Beauty and the Beasts

Muir also had some assets, although he had long turned them in. “My card is also yours.”

Bai Qingqing halted, and she groaned in her heart: It’s not my intention to rob my mates of their assets! She truly had never thought of taking Muir’s money for herself; at most, she only wanted to eat a few good meals off him, and buy a few sets of pretty clothes.

But since she had already confiscated Parker’s and Winston’s valuable possessions, Bai Qingqing had no choice but to accept Muir’s. Despite her crestfallen expression, she declared in a tone as though it went without saying, “Of course, all mine.”

When she heard herself, Bai Qingqing was on the brink of tears.

After intermittently counting for a long while, she finally finished counting the crystals.

Winston had brought 639 crystals, out of which 240 were green crystals, while the remaining 399 were transparent crystals.

Whereas Parker’s totaled 530, all of which were green crystals.

Transparent crystals could be kept as high-end medicine that could save a person’s life in critical moments and could be set aside for the time being. As for green crystals, they could consume one each every ten years. Since there were five of them, 743 green crystals could sustain them for more than a hundred years. By then they would probably have gotten sick of living.

“We’ve got to install a safety deposit box at home and lock these up. To prevent them from being stolen.” Bai Qingqing hugged the small mountain of green crystals like a rich man and said.

“Hehehe…” Parker started laughing sinisterly.

Bai Qingqing looked up at him. “What are you laughing at? Your laughter sounds so villainous.”

The four males exchanged a glance, and Parker was the first to reply, “If those weak and clumsy humans can enter our home, I’ll admit defeat.”

Bai Qingqing said, “Don’t belittle humans. Humans rely on their brains and wisdom. Moreover, there are also humans with good fighting skills.”

Brainwashed by movies over a prolonged period, Bai Qingqing instantly thought of the secret service agents in sci-fi movies who approached without casting a shadow and left without leaving a trace. Since they could easily make it past the complex and ever-changing laser beams, it wasn’t impossible for them to escape the notice of beastmen’s ears.

But it was unknown if they could escape Curtis’s sense of smell (he frequently didn’t sleep at night), as well as beastmen’s acute intuition, which was sharper the more powerful they were.

At the thought of the bizarre technology out there, the males didn’t say anything else. In their hearts, they heightened their wariness towards humans.

Bai Qingqing placed the transparent crystals and green crystals into the two animal skin bags respectively, then dusted her hands and got up. “Alright, let’s hide the crystals first. After that, we’ll go shopping. All of you need a few sets of presentable clothes.”

As she spoke, she glanced at Parker’s and Winston’s feet, then at the footprints on the smooth porcelain floor. She added, “The two of you should take a shower since you even walked in the underground sewers.”

Winston and Parker instantly caught up. Parker surveyed the house, then scratched his head and said, “I don’t see any rivers. I searched for a long time outside but didn’t find any.”

Bai Qingqing said, “You won’t have to go thirsty. Come, I’ll teach you guys how to use the water.”

“Mm.”

This villa that was hidden among the trees might look like an exquisite little house in the woods, but in actual fact, it was very spacious. The three-story villa occupied a total area of more than five hundred square meters, which didn’t even include the hundred over square meter garden outside.

There was a living room, study, gym, kitchen, dining room, and three guest rooms on the first story.

On the second story, there were four bedrooms with similar layouts. Each came with a bathroom and balcony, with the windows opening out to four directions. In the center, there was a spacious family room.

On the third story, there was, of course, the master bedroom. Occupying the entire story, this was the most spacious room with the best lighting and scenery in the entire villa. There was even a sky garden in the open-air area.

Additionally, there was a basement, complete with a nanny’s room, storeroom, garage, etc. But Bai Qingqing had yet to discover them.