A Protagonist-Tier Cheat Truly Lived Up to Its Name

After the chaos in Li City's Lower District had continued for most of the day, it finally subsided after dozens of noble children had died.

It was not because they had killed that mud-legged peasant who had dared to defy his betters, but because too many people had died, and they truly no longer dared to continue besieging him.

If a few attendants or servants died, that was no great matter—there were plenty more where they came from. But if young masters like them died, that was entirely different.

In the end, that mud-legged peasant escaped.

Afterward, the wealthy households of the Lower District jointly issued a wanted notice. Anyone who could kill that mud-legged peasant would receive a generous reward, and for a time, people flocked to it like ducks to water.

"This wanted reward... how should I put it..." Lu Xingshi was certain that the people of this world all had something wrong with their brains.

People actually flocked to this?

The reward was to become a servant to a young master or young lady from a wealthy household. The reason it was considered generous was because they could choose their own master.

At first glance, Lu Xingshi thought he had misread it. Yet it was real, and there was even a restriction: only commoners from the Lower District could participate. The poor from the Slums were not permitted to join.

Yet even though the reward amounted to letting them become dogs, it still ignited the enthusiasm of every commoner in the Lower District.

It truly answered that saying: even if you wanted to kneel, you had no way in. Now that a path had finally been opened, every one of them naturally cheered with joy.

"If it were a Noble family or the imperial household instead, wouldn't