Chapter 1971 - 1554: The Rations Are Too High-End—No Way I Can Afford to Raise You!

Gu Changsheng wasn’t interested in child neglect whatsoever, so, since she decided to let Baby Jin Bao tag along, some things were better clarified!

"Well... This baby..." Baby Jin Bao looked at Gu Changsheng, wanting to speak but hesitating, while continuously fiddling with his Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe with his chubby little hands.

Gu Changsheng felt a pang of heartache over the way he fiddled with it!

"Stop fiddling with it! If you continue, this Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe will tear!" Gu Changsheng rubbed her forehead, couldn’t help but say.

This is the Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe!

This is a priceless Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe, if it were to be ruined right in front of Gu Changsheng, Gu Changsheng reckoned she’d want to kill herself!

"Hurry up and tell me, what do you eat to survive?" Gu Changsheng tapped Baby Jin Bao’s little head, her face black as coal trying to maintain a friendly smile, urging.

"Well, this baby just eats this..." Baby Jin Bao thought for a moment, then spoke with a resolute face.

Seeing this, his chubby little hands extended forward, clutching his Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe...

Upon seeing this, Gu Changsheng’s bent waist stiffened, her mouth twitched, and she spoke in incredulity, "What did you say you eat?"

Could it be like what she thought?

No way, right?

"This baby eats this, this, the material of the Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe, these Diamond Jade Stones..." Baby Jin Bao once more extended the garment in his little hands, as if worried Gu Changsheng couldn’t see.

This time, not only was Gu Changsheng’s bent waist stiffened, her whole body was stiff...

The material of the Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe, these Diamond Jade Stones...

Equivalent to Baby Jin Bao’s food supply?

No!

No way!

Gu Changsheng couldn’t accept this reality!

Not only could Gu Changsheng not accept this, but even Zhou Mu, who usually kept his emotions in check like a Divine Residence, had a slight change in expression.

Shi Wujue, who astounded the world, couldn’t help but twitch...

As for Yuan Bao and Black Man Duo Shu, they were already too scared to speak!

Even Soul-Devouring Python shook her head, internally mourning for Baby Jin Bao...

Oh dear heavens, Snake Mother, your Fourth Auntie Grandma, Baby Jin Bao, may you seek blessings yourself!

Why do you choose to eat the valuable things; isn’t this torturing your feeder mercilessly?

Your feeder is someone who loves wealth as life; if she sees the materials of this Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe, these Diamond Jade Stones, there’s no way she won’t pocket them, how could she let them be baby Jin Bao’s food?

Your feeder is someone who strips a passing goose and treats raiding homes as routine; how could she let someone raid her own home?

According to Soul-Devouring Python’s analysis, this is entirely impossible, impossible...

"Baby Jin Bao, I’m giving you a chance — tell me, what do you want to eat? Did I mishear?" Gu Changsheng maintained the bent position to look at Baby Jin Bao, unable to move for a while, asking seriously.

"This baby eats this, right? You saw it, Diamond Jade Stones..." Baby Jin Bao blinked, a bit confused why everyone’s expressions had turned so strange...

Is it because he’s eating stones?

But, he was nurtured from the Spirit of Divine Mount Qilian!

As the saying goes, live off the mountain if you’re near it, is eating stones really that odd?

"Are you sure you want to eat the material of the Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe? Eat these Diamond Jade Stones? Jin Bao, think carefully, this is a Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe, an Immortal People’s robe, are you sure there’s no issue eating such high-end stuff?" Gu Changsheng’s face bore an odd expression that couldn’t be more odd as she looked at Baby Jin Bao with eyes flaring.

"But, since birth, this baby has been eating these things..." Baby Jin Bao looked innocent, not knowing where he went wrong...

In his eyes, no matter the mineral vein, no matter Diamond Jade Stone, Gold Mine, or Silver Mine — aren’t they all just stones?

No distinction whatsoever, alright?

Forgive him for being a Spirit; he really doesn’t understand the human world’s values!

"You! You! You..." At this moment, Gu Changsheng confirmed that Baby Jin Bao was not joking; he truly feeds on Diamond Jade Stones, so Gu Changsheng became angry, her finger trembling as she pointed at Baby Jin Bao, speaking firmly, "Damn it, you’d be better off drinking milk!"

Milk is great, milk is wonderful!

Even if they couldn’t be self-sustaining, hiring a wet nurse costs how much?

Baby Jin Bao is eating Diamond Jade Stones!

Diamond Jade Stones!

Gu Changsheng finally knew now, there are people in this world who crave fancy food even more than her!

This isn’t just eating; it’s consuming one’s fortune, one’s life!

"Well... but... from the moment I was born, I’ve been eating these things..." Baby Jin Bao blinked his big innocent eyes and said.

But Gu Changsheng didn’t want to pay attention to her anymore!

Without a word, Gu Changsheng grabbed her evildoer, turned around, and started walking towards the City Gate.

Damn it, she changed her mind, she didn’t want to take in this little brat Jin Bao!

Damn it, she couldn’t afford to raise this little brat!

"Evildoer, let’s go, let’s go, we don’t want this troublemaker, he can cling to whoever he likes!" Gu Changsheng grumbled as she walked.

"Wah... what’s happening? Why was everything fine just now, but suddenly you don’t want Baby anymore? Baby is very obedient..." Seeing this, Baby Jin Bao burst into tears!

Like tiny lotus root segments, he raised his little arms, hurriedly followed behind Gu Changsheng, struggling to take small steps, while wiping his tears, crying his heart out.

"Because you eat too extravagantly, even if I consider myself wealthy, I can’t afford it!" Gu Changsheng almost screamed in exasperation.

Damn it, being able to carry the essence of Divine Mount Qilian’s mines and own its endless treasures is all well and good, but the prerequisite was that she could afford to feed this small Jin Bao who eats Diamond Jade Stones!

Right now, Gu Changsheng didn’t even think of feeding Diamond Jade Stones to Baby Jin Bao as rations without feeling a pang of pain in her chest!

It’s impossible, impossible!

As someone who cherishes wealth as her life, Gu Changsheng stated that she truly couldn’t handle such a feeding arrangement!

She refused to accept this dual assault on her mental and physical state, she couldn’t take it!

"But Baby doesn’t eat a lot! Baby only eats a small piece like this every day..." Hearing this, Baby Jin Bao tearfully pointed to a small spot on his Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe, chokingly said.

At this, Gu Changsheng looked back at him and couldn’t help but twitch her mouth...

Alright then!

Baby Jin Bao indeed doesn’t eat much!

He only eats a little bellyband-sized piece of Diamond Jade Stone each day!

But, damn it, that’s Diamond Jade Stone!

If Baby Jin Bao didn’t eat something so precious and rare, Gu Changsheng felt that, even if he wanted delicacies and rare foods, she could still satisfy him!

But, the thing was, this is Diamond Jade Stone, the material for Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe!

The existence of Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe is legendary, who will tell her where on earth she can find Diamond Jade Stone as rations for Baby Jin Bao?

So, rather than starving him, it’d be better to let him fend for himself!

Let him do whatever he wants, she can’t afford it anyway!

Thus, with continuous steps, Gu Changsheng, within a few breaths, passed through the Smelting City’s City Gate and entered the town!

Without Baby Jin Bao’s hindrance, Gu Changsheng and her party entered the city quite smoothly, of course, if ignoring the crying child following them, it would be even smoother...

Upon entering the Smelting City’s City Gate, Gu Changsheng suddenly realized that it was no wonder they were delayed so long at the gate, finding no one passing through, it turned out the gate had been sealed with a Barrier!

So, as they stepped in, the scene instantly changed, filled with the sounds of smelting and hammering everywhere, heavy and resonating with the name of Smelting City!

And within the city’s streets, there were even more pedestrians, brightly lit everywhere!

"Don’t leave Baby behind, Baby is very good, wahhh..."

Gu Changsheng walked in front, and Baby Jin Bao followed behind, crying so pitifully...

Upon leaving the City Gate, Baby Jin Bao’s Golden Silk Jade-Threaded Robe lost its original dazzling sheen, now looking no different from ordinary garments, his little bellyband and small jacket, struggling to maintain balance, appearing just like a toddler who has barely learned to walk...

Baby Jin Bao’s pitiful appearance instantly drew sympathy from the pedestrians along the street, who started pointing at Gu Changsheng, their gazes filled with judgmental reproach...

"Is there such a heartless mother in the world? Taking the kid to Smelting City is one thing, but leaving him behind?"

"Indeed, this child looks so cute, how can the mother be so heartless to abandon him?"

"Darn it, I can’t stand it anymore, that black woman, what on earth are you doing? In Smelting City, doing such abandoning deeds, aren’t you afraid of the Mountain God’s wrath?"

"..."

Gu Changsheng heard the surrounding accusations, feeling furious!

What in the world, a group of ignorant people, she scared of the Mountain God’s wrath?

She scared of some damn Mountain God’s wrath?

The Mountain God is right behind her, he’s the very cause of her being blamed, okay?

The resentment was strong in Gu Changsheng’s heart, how in just a blink of an eye did she become the wicked abandoned child criminal everyone’s pointing fingers at?

Though her makeup was indeed darker, painted a tad uglier, did she truly have such a potential to be an evildoer?