Becoming wealthy by raising furry animals

Chapter 8 Entrepreneurship (3)

Ban You turned around and saw that it was the man calling her.

"Miss Ban, how about we discuss a business deal?"

When Ban You heard this, her sixth sense told her that there must be a trap.

"I see you're dressed in gorgeous clothes and covered in jewels and jade. Why are you talking business with me?" Ban You said with a self-deprecating smile. "Besides, I have no money and no connections. How can I even talk business with you?"

"No, you do."

The man walked closer to Banyou, lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "You can tell what Jinfu is thinking."

When Ban You heard what the man said, her eyes instantly revealed a coldness. She looked at him expressionlessly. If looks could kill, the man would be a corpse now.

"Don't look at me like that. Just a friendly reminder, the current Regent hates these things the most. If he knew about this, you'd be in danger of losing your life."

"Should I introduce myself before discussing business?"

"Oh, interesting." The man heard Ban You's words as if he had heard something interesting. "Then remember, my name is Zhou Heng."

Ban You nodded, then asked, "What business do you want to discuss?"

Hearing Ban You's question, Zhou Heng did not answer but called out Zhou Xian, then walked to the third floor.

Liu Xian made a "please" gesture, Ban You glanced at him, and then followed Zhou Heng.

Ban You arrived at the third floor and discovered that the decoration here was completely different from the two floors below. If the Zuixianlou, which was open to the public, was already decorated very gorgeously, then the third floor could be described as a heavenly fairyland.

Exquisite calligraphy and paintings, and gold artifacts were common ornaments here. What surprised Ban You most was the jade Buddha in the center, a translucent, white, and smooth jade. The Buddha stood about ten feet tall, supported by a pure gold base.

Unlike ordinary Buddha statues, it has sword-like eyebrows and cold eyes, a ferocious look, three eyes and six arms, and holds a Buddhist staff in its hand, which makes people feel timid when they see it.

"Shopkeeper Liu, why would you place such a large jade Buddha statue?"

"Young lady, you don't know this, but this is the Diamond Sutra, which can suppress evil spirits and destroy evil."

Ban You nodded as if he understood.

"Miss Ban, please." Liu Xian pushed open the door and invited Ban You in.

Ban You bowed and thanked him, then walked in.

Because of the influence of the Buddha statue outside, she was no longer surprised after seeing the furnishings in the house.

"What on earth do you want to discuss with me?"

Zhou Heng closed his folding fan, walked to the bookshelf, and slowly turned a porcelain vase next to the bookshelf. The bookshelf turned, and a secret door appeared in front of Ban You.

"Let's go."

Ban You followed him in and found that it was very dark inside, with only a few candles as the only light source.

They walked to a cage, and inside the cage was a white fox with snow-white body and soft fur.

"I want you to tame it."

"White fox?" Ban You was puzzled. "White foxes are not ferocious beasts like tigers and leopards. How can they not be tamed?"

"This is no ordinary white fox. It's a celestial fox, living only in Qingxiao Mountain outside the domain. Celestial foxes are intelligent and clever, comparable to humans. Taming them is no easy task."

"How about cooperating with me? If you tame it, I'll give you one thousand taels."

Ban You looked at the sleeping celestial fox and asked, "Why is it sleeping now?"

"If it doesn't sleep, it will escape from this cage sooner or later, so I sent someone to feed it a knockout drug."

Ban You looked at him, then at Fox, and then said with a firm look in his eyes, "I refuse."

"Why?" Zhou Heng didn't understand her refusal at all.

He had heard that Ban You was new to the place, penniless and unable to even support herself. He offered such generous conditions that he didn't think she would be unmoved.

"I admit that one thousand taels is very tempting to me, and I also know that you have investigated me before making such an offer, but I will not harm a young and innocent life because of this."

"Animals can't talk, but they are also free. You're asking me to tame it, and it's definitely not as simple as just keeping it. This includes Jinfu. You're not keeping Jinfu just as a pet, right?" "Why do you say that?"

"Shopkeeper Liu said he spent a hundred taels on Jinfu and had it shipped thousands of miles to Yuncheng, just to use it as a lucky charm."

Ban You paused, glanced at Zhou Heng, and continued, "Zuixianlou is one of the best restaurants in Yuncheng, and it's owned by someone from Shangjing. The laws are strict these days, so as long as Zuixianlou operates smoothly, there won't be any problems."

"But... from what I know, starting this year, villagers aren't allowed to go up Peach Blossom Mountain below Yuncheng. I guess the government must have discovered something on the mountain, so they've banned the villagers from going up."

"A dog with a keen sense of smell, a fox as smart as a human, a forbidden mountain..." Ban You looked at Zhou Heng with a calm expression. "Do you want me to continue?"

"You are indeed smart. Now that you know so much, do you think I will let you out alive?"

Zhou Heng said this, raising his folding fan.

At this moment, Banyou suddenly said: "You will, because besides me, you have not found anyone who can tame the Sky Fox, and you don't have much time."

"What do you mean?"

"It must be very troublesome for someone like you to leave Shangjing, right? Now that you are here, it must mean that you are going to start your action, so you need me to tame the Sky Fox for you."

"When did you guess all this?"

"Just now, when you said that the Sky Fox was difficult to catch, I was thinking that such a difficult-to-catch, untamable animal couldn't be caught as a pet. It must have other uses."

"So, you connected these things together?"

"Correct."

"Oh, you really surprised me more than I thought."

"Then can I go?"

"Are you sure?"

"determine."

At night, Ban You sat on a chair in the yard, holding Laicai in his arms.

She thought over and over again about what happened that afternoon and felt it was thrilling.

If she hadn't reacted quickly and the man hadn't needed her, she might have really lost her life today.

"Alas, one problem after another arises, so annoying!"

"Host, I'm upgraded!"

When Ban You was feeling upset, the system's cheerful voice came into her mind.

"Oh, you finally showed up."

"Hey, I'm upgrading. Host, I have some good news for you now, do you want to hear it?"

"explain."

"Now that the points system has been released, you can use points to redeem some additional props. Currently, the props that the host has activated are the Heart Recognition and the Interest Increaser."

"What is all this?"

"The Heart Recognition is the host's current cheat code. It only appears when the host encounters certain special tasks. As for the Interest Increaser, when the host earns a certain amount of silver, different levels of interest can be activated, greatly increasing the host's small treasury."

"That sounds useful."

"Host, I remind you that you have less than forty-eight hours."

"By the way, does it mean that as long as I have ten taels of silver, I can be considered to have completed my mission?"

"Well, that's what I said, but... Host, isn't it bad for you to be stuck like this?"

"Then just forget about it and go to sleep."

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