C80

In the evening, after the whole family finished their dinner, Xia Li looked around and coughed twice.

"Today, I want to announce two things to you two. First, I want to send Xia Qing to the school in town. Second, I want to go to town and rent a shop.

"This, my girl, where are you going to get so much silver to rent a shop?" The Lee's asked worriedly.

"Mom, don't worry. I have a big customer. He'll help me pay the rent." Xia Li smiled mysteriously.

"When I get down from my shop and into the medicinal herbs, I will invite the servants and the doctor in charge of the hall. When my business is on track, I will hand over my shop to the doctor to manage it and spend the rest of my time with you and Xia Qing. I will concentrate on repaying all of my debts."

"Okay, okay." When the Lee's heard Xia Li's words, he completely relaxed.

Sun Chun joked as he pulled Xia Li out of the room.

"If you can lead a good life yourself, do you not need me?"

"Of course I need you. Without you, how can I chase away those bastards and scoundrels?" Xia Li explained.

"En, then I am a thug that protects the safety of the shop?" Sun Chun laughed and resisted the urge to hug her.

"This... You know how to read and write. You have high martial arts skills, and are smart and resourceful. You have solved the crisis our family faced with time and time again. Without you, I am nothing.

Xia Li was anxious and her face flushed red, making Sun Chun happy.

"Mm. I believe you. I won't make things difficult for you anymore. Let's go."

Sun Chun said as he pulled Xia Li out of the courtyard.

"Are you looking for that sissy Yang Xuechen? Don't forget to bring the twenty painkillers. Otherwise, how will you negotiate with him? " Sun Chun reminded Xia Li.

"Here!" Xia Li said as he pointed to a small package on his shoulder.

— —

Dollar Casino

Rich Man Yang's father had died in the past few days, and in the recent few days, he had just finished conducting his funeral.

In the gambling den, tables and chairs were piled in a corner. The entire hall was empty, giving off a depressing feeling.

On the table in the hall on the first floor were Old Man Yang's memorial tablet and some fruit plates. There were dozens of joss sticks inserted in the incense burner in the middle of the table, and wisps of smoke were coming out from it, making people choke to the point of being unable to open their eyes.

Rich Man Yang knelt on the mat and kowtowed three times. He picked up the wine bowl on the table and poured it on the floor. With a crisp bang, the bowl in his hands directly smashed onto the ground, startling the barbarian who was guarding on both sides of the table and causing him to shiver.

"Hurry before they go to the escort company, think of a way to teach that woman Xia Li a lesson. If you can't do it, then I will take off your legs."

A trace of ruthlessness flashed past Rich Man Yang's eyes.

"Yes, grandpa. Please wait for my good news." Hearing that, the boss was so scared that his whole body shivered.

The first thing Xia Li did was run into the forest to the side. Deep in the forest, a red-clothed female was pushed to the ground by a man, her clothes were already torn, revealing her smooth and fair white arms, and the woman was crying her heart out.

The silver needle flew out from Sun Chun's hand and pierced the man's back. The man let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground.

"Miss, the bad guys have all been beaten away. You don't have to worry, I'll help you up." Xia Li said, as he quietly sized up the rouge on her face, the beautiful red-clothed female, and then secretly looked around at the forest, where there was nothing to do, the red clothed female, one look at the girl was not the kind of person who would suffer greatly from long journey, how did she come to the northern suburbs, just a few steps further, would be Yang Xuechen's land, everything was strange.

Xia Li had some misgivings in his heart, but obviously his movement slowed down as well. His entire body tensed up as he helped the woman stand up.

The lady in red secretly sized Xia Li up, revealing a bright dagger from between her sleeves, she thrusted towards Xia Li's chest. Xia Li let out a scream, and immediately retreated a step, falling to the ground.

The girl wailed miserably. She covered her abdomen with both hands and fell backwards onto the ground. She lost consciousness and her abdomen was pierced by the flying knife. Fresh blood immediately flowed out from her body.

Xia Li let out a startled cry as he retreated a few steps and leaned against a tree. His entire body was trembling and he was drenched in cold sweat.

Sun Chun walked over to Xia Li with a few steps, and looked at her exhausted and breathless appearance with a face full of worry.

"Are you all right?"

Before Sun Chun could finish, Xia Li immediately jumped into his embrace and grabbed his neck with both of his hands.

"Why would she want to kill me?" Xia Li was so shocked that he patted his chest.

"In the boundless universe, there are all sorts of people. This time I've suffered a loss, next time I'll know to be on my guard."

After comforting Xia Li, the two of them headed towards Yang Xuechen's territory.

After the two of them disappeared from sight, Yang Xuechen walked out from behind the tree with the manager.

Yang Xuechen brought his group to the Flower Hall, and asked while smiling waiting for the servant to pour hot tea for Sun Chun and Xia Li.

"Why have you two come here?"

"It's for this." As Xia Li said that, he took out a rectangular box from the bag he carried and placed it on the table, revealing twenty of the painkillers.

Yang Xuechen's eyes immediately lit up. He reached out to touch the painkillers on the table, but Xia Li covered the box with his hand.

"These medicines all have a commemorative value. I want to keep one of them as an afterthought. After all, he helped me sell painkillers when I was in a difficult situation, so he was especially helpful to me." As Xia Li said that, he took out all nine painkillers and left the last one in the box, which he placed into his bag.

"This Grand Master Ding is quite friendly. Even if I get beaten, I won't sell out my business partners. It's really rare." Yang Xuechen sighed.

"I want all of these pills for the amount of silver you are willing to sell me."

"Give me 1,140 taels of silver, I've sold all the painkillers I have to you."

"Manager, go to the bank to get the silver notes." Yang Xuechen did not hesitate and immediately called for the manager, and said loudly.

"Yes, Mistress." With that, the supervisor left with his men.

"Sun Chun, Xia Li, the two of you wait here for a while longer. The silver notes will be delivered to you soon." Yang Xuechen acted like nothing had happened, he did not care about his image anymore, and directly slanted into the chair, one hand holding his head, and the other hand holding the fan, casually waved it.

Sun Chun sat on the chair and drank his tea while holding the cup, as if everything that happened had nothing to do with him.

Xia Li stood up from his seat, walked to Sun Chun's side and naturally hugged her from behind. Like a little lion, he rubbed against his body, and laughed happily from time to time, making Sun Chun feel a little unnatural.

The first thing he did was grab onto Xia Li's restless small hands and pulled her to a chair to the side.

Yang Xuechen looked at Xia Li and Sun Chun who were intimate with each other and acted like there was no one in front of him, and he did not know that he was slightly injured in his heart, as he slipped down from his chair and shouted out of injury.

I say, you two, this is the escort office. This is my trump card, but you two are holding hands and hugging each other in front of the crowd.

"Then marry a beautiful woman as soon as possible. I won't be angry at you for holding her small hand." Xia Li giggled as he choked on Yang Xuechen.

Sun Chun's face was slightly red, he focused on drinking his tea, and ignored the two people in front of him who were spitting words at him.

The manager walked over to Yang Xuechen and handed over a few thin silver notes and 140 silver taels to him.

"Check carefully. A thousand taels of silver and one hundred and forty taels of silver."

Xia Jin nodded and counted the banknotes. He then brought the banknotes to Sun Chun for him to take a closer look at.

"No problem." Sun Chun looked at it, then passed the silver to Xia Li.

After all, it was not a small amount. Only after Xia Li had Sun Chun verify it did he carefully put the silver and the silver together into his personal pocket.

Yang Xuechen looked at the two of them who trusted and supported him, and in his heart, he could not help but feel admiration for them. They were also in the same big parlour, where every tile, blade of grass, and tree, even the escort and servants of the house belonged to him, but they had never been able to make up for the loneliness and helplessness in his heart. No matter how big the storm, he had always faced it all by himself.

When Yang Xuechen regained his consciousness, he realised that Xia Li and Sun Chun were not in the parlour anymore. He coughed once, fanned himself a few times, and sat on the chair. He then picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The steward was standing at the side. Seeing his master's uncomfortable look, he bent over to report to him.

"Master, just now, Miss Xia Li saw that you were distracted so she did not want to disturb you, so she said goodbye to this old servant and left."

"Mm, it's fine." Yang Xuechen casually waved her hands with her thin lips curling.

— —

Xia Li and Sun Chun returned back to the town. Xia Li first placed half of the silver in his hands into the money bank, leaving behind only four hundred and fifty silver in notes.

The two of them travelled back and forth through the four or five gambling houses in the town called the Rising Sun Restaurant. Finally, at the last gambling house, they found Rich Man Yang, who was resting and having fun in a box on the second floor.

However, the biggest difference this time was that the people inside the gambling house had prepared a long spear or sabre to guard their bodies with a serious expression.

However, when Sun Chun held Xia Li's hand and walked to the second floor together, the wild men immediately broke off their platform, and like frosted eggplants, they moved to open a path, automatically retreating towards the second floor. They went all the way to the side of the Rich Man Yang in the second floor, protecting the Rich Man Yang behind them, their swords and pikes aligned, pointing towards Xia Li and Sun Chun.

This is the four hundred and fifty taels of banknotes that I owe you. Please count them carefully and ask the God of Fortune to take out the contract we signed to pay off the debts. I will also take out the contract we left behind to pay off the debts.

"From now on, our Xia family no longer owes you a single cent. We have no relation at all." As Xia Li said this, he placed the contract in his hands along with the silver notes on the table.