"Will the Chief give all his money to that genius?"
Jiang Ping was very agitated.
With benefits at stake, he paid close attention.
At the very least, they ought to give him some.
"Rest easy. The Chief has long promised to grant you another three thousand taels of silver. This matter will not change because of a single word from Song Yuanshan."
Zhu Yue spoke, and Jiang Ping let out a breath of relief.
"I am curious, though." At that moment, Huang Youren spoke. "Why does the Chief support Ji Baichuan like this? It would not be much different even if he were his own son."
He had been at the escort agency for a long time and had heard that, over the years, seventy or eighty percent of the agency's resources had gone to that genius.
"No one knows the inside story apart from Ji Baichuan, the Chief, and the Chief Escort."
Head Escort Zhu shook his head, then lowered his voice. "But I suspect the Chief has a Fifth Rank enemy—one of those either-you-die-or-I-live kinds."
"Oh?" Jiang Ping and Huang Youren raised their brows.
"No guarantee this is true. It is only my personal speculation." Head Escort Zhu said he had merely pieced it together from fragments revealed by the Chief Escort and the course of the Chief's life.
"So, if I am right, once Ji Baichuan enters Fifth Rank, there will surely be a battle of life and death. That is why the Chief has poured out everything he has to teach him."
"What if Ji Baichuan turns his back on his debts once he reaches Fifth Rank?" Jiang Ping suddenly asked.
"Probably not." The two Old Escorts both shook their heads.
It concerned his reputation. The Chief had treated Ji Baichuan so well; if he truly