Cultivation Pet Shop

After the loan shark boss arrived, he was killed the same way as the rest of his subordinates.

There were thorns that suddenly appeared on the vines that wrapped around him. After these thorns appeared, the vines started wrapping around the loan shark boss tighter and tighter until he had been pierced all over by the spikes and squeezed into a pile of flesh and blood.

Even to the very last second, the loan shark boss tried everything to escape, which caused all kinds of bloody marks to be left on the vines.

After the vines had killed the loan shark boss, they released his corpse that dropped onto the floor with the rest of his subordinates, lying in that pool of flesh, blood, and vines together.

The one who discovered all of this later couldn\'t help emptying their stomach of their lunch because the scene in front of them was like a scene from hell. But that was a story for another time.

Outside of the building, Lin Fan stood in front of Xiao Tu and the five girls who put him behind them, just looking them over as if he was trying to decide what to do with them.

The girls would have tried to run away, but they were still weak from having been captured and held for so long by those loan sharks. The only thing that they could do was stand firm in front of Xiao Tu who was still lying on the ground.

After a long period of silence, Lin Fan finally took a step forward.

The girls were shocked by this sudden movement from him and tried their best to block him, but they were just too short for that.

These girls were actually much shorter than normal because of the lack of nutrition that they were getting, so Lin Fan was able to easily see over them even though they did their best to cover up Xiao Tu behind them.

He casually raised his hand and with a single flick, there was a ball of water that was thrown onto Xiao Tu\'s face.

The girls were all shocked to see this, but then they angrily looked at Lin Fan like he was their enemy.

But that didn\'t last long since Xiao Tu woke up after being splashed in the face.

Lin Fan had added a bit of life laws into that ball of water, so it gave Xiao Tu energy to allow him to wake up.

He sat up with a stunned look on his face as he was confused why he had suddenly been splashed in the face with water. However, after seeing that he woke up, the girls completely forgot about their anger towards Lin Fan and surrounded him with worried looks.

Seeing the girls around him, Xiao Tu said in a shocked voice, "Fei\'er, Yu\'er, Ying\'er, Xue\'er, Ling\'er, you\'re all safe!"

The girls dived into his embrace and hugged him as tightly as they could as the only thing that they could say was, "Un."

Lin Fan couldn\'t help sneaking a peek at Xin\'er as this happened and as he had expected, there was a sad look on Xin\'er\'s face as she watched them hugging.

Lin Fan knew what she was thinking, but he didn\'t say anything.

All he did was move beside her and pat her on the head.

Xin\'er looked up at Lin Fan and then after shaking her head, she revealed a smile to show that she was fine. However, Lin Fan could still see the trace of sadness that was in her eyes.

It was clear that there were some scars on her heart that only time could erase.

Still for now, all he could do was support her.

After they hugged for a while, Xiao Tu finally released the girls and turned to Lin Fan. Even though there was a clear unwilling look on his face, he still bowed his head and said, "Thank you for keeping your promise and saving my little sisters. If there is anything that you need, please tell me."

The girls could understand the situation based on the way that Xiao Tu was acting, so even if they still looked at Lin Fan with a somewhat hostile look, they also bowed their hands and thanked him.

Lin Fan just gave a nod before saying, "Is there anything that a kid like you could even do for me?"

Xiao Tu\'s mouth twitched before he said, "Regardless, I have to show my gratitude in some way."

The girls clearly looked like they thought otherwise, but it was a fact that Lin Fan had been the one that had saved them. So they could only look at Lin Fan as they waited for him to speak, but the looks on their faces were clear.

Lin Fan just shook his head and said, "Alright, you\'ll come and work for me then."

All of the kids revealed surprised and confused looks as they looked at Lin Fan, trying to understand what he had just said.

Lin Fan said, "You\'ll be an attendant at my store along with your little sisters, but be warned that it isn\'t easy work. However, it\'s a job that will include board and food, so you don\'t need to worry about anything else."

The kids all looked at each other with confused looks, but then it was Xin\'er who jumped up and hugged Lin Fan by the neck as she said, "I knew that big brother Lin was the best."

After finally snapping out of his shock, there was first a trace of anger in his eyes from seeing Xin\'er hug Lin Fan before he asked in a hesitant voice, "Are you sure? We\'re just a bunch of orphans, there\'s nothing special about us."

Lin Fan smacked Xiao Tu on the head and said, "It\'s fine if I say it\'s fine. What is a kid like you got to worry about? I should be the one who\'s worried."

Before Xiao Tu could respond, the five girls suddenly came forward and stood in between Lin Fan and Xiao Tu as they said, "You can\'t bully big brother!"

Lin Fan just gave a snort before turning to head back to the carriage. As he walked along, he waved his hand and said, "Come, let\'s go." But then he realized something and with a wave of his hand, there were a few beasts that appeared beside the girls.

These beasts helped these girls up and carried them over to the beast carriage.

Seeing that Xiao Tu was just standing there in a daze, Xin\'er turned back and waved her hand at him, "Let\'s go!"

Xiao Tu jolted awake when he heard this and after another moment of hesitation, he also ran after them with a faint smile on his face. Though he did his best to hide that smile and reveal a begrudging look.

The only one who really had a bitter smile on his face was Dongfang Ming.

After they had gotten in the beast carriage, the kids all ran over to the window to look out.

It was the first time riding in a beast carriage like this for Xiao Tu and the girls, so naturally they were very excited about being here. They didn\'t want to spend a single moment away from the window.

Xin\'er was also caught up in this excitement, along with her excitement of having new friends her age, so she stayed with them the whole time.

There was only Dongfang Ming and Lin Fan who were sitting across from each other.

Lin Fan could clearly see that Dongfang Ming was unhappy about something, so he asked, "What\'s wrong?"

Dongnfang Ming hesitated a bit as he looked at the kids before saying, "Was there a need to hire them for the store? If you needed employees, I could have helped you find some that were much more competent."

Of course, that wasn\'t his main goal in helping Lin Fan hire employees.

He wanted to implant spies in Lin Fan\'s shop through this matter and increase Lin Fan\'s dependence on their Dongfang Family, so losing this chance was something that he was clearly unhappy about.

But Lin Fan didn\'t care about this since he had never planned on asking Dongfang Ming for help with this in the first place.

However, after what happened just now and with Dongfang Ming\'s help, it would be hard for him to say no.

Lin Fan stuck with his decision to hire these kids though since he didn\'t hire them just so they could help with the store. The main reason he hired them was because he could see that they didn\'t have any evil intentions and they were kids around the same age as Xin\'er, so he wanted them to be friends with her.

The wounds in her heart were quite deep, so she would need time to heal them. Of course, having good friends by her side would also help her heal faster.

Lin Fan said, "I still do need a few more employees, so I\'ll have to ask you for your help."

Dongfang Ming\'s bitter look disappeared when he heard this and he said with sparkling eyes, "Oh, how many do you need?"

Lin Fan just said with a smile, "Just one or two, I still like my store being my store."

Dongfang Ming revealed a slightly surprised look, but he gave a nod in response without saying anything else.