The stall owner took several deep breaths.
He closed his eyes, then opened them.
"Fine. Since you put it that way, and judging by how you're dressed, you're clearly no ordinary person... Maybe you really do have some means. As long as you can help me, forget this Black Steed Beast—even the rest of my stock, take whatever you want. It's all yours!"
"Also, my name is Tie Zhuang. You can call me Da Zhuang or Old Tie, either is fine!"
Old Tie!
Lin Cheng nodded. That name worked!
It sounded tough as iron!
"Time waits for no one. As long as you're good to go, I can leave anytime!" Old Tie patted his chest and said directly.
Now that he had made up his mind, there was nothing left to hesitate over.
For Tie Zhuang, this was an opportunity too. There was no harm in giving it a try.
The Heavenly River Coins the Lin Family demanded from him as compensation were far too great a sum. If he relied on saving bit by bit, who knew how long it would take? By now, he was desperate enough to try any remedy that came his way.
Under normal circumstances, he would never have trusted a stranger's words so easily.
But now... time waited for no one. He could only take his chances and give it a try.
"Then let's go." Lin Cheng smiled. He happened to want to visit the Lin Family in Heavenly River Prefecture as well.
He had noticed something: aside from the main branch being poor enough to have nothing but wind whistling through its halls, the conditions of these branch lines were actually quite decent. The Lin Family in Mysterious Yellow City had been doing fairly well before. Had disaster not struck, Lin Qianyuan might