At daybreak, Ting Guigu left his warm little nest and hurried nonstop to the "Zhen Ting Precision Machinery Factory" in the Outer City.
Just from the name, it was obvious that Ting Guigu had a deep connection with Ting Gu, the former president of the Silver Blood Society.
In fact, their fathers had also had a master-servant relationship. The former Patron Family head had a son named Ting Gu, so the old servant named his own son Ting Guigu.
It sounded like a name meant to flatter the young master.
What an old Running Dog move.
In fact, this was extremely dangerous, because sons fighting over the Ting Family inheritance was an old tradition. Who knew who would win in the end?
Naming your son Ting Guigu was equivalent to betting in advance that Ting Gu would win. If Ting Gu lost, you might be physically deleted with a 404 simply because your name contained illegal characters.
A family that sold and manufactured firearms obviously wasn't exactly benevolent. Still, it was better than the Jing Family—at least the Ting Family would only invite you to eat bullets, while the Jing Family would practically invite you to eat shit.
But the result was obvious: Ting Gu won. Thus, Ting Guigu, the chip his father had placed on the gambling table, instantly became a highly valued Running Dog of the Ting Family. He directly escaped the servant class, married a daughter of a collateral branch of the Ting Family, and became a member of the family through marriage.
Having a capable outsider subordinate marry a collateral relative to strengthen ties was practically a standard technique among Radiance's upper class. A distant example was Lan Yan marrying Lu Zhong's youngest daughter; more recently, every family and merchant association had examples of it.
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