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Chapter 39 - 39 39 Simple Tea and Meals versus Wealth and Glory

39: Chapter 39: Simple Tea and Meals versus Wealth and Glory 39: Chapter 39: Simple Tea and Meals versus Wealth and Glory To gain a woman’s approval, a man simply needs to do one thing.

First, he must have money.

Then, he must have a sense of security.

To a certain extent, money can substitute for a sense of security.

Leng Nian took Chen Yan out and did two things.

The first was to teach her a Substitute Sorcery spell.

Find a piece of yellow paper, bite the tip of your finger, use the blood to write your name, then cut a strand of your hair and wrap it in the yellow paper.

Grab some random fish food, mix it with the yellow paper to form a ball, and throw it into the river, then kneel and bow three times.

And that was that.

According to Leng Nian, this was the simplest disaster-avoidance spell from his sect’s heritage.

After bowing, within three days, all sorcery specifically targeting Chen Yan would be diverted.

For at least these next three days, Chen Yan wouldn’t have to worry about someone scheming against her in the shadows.

At the same time, Leng Nian also promised her that he would help to remove the Evil Object from her family’s doorstep.

The second thing was that after they returned from the river, he took Chen Yan out for a meal.

They went to Tianbao Pavilion near Nanshi Main Street, a large restaurant with four blue banners, three floors high, and more than twenty windows – a place that was as grand as they come.

It was Chen Yan’s first time in such a luxurious place.

She felt so uncomfortable sitting in her chair that she didn’t dare to look up.

But Leng Nian wasn’t constrained at all, calling over the shop assistant and ordering a four-dish, one-soup meal.

He ordered braised wings, fried shrimp balls, dry-fried daylilies, gluten with sauce, plus a soup of scallops with tofu.

Chen Yan had never even heard of these dishes and stared with her mouth agape throughout.

He even told Chen Yan not to be polite, saying that if she decided to join his sect, she wouldn’t need to avoid any foods, only to maintain a preference for lighter flavors.

How is this light?

You didn’t even order any vegetables!

The human heart cannot withstand such tests.

For a child from a commoner’s family like Chen Yan, a meal like this one was enough to change her perspective.

Leng Nian didn’t say much either, but his intentions were clear without words.

Listening to Chen Yan describe the delicious dishes she had eaten at night, everyone couldn’t help but glance back at the pig food that they had just desperately scrambled for, feeling quite complicated.

If they searched their hearts, what choice would they make if faced with the same one?

Youtiao curled his lip and snorted.

Chen Yan immediately felt annoyed and asked, “What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing,”

Youtiao lowered his head to lick his bowl, not wanting to bother with her.

Wang Yunxiao knew what Youtiao was laughing about, as Youtiao had told him that back when his family was still around, he often went with his father to dine out in Nanshi.

Let alone this four dishes and a soup, he had even had meals with eight big bowls.

Nurse Liu had let Chen Yan make her own choice, perhaps guessing that she would encounter something like this.

However, this kind of choice for a child whose judgment was not yet mature was indeed tough.

Wang Yunxiao thought for a moment and decided to give her a reminder, “Class President, think carefully, this is not about choosing between simple fare or exotic delicacies.

You’re studying at school, you know what school is like, what the teachers and classmates are like.

You have good grades, and you’ll definitely be able to further your education.

Even without that ability, after graduating, whether you marry or look for a job, you’ll be stronger than others.”

“But that Mr.

Leng, apart from being very wealthy, you know almost nothing about him.

How did your so-called talent come about, don’t we all already know?

If you had this talent all along, how come he never met you before?

Now that he has taken an interest in you for this reason, could he lose interest in you later for the same reason?”

Old Man Chen slapped his thigh, “Yuanxiao is right!

Yan’er, you can’t just take that man’s word for it, we don’t even know him.

If there’s no blood relation, why would someone suddenly take such a fancy to you, aren’t you aware of what you’ve been eating at home?”

That’s what he was thinking too, he just wasn’t as articulate and clear as Wang Yunxiao.

Chen Yan bit her lip and remained silent for a long time before hesitantly asking in a low voice, “Then…

can you all help me clear out the thing in the drainage system?”

Wang Yunxiao nodded and smiled, “Sure, just call me ‘brother’ and see.”

Chen Yan turned her head and reluctantly called out in a stammering voice, “Bro…

Brother…”

“Too quiet, can’t hear you!”

Wang Yunxiao turned to Old Man Chen with a smile, “The bosses on the docks pay people to carry loads, and they still have to tip them.

We’re helping your family clean the drainage system, isn’t it worth a clear and loud ‘brother’ from your daughter?”

Old Man Chen coughed and sternly said, “Yan’er, go make some tea, have you forgotten all the manners your father taught you?”

Chen Yan stood up and ran into the house.

Wang Yunxiao laughed heartily, slapped his bottom, and stood up, “Let’s go, brothers, let’s see what kind of evil spirit we’re dealing with.”

The rest were also laughing and joking, not scared at all.

They had seen weirder things, and with their youthful audacity and strength in numbers, they naturally had no fear in their hearts.

Seeing their cavalier attitude, Old Man Chen suddenly felt a bit uneasy and pulled Wang Yunxiao aside to whisper, “Should I go borrow some Black Dog’s Blood…?”

Wang Yunxiao shook his head, “No need for that trouble, got a shovel?”

“Yes!”

The nut-roasting shop lacked nothing in shovels, which were used for stirring chestnuts in the pot.

Old Man Chen brought out three shovels from the house, Wang Yunxiao handed one to Guozi and Gangtou, and held one himself as they approached the drain at the storefront entrance.

In those days, a drainage system was literally just a channel, which could only be found on proper main streets.

It was about half a person deep, covered with bricks and stones, and every fifty or sixty meters, there was a manhole cover.

Not far from the entrance of Chen Family’s shop, there was such a manhole cover.

Once they pried it open with a stick, an unbearably putrid stench immediately wafted out.

In comparison, the sense of discord from the air-raid shelter beneath the school was far too intense.

If there was only this primitive drainage system on the ground, how was that place kept from flooding?

It made no sense.

After prying open the manhole cover, everyone took turns with the shovel and quickly cleared out all the accumulated trash inside.

“Wait!

There’s something!”

When it was Gangtou’s turn, his shovel hit something, got stuck, and then, with a strong heave, he unearthed a mass of dark, tangled things.

Five black rats with their tails knotted together in a deadly bind.

The shape alone was terrifying and bizarre.

Even more bizarre was that these rats were still alive, baring their teeth and hissing at the sight of people, trying to climb up Gangtou’s shovel onto his hand, but Wang Yunxiao swiftly smacked them down.

Guozi stepped forward and gave another shovel blow, instantly turning the rodents into a mess.

The rats’ piercing, plaintive shrieks echoed in Wang Yunxiao’s mind again and again.

“Everyone, back off!”

Wang Yuanxiao, fearing the plague, quickly waved people away and directed those behind, “Go bring some firewood and burn this thing!”