Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - chapter 60

“Don’t be so serious, I’m a decent person.” Gu Huaiwei thought this kid had a good look in his eyes and seemed rather clever.

She fiddled with the iron chain around the boy’s neck.

The chain rattled, making a sound.

She asked an untimely question: “Do you have faith?”

The boy was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

Perhaps thinking that wasn’t enough, the boy added ingratiatingly, “I can believe in whatever you believe in.”

Gu Huaiwei smiled, “That’s not what I meant. I was saying, if you have faith, now would be a good time to pray.”

After all, whether Gu Huaiwei would choose him depended solely on whether his price was reasonable.

Without waiting for the boy to respond, Gu Huaiwei stood up, pointed at him, and asked the Slave Trader, “How many Gold Coin for this kid?”

The Slave Trader had heard their conversation loud and clear.

“He’s already fifteen this year. He looks short because he doesn’t eat much, but he can’t be counted as a child. I have to sell him at the adult price.”

The Slave Trader tried hard to praise the merits of her product, then carefully quoted, “350 Gold Coin.”

Gu Huaiwei bargained mercilessly, “Two hundred. This kid’s origin is unknown, and he has a strange tattoo on his face. He might bring me trouble later.”

The Slave Trader was startled, feeling guilty but insisted, “That tattoo is just decoration.”

Gu Huaiwei sneered, “I doubt it.”

“…”

This boy was indeed kidnapped by the Slave Trader.

In the end, Gu Huaiwei bought the boy from the Slave Trader for 230 Gold Coin.

The Slave Trader handed over the boy’s identity information and Indenture Contract to Gu Huaiwei.

She also gave an extra drug used to control slaves.

This drug was simple to make. If a slave took one pill, they would have to take another every seven days, or else they would die bleeding from all seven orifices.

Since it was free, there was no reason not to take it.

Gu Huaiwei accepted the poison but did not give it to the boy.

The boy’s name was Bai Niao. He obediently stood beside Gu Huaiwei, head lowered, lost in thought.

Gu Huaiwei still wanted a little girl.

A boy and a girl as doormen, greeting guests in the hotel lobby, would look like golden children and jade maidens-very pleasing to the eye.

Maybe they’d even get more tips.

Karl had been staring at Bai Niao the whole time. He felt the Sun Cross Tattoo on Bai Niao’s face looked familiar, but couldn’t quite recall where he’d seen it before.

Getting older, his memory wasn’t as good as it used to be.

Gu Huaiwei was searching the cages for a girl who would take the initiative and seize the opportunity.

She liked those who wanted to change their fate themselves, rather than waiting for fate to come to them.

“Miss, we’re very cheap. Please buy me and my child.”

The one who had the courage to stop Gu Huaiwei was not a little girl, but a mother.

Her eyes were filled with tears, her tone humble.

The mother didn’t look very old, dressed in a filthy maid outfit. Behind her stood a timid little girl, clutching her mother’s hem tightly, head bowed, not daring to speak.

The Slave Trader selling this mother and daughter was the woman’s husband and the girl’s father.

The Bearded Man sat on a bench with his legs spread, speaking impatiently, “Three hundred for both, not selling separately.”

Three hundred Gold Coin would be enough for him to buy a prettier wife.

Gu Huaiwei didn’t need so many people.

She actually only needed a little girl.

Separating mother and daughter was cruel.

Gu Huaiwei tried to bargain, “A bit cheaper, two hundred and fifty Gold Coin, how about it?”

Who knew the Bearded Man would wave his hand viciously, “No bargaining here. If you won’t buy, get lost and don’t waste my time!”
Gu Huaiwei narrowed her eyes in displeasure. “Is there really no room for negotiation?”

The Bearded Man looked at her down his nose.

“I bought my wife at a high price twelve years ago. Back then, she was a real beauty. Unfortunately, she got pregnant not long after she arrived, and her belly ended up covered in mottled marks-ugly as a sow.

But my daughter inherited her mother’s genes. If she grows up, she won’t be bad-looking either. Give it a few more years, and maybe I can sell her for five hundred Gold Coins.”

His words were full of contempt and disdain, with not a trace of familial affection.

There was no point bargaining with someone like this-it would only be a waste of breath.

Gu Huaiwei felt the price was too high.

She didn’t want to take on another person.

Better to try somewhere else.

There were too many pitiful people in this world.

Gu Huaiwei couldn’t save them all.

Suddenly, the mother fell to her knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly to Gu Huaiwei, tears streaming down her face as she pleaded, “Miss, please, I beg you, take us away!”

Her tone was desperate and urgent, her voice choked with sobs, her dignity cast into the dust.

Gu Huaiwei instinctively took a step back.

Receiving a kowtow from someone older was said to shorten one’s life.

But the mother couldn’t care about that now. To her, Gu Huaiwei was her last lifeline-gentle, wealthy, and seemingly kind-hearted.

She couldn’t let this chance slip by.

“The two of us only need the most basic nutrient solution each day. I can do any kind of work, and I still have two healthy kidneys!”

“As long as you’re willing to buy me, I’m willing to offer one kidney in exchange for the extra Gold Coins!”

At this point, the mother’s words carried a certain resolve.

Karl, watching from the side, couldn’t help but feel his eyes redden. His throat tightened, and he whispered, “They do look pitiful. Why don’t you buy them?”

Gu Huaiwei glanced around out of the corner of her eye and noticed that the other slaves in the cages were quietly looking over, their eyes full of hope.

What a hassle.

Gu Huaiwei’s tone was as calm as a still lake. She shot Karl a cold look. “If we buy them now, and then all the slaves here start kowtowing to us, are you going to buy them all?”

She was blunt.

Just stating the facts, not making a moral judgment.

Karl bit his lip. He knew Gu Huaiwei was right.

But his conscience wouldn’t let it go, so he could only murmur, “These two are different. That man is a real bastard. It’s only a difference of a few dozen Gold Coins. If you don’t have enough, I’ll make up the rest.”

Gu Huaiwei lowered her head and looked at the mother kneeling on the ground. Her body was trembling, but her gaze was unwavering.

She was afraid.

But for her child’s sake, she was determined to choose a better path.

Fine, let this merit count toward her sister.

May her sister be safe and return soon.

Gu Huaiwei lowered her eyes, looking down at the woman kneeling before her, her voice icy cold: “Alright, I want one of your kidneys, the cornea from one eye, and your blood. Don’t worry, you won’t die-you’ll just live in great pain.

If you’re willing, I can take you both away.”

Her voice was clear enough for everyone to hear.

She had to be ruthless, cold and merciless enough.

Only then could she stop the other slaves from following suit.

Bai Niao’s heart trembled, his fists clenched slightly inside his sleeves.

Wasn’t it said on the forum that the owner of the Oasis Hotel was similar to the Nun at the church?

How could she say something so cruel?

For a moment, Bai Niao regretted his choice.

He hadn’t taken his medicine yet, and wanted to run…