Insufficient IQ, don't you have to pay taxes?

The lanterns were lit, and Wutan City's streets and alleys were decorated with festive lights. Most mercenaries were already preparing for bed, resting to conserve their energy for the new journey they would embark on tomorrow.

However, this did not affect the liveliness of the night market at all. Of course, the girls who had been quiet for most of the day were now standing on the streets or by the railings, calling out to the young men passing by, regardless of their age.

At a small stall with dim lighting, a child who looked only six or seven years old, dressed in a water-blue shirt, was savoring his fried sauce noodles with great relish.

"Hmph!"

At one moment, a girl of sixteen or seventeen, wearing a water-blue, long-sleeved dress with long eyelashes, sat down opposite the boy with a pout, her phoenix eyes glaring fiercely at him.

The boy remained very calm. He glanced at the girl and asked kindly, "Miss, you're here. Are you hungry? Do you want a bowl? The fried sauce noodles here are very authentic!"

The long-lashed girl remained silent. Her eyes seemed to be spitting fire as she stared at Hun Han.

Hun Han was unperturbed. He took a loud slurp of his noodles and continued to eat with gusto.

Seeing this, the long-lashed girl finally couldn't sit still. She broke the silence and said sarcastically, "You're eating with such peace of mind! Don't you have nightmares after spending that money?"

Hun Han retorted, "I didn't steal or rob. Why would I have nightmares?"

As soon as the long-lashed girl heard this, her anger flared up, "You cheated me!"

Hun Han asked back, "What did I cheat you out of?"

The long-lashed girl replied, "You cheated me out of my money!"

Hun Han continued to ask, "When did I cheat you out of money?"

The long-lashed girl: "At my stall!"

Hun Han suddenly realized and said, "Are you talking about that transaction between us?"

The long-lashed girl glared at Hun Han and chided, "Obviously."

"Okay, I'll help you sort it out again!"

Hun Han asked again, "I ask you, do you sell a Jade Bottle for five Gold Coins?"

The long-lashed girl didn't answer, but instead said, "Nonsense, a fine Jade Bottle only costs one Gold Coin, why would it be five?"

Hun Han: "You just need to answer my question! After I help you sort it out, you'll know if I cheated you! When I asked you if you would sell a Jade Bottle for five Gold Coins, how did you answer?"

The long-lashed girl: "Yes!"

Hun Han: "Then I asked you if it was okay to just take the Pill and not the Jade Bottle. How did you answer?"

The long-lashed girl: "Yes!"

Hun Han: "Finally, I asked you, if a bottle of Pills is ten Gold Coins and a Jade Bottle is five Gold Coins. If I only want the Pills and not the Jade Bottle, how much money do I need to give you? How did you answer me then?"

The long-lashed girl: "Five Gold Coins!"

Hun Han: "A bottle of Pills without the bottle is ten Gold Coins minus five Gold Coins. I took ten bottles of Pills in total. After returning the Jade Bottle to you, I need to give you fifty Gold Coins. That's correct."

The long-lashed girl said angrily, "Nonsense, you're digging a pit for me to fall into. A Jade Bottle is worth at most one Gold Coin, and a bottle of Pills without the bottle is nine Gold Coins. You should have given me ninety Gold Coins, but you only gave me fifty Gold Coins afterward."

Hun Han smiled, "That was the price you set earlier. In our negotiation, the final price was five Gold Coins for a bottle of Pills without the bottle. Even if this matter went to court, you couldn't do anything to me!"

Hearing this, the long-lashed girl was about to spit fire and said angrily, "Do you have any conscience? Isn't this still cheating me out of my money?"

Hun Han scoffed and said, "Tch, you call this cheating? Have you lived this long without knowing even this basic Way of Commerce?"

The Way of Commerce?

The long-lashed girl was slightly taken aback. This matter concerned her performance. She said anxiously, "No, you must return the money you cheated me out of today!"

Hun Han also got annoyed. He smiled and retorted, "Heh, why should I return money obtained through skill? Don't people with insufficient intelligence have to pay taxes?"

"You... you're bullying me!"

The long-lashed girl was truly desperate. Mist began to cloud her eyes. She would never believe that one day she would be tricked into crying by a little brother more than ten years younger than her.

Sob sob sob

The girl might have truly encountered difficulties. She buried her face on the table and sobbed softly.

Hun Han glanced at her, wanting to comfort her. But he retracted the hand he had extended. Unfazed, he continued to eat his fried sauce noodles with relish.

"Boss, another bowl!"

"Coming right up!"

After sobbing for a while, the girl's mood seemed to calm down. She stared at Hun Han for a moment and asked, "You said earlier that you also understand the Way of Commerce?"

Hun Han replied proudly, "Of course!"

The girl asked excitedly, "Can you teach me?"

Hun Han stopped eating his noodles and glanced at the girl, asking, "On what basis? There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world."

The girl was quite clever and said resourcefully, "How about I become your disciple?"

"Huh?"

Hun Han looked at the girl in surprise. Things were developing as he had imagined, but he hadn't expected them to go so smoothly.

After all, Hun Han was the thirteenth son of Hun Tiandi. With six years of accumulation, he possessed a small fortune. A profit of thirty Gold Coins was not enough to attract him to sell things on the street. His purpose was naturally for this girl with a hint of charm.

The girl said seriously, "If I become your disciple, you'll have a reason to teach me the Way of Commerce. I... I can also pay you a disciple fee!"

Hun Han stopped eating his noodles, put down his chopsticks, and asked, "Do you really want to become my disciple?"

The young girl nodded heavily.

Hun Han continued, "Alright, the apprenticeship fee is ten Gold Coins!"

The young girl glared at Hun Han, "What, ten Gold Coins? You might as well just rob me!"

Ten Gold Coins was the price for some children to study under a Great Dou Master. Teaching the Way of Commerce couldn't possibly compare to guiding cultivation.

Hun Han curled his lips, a little impatiently, "You said you were very sincere, but you can't even afford such a small tuition fee. Forget it, you can leave!"

The young girl's small, silver teeth gently bit her rosy lips. After a moment of internal struggle, she took out a silk scarf from her embrace. Inside were fifty Gold Coins, and with a pang of heartache, she took out ten Gold Coins and handed them to Hun Han.

Watching the young girl's actions, Hun Han felt a twinge of reluctance. Jade does not become a useful item without being worked on; for the young girl's future, Hun Han endured and accepted the ten Gold Coins.

Now, the second lesson he had to teach the young girl was the wickedness of the secular world.

Hun Han asked, "What is your name?"

The young girl replied, "Reporting to Master, my name is Mittel Yafei."

"Oh, Yafei!"

Hun Han stood up and instructed, "Let's go, find a place, and I, your master, will teach you the Way of Commerce. And while we're at it, pay for my noodles!"

"Yes, Master!"

Yafei walked up to the stall owner and asked, "Boss, how much?"

The stall owner replied, "Twenty Silver Coins!"

Yafei questioned in astonishment, "Twenty? He only ate three bowls of noodles, how can it be twenty Silver Coins?"

The stall owner explained, "Three bowls of noodles are only worth three Silver Coins. Look, he also took two jars of my finest wine! Twenty Silver Coins, and I've rounded down for you."

Yafei followed the noodle stall owner's gaze to the boy in the water-blue attire. Indeed, the boy, in his left and right hands, was holding a jar of fine wine each.