The short gate guard's older brother was in poor health. After taking a train and then a bus all the way here, he felt as though his body were about to fall apart.
Worst of all, after getting off the bus, he still had to take a three-wheeled motorized tricycle to reach Luohua Manor.
The tricycle driver was quite ruthless, charging him five yuan. But his younger brother had said that as long as he could start working at the manor quickly, he would earn a hundred yuan a day.
Still a long way from the mountain gate, the tricycle driver stopped. "Uh... we're here. It's up ahead."
"This counts as here?" The gate guard's older brother was a little unhappy. But this was Yang City, not his hometown, so he could only argue cautiously. "Brother, it's still half a kilometer away... My back is bad. I can't walk that far."
"I'd like to drive farther too, but I don't dare," the driver replied impatiently. "Luohua Manor has supernatural things. What if I offend Crow King... would that be on you or me?"
"Supernatural?" The older brother was a little surprised. His younger brother had never mentioned that. "Well... my little brother is a gate guard there, my actual younger brother. It should be fine, right?"
"Brother, don't joke around," the driver said with a dry laugh. "We agreed on five yuan, so it's five yuan. Don't give me that... Your back's bad too. If we start pulling at each other, you won't be able to take it either, right?"
"My brother really is a gate guard," the older brother said anxiously. "He used to work for a construction company. Now he works for Boss Feng."
"Really?" The driver shot him a sidelong glance. "Then what's your surname, brother? No...