novelhk Chapter 10 Nameless but Existing in Reality 2
Chapter 10 Nameless but Existing in Reality 2
Chu Shanyun made a serious suggestion to the big boss. Although the amount involved was not large, the young lady's enthusiastic manner still aroused the big boss's interest a little.
Tell me about it.
"Keep squeezing money out of him, the more the better, but you must not harm him or allow interest to compound—in return, I will give you 2000 every month," Chu Shanyun explained. "With this 2000, plus what you squeeze out of him, he will essentially become your shop, contributing over 30,000 spirit stones annually. After 30 years, bring up the principal with him again. If he can't pay it back then, I will pay it all back for him."
"That's interesting," Kong Fande nodded. "Tell me your terms."
"It's simple for you," Chu Shanyun said. "First, don't lend him any more money; and don't let anyone else lend him money. This 17 is the limit for both of us. If it really crushes us, it will be a loss for you too, won't it?"
"Sure." The big boss said it was very simple. In Sushanfang, if he said a word, the loan sharks would all have to give him face.
"The second one..." Chu Shanyun carefully chose her words and said, "We were originally husband and wife, but we divorced and went our separate ways because he did not fulfill his duties as a husband. As the saying goes, a gentleman can help others achieve their goals. I hope you can speak up for justice and diligently guide him so that he can see the error of his ways."
"You want to remarry?" Kong Fande was surprised. He had seen the "divorce" notice posted in the most conspicuous place in the market.
"Of course not!" Chu Shanyun denied immediately. "I used to live a life that existed in name only, but now I want to try a life that exists in name only."
"Nominally gone but actually still here? Heh, so you're thinking of keeping Bao Er Ye?"
Kong Fande tapped his fingers on the table, thinking that the woman opposite him was very creative, but it would only bring in an extra two thousand a month, and he didn't want to put too much effort into it.
"Controlling his bird is too difficult, I'm too lazy to do it. How about this, I'll give you a sign, and whenever you're interested, just have my men arrest him and send him to a brothel. Just think of it as me running a male escort club, inviting you to come and patronize him, how about that?"
visit a prostitute!
Chu Shanyun said she liked the word, but she emphasized, "He's not allowed to accept other customers."
"certainly."
Kong Fande thought to himself: Do you think there are many like you?
He had never seen a female cultivator with such a thick skin before; otherwise, she would have opened a male escort club long ago!
Besides, Chen Jinghai is surnamed Chen, so it's fine to mess with him occasionally, but if you really arrest him and make him a gigolo, the Chen family probably wouldn't be able to afford to lose face like that.
"You pay 24,000 a year, right? That'll give you 24 services a year, is that enough?" The big boss took out a waist token, modified the runes on it, and handed it over, smiling as he said, "I have branches all over Aolai, this waist token is valid throughout Aolai—no matter where Xiao Chen runs, he can't escape your grasp."
A thousand spirit stones for one visit is considered very expensive. At least in Aolai, there has never been such a price. Even in the Star Moon Sect, a top-quality cauldron only costs five or six hundred. But Chu Shanyun was very satisfied. This was her Chen Jinghai!
From that day on, Chen Jinghai became Chu Shanyun's puppet. No matter where he hid, as long as he showed up in the major markets of Aolai, Chu Shanyun could drag him into the Yichun Courtyard. The name "gigolo" was like a shackle firmly tied to his head.
To escape this humiliation, Chen Jinghai tried every means to outwit and outmaneuver Chu Shanyun. Their love story was like a traditional storybook, with unexpected plot twists every now and then, continuously attracting the attention of the cultivators in Sushanfang and even the entire Aolai area.
As a popular topic of conversation, several dozen days later, one evening, the dramatic story about Chu Shanyun and Chen Jinghai also reached the Wujialing Orphanage.
Madam Xu's surname is Kong. She is one of the commoner daughters of the big boss Kong Fande. Cai Fei usually calls her "Grandma", but when there are many people and it is necessary to distinguish her, he calls her "Grandma Kong".
Grandma Kong was only around fifty years old. She was educated and had accompanied the old mountain lord for many years. She had some understanding of cultivators. However, life in Wujialing was hard. As the mountain lord's wife, she worked harder than most people. Her face was dark and wrinkled, making her look ten years older than her actual age. Her clothes were no different from those of a peasant woman.
With Grandma Kong as his caregiver, Cai Fei not only had his meals taken care of, but also found other aspects of life much more convenient—for example, with just a simple instruction from Grandma Kong, he could borrow all sorts of books.
On this day, a middle-aged woman came to the nursery carrying a pile of enlightenment books such as "A Chronicle of Genius Cultivators Throughout History" and "The Childhood of 100 Great Immortals". She handed the books to Grandma Kong and brought with her the latest edition of Sushanfang Love Story.
"I heard they even chased him all the way to the farthest market town, making a complete fool of themselves in Aolai..."
The middle-aged woman held Grandma Kong's hand and whispered the rest of the story to her.
At first, she didn't treat the child sitting next to her playing with stones as a human being at all, but when she was halfway through the story, the child stopped playing, turned to face her, and stared at her with his dark eyes.
Eventually, she started to panic. After all, she was being verbally abused to someone else's face. So, after making a comment, she quickly ended the conversation and staggered away.
"Baby, don't listen to their nonsense," Grandma Kong, with her gentle temperament, didn't dare interrupt the middle-aged woman's story, but as soon as she left, she quickly comforted the child, "Baby's mom is trying to stop baby's dad from gambling, there's nothing wrong with that!"
"Hehe." Cai Fei chuckled lightly, speaking in a mature tone, "Daring to be the first in the world, doing what others won't do, and being able to do what others can't. My mother can discipline a bad husband and tame wild beasts. She's quite a figure."
The three-year-old uttered a famous saying, but Grandma Kong only paused for a moment before overjoyed and kissing his little cheek: "I just told you this story yesterday, and you can already use it, baby? So clever!"
"Daring to be the first in the world, doing what others wouldn't, and capable of what others couldn't," this is the praise given to the young Yellow Emperor in the book "Heroes Have Emerged Since Ancient Times."
These days, Cai Fei uses literacy as an excuse to have Grandma Kong read many stories about "being born able to speak" and "having a photographic memory" every day, subtly influencing her and making her understand that there are many geniuses in this world who are just so extraordinary.
In this way, when Grandma Kong discovers that Cai Fei is equally outstanding, with a photographic memory, the ability to memorize what he hears, and the ability to speak like an adult, she will be able to accept this fact relatively calmly and happily, rather than panicking and spreading rumors everywhere.
At this moment, Cai Fei calmly wiped his face, thinking to himself, "I have no choice. He's only three years old. I can't do anything but pretend to be a child prodigy."
He pointed to the book he had half-read yesterday and said, "Grandma, today I'm going to finish reading the Thousand Character Classic and listen to all the stories in this book."
"Good! Good! Good!" Grandma Kong was overjoyed. She picked up the book "Heroes Have Emerged Since Ancient Times" and began to tell the children the story of the young Zhuanxu.
"Emperor Zhuanxu severed the connection between heaven and earth, and his name resounded throughout the universe. He was born with a spirit, possessing profound wisdom in stillness, and understanding in his affairs..."