Astral Pet Store (WN)
chapter-128

Chapter 128 Going with You

Su Ping hailed a taxi to leave the upper town area.

However, the driver was only willing to leave him at the border of the upper town and simply would not enter the lower town area. Su Ping had to take another taxi.

Leaving the upper town area was just as difficult as entering.

Su Ping didn’t go back home directly. He stopped by the store first.

There were many training orders piled up. Su Ping had to have the pets trained when he was free.

He was wondering if he should tell his mother that he was thinking about living in the store.

A bit over 10 batches of pets could be trained using the dummy. Afterward, more spaces would be opened up for more business. That day, the private tutoring had cost him four to five hours. Su Ping felt his heart aching. Using this time, he could have four to five batches of pets trained and the money made would not be any less than doing private tutorings.

Besides, money made at the store could be converted to energy points.

“I believe I must rethink the whole private tutoring thing,” Su Ping said to himself.

Once the dummy training was initiated, Su Ping left the store and rode home on his bike.

He saw his mother watching TV and waiting for him back at home.

“You’re back.” Li Qingru lost interest in the TV show after Su Ping’s return. “I will warm up your meal.”

Su Ping greeted his mother and went to wash his hands.

When he sat down by the dinner table to wait for his meal, he heard footsteps coming down from upstairs. It was Su Lingyue. She came down, holding her cup as if she was trying to get some water downstairs.

Su Lingyue threw a look at Su Ping and walked over with the cup in her hands. “How’s business doing? Why would you come back so late every day?” She sounded too casual, as if this was nothing more than a random question.

Su Ping gave an equally casual answer, “It’s doing okay.”

Su Lingyue curled her lips. Just okay? If it weren’t for what she witnessed that day, she wouldn’t have believed the adjective Su Ping used.

She cast another glare at him. After 7:00 p.m., Su Ping left the store. She rode her scooter to follow him, only to find Su Ping calling a taxi that went to the upper town area.

She didn’t have a residence permit for the upper town area and had little money with her. So, she was stopped at the security check. She had no other choice but to go back home with a bitter mind.

Su Ping came back at such a late hour. What did he do during all that time?

She was dying to find out and yet she could not show it. After some thought, she threw out another question, “How much money did the store make today?”

Su Ping tried to fool her. “Not much. Just a little bit.”

Lies!

Su Lingyue was burning with rage.

There were so many people lining up at the store that day. How could Su Ping claim he had made little money?

Was he trying to privately keep it all for himself?

Su Lingyue clenched her teeth. The cup in her hands was enduring all the additional strength as well. On the surface, she still kept composed as she replied, “Is that so? It just so happens that I am free tomorrow. Take me to the store to have a look then.”

“Free?” Su Ping was surprised. Then, he remembered it was the weekend.

No wonder the store was doing well.

He suddenly understood. He looked at this sister of his. Something came to his mind. This fella… Did she go to the store today?

Otherwise, why would she care about the turnover of the store at all?

Su Ping was certain of this speculation. He was able to remain calm. “Suit yourself.”

Why would the store’s business and how much he made be of her concern? It was due to the concerted efforts made by him and the system that they had made those accomplishments. He didn’t feel guilty for the family even if the money had entered his pocket. He had nothing to worry about even if Su Lingyue were to find out the actual income of the store.

He had made money.

He had taken it all.

So what?

Su Lingyue was surprised that Su Ping appeared to be that confident. She was enraged since she couldn’t get any information out of that guy.

Angry as she was, there was nothing she could do. After all, the store was left to Su Ping to operate. Making money was all because of Su Ping. Of course, losing money was also his responsibility. She was just furious that Su Ping was taking the money for himself.

Should she tell mom about this?

But Su Lingyue dismissed this idea soon.

Su Ping defeated that Wing Beast while he still wasn’t admitted as an advanced teacher in their academy… To have such strength, he couldn’t have just relied on cultivation. He must have spent a huge fortune!

The money Su Ping put into his pocket was most likely used to increase his strength.

That was a righteous cause.

Did he buy the Inferno Dragon with the money he made? Su Lingyue was frightened by this idea. Considering the power of the Inferno Dragon, people would be unable to buy one even if they had the money. Even if an Inferno Dragon was on sale, the price would be whopping high. Given the money made in that store, they would be unable to afford one Inferno Dragon even after a hundred years.

She stared at Su Ping. She found him unfamiliar since there were so many hidden secrets in him.

At this time, Li Qingru returned with Su Ping’s meal.

She was surprised to see Su Lingyue there as well. “What are you doing downstairs?”

Su Lingyue made up an answer, “I came down to get some hot water.”

“Didn’t you have a bottle of hot water in your room?”

Su Lingyue didn’t expect that it was her mother, not Su Ping, who had seen her through

She could feel the detestable looks directed at her from the side. She turned around, sneered and said, “I drank up all the hot water in my room.” With that said, she stood up and went back upstairs.

Li Qingru was still confused. “You drank it all? But I just poured you an entire bottle.”

Dong, dong, dong!

Su Lingyue walked even faster!

Su Ping looked at how Su Lingyue escaped. He immediately had the certainty that she already knew about his store. But there was something she didn’t know. Su Lingyue only knew how well the business was doing, but she had no idea of the actual turnover.

Su Ping shook his head. He didn’t want to waste brain cells on such matters. It didn’t matter if she knew or not. He had no intention to hide from the very beginning because the truth would be hard to conceal anyways.

They saved him many dishes that day. Su Ping finished his dinner quickly and went upstairs.

He went back to his room and continued cultivating as before.

While cultivating, Su Ping was thinking, I have to finish the recent quest to unlock the advanced training. I have been training pets at middle-level cultivation planes. Should I… go ahead and try my luck in a top-tier cultivation plane?

The middle-level cultivation planes would cost less but it would take a longer time. He could only fulfill the requirements after many training rounds.

On the other hand, top-tier cultivation planes would cost more money but time could be saved. He could fulfill the requirements in one go.

This was a difficult choice. He would naturally go with middle-level cultivation planes if he was back in the poorer days. However, the store’s business had been going very well. His time had become more valuable.

Su Ping gradually fell asleep while he was still pondering

The next morning.

Su Ping woke up. He saw Su Lingyue there when he went down for breakfast.

No wonder I didn’t see her yesterday at breakfast. She must have tailed me. Ever since Su Ping realized that this was the weekend, he had seen Su Lingyue right through.

Su Ping ate some congee, took a steamed bun with him, and left.

“I’ll go with you.” Su Lingyue went after him at once.

Su Ping raised his eyebrows. She meant what she said.

“Whatever.” Su Ping didn’t want to waste time with her. If he were to stop her, she would become more curious. Anyways, she couldn’t even enter the pet room without his permission, so she would be unable to see a thing

Su Lingyue just wanted to find out if the business was as good as the day before by tagging along that day. The two of them headed out.

Su Lingyue rode the scooter her mother used for grocery shopping and followed Su Ping.

Before arriving, Su Ping could already see a long line at the door from a distance. There seemed to be more customers than the day prior.

He frowned. Not many pets had been trained the other day. He was afraid that not enough training space would be freed.

Su Lingyue was surprised to see that long line. Business was still doing good. So, the day before was not an exception.

When Su Ping arrived, the crowd saw him at once and approached him.

Su Ping had become used to this scene. He locked up his bike, took out his keys, and opened the door while surrounded by this massive crowd. Before he bent over to pull up the shutter door, someone had already done that for him.

Su Ping looked at that person. This one was familiar; it was the same person that helped him before.

Su Ping nodded as a token of appreciation.

Su Ping went inside, turned around, and said to the crowd, “Same as before, make a line. This time, those coming to pick up their pets, line up on the left and those that come to train pets, stand on the right.”

The crowd split into two lines at once.

There were fewer people on the left. Apart from those with previous experience, most of the people standing on the left seemed confused.

When they were informed by Su Ping to come and pick up their pets, they thought they had heard it wrong. How could Su Ping claim that he had finished the training after merely one day?

Could training be carried out so quickly?

They felt they had been deceived. If it weren’t for the fact that many students were there and Su Ping was an advanced teacher, they would have argued with him.

“Those who come to pick up pets will go first to free up more space. People on the right, please wait for a moment,” Su Ping said. Those waiting to have their pets trained showed understanding when Su Ping said he was trying to free up more space first. They all said that they weren’t in a hurry.

“Okay. Your name and the pet’s name?” Su Ping began.

The one at the front of the line was a young man named Nie Zhan.

He came to train his pet in Su Ping’s store for the first time the day before. He came from an average family and he had spent a long time saving up the 100,000 coins.

He wouldn’t have been so resolute if Su Ping weren’t an advanced teacher.

He was confused and frightened when Su Ping called him to pick up his pet. If Su Ping were to fool him about the training, he would have spent the money he saved for a long time for nothing.

He had spent a sleepless night. He crawled up before dawn and went there straight away. That was why he was the first in line.

He struggled inwardly during the past few hours as he waited. His mood worsened during this time. He even felt the urge to shout out abusive words. Later on, more and more students arrived. Otherwise, he would have argued with Su Ping directly to ask for a refund.

“Fourth-rank Rock Mite?” Su Ping found the name of the pet the young man had. He nodded and asked the young man to wait while he went inside to pick up the pet.