Little Family Treasure of the Apocalyptic Boss - Ch 62

Chapter 62: Procurement

As Ye Ze expected, the little snake sub-beast was completely dumbfounded when the first item up for auction appeared.

Nestled in Ye Ze’s arms, holding an apple half-eaten, the little one remained motionless, like a delicate doll with big eyes.

But the expression on the doll’s face was a bit strange.

Ye Ze wrapped his arm around the waist of the little snake sub-beast and shook the motionless one. “Don’t be afraid, Nuo Nuo. Despite their fierce bidding, the actual price isn’t much different from the original price of the item. After all, it’s a rare commodity, so it’s understandable that it sells for a high price, right?”

B-but it’s still too expensive!

The doll hung onto its little purse, pitifully clutching it. Its tail swished, trying to move away from the nearby simple auction platform. At the same time, it pushed the eager Ye Ze next to it further away, determined to protect its small treasure trove.

Nuo Nuo had already looked and didn’t want to buy anything. Absolutely not!

The doll shook its head.

Ye Ze couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

He had clearly raised it well. Where did this little money-lover’s personality come from?

The little whale stared at the items on the auction platform, silently memorizing them.

These people had some, so how could the little one not have any! It was making the little one almost cry.

It would bring the little one over later. There were only things bigger than this, nothing smaller!

The little whale was spirited. Along with its soon-to-be-meet companions, it had already arranged their tasks.

Ming Ya and Ling Jue sat in the opposite elegant seat. Despite their determination to stay away from these two partners who always fed people dog food anytime, anywhere, they still couldn’t escape Ye Ze’s “amazing” stimulation.

Damn it, there’s hardly any difference from the original price! Can you believe he said that?!

Oh, they forgot. Ye Ze wasn’t originally a person anyway. He might actually be a real dog!

The two sub-beasts kept a straight face, silently cursing in their hearts.

There were many precious items at the auction, and even with Ye Ze’s current wealth, he couldn’t afford them all.

Ye Ze picked out several high-quality materials that the little snake sub-beast needed, and also bought all the school supplies introduced by Ming Ya and Ling Jue. Then he logged into the dimensional trading device to see if there were better alternatives available.

Of course, the specific operations didn’t need to concern the little snake sub-beast.

After all, the little guy was still in shock from seeing all the money spent at the auction.

Ye Ze looked at the little snake sub-beast, whose teardrops were almost turning into money, feeling amused and helpless.

“Nuo Nuo, are you upset?” Ye Ze bid farewell to the two sub-beasts and led the little snake sub-beast back to the temporary inn. He patted the little snake sub-beast’s head, bent down to meet its eyes.

“Not upset.” The little snake sub-beast shook its head, avoiding Ye Ze’s gaze shyly, fiddling with his clothes. He added softly, “Nuo Nuo just feels like Nuo Nuo doesn’t need to spend so much money.”

“Pfft.” Ye Ze pinched the little snake sub-beast’s cheek and pulled it outwards a few times, saying seriously, “But I think Nuo Nuo deserves more money. Don’t believe me? Ask Grey and the others.”

They remembered them now.

The three world spirits rolled their eyes at Ye Ze simultaneously and nodded uniformly.

The little whale, now back in its large water ball form, slapped its tail and dove up and down. It temporarily put aside its plan to settle accounts with the spirits, indicating its agreement.

Ye Ze cupped the little snake sub-beast’s cheeks, making him lift his head to look at him, correcting his spending habits. “Nuo Nuo, look, we’re spending money on useful things, right? This is like making an investment in Nuo Nuo’s priestly practice. When Nuo Nuo achieves results in the future, we’ll earn back our investment with interest. This money isn’t being wasted randomly; it’s being put to good use. Nuo Nuo should be happy, right?”

“Uh? Yeah.”

The little snake sub-beast felt like something was off, but couldn’t quite articulate it for the moment.

Ye Ze ruffled the little snake sub-beast’s head and withdrew, “We’ll go supervise by the seaside together these days and play in the sea for a few days. When the academy starts in a while, Nuo Nuo will also be a busy person coming and going.”

“And the farmhouse restaurant!” The little snake sub-beast eagerly reminded.

“Yes, yes, we’ll arrange that too, Nuo Nuo’s little restaurant and big farm.” Ye Ze chuckled and shook his head.

The little snake sub-beast showed a satisfied smile, wrapped his arms around Ye Ze’s neck, and nestled into his embrace.

Little rascal, raising you is really physically demanding.

Ye Ze chuckled softly, holding the little snake sub-beast and straightening his posture, heading towards the bathroom. “We’ve been out all day today, so let’s take a bath and go to bed early. Hmm?”

“Okay.” The little snake sub-beast twisted his waist skillfully, adjusting his posture. He obediently complied.

“Splash! Splash!”

The little whale watched in bewilderment as Ye Ze carried the little snake sub-beast in and out, then walked into the same room without any hesitation. His eyes stared at the door for a while, but instead of recognizing anything, both breaths gradually became steady. The water ball immediately exploded.

“Buzz—!”

What’s going on?! Isn’t this the guard arranged by the Dragon Emperor for the little one? How come this beastman guard also entered the little one’s room and went to sleep with the little one?

It had been too long since it logged in, so have the rules in the beastman world changed so drastically that beastmen can now freely share a room and bed with sub-beasts?

The little whale emitted a deep, distant whale song from its small body.

The horned deer looked at it with the pity reserved for fools, disdainful of speaking.

The big penguin shuffled its large webbed feet, turned its back, pretending to sleep. It didn’t want to engage in this overly sorrowful topic.

As the oldest among those who followed the two, the groundhog originally didn’t want to bother with this big dumb guy. However, it also wanted to have a good night’s sleep and didn’t want to dream of the haunting cries of the deep sea. It could only endure the pain and explain to the little whale with a heavy heart.

According to eyewitnesses living by the sea, the sea that night was terrifyingly frightening. Not only did it churn up huge waves near the Dragon Palace City, but the surging waves almost flooded the palace of the Black and White Dragons on the Dragon Horn.

It came and went suddenly, leaving people puzzled.

An Jue stood on the lookout platform at the edge of the cliff, silently watching the tide rise and fall from midnight until dawn. After receiving news of Ye Ze’s departure from the city, he changed his appearance and left the city gates.

The massive changes in the sea didn’t affect the little snake sub-beast and Ye Ze at all. The two who left the city early in the morning also didn’t receive timely information about it.

Seeing the beach covered with shells, conches, and fish, they were somewhat surprised.

The little snake sub-beast looked at the beach full of seafood, stunned for a moment, then cheered and rushed to the seaside with the four little animals.

“Ye Zi, look! Such a big shell!” The little snake sub-beast picked up a white shell almost the size of a human head and held it up high to show Ye Ze. After receiving a smile in response, it hugged the shell and began to explore the little ponds and pools. Its eyes lit up, “There are also stranded baby octopuses, manta rays, and big-mouthed carps… so many fish!”

Ye Ze finished setting up the robot and watched as the robots filled with various construction materials positioned themselves. He walked slowly towards the little snake sub-beast. Seeing the embarrassed look of the little snake sub-beast, who couldn’t carry everything, he couldn’t help but chuckle. He handed the little snake sub-beast a small basket.

The little snake sub-beast suddenly realized and threw all the seafood in his arms into the basket, then carried the small basket on his back to gather fresh ingredients.

Ye Ze walked beside the little snake sub-beast, pressing the sand on the beach. Occasionally, he cheated with his abilities to fish out good things hidden under the sand and handed them to the little snake sub-beast, his smile gentle.

The little one actually likes these things!

Aren’t these things easily found in the sea?

The little whale was shocked.

Watching the little snake sub-beast’s excited smile, it felt like it could do this every night in the future.

“Moo!.” You’ve got to be kidding me!

Among the four, the only one who could maintain composure was the horned deer, who had to speak up to stop it. At the same time, with the little snake sub-beast on its back, it raised its hoof and pushed the groundhog and the big penguin, who intended to support the idea, aside.

It was afraid the little whale would get carried away, and as an innocent bystander (?), it would also have to suffer the punishment from the boss.

The little whale, warned by the boss’s forceful intervention, suddenly woke up. Its two front fins spread out obediently to the sides, and its tail behaved itself. It was extremely obedient.

The horned deer secretly breathed a sigh of relief, couldn’t help but be glad: it was fortunate that the two big geese had been obsessed with grazing recently, otherwise it wouldn’t have had the legs to deal with these two wallflower geese.

“Alright, Ye Zi, come here quickly! Let’s open the shells!”

Carrying the bulging little package on his back, the little snake sub-beast turned around and waved to Ye Ze.

Ye Ze lowered his head and glanced at the basket taken off by the little snake sub-beast. After finding that most of it was filled with shells of various sizes, the corner of his mouth twitched.

Just how obsessed is the little snake sub-beast with finding pearls in the shells!

Ye Ze couldn’t help but facepalm. But he still obediently released a wood elemental aura to induce the shells spread out by the little snake sub-beast to voluntarily open their shells.

The little snake sub-beast sat in the soft sand, his tail coiled around it, picking and choosing among the shells piled around him.

“If there are pearls, we’ll put them back in the sea; if not, we’ll eat them for lunch! So you all must work hard to produce pearls!” The little snake sub-beast earnestly lectured the broken shells, trying to use threats to get a big pearl.

Ye Ze had black lines sliding down his back. He wanted to laugh a little, but thinking about the various shell meats that might dominate the menu for the next few days, he couldn’t laugh anymore.

In the end, there was actually a tendency to be influenced by the little snake sub-beast. Every time he lured a shell to open, he silently prayed that there would be a pearl inside.

He really didn’t want to eat a shell feast for several days! Even if the little snake sub-beast’s cooking was delicious, he didn’t want to!

“Open these two.”

Two clear streams of water rolled up the two shells in the back row and handed them to the little snake sub-beast.

The little snake sub-beast and Ye Ze looked up at the unexpected distinguished guest, perplexedly tilting their heads. “Th-thank you?”

An Jue calmly looked at the little snake sub-beast. When the little snake sub-beast took the shells and politely thanked him, he then nodded slightly to greet Ye Ze.

His gaze fell on the little snake sub-beast again. “Always eating shell meat isn’t good. You can get rid of these.”

“Eh, eh?” It took the little snake sub-beast a while to connect the dots and understand: the dragon clan steward was reminding him that except for the two in his hand, there were no pearls in the other shells.

The little snake sub-beast blinked his eyes and subconsciously put the two shells into a separate pocket. It obediently packed up the other shells and poured them into the sandy beach along the coast.

When it looked back and saw the empty little basket, it couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

So, why was it so obedient? [Snake is confused]