After returning to Fragrant Mountain, Luo Huai’an took Tao Tie with her and they went to choose a room in the villa. She showed Tao Tie the layout of the place, “We have plenty of water and electricity here, and the facilities are complete. There is a Simmons bed, a sofa, and a home theater.”

Tao Tie wasn’t interested when she first introduced the room, but after seeing that it was indeed as big as she said, he was very happy. “I want to live here. I can go back to my original form and sleep on the floor.”

Luo Huai’an shook her head and said with a smile, “No, no, no, sleeping on the ground is not comfortable. There is enough space here, and I can customize a huge bed for you with the best mattress. You will sleep very comfortably, like sleeping in a cloud.”

Tao Tie’s wet eyes brightened even more, and he nodded hurriedly, “Okay, I want that kind of bed.”

Luo Huai’an added, “Moreover, you probably know that the spiritual energy in Fragrant Hills is even more abundant than in the cafeteria. Staying here for a while will alleviate your injuries and hunger, which is something that money can’t buy.”

Tao Tie nodded immediately. He could sense that the spiritual energy in the air had become increasingly concentrated since arriving at Fragrant Mountain. The spiritual energy particles transformed into light points and merged into his body, making the injuries he had sustained from being struck by lightning less painful than before. He immediately stated, “I really want to stay here.”

Luo Huai’an did not agree immediately. Instead, she said, “You have to pay rent to stay in a hotel. The rooms here are better than those in five-star hotels. So you will have to pay rent. If you want to buy a bed, you will also have to pay for it yourself.”

Tao Tie was completely insensitive to money, and casually nodded, “Okay.”

Three minutes later, Luo Huai’an looked at the transfer on her phone and couldn’t help but laugh. Tao Tie was really rich!

After paying, Tao Tie happily transformed back into his original form and rolled around on the ground. A moment later, he stood up in human form, curiously touched the large LCD screen of the TV, and then picked up a uniquely shaped, colorful, plastic cup and took a bite.

He then spat out the plastic from his mouth, his face contorting in distaste. “It tastes awful.”

Tao Tie put down the colorful plastic cup without interest and started fiddling with the fish tank in the room.

Seeing him like this, Luo Huai’an felt as if she had returned to ancient times and seen Tao Tie, who ate mud.

Luo Huai’an was somewhat surprised and reminded him, “If you do this outside, you’ll be considered to have pica.”

Tao Tie spat out the water plants from his mouth and stuffed the pebbles from the bottom of the fish tank into his mouth to grind his teeth: “I know, that’s why I don’t do this in front of people. I just want to know if these new things taste good.”

“Is it tasty?”

Tao Tie shook his head. “It doesn’t taste good. Humans’ food is much better. Everything tastes so good. By the way, yours is even better than theirs.”

Luo Huai’an was quite pleased to hear this. It seemed that although Tao Tie was a glutton, he actually had normal taste buds. If there was something better to eat, he wouldn’t eat strange things. This made it so easy for her to make money off him.

Thinking of this, Luo Huai’an suddenly remembered something that made her mindset somewhat complicated, and a strange emotion welled up in her heart. Her tone became a little sour, “Where did you get so much money?”

Tao Tie should be like her, lacking education and unable to find a job. But despite wearing clothes that cost only a few dollars, his wallet had an eight-figure balance, making him an unassuming but incredibly wealthy man.

Even a favored auspicious beast couldn’t achieve this level of wealth, yet an unfavored ferocious beast was so rich—it was enough to make anyone who heard it feel heartbroken and shed tears.

Upon hearing this, Tao Tie casually replied, “Because I learned how to do livestreaming, this money is my salary from the livestreaming platform. People like watching my livestreams, so they send me gifts. I can exchange these gifts for money and then go out to eat. When I eat, they send me more gifts, so I have more and more money. I don’t know when it started, but this money has become inexhaustible. I used to feel bad when I didn’t have money to eat, but now I feel that having more money is meaningless.”

Tao Tie’s previous video of eating instant noodles had already reached tens of millions of views, and every video he posted afterward had reached millions of views. Each of his live streams attracts at least hundreds of thousands of viewers, making him one of the top streamers in the food vlogging industry.

Luo Huai’an: “???”

How could he be so Versailles!

The dazzling light emanating from Tao Tie almost blinded Luo Huai’an, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

But when she looked at Tao Tie, she found that he was still rummaging through the aquatic plants in the fish tank, without any hint of arrogance on his face, as if it were just an ordinary thing.

Luo Huai’an fell into a deep silence. She always felt that Tao Tie’s unintentional boasting was more unpleasant than his deliberate boasting.

Tao Tie earned more money through his laid-back, easy-going approach to making money than she did through hard work.

This was completely unreasonable!

Mythical Beast Cafeteria translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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