For twenty years, the only one who could rescue someone from Yihong House was freaking awesome!
In no time, Chen Jie’s reputation spread throughout the entire Jianghu, and someone even gave him the nickname "Little Meng Chang," signaling that Chen Jie carried great respect.
Like the Four Lords of Warring States, he had to be treated with respect wherever he went.
Of course, it was all nonsense; Chen Jie didn’t rely on his clout this time—it was all about taking advantage of the situation. People called him "Little Meng Chang," but it would be more accurate to call him "Little Zhuge."
But many outsiders couldn’t see the intricacies involved.
They just thought Chen Jie had a lot of clout, first getting Sun Bu’er and Mr. Sun of Shunfeng Escort Agency to help, then Peng Shizhong of White Tiger Hall, arrest officer Zhang Liye, and finally even bringing in Scholar Bai Mosheng, second-in-command of Guild Cao, Eagle Hall Master Qin Ying, and other prominent figures.
Even behind these two, there were the shadows of Elder Liu and Nan Batian.
This virtually invited all the big shots of Mianshui County. Wasn’t that enough clout?
Thus, people compared him to Meng Changjun of the Four Lords of Warring States.
Of course, Chen Jie didn’t know about his new nickname, which had already spread at breakneck speed throughout the entire Mianshui County.
At this time, Chen Jie bid farewell to the seniors who had helped him, expressing that he would prepare a generous gift to thank them in the future.
Then he took Ruirui and headed home alone.
Before leaving, Zhou Chu stuffed a stack of silver notes into Chen Jie’s hands, which upon inspection appeared to be a whopping thousand taels.
Zhou Chu said, "Found in the Beggar Sect’s lair, a total of two thousand taels. I gave two hundred to the brothers, and I kept eight hundred as my private stash. This is yours."
Chen Jie had no choice but to accept, and Zhou Chu said, "Don’t be polite, go buy some good food for Ruirui—he’s probably been scared this time."
Chen Jie couldn’t really refuse and could only nod his head, then he took Ruirui home. Ruirui took a few steps and suddenly saw a street corner selling oranges.
"Brother-in-law, I want to eat oranges!"
Chen Jie looked at the orange seller and said with slight embarrassment, "Ruirui, they’re sour."
"They’re tasty."
Chen Jie had no choice but to buy a few overpriced oranges for Ruirui. The orange seller even recognized Chen Jie and asked in surprise, "Sir, you’re taking your daughter for a stroll through the Yihong House?"
Clearing his throat, Chen Jie responded, "Getting worldly experience."
Awesome~
Chen Jie could see admiration in the staff’s eyes, who then was surprised to see Ruirui eat a green orange right in front of her, souring her face.
"Can you even eat that?"
Ruirui paused and looked at the vendor, "Shouldn’t I eat it? What do you sell it for?"
The vendor was stumped by the question but quickly offered, "Alright, here, I’ll throw in two more for free."
"Thank you, uncle."
The vendor looked at Chen Jie and said, "Sir, with all due respect, don’t bring your girl here; it’s dirty."
"Got it, won’t happen again," replied Chen Jie as he led Ruirui away. Ruirui munched on the oranges and asked, "Brother-in-law, what did the uncle mean by dirty?"
"You’ll understand when you’re older," Chen Jie answered.
"Oh, can I still come here to play in the future, brother-in-law?" Ruirui asked.
Chen Jie: (⊙o⊙)…
"What’s so fun about this place?" Chen Jie asked.
"I met a sister named Cuicui, and I want to play with her, but she told me not to come find her again. Strange," Ruirui explained.
Hearing this, Chen Jie rubbed Ruirui’s head and said, "She’s right; you shouldn’t come here again. It’s not a good place!"
"Hmm? If it’s not a good place, why is it so lively? Why is sister Cuicui here?" Ruirui questioned.
Chen Jie was at a loss for words. He felt it was really difficult to answer this question. How could he explain that Cuicui was sold here and eventually would have to...
Even if Ruirui could understand, how would she accept it!
And Chen Jie was powerless to change any of this. The world was such; he could only go with the flow, and protecting his family was already hard enough. If there was any strength left, he would protect those he knew, and if there were still reserves, Chen Jie would consider giving shelter to all under the heavens.
But what a difficult undertaking that would be.
Chen Jie looked up at the sky, thinking about how the world was just so unforgiving; just being a good person was already challenging enough.
As Chen Jie pondered, Ruirui suddenly asked out of the blue, "Brother-in-law, do you come here often?"
"No, I don’t. Don’t go spreading rumors," Chen Jie hastily replied.
"Oh, but I’ve only seen oranges for sale here. Brother-in-law, did you buy them from that uncle last time?"
A vein popped on Chen Jie’s forehead.
"That’s... don’t talk nonsense when we get home. These oranges... hmm, just say Uncle Zhou Chu gave them to you, got it?"
"Why lie to sister?" Daisy asked, orange in hand.
"It’s not lying; it’s love. You’ll understand when you’re older."
"Okay, but, brother-in-law, you’ll have to come here often to buy me these oranges."
Daisy continued.
Chen Jie felt awkward; he was like forcing his brother-in-law to do something wrong.
"Can you do it or not?"
"Sure, I’ll try my best," Chen Jie nodded, committing to the request.
Ruirui replied: "Thanks, brother-in-law."
Under the long night, the silhouette of two persons, one big and one small, disappeared at the end of the street.
Meanwhile, in the Beggar Sect’s West City Branch, a man came back from outside only to be greeted by a panicked beggar. The beggar burst into tears upon seeing the man, "Third Master, you’ve returned! There’s been trouble, a big trouble!"
"Stop wailing, what happened?" The man frowned slightly.
"Third Master, Fourth Master is dead!" the beggar blurted out.
"What?!" The man’s brows shot up, his eyes turning blood red in an instant: "What happened?"
"It was like this, Third Master..."
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