Heard I Died? (7k, Please Vote)

Qiu Tu had always lived by the creed: if he didn't understand something, he asked. He never kept it bottled up.

So when he ran into another neighbor who fled at the sight of him, Qiu Tu took a step forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and asked, "Uncle Chen. Why are you running?"

Qiu Tu was considered someone important on Old Alley Street.

Before New Realm City had been established, he had led A Tai, Eagle, and the others through the nearby streets, throwing their weight around.

He wasn't especially friendly toward the neighbors, but he never bullied them like the other groups did. Sometimes, he even stood up for them and helped settle their troubles.

After New Realm City was founded, Qiu Tu used his connection with Secretary Bai to secure a government job, instantly becoming an untouchably important figure in the eyes of the neighborhood.

Yet Qiu Tu still didn't throw his weight around in the streets. Instead, he used Yan Chen's name to get jobs for brothers like Eagle who followed him, and he secured benefits for the neighborhood several times. He was practically overflowing with humanity.

That way of doing things had earned him a good reputation and some prestige in the neighborhood.

So Qiu Tu had never encountered a neighbor who ran the moment he saw him.

What surprised him even more was that after Qiu Tu grabbed him, Uncle Chen's face immediately turned deathly pale. He kept bowing and clasping his hands toward Qiu Tu, muttering, "Qiu Tu, we have no grudges from the past or present."

"When you were alive, I even watched your door for you. Even if I did steal two of your potatoes once, I was starving. Please don't take me away."

Qiu Tu: ??

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