allonlinenovel Chapter 155 Like an Old Friend
Chapter 155 Like an Old Friend
"Huh?" Xiao Jinxiu snapped out of her daze and looked slightly awkward when she met Yun Yina's teasing gaze. "It's nothing."
"Zhao Xiaobei is good-looking, although he's a bit younger than you, but..."
"Stop." Xiao Jinxiu instantly understood Yunyi's meaning, and her face became somewhat embarrassed. "I didn't mean that. I was just looking at him up close and suddenly felt that he looked like an old friend."
"An old friend?" Yunyi's eyes flickered. "Could it be someone from the Zhao family of Suzhou?"
"You know?" Xiao Jinxiu raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I am from the Chengen Marquis's Mansion. I once heard my scumbag father mention the Zhao family of Suzhou. The wife of the Marquis of Zhenyuan was the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, Zhao Xinyou, who was known as the most talented woman in Jiangnan. It is said that all members of the Zhao family are exceptionally talented."
Xiao Jinxiu's eyes widened slightly: "Zhao Xiaobei is a member of the Zhao family?"
Yunyi looked at her and said, "The Zhao family of Gusu was wiped out because of the Zhenyuan Marquis's affair."
The Marquis of Zhenyuan was executed along with his entire clan back then. Although it happened fifteen years ago, before the original owner of this body was even born, many people still remember it. It was truly a bloodbath, with thousands of people dying.
“Nine generations…” Xiao Jinxiu’s eyes reddened slightly, but she quickly smiled. “Maybe I’m overthinking it. There are many similar people in the world.”
Yunyi didn't say anything more, but she still gossiped a bit in her heart. Zhao Xiaobei was a member of the Zhao family, so he must resemble the Zhao family members. Another point is that nephews resemble their uncles, so he might resemble his maternal grandparents. It's just a pity that the original owner had no memory of this, and she hadn't investigated it either.
However, everyone has their own secrets, and there's no need to pry into what they don't want to say.
Bai Wu hasn't been doing too well lately. Although he was cured after being poisoned by the medicine, there are still aftereffects. The main one is that he suffers terribly every time he has a bowel movement. Although it hasn't affected his male function, he still has psychological trauma and is never satisfied when he sleeps with women.
Of course, he also discovered that He Miao had run away, but he didn't have time to deal with it at the time. Now that he wanted to, he found that the woman had actually run to Boss Yun's side.
That's why he had some gangsters gathered to smear the Fengyun Gang, so as to prepare for future military suppression.
The results of it?
The people we hired at great expense all ran away in just two days?
Not all of them ran away; one person came back. If he hadn't come back, I wouldn't even know what had happened.
"Fifth Master, that Boss Yun is really powerful." The person who stayed behind was named Kuang Shi. He had once studied martial arts under a master, but he hadn't mastered the skills for long before he was expelled from the school for harassing his master's wife. Later, he became a mountain bandit and a river bandit, and had killed people. He came to Black City to escape the government's wanted notice.
"Isn't it because you're all too useless?" Bai Wu looked at Kuang Shi with disgust. "You took my money but couldn't do anything for me. What use are you?"
"Fifth Master, that's not how it works. We're not experts to begin with, and our prices are cheap. If you were to go to Qionglou to find someone, you wouldn't be able to get in without ten thousand taels of silver, would you?"
"Heh." Bai Wu laughed in exasperation. "You mean, this is still my fault?"
“That’s not what I meant.” Kuang Shi hurriedly waved his hand. “What I meant was, Fifth Master, your method won’t work.”
"Do you have a solution?"
"She's just a young woman. So what if she's skilled in martial arts? That gang has only just come together. Why not just send someone in to break them up? And then we can take the opportunity to kill a couple of people, right?"
"Who's going?" A hint of disdain flashed in Bai Wu's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. "You?"
"I am willing to go through fire and water for Fifth Master."
“Alright.” Bai Wu nodded. “As long as you can accomplish this, I can recommend you to the Marquis’s side. Then…”
"Thank you, Fifth Master." Kuang Shi was immediately excited. If he could really get to the side of the Marquis of Zhenbei, his life would be completely different, and he would no longer have to hide.
At this moment, someone reported that Hei Yun was requesting an audience.
"Let her in," Bai Wu waved to Kuang Shi.
When Hei Yun arrived, he happened to run into Kuang Shi walking out, and gave him a slight nod as a greeting.
"Why is Boss Hei here?" Bai Wu looked Hei Yun up and down, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"We've come seeking Fifth Master's protection," Hei Yun said bluntly.
"Hehe, what Boss Hei said is interesting. You're not on my turf, so I can't even be your backer if I wanted to."
"How could that be?" Hei Yun curled the corner of his mouth, stepped forward and sat directly on Bai Wu's lap. "The north of the city is very poor. We were barely making ends meet there. We wanted to come to the south of the city, but we didn't have the opportunity."
Bai Wu looked up at Hei Yun: "You want to come to the south of the city?"
"Of course I want to, there are many important people here." Hei Yun's fingers traced back and forth on Bai Wu's chest.
"Why should I let you come? Because..." Bai Wu said, grabbing the other's messy hand, "...your used and worn-out body?"
"Fifth Master is joking." Hei Yun stood up. "How could I be worthy to serve Fifth Master? But I have a younger sister who just came of age this year, and she is very delicate."
"Ok?"
“My sister is waiting in the sedan chair outside. As long as Fifth Master nods, she is willing to be someone to keep him entertained.”
"Really?" Bai Wu smiled. "You're quite sincere."
“If you want to find a backer, you should be sincere.” Hei Yun smiled.
"She won't mind this eye of mine?" Bai Wu raised his hand to touch the eye patch covering his eye. A surge of hatred welled up inside him. Boss Yun, one day he would make her wish she were dead.
"How could that be? Fifth Master is a hero of this Black City. It's her good fortune that she can serve you. It's much better than marrying some peasant." Hei Yun pretended not to see the murderous intent in Bai Wu's eyes and remained respectful.
"You're quite honest, then bring him here so I can take a look." Bai Wu dispelled his murderous intent and casually waved his hand.
Hei Yun's younger sister is named Hei Ning. She is just fifteen years old, a flower-like girl, so beautiful that people can't help but want to soften their hearts and spoil her.
"Ning'er, come and greet Fifth Master." Hei Yun waved to his younger sister.
"Greetings, Fifth Master." Hei Ning stepped forward and gave Bai Wu a charming smile.
When Bai Wu caught a whiff of that faint, delicate fragrance of a woman, his heart, which had been dormant for some time, was suddenly stirred. However, he didn't show it, only raising an eyebrow slightly: "I heard you're willing to serve me?"