pappabearbooks Chapter 9, Hey, I...
Chapter 9, Hey, I...
"I'll fucking kill your mother..."
Lin Zhou didn't feel anything last night, but when he woke up this morning, the pleasure after strenuous exercise suddenly appeared. He was in so much pain that he was yelling for his mother, while Cheng'er stood next to him, eating from a bowl and watching him wail.
"waste."
"Don't shout... you won't get past the second hurdle even if you come."
Lin Zhou clutched his waist, feeling pain in his legs. He pinched his legs and felt like his waist was about to break. There wasn't a single inch of good flesh on his body. He had just tried to activate his ability to return to his side to rest, but found that his ability was still cooling down. He guessed that he had brought too much stuff this time, which made the cooldown time longer.
Now he has no choice but to continue lying on the board in this damn place.
"I've already called the Imperial Guard to pick you up. You'd better lie there, you piece of trash."
Cheng'er, who had been constantly bullied, was now incredibly happy. Watching this damn dog get his comeuppance was sweeter than eating honey.
After a while, there was a commotion outside, followed by footsteps slowly approaching. When the door opened, Lin Zhou saw Si Hou's face appear in the doorway. He had no expression on his face, and after glancing at Lin Zhou, he began to talk to his son.
"how?"
"Lord Sihou, yesterday a group of thugs tried to rob the young master. They were skilled and worked together seamlessly, and it was clear at a glance that they were not ordinary thieves. They are probably connected with several other families in Lin'an."
"Hmm." Si Hou nodded. "I will have the brothers in the department investigate this matter. You did a good job."
After saying that, he looked at Lin Zhou on the bed: "Young Master, what's going on?"
"Not physically active."
After hearing this, Si Hou laughed and shook his head helplessly. Then he ordered his men to dismantle the door and carry Lin Zhou out...
"Mother, was this person's leg broken?"
The child, oblivious to the question, made Lin Zhou feel utterly ashamed. Cheng'er, walking beside him, laughed smugly upon hearing this: "I really don't know how someone like you has lived to be this old."
"Orange, if I could take you to my place someday, you'd be the one I feed you like a pig..."
The group returned to the Imperial City Guard. The Commander chatted with his subordinates for a while, seemingly intending to thoroughly investigate the matter. Lin Zhou, sitting to the side, had recovered somewhat. He didn't hear what the Commander said, but judging from their expressions, the matter was no small thing.
"Young master, please stay at the Imperial City Guard in peace these days. Cheng'er will always be by your side."
"Lord Si, you're too kind. Could you please send someone else...? Your son is incompatible with me."
Si Hou's face was full of bright smiles. He glanced back at his son, then shook his head and said, "Young master, no one in the world is more reliable than Cheng'er. It's understandable for young people to bicker. Please don't take offense."
After saying that, he scolded, "Cheng'er! Curb your competitive nature, do you hear me?"
"Yes, Your Excellency..."
After Sihou finished speaking, he suddenly said to Lin Zhou, "Young Master, I have found a shop for you in the city. You can come with me to see the place later. If you are satisfied, that will be your place to stay."
"Huh?" Lin Zhou was taken aback. He hadn't expected that Si Hou cared about him so much, and he felt a little touched.
After resting until 10 p.m., Lin Zhou, led by Xu Cheng, arrived at a shop on the street. To his surprise, the shop was still in operation.
"Young sir, how is this place?" A captain under Si Hou pointed to the shop.
Lin Zhou was silent for a moment, then looked around and scratched his face. This place was in the center of Lin'an City, only a hundred steps away from the Imperial City Guard. It was an excellent location. In his own area, it would be like Zhengxin Chicken next to the Forbidden City or Mixue Ice Cream under the Oriental Pearl Tower...
"Alright, that's it." The captain clapped his hands and waved to the person next to him.
Then the dogs filed in, followed by the sounds of smashing and breaking things, as well as the cries of women and the pleas of men.
Before long, the original owner of the shop and his family were driven out in tears, each holding a Bashu Jiaozi that had been devalued to the extreme.
"Hey...this!" Lin Zhou pointed at them, "This isn't right!?"
He was extremely shocked, but the captain simply bowed to him and said, "Young sir, please. This place is now your property."
"You...you guys..." Lin Zhou turned around and glanced at the utterly miserable family: "You fucking buy shops like this?!"
"Ha ha……"
The captain produced the land deed: "It's all in black and white, the money and goods were exchanged, it's all legal and legitimate."
Lin Zhou then looked at Cheng'er again: "Is this reasonable?"
Xu Cheng looked at him blankly: "Why not? It's not like we're extorting money; we've already given the full amount of silver."
"So your mother had the full amount of silver? Isn't that Sichuan paper money? It's worth a hundred taels on the black market. Are you trying to take advantage of me? One hundred taels of paper money can be exchanged for one tael of silver..."
"What do government officials use to settle accounts instead of paper money?"
Lin Zhou frowned and looked around, cursing under his breath. But he knew that what he said here was meaningless, and he was just waiting to go back and complain.
He was just feeling incredibly frustrated, but he lacked education and could only utter a single phrase: "Fuck your mother..."
As a socialist infantile being, his only thought amidst a mix of emotions was to send a signal to his side, hoping that three to five hundred nuclear bombs would be sent over to flatten this place and bring it to an end...
Damn it... this shouldn't have happened!
But when he thought of Xiao'e and the others outside the city, and how their safety could not be guaranteed if he acted too recklessly, and considering that he also had a mission for the country, he could only take a deep breath and suppress his anger, and follow the group of dogs into the shop.
"Xu Cheng, you son of a bitch!"
After the surrounding dogs left, Lin Zhou launched into a tirade against Xu Cheng. Surprisingly, Xu Cheng sat there without retaliating, simply gripping the knife handle and keeping his head down.
"What? Has your kid become mute?"
Xu Cheng scoffed, "I've studied the classics."
"You've got your mother's brain still inside you."
"If we don't do it this way," Xu Cheng said with a wry smile, "someone from the court will come to investigate secretly. Since everyone does this, if my father is different, he'll be seen as an outcast. Young master, guess what will happen next? If they all discover your existence, what will you do? And what will happen to my father?"
"Hey..."
Xu Cheng punched his leg: "In chaotic times, one must proceed with caution. Young master, I don't know where you live, nor do I know where your arrogance and self-importance come from. We are about the same age, and I must say I greatly envy your naiveté."
Now it was Lin Zhou's turn to be speechless. When Xu Cheng looked up, his eyes were already bloodshot: "If you want to gain a foothold here, the first step is to abandon benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, and become a beast."