Interstellar law also applies; one cannot harm people at will, or one will be sent to the interstellar police station and have a criminal record, just like in modern times. Therefore, Qiao Mei deliberately held back her strength so that the middle-aged man who was electrocuted would not notice anything unusual.
Seeing the middle-aged man's stunned expression, Qiao Mei half-squatted in front of him and said, "If you want to touch a girl's hand again next time, remember to come to me. You can touch it for as long as you want."
The middle-aged man watched as Qiao Mei continued to approach him, as if some demon was wielding a dagger. Terrified, he instantly retreated several steps, shaking his head like a rattle: "No, no, no... I won't touch you anymore, don't come any closer!!"
Shouting, the man ignored the strange reactions of passersby and scrambled away as if some evil spirit was chasing him.
"Tsk, with such guts, you still dare to come out and disgust people?" Qiao Mei glanced at the middle-aged man with disgust, took out a wet wipe from her smart bracelet to wipe her hands, and looked at the girl who had been bullied earlier, asking her how she was.
The girl's eyes were still a little red from fright. Upon hearing this, she shook her head and bowed sincerely to Qiao Mei several times: "Thank you so much, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do. By the way, how did you manage to do that to him?"
Qiao Mei crumpled the soiled wet tissue into a ball and threw it into the trash can not far away, telling the truth: "I am a descendant of lightning, and I can use electricity."
"Thunder and lightning followers... Could you be Princess Qiao Mei, the Seventh Princess who frequents the pawnshop?!"
The original owner did come here quite frequently. Qiao Mei paused for a moment but did not deny it. Only then did she notice the work badge pinned to the girl's clothes, which read "Pawnshop Liu Xi".
Liu Xi looked at it and realized it was true. After taking another look at Qiao Mei, she reached out her hand to greet her: "Hello, I'm Liu Xi, a new employee at the pawnshop. You can just call me Xiao Liu."
"You've come to the pawnshop on business? Let me take you in!"
Qiao Mei squeezed Liu Xi's hand back and nodded: "Indeed, but don't you think you should change your clothes?"
Reminded by Qiao Mei, Liu Xi realized that her clothes had been torn at one end by the thug and she did need to change. So she parted ways with Qiao Mei for the time being and said she would come to find her after she changed.
"Okay, then go ahead."
After watching Liu Xi leave, the dragon god's golden eyes, which were hovering around Qiao Mei's neck, looked at the hand she had just touched the middle-aged man's hand. For some reason, it suddenly used its bond with its familiar to say to her, "Actually, you can still transmit the electric current even if you don't touch his hand."
Qiao Mei was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the little black dragon whose eyes clearly showed concern. As if she had guessed something, she smiled and said with her red eyes, "So that's how it can be done. I understand now. I'll be more careful next time I play a trick on someone like this!"
Ao Cang hummed in agreement. Although the inexplicable displeasure in his heart had lessened considerably, he still couldn't help but use his lightning power to give Qiao Mei's hands a clean electric shock when she stepped into the pawnshop. Only after confirming that there was no longer any inappropriate aura left did he close his dragon eyes again and tighten his dragon body wrapped around her neck.
The pawn shop looked similar to the banks Qiao Mei had seen in modern times. Pawning and redeeming items were done at the same window. There were seven windows in total, and there were quite a few people queuing in front of each window. Qiao Mei chose a window with relatively fewer people and stood in line. She opened her personal computer to browse the bounty answers she had previously posted on the interstellar mecha website.
To her slight disappointment, her answer remained unaccepted, but this was within her expectations, given her extremely low skill level.
Just as she was about to look at other Q&A posts with similar prices, she caught a glimpse of one out of the corner of her eye—a post with a red circle icon labeled "45," the function of which she didn't know.
When she clicked on it, she realized it was a comment on her reply, and without exception, they were all criticizing her.
[Am I seeing things? This "Plant a Rose" is just a no-star Holy Beast Apprentice, how dare she give advice to a three-star Holy Beast Apprentice? Is she crazy for money?]
[Pfft, you know what, her answer actually sounded quite convincing. She immediately suggested replacing the load-bearing materials, but doesn't she know that replacing these is very expensive? And if it's not done properly, will she compensate for the cost of the replacement materials?]
I suspect she just learned how to build mechs and is already trying to give unsolicited advice. Don't pay her any attention!
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The comments below were even more offensive. After Qiao Mei discovered that Ao Cang was also reading them, she promptly closed the comment section to avoid offending his eyes.
But she didn't expect that after the visual pollution was eliminated, the auditory pollution would follow.
"Tsk, look, isn't that the love-obsessed Seventh Princess Qiao Mei? Why is she here again? Is she going to be Consort Xu's suppressant again?"
"Definitely. Haven't a lot of things recently been leaked around Xu Heyu? If she doesn't have money to buy them, of course she'll pawn them. Speaking of which, Consort Xu is pitiful, having such an unfilial daughter who would even pawn her medical supplies!"
Xiao Liu had just changed her clothes when she heard her colleagues talking like this. Remembering how Qiao Mei had helped her outside earlier, she frowned and spoke up for Qiao Mei: "Maybe not? She might be here to redeem the inhibitors."
She had heard many negative things about Qiao Mei before, so she unconsciously developed a dislike for her even though she had never met her. But after getting to know her, she felt that perhaps there was some misunderstanding.
Xiao Liu's colleague laughed out loud:
"Are you kidding me? A person as scum as her is more likely to have her planet explode today than to redeem her inhibitors. I bet a hundred interstellar coins that she's definitely here to do it!"
Xiao Liu still believed in Qiao Mei, and bit her lip: "Let's bet, I'll bet a thousand interstellar coins!"
"A thousand?! Are you out of your mind? You're clearly going to lose!"
"That's hilarious! Little Liu, you should get your head checked out sometime!"
The pawnshop wasn't big, and the whispers couldn't be kept quiet. Qiao Mei heard them too, but she wasn't angry. Instead, after glancing at the dejected Xiao Liu, she deliberately raised her voice when it was her turn next: "I remember that you can redeem items pawned within the last month at the original price here, right?"
The staff member nodded, and Qiao Mei then showed her ID card, saying in a calm voice, "I want to redeem all the inhibitors I've purgeed this month."
When she said this, Qiao Mei emphasized the word "redemption," and she could clearly see the two people who were gossiping about her turn pale and then curl their lips into a smile.
Having obtained the inhibitors, Qiao Mei put them back into her computer bracelet. As she headed towards where Xiao Liu was, she sarcastically remarked on Xiao Liu's behalf, "Looks like someone else needs to have their brain checked."
One of them, red-necked, retorted sarcastically, "So what if you redeem her? Won't you just use her as something else to mindlessly buy Xu Heyu merchandise? A royal princess like you, constantly following a man around like this, aren't you ashamed?!"
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