Chapter 462: I want to invest in you!

Yu Ke… Qiao Sang immediately recalled who this person was when she saw the message.

How did she find me?

Why is she looking for me?

The only time I stood out was when I auctioned the Qingfeng Compass. She wouldn’t be coming for the Qingfeng Compass, would she?

One question after another surfaced in Qiao Sang’s mind.

After thinking for a while, she put the letter in her pocket.

She decided to contact the other party after training. After all, she was still quite curious as to why this person specifically sought her out and how she found her.

…

Yulai Bay.

A villa complex in the prime location of the northern district of the Imperial Capital.

The grey-black Pet that had delivered the letter to Qiao Sang earlier floated into a tall, three-story villa inside.

Yu Ke, who was sitting on the sofa, saw the floating Pet and immediately stood up, asking impatiently:

“Has the letter been delivered?”

“Li Li.”

The grey-black Pet nodded.

Yu Ke’s eyes lit up. She picked up her phone and looked at it, her expression unable to hide her disappointment: “Then why hasn’t she contacted me yet?”

At this moment, a beautiful-looking girl, who appeared to be around 16 years old, sitting on the sofa, spoke:

“Sister, you didn’t mistake her for someone else, did you?”

Although she was speaking, her eyes remained fixed on the virtual screen in front of her, which was playing a replay of today’s National Campus Pet Beast League.

“How could I be mistaken? She was the only one wearing a School uniform at the time,” Yu Ke said. “I remember her appearance very clearly. It’s definitely Qiao Sang, who’s trending on the hot search today.”

“But she’s from the Yuhua region. How could she have an invitation card for the Mu Zhen Auction?” Yu Le asked.

Yu Ke put down her phone: “What’s so strange about that? Her family elders probably got her one since she came to the Zhongkong region.”

Yu Le said: “Even if it really is her, she probably won’t bother with you. Didn’t she not even tell you her name at the auction?”

“The time and place are different,” Yu Ke retorted. “At that time, she came alone to attend an auction in another region, and no one was with her. It’s normal to be a little guarded.”

“You’d better not hold out hope,” Yu Le said, staring at the game on the virtual screen:

“These people with good family backgrounds and high Pet Beast talent are all very arrogant. They always feel that they are different from us, who only have background. There’s a boy in our class who joined the School Team’s individual combat group, and he was eliminated in the regional competition this time, but he still acts like there’s a barrier between him and us every day, let alone someone like Qiao Sang.”

“Sigh…” Yu Ke sat back down on the sofa, her face showing a hint of fatigue.

Although she was unwilling to admit it, she had to say that her sister’s words were not without reason.

In large families, talent is considered especially important.

If one has high talent, even if they are from a collateral branch, the Yu family will provide excellent resources.

After all, high talent means, among other things, a much longer lifespan than ordinary people.

The longer one lives, the more possibilities there are in a certain field.

If one’s own talent is not high, even if they rely on their family to contract a rare Pet with heaven-defying talent, they will not be highly regarded by people in the same circle.

For example, there was once a direct descendant of the Yu family named Yu Youwei. The family spent a great deal of money to contract a purebred Heller Dragon for him, but his brain domain never developed enough to contract two Pets in his lifetime, and he died at over 70 years old.

The Heller Dragon was already a General-level Pet, the Water-Riding Dragon, and it was unwilling to contract with other people.

As a General-level Pet, it is very dangerous to force a contract if it is unwilling. So the family decided to adopt a gentle approach, supplying it for a period of time and waiting for its attitude to soften before bringing up the contract.

Who would have thought that the Water-Riding Dragon, while the family was not paying attention, entered a secret realm and never appeared again?

Since then, the Yu family has placed even more importance on talent.

Although she was a direct descendant, she did not awaken independently, and her brain domain developed slowly. Now that she was in college, she still only had one High-level Pet.

If this continued, the truly top-tier resources of the Yu family would not be available to her, and she would probably be sent off for a political marriage in a few years.

She didn’t want to live her life like this, so she worked hard to build good relationships with people in the circle, hoping to find another way out.

It was at this time that Qiao Sang appeared.

Originally, after the auction ended and the person disappeared, she didn’t think much of it, at most feeling a bit melancholic. But then she saw the hot search.

At 15 years old, she already had three High-level Pets, and in the third-year high school section of the National Campus Pet Beast League, she still had an undefeated record.

Such a figure had never appeared, let alone in the Zhongkong region, but even in history. Heaven knows her eyes almost popped out when she saw that the person on the hot search was the girl who sat next to her at the last auction.

If she could establish a connection with such a promising figure, would her family still casually arrange her future once she grew up?

Her beautiful future life might just depend on clinging to the leg of this future big shot.

As soon as she thought of this, Yu Ke couldn’t resist going to find Qiao Sang, but the other person simply ignored her.

“Qiao Sang and I got along quite well at the auction. If she doesn’t contact me, it must be because the Dream-Leaving Monster delivered the letter to the wrong person,” Yu Ke said to maintain her dignity in front of her sister.

Yu Le looked at the Dream-Leaving Monster: “Is that so?”

“Li Li!”

The Dream-Leaving Monster immediately became anxious. It didn’t deliver it wrongly!

Yu Le asked: “What did it say?”

“It said it was wrong,” Yu Ke translated.

“Li Li!” The Dream-Leaving Monster’s eyes blazed with fire.

The translation was wrong, it didn’t deliver it wrongly!

Yu Ke saw that the Dream-Leaving Monster’s expression was off and quickly changed the subject: “Are you hungry? Do you want some Energy Pills?”

“Li Li!” The Dream-Leaving Monster instantly forgot its anger, its eyes curving as it nodded.

Suddenly, the phone screen lit up.

Yu Ke, being sharp-eyed, immediately saw that it was a friend request.

At this moment, Yu Ke seemed to hear her own rapid heartbeat.

She fumbled to pick up her phone, opened the chat app, and clicked accept.

Before she could type, a message had already been sent:

【Hello, I received your letter. I wanted to ask how you found me?】

It really was her! Yu Ke sprang up from the sofa, her face excited: “She contacted me!”

Yu Le glanced at her, a little disbelieving: “Didn’t you just say that the Dream-Leaving Monster delivered the letter wrongly?”

Yu Ke no longer cared about her, fully engrossed in typing.

“Li Li…”

The Dream-Leaving Monster had a black line on its head.

What about the Energy Pills…

…

【You’re on the hot search now, considered a celebrity. Most high school students know you. My sister happens to be in high school, so she just asked around among her peers and found out where you live.】

Qiao Sang, who had finished her training, was now half-reclining on her bed, looking at the message on her phone.

So she found out by asking people. She thought it was through some skill or characteristic of a Pet Beast. By the way, how did she get on the hot search again… Qiao Sang complained while typing:

【Is there something you need me for?】

Yu Ke replied instantly:

【I want to invest in you!】

Invest in me… Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment.

Before she could reply, another message came in the next second:

【Investing means that whatever you want to do, you can leave it to me. Of course, I know that with your family’s financial situation, you probably don’t have to worry about most things, but you’re still young. There will always be some things you want to do but your family won’t allow. At such times, you can come to me.】

Yu Ke got straight to the point.

She knew that Qiao Sang was from the Yuhua region and only came here to participate in the National Campus Pet Beast League. If they didn’t establish a close relationship quickly, once the other party returned to the Yuhua region, she would probably be forgotten in no time.

Qiao Sang’s eyes flickered as she typed a reply:

【Why invest in me?】

Yu Ke sent three question marks, indicating confusion.

【With your talent, do you even need to ask? There must be many people who want to invest in you. Others might wait until after your National Competition or after you graduate from high school, but I’m just one step ahead of everyone else.】

Yu Ke continued sending messages:

【I know your family background is extraordinary, but you’re from the Yuhua region. Some resources and information are only available in the Zhongkong region. Although the Qingfeng Compass you auctioned this time is incredibly valuable, it’s more of a collector’s item.】

【It’s true that the Qingfeng Compass can be used to find Qingqing Ni, but most people can only get a glimpse of it.】

【The Qingfeng Compass has been passed down to this day, and only three people have successfully seen and contracted Qingqing Ni with it. Otherwise, do you think 900 million would make everyone stop?】

【This information is difficult to obtain for anyone not from a family that has been in the Zhongkong region for over a hundred years.】

Extraordinary family background? Where did you get that idea? Qiao Sang instinctively replied, then deleted it and retyped:

【I see you’re not much older than me. You should still be studying. Will you have time to do other things?】

Yu Ke’s eyes lit up as she saw the message, filled with excitement. She knew that Qiao Sang asking this meant that establishing a relationship was halfway done.

【Don’t worry! I’m in college, and I have a lot of free time!】

Qiao Sang stared at the chat page, pondering for two seconds, then sent a reply:

【Let’s schedule a time to talk after my National Competition.】

Qiao Sang currently had no shortage of money and resources, but this was only for a year. More than a month had already passed, leaving just over ten months.

She had gained a very clear understanding during this period that resources were expensive.

Buying houses and land like in her previous life was unreliable. The household registration issue restricted her from buying houses in other provinces, let alone other regions.

Large-scale purchases of existing homes also required annual property tax payments.

While housing prices were indeed high, second-hand homes were not easy to sell. If they were hoarded and couldn’t be sold, she would have to pay money into them every year.

The liquidity of real estate in the Pet Beast world was not particularly good, which meant difficulty in cashing out and no real financial attributes.

Ultimately, what was expensive to consume and easy to earn money from in this world was still related to Pets.

Although her mother had opened a Pet Beast breeding shop related to Fire Fang Dogs and earned some money, her ultimate goal was to participate in the Interstellar Cup. How could a single Pet Beast breeding shop afford the subsequent resources?

After this conversation, Qiao Sang suddenly realized that she should prepare in advance for the days after her black gold card expired in a year.

Yu Ke, being in the Zhongkong region, had connections and background, and was young, unlike those old capitalist foxes. She was indeed a very good cooperation partner.

【Okay! Good luck with the competition! I’ll wait for you!】

Qiao Sang looked at the message from the other party and exited the chat page.

PS: cough cough, I’ll send 1.5 chapters first, and then another 1.5 chapters tonight, which is exactly the word count for three chapters. I feel that breaking it here is more appropriate, otherwise, if I break it by one chapter’s word count, it always feels like there’s not much content.