Chapter 147: Embarking on the Path of Interstellar Scalping

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, Du Zhi prepared breakfast for everyone. After eating, she eagerly made preparations to head back home. The reason she was in such a hurry to return now was her burning desire to turn the fabric into brand-new clothes.

Du Song knew that Du Zhi was getting married soon and it was not proper for her to stay in the city for too long. He let them stay until noon, then drove his two younger sisters back. The next morning, taking the pastries that Du Yun and the others had made, he set off for the county town again.

"Elder sister, you and Mother carefully figure out how to make the clothes at home. I'm going to the town," Du Yun said to Du Zhi after tidying up things, seeing that it was still early in the day. A few days had flashed by in an instant, and now it was time to check on the outcome regarding the digital watches she had previously given to the two brothers, Zhang Liansheng and Zhao Jinbao.

Because it was daytime, Du Yun did not ask anyone to accompany her. After leaving the village, she walked straight ahead, unconsciously increasing her pace. By the time she briskly walked all the way to the town, Du Yun checked the time and was astonished to find that her speed was twice as fast as usual.

"Douzhi, did I read the time wrong or something? Why did I walk so fast?" Du Yun looked around. Under the bright, dazzling sun, no other people were in sight. Only then did she let out a slow breath and ask Douzhi in her mind.

"It has been a few days since the devil training program started. If it didn't have even the slightest effect, would it still deserve to be called a training program?" Douzhi said in all seriousness within Du Yun's mind. Although the voice sounded majestic, what Du Yun pictured in her mind was the image of a little adult deliberately putting on a mature act.

"Then, are there any improvements in my other aspects?" Hearing Douzhi's words, Du Yun felt it sounded a bit far-fetched that her physical fitness could improve in just a few short days, but she still couldn't help asking.

"Your combat power value has also increased, though you can't tell right now."

"Oh, combat power value is very important!" Du Yun nodded to show she understood. She knew what Douzhi meant by saying she wouldn't be able to tell—combat power, naturally, could only be seen when fighting. There were no proper opportunities for fighting on Green Field Star. Du Yun thought to herself with a mischievous chuckle: Should she find an excuse later to beat up the two punk brothers?

Before Du Yun could figure out what was going on, her spiritual power, which kept scanning her surroundings, had already discovered her target. It was those two little brothers. Without a second thought, Du Yun walked directly toward their location!

"H-hey, big boss!" Zhao Jinbao was the first to spot Du Yun. He rubbed his eyes somewhat dazedly, and realizing he wasn't seeing things, fiercely poked Zhang Liansheng beside him.

"What? The boss is here?" Zhang Liansheng's reaction was quicker. Turning his head and seeing Du Yun, he hurriedly trotted all the way up to her.

"Boss!" Zhang Liansheng and Zhao Jinbao called out respectfully, prompting the nearby small vendors to cast skeptical glances at Du Yun. Could this skinny little girl of such a tender age actually be the leader of a gang of punks?

"What boss, boss, stop shouting nonsense! Just call me Du Yun!" Hearing their form of address, and looking at their slick, punkish demeanor, a wave of unhappiness instantly welled up inside her. At that moment, she really wanted to test out just how much her combat power had improved.

"Y-yes, Du... Du Yun!" Realizing that Du Yun disliked the title of boss, Zhang Liansheng readily and smoothly changed his form of address. He looked at Du Yun with excitement, "We... we sold two of the three digital watches you left behind!"

"Oh? You really sold them? How much did they sell for?" Du Yun's eyes lit up as well, and she instantly grew excited. She had just spent over fifty yuan yesterday, and although she still had some money left in her hands, who would ever think they had too much money?

"One for fifty-five, and one for sixty," Zhang Liansheng looked around and, seeing that the distant peddlers could see this side but shouldn't be able to hear them talking, spoke to Du Yun in a low voice.

"Mm, you did well!" A joyful expression appeared on Du Yun's face. She still had quite a few of these digital watches in her possession. Selling two of them brought in a total of one hundred and fifteen yuan. Even after deducting the share for the brothers, she would still pocket over a hundred yuan, which was equivalent to making pastries for several days.

"Then Du Yun, come back with us. There's too much money, so I didn't dare carry it on me; I hid it all at home," Zhang Liansheng suggested when he saw the smile on Du Yun's face, knowing that he had passed at least half of this test.

"Alright!" Du Yun possessed high martial arts skills and was bold. Back in the zombie world, second-tier zombies were already no match for her. In this normal society, how many people could possibly beat her?

Clearly, in handling this matter, Du Yun had approached it under the premise that even if she assumed the absolute worst intentions from them, they wouldn't be able to hurt her. Only when she actually followed the two brothers into their empty and desolate home and saw their blind grandmother did Du Yun realize that she had judged honorable men with the heart of a villain.

"Y-you are the owner of the pastry shop that Liansheng and the others talked about?" A trembling, blind old woman, upon hearing that Du Yun had arrived, hurriedly stood up to pour water for her.

"Grandma, please don't trouble yourself, I'm not thirsty..." Looking at the withered and emaciated old woman before her, Du Yun somehow thought of her own grandmother, and her nose felt slightly sore.

"Oh my, you're their boss, yet you even came to our home to visit us. I'm so embarrassed. To become a boss at such a young age, you're truly amazing... Our family is poor and we have nothing to treat you with. Would you like to stay for a meal?"

Granny Zhang reached out, groping along the edge of the brick bed, rambling on and on. Her eyesight was poor, and she could only make out a vague shadow before her through the faint light. It wasn't until she heard Du Yun's crisp voice that she realized this legendary boss was actually a young girl. She felt both admiration and astonishment.

"Granny Zhang, please don't be so polite. I'm not really any kind of boss; I just know how to make a few kinds of pastries, and I bring them out to sell to supplement our household expenses," Du Yun smiled sweetly as she exchanged pleasantries with Granny Zhang. Seeing that the Zhang family home was practically bare of all possessions, she secretly thought to herself whether she should leave them some food when she departed later.

"Du Yun, this is the money from selling the digital watches." Zhang Liansheng held a stack of bills, varying in age and condition, and handed them over to Du Yun.

"Mm, good job." Du Yun flipped through them rapidly, counting them one by one. Not a single coin more or less, exactly one hundred and fifteen yuan. According to their previous agreement, twenty percent of the amount exceeding one hundred yuan would go to the two brothers, which amounted to three yuan.

"Here, this is for you." Du Yun pulled a five-yuan note from the bills in her hand and handed it to the brothers. "Out of this five yuan, three yuan is your commission, and the other two yuan is a bonus for doing a good job on the task."

"These are the items to sell next time. Keep up the good work!" Du Yun said with a smile, reaching out to pull a few more digital watches, compasses, and other such items from her pocket and handing them over to the brothers.

The trading chain for an intergalactic peddler was officially open!