Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Are You My Long Lost Adoptive Father?

Qian Qi noticed Su Ang too. That special silver hair was hard to miss, and his unbelievable beauty was even harder. Her throat bobbed, and she nearly let out a catcall.

[Did you just try to whistle a catcall?]

She forced a straight face and replied fast: [Do not make things up (?-?)~]

[Your mouth already made the shape.]

She deflected even faster: [That is the original host’s habit, not mine (?-?)~]

[…] [The original host had no such habit!]

Still stunned by how good looking he was, she turned to the student she had grabbed and asked in a low voice: “Classmate, who is that?”

The student peeked over, recognized him at once, and answered: “That is Su Ang, a senior from the Commander Department.”

She watched the black-clad youth from a distance and thought: “Su Ang” fit him well. The name felt like starlight across the Milky Way and also like the presence of a top ranked fighter walking the world. It stuck in the mind. Soon, though, she pulled her gaze back.

She tightened her grip on her first potential customer and asked earnestly: “Classmate, have you really not heard my name, Qian Qi?”

The original body was famous in the Magiplant and Magibeast Departments, but here in the Skills Department she was nothing. Everyone here was an Awakener. If not for the school rule that Awakeners could not attack normal people, any one of these students could beat the original body until even her mother would not recognize her. That was not good for business. She needed everyone in the Skills Department to know her name. Once her brand spread, and people knew Qian Qi’s potions were one of a kind, then she could raise prices however she wanted.

She smiled to herself with a sly edge. Hearing that creepy little laugh, the poor classmate she had grabbed, a boy named Wang, shivered. By chance, he really had heard of Qian Qi. A friend in the Magibeast Department had told him her “heroic” stories in detail. Supposedly she was insanely arrogant, and even the instructors and the Principal could not do anything about her, so this tumor just grew more and more rampant. He had not believed it. How could a Principal fail to handle one student? But his friend had warned him again and again not to provoke Qian Qi. So when she dropped her name, he caved at once.

He swallowed and asked in a tiny voice: “Classmate, can you make it cheaper?” He had money, but he did not want to be a sucker.

She patted his shoulder and said briskly: “No haggling here, classmate. If you have the money, just buy it, okay?”

If you did not have money, you could skip it. She was not that unreasonable, right? That was her view. But to poor Wang, her words sounded like: You have money, buy it now, and if you keep bargaining, I will mess you up. With tears in his heart, he pulled out his Light-Brain and made the transfer. Fine. Call it paying to avoid disaster. He did not want a Qian Qi black mark like Chen Tong.

Moved by her first income, Qian Qi handed him the packet and added, as if she had just remembered: “Classmate, I forgot to say, the Hemostasis Potion is 998, and the bag is 2.”

Wang blinked hard: “???” He sent another two with a sigh. The bag cost money too? Why had she not just said one thousand?

This strong-arm sale finally made the Principal step in. He strode over and scolded in a stern voice: “Qian Qi, how can you trick a student like that? Give him back the money.”

She looked the Principal up and down and then called out, unsure but bold: “Dad?”

The Principal froze, full of question marks. Wang and Su Ang both glanced at him. Su Ang looked mildly surprised. Wang felt like he had uncovered a shocking secret. No wonder his friend had said the instructors and the Principal could not control Qian Qi. So she was the Principal’s daughter?

The childless Principal let out a sharp laugh and snapped: “Who is your dad? Why are you spouting nonsense?”

She puffed up and shot back: “Then why are you spouting nonsense? On what grounds do you say I am lying? Making things up the moment you open your mouth. Even my dad would not do something so low.”

The Principal shook with anger and pointed at her: “You say you are not lying? One second to stop bleeding is a lie.”

She stood straight as a spear and declared: “I am not lying. If I am lying, I am your dad.”

The Principal almost spat blood. This brat wanted to climb over his head and be his dad now. Seeing him wobble, she quickly dragged her shabby stall a little farther away and asked Wang in a whisper, like she feared a scam: “Who is this guy? Do you know him?”

Wang leaned in and whispered back: “This is the Principal.”

Qian Qi blinked, then froze: “… Oh no.”

Her face flipped instantly. She grabbed the Principal’s hands with both of hers and beamed: “So it is the Principal, sir. My eyes were blind. Please, please sit. Oh dear, I do not even have a proper chair for you!”

She smiled like she had just met her future in-laws, with no trace of the thug from moments ago, and began to sell with passion: “Principal, this Hemostasis Potion is something I made with sleepless nights and hard work. The effect is top notch, guaranteed real.”

Excitement bubbled in her chest. This was the Principal of Awakener University, a living billboard. If he personally tested her powder, her sales would explode. Hahaha, heaven had listened. She asked for a rich little lab rat, and one really came.

She leaned forward and asked with bright eyes: “Principal, let me cut you once.”

She pulled a small knife from her pocket and added quickly, eyes shining like a hungry wolf: “Do not worry. I just bought it and disinfected it. You will not get tetanus.”

The Principal yanked his hand back and blurted in alarm: “Qian Qi, what are you trying to do?”

She bared her teeth in a grin and explained like it was common sense: “You do not believe me, right? Let me cut you, then I will use the powder on you. You will know I am telling the truth.”

The Principal’s voice cracked as he snapped: “Why do you not cut yourself?”

Did she think he was a fool? Why should he use his own body to test this fake powder? Qian Qi paused, honestly surprised. She had not expected the Principal to be so timid that he would not let her cut him. Tsk. Was Awakener University okay if the Principal was this weak?