176: We're rich! We're rich!

Mother Nan was busy feeding one baby and wiping the mouth of another.

The little ones called her 'Grandma' over and over, making her so happy she felt like she was in heaven.

Father Nan was bragging to the Cubs, one moment talking about how amazing his fishing skills were, and the next about his flowers and plants.

Lu Ming secretly infused a bit of life force into the flowers and plants, and in an instant, all the flora in the house bloomed together.

“Wow! The flowers Grandpa planted are so beautiful!”

The Cubs showered Grandpa with praise, making Father Nan feel just as blissfully happy.

Mother Nan turned on the TV. Seeing something new, the Cubs had a ton of questions.

Every time Mother Nan answered a question, she was met with the Cubs' expressions of pure admiration.

Mother Nan was overjoyed; she hadn't felt such a massive sense of accomplishment in all her years of square dancing!

When night fell, sleeping arrangements became an issue.

The adorable Cubs said, “Grandpa, Grandma, it’s okay. We can sleep on the floor; we sleep on the ground all the time.”

Mother Nan immediately replied, “How could we let that happen! Little darlings must sleep on soft beds!”

In the end, it was decided that Little Fu would sleep in the bathtub.

Nan Zhinian would sleep on the sofa.

Nan Zhinian's bed was given to the four cubs: Huo Jun, Lu Ming, Hu Qi, and She Yanger.

Mother Nan and Nan Zhisui would sleep together.

Father Nan would sleep with Lang Xian and Lang Mu.

Nan Zhinian, lying on the sofa, thought: In the end, I'm the one bearing it all.

The next morning, Mother Nan called out, “Old man, we need to put buying a house on the agenda.”

“We don't have the money!”

“We do, we do, we do!” Nan Zhisui took out the large pearls she had scavenged from the seabed of the Beast World.

“Mom, Dad, look. These natural pearls are as big as a washbasin, perfectly round and complete—are they worth anything?”

Father Nan, Mother Nan, and Nan Zhinian leaned in to look. “Where did you get these?”

“Little Fu's father gave them to me.”

“Oh, the son-in-law gave them.”

Father Nan looked through a magnifying glass. “Based on my decades of life experience, these must be worth several hundred thousand.”

...The family brought the pearls to the largest jewelry market. As soon as they entered, they saw a very unpleasant man.

Nan Zhinian's face darkened. He whispered, “Sis, isn't that the guy who chased you for a long time in college but couldn't get you, and then spread those nasty rumors about you?”

When Nan Zhisui was in college, Zhuo Hong had spread rumors about her. After Nan Zhinian found out, he took a taxi to the school and got into a huge fight with him.

In the end, that bastard even extorted quite a bit of money from their parents.

What bad luck.

Nan Zhisui looked straight ahead and avoided Zhuo Hong's jewelry store.

Zhuo Hong recognized Nan Zhisui and gave a provocative smirk. “Oh, if it isn't my ex-girlfriend, our school's big beauty? What happened? Didn't go open a pet shop, but opened a kindergarten instead?”

Nan Zhinian was furious and stood in front of his sister. “My sister never dated you! If you keep spreading rumors, watch out or I'll beat you up!!”

Zhuo Hong looked at them as if they were a joke. “What are you doing with such a big bag? It can't be full of pennies, can it? Are you trying to buy pearls with all those pennies? Hahaha, you're killing me!”

The seven little cubs were unhappy and glared at him fiercely.

Back in the Beast World, who would have dared to bully their precious Mother!

Lang Mu puffed out his little cheeks in anger. “This uncle is really annoying.”

Lang Xian: “If my Daddy were here, he'd definitely beat him to death!”

Huo Jun was very modern: “Right, right, right. Daddy would let him experience the thrill of a free high-altitude flight. He wouldn't even need to scan a QR code to pay with his phone.”

Yanger: “...My scumbag father could let him enjoy waking up to see a giant snake's head.”

Hu Qi: “My Daddy could make him kneel down directly!”

Little Fu waved her chubby arms. “Daddy, make... eat seawater! Humph!”

Lu Ming: ...His father was a dead god. If he came back to life, he could probably make this guy wish he were dead.

Nan Zhisui couldn't be bothered with this classless man. She placed the large bag on the glass counter.

The shop assistant wasn't sure what it was at first, but when Nan Zhisui opened the bag to reveal the massive pearls inside, the assistant's eyes widened! “This, this... these can't be real pearls, right?”

Nan Zhisui asked, “Do you buy pearls? I'm selling these.”

“We don't...”

The store manager, who had seen countless jewels, realized at a glance that this pearl was extraordinary. He rushed over. “We do, we do! Wait, let me ask our big boss!”

The manager immediately started a video call with the big boss, and soon several appraisers arrived at the mall.

Zhuo Hong circled around nearby. “Nan Zhisui, where did you get these fakes to show off in front of me? You just want to get my attention, don't you?

Is it because you couldn't get married after graduation that you thought of me?

Even if you want to see me, you don't have to bring fakes. Hmph, these kinds of fakes. The mall's appraisers will be able to tell in one glance.”

Little Fu was very angry. “They are not fake. The pearls are real!”

Huo Jun whispered, “He dares to bully Mother, let's teach him a lesson!”

The little cubs asked seriously, “Who's doing it?”

“Me!” “Me!” “Let me!”

Almost every little cub raised their hand.

Little Fu said urgently, “Little Fu, Little Fu. Pearls, Mother, Little Fu!”

Huo Jun smiled. “Let Little Fu do it this time.”

The cubs doted on Little Fu and all agreed.

After the appraisal was finished, the store manager walked eagerly toward Nan Zhisui.

Zhuo Hong said, “Manager Wang, I was right, weren't I? This is a fake pearl, right? Where would you find such a large natural pearl? If it were real, it would have to be worth tens of millions, wouldn't it?”

Manager Wang snapped, “You, get out of the way. What does this have to do with you? Don't get jealous looking at someone else's pearls.”

Manager Wang said to Nan Zhisui, “Hello, miss. We are offering three million for this pearl. Are you willing to sell?”

Father Nan and Mother Nan were instantly stunned.

Father Nan thought to himself that his decades of experience were still not enough.

Seeing the family with their heads down in thought, the manager assumed they were unsatisfied with the price.

Afraid they would take such a rare masterpiece away, he said urgently, “No, no, no, four million! No, no, five million!!! Will you sell?! Fine, fine, one price, eight million!!”

The manager added, “Our boss sincerely wants it; the price is absolutely fair!”

Nan Zhisui, Nan Zhinian, Father Nan, and Mother Nan: “...”

Zhuo Hong's face turned green. “This is impossible?! How can this pearl be purely natural!!!”

Manager Wang shouted, “You, get lost!”

Nan Zhisui nodded. “Okay. We accept eight million. Manager, look, I also have a blood-colored pearl the size of a fist here...”

Nan Zhisui pretended to take a blood-red, fist-sized pearl out of her bag.

The large one from before was actually just one of the common pearls found everywhere in Lan Xing's palace; it was ordinary and far inferior to Lan Xing's mermaid tears.

As for this red pearl, there were hundreds of them piled up in Lan Xing's palace.

Very ordinary.

She hadn't paid much attention to it.

But Manager Wang gasped, quickly and carefully taking the pearl, terrified of even the slightest mishap.

“I'll go appraise it right away.”

Seeing this, Zhuo Hong also realized that Nan Zhisui's pearls were truly extraordinary.

His expression changed drastically, and he asked Nan Zhisui, “Do you have more pearls? Our shop buys them too, our shop buys them too!”

Such large pearls, if they were natural, would definitely be bought by those wealthy elites for a very, very high price after being packaged! That would be a value multiplied many times over!!

Nan Zhinian felt vindicated. He crossed his arms and said disdainfully, “Who would do business with you, you unlucky thing.”

Zhuo Hong's face turned green.

Just then, Little Fu waved her arms.

The water in Zhuo Hong's shop began to move erratically out of nowhere, and pearls scattered all over the floor.

Zhuo Hong was startled. “What's happening?”

He hurried to get up, but before he could take two steps, he stepped on his own pearls and fell flat on his face!

His face was instantly bruised and swollen like a pig's head.

“Holy crap!!”

“Pah, pah, pah! What's wrong today? Is Mercury in retrograde?”

Little Fu and her brothers all started giggling secretly.

Nan Zhisui also noticed the cubs' little movements and gave an indulgent smile.

When Manager Wang came out, he was almost in tears. He was practically ready to kneel before Nan Zhisui and call her 'Great Aunt'.

“We'll take it, we'll take it. For this blood pearl, ten million. Are you satisfied?”

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