A Lucrative Business

The woman looked at Ye Mo and said, “I understand!” She had already spent 500 million, so if others wanted to use her as a stepping stone, they’d better pay her a good finder’s fee. She was a smart one!

Over the next two days, the woman didn’t contact Ye Mo again. However, Ye Mo often saw her walking around the spaceship with the puppet child, accompanied by several bodyguards.

The woman was quite shrewd. After some observation, she selected three people to be her clients. Those three reached out to her, and each purchased a puppet child for 600 million.

Now, five puppet children were spread across five different people on the spaceship. Ye Mo decided to keep one puppet child as a decoy.

On Yu He’s side, when she saw how well-behaved the other children were, while her own was like a little night-crying demon, she felt a twinge of jealousy.

One of the women on Prince Caser’s side also managed to buy a puppet child, which infuriated Yu He to the point of wanting to strangle Ye Mo.

What on earth was that woman up to? Why was she selling the children? Shouldn’t the guards by General Mo’s side be stepping in?

Yu He had no idea that Ye Mo was now addicted to crafting puppet children. She had already created two puppet girls resembling her own daughters and sent them off to Aunt Yu and General Mo.

Although Aunt Yu was aware of the puppet children, when she received one, she almost mistook it for one of the real little ones. The craftsmanship was that convincing.

Ye Mo realized that this business had long-term potential, but… it probably wasn’t wise to continue on the spaceship. Conducting business here might get her killed! After all, who could bear discovering they had spent 500 or 600 million on a fake child?

For the sake of her own safety, Ye Mo decided to stop for now, though she wouldn’t give up making puppet children entirely. In fact, she planned to upgrade the materials. Imagine a puppet child that could not only be a playmate but also carry abundant spiritual energy to aid in cultivation—wouldn’t that be irresistible?

Ye Mo squinted thoughtfully. This galaxy was clearly in need of children, after all.

In the meantime, she made one last puppet child and handed it over to the guards to play with.

Even when holding a puppet, the guards still squabbled over who got to hold it. Occasionally, the fake wife would run around wildly in depression, and so would the former male protagonist, Zhang Yuming.

After some time, when Zhang Yuming learned that Ye Mo had sold off all but one of the children, he seemed to lose his mind.

He couldn’t fathom why he’d missed out on making that money himself! And then one day, he suddenly pulled the fake wife and jumped out of the spaceship. Opening the emergency hatch wasn’t easy, but somehow, Zhang Yuming managed to do it and leaped out with her.

By the time anyone realized, they were long gone.

This incident stirred up trouble among the guards and the spaceship’s management, especially with their arrival at the first primary star being so close.

Yu He couldn’t believe it—her childhood friend was gone, floating in space without any air, where survival was nearly impossible.

Meanwhile, Ye Mo’s mouth twitched slightly. She had a hunch that General Mo never intended for the fake wife to live. Even though she was just a robot, Mo Mo didn’t want her walking around with Ye Mo’s name.

And now, by letting the fake wife perish in this way, Ye Mo’s arrival at the first primary star would draw much less attention.

This strategy of diverting attention was quite clever. Ye Mo couldn’t even figure out whether it was Zhang Yuming who dragged the puppet wife, or the puppet wife who pulled Zhang Yuming out.

Either way, with Zhang Yuming gone, Ye Mo felt like the air in her room had freshened considerably.

As for Yu He, the original female protagonist… oh well, it was probably best to keep her around. If she died, one of this world’s pillars might collapse.

Still, Ye Mo had to stay vigilant. She wondered if Yu He’s absence might affect the stability of the entire world.

Ye Mo was currently in her space, playing puzzles with her six little ones. They’d grown again—they were already eight months old. Clever and quick, they no longer needed any guidance to solve puzzles, each of them engrossed in a hundred-piece set.

Ye Mo sat back, watching them. With so many puzzle pieces, it would’ve made her head spin, but the six little ones were thoroughly enjoying themselves. She noticed they were solving the puzzles effortlessly, each taking no more than three minutes.

Ye Mo squinted, then rummaged through her storage to find a different set of small blocks—each set had over a thousand pieces, requiring far more patience to assemble.

When she handed the blocks to them, she warned, “Don’t swallow these—they could get stuck in your throat.”

Guaiguai rolled his eyes, “Mom, do you think we’re that dumb?” At ten layers into Qi Refinement, Guaiguai was advancing the fastest.

Baobao and Niuniu were at nine layers, while the other three were at eight. If it weren’t for wanting to please their mom, they wouldn’t even bother with these “childish” puzzles.

However, they were intrigued by the complexity of the new building blocks, and Guaiguai accepted the challenge.

The other five usually followed their big brother’s lead. Since he suggested making Mom happy, they’d go along with playing the “childish” puzzles.

But with these thousand-piece blocks, their interest was genuinely piqued.

When Ye Mo saw them eagerly diving into their sets, she handed out the blocks to each of them. They quickly got to work, and what should have been a challenging task seemed like child’s play. Guaiguai finished his in just fifteen minutes.

Baobao and Niuniu completed theirs in twenty minutes, and the remaining three took about twenty-three minutes each.

While the time difference wasn’t much to Ye Mo, she could tell her little ones weren’t pleased.

“What’s wrong? You all completed these so quickly, especially for your first time. What’s there to be upset about?”

“Mom, are we… dumber than big brother?” Beibei, the youngest boy, seemed the most disheartened.

Ye Mo pulled him into her lap. “You’re very smart, Beibei. Really, I wouldn’t lie to you!”

“But…” Beibei’s eyes turned red. “Why can’t I catch up to big brother?”

Ye Mo poked his little nose playfully. “Why compare yourself to him? His cultivation level is higher, so of course, he knows more. If you want to catch up, focus on your own cultivation.”

Beibei clenched his tiny fists. “Mom, I’ll definitely surpass big brother!”

Ye Mo never imagined that her youngest, at such a tender age, would already be so set on the path of a cultivation fanatic.

(End of Chapter)