130: He gave too much.

Gu Xiaoyue arrived at the door of the principal's office, knocked for three seconds, and pushed the door open to enter.

Charlie was sitting on Principal Zheng's sofa, with the two men in sunglasses standing beside him.

Principal Zheng still said to her with a chuckle, "Gu Xiaoyue is here, sit, sit."

Gu Xiaoyue nodded and sat down in the seat furthest from Charlie.

"You all know each other, so I won't introduce you."

Principal Zheng laughed heartily, "Lord Howard was just joking with you, please don't mind it!"

If Gu Xiaoyue didn't understand by now, she would be a fool.

It seemed this exchange student, Charlie, had investigated her long ago.

Gu Xiaoyue's life was originally quite simple, a four-point line between Nanya, home, the Beastmaster Association, and Hualian Shopping Mall.

Waiting for her on the path between these points meant they would surely meet.

So Charlie had set a simple trap for her to test her skills.

No wonder she had felt something was a bit strange, but couldn't put her finger on it.

Gu Xiaoyue remained expressionless and did not reply.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Charlie apologized directly to Gu Xiaoyue, "I'm sorry, Xiao Yue, my father was worried about me, so he specifically arranged bodyguards for me."

"So I made a bet with him; if you could easily defeat them, he wouldn't interfere with me anymore."

"I want to hire you as my private bodyguard, is that OK?"

Gu Xiaoyue still didn't answer; the feeling of being set up was terrible, and her impression of this Charlie had already hit rock bottom.

"Lord Howard will be staying in the Dragon Kingdom for seven months and will also participate in the National Competition; this is an agreement signed between the Dragon Kingdom and the Country of the Setting Sun."

"Gu Xiaoyue, why don't you listen to the compensation for this private bodyguard role—"

Principal Zheng chimed in from the side.

"Ten million star coins a month."

Charlie said with some pride, as if this price was very high.

"I refuse."

Not to mention the over six billion star coins stored in Gu Xiaoyue's brain, even the National Team's subsidy was twenty million a month; she wasn't going to lower herself to be someone's bodyguard for ten million.

"How about twenty million then?"

Charlie immediately increased the offer, though he was somewhat surprised by Gu Xiaoyue's immediate refusal.

His two quasi-legendary level bodyguards only had an annual salary of eighty million star coins.

Gu Xiaoyue ignored him and bowed to Principal Zheng, "If there's nothing else, Principal, I'm going to train."

After saying this, she stood up to leave, but was stopped by Charlie after taking just two steps.

"Wait, plus two stalks of Hanxing Grass!"

Charlie's two bodyguards' pupils dilated in shock—the young master was actually offering two stalks of Hanxing Grass as payment!

Gu Xiaoyue stopped in her tracks upon hearing this; she seemed to understand why Charlie was so obsessed with having a strong bodyguard.

"How will you pay, boss?"

She turned back and sat down opposite Charlie.

Gu Xiaoyue could refuse star coins, but she couldn't refuse spirit plants that would make her stronger.

Moreover, Hanxing Grass had not appeared on the market for a long time.

Even Huanpo Lotus could be estimated at 350 million star coins, while Hanxing Grass couldn't even be valued.

Currently, Yinglong and Hou were at a lower level than Xiao Qi, but in a few months, when they rose to the late stage of the sixth rank of maturity, Gu Xiaoyue had promised to give them Huanpo Lotus.

After absorbing it, their levels would be the same as Xiao Qi's, and Gu Xiaoyue couldn't guarantee if they would still be under Xiao Qi's control then.

Hanxing Grass could be given to Xiao Qi to keep them suppressed; she absolutely had to have it.

Charlie was also sweating; two stalks of Hanxing Grass were the limit of what he could pay.

If he still couldn't win over Gu Xiaoyue, he had no other bargaining chips.

"I'll give you one now, and after seven months, I'll give you the other one."

Charlie drew a summoning circle, and a small blue flower-patterned grass appeared in his hand.

The Hanxing Grass looked somewhat similar to baby's breath, but its flowers carried a starlight glow, clearly not an ordinary item.

"For these seven months, I won't interfere with what you do."

"But you must take me with you wherever you go and ensure my safety."

"On the day I leave unharmed, the star coins and the Hanxing Grass will all be yours."

Both parties reached a verbal agreement, and Charlie handed the Hanxing Grass to Gu Xiaoyue.

The two bodyguards saluted Charlie and stepped back.

Gu Xiaoyue took him to the training ground; she wanted to find Chu Li and Shui Lingyu to practice summoning skills.

She had fed Qingqing and the two Fire Phoenixes a bit more spirit condensation dew earlier, and their training progress had improved significantly.

Chu Li's Fire Phoenix summoning skill had already reached proficiency, and Shui Lingyu's had also reached advanced.

Gu Xiaoyue introduced Charlie to them, "This is our new exchange student at Nanya—Charlie Howard, and also my boss."

"These two are the number one on the Battle Strength Ranking, Shui Lingyu, and my classmate, Chu Li."

"Boss?"

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu's expressions were a bit off; they had previously tried to use star coins to get Gu Xiaoyue to practice skills with them. Did this exchange student have some ulterior motives too!

"Ahem, Xiao Yue is my private bodyguard starting from today."

Charlie shrugged, speaking to Chu Li and Shui Lingyu as if he were very generous, "You go ahead and train, don't mind me."

After saying this, he walked to the corner of the training ground, took out a teapot and teacup from his Yu Beast Space, and elegantly drank tea.

"Xiao Yue, what's going on?"

Chu Li frowned, revealing a pitiful expression.

How to put it? Gu Xiaoyue covered her forehead, "I wanted to refuse, but he offered too much!"

She told Chu Li and Shui Lingyu everything about Charlie wanting her to be his private bodyguard and sparing no expense by using two stalks of Hanxing Grass as payment.

"Hanxing Grass? Really?"

Chu Li was a bit skeptical, and Shui Lingyu's expression was also somewhat solemn.

Even though they were young masters from influential families in the Dragon Kingdom, they had no news of Hanxing Grass, yet Charlie was actually able to produce two!

Gu Xiaoyue thought for a moment, "There must be some hidden story; I'll ask later when it's convenient. He has already given me the first one."

She didn't dare to mention that the Hanxing Grass had entered her Yu Beast Space, and her pet beasts' eyes were all shining brightly.

Hou was almost drooling; it was a pity his level wasn't suitable for it yet, otherwise he would have been making a fuss to get it.

Gu Xiaoyue practiced summoning skills with Chu Li and Shui Lingyu for the whole afternoon, while Charlie drank tea and read a book on the side.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on him, and his tall, straight figure seemed to be shrouded in a golden halo, making it impossible to look away.

Ye Wanrou also came to the training ground to find Gu Xiaoyue. Hearing about her being Charlie's private bodyguard, she suggested taking Charlie out for a big meal.

"Would Lord Howard care to grace us with his presence?"

Ye Wanrou performed a standard Sun Never Sets curtsy to Charlie.

"Oh! No gentleman would refuse a lady's invitation!"

He lifted Ye Wanrou's hand and kissed it lightly.

Suddenly, Chen Yixuan's alarm bells also rang; it wasn't just Chu Li and Shui Lingyu who felt a sense of crisis now.

After everyone finished the big meal and returned to the dormitory to rest, Gu Xiaoyue habitually walked towards her dormitory but was stopped by Charlie.

"Xiao Yue, have you forgotten? You are my private bodyguard!"

Wait a minute, does a private bodyguard need to provide protection at night too?