“I know we’re supposed to split it evenly, of course…”

Bai Xia looked at the Great God beside her. He wore an expression that seemed to say he was looking at an idiot.

Of course she knew they should split everything in half. But these items weren’t connected so they couldn’t simply be folded in two. Their values were different, and they couldn’t be broken apart. No matter how they divided them, it felt unfair.

“Let me finish, okay?” Tianzheng rubbed his forehead, looking a little helpless. “After we split everything in half, I’d like you to sell your half to me.”

“Huh… Sell it to you?”

The suggestion left Bai Xia stunned. She looked Tianzheng up and down, completely unable to figure out what he was thinking.

Tianzheng didn’t explain. He only raised the corners of his mouth a little higher.

“Well?”

Bai Xia thought about it and realized that it really could work.

Since the items couldn’t be divided perfectly, they could simply turn them into something easier to split. Currency clearly existed for moments like this.

“Sure, but you don’t mean game coins, right?”

“Cough…” Tianzheng choked a little. He looked rather speechless. “If you want game coins, that works too. But I think real Huayuan would be more suitable for this trade.”

“In that case, it works for me. It’s not like I have much use for these things right now.”

Of course, it wasn’t that they were truly useless. Compared to these game items, Bai Xia needed actual money more urgently to fill her stomach.

And rather than going through the trouble of passing them back and forth, selling them directly to Tianzheng was much more convenient.

So Bai Xia didn’t put on any airs. She nodded in agreement.

But then…

“Selling them to you is fine, Great God. I remember you said you were loaded, after all. I’m so broke I’m practically ready to round off my own corners, so could you maybe give me a little mo—”

Before she could finish, something smacked her hard on the head.

Bai Xia had been preparing to act pitiful, but she instantly bared her fangs and claws again.

The man withdrew his hand. For once, he looked rather serious.

“You keep talking about rounding off corners. Are you really a girl?”

Bai Xia fell silent for two seconds. Then she gave a little hum and didn’t answer.

She really wanted to say, *Great God, you’ve got quite the eye. You saw through my true nature at a glance.*

But Tianzheng seemed a little unhappy, so she wisely kept her mouth shut.

Seeing how aggrieved she looked—or at least how aggrieved she imagined she looked—Tianzheng finally couldn’t keep a straight face.

He sighed soon after.

“Fine. Since we’re friends, I’ll make a huge sacrifice this time. How about this price, Bai Xia?”

Before he finished speaking, he raised two fingers in the familiar V-sign people used for photos.

Bai Xia blinked.

“Two hundred?”

“…Do I look that stingy?” Tianzheng’s expression darkened. “Twenty thousand.”

The moment she heard the price, the girl showed no reaction.

She simply stuck a finger in her ear and gave it a little dig. Then she patted her ear twice before looking over in confusion.

“I think I heard that wrong. How much did you say?”

“Two hundred.”

“Get lost! You clearly said twenty thousand!”

So you did hear me clearly, didn’t you?

Tianzheng looked nothing like he was joking, and Bai Xia was stunned on the spot.

She didn’t know exactly how much this pile of items was worth. But in her hands, they definitely couldn’t sell for twenty thousand. And that was only half of them.

So… was this man trying to hit on her?

That was Bai Xia’s first thought. She didn’t wonder why the items were worth so much.

Instead, she wondered whether the Great God beside her might actually be a lolicon.

After all, when something was this unusual, there had to be a reason. And the only thing he seemed interested in was her body.

Yet Tianzheng didn’t seem like that kind of person. So what was he doing? Was he taking pity on her?

Of course, Bai Xia wasn’t complaining in the slightest.

She wished he’d lose his mind a few more times and send her several more huge red envelopes. But if he really was trying to court her, should she accept him right away…

Or struggle a little before accepting him?

While Bai Xia’s mind raced, Tianzheng remained completely unhurried.

Watching the girl’s adorable expressions change constantly, his smile grew even brighter.

“What? Does the price not work for you? You don’t want to sell?”

“Sell! Why wouldn’t I sell?”

Bai Xia jumped up at once.

Why pass up money? Besides, who knew whether she’d ever run into such a good deal again?

Regardless of whether Tianzheng wanted to court her or had simply lost his mind, she could agree first. However she looked at it, she wouldn’t be losing anything.

When Bai Xia agreed, Tianzheng chuckled and nodded.

Then he stored everything in his backpack. Naturally, he had no interest in the gold coins and similar items, so he gave them all to Bai Xia.

Bai Xia almost hugged his golden thigh and rubbed against it a few times.

Her eyes were filled with pure worship.

“Great God, are you missing an accessory for your leg?”

Tianzheng was checking the equipment’s attributes when he froze.

He smiled and gave the same answer as before.

“A wife.”

This time, Bai Xia didn’t tell him to get lost.

Instead, she wore a conflicted expression. Only after he finished checking the general attributes did she cautiously ask, “Do you need the kind of wife who doesn’t have to fulfill any obligations?”

“A wife who doesn’t have to fulfill any obligations?”

“Yeah! The kind where couples aren’t allowed to have any intimate contact. No kissing, no grabbing breasts, no touching legs, and definitely no sex. You can’t even hold hands…”

She paused.

“Fine, holding hands is allowed sometimes. Anyway, she doesn’t have to fulfill any of a wife’s ‘obligations.’ But you still have to give her money to spend, and you have to think of her first whenever you get anything good. Great God, do you need that kind of wife? If you do, I think I’m qualified!”

Tianzheng: “…”

Was this a wife?

This was an ancestor!

The Great God was speechless for a long while. Then he pointed at himself.

“Bai Xia, do I really look like such an easy mark?”

“Fine, I was only joking.”

But with that look of disappointment all over your face, how did that resemble a joke?

Looking at Bai Xia, Tianzheng felt that ever since meeting her, his stomachaches had been getting worse and worse.

He really didn’t want to keep arguing with her. After gathering his emotions, he put on a serious expression.

“Enough. Send me your bank account number and contact information. I’ll transfer the money after I log off. Besides, this twenty thousand isn’t only for buying the equipment…”

“Hm?”

Bai Xia tilted her head as she sent over her account number and contact details.

She had suddenly become a little rich, but she clearly hadn’t let the money go to her head.

She had realized that Tianzheng had another purpose. She just hadn’t expected him to reveal it so quickly.

Naturally, she didn’t forget to make her stance clear at once.

“Great God, I was really only joking just now. I’ll sell my body but not my—bah! I’ll sell my skills, not my body!”

“That’s exactly what I want you to sell.”

“What?”

The man’s smile was meaningful, but Bai Xia didn’t understand him at all.

Her confused expression was actually quite adorable.

Tianzheng didn’t intend to hide anything, though. He smiled and explained, “I’ve realized that this game is pretty interesting and has a lot of potential.”

“So I’ve decided to develop it seriously while it’s still in its early stages. I’ll probably establish a guild in the future.”

“From this moment on, Bai Xia, you’re the only member besides me. Consider the money I just gave you your salary for the next few months as well.”

“…I haven’t agreed yet, have I?”

“Ten thousand a month.”

“From now on, you’re my boss! Whoever you tell me to cut down, I’ll cut down. If you tell me to go east, I’ll never go west!”

Bai Xia instantly drew her weapon.

She looked so loyal that she seemed ready to slit her own throat if he ordered her to.

Tianzheng could only laugh bitterly.

The man shook his head. Then he suddenly traded back some of the equipment dropped by the Lava Colossus.

“Take these, too. As a member of the organization, you need to grow stronger quickly. Consider them your boss’s initial investment in you.”

Bai Xia accepted the items and glanced at them.

Although they required Level 15, every piece suited her perfectly.

She was instantly moved to tears. She looked at the man as if he were God himself.

As it turned out, the man before her wasn’t God. He was a genuine demon.

But it would be a very long time before she understood that.

By then, she would have sold herself so completely that she wouldn’t even have a pair of panties left.