Chapter 3: The Bee Scout Troop + A Shopping Spree

  Su Qing sat quietly on the bed, sorting out her small treasure trove, which actually only contained some pocket money and lucky money. After finishing the sorting, she wrote and calculated that there was a total of only 50,000 yuan. This amount of money seemed like a considerable sum to ordinary people, but in Su Qing's eyes, it was really too little. Thinking about the medicinal materials, flowers, or even cutting down a tree in the space, each one cost a large sum of money, but she could only look and not touch, how could she not feel stifled?

  Money is not omnipotent, but it's also indispensable. Without money, every step is difficult to take. If Su Qing were alone, she wouldn't care about wealth and status, and would kill anyone who got in her way without hesitation. After all, she was the only cultivator with a spatial ring and spiritual pets, so no one could do anything to her. But now that she had family to protect, she had to play by the rules of this society: grasping power, money, and influence in her own hands.

  Su Qing now needs money, but she has to make it in a low-key way. After thinking and comparing for several days, she decided to try her hand at stock investment through computer transactions. It's foolish to blindly start with unfamiliar things. She bought relevant books, watched financial TV programs every day, studied the stock market trends, and did a lot of preparation work beforehand. Su Chen saw his sister's determination and jokingly said that a new star would appear in the stock market, and without saying another word, he handed over his own private money to Su Qing. Su Qing was very moved by Su Chen's actions. From childhood to adulthood, Su Chen has always protected his sister and never let her get hurt. When their parents found out that their daughter wanted to trade stocks, they just repeatedly reminded her not to neglect her studies, as the college entrance exam was more important. But when they saw that their daughter's mock exam scores were getting better and better, they didn't say anything else.

  Su Qing was too young, even with a fake age of two years older, she was only fifteen and still underage. Under duress, she used her mother's name to invest 10,000 yuan in the stock market for a trial run. A month later, some of the stocks she bought made a profit while others lost money, but overall she made nearly 5,000 yuan. Su Chen exclaimed that his sister was a genius, but the person herself was not satisfied with such results.

  "Sister is really awesome, earning 5,000 yuan in just a few days. Why aren't you happy?" Su Chen didn't think that Su Qing would earn money and still not be happy, could it be that she wanted to lose money?

  "I just feel that I've only earned 5,000 yuan, which is a bit too little." Su Qing's words were indeed her true thoughts, but others who heard them didn't think so.

  Su Chen heard that his sister was dissatisfied with the low earnings, and the profit had already reached 50% but she was still not satisfied. Su Chen, who was drinking water, was shocked by his sister's "grievance" and almost choked. After coughing violently for a while, he said: "You're already very capable, I, as your brother, have never made any money."

  Su Chen thought again why Su Qing was in such a hurry to make money, wasn't her pocket money enough or did she want to buy something. "If you need money, I'll lend it to you."

  "It's not that I'm in a hurry to use the money, it's just that I want to earn some myself." Su Qing replied.

  Su Chen heard such an answer and felt very helpless, really didn't know what was going on in her sister's mind.

  At night, Su Qing lay in bed thinking about making money, but couldn't think of a way and gave up. Xiao Bai and Feng Huang felt bored and pulled Su Qing to chat, but somehow they ended up talking about the stock market again.

  Xiaobai: "Qingqing isn't making money in the stock market? Why aren't you happy?"

  Phoenix: "Does this still need to be asked? You're just dissatisfied with earning less, aren't you? How silly." While saying that, it also pats Xiaobai's head with its wing.

  Su Qing: "Actually, there are several stocks that didn't even make a cent and lost money. If only every share bought could make a profit."

  Phoenix: "Thinking wildly, daydreaming." That's really a blow to people.

  Xiaobai: "Just find a way to know when the stock will rise and fall in value, then you can make money from the difference."

  Su Qing: "Affected by too many factors, the company's stock price may rise with a large amount of capital injection, and the company's leader is seriously ill or passes away, the stock price may fall. Too many things can happen."

  Feng Huang: "Qing Qing, you're really foolish this time. You forgot about the bee king! Let it form a honeybee scouting team. With so many bees gathering information for you, how could there be anything you don't know?"

  Feng Huang's words made Qingqing feel that she was too irresponsible, the bees were always busy collecting nectar and making honey, and she didn't care about them now, but hearing someone say that she was stupid still made her unhappy.

  "Little Phoenix, Little White is searching for treasure, the bee makes honey and also serves as a scout, it seems like you're the only one who doesn't have any use." Su Qing deliberately provoked it with her question, while Little White walked alongside the phoenix, staring at it, seemingly dissatisfied with the phoenix's previous slap on its wing and calling it stupid.

  "I'm smarter than them, and I'm the phoenix flying in the sky, who dares not to listen to me. I also have many abilities, it's just that I'm still too young to show them off." As a phoenix, being suspected of one's own ability is unacceptable, so she hurriedly retorted.

  "Your skills I will wait with bated breath, but the ones flying in the sky are all yours to manage, so next time on a plane, do we not need pilots anymore?" Su Qing said with an evil grin. Xiao Bai heard this and laughed so hard that he rolled around on the ground.

  Fenghuang was about to make a move and suddenly found himself in space, knowing that Su Qing wanted to do something serious, so he didn't make any noise.

  Su Qing summoned the bee king and introduced the scope and content of the reconnaissance, and reminded them to pay attention to safety. Su Qing remembered that once when collecting information, she lost more than a dozen purple bees, although the number of bees was large, she didn't like to have losses either. The bee king was always efficient and decisive in doing things, immediately gathered the bees to divide tasks, and within a few minutes, the bees flew out of the space in an orderly manner.

  Then every day, all sorts of colorful information came back. A certain group's board of directors was reorganized, a certain company's general manager jumped to a rival company, which two groups were married and so on. Su Qing was like having a powerful cheat code, swimming in the stock market with ease.

  The bees delivered the message back, Su Qing analyzed it. After drawing a conclusion, Xiao Bai, who had been guarding beside her, controlled the computer to buy and sell stocks. Su Qing looked at a small fox using its paw to use the mouse, feeling very comical. She secretly took a photo, which looked too cute. Thinking that Xiao Bai could read and use computers, it was the smartest fox in the world. Feng Huang was on the side as a supervisor, preventing any accidental mistakes. Su Qing and several animals cooperated with each other seamlessly.

  "The report says the company has researched a new product and will hold a press conference in two days."

  "Xiao Bai, buy into stocks."

  "Report, the chairman of the group had a heart attack and has been hospitalized. The situation is very grim."

  "This group mainly relies on the leadership of the chairman, and if he is hospitalized, the company may be in chaos. Xiao Bai, sell the stock."

  Money flowed into Su's account like running water as they worked together in harmony.

  With the invincible Honeybee Intelligence Network, stock trading was as simple as playing house. With some free time on her hands, Su Qing decided to stay in the space and focus on cultivating herself. Originally, because she was the only cultivator, there was no competition, so she didn't take cultivation seriously and spent most of her days fishing and sunbathing. However, despite this, Su Qing had managed to cultivate the Xianyao Decree passed down by her master to the fourth layer. To put this into perspective, in her past life, she had only managed to cultivate it to the fifth layer after diligent practice. This was a testament to the extraordinary abilities of the Phoenix God Ring. These past few days, Su Qing had been thinking about finding some empty space in the garden to plant some fruits and vegetables to satisfy her cravings. However, after searching for half a day, she realized that there was no empty land available. Now that she thought about it, she remembered that not long ago, she had planted a few rare species of flowers in the space after returning from the flower market, but hadn't planted anything else since then. Su Qing felt that her life over the past decade or so had been too comfortable and relaxing, and it was time for her to become more diligent and focused on cultivation. She hoped that the space would soon lift its seal and reveal its full potential, and that she could gain complete recognition from the God Ring.

  That day, Chen Shan called to ask her out shopping for clothes, and Su Qing happily agreed. She changed into casual clothes, said goodbye to her brother, and went out to meet her.

  They have been friends since primary school and their friendship has grown stronger over the past five or six years, sharing each other's joys and sorrows. When she learned that Su Qing had raised two pets, she rushed to Su's house in a hurry, tasted Su Qing's pastries and couldn't help but praise them, and even packed some back home after eating her fill. With the allure of delicious food, she almost went to Su's house every week. Su Qing also regularly visited Chen's house to practice calligraphy and painting with Chen Shan.

  They arrived at the largest clothing city in Beijing, where thousands of clothing brands gathered. These clothes were also the most fashionable styles nowadays. Chen Shan looked excited, but Su Qing wasn't too interested in these clothes. The current clothes weren't as comfortable as the handmade ones from her past life, and now handmade clothes were too expensive, and she was still a poor person. Su Qing found it strange that many things in the Cultivation Realm were similar to ancient times in this world, but their clothing was more fashionable, diverse, and exquisite. Maybe opening a clothing store could make her rich someday.

  Chen Shan had her eyes on a beige coat and was excited to try it on. Su Qing looked around the store, the clothes were simple and elegant in design, and the service attitude of the staff was also good. Just as Chen Shan was about to pay for the clothes, an unpleasant voice appeared.

  "I'll take this." A bank card was placed on the counter as soon as the words were spoken.

  Su Qing looked up to see a beautifully dressed girl, about 16 or 17 years old, with an arrogant expression on her face. She had already snatched the clothes from the waiter's hand and was examining them carefully. Next to her stood a boy of similar age, also evaluating the clothes in a domineering manner.

  "Sorry, sir, this garment has already been purchased by someone else." The waiter quickly came forward to explain, and the quality of service was not bad.

  "Just give them another one, don't disturb me while I'm looking at the clothes." The girl scolded the service staff with an unpleasant face.

  "But this is the last one, sir......" The shop assistant's words were cut off before he could finish.

  "Didn't you hear what my cousin just said? Don't make a fuss here, these clothes aren't theirs until they've paid for them. Do you know who my cousin's father is? The director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Watch your words or I'll have you taken away." This cousin yelled at the shop assistant while looking at Su Qing and her friend with disdain.

  Chen Shan saw someone showing off with the director's identity in front of Su Qing, whose grandfather was a general and father was a lieutenant general, and saw Su Qing looking at that young man as if he were an idiot, so she couldn't help but snort with laughter.

  "Come on, let's go. If I compete with a fool for clothes, then I'd be the foolish one," Chen Shan said as she walked out of the store with Su Qing's arm in hers.

  The two people in the store saw someone scolding them as idiots and threw off their clothes, walking away in a huff, leaving only the helpless store clerk.

  Su Qing and Chen Shan left and entered a small shop to eat, Chen Shan alone ate a whole steamer basket of soup dumplings, obviously converting her anger into appetite.

  In the evening, Su Qing returned home and obtained information about her cousins and their families. Her cousin Zheng Tianyuan is a sophomore at Peking University, his father being the mayor of a city in southern China. Her cousin Wang Huina is a freshman at Renmin University, her father being Wang Jianye, the director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

  Su Qing was thinking whether she should attend one or two high-society gatherings, so that these shrimp-like characters wouldn't show off in front of her. Little did she know that others had never seen Su Qing at a gathering and thought of her as an ordinary citizen.

  Rice can be eaten casually, but words cannot be spoken casually. Stepping on people is okay, but stepping on someone without knowing their identity is stupid. If you do something wrong, you should be punished. A few days later, the two went out and were stung by bees all over their faces, almost disfiguring them. The spoiled Princess Wang caused a big commotion at home because of this incident.

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