Lu Chen, who had just gotten out of trouble, went straight back to his residence without seeing the faces of the clan members who were looking resentfully at him. Even when Lu Chen got home, people still continued to insult him for his lazy bad temper as well as how weak Lu Chen was after all these years.
"They really look down on others too much, well... Although what they say is also true, but am I also doing the right thing?" Lu Chen hid a lot from his uncle, but didn't dare to say it directly because it would be dangerous for him or the Lu family.
The next day, Lu Chen was still acting as usual, not appearing anywhere just sitting in a tree, leaning against the trunk and then sleeping soundly there. The Lu family children who saw how relaxed Lu Chen was felt very angry, but they also didn't want to disturb or make trouble just for someone who didn't have the ability like Lu Chen. So rather than them arguing with Lu Chen, they would rather not deal and avoid trash like Lu Chen. They also heard that Lu Chen was entered into a competition that would be held in the host city. Some did not accept, some thought that it would only bring shame to the Lu family. Many protested to the head of the family, but the head of the family never paid attention to their complaints. This meant that the head of the family either wanted to make Lu's family embarrassed or wanted to teach Lu Chen a lesson. No one knew but they were sure Lu Chen wouldn't be able to win in the election competition in the city lord's house.
Instead the person being talked about instead didn't seem to care much, Lu Chen was just doing his daily activities casually and there was no practice. Even the elders did not care about Lu Chen anymore although they actually had a sense of anxiety within them. Worried that Lu Chen would make them embarrassed, but they also didn't dare to refute what the head of the family had said. So the only thing they could do was stare at Lu Chen with deep hostility.
Wusssss
"HM? I didn't expect them to actually work so well!" Lu Chen spoke to himself, but in his hand was a small paper. Inside the paper was written 'I'm waiting for you at the usual place!', although the words inside the letter were very casual but Lu Chen could feel that there was something that might want to be conveyed but couldn't be by just writing in a letter alone. Lu Chen smiled, burning the letter with the energy coming out of the hand, Lu Chen began to stand up while stretching his stiff body. Stepping with light feet, he walked out of the Lu family's main residence without saying goodbye to his elders or uncles.
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Elsewhere, in a luxurious shop, several figures could be seen sitting while discussing something. Their discussion was very simple, it was about what they should do about the problem faced by the family of the city lord. This problem occurred because the youngest son of the city lord suddenly became ill and was unconscious for weeks. Although it had been covered up, the news still leaked out, so the city lord asked those with connections to find out what illness the city lord's son was suffering from.
"Is he really coming? We've been sitting here long enough! If he doesn't come, it will be troublesome for us to face the city lord".
Some people were very worried, not because they were worried about the lord being angry with them. But they were worried that the store's reputation that had been built up over the years in the city would be lost due to their failure to the city lord. The middle-aged man sitting in the center seat was silent, he had already sent letters to people who could help. But they had to keep waiting, even though between them and that figure was just cooperation on each side. Still, for some reason, they had depended too much on that person in the past few years, so whenever there was a problem that they couldn't handle, they would definitely call him to the shop.
"He will come, there is no reason for him not to come. Moreover, this is also a good opportunity for him to ask all of us for help, so calm down and wait!" As the leader of the shop in town, he could only act calmly in front of all his subordinates. Of course he was also very worried, worried that the person from the main store would come after hearing his bad name and then revoke the status as the store chief in the town that he had worked so hard to get that high position.
If the shop president was revoked, he would probably only be able to become an ordinary employee who was even worse than the ordinary employee who had just entered the shop. And perhaps if it really affected the big business of the main family, he could be banished and punished according to the family rules. So among them, it was the shopkeeper who was most worried about his future life. Everyone was still quietly waiting impatiently, an hour, two hours, three hours, four hours passed and it was already mid-afternoon.
Tap
"Hey, why did you call me? Is there something you want to show me? Or is there something you want to ask for?" Just as they were worried that the figure would not come, it appeared inside their special hall wearing a mask. The black crane-like mask and the figure's black eyeballs made him look more authoritative than them.
The head of the city's big store stood up and politely asked the figure to sit in the center seat. Everyone in the room also stood up and greeted, of course even though they sometimes babbled but this person with the crane mask was the savior of their shop. And it was also because of him that the shop was able to grow even bigger, even to the point where people from the main family said that they should continue to build a relationship with the man with the crane mask.
"Hehehehe, I apologize for calling you at this busy time. There's actually something we want to talk to you about related to someone's request, but .... This person is quite special so can we ask you to keep it a secret from the outside world?"