"If you don't mind me asking, how much does it cost to live in this building?" Li Xiuwen really wanted to get a place for Uncle-in-law and Aunt-in-law, then hire some experts as guards.
Little Loudspeaker spat her gum into a flower bed and grinned. "How would I know? My dad used to be Hesheng Tu's Dragon Head. He moved here after retiring."
Hesheng Tu's previous Dragon Head...
Li Xiuwen looked at Little Loudspeaker. She was fucking royalty in the Enclave. No wonder she had offered to keep him without a second thought.
The guards at the entrance bowed when they saw Little Loudspeaker. "Welcome home, miss... Who is this?"
Little Loudspeaker said, "The Head Instructor I just hired! I'm taking him to see my father!"
The guards stepped aside, and Li Xiuwen followed her into the building.
Since the building was in the Enclave, its exterior looked shabby.
Inside, however, the decor was quite elegant, reminiscent of a classical Jiangnan garden, with ornamental rockeries, fishponds, and verdant pines and cypresses.
"Big Brother Mo, I'm home!" Little Loudspeaker called out in the courtyard.
A plump woman in her thirties, with curly hair, a nightgown, and a facial mask, came out onto the second floor. "What are you yelling for?" she chided with a smile. "Your dad's discussing business."
"A Ma, give me some more money, will you? I've taken on a new Head Instructor." Little Loudspeaker patted Li Xiuwen's shoulder beside her, then slung an arm around him, every inch a tomboy.
The woman studied Li Xiuwen for a while before smiling. "Your dad decides that. It's out of my hands."
Little Loudspeaker led Li Xiuwen around the house, quietly telling him what to watch out for when meeting her father.
When Big Brother Mo finished his discussion, a broad,