“Are you really interested in Yu Die?”
“That goes without saying. Tell me more. How much does it cost just to listen to Yu Die sing a single song?”
Xiaowu deliberately pulled his purse from his chest and waved it in front of the brawny man to make his act more believable.
The brawny man swallowed his saliva when he saw Xiaowu’s bulging purse. “That’s cheap. It only costs one tael of silver to listen to her sing.”
A tael of silver to listen to her sing? How could that be considered cheap?
“What about that guy? Does he spend the night with her or just listen to her sing when he comes?”
“That is one odd man. He visits every few days at around this time.” Now that he realized Xiaowu had money, his attitude towards Xiaowu became better and he sounded a little ingratiating as he spoke.
“He always pays to spend the night with Yu Die, but leaves after chatting and listening to Yu Die sing a song.”
Xiaowu slumped onto the ground powerlessly as the people kept punching him on his face and head. His attackers kept kicking him around like a sack and he looked miserable!“Don't hit me! Stop hitting me! I will pay you tomorrow!”Xiaowu wailed as he begged the men while he cursed in his heart, “Damn it. They are so slow. Why aren't they helping yet?”Wang Er and the others spoke in hushed tones and Xiaowu could hear them discussing whether or not to help him.“Oh god! Are they going to leave me in the lurch?” Xiaowu came up with a good plan, but he did not count on these evil men to stand by and watch him get beaten to death.Perhaps god heard Xiaowu’s wishes and Wang Er and the others changed their minds and walked over.“Stop! Why are you beating him?”Xiaowu glanced at Wang Er thankfully. He was glad he didn't save Wang Er in vain now that he had finally stepped up to help.Tin
Li Erfa looked at Wang Er as he spoke to Xiaowu, “Don't worry about your debt. I will definitely help you settle it.”The moment Li Erfa finished his sentence, he retrieved a piece of jade from under the blanket beside Xiaowu. The jade pendant was translucent and flawless. Someone had clearly taken good care of it for years. How could Li Erfa have something as expensive as this?Xiaowu felt surprised. He promptly realized he was coming closer to the truth.Li Erfa swung the jade pendant before Xiaowu’s eyes and whispered into his ear mysteriously, “Look at this. We can even gamble a little after we are done paying your debt.”Xiaowu opened his eyes wide and acted like he had never seen something as precious as the jade pendant in his life. He gaped with his saliva almost drooling from his mouth.“Where did you get that from?”“Hehe. You haven't seen such good jade before, right?
The moment they heard what Xiaowu said, Wang Er asked, “What do you mean? Are you looking down on our source of income? Do you think it is wrong for us to do this?”Xiaowu looked anxious and a little slow as he hurriedly explained, “It’s not true! I'm just worried you don't have enough money. Also, if you didn't help me, I would have…”Xiaowu’s eyes turned red as he spoke and wanted to kneel before Wang Er and the others. Li Erfa was caught by surprise and quickly helped him up.“What are you doing? You don't have to be so formal with us now that we are friends!”Wang Er finally let down his guard on Xiaowu. After observing Xiaowu for some time, he found Xiaowu authentic and ungreedy.He placed two pearls in Xiaowu’s hands. “Enough. Don't worry. There is enough for everyone. I won't let you work for nothing.”“Erm…”Xiaowu looked at the pearls in his hands hesitantl
Wang Er glanced at Xiaowu who was still in deep sleep and said nothing. Xiaowu was already awake when Li Erfa woke up. He lay in bed with his eyes closed as he pretended to eavesdrop on their conversation in the hope of gathering useful intel. Sure enough, he got what he wanted.Xiaowu didn’t move a muscle and even pretended to snore. However, his secret guard instincts were telling him something was coming towards him. Judging from the source of this sound, it was most likely Wang Er.Xiaowu felt worried. Everything was fine between them up till this morning. Was Wang Er finally going to kill him?Xiaowu quietly placed his hand on the soft sword at his waist. If Wang Er wanted to do anything to him, he could swiftly unsheathe his sword and arrest him.Xiaowu tightened his grip on his soft sword as the man approached him.Before long, Xiaowu could sense Wang Er’s hands reaching
Chu Yunshen did his utmost to hold his breath and spoke more coldly than usual. Cheng Xiaoxiao quietly watched as Chu Yunshen spoke feebly and couldn't help laughing.She didn't see such retribution coming.Despite Chu Yunshen’s gorgeous appearance, his reaction was hilarious when he ended up suffering from this stink bomb attack.Uh huh. Cheng Xiaoxiao felt Xiaowu was a huge stink bomb now. Cheng Xiaoxiao found it so smelly that she felt the case stank as well. She was incapable of focusing with the smell in the air.If Xiaowu knew what Cheng Xiaoxiao was thinking, he would feel furious. Sadly, he continued updating Chu Yunshen about the case solemnly, “Also, after I started working for them, I learned there was some conflict within them previously.” Xiaowu felt absolutely smug about his excellent performance. “I think those missing burial workers could have gotten killed by them.”
Wang Er opened his eyes wide when Xiaowu admitted who he was. He wanted to go over and rip Xiaowu apart this instant. If looks could kill, Wang Er would have executed Xiaowu with his penetrating stare.Since Tingzhu had pressed Wang Er’s dumbness acupoint, he was unable to speak and could only struggle. However, Tingzhu was so strong that it was impossible for Wang Er to go against him. Wang Er’s face was already red from trying, but he was incapable of moving his upper body and only his legs remained mobile. Wang Er kept walking towards Xiaowu and kicking in the air.He failed to kick Xiaowu and ended up wearing himself out quickly.“Undo his acupoint,” Xiaowu stood away from Wang Er as he told Tingzhu.Tingzhu didn't know why Xiaowu wanted to do that, but he followed Xiaowu’s orders.He thought Wang Er would curse at Xiaowu the moment Wang Er could speak.Instead, he lo
Wang Er suddenly tilted his head back and laughed loudly. His husky voice reverberated throughout the jail cell and sounded strange and arrogant.Xiaowu wanted to go forward and hit him, but Chu Yunshen pulled him back.“We will come back tomorrow,” said Chu Yunshen before standing up to straighten his robes and leave.“Master…”Xiaowu told the guards to send Wang Er back to his jail cell and quickly chased behind Chu Yunshen.“Master, why did you stop the interrogation?”Chu Yunshen didn't answer Xiaowu. Instead, he asked Xiaowu, “Where is Li Genfa?”Oh no!He forgot to tell Chu Yunshen about the matter.After Xiaowu failed to find Uncle Gen at the unmarked burial gravesite, he headed to Uncle Gen’s home.Sure enough, there was no one there.Uncle Gen’s compound was completely empty. Xiaowu had gone to his place several times, but it was the
Wang Er and Li Erfa mentioned they only started working for Uncle Gen in the beginning of this year. However, most of the cases Di Yangze and Xiaowu had consolidated consisted of cases that took place over a year ago.Xiaowu felt bad about getting too emotional when Wang Er went into the details of how he murdered the man and failed to connect the dots. He ended up overlooking such a fundamental problem.Xiaowu awkwardly placed the testament on the table and tried to change the subject and asked Li Erfa, “Oh yes. Why are you so afraid of Uncle Gen?”Li Erfa suddenly acted mysteriously as he looked around before whispering to Xiaowu, “We think Uncle Gen is the mountain god. He knows everything that happens on the mountain.”A mountain god?This was such a joke!“How could you come to this conclusion just because of that?” Xiaowu didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. He thought Uncle Gen might have some sp