Chapter 196 It wasn't like this before!
Luttcar's original plan was to bankrupt the Lanetta family, but now with Simon added to the mix, the amount of leverage needed has naturally increased.
Eli narrowed his dark eyes and chuckled, "Well, naturally we need to fabricate a little bit to make them believe that the asteroid is worth that much money."
Tan Chi instantly understood, and even had a very good idea.
"Then, brother, put a lot of stuff on that asteroid, preferably so much that all the bugs that know about it will be green with envy!"
Eli frowned, clearly disagreeing with the viewpoint.
But he still slowly opened his mouth, "Achi, I know you have money, but you're basically giving it away for free... Even if they lose money, they can still make a lot of money back by selling these."
His implication was clear: even if they really did manage to scam Simon and Laneta, and they sold off all the things on the surface, they would only be partially scammed, and it would definitely not be a matter of serious damage.
Upon hearing this, Tan Chi suddenly laughed, "Brother, don't worry, just because I told you to put all these things up doesn't mean I'll give them all to them."
Eli paused for a moment, "What do you mean? You don't give them what you put on the surface, do you think they can just take it back?"
Tan Chi immediately nodded, "Of course, I'm not some kind of traitor."
Seeing how confident Tan Chi was, Eli felt much more at ease, but he still asked with some worry, "Are you sure everything can be moved? What if it can't be moved..."
If we can't move it, we can think of other ways.
He was about to say that when Tan Chi stopped him.
"Big brother, actually... my lab just developed a pretty interesting mechanical insect, would you like to take a look?"
Eli was slightly taken aback, but thinking about the things that Tan Chi's laboratory had developed before, he was still somewhat tempted.
He had always thought his brother's lab was just for fun, but he never expected that every time his brother brought something out, it would really amaze him.
Eli had previously asked the insects in the lab about their ingenious ideas, only to be told that most of the ideas came from Tan Chi's side.
He's in charge of the ideas; they're in charge of the implementation.
Tan Chi has another good idea this time, so of course he wants to go and take a look.
...
Soon, news about the abundance of mineral resources on the asteroid spread on a small scale on the StarNet.
The Second Legion's Zerg even immediately ordered the Zerg to suppress the news after discovering it.
However, this news still reached the ears of many nobles.
Lanetta was naturally one of them.
He sat in the living room with a gloomy expression, his gaze sharp as he looked at Michelle, who had just returned.
“Xiong, Xiong’s father… I’m back.”
Michele had barely sat down when she became terrified.
Every time Lanetta looked at him with that kind of gaze, he felt his heart race and his hands trembled, fearing that she would pull out a whip and give him a good beating at any moment.
He has been whipped more times recently at the Lanetta household than he has been in his entire life from birth until he married the worm in Lettkar.
He really couldn't take it anymore.
Michele admitted that the Lanetta family was indeed much better off than the Berg family, but not by much.
He has recently been traveling to several planets to find markets for his new fruit.
He figured that as long as she didn't appear in front of Lanetta, he wouldn't have a chance to make a move.
But he underestimated the nature of insects.
Lanetta glared at Michele, and seeing his timid demeanor, her anger flared even more. "Do you know that there's a highly sought-after asteroid at the asteroid auction? It's been all over the news lately. Why haven't you gotten any information about it yet?"
Michele wanted nothing more than to spit right in Ranetta's face.
How could he possibly have time to obtain information and details about this asteroid?
Hasn't he been sent by that old man to sell fruits and vegetables on other asteroids lately?
He finally returned, only to find out what had happened to the empire.
Michele thought this to herself, but on the surface she said with utmost respect, "How could this be? I've been dealing with the sales of vegetables and fruits lately and didn't notice. It's my fault. I'll go find Letekar right now and ask him to come out!"
When Ranetta heard what Michele said, his expression softened slightly.
"Retkar asked you to contact him regularly, did you do that?"
He looked up at Michele, his voice softening considerably.
Michele nodded repeatedly before sitting down not far from Lanetta and saying, "Letekar recently messaged me saying he's managed to persuade Tan Chi to let him go and take a look at the asteroid they're going to photograph, and he should be able to send it to me in the next couple of days."
"A couple of days?" Lanetta sneered. "Why don't you wait until the auction is over before having him send it?"
Michele: "..."
Is it because he doesn't want to?
It was clearly that guy Letekar who was stalling for time. If he had married Tan Chi, why would he have had to wait so long?
But Tan Chi has taken a liking to Letekar and now he refuses to let him get close!
It wasn't like this before!
He was clearly the female insect that Tan Chi liked the most, but...
Michele didn't want to think about what happened next.
Every time he thought about this, he felt a tightness in his chest.
Michael took a deep breath and looked at Laneta, saying, "Father, I think now that many insects already know about the asteroid, the competition will be fierce, but what about our star coins..."
Although he didn't finish what he was saying, the meaning he conveyed was very clear.
Even if they knew which asteroid it was, they wouldn't have enough star coins to give it away to the insects.
Michele is saying this now because he's worried that if Ranetta isn't prepared enough, he'll be blamed.
Now that he has lost Tan Chi's protection and divorced the Berg family's worm, staying with the Lanetta family, he certainly can't escape it.
Michele also considered finding another male insect shortly after and marrying him.
Having witnessed Tan Chi's past kindness towards him, and after seeing Tan Chi's power and wealth, he found it difficult to find another person who would move him.
To be precise, even finding a suitable target is difficult.
He knew exactly what male insects were like these days, and finding such an obedient male insect was harder than crossing a wormhole without wearing a mech suit!
He sighed silently, then quietly observed Ranetta.
The problem has been posed to Lanetta; he simply needs to wait for his instructions.
As expected, Ranetta frowned immediately upon hearing this. He pondered for a moment before looking at Michele and asking, "Don't you have any other way to raise some more money?"
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