Chapter 113: Picking Up Treasures For Free

Sitting in his office, Bai Yi looked at his younger brother’s excited face. Listening to what Bai Jing had just said, Bai Yi’s eyes lit up.

He lowered his voice and asked, "Has the Li Ming Small Shop appeared?"

Bai Jing nodded, then excitedly whispered, "Elder Brother, guess how many giant carrots I managed to buy today."

Bai Yi stared at Bai Jing for a few seconds, then thought, ’The last time A Jing bought the giant carrot, the Li Ming Small Shop only sold one giant carrot. Based on how excited A Jing is today, he must have managed to buy more than last time.’

After thinking for a moment, Bai Yi replied, "Five."

Bai Jing shook his index finger, then grinned and said, "More than that."

Hearing this, Bai Yi’s eyes flickered. ’More than that?!’

Suppressing his surprise and excitement, Bai Yi boldly said, "Ten."

Bai Jing’s grin widened as he proudly announced, "Wrong! It’s eighty giant carrots!"

The second his words fell, Bai Yi suddenly stood up from his seat. "How much?! Eighty?!"

Bai Jing nodded. "Yes! Eighty!"

As the two brothers looked at each other, they could see hope and suppressed excitement in each other’s eyes.

Recalling that he had forgotten to change the address when buying the giant carrots, Bai Jing added, "Erm, Elder Brother. I was too nervous and forgot to change the address when buying the giant carrots today."

"Which address did you use?" Bai Yi asked, then sat back on his chair.

Bai Jing checked his purchase history, then replied, "The Bai Manor."

Looking at his elder brother, he added, "The purchase status has been marked as completed. The steward should have received the delivery. Elder Brother, you should send someone to retrieve them."

Bai Yi thought for a moment, then responded, "I will go get them later. Keep an eye on the Li Ming Small Shop. Make sure to buy everything available there."

"Got it."

Bai Yi paused for a second, then asked, "Oh, right. How much did you spend to buy those giant carrots?"

Bai Jing glanced at his purchase history, then saw that the price for one giant carrot had increased a hundredfold, from 10 Interstellar Coins to 1,000 Interstellar Coins.

Realizing that he had only spent 80,000 Interstellar Coins to buy eighty giant carrots, Bai Jing smiled in a good mood.

"The price increased a hundredfold today. I only spent 80,000 Interstellar Coins on all the giant carrots."

As the Second Young Master of the wealthiest family in the Interstellar Union, spending 80,000 Interstellar Coins to buy such heaven-defying carrots was like picking up treasures for free.

When Bai Yi heard that the price had only increased to 1,000 Interstellar Coins, he nodded and said, "No matter how expensive the giant carrots become in the future, we must buy as many as we can before other people find out about it."

"Don’t worry, Elder Brother. I know what to do," Bai Jing replied seriously.

Just as he said that, someone knocked on the door. Bai Yi looked toward the door and said, "That’s it for now. Remember to inform me if you manage to buy more giant carrots."

"Yes, Elder Brother."

After ending the call with Bai Jing, Bai Yi looked toward the door and calmly said, "Come in."

A second later, the door opened from the outside, and a soldier walked into the office. Standing before Bai Yi, he saluted, then said, "Captain Bai, Commander Huo has woken up and requested your presence."

When Bai Yi heard this, he sighed in relief. He stood up, straightening his clothes, then looked at the soldier and said, "Let’s go. We shouldn’t let Commander Huo wait."

With that, the two of them left the office and went to the temporary treatment center.

After Huo Jiyang’s mental energy breakdown that destroyed the treatment center’s building, the First Military Fleet had temporarily moved the treatment center to the fifth floor of the First Military Fleet’s headquarters building.

Walking into the elevator, the soldier pressed the button for the fifth floor, then looked at Bai Yi. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"Captain Bai, the royal family heard the news about Commander Huo’s condition and sent an envoy yesterday. The envoy is currently inside Commander Huo’s isolation room."

Bai Yi’s expression sank when he heard this.

Noticing the change in his expression, the soldier lowered his voice and continued, "Captain Bai, the Vice-Commander said that this envoy is a direct member of the Royal Family. We can’t offend this envoy."

Bai Yi didn’t say anything for a long time. Just when the soldier thought he wouldn’t respond, Bai Yi said, "I know what to do."

Hearing this, the soldier secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Ding.

Seeing that the elevator had arrived at the fifth floor, the soldier waited until the doors opened, then let Bai Yi walk out first before following two steps behind.

While the two of them walked down the long corridor, inside one of the isolation rooms, a middle-aged man was sitting on the couch while watching the doctors monitor Huo Jiyang’s condition.

"Doctor, how is Commander Huo’s condition? Has his pollution level really decreased, or is this just a temporary situation following his mental energy breakdown?"

Questioned by him, the chief doctor looked at the virtual screen floating above the device on the table.

Showing the data to the middle-aged man, the chief doctor said, "Your Grace, we have conducted a complete examination since yesterday, and the data indeed shows that Commander Huo’s pollution level decreased by 4.8%, from 99% to 94.2%, after his mental energy breakdown."

Listening to the doctor’s report, Fu Geyin’s fingers slowly tapped the armrest of the couch as he thoughtfully muttered, "4.8%... This is not a small number."

The doctor nodded in agreement. "That’s right."

After a moment of thought, Fu Geyin asked, "Have you found out the reason behind this decrease in pollution level?"

The doctor looked regretful as he replied, "Not yet."