["Don't believe it,"] Ethan laughed and said, ["But I can get Sister Attendant Five to stab your chrysanthemum."]
（⺻▽⺻）~♡
["Sounds pretty good!"]
The scarecrow had a lewd look all over its face again.
And Ethan really couldn't stand it anymore. He was about to go find a thigh-thick wooden stick and let the scarecrow experience for itself what true 'chrysanthemum in ruins, wounds all over the ground, your smile frozen into frost' really meant.
"Eh? The Lord's scent."
But right at this moment.
Sister Attendant Five suddenly spoke, then her small, delicate nose twitched twice, as if she had discovered Ethan's location.
This scared Ethan so badly that he immediately stopped moving and stared straight at Sister Attendant Five.
He was really afraid she would actually discover… his sleazy behavior.
"How could that be!"
However, after twitching her nose, Sister Attendant Five quickly shook her head again and said, "That's not very possible. How could the Lord be in my room."
"I must be thinking too much. It's all because the Lord is too charming, making me think about him all day long."
"Attendant Five, Attendant Five, you can't keep going on like this!"
"You must properly complete the task the Lord assigned you!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
When the scarecrow heard the words of its beloved Sister Attendant Five, tears immediately streamed down its face.
Right after that, the scarecrow's wailing echoed inside Ethan's head.
["Tell me why!"] [T/N: Ain't nothin but a heartache.]
["The one I love is not my lover!"]
["Every inch of her heart belongs to another person!"]
["She's so happy, so happy it's cruel, making me love and hate her. Why is her love so deep!"]
["The one I love already has a lover. From the look in their eyes, it shows that I'm impossible…"]
♫♬♪(ಥ_ಥ)~♫♬
["Oh? You're even singing now?"]
Ethan looked at the scarecrow speechlessly, and at this moment, the scarecrow finally sensed Ethan's presence.
It suddenly widened its eyes and said, ["You're in the room! I can feel you!"]
["You bastard, you really are in the room peeping!"]
["I'm going to tell Sister Attendant Five!"]
["Hehe!"]
Ethan sneered and replied to the scarecrow, ["Go ahead and tell her slowly. I'm leaving first. As for whether Sister Attendant Five believes me or believes you, that's hard to say."]
["Ahhh!"]
The scarecrow screamed in a frenzy, ["Sister Attendant Five, look at me! That bastard really is in your room!"]
["He's about to leave right now, hurry up and grab a weapon and blow his chrysanthemum!"]
["Hurry up and pick up the top-grade dragon bone blade and cut off his junk!"]
"..."
———
While the scarecrow was going crazy, Ethan had already quietly slipped back into the villa.
He still had a lot of things to deal with. After confirming the effect of the invisibility cloak, the scarecrow, this tool man, was no longer important. Who had the time to play love games with it.
Back inside the villa, Ethan opened the magic book.
[Trading Channel]
["Where did Big Boss Ethan go? Boss, I saw the weather forecast says it'll cool down tomorrow night. I'm begging to loan materials!"]
["I didn't manage to get a loan yesterday either. Lord, urgently needed!"]
["Begging for materials! I can pay a down payment first!"]
Ethan glanced again at the countdown for the Extreme Cold Night. There were less than 30 hours left.
He quickly put up the materials he had collected today.
[Stone for rent: 200 units (remaining: 45)]
[Wood for rent: 50 units (remaining: 45)]
[Vines for rent: 20 units (remaining: 45)]
[Glass for rent: 4 units (remaining: 45)]
[Earth-element beast cores for rent: 4 (remaining: 50)]
[Mud for rent: 100 units (remaining: 95)]
[PS: Glass and earth-element beast cores, because they are under 10 units, require 1 extra unit as interest after three days. Other element beast cores may be used for repayment. Glass can also be repaid with other element beast cores.]
After listing the materials, Ethan went to the regional chat as usual and shouted once.
[Ethan: "Those who want to rent materials, hurry up. Last 45 portions. If you can't get them, don't blame me."]
["Boss finally listed materials. You have no idea how terrifying it was last night with my wooden hut creaking nonstop from that wolf messing with it. Now I can finally upgrade to a stone house. I don't believe that wolf can still break it. I can finally get a good night's sleep."]
["Finally there's mud! That's exactly what I'm missing. If I'd known, I would've rented today. I wasted half a day of borrowing time for nothing. Starting tomorrow, I'll be in debt."]
["Carrying loans on my back, I can only work diligently and pay off Big Boss Ethan's debt as soon as possible!"]
["People in debt, souls in debt, every month we're ghosts of the capitalists!"]
["Big Boss Ethan, can you lower the interest a bit? Or how about paying with my body?"]
["Upstairs idiot! Didn't you see the boss's maid? Long legs Melissa, angel face devil body. Free sleep without paying money. Only a ghost would want you."]
["I got the materials. Going to upgrade first!"]
[Admiration +20]
[From men's jealousy, critical hit +200]
[Admiration +5]
[From women's resentment, critical hit +30]
[Admiration…]
For no clear reason, he farmed another wave of Admiration points.
Ethan couldn't be bothered to figure out exactly what caused it. When he saw that his private messages had already exceeded 99+, he tapped them open to take a look.
The majority of the messages were actually scolding him for being black-hearted.
[Sunny: "You black-hearted profiteer. The interest is so high and you didn't even say it earlier! This lady doesn't need your materials anymore. I'm requesting a refund right now, or I'll give you a one-star bad review."]
["So black-hearted. Three days and you already want ten percent interest. Even if I went to borrow JD's IOUs, silver bars, or gold bars, the interest wouldn't be this expensive."]
["There's a problem with your goods. There are wormholes in the wood. I want a refund,"] Player Jerry said, ["If you don't refund me, I'll go file a complaint against you. Even if I can't complain, I guarantee that if I ever run into you in the future, I'll definitely kill you."]
["You clearly have so much stuff. Why not just lend it to us to use? Why do you still charge interest? Are you black-hearted or not!"]
["When rich, help the world; when poor, train oneself. Haven't you read any books? At a time like this, with such hardship, you only think about making money. Are you even human? I suggest you contribute everything you have, preferably give it all to everyone. That way you can reduce your sins."]
"Heh! Heh!"
Looking at this bunch of idiots, Ethan decided to blacklist them all.
Anyway, the lord contract executed automatically, so he didn't need to worry at all. As for those who hadn't borrowed, then just don't lend to them.
Lending things to these saintly types would get him cursed for being inhumane in minutes.
When they froze to death or starved to death, they'd know how humane this world really was. Maybe they could go pray to the real Virgin Mary to save them.
Anyway, Ethan definitely wasn't that kind-hearted.
But… Not all private messages were trash. Ethan flipped through a bit and actually saw several messages of thanks.
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