Chapter 27: The Death-Seeking Detective Boys' Debut

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Just as the little fox was stumped by Mu Tianyuan's question of how to turn gold coins into cash, Mu Tianyuan hadn't even finished speaking. Mu Tianyuan's face was earnest as he said, "More importantly, we're out of money..."

Saying this, Mu Tianyuan pulled out his wallet, opened it, and emptied it onto the ground: "And it's completely gone, because it was all spent before..."

Little Fox: "..."

After realizing that it seemed impossible to turn gold coins into cash, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox faced an even more serious problem than not being able to convert gold coins into cash. This very serious problem was that they now had no money, not even a single coin!

For a moment, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were both dumbfounded. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at the huge pile of gold coins before them, no longer excited. In fact, both of them were a little dejected. This was stolen goods, and so unique. They couldn't just directly take it to a bank or gold shop to exchange for cash, could they?

What the hell is the point if it can't be turned into cash?! What's the appeal for us?!

Although Meow-Ninjagirl didn't understand why these two were so spirited at first and now looked like a mouse they had caught had flown away, she knew something was wrong. So, Meow-Ninjagirl looked left and right, then asked, confused, "What's wrong, meow?"

"Nothing, we just suddenly realized that this stuff can't be exchanged for food," Mu Tianyuan said with a wry smile, then continued with another wry smile, "And, we're completely bankrupt now..."

"Meow?" Meow-Ninjagirl still couldn't understand the situation. So Mu Tianyuan had to explain, "In other words, this stuff is practically useless to us now, and forget about eating fish every meal, we don't even have money to buy fish..."

"No food, meow?" Meow-Ninjagirl pondered for a moment, not knowing how she understood it, but she came to this conclusion with a hint of confusion. Then, without waiting for Mu Tianyuan to say anything, Meow-Ninjagirl said, "No problem, meow! We can find food in the trash cans. I can also help you catch mice to eat. I'm really good at catching mice, meow! Although mice aren't very tasty, we won't starve, meow!"

"Uh..." Hearing Meow-Ninjagirl's words, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were both stunned. Then, the man and the fox exchanged a smile. It wasn't for nothing that he took in this cat!

Then Mu Tianyuan smiled at Meow-Ninjagirl, "No need, we haven't reached that point yet."

"Yeah, don't worry, we won't starve. At most, our plan of eating fish every meal, as you said, is temporarily ruined," the little fox also said with a smile, looking at Meow-Ninjagirl.

"Can't eat fish? No problem, we can eat mice. How about I go catch some mice for our dinner right now, meow?" Meow-Ninjagirl still believed there was no food left at home. After speaking, she looked at Mu Tianyuan, as if she would go catch mice and bring them back as soon as Mu Tianyuan nodded.

"No, no, there's still food at home." Mu Tianyuan had eaten mice before, even raw mouse meat. But he truly didn't plan to eat mice unless absolutely necessary, especially city mice. They were far dirtier than the field mice and forest mice he ate during his training back then. Who knew how many kinds of bacteria city mice carried! Besides, the family wasn't at their wit's end yet!

After pacifying Meow-Ninjagirl, who looked like she was about to go catch mice for the family of three at a moment's notice, Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and Meow-Ninjagirl seriously and said, "To sum it up, we have two bad news and one relatively good news.

The two bad news are that these gold coins can't be exchanged for cash, and the other is that we're out of money. The good news is that the refrigerator at home was just fully stocked yesterday, and we're not short on rice and noodles, enough to last us for half a month until next month's living expenses arrive."

"I felt for the first time that your habit of hoarding a full refrigerator of things is truly wonderful..." The little fox exclaimed with relief after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words. Mu Tianyuan had a habit, whether good or bad, of always liking to fill his refrigerator to the brim.

Even if he couldn't finish it all and ended up throwing it away, he still had to fill the refrigerator. Before, the little fox never thought much of this habit, but this time, she suddenly felt that Mu Tianyuan's habit was simply too good! At the very least, they had provisions, didn't they?

Then the little fox also sighed, "I thought we'd be eating instant noodles for the next half month..."

"Instant noodles?" Mu Tianyuan chuckled at the little fox's words, then said with a smug look, "How could that be! You know, we can't even afford a pack of pickled vegetables now, where would we get money for instant noodles?"

Little Fox: "...That's not something to be proud of, alright..."

Mu Tianyuan shrugged, then looked at the gold coins on the ground and sighed, "This is truly the trouble of rich people. Why did we spend so much effort, and even half a month's living expenses, to get these things back? Are we waiting for them to appreciate in value or collecting them? From the current situation, these are even worse than a cart of Hell Bank Notes. At least we could set up a stall in front of the cemetery..."

He was also a rich person, but the problem was that his money couldn't be spent! It wasn't that no one would accept it, but if he took it out, the police would show up!

"Sorry, I really didn't know that there's a tradition of burning Hell Bank Notes in Japan. Are you planning to engage in cultural infiltration and teach them this tradition of burning paper money for ancestors?" The little fox lay weakly on the floor, rolling its eyes and complaining.

"Then I guess I've made a contribution," Mu Tianyuan also simply lay on the floor, muttering to the ceiling. Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly turned to the little fox and said, "You know, if these were chocolates, how great would that be..."

Mu Tianyuan was probably the first person ever, since the existence of chocolates and gold coins, to desperately wish that gold coins would turn into chocolates...

"If these were a pile of chocolates, would you still plan to go out and sell chocolates? Are you crazy for money?" The little fox glared at Mu Tianyuan irritably and complained. Then the little fox weakly flicked its tail and muttered, "We need to find a way to turn them into money, otherwise, just leaving them like this, we can't really just collect them, can we?"

Mu Tianyuan complained weakly, "We can barely afford food, what kind of collecting are we playing at? Who that plays collection is like us?"

"So we have to find a way to turn them into money!" The little fox said somewhat helplessly, looking at the gold coins that had made her so excited before but now felt somewhat like a burden.

Mu Tianyuan continued weakly, "How do we exchange them? Forget about gold shops and banks. As for the black market, we don't have any connections. Even taking a step back, if we really find a buyer, who knows if they'll pull a double-cross? Then would we have to fight our way out and wait to be on the most wanted list?"

"Hmm... how about we melt them down?" The little fox pondered for a moment, came up with an idea, and looked at Mu Tianyuan with some anticipation, asking.

Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox's idea and immediately nodded in full agreement: "Good idea. We happen to have a barbecue grill at home. How much charcoal do you think we'd need to melt them? More importantly, where would we get money to buy charcoal? Even if we don't use charcoal, are you planning to go chop down trees? Don't let us get fined a hundred before we even bring back the wood."

Little Fox: "...Why did you spend all your savings on buying things and giving them away just now? Why didn't you leave a little money?!"

"I did! Didn't I leave money for the car fare? And it's even for a private car," Mu Tianyuan replied self-righteously. Then Mu Tianyuan sighed and explained, "At the time, I just thought we were rich, so I didn't think much of it. Besides, people helped us, so we couldn't be stingy, right?"

Little Fox: "..."

After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at each other and simultaneously exclaimed at the large pile of glittering gold coins: "Useless!"

Meow-Ninjagirl, having been pacified by Mu Tianyuan and given up on catching mice to support the family, heard them talking for a long time. She then asked, confused, "Meow? Useless? Delicious, meow?"

Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox: "Taste like nothing, but a shame to discard!"

Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly sat up from the floor and said seriously, "No! We can't have no money at all! What if we need money?"

"Do you have a way to make money?" The little fox also climbed up from the floor, looking at Mu Tianyuan with anticipation, wagging its tail, and asking. Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment and then said, "How about we become street performers?"

"Street performers? Are you planning to show me off or her off on the street? Or are you planning to draw portraits for people? If it's the latter, I advise you to give up. With your artistic skill of drawing the Leifeng Pagoda while looking at the Tokyo Tower, your portraits are only suitable for Hollywood sci-fi filmmakers to use as monster material.

Do you believe me if I say that if you sold them to the actual people, you'd be beaten to death? If it's the former, then I'm sorry, we can't afford that kind of embarrassment, and I guarantee you, if you dare bring that up, we'll kill you right now." The little fox, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, immediately rolled its eyes and complained irritably. Then the little fox weakly flicked its tail and muttered, "But I have a suggestion.

If you really want to make money, you could try becoming a vigilante. With your skills, robbing the rich to help the poor would be quite simple. As long as you choose your targets well, you could get rich overnight and live a comfortable life."

"Go play. Robbing from others is one thing, but making me into a highway robber? Am I that kind of person? I have my bottom line and principles, alright!" Mu Tianyuan immediately rolled his eyes at the little fox's suggestion, which was actually a mockery.

Damn it, even if I was truly desperate, I wouldn't do something like that! Besides, even though I'm broke, I'm not that desperate for money, alright. After all, even though I'm uneasy without money in my pocket, it's not like I absolutely need money. And Mu Tianyuan believed he could definitely think of other ways to get money!