"Housekeeper Qi, Mr. Lu Yan, you’re here so early?"

Jiang Qin, dressed in a robe, greeted them a bit awkwardly.

Fortunately, her clothes—even her pajamas—were more like loungewear, so the situation wasn’t too awkward.

Of course, if she had *that* kind of habit, the two of them wouldn’t have been able to enter the house.

Given the tempers of the men in her house, they probably would have stood guard at the door, watching.

"We just arrived a short while ago."

"Oh, good. Please, have a seat. I’ll just go wash up, and we can leave after breakfast."

"There’s no rush. Please, take your time."

Qi Yi watched as Yun Xie and the others skillfully arranged the food, their friendly rapport on full display. He felt a complex mix of emotions.

’Say what you will, but this Miss Jiang’s methods for managing her men are quite impressive.’

After breakfast, the group went around Recovery City, visiting all the popular spots.

There was an underground shopping street built in a retro style, a food street, and a bar street.

There was even a pedestrian street.

Even Jiang Qin, who wasn’t a fan of shopping, couldn’t resist buying a lot of things.

And even though these items were sold at street stalls, they weren’t cheap at all. Some were even more expensive than what you’d find in a shopping center.

But that was understandable. After all, things at tourist attractions were always priced to rip people off.

It was like those cheap trinkets from a wholesale market—something that costs pennies to make is sold for dozens of dollars overseas.

The profit margins were higher than selling certain illegal drugs, and with none of the risk.

When Jiang Qin’s gaze lingered on a bracelet for a moment too long, Long Hao started to go and buy it, but she quickly stopped him.

"I don’t want it. I’ve already bought too much."

Before Long Hao could even speak, a disdainful voice cut in. "Tsk. To think that in this day and age, there’s a High-level female who can’t even afford a cheap bracelet."

Jiang Qin turned to look. ’Huh, it’s someone I recognize.’

"Miss Lina, should I wrap all of these up for you?"

"Yes, wrap them up."

The male in a tuxedo beside the blonde, blue-eyed girl hurried forward to negotiate a price with the stall owner for buying out his entire stock.

And then Jiang Qin remembered.

’It was that High-level female from yesterday, the one who was disgusted by the idea of eating at a street stall!’ 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

’But... didn’t she find the street stalls beneath her? Why would she be willing to shop here?’

Lina sized Jiang Qin up with a critical eye and sneered, "No wonder you’re so poor. With that ugly black hair and those black eyes, you probably can’t find any high-quality males to support you, can you?"

Jiang Qin...

"Wow, miss. Is it because you’re so incompetent that you have no assets of your own and have to rely on getting partners to support your lifestyle?"

Hearing Long Hao cut in, Lina shot him a furious glare. "Females are speaking. How dare a male like you interrupt? You have no manners."

Long Hao snorted. "Right, right, right. I have no manners and you do. So what? You gonna kill me? Ooh, I’m so, so scared."

As he spoke, he even made a show of leaning against Jiang Qin’s shoulder, as if seeking comfort.

’What a joke. He’d even cussed out a Princess from the Imperial Royal Family; was he supposed to be afraid of some random female he’d never met?’

"You!"

Lina’s eyes reddened with rage. She drew a whip, pointed it at Long Hao, and turned to Jiang Qin. "Ugly female! Your partner dared to talk back to a High-level female. Aren’t you going to answer for that?"

"What did you have in mind?"

"Hand him over to me. I’ll teach him a lesson for you. I guarantee that the next time he sees a female, he’ll be like a mouse that’s seen a cat and won’t dare cause trouble again."

"I’m afraid I can’t do that. I don’t like mice, so I can’t just hand him over to you."

Jiang Qin’s expression was complicated, as if to say, ’I can’t believe you actually like turning your partners into mice!’

’What a perverted fetish.’

"Are you just going to play dumb and cover for your male?"

"My partner did nothing wrong. Why would I need to cover for him?

If you believe my partner has done something wrong, you can file a complaint against me with the Association, call the Law Enforcement Team to mediate, or even sue us. All of those are options."

Hearing this, Lina understood Jiang Qin’s stance. Her eyes narrowed, and with a sudden, vicious look, she lashed her whip toward Long Hao.

Although Long Hao couldn’t use his beast form at the moment, the years he’d spent on physical training were no joke. He easily dodged the whip.

But Lina was relentless, seemingly determined to teach him a lesson.

Jiang Qin, of course, wasn’t about to stand by and watch her hit one of her men. And even if Yun Xie and the others were to get involved, they could only defend themselves, not fight back.

So, she directly used her Superpower to form a whip and lashed it out at the other woman.

When a fiery red whip suddenly appeared in her hand, no one present paid it much mind.

After all, items like the Space Button were quite common; basically everyone present could afford one.

Lina was just an ordinary female who didn’t even keep up a regular running habit. Naturally, she was unable to dodge the whip.

The whip struck her on the arm.

"You dare to hit me?!"

"Are you all fucking dead?! Get over here and beat this ugly female to death for me!"

No one dared to move. Her partners wore troubled expressions, and her personal butler’s face was ashen.

Seeing that they wouldn’t move, Lina laughed bitterly. "Fine, fine, fine. Since none of you will listen to me, I’ll force a divorce with all of you when we get back!

And you!! You disobedient, worthless dog! I’m calling in a complaint about you right now! I’ll have the Association fire you and sentence you to go mine on Black Star!"

At her words, her partners and her butler froze, their faces turning ashen with despair.

Lina still hadn’t given up. She kept swinging her whip, intent on giving Jiang Qin a lashing.

But Yun Xie disarmed her, and Jiang Qin seized the opportunity to land several lashes of her own.

When her partners saw Yun Xie make a move, they immediately lunged forward and started a brawl with him and the others.

Seeing this, Jiang Qin took the chance to whip Lina several more times!

Qi Yi and Lina’s butler didn’t join the melee. Instead, they contacted the Law Enforcement Team and the head of the Female Protection Association’s Recovery City branch.

In the end, both parties were escorted to a meeting room at the Association.

The person in charge looked at the two families, her head throbbing.

’Both of them were S-level females.’

’One from the Federation, the other from the Myriad Races.’

’No wonder they started fighting. Anyone with eyes could recognize Long Hao as the Third Prince of the Empire.’

Although the branch head was a member of the Association, she was also an Imperial citizen, so her heart couldn’t help but be a little biased.

However, she didn’t dare to show her bias openly, or she’d lose her job.

So now she had a massive headache.

She had no idea how to mediate the situation.

’Logically, Lina, who started running her mouth first, was in the wrong. But Jiang Qin had whipped her several times!’

"Ladies," she began, "look, you could say this is just a case of ’no fight, no friendship.’ How about... we just let it go?"

Lina stared at the head of the Association branch in disbelief.

Jiang Qin, however, remained expressionless.

’Since her side had won the fight by a landslide, she hadn’t come out at a disadvantage.’

But Lina didn’t see it that way. She felt that not only had her mood been ruined by some pauper of a female, but her authority had also been challenged by a male.

’And on top of all that, she’d gotten a beating, only for the person in charge to tell her to just ’let it go’?!’

’Did she come here on vacation just to get beaten up?’