Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital - Piracy Strikes (Part Two)

Luo Qian had chosen this place for their discussion because he had his eye on the Li Household's prime site in Tianxia Source. Since he had already opened the Jewelry Shop in True Transformation Source, why couldn't he open the bookstore in Tianxia Source? Yin Quanyin looked after the Jewelry Shop, and Li Feier could hold down the fort at the bookstore. What was there to fear?

Li Feier waved a hand. "Fine, come in with me." Luo Qian reached the doorway and raised a foot, only to draw it back. Li Feier's almond eyes widened. "What are you up to now? Hurry up and come in." Luo Qian looked at the gatekeeper with the "timid" gaze of a sheltered maiden facing a lecher. "This gentleman was so imposing just now that I'm still too frightened to move. The people he knows are young masters like Kuangben, Kuangwei, and Kuangnu. Little people like us aren't even allowed through the door..."

Li Feier froze for a moment before realizing Luo Qian meant the three young masters of Ling Xiaose's own household. She understood at once. Glancing at Ling Xiaose's pained expression, she gave a snort through her delicate nose, used Sun and Moon in the Palm to draw out a horsewhip, and lashed the gatekeeper across the face without warning. "Bullying people because of your position—is this how the Li Household taught you to behave?"

The gatekeeper took the lash across his face and slunk aside, whimpering in pain. Ling Xiaose, however, felt sorry for him. "Cousin, let it go. I... I'm used to it. It's fine." Luo Qian put an arm around his shoulders. "You may have been used to it before, but it'll never happen again. Do you know how influential our bookstore will become? You'll be the artistic