Free Web NovelChapter 355: Chapter 308: Cooperation
The other two workers were also just ordinary people with brute strength and were easily dealt with. This left Yang Xiao quite disappointed. After confirming there were no survivors left in the inn, Yang Xiao went to the innkeeper’s secret chamber, where the password box was unlocked, which saved him a lot of trouble.
There were two large boxes of possessions, which included cash and a lot of gold and silver jewelry, as well as many antiques and paintings that had not been sold yet. One could imagine how many misdeeds the innkeeper and his people had committed over the years.
Yang Xiao didn’t understand antiques and paintings, nor did he bother to take them. He casually threw them into the Mirror World, but he gladly accepted the cash and jewelry, packing his backpack until it was bulging. That still wasn’t enough. He also rummaged through the innkeeper’s wardrobe for a large handbag and stuffed all the remaining cash into it. After confirming that he hadn’t missed anything, he took his spoils and left. Of course, he couldn’t use the door, so Yang Xiao directly returned to the street outside through the Mirror World.
It was still too early to leave town. He was going to Nie Family Teahouse to find Ling Yanyu. He would definitely come to Xiang Ma Town often in the future. The town was a chaotic mix of people, and it was too unsafe to stay outside. He was considering whether he could recruit Ling Yanyu for his own use. The reason he had let him go before was with this in mind. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Soon, using the address given by Ling Yanyu, Yang Xiao found the unremarkable Nie Family Teahouse in a secluded alley. It was so inconspicuous that the teahouse didn’t even have a sign. From a distance, it just looked like a dilapidated two-story building, with only the four characters "Nie Family Teahouse" pasted on the old blue glass of the second floor, missing the character "you" below the first character "Nie," which looked quite odd at first glance.
Trustworthy as no one in Xiang Ma Town was, Yang Xiao didn’t knock on the door but once again used the Soul-Capturing Mirror to sneak into the Nie Family Teahouse. Only after confirming there was just Ling Yanyu inside did he show himself, appearing behind Ling Yanyu. Yang Xiao also wanted to take this opportunity to showcase his skills and intimidate him.
As expected, when Ling Yanyu noticed Yang Xiao had mysteriously appeared in the yard, and behind him no less, he panicked instantly, "How... how did you get in?"
Yang Xiao’s face was expressionless as he dropped the handbag full of money to the ground. When Ling Yanyu recognized the handbag, his face turned pale with fear, "This is... this is the Guo Family Steward’s stuff, you went back to the inn?" ƒrēewebnovel.com
"There’ll be no more Guo Family Inn. The steward, his wife, and the two workers under him, I’ve slaughtered them all," Yang Xiao chuckled coldly. "Dare to scheme against me, this is the end."
Seeing Ling Yanyu’s legs go weak, and he was about to kneel down, Yang Xiao impatiently grabbed him and pulled him into the room, "If I wanted to kill you, you’d be dead already. Now tell me about the situation in town, in detail."
After calming down, Ling Yanyu answered everything he could. His words often matched up with those of the innkeeper, so it seemed he did not dare to lie, "Hero Master, I’m only here to find a way into the Peace Hotel. I... I don’t want to work under Sun or the Guo Steward, but I must avenge my parents’ deaths. I had no choice. Only the Peace Hotel can help me now."
"Do you know how to get into the Peace Hotel?" Yang Xiao asked.
"Yes. Sun once told me when he was drunk that money alone isn’t enough to get into the hotel; you also need a token, a... a mask." Ling Yanyu’s voice became quieter as he spoke, aware that Yang Xiao also had a mask in his possession.
"Knowing this, why are you still here wasting time with them?"
Ling Yanyu answered in a soft voice, "Sun and the Guo Steward promised me that if the people they ambushed had a mask from the Peace Hotel, they would give it to me. That’s also... also the reason I was willing to stay and work for them."
Yang Xiao sighed, thinking what a naive kid he was. Anyone with a mask wasn’t someone that the so-called Sun and Boss Guo could mess with. They would only dare to ambush novices to Jianghu, who had yet to understand the dangers within.
Seeing that Ling Yanyu, despite being fearful, still occasionally glanced at the backpack behind Yang Xiao, Yang Xiao knew what he wanted. He set down the backpack and took out his own Character "Li" Mask, flaunting it with a showy shake, "This is the hotel’s access credential. Want it?"
Ling Yanyu clenched his fists and answered hoarsely, "I do."
"Are you willing to work for me?" Yang Xiao got to the point. He needed a stable foothold in Xiang Ma Town, and he couldn’t trust a slick old hand like the Guo Steward. Although Ling Yanyu was young, his straightforwardness made him more reassuring.
"I’m willing, I’ll do anything," Ling Yanyu mustered his courage, "But... but you have to lend me the mask."
"You can’t use my mask. If you’re willing to work for me, I promise you will get a mask within a year and have the qualifications to enter the Peace Hotel."
"What do you want me to do?" Ling Yanyu asked cautiously.
"Stay in town. Stop robbing people. Keep running this teahouse. If you have a chance, casually gather some information about the town. I’ll come by from time to time, and you’ll report what you’ve found to me," Yang Xiao asked with a smile. "How about it?"
"Is it that simple?" Ling Yanyu frowned, seemingly doubtful.
"Yes, that simple. Do you agree?" Yang Xiao looked at him.
"Alright, I agree," Ling Yanyu nodded firmly, "but you can’t go back on your word. If you’re playing me, it’s better to just kill me now."
Yang Xiao suddenly remembered something Mo Daidai had said, so he mimicked his manner and slowly declared, "I won’t. I’m a businessman, and businessmen value honesty the most. If I say I’ll pay, not a penny less is allowed; if I say I’ll kill a whole family, not even a dog is to be spared."
