Xia Chujian knew her aunt was hard to fool, but she hadn't expected her aunt's mind to be so sharp after recovering from a serious illness.
This severe genetic disease seemed to have recovered really well, at least her brain wasn't affected at all.
Xia Chujian secretly complained in her heart, but she didn't dare to try to pull the wool over Xia Yuanfang's eyes again.
She quietly raised her eyes, glanced at Xia Yuanfang, and said softly, "Auntie, I can tell you, but can you promise not to get angry?"
Xia Yuanfang's heart leaped to her throat.
Xia Chujian got up from Xia Yuanfang's arms, knelt obediently in front of her, lowered her head, and said, "Auntie, I didn't drop out of school. After you got sick, the medical bills were needed urgently. Without ten thousand Beichen coins, you couldn't even be hospitalized. So I asked Doctor Shen Junyi to help me get a certificate and sold the house, which sold for thirty thousand Beichen coins."
Xia Yuanfang "oh"ed, and the anxiety in her heart immediately lessened.
She raised Xia Chujian's chin, looked at her with a smile, and said, "My little Chujian, you really have decisiveness. Selling the house was indeed the best choice at that time."
This child, luckily she knew to sell the house, and not sell herself...
To be honest, Xia Yuanfang was really worried that Xia Chujian would get a hot head and follow the example of those romance novels on the Star Network, selling her virginity to raise money for medical expenses! If she really did that, Xia Yuanfang estimated that she would vomit three liters of blood, be hospitalized again, and thoroughly review the failure of her education.
Fortunately, fortunately...
Xia Yuanfang held Xia Chujian's slightly trembling hand and encouraged her, "Little Chujian did the right thing. The person themselves is the most important thing. Houses and money are all external things, you don't bring them with you when you're born, and you don't take them with you when you die."
Xia Chujian didn't really agree with her aunt's opinion.
For her, a house might be an external thing, but money definitely wasn't.
That was her life!
Without money, how could she live!
Xia Chujian sometimes didn't understand why her aunt always had an attitude of regarding money as dirt.
And it wasn't fake, her aunt really didn't care much about money.
In Xia Chujian's opinion, only people who were particularly rich would have this kind of nonchalant attitude towards money.
And her and her aunt's lives, from the time she could remember at two or three years old, had always been particularly tight.
Despite this, her aunt didn't value money as much as Xia Chujian did.
In her aunt's eyes, there were many things that were more important than money.
But in Xia Chujian's eyes, everything except her aunt was not as important as money.
Xia Yuanfang saw the disapproval in Xia Chujian's eyes and continued to ask gently, "Okay, after the house was sold, the money was given to the hospital for medical expenses, what about you? Where do you live? How do you live? And, since the house was sold, how did you buy it back? And it's been renovated, right?"
"How much did you buy the house back for? How much did the renovation cost? As I see it, such a renovation would cost at least five thousand Beichen coins, right?"
Xia Yuanfang guessed right.
Xia Chujian admired Xia Yuanfang's insight to the point of prostration.
Her original idea was that if her aunt didn't ask, she wouldn't say, and it wouldn't be considered lying to her aunt.
Now that her aunt had asked, she absolutely didn't dare to lie.
Xia Chujian thought for a while, stood up from in front of Xia Yuanfang's sofa, and brought her gun case over.
She took off the blue-and-white floral cloth cover, then opened the gun case, revealing a Xia Zhi 085 Assault Rifle inside.
Then she went to her room, dragged the large box from under the bed, and opened it, revealing a pile of gun parts!
Xia Yuanfang had not expected to see so many "contraband" items in her home! Her heart sank, but her expression remained calm, and she asked gently, "...Where did these come from?"
In that instant, Xia Yuanfang's thoughts churned. What she was thinking was that this child, indeed, didn't think about selling her body like ordinary little girls when she had nothing.
But looking at this box of guns and ammunition, wasn't she much bolder than ordinary little girls?! Anyone could guess that so many guns weren't taken out as exhibits.
What were guns? Guns were killing weapons, things that took lives! Xia Chujian smiled in relief, without the previous timidity and worry.
In these three years, guns had been her best partners and family.
Guns could embolden people, protect her from harm, and save her from panic.
She looked at Xia Yuanfang and said calmly, "Auntie, I have a legal gun license."
"When you suddenly fainted and there was no money at home, although I sold the house, it was only enough for your medical expenses for three years."
"I still have to support myself, I need to go to school, and I also need to raise more money to save up for your medical expenses."
"Therefore, I joined the Dark Night Hunter Association. I have been a Hunter for three years."
Xia Chujian took out the components of her Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle from the wooden box, caressing the barrel with her hand as if it were a treasure. She looked up at Xia Yuanfang, her smile somewhat manic: "Aunt, I'm a crack shot!"
Xia Yuanfang's heart was experiencing uncontrollable ups and downs.
At first, she thought Xia Chujian had gone astray, and a particularly wrong path at that, a path where she had blood on her hands...
For a moment, she was almost planning to take Xia Chujian and go on the run.
But then, she heard Xia Chujian say that she had joined the Dark Night Hunter Association and had been a Hunter for three years.
Xia Yuanfang knew that the so-called Dark Night Hunter Association was actually a bounty hunter's civilian organization.
In her previous world, the profession of bounty hunter was definitely illegal, severely cracked down on by criminal law.
But in the Beichen Empire, bounty hunters were a legal profession, and could even obtain licenses from the government, as well as legal gun permits.
Xia Yuanfang also knew something about that Dark Night Hunter Association. It was a huge civilian organization that had risen in the last decade or so.
In Xia Yuanfang's view, it was a gray organization that walked the line between black and white.
She grabbed Xia Chujian's hand that was caressing the barrel, and asked in a hoarse voice, "You really... became a bounty hunter? Do you know that being a bounty hunter basically means your life is in the hands of fate?"
"Besides, you're not a Gene Evolver. Three years ago, you hadn't even touched a gun. Weren't you just going to die if you became a bounty hunter?!"
Xia Chujian also breathed a sigh of relief.
She was very afraid that her aunt would completely deny the profession of bounty hunter.
Fortunately, although her aunt didn't seem to approve, she didn't completely object either.
Xia Chujian took out her legal gun permit from the gun case and said in a low voice, "Aunt, actually, people's potential is forced out."
"When you weren't sick, I would never have tried these overly dangerous things."
"But after you got sick, I had to force myself."
"I won't sell myself, and of course, I'm not good-looking, so no one will force me to sell myself." Xia Chujian shrugged. "But I need to go to school, I need to make money, and I need to earn more money than a regular job."
"So, apart from the Dark Night Hunter Association, I have no other choice."
"This profession doesn't require me to clock in every day, the time is flexible, and it doesn't affect my schooling at all."
"And as long as you're willing to work hard, to risk your life, you can definitely make money."
"Although I didn't earn much before, it was enough to support myself. And in these three years, I have had the opportunity to receive various training for free in the Dark Night Hunter Association."
"Just talking about practicing Gunmanship, even the rich can't afford that kind of expense."
Xia Yuanfang felt extremely uncomfortable, but she tried her best to restrain herself, not letting herself cry in front of Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian's eyes were bright: "And I found that I have a talent in this area. The first time I got a gun, I felt like it belonged to me, and I belonged to it."
"Others use rifles without scopes to shoot at moving targets, and it takes a month to half a year to reach a certain level of accuracy."
"But for me, the first day was at least eight rings. After a week, I could hit ten rings with my eyes closed."
Xia Yuanfang listened silently as Xia Chujian talked about her experiences in the Dark Night Hunter team.
Because of her superb Gunmanship, she had her first team willing to take her in, and she had her own teammates.
For three years, thanks to these teammates taking care of her in many ways, she was able to survive until now.
At the same time, she also learned a lot of knowledge and skills that she couldn't learn elsewhere.
Xia Yuanfang slowly inhaled, controlling her emotions.
She knew that she had a morbid desire to control Xia Chujian's personal safety.
Before she fainted, Xia Chujian could only live in the safe zone she provided, and absolutely could not cross the line.
But was that really good for her? She had almost ruined this child...
Xia Yuanfang was frightened and began to reflect on herself.
If Xia Chujian's survival ability wasn't so strong, and she woke up after three years, or never woke up again, the days this child would face would be hellish beyond her imagination.
Xia Yuanfang closed her eyes and sincerely apologized to Xia Chujian, "Chujian, Auntie is sorry. Auntie shouldn't have restricted you at home because I was too worried about your safety. Auntie should have given you the opportunity to understand this society and taught you more survival skills earlier."
Xia Chujian was pleasantly surprised.
She didn't expect that her aunt not only didn't blame her for joining the Dark Night Hunter Association on her own and becoming a bounty hunter with blood on her hands, but was also reflecting on her own education methods! This was her aunt, the aunt she was willing to save with her life!
Xia Chujian's psychological burden vanished.
She put the sniper rifle barrel back into the wooden box and said with a smile, "Auntie has also taught me a lot. As for the survival skills of this kind of Hunter, there's actually no need to learn them in advance. We all train our skills on the job."
"Take practicing gunmanship for example, a box of bullets costs twenty Beichen coins, and there are only fifty bullets in it. When I practice with the sniper rifle, I have to shoot hundreds of bullets a day. You do the math, even if an average family has a mine at home, they can't afford it!"
Xia Yuanfang lovingly stroked her face, "It must be hard, right? And dangerous?"
Xia Chujian's eyes sparkled like stars, "Actually, it's not hard, because it's something I like to do! As for danger, it is indeed dangerous, but if it wasn't dangerous, I wouldn't get so much money!"
"Didn't Auntie say that the greater the risk, the more money you make!"
Xia Yuanfang: ...The child has grown up, has a good memory, and should say less of what shouldn't be said in the future.
But she didn't interrupt Xia Chujian, just listened to her narration with a smile.
Xia Chujian enthusiastically told her about the task she had done a few days ago, the one that earned her the most money.
"Auntie... we did a task more than ten days ago. There were five human traffickers who abducted a group of young boys and girls, I don't know what they were going to do. After we rushed over and killed the traffickers, there were even Remnant Species!"
"Thanks to your niece's brilliance and martial prowess! Gunmanship like a god! Divine soldiers descending from the sky! One magazine of bullets went over, and all the bad guys were wiped out!"
"After completing this task, I got B-Grade Merit, and I exchanged it for 500,000 Beichen coins!"
"Auntie, we have a huge sum of 500,000!"
In Xia Chujian's narration, Xia Yuanfang seemed to be there, immersed in the tense and exciting Hunter mission.
After Xia Yuanfang listened to Xia Chujian, she asked seemingly unintentionally, "What did the Remnant Species you mentioned look like?"
Because Xia Chujian hated tentacles, she didn't describe the appearance of the Remnant Species when she was narrating.
Now that Xia Yuanfang asked, she had to curl her lips and gesture with her hands: "...Ugly, like octopus legs, but especially big octopus legs, as thick as an elephant's trunk."
Xia Yuanfang's expression changed drastically.
Xia Chujian was stunned for a moment: "Auntie, what's wrong? Are you scared?"
Xia Yuanfang forced a smile, her voice still gentle and calm: "I am indeed scared, this is too dangerous. Chujian, quit this Association. I'm already cured, and you've earned a lot of money. It's enough for us aunt and niece to not work for the rest of our lives. Auntie doesn't want you to be too dangerous."
Xia Chujian was still reluctant to give up the Hunter's job.
She hummed and twisted around Xia Yuanfang, and said, "Auntie, our team is really good, and we've been very lucky recently. By the way, we went to the Exotic Beast Forest a few days ago and found the extremely rare plant Blood Kirin! And Kong Sang!"
"What?" Xia Yuanfang couldn't maintain her composure, she grabbed Xia Chujian's hand and asked in a slightly nervous tone, "What did you say?!"
"I I I... I said our team is really good..."
"No, the sentence after that?"
"...I said, we've been very lucky recently?"
"No, after that sentence?"
"...I said, we went to the Exotic Beast Forest."
"And then?"
"...Found the extremely rare plant Blood Kirin..."
"...And then?!"
"And Kong Sang!"
Xia Yuanfang approached Xia Chujian's face, her eyes solemn, and asked word by word: "You really found Kong Sang? And Blood Kirin?"
Xia Chujian hurriedly took out two fresh-keeping storage bags from her pocket.
The one containing the Blood Kirin was already empty, but in the other one, there were still Kong Sang leaves and petals.
She took out the fresh-keeping storage bag containing Kong Sang and handed it to Xia Yuanfang, "Here, this is Kong Sang."
Then, carrying the empty fresh-keeping storage bag, she said embarrassedly to Xia Yuanfang, "Auntie, this bag originally contained nine Blood Kirin, but in your ward, I was like a lunatic, and I ruined all the Blood Kirin..."
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