Chapter 49 Ghost Assassin Mech
She opened the email and found something that looked like a coupon. After long-pressing and reading the item description, she realized just how valuable the birthday gift from Grandpa Xu had given her really was.
[A+ Grade Mech Discount Coupon: This coupon can be used to choose any A+ grade mech in the Mech Shop.]
As far as Qiao Mei knows, the highest level of mechs that can be purchased with Star Coins on the market is A+. Higher levels, such as S-class and above, are exclusive to the Federation Army and are not sold to the public.
The B-grade ordinary mech she got from Gan Gan cost 200,000 interstellar coins, so an A+ mech...
Qiao Mei opened the mecha store and took a quick look.
Even the lowest-priced A+ mech is...
"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands...millions?!"
Qiao Mei was stunned. She counted again and found that even the lowest price was over a million interstellar coins. She felt a little dizzy.
If this A+ mech were converted into interstellar currency, and she offered it to Ao Cang, it should be enough to heal most of his injuries, right?
But she only thought about it; after all, it was a birthday gift specially given to her by Grandpa Xu, and no matter how valuable it was, she couldn't just sell it.
Hearing Qiao Mei's exclamation, Xu Hui leaned closer to take a look. Her red eyes flashed with complex emotions for a moment before she began recommending some high-value A+ grade mechs to Qiao Mei.
"This one..."
Xu Hui's gaze fell on the mecha called "Ghost Assassin," her expression clearly showing nostalgia.
"This mech is primarily focused on attack and has a very fast movement speed. It's the best choice among these A+ level mechs, and it's also the mech I've ever piloted."
Qiao Mei noticed the nostalgia in Xu Hui's eyes and asked her in a daze, "But I remember, wasn't your mecha an A-class Wolverine mecha?"
Xu Hui sighed, nodded, and her red eyes dimmed.
"That's true, but before I graduated from the Federal Academy, I always used the Ghost Assassin. It was a birthday gift from your grandfather when I entered the Federal Academy. However, after I severed ties with the Xu family, I returned everything I had received from them, including that A+ mecha."
Qiao Mei understood: "I see. Then I'll choose this one. It does seem more suitable. After I improve my strength, its attributes will be very similar to Cang Cang's. I'm sure it will be quite powerful then."
Xu Hui thought the same way. After seeing Qiao Mei use a discount coupon to buy the Ghost Assassin, which was all black and blue with a black mask covering its face, she felt a strange sense of relief for some reason.
Just like Qiao Mei now, who replaced the naive girl from back then and has once again received the care and love from Grandpa Xu.
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The garden of the Xu family's old residence.
A harsh, sarcastic female voice rang out from a pavilion without restraint, causing Qiao Mei, who had brought Ao Cang out to admire the flowers, to furrow her brows and look toward the source of the sound with her red eyes, moving closer to it.
They gradually learned what the woman's voice was saying.
"Why can't you just let your mother have some peace of mind? Do you even know how much effort your useless father and I have put in to support your education at the Federal Academy? And now, without a word, you've made Qiao Mei dislike you. What are we supposed to do? All the family's money went into buying you a detached villa. If you don't marry Qiao Mei, hasn't our investment been completely wasted?!"
"Not only that, our family has always been a collateral branch of the Xu family. Logically speaking, we might never have the chance to visit the Xu family's main branch's old house in this lifetime. It's all thanks to your childhood betrothal with Qiao Mei. If you two hadn't gotten married, when would our family have been able to go from a collateral branch to the main branch? Why don't you use your brain to think about this?!"
Xu Heyu listened silently to these words, each one filled with calculation and weighing of interests. After a hint of sarcasm appeared in her blue eyes, she replied in a cold voice, "But this betrothal was just a joke between my maternal grandmother and the old lady of the Xu family back then. There was no written agreement. It was you who insisted on acknowledging this marriage and stubbornly tried to match me with Little Rose."
"When you did this, didn't you ever think about what would happen if she fell in love with someone else? How could you be so sure that I could make her fall in love with me and maintain that love forever?"
Annoyed by Xu Heyu's attitude, Xu's mother reached out to slap him, but he grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
She was immediately startled by the coldness in his blue eyes and took a half step back, stammering, "You... what kind of look is that?"
Xu Heyu chuckled softly, her eyes filled with intense disappointment towards her mother.
"It's nothing, I just find it a bit funny. It's funny that I have such cold-blooded parents who don't care about my feelings at all and just use me as a puppet and fodder for gossip."
After leaving behind these words that Xu's mother didn't quite understand, Xu Heyu released his large hand from her wrist and continued in a deep voice, "I do still like Little Rose very much, but I don't like to force people. Since she doesn't like me anymore, this marriage is just a constraint for her. I don't want to see her like this, so I will no longer cooperate with you in doing any disgusting things."
After saying that, Xu Heyu walked away in another direction, leaving Xu's mother standing there stomping her feet in anger and screaming wildly, looking quite frightening.
Seeing this, Qiao Mei quietly led Ao Cang to a denser area of flowers, watching Xu's mother leave in her high heels. The words Xu Heyu had just said echoed in her ears, and her feelings were complicated.
Another reason is that she clearly remembers that in the original book, a male protagonist like Xu Heyu would only be interested in Qiao Yingying, the female protagonist, so how could he say he likes her?
Ao Cang was unaware of Qiao Mei's thoughts. When he noticed her frowning and deep in thought, he assumed she felt sorry for Xu Heyu and her heart wavered.
After his golden dragon eyes dimmed, he went against his own heart and said to her, "If you regret it, just tell your mother and grandfather. Don't feel guilty."
The Dragon God's gentle voice woke Qiao Mei from her thoughts. She looked up at it with a daze: "Who said I regretted it? I was just thinking about something else, and I got a little lost in thought."
The girl's expression was serious, not like she was speaking, which made the Dragon God, who had felt a strange pang in his heart, feel much better. After giving a soft "hmm," he tightened the grip around her neck.
When placing the dragon's head next, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he deliberately let his lips gently kiss her fair neck.
Qiao Mei noticed its little movements, and after feeling a tingling pleasure spread through her body, she remembered that it hadn't transformed into human form yet today. So she rubbed her head against it and asked in a hoarse voice, "Cang Cang, can you transform into human form here?"
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