Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 388 - 327: Want to Open a Branch Store?

Sang Luo, finally unburdened, could eat to her heart’s content. The satisfaction was immense.

Quan Jin paid the Lushou Youth with a High Rank Beast Crystal. "Keep the change."

The Lushou Youth was shocked and shook his head. "I can’t possibly accept this. It’s far too valuable. I’ll go get your change. Please, wait here for a moment, distinguished guests!"

The restaurant was connected to a residence. The Lushou Youth ran to the backyard. "Mom! We have distinguished guests!"

A graceful and elegant female with striking, snow-white hair sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, fanning herself with a small fan. Seeing the youth run over in a panic, she said with a chiding smile, "What are you running around in such a hurry for?"

"We have an incredibly generous guest! His meal cost thirty-seven low-grade crystal cores, but he gave me a high-level crystal core. I can’t make change for it, so I came to you to get some smaller denominations."

The female was astonished. A high-level crystal core was a price only Beast Kings could afford. One high-level crystal core was worth tens of thousands of low-grade crystal cores—nearly a month’s income for her restaurant.

’Who is this person?’

’I have to go see them myself!’

A tall, well-built, white-haired man walked over and patted the Lushou Youth’s shoulder. "Take your dad over to have a look."

When they arrived, the man was dumbfounded. He thought he was seeing things.

"Admiral!"

The exclamation drew glances from many of the other patrons.

The man quickly shut his mouth, strode forward, and said with a smile, "Would our two distinguished guests be so kind as to move to a private room on the second floor?"

Sang Luo smiled. "Leon, long time no see."

"Madam, weren’t you... And the Admiral..." Leon didn’t know what to say. Suppressing his emotions, he first led the two to a private room on the second floor.

Quan Jin looked at Leon. "I thought you would have stayed in the army."

In those few minutes, Leon managed to process his emotions. Although he didn’t know what had happened back then, he was certain there was a hidden story. He managed a relatively calm tone. "After you left, Admiral, I was assigned to guard the frontier. If I had worked a few more years, I might have been promoted. But I only joined the army back then because I admired you at the academy and wanted to follow you. After you left, I didn’t stay. With so much free time on my hands, I figured I might as well do something I truly wanted to do!"

"And what you truly wanted to do... was open a restaurant?" Quan Jin teased.

"It wasn’t me who wanted to open a restaurant. It was her."

"Mom! You’re here too!" the Lushou Youth called out toward the door.

The graceful and elegant woman entered and was also dumbfounded.

"Am I... Am I seeing..."

Before she could utter the inauspicious word, Leon quickly covered her mouth. "The Admiral and Madam—they’re alive!"

Little Bai clutched her chest and took a deep breath. "The people who vanished for ten years... are alive again!"

She walked forward, grabbed Sang Luo’s hand, and then tremblingly reached out to touch her face. ’Warm. She’s alive!’

Tears fell. "Back then, news came from the Royal Palace that you had passed away from illness. There was no word all these years. I thought you had left this world long ago."

"He and I are both fine. We’ve been living elsewhere all these years. We came back to the Western Continent for a few days of fun and happened to pass by the restaurant you opened. I thought it was just a branch."

"This is a new branch that just opened two months ago. I came by to check on the business." Little Bai pressed the Beast Crystal back into her hand and said with a laugh, "I was wondering which great lord had come, spending so lavishly. This meal is on the house. It’s free, eat whatever you like!"

"Well, thank you then." Sang Luo didn’t stand on ceremony. She looked at the Lushou Youth. "Is this your child?"

’A rabbit and a leopard... how did they have a... deer?’

Leon said, "His name is Lu Ming. Little Bai and I adopted him during the war. His birth parents are gone."

A sad expression crossed Sang Luo’s face. "I’m sorry, I’ve touched upon a painful subject."

Wars were indeed frequent on the Western Continent. In recent years, with Disaster Beasts running rampant, the suffering had been immense. Many had died, and there were many young orphans.

Little Bai said, "I have low fertility, so I probably won’t be able to have children in this lifetime. When we encounter these poor children, we feel great pity for them. If they’re willing, we bring them home to raise them. Lu Ming often helps out at the shop! Besides him, we have five other children, but they’re younger and are at home playing."

Sang Luo took out six Qiankun Bags. "A small gift for the children."

Little Bai said, "Oh, we couldn’t possibly. I said this was our treat!"

Sang Luo replied, "You treating us is one thing. Me giving gifts to the children is another. They’re not for you."

"Quick, thank Aunty Sang Luo," Little Bai said, nudging the shy Lushou Youth.

The Lushou Youth took the Qiankun Bag, blushing shyly. "Thank you, Aunty Sang Luo."

"Such a good boy." Sang Luo gave him the other Qiankun Bags as well. "Take the rest home for your younger brothers and sisters."

"Okay!"

"Madam, please wait a moment." Little Bai left for a short while and returned with a heavy Qiankun Bag in her hand. "This is your share of the profits from all these years. I’ve been saving it for you. I thought the money would never reach you, so I was planning to use it to sponsor the children at the orphanage, as well as the elderly and disabled Beastmen in the city, in your name."

Sang Luo smiled but didn’t accept it. "The children in the orphanage and the others who need help need this money more than I do. Please donate it on my behalf."

Little Bai smiled in understanding. "Then on their behalf, thank you, Madam!"

"Mhm. Have you thought about expanding to the East Continent?"

"Haha, I do have that ambition, but I’m not a native Beastman of the East Continent. I’d need a Pass Token to go there."

Sang Luo glanced at Quan Jin. "Don’t worry about the Pass Token. Just leave it to him."

Quan Jin nodded.

Leon snapped out of his daze and said gratefully, "In that case, we need to pack and prepare!"

Sang Luo handed Little Bai a Communication Jade Scroll. "Let us know when the time comes. I and... Caesar will send people to receive you."

...

「Leaving the Western Continent.」

「Back at the Soaring Snake Imperial Palace.」

Sang Luo brought the other children over to play.

The children learned how to make Talismans together.

The slightly older children already had experience successfully creating Talismans and were becoming more and more proficient.

Little Carp ran over excitedly with a newly drawn Talisman. "Mommy! I want to go play in the Void Demon Realm with Little Yuan!"

Sang Luo hugged the little girl and ruffled her soft, pink, curly hair. "Why would you want to go to a godforsaken place like the Void Demon Realm?"

Little Blue Eucalyptus and Little Carp were the only two children who couldn’t play on the ground. Their growth periods were long, and who knew how many years it would be until they could truly transform.

So, Lou Xianyue and Sang Luo had created two Transformation Magical Artifacts that could maintain a form for two hours a day, allowing the two children to change their shape into a small cat, a little mouse, or even a human.

"I want to see if my Talismans work in the Void Demon Realm," Little Carp said.

"I hadn’t thought of that. Mommy will discuss it with Uncle Quan Jin and see if we can take you there."

Sang Luo couldn’t go to the Void Demon Realm by herself; Quan Jin always took her.

She had no idea how he was able to enter the Void Demon Realm so freely.

Sang Luo asked Quan Jin.

"We can." He took out a peculiar Magic Artifact.