured himself a glass of white wine and drank it all in one gulp.
Fan Chengqi, who had been watching from the side for a while, finally said: "Two Blessing Masters, please stop beating around the bush. State your conditions, and we will definitely consider them carefully."
"Good, Fan Da Shao gets straight to the point!" Xiao Lu Yuan began to clap his hands.
Da Lu Yuan said: "It's very simple. Join our Alliance of the Spirits of Light, and we will provide protection to members within the alliance at a very favorable price. For members above the Pathfinder level, we provide free protection."
Fan Chengqi looked at Fan Chengcai without saying a word.
Fan Chengcai's expression changed, and finally, he gritted his teeth and said: "I'll join! But you have to keep it a secret! If you leak it out, I'll say you're spreading rumors!"
"Fan Er Shao, rest assured, we will absolutely not leak it. The list we showed you earlier was actually made up by us." Xiao Lu Yuan smiled like a fox that had stolen a chicken.
Da Lu Yuan looked at Fan Chengqi and asked tentatively: "Fan Da Shao, are you not joining?"
Fan Chengqi smiled slightly: "I'm not in a hurry. Let Chengcai go to your alliance as a vanguard first."
This meant he wanted to observe first.
Da Lu Yuan and Xiao Lu Yuan also understood the mentality of these Nobles.
If he wasn't in a hurry, they were even less so.
As long as one joined, could the others run away? The four of them laughed together.
As Da Lu Yuan was leaving, he said: "We have already contacted two Gene Evolvers with Rank A peak Mental Strength in the alliance. They will come here soon to be Fan Er Shao's bodyguards."
"How much is the reward?"
"Ten million Beichen Coins a week."
Fan Chengcai sneered: "Is that all? And you said we couldn't afford it?"
Xiao Lu Yuan said helplessly: "Fan Er Shao, this is a discounted price for internal members. You are a Noble, and we have given you even more discounts, only ten percent of the original price."
If it were the undiscounted price, it would be one hundred million Beichen Coins a week.
With the financial resources of Fan's Clothing, they really couldn't afford it.
Fan Chengcai's face became even more unsightly. After a long while, he recovered and said with a straight face: "Then send them over quickly."
The two Blessing Masters took out an instrument, first tested Fan Chengcai's biological information, and then entered it into their internal system.
Then, they had Fan Chengcai press his fingerprint on the instrument and sent a receipt to his Quantum Optical Brain account for him to sign.
After everything was completed, the two Blessing Masters sent a message to the alliance, saying: "Congratulations to Fan Er Shao for becoming a member of our Alliance of the Spirits of Light! Two Gene Evolvers with Rank A peak Mental Strength will come to the Fan Family tomorrow to protect Fan Er Shao."
After the two Blessing Masters from the Alliance of the Spirits of Light left, Fan Chengcai said angrily: "Brother, can't you go to the Hunted List and cancel the mission to kill me?! That mission is only worth two million Beichen Coins! But hiring bodyguards costs me ten million a week! — Can't I just pay them?!"
Fan Chengqi said calmly: "I have never heard of the Hunted List allowing missions to be canceled. Moreover, the missions on the Hunted List have been certified by the Law and Justice Department. It's not easy to get on, and it's impossible to get off."
Fan Chengcai was angry, fearful, and aggrieved. He was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
"If I knew who posted the mission… If I knew who posted the mission…"
He muttered, pacing back and forth in the room like a headless fly.
Fan Chengqi put down his wine glass, got up, and walked out, leaving a sentence: "If you really want to solve the problem once and for all, you should go to another planet. On Guiyuan Star, someone might be targeting you."
"I'm not going! Why should I go to another planet?!" Fan Chengcai couldn't control his emotions, "The last time I went to Cangge Star, I was so suffocated that I wanted to commit suicide!"
Fan Chengqi stopped, turned back to look at him, and said coldly: "Fan Chengcai, the family hopes you will marry the eldest daughter of the Quan Family's third branch. If you can't do it, you're just a waste. Our Fan Family is moving upwards! We don't need waste."
Fan Chengcai had never seen his elder brother speak so harshly, and for a moment, he didn't dare to go crazy.
He really wanted to marry a daughter of the Quan Family, but how could they possibly look up to him?
Fan Chengcai couldn't help but think of the time he went to Cangge Star to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of Quan Caiwei, the eldest daughter of the Quan Family's third branch.
So many handsome men and beautiful women, high-ranking officials and nobles were in attendance. As the lowest-level noble from the most backward planet, he was like dust on the ground, mud under their feet.
Forget marrying the eldest daughter of the Quan Family's third branch, he couldn't even get close enough to offer her a toast! Fan Chengcai gritted his teeth and said, "It's easy for you to say! Do you think I don't want to?! But our family background is too far behind!"
Fan Chengqi chuckled, "Chengcai, oh Chengcai, have you lost your confidence? We actually have a slight connection to the Quan Family through marriage."
"That roundabout marriage connection, you're not taking it seriously, are you, big brother? And even if we do, they don't! How can I be confident?! Go and see Quan Caiwei's coming-of-age ceremony! So many dignitaries, who am I?!"
"If you get Quan Caiwei, you'll become somebody!"
The brothers stared at each other in the small conference room, both frowning.
After a while, Fan Chengqi said, "Chengcai, you're very pleasing to women, and you've had many girlfriends. Don't you understand women's hearts? Whether they're nobles or commoners, their preferences are the same."
Fan Chengcai: "...Big brother, what do you mean?"
Fan Chengqi thought for a moment, then said, "...Don't treat noble women as noble women, but as common women. Don't treat common women as common women, but as noble women. - As long as you can do these two things, you can get any woman, no matter what class she's from."
"...But that's the Quan Family..." Fan Chengcai felt a toothache just thinking about it.
How could he climb up to such a family?! Fan Chengqi was angry at his appearance and said in a low voice, "You think the daughter of the Quan Family's third branch is difficult. The one I'm after is the apple of the Zong Family's second branch's eye..."
Fan Chengcai gasped, "...You mean, the Grand Princess's daughter?!"
That was indeed much harder to pursue than the eldest daughter of the Quan Family's third branch.
At this moment, Fan Chengcai burst into a raging fighting spirit.
There are no insurmountable barriers in this world, as long as you're willing to climb! He was determined to have Quan Caiwei of the Quan Family! Fan Chengqi looked at Fan Chengcai's spirited appearance and nodded with satisfaction, saying, "Compared to me, you have more opportunities. Next week, my fiancée Hui Yinong will bring Quan Caiwei to Guiyuan Star for a visit. They will stay at our house."
Fan Chengcai was stunned for a moment: "...Big brother, didn't you say you wanted to pursue the Zong Family's daughter?"
"That's not contradictory." Fan Chengqi smiled, "She's just a fiancée. As a noble, who doesn't have a few fiancées before marriage?"
Fan Chengcai understood and smiled meaningfully, "That's true. As a noble, who doesn't have a few mistresses after marriage?"
Fan Chengqi said casually, "That's the rule of the nobles. The law allows us one husband and one wife, but the law can't control how many beds we have."
...
Xia Chujian slept until nine or ten o'clock the next morning after her "sugar crash."
She stared blankly at the ceiling for a while before getting up.
After she finished washing up, she saw that her aunt had left breakfast for her on the dining table, along with a note.
"Chujian, I'm going to the library to check some information. The information on the Star Network isn't complete."
Last time, she said she wouldn't go out to check information, worried it was too dangerous.
Now she's going out anyway.
What kind of information is Auntie checking?
Xia Chujian wondered in her heart.
But she didn't pursue it to the end.
Since Auntie wasn't home, she could do her own thing.
She picked up her Quantum Optical Brain Smart Bracelet from the bedside table, and as soon as she put it on, she saw that Zong Ruoan had sent her 88,888 Beichen Coins as a "birthday gift."
Xia Chujian: "???"
They weren't close, really not close.
Their relationship was just a "Happy Birthday" message, not worth so much money.
She couldn't accept this money.
Without hesitation, Xia Chujian transferred all the money back.
Additional message: If you transfer the money back again, I'll delete you as a friend.
Actually, she wanted to delete Zong Ruoan as a friend immediately, but she was afraid because he was a member of the Special Security Bureau, so she didn't dare.
So she was being polite first, then tough.
If Zong Ruoan insisted on transferring money to her, she could delete him later.
Zong Ruoan also saw the notification of the money transfer immediately.
He thought it was his mother transferring money to him, because he was always the one transferring money to others, and the only person who had ever transferred money to him was his mother.
But when he saw it was actually Xia Chujian, black lines appeared on his forehead.
This girl, was it really necessary?
It was only a little over eighty thousand Beichen Coins. He could spend more than eighty thousand just treating someone to a meal on Beichen Star.
Was a gift of a little over eighty thousand Beichen Coins a lot for a birthday? He shook his head, originally wanting to transfer the money back to her and explain, but when he saw the attached message saying that if he transferred it back, she would delete him as a friend,
he stopped.
But Zong Ruoan was still annoyed that the gift he had given had been returned.
He wasn't someone with a good temper, but he was a very polite person.
He wouldn't lose his temper with just anyone.
Sitting alone at home thinking, he sent a message to a person in charge at Zong Military Industries, asking for a set of the latest Nanomaterial Bodysuit Bulletproof Vest, and to have it delivered to him as quickly as possible.
...
On this side, Xia Chujian resolved the issue of Zong Ruoan's birthday gift money, and then contacted San Zong in the Exotic Beast Forest outside Mulan City.
[Xia Chujian]: San Zong, can we have a video call?
[San Zong]: Yes.
Xia Chujian used the Quantum Optical Brain to create an encrypted video room, and then added San Zong's Smart Bracelet number.
It was San Zong's first time having a video call, and he was extremely excited.
Small Dog saw Xia Chujian's image appear in front of it and excitedly jumped up and shouted, "Wu Er Fu! Wu Er Fu!"
Xia Chujian waved at Small Dog as a greeting.
Then she said to San Zong, "San Zong, where's Yingying?"
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