Big-Spending Neighbors, a Missed Opportunity

Fang Shu's thoughts drifted, all the way back to the scene he had witnessed beside the main road when he returned to Guling Town.

Could it be that this fellow's daughter really met with misfortune while she was out? he secretly wondered.

Without betraying anything, he looked toward his second uncle Yu Le and the talisman master Li Yuan beside him, half chatting and half inquiring.

Hearing this, talisman master Li Yuan said quietly, "You mean Steward Xiao Hu? I heard his daughter was struck by some evil art and fell gravely ill. Medicine is keeping her alive for now, but ordinary medicine won't do. They say she needs precious medicine. With his daughter about to die, what use is buying a house? Naturally, he has to rack his brains to get money and keep her alive."

Hearing this, Fang Shu's gaze flickered. So it really is as I thought.

However, he merely glanced once more at Xiao Hu, who smiled at everyone he met, then withdrew his gaze and stopped concerning himself with the matter.

It had nothing to do with him. The man was a stranger, so there was no need to take it too much to heart.

Li Hou'er, who had come with him, clicked his tongue. Then he suddenly thought of something and said, "Then who will our neighbor be? Are we really just letting him keep selling that house ticket?"

The Fang and Li families each occupied one side room. Dou Sufu had also entrusted them with her money to help purchase the southern-facing room. Only the main house, which faced south from the north and was in Xiao Hu's hands, had yet to be settled.

Talisman master Li Yuan looked helpless. "What can we do? The man is waiting for money to save a