Chapter 108: Let Me! I Know How to Play
Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Let Me! I Know How to Play
[W-w-w... Is this something I should be watching? They’re not gonna hunt me down through the internet, are they?]
[I’ve already called the cops! Gu Zhao is so young, yet she’s doing this! The Gu Family must be in on it too!]
[This is terrifying. If they’re this blatant out in the open, they must be doing way more behind the scenes. When you see a cockroach in the light, it means the dark corners are already overflowing.]
[?? Are you guys for real? Maybe she’s just putting on a show, doing some weird performance art. There’s no way she’s openly trafficking people.]
The very next moment, the viewers watched as Gu Zhao excitedly pulled out her phone.
"Hello! Police? Bring the money to the Gu Family and pick up your people!"
The viewers: ...
Yeah, lock her up.
Goodbye, Monkey King.
Your Monkey Soldiers will always remember you.
The dispatcher who took the call was stunned. ’Are they really this brazen?’
A cold sweat was about to break out on Gu Xulin’s brow. ’Can’t she just stay out of trouble?!’
He immediately snatched the phone from Gu Zhao. "Hello, we have three suspected criminals here. What she meant was, bring the *reward* money."
The dispatcher replied, "!! We’re sending officers over right away!"
Hearing this, the guests breathed a sigh of relief.
’Phew, thank goodness. Now they don’t have to silence us.’
The live comments were thrilled.
[Our Monkey King isn’t going to jail! We Monkey Soldiers don’t have to see our Big King off!]
[I knew our Monkey King wouldn’t do something like that!!]
[@Above, weren’t you the quickest one to report her? I’ve got the receipts.]
Jiang Xiubai was ecstatic! ’Gu Zhao gets me!’
The adults began to praise Gu Zhao, while the other children, their faces full of admiration, ran up to her. "How did you know they were criminals?"
Others ran up to Jiang Xiubai. "Were you the one who beat them up? You’re so cool! Can you teach me?"
The boys’ faces were filled with hero-worship!
Jiang Xiubai’s face flushed bright red, all the way to the tips of his ears.
He shuffled his feet and ducked behind Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao, on the other hand, was basking in the attention. ’I’m the best! And I know it!’
"It’s a gift! You can’t learn it. But! I can give you the chance to experience what it’s like to fly around like a great hero!"
Gu Zhao said, grinning at them.
The boys her age were practically vibrating with excitement. "Really? I want to do it!"
"I want to be a fairy," one of the girls said. They weren’t as interested in being heroes.
"Me too!" the other girls chimed in.
Gu Zhao waved her hand. "A piece of cake! Send me 50 yuan! You get an unlimited-time experience as a hero or a fairy! With 50 yuan, you can’t lose out, you can’t get ripped off! But it *can* make your dream of flying come true! It’ll let you experience a thrill like never before! Opportunities are first come, first served!"
"That’s so cheap! I want in! Sign me up!"
"Me too! I’ll scan your code!"
Gu Zhao happily pulled up her payment QR code. "No pushing, no pushing, everyone will get a turn!"
"Don’t have your phone? No problem. Go snatch your dad’s."
"Your dad’s not here? That’s fine, IOUs are accepted."
One by one, the children used their specialized smartwatches to transfer money to Gu Zhao. The ones who didn’t have one ran off to drag an adult over to pay for them.
Watching the payment notifications roll in, Gu Zhao smiled so much her face started to feel stiff.
’For money, a stiff face is a small price to pay. I’d endure this suffering every day!’
Gu Yunqi couldn’t bear to watch. ’I really don’t want to admit she’s my sister.’
’Scamming kids out of fifty yuan.’
’Such a disgrace.’
Almost all the children had signed up. From the fees alone, Gu Zhao had already earned several thousand yuan. ’Making money is so easy!’ she thought for the first time.
’I wish it was my birthday every day!’
[Is it really that easy to make money? I don’t care, I want to give her my money too! Monkey King! Let me sign up!!]
[Just a random viewer, but ’experience being a hero or a fairy’? How can she make such a bold claim? Isn’t this false advertising?]
[If the Monkey King says she has a way, then she has a way. As for what that way is... don’t ask. Because it’s definitely not a *normal* way.]
Before she started collecting money, Gu Zhao tossed the rope binding the criminals to Gu Xulin. But before he could say a word, he was swarmed by the crowd of children and pushed aside.
Now, he could only watch as Gu Zhao raked in cash.
Meanwhile, he and his second brother had to endure the stares of the other guests.
A few guests on familiar terms with the Gu Family couldn’t help but speak up. "Do you guys mistreat your kids? Don’t you give the girl any pocket money?"
’Has it gotten to the point where she has to scam other children for money?’
"This won’t do. Even if you don’t like this sister you just got back, you have to at least keep up appearances. Behavior like this reflects poorly on the Gu Family’s reputation."
Gu Yunqi’s expression was thunderous.
Gu Xulin was forced to reflect on their words. ’I guess I haven’t been giving Gu Zhao an allowance... but I linked my credit card to her account.’
’Is it possible she feels too awkward to use it?’
He pondered this.
Meanwhile, Gu Zhao had already run to the room in the villa where the Tibetan Mastiff was locked up and let the dog out.
She then led the Tibetan Mastiff to the base of a tree.
At first, the children were a little afraid of the huge dog, but seeing how obedient it was, their fear vanished.
A few of the bolder kids were already petting it. With a long-suffering look on its face, the mastiff allowed them to stroke its fur while Gu Zhao used its back as a stepping stone to climb the tree.
The adults, assuming she was just playing a little trick on the children, paid her no mind and went back to their own conversations. No one was watching what was happening.
Only three adults had followed them: Yu Xiaowei, Zhong Siqi, and Song Zhe.
The first was there for the live stream. As for the other two, Zhong Siqi was simply curious, while Song Zhe had actually signed up! He wanted to be a great hero, too!
Perched on a branch, Gu Zhao gave a light cough. "Watch this!"
With that, she grabbed a decorative ribbon and swung. The trees were close enough together that she could swing from one ribbon to the next.
She soared through the air, swinging from ribbon to ribbon, the colorful streamers fluttering around her, making her look like a celestial being.
Hanging from a ribbon with one hand, she stretched out the other and bellowed, "Sword, come to me!"
Little Eagle understood instantly! It swooped down, snatched a tree branch in its beak, and flew up to her.
Taking the branch, Gu Zhao immediately launched into a makeshift sword-fighting routine in mid-air.
Then, to the adoring gasps of her audience, she released the ribbon and dropped in a graceful leap.
The Tibetan Mastiff sprinted over and caught her.
Since she wasn’t far from the ground, the mastiff caught her with ease.
It then did a victory lap before returning to the children, where the mastiff executed a dramatic drift to a halt. Big Eagle and Little Eagle landed in perfect coordination on either side of them, letting out triumphant cries.
"I wanna go next!!"
Her little clients were fired up! But there weren’t enough animals to go around. Gu Zhao summoned a sparrow and sent it to call for more beasts.
The estate was surrounded by a forest.
Soon, a drove of wild boars and a medium-sized bear cub appeared! Though only a cub, it was still taller than Gu Zhao.
They squeezed in through a hole in the fence, while the bear cub simply scrambled over the wall.
Her peers were utterly stunned!!!
’Is she some kind of animal god?’
Zhong Mingrui watched their stunned reactions with a smug look on his face. ’Hmph, you bunch of country bumpkins who’ve never seen anything!’
He and Song Yi immediately started recounting the Monkey King’s heroic deeds, recruiting new blood for the Monkey Soldiers!
The Tibetan Mastiff stood under the tree, serving as a living stepladder. One by one, the children climbed onto its back, grabbed a ribbon, and swung away.
Any child who missed a ribbon was caught by the bear cub, which then set them down gently before getting ready to catch the next one.
It had become an emotionless, child-catching machine.
The wild boars’ initial excitement also faded into a numb routine. They would catch the children who had completed the full circuit, then carry them on their backs for a victory lap.
Even the most exciting things become routine when they turn into a job.
[They’re just kids! They don’t even know how to have fun properly! Let me do it! I know how to have fun!]
[This looks so dangerous. Isn’t Gu Zhao being too selfish? She doesn’t seem to care about the kids’ safety at all! If I were one of their parents, I’d be having a heart attack.]
[Yeah, it’s way too dangerous! Let me go instead! I’ll take on this burden!]
[Gu Zhao is so selfish! Endangering other kids for money! People like her should just drop dead!]
Gu Zhao and her friends were oblivious to the arguments raging online. Every single one of them was having the time of their lives.
Even the heavier kids who couldn’t swing on the ribbons were having a blast, gleefully riding the wild boars as they scurried about.
The only unhappy ones were Zhong Siqi and Song Zhe, as they were both too heavy to participate.
"I’m just your average, everyday, money-making prodigy!" Gu Zhao declared, hands on her hips, as she surveyed the kingdom she had created.
Just then, a police car pulled up to the estate’s main gate. The security guards, having been notified in advance, opened it for them.
The police car drove smoothly onto the estate grounds.