The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 294 Black
Oh, so it's his younger brother.

That's perfect, then there's no pressure to curse.

"Oh, I don't care about being close or not, I just want to ask, can't you afford to use the machines? Don't you have the money to supply the nutrient solution?" Jiang Mian smiled slightly, "You only get one tube of nutrient solution after digging up a whole basketful, even capitalists aren't as greedy as you."

Zhao Ge said with a bitter face, "Sister-in-law, now that you're a capitalist's wife, just put yourself in his shoes and you'll know how great it is to be exploited."

"Thank you, I'm a person with a conscience." Jiang Mian gave a forced smile.

"Whatever Mianmian wants to do, we'll listen to you." Zhaoci pushed Zhaoge away.

That guy can't talk, let him try to coax his wife himself.

Zhao Ge was pushed away and almost fell flat on his face.

He thought to himself: What a guy who forgets his friends for the sake of a pretty girl.

Jiang Mian nodded: "From now on, everyone will have three meals a day. Those rules about needing a basketful to exchange for food are no longer needed. Also, the accommodations need to be renovated..."

As she spoke, she looked up at Zhaoci and asked, "You don't have this model in all your other mines, do you?"

Before Zhao Ci could speak, another golden-purple butterfly beastman stood up and spoke up. It was Die Xu: "Madam, no, everything else is normal. Welfare and wages are normal. This mine is really just Zhao Ge deliberately embezzling money."

Imperial Edict: !
I didn't see you stopping me when I did this.

How come he was the only one who got hurt?

"Alright, Zhaoge, go and experience the mine you're managing now." Zhaoci said with a forced smile. "Diexu, take him to mine. If he doesn't fill a whole basket, he won't get any nutrient solution."

"No, brother!" Zhao Ge's face instantly turned pale.

Jiang Mian blinked but didn't say anything.

"Mianmian, let's go rest." Zhao Ci pulled Jiang Mian away.

Soon, Jiang Mian moved into the most luxurious room in the mine. Actually, it wasn't that luxurious, since it was just a house that had been built casually in the mining area.

The park that Jiang Mian entered on her first day was truly luxurious.

She quickly took a shower and changed her clothes.

Zhao Ci returned with medicine for her injuries, her hub necklace, and her quantum computer.

"Here you go." Zhao Ci handed her the pivot necklace.

Then he took the medicine and squatted down to apply it to the bruises on her skin.

Various bruises and discolorations remain on her fair calves.

I wonder how much suffering I endured, that's why I'm covered in bruises and purple marks.

He frowned as he read the imperial edict.

"Where did these bruises come from?" Zhao Ci asked as he applied the medicine to her.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mian glanced at her own leg and saw the bruises.

Actually, these were just things left behind from a fight she had with someone.

After all, fights always result in injuries, and the effects of force are always mutual.

"It was left over from a fight," Jiang Mian said casually.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Zhao Ci looked at the bruises on her calves with concern.

Jiang Mian smiled and said, "Why should I apologize? You did a great job on the starship. The accident wasn't because of you."

"I'm late." Zhao Ci lowered his eyelashes slightly, concealing the unfathomable emotions in his eyes.

“But if I keep needing your protection and waiting for you to save me, I’ll feel really useless.” Jiang Mian smiled casually. “Actually, I had already planned to use my reagent to trade with the mine owner. I would make the deal openly, take him down secretly, and then leave with the hovercar.”

She sighed again as she spoke, "You came too early, otherwise I could have gotten the mine chief's hovercar and left tomorrow night."

Zhao Ci paused, looked up at her, then lowered his head again to continue applying the medicine, saying nothing more. From Jiang Mian's perspective, he wasn't wrong, but Zhao Ci still blamed himself.

"Alright, you applied too much medicine." Jiang Mian stretched her legs slightly and kicked his thigh. "Go to sleep, don't think too much."

"Hmm." Zhao Ci nodded.

The two of them turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Jiang Mian remembered something and asked softly, "What's going on between you and your half-brother?"

Zhao Ci held her and replied, "My parents sold us to humans as slaves, and we've depended on each other ever since."

He continued, "Don't be fooled by his seemingly carefree and innocent nature. He's actually more sinister and exploitative than I am. He's no good."

Jiang Mian:......

"How can you talk about your own brother like that?" Jiang Mian smirked.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Zhao Ci clearly didn't want to mention Zhao Ge.

Jiang Mian probably already knew about their way of getting along.

Moreover, they always gloss over their dark past, unwilling to mention their previous times of hardship.

Jiang Mian realized that she knew nothing about the beastmen's past.

It's also possible that they are all bad memories.

They were unwilling to talk about it, and Jiang Mian didn't feel comfortable asking.

But Jiang Mian wanted to learn more about them.

Jiang Mian thought for a moment and then asked, "Zhao Ci, can you tell me about your past?"

Zhao Ci blinked gently: "Then tell me about your past too."

Jiang Mian:!
What happened to her in the past? Her past life is unspeakable, and the original owner's past was all utterly despicable; how could she possibly recount it?

"Okay, you go first." Jiang Mian planned to back out later.

"What do you want to know?" Zhao Ci asked her with a light laugh.

"So, how many people are in your family? Where did you live before? What kind of people did you meet? What happened?" Jiang Mian asked casually.

"They're checking household registrations." Zhao Ci hugged her, his eyes crinkling into a smile.

"Are you going to tell me or not?" Jiang Mian said leisurely.

“Well, I’ll tell you,” Zhao Ci said slowly, his thoughts seemingly drifting away before quickly returning. “I won’t say anymore, it’s too tragic, I might cry if I do.”

Jiang Mian knew he was joking, but she also knew that there was a real tragedy hidden in his jokes.

"But now that I've met you, it's all alright." Zhao Ci smiled again.

"Okay, let's talk about now." Jiang Mian still couldn't bear to ask, "You're usually quite busy, what do you do?"

"Grabbing ore, mining ore, star stones and such," Zhao Ci slowly began. "Hmm, there are also 30 mining sites that KPL is about to complete."

"Just rob it?" Jiang Mian paused.

“Yes, these days they just rob planets, so naturally they rob mineral deposits too,” Zhao Ci said softly.

“Great! Thirty KPL titles, I’ll go with you to achieve them!” Jiang Mian said excitedly. “Otherwise, if you’re always with me, you won’t be able to get anything done properly. If we work together, we can have both romance and career!”

"It's too dangerous." Zhao Ci regretted saying it out loud. "You're not allowed to go. I'll take you to play instead of doing KPL."

"What are you playing around with? Everyone's scrambling to seize planetary resources right now, we need to work hard too!" Jiang Mian retorted directly.

Imperial Edict: !
(End of this chapter)