The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 16: The Pill-Buying Tycoon Turned Out to Be Him

Chapter 16: Chapter 16: The Pill-Buying Tycoon Turned Out to Be Him

"That reply is way too melodramatic."

Su An’an came back from washing her hands and saw the reply Little Pink sent on her behalf, cringing so hard her scalp tingled.

’Fireworks blooming? Why not just set me on fire and be done with it?’

Little Pink had stars in its eyes. [You deserve the grandest and best spectacle.]

Su An’an said helplessly, "Pride comes before a fall. Show-offs get struck by lightning. You have to keep a low profile to live a long life, got it?"

Little Pink sounded aggrieved. [I’m sorry.]

[I’ll retract it right now.]

"Forget it. Retracting it now would just make me look even crazier."

Slurping on a nutrient stick, Su An’an casually opened the Interstellar headlines.

Three sizzling, bombshell stories had instantly shot to the top.

[Exclusive scoop! New female streamer Jiu Su starts a suicide stream: 1v3 against Medicated Poison Beasts.]

[Shocking inside story: The targets are three A-Level Mad Beasts scheduled for euthanasia at the Mad Beast Institute.]

[Top-secret file: Unlicensed female takes a desperate risk to open a pharmacy. Is this a distortion of society or a collapse of beastly nature?]

Su An’an nearly sprayed out a mouthful of her nutrient supplement.

She opened the comment section, which was an absolute chaotic mess.

[This female named Jiu Su must be crazy desperate for fame!]

[The user above doesn’t get it. This is called selling products with your life on the line!]

[I strongly condemn this! Using severely afflicted Medicated Poison Beastmen for clout is completely shameless. Shut down this suicidal stream!]

A self-proclaimed ’rational’ commenter piped up.

[Maybe she’s a High-Level Female who wants to save the beasts?]

[Bro, if you’d ever watched a [Beastman Soothing] stream, you wouldn’t be saying that.]

[Fun fact: Education on remote planets is backward. Low-level females can’t pass the theoretical pharmacology exam, so their only option is to sign a streaming contract with Douyin to get a pharmacy license without an exam.]

[Dispensing medicine without a license is murder! Boycott Douyin for using streaming contracts to exploit legal loopholes.]

[I bet 100 Star Coins the new female streamer won’t last three minutes.]

[If she succeeds, I’ll livestream myself eating shit.]

[+1: Eating shit.]

[Then I’ll drop a big one for ya. You two above, get ready to catch.]

Little Pink was furious. [How dare they question the Princess! I’m going to blow up all their Star Network accounts.]

"It’s fine. Bad publicity is still publicity. These are just tired old tricks from the Ancient Earth entertainment industry."

Su An’an read with great interest.

She just hadn’t expected that livestreaming oneself eating shit was also a trend among Interstellar Beastmen.

In the comments, a beast replied to the two "eat shit" posters: [Race?]

Eat Shit One: [Dung beetle!]

Eat Shit Two: [Wild dog! Doge face: Beastmen will never be slaves, unless you provide food and shelter.]

"PFFT!"

Su An’an spat out her food again. ’They’re being literal about eating shit!’

’One word: Respect!’

Besides these spectating male beasts, the Empire’s females also came out to flame her.

[White Fairy: Isn’t the Pharmaceutical Administration going to do something? Since when do you need a Beast Tamer license to open a pharmacy?]

[Red Fairy: Even a Mutant Beast wouldn’t drink medicine from an unlicensed dispenser. Just waiting for her account to get banned!] (30k+ likes)

「Interstellar Douyin Headquarters」

On the Holographic Screen, under the trending topic of "New Female Streamer Jiu Su 1v3," the comments had already surpassed one hundred thousand.

"I told you to promote her, not to smear her name! Look at what you’ve done."

Noland’s eyes were bloodshot as he slammed the remote control onto the table.

Nick, with one leg crossed over the other, said, "Isn’t this a great result? Pre-registrations have already broken one hundred thousand!"

The Weasel assistant replied in a low voice, "That’s right! The number of pre-registrations for the stream is skyrocketing, from one thousand to one hundred thousand."

"At this rate, we might get a million beasts on the day of the stream."

Nick looked at Noland provocatively.

"Or are you saying you have no confidence in streamer Jiu Su?"

Noland was fuming, but he couldn’t refute it.

This kind of negative publicity campaign could only be countered by success.

If they failed, both he and Jiu Su would be ruined.

Su An’an was using her claws—no, her fingers—to frantically dig through the gossip fields of the Star Network when Little Pink suddenly shrieked with delight:

[Princess, our pharmacy is open for business!]

[Detecting a mysterious buyer who has cleared out the entire stock of Blood Frenzy Pills!]

[Account balance has surpassed... five... hundred... thousand! Star Coins!]

"What?!"

Su An’an shot upright and opened the store’s backend. She almost cried out when she saw the balance of 500,000:

"I can finally buy spicy gluten strips! WAAAAH."

This was the first time she’d seen a six-figure savings account since she transmigrated to the Beast World!

The last time she’d been this excited was back on Ancient Earth when she won a "one more bottle" prize!

Little Pink bounced around, holding up a virtual abacus:

[Princess! The big shot who bought out our stock just sent a private message!]

[His avatar is a solid gold scepter icon! You can tell at a glance he’s the kind of guy with enough Star Coins to smash three A-Level beasts to death!]

Su An’an elegantly opened the chat window and was nearly suffocated by the stench of new money.

Gold Power Commander: [Blood Frenzy Pills. However many you have, I’ll take them all.]

’That opening line is more arrogant than something out of an overbearing CEO novel from Ancient Earth!’

[So sorry, dear~ This potion is a limited edition. Please follow our stream for the next restock!]

After typing, Su An’an even added a little beast emoji with its tongue sticking out.

Little Pink was completely bewildered:

[But Princess, we still have 4,900 pills in the warehouse! Why did you say we’re out of stock?]

"You don’t get it at all!"

Su An’an flicked her smart-brain. "This is called hunger marketing!"

"Just wait until Jiu Su’s stream on Saturday when she turns the tables. Our pharmacy will be a ’celebrity-endorsed’ shop, and we’ll definitely make a killing!"

Just as she was reveling in her plan, a bright red, urgent private message suddenly popped up on the screen.

Gold Power Commander: [Triple the price.]

Gold Power Commander: [Five times.]

Gold Power Commander: [Ten times.]

Gold Power Commander: [Twenty times.]

’Damn, is he playing Fight the Landlord with me, just raising the stakes over and over?’

Su An’an’s brows twisted together like a pretzel.

’Why do I feel like a piece of braised pork being eyed by a sinister wild beast?’

The goosebumps on her skin were popping up like they were at a track meet.

Gold Power Commander: [Name your price. How much will it take for you to sell?]

Little Pink was so anxious it was wringing its hands like a fly. [Princess, twenty times the price is a lot!]

Su An’an rolled her eyes so hard she could practically see the back of her own head.

"One hundred thousand for a single pill? It’s not like my Blood Frenzy Pills are coated in gold leaf."

"When a pie falls from the sky, nine times out of ten it’s a trap with strings attached!"

The Gold Power Commander seemed to sense her hesitation:

[You don’t need to be suspicious. I am merely a customer sincerely seeking this medicine.]

[Your Blood Frenzy Pills are extremely effective. I am willing to trade anything for them.]

As soon as the message was sent, a property list suddenly popped up in the chat window.

Ore planets, herb planets, and habitable planets lined up, blindingly dazzling.

Any single one was a display of wealth beyond the imagination.

Su An’an stared at the screen, dazed. ’Are we sure this guy didn’t just walk off the set of "The Overbearing Beast Fell in Love with Me"?’

’I’m seriously afraid his next line is going to be: "Female, you have successfully caught my attention!"’

Suddenly, Little Pink’s alarm flashed wildly. [Princess, a beast is tracking our IP!]

[Blocked! Counter-tracking in progress...]

[Found him! It’s the Star Network’s infamous ’Mecha-Mad Dog’ who’s behind this!]

[Wait! This mad dog is actually linked to the Gold Power Commander’s account.]

Su An’an slammed the table. "I knew it was a trick! Block him!"

Little Pink suddenly froze as if it had crashed:

[...]

[...]

[The Gold Power Commander is actually... *him*?!]

The Light Screen flashed with a string of garbled code, then two large, blood-red words popped up.