When a Person Throws Themselves at Others, They Become Cheap

"I don't care who you are. If you dare abduct a common girl in broad daylight, then I dare arrest you."

The one making the arrest was Shi Sheng, the Brocade Guard Centurion Ye Liuyun had met not long ago.

At that moment, Shi Sheng had hold of a rather scrawny-looking young master dressed in brocade finery, no matter how fiercely the man struggled.

Shi Sheng's grip remained ironclad, leaving him utterly unable to break free.

"Let me go! My father won't let you get away with this!"

He was clearly used to throwing his weight around. Even after being seized by the Brocade Guard, he still dared to spout such brazen threats.

"Men, tie him up!"

Shi Sheng did not care about any of that.

The man had abducted a common girl in broad daylight, and Shi Sheng had caught him in the act. There was no way he would let him off.

He immediately ordered his men to tie up the young master.

Seeing that the fellow still intended to keep shouting, he had someone find a cloth and stuff it into the man's mouth.

Just as he was about to take the man away, one of Shi Sheng's subordinates noticed something and suddenly leaned close to whisper to him.

"Sir, look!"

"?"

Shi Sheng had been puzzled at first, but when he spotted Ye Liuyun standing amid the crowd as well, his brow immediately furrowed.

"If he dares tell me to release him again this time, I definitely won't spare him!"

It was not as though Shi Sheng had never arrested young masters like this before. Whenever Ye Liufeng saw it, he would invariably come over, take the man away, and release him. For no other reason than to make himself familiar to these young masters.

To build some connections with them.

Though it had never achieved much, Ye Liufeng himself seemed to enjoy it immensely.

"Why is he glaring so fiercely?"

Ye Liuyun had been watching the show perfectly contentedly when he noticed Shi Sheng's vicious stare. Why did he look like he was about to start a fight?

"Uh!"

Si Nan, standing beside him, did not quite know what to say when he saw this.

"My lord, are we going over now?"

Having followed Ye Liufeng for so long, Si Nan knew all about the things he had done in the past.

"Go over? Go over for what? We're leaving!"

Ye Liuyun had no intention of joining in. Seeing that there was nothing left to watch, he turned and left at once.

"???"

Si Nan was completely baffled by this.

But by the time he came back to his senses, Ye Liuyun was already nearly out of sight. With no time to think further, he hurriedly ran after him.

"My lord, wait for me!"

He just left? Watching Ye Liuyun depart, Shi Sheng was equally baffled.

He had already prepared himself to confront Ye Liuyun, only for the other man to leave outright.

"My lord, could there be some conspiracy behind this?"

These men had followed Shi Sheng for some time, and they had dealt with the former Ye Liufeng on more than one occasion.

"Who cares what schemes he has? If he dares come looking for trouble with me, I'll make him taste my fists!"

Shi Sheng clenched his fists.

He could not be bothered to care whether Ye Liuyun was plotting something. He directly ordered his men to take the Wan Shun Marquis's son back to the Brocade Guard.

After leaving, Si Nan glanced at the unconcerned Ye Liuyun beside him and pondered for a while.

In the end, he could not help asking.

"My lord, are we not helping the Wan Shun Marquis's son this time?"

"???" Why did that make it sound like he had often done such things before?

Ye Liuyun asked casually.

"How many times have I done things like this before?"

Thinking Ye Liuyun was testing him, Si Nan answered directly.

"At least ten times, I would say. Besides the Wan Shun Marquis's son, there were also the descendants of other royalty. My lord once said that the more one helped at times like these, the easier it was to win these people over!"

There were few in the Brocade Guard who dared arrest such people. Shi Sheng was one of them.

No wonder Shi Sheng had looked ready to fight just now. I arrest people here, and you release them there. What, are you playing me for a fool?

Why does that sound a little like being a simp? Ye Liuyun muttered inwardly.

It was clear that the former Ye Liufeng had truly wanted to win over those wastrel young masters.

But Ye Liuyun did not need to think to know the result.

"And did you win any of them over? Not a single one, right!"

"Uh!"

Si Nan smiled awkwardly. Indeed, Ye Liufeng had helped quite a few sons of royalty before, yet not one of them had ever given him so much as a proper look.

"Then, my lord, are we not getting involved this time?"

"We definitely need to get involved, but not like this."

Ye Liuyun realized that his brother's line of thought had not been wrong. His method was simply a little off.

He was not these people's nanny. If he rushed over to throw himself at them the instant something happened, would that not make him cheap?

"Once someone starts throwing themselves at others, they become cheap. If they want my help, then they can come ask me themselves."

The moment Si Nan heard that, he understood.

So his lord was changing strategies.

"As expected of my lord. Every word you speak is a timeless truth!"

It had to be said that Si Nan truly had some skill when it came to flattery.

"I trust my lord only came to understand such a principle through the experience of this period of time."

"..."

Heh! Was he supposed to tell him that he had once been a simp for a while?

"Enough. Tell me about this Wan Shun Marquis. Let's see what there is that I don't know."

Ye Liuyun did not even know who the Wan Shun Marquis was at present.

"Understood!"

Si Nan said no more, carefully telling Ye Liuyun everything he knew.

After hearing it all, Ye Liuyun nearly laughed.

The Wan Shun Marquis's ancestor had once followed the Late Emperor in conquering the realm. He had originally been nothing more than a lowly soldier, but later happened to earn military merit and was granted the title of Wan Shun Marquis.

Unfortunately, though his descendants had continued to inherit the title generation after generation over the years, none had achieved anything of note.

It could be said that—

The current Wan Shun Marquis possessed nothing but the empty title of Marquis. He did not even have a respectable residence.

And for this, the former Ye Liufeng had willingly grovelled.

After hearing all that, Ye Liuyun paid even less attention to the matter.

After making a round of inspection and finding no problems, he signaled that Si Nan could return, while he himself went back to continue practicing.

He waited until the next day.

As expected, the Wan Shun Marquis sent someone to find Ye Liuyun.

However, the man first sought out Si Nan, who then reported the matter to Ye Liuyun.

After hearing Si Nan's report, Ye Liuyun, who had just sat down and had not even warmed the bench, burst out laughing.

"He forgot all the good I did for him so many times before, but after I failed to release his son promptly just once, he started berating me?"

From what Si Nan said, the servant responsible for delivering the message had been exceptionally arrogant.

He had practically ordered Ye Liuyun to release the Wan Shun Marquis's son as quickly as possible.

Sure enough, people never remembered kindness.

"Did he say how much he was paying?"

"Paying?" Si Nan was visibly stunned.

"What, he expects me to do things for him without paying?"