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It was only after Yuan Benyu reminded him that Li Xian recalled.

He had been away from home for a very long time.

He wondered what the situation was like back in Nanfeng City now.

Was it truly as Yuan Benyu had said, on the verge of collapse, amidst chaos and war?

If that were the case, wouldn't his third sister, his first wife, and his second wife be in great danger?

Had something happened to them during all this time?

Thinking of this, Li Xian felt a pang of anxiety.

He had indeed neglected them.

Although he had transmigrated and possessed this body, he didn't fully agree with the original owner's family affections.

However, those people were, after all, the only blood relatives he had in this world. He couldn't just abandon them.

Li Xian didn't consider himself that cold-blooded or heartless.

Therefore, after meeting Yuan Benyu and having a conversation with him, Li Xian lost all appetite for drinking.

After returning to the Canoe Gang headquarters with Brother Xin and Wan Cai, he thought it over and decided that the current situation was too unstable. Nanfeng City, being a small place, was no longer suitable for living. It would be safer to bring them all to Yangzhou City.

After all, he had already established a foothold in Yangzhou City, and it could serve as his base for future development.

As things stood, there was no better place.

Li Xian made his decision on the spot.

He ordered someone to find Liang Haisheng.

"Brother Liang, do we have any branches set up in Nanfeng City?"

Liang Haisheng shook his head. "No, not in Nanfeng City."

Li Xian frowned and asked again, "Where is the closest branch to Nanfeng City?"

"It's in Bai Liu City."

Bai Liu City was less than a hundred li from Nanfeng City. If one had good stamina, they could travel back and forth in a single day.

Li Xian said, "Pass down my order. Have the Hall Master of the Bai Liu City branch gather all the manpower from the branch. They must arrive at the Li Family Escort Agency in Nanfeng City the day after tomorrow to meet me!"

Hearing this, Liang Haisheng asked worriedly, "Dragon King, why is this? Has something major happened over there?"

Li Xian replied, "No, Brother Liang, don't overthink it. It's just a personal matter I need help with."

"I see."

Liang Haisheng still looked somewhat uneasy.

Finally, after Li Xian finished giving Liang Haisheng instructions on handling gang affairs, he set off for Nanfeng City with Brother Xin and Wan Cai.

After they left, Liang Haisheng mulled it over and still couldn't rest easy.

"One branch might not be enough. I'll have people from two branches near Nanfeng City, no, three branches, go over to help. That should be fine."

Li Xian was precious now, the hope of everyone in the Canoe Gang. Nothing could go wrong.

"Yes, that's settled!"

Nanfeng City, Li Family Escort Agency.

Since Li Xian's departure, the Li family's situation had taken a nosedive.

Before, with Li Lantian supporting them, the Li family had held a respectable position in Nanfeng City.

Later, when Li Lantian died, there was Li Xian, who surpassed his predecessor.

The reputation of the Li Family Escort Agency was still quite notable.

However, with Li Xian's departure and the fading of Li Lantian's past connections in Nanfeng City, the Li family began to decline.

Not to mention the demons and bandits lurking outside the city, the oppression from within the city alone was enough to suffocate the Li family.

"Third Miss, the people from the Escort Association came again just now."

In the main hall, the maid Xiao Ying said with a bitter expression.

The Escort Association was an organization formed by all the escort agencies in Nanfeng City, intended to maintain standardized management of local agencies.

Now, it had long since changed its nature.

Even more ironically, Li Lantian himself had served as the president of the Escort Association for two years.

"They're here to collect the regular fees again?" Li Chunxiao said calmly.

In the past, they were the ones chasing others for fees. Now, the tables had turned, and they were the ones being chased.

Xiao Ying gave a wry smile. "Yes, what else could it be?"

Li Chunxiao said, "I understand. I'll find a way."

The Escort Association's monthly dues weren't much, only a few dozen taels of silver.

In the past, this amount of money would have been nothing.

But for the Li family, who were now struggling to make ends meet and whose expenses for food and daily necessities were already stretched thin, it posed a bit of a challenge.

For some time now, the Li family had been relying entirely on Li Chunxiao.

Although her talent was decent, and in Li Xian's absence, she had managed to break through to the Mid-sixth Grade realm through her own efforts.

However, it was still far from enough to establish a foothold in the increasingly chaotic Nanfeng City.

Xiao Ying looked at the increasingly haggard face of the third young lady and said with heartache, "It would be great if the second young master were here. With his help, the third young lady wouldn't have to work so hard."

Li Chunxiao said, "Second brother is working hard alone in Yangzhou City. He's far from home, with no one to rely on. He might have it even harder than us, so let's not trouble him."

She had always believed that Li Xian's life outside was more difficult than theirs.

"Oh, I understand now."

"Don't worry, tell the people from the Escort Association that their monthly dues will definitely not be late."

Li Chunxiao planned to pawn some of the dowry jewelry her mother had prepared for her to get some money and get through the current difficulties first.

Then came the next day, early in the morning.

The people from the Escort Association arrived again.

The main door of the Li Family Escort Agency was roughly kicked open.

"Who is it?" a Li family servant rushed over upon hearing the noise.

"I kicked it, what about it? You got a problem?" a short, shifty-eyed, and lewd man shouted arrogantly.

He was just a small fry from the Escort Association, and he had been coming to the Li family to cause trouble almost every day recently.

Seeing that they were from the Escort Association, the servant immediately fell silent, not daring to utter a word.

Seeing the Li family's fearful expressions, the lecherous dwarf felt immensely satisfied and laughed even louder.

"A Jian, be polite to the Li family's relatives."

Behind the dwarf, a middle-aged man with a goatee, a thin build, and two steel balls in his hand chuckled mockingly.

The obsequious A Jian bowed and scraped, saying, "President Huang is right."

This middle-aged man was Huang Qiyao, the current president of the Nanfeng City Escort Association.

He was narrow-minded, greedy, and lustful.

When Li Lantian was the president, he had suppressed Huang Qiyao multiple times, causing him great embarrassment and humiliation.

For many years, he had harbored resentment towards the former Li Lantian, and even the Li family.

Now that he had gained power and the Li family's influence had waned, he was determined to exact his revenge for the past grievances.

Huang Qiyao peered inside, "Where is my niece?"

The niece he mentioned was Li Chunxiao.

He hadn't seen the third young lady of the Li family for several years.

After several years, Li Chunxiao, who was once a young girl, had blossomed into a graceful and elegant young woman, a standard beauty.

Coupled with her martial arts training and managing the Li family over the years, she now possessed a resilient and heroic aura.

Not long ago, when Huang Qiyao saw Li Chunxiao again, he was stunned by her beauty, and a wicked thought began to stir within him.

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