After Pampering Her 5 Beast Husbands, the Villainess Struck It Rich

Chapter 28: Chapter 28: And These Three Are?

Bai Zhi frowned. "Are you loan sharks? I borrow one million and have to pay back two million? Even loan sharks don’t have interest rates this high."

’Thinking about it that way, one million isn’t that hard to spend after all!’

Bai Zhi: "Give me the mission."

The system explained, "I am the Godly Rich Spending System. If you want to borrow money, the interest will naturally be quite high."

[Special Night Mission: Please spend 2,000,000.00 Star Coins on five Beast Husbands within two hours.]

[Mission Reward: 2,000,000.00 Star Coins.]

Upon hearing the mission announcement, Bai Zhi immediately said to Hu Yan, "Money is not an issue."

Lang Qiu and the others had taken the flying device, so they could only call a Hovercar.

Bai Zhi got out of the Hovercar and saw that the place was completely different from anywhere she had been before. There wasn’t a single person on the streets, which didn’t resemble normal roads; they looked more like a series of small alleys.

After passing through one of the alleys, Bai Zhi felt as if she had entered another world. It was a place of flashing lights and debauchery. The pedestrians on the street all hurried along, looking as if they were rushing to get something done.

Flying devices were parked one after another along the road.

Bai Zhi couldn’t help but ask, "What is this place?"

Hu Yan explained, "This is Blue Star’s underworld. Unlike the mall we went to before, places here only open at night. We’re going to a boxing gym in the black market. Anything forbidden by the Alliance, you can find a trace of it in the black market."

Hearing this, Bai Zhi’s voice instantly jumped a few octaves. "Are you saying those two went to fight in an underground match?"

Hu Yan nodded. "Yes. The pay for underground fighting is good. You can make tens of thousands of Star Coins from a single match."

Bai Zhi asked reflexively, "Then why are we so poor...?"

She only realized after asking that it was all the original owner’s fault. Whether it was from hunting or underground fighting, they earned a lot of money, but the original owner, besides being cruel, was also tricked into gambling by a group of people. This led to any money they had being spent by her, to the point that Hu Yan and the others didn’t even have proper clothes to wear.

Hearing her words, the others all looked at her with unreadable expressions.

Bai Zhi noticed their gazes but pretended not to, asking instead, "What time do the boxing matches usually start? Do they only need to fight one match, or many?"

Hu Yan glanced at the establishment in front of them. "They start around 8 o’clock. Lang Qiu usually only fights one match. Typically, if there’s a suitable price, they’ll contact him."

As they spoke, they stood outside a magnificently decorated establishment. The building had three floors in total, including a basement level.

And the bottom floor was where the underground fights were held.

The top two floors were a bar, using the clamor of the bar to conceal the transactions below.

Two people stood guard at the entrance, checking customers as they came and went.

Ordinary people could only enjoy themselves on the top two floors; the basement level was off-limits to most.

Hu Yan: "Let’s go in first, then look for a chance to slip down to the lower level."

Yan Yichen: "How about I turn into my beast form and fly in?"

Hu Yan just gave him a cool glance. "Your colors are too bright. Do you take them for fools? There’s a door down there that weighs a ton; you need to be a member to get in."

Bai Zhi: "A member? How do you become a member here?"

Hu Yan: "Their regular members can access the first and second floors. The basement level requires an invitation from someone inside, plus proof of several million in funds. Their special membership fee alone costs one hundred thousand Star Coins."

Yan Yichen frowned. "But we don’t know anyone. What do we do? We still can’t get in touch with Lang Qiu and the others. We can’t just ignore this, can we?"

"Who said we’re going to ignore it?" Hu Yan said, then turned to Bai Zhi. "Wife, you go first."

Then he leaned in and whispered in her ear, "In a moment, act a little fiercer, just like you used to. Say you’re looking for Aik, and then..."

Bai Zhi: "???"

’I can act, but I have no idea what I was like before!!’

Bai Zhi straightened her clothes, cleared her throat, held her head high, and walked straight toward the main entrance.

A red light on the system flashed. BEEP BEEP BEEP—

"Non-member, non-member."

The system had just finished its alarm when Bai Zhi and her group were stopped.

Bai Zhi’s brow furrowed, and she immediately demanded with immense arrogance, "Do you have any idea who I am? How dare you stop me? I’m going to the lower level to watch the show! If you waste my time, can you afford to compensate me?!"

The two Beastmen looked at each other, then said with serious expressions, "Apologies, we are just doing our jobs. This is a members-only club. You must be a member to enter."

Bai Zhi’s face immediately fell in displeasure. "What member? Get your guy, uh, Aik-something, out here! Didn’t Qi Lie say that as long as I came looking for him, I could definitely get in? Are you in charge here or not?! If not, get me someone who is!"

Her words perfectly conveyed the domineering arrogance of a privileged female.

One of them heard the familiar name and immediately said, "Oh, so you know Qi Lie. I’ll go get Aik right now. Please wait a moment."

Bai Zhi frowned, displeased. "Well, hurry up. My time is precious. Any later and the show I want to see will be over!"

After a short while, the Beastman returned, bringing with him another tall, sturdy Beastman who was dressed impeccably.

That Beastman sized up Bai Zhi and her group warily and said, "I just contacted Qi Lie. He doesn’t know you."

Hearing this, Bai Zhi’s heart skipped a beat. She hadn’t expected them to actually call and verify.

Seeing that he seemed about to have them thrown out, Bai Zhi remained calm in the face of danger, deliberately raising her voice and shouting angrily, "Are you calling me a liar? Take a look at the Star Coins in my account! Do I look like I need to lie?"

As she spoke, she pulled up the account that the system had previously created to fool Hu Yan and the others, and showed it to them.

’Right or wrong, I can’t lose the upper hand in terms of presence. Otherwise, they’ll definitely assume we have bad intentions and won’t give us any chance to get in.’

The other party saw the large number of Star Coins in her account, but without an invitation from an acquaintance, he couldn’t let them in either.

Just then, the Beastman suddenly answered a video call, and a figure popped up in front of him.

Then Bai Zhi and the others heard the person on the other end say, "Ah, sorry about that. I was a little out of it just now. That’s right, there was something like that. I forgot. Go ahead and set it up for them."

The Beastman’s expression immediately brightened. He smiled and said, "I see. With your word, this is much simpler."

Bai Zhi glanced at Hu Yan in confusion. ’Could it be someone Hu Yan knows?’

Hu Yan gave her a reassuring look.

Seeing this, Bai Zhi’s heart, which had been in her throat, settled back down. ’Since Hu Yan has arranged everything, I just need to do as he says.’

After hanging up the video call, the Beastman smiled and said, "My sincere apologies. We’ve had a few incidents recently, so we’ve been a bit stricter."

Bai Zhi put on a displeased expression and probed, "So, is this place safe or not? Nothing’s going to happen, right? Don’t tell me I’ll go in and then you won’t let me out."

"Rest assured, our establishment is completely safe. As long as you follow our rules, nothing will happen."

Then, his gaze fell on the three behind Bai Zhi, and he asked, "And these three are?"