[This Wan Pu,] Jiang Yingcheng swallowed with difficulty. [He, he's so rich!]
[Not only does he have three jewelry shops, he also has two gambling houses, two rouge shops, a fabric shop... so many businesses!]
[And, and every single one is packed with customers and raking in mountains of gold every day!!]
Before anyone realized it, three more people had begun swallowing hard.
Jiang Yingcheng was utterly oblivious to the changes around her, still reeling from the staggering wealth. Even the air before her seemed to be showering down countless glittering coins. [They're, they're all Chengcheng's!]
Lu Yao quietly drew his foot back, his mind racing.
Ever since they had gained the little one's assistance as their "cheat," the Embroidered Uniform Guard had earned numerous accolades, but his brothers had also grown busier by the day. Not only did they have to race all over Great Rui making arrests, they had even gone to investigate the few enemy kingdoms mentioned in the little one's thoughts-
With all that grueling travel and toil, they deserved some compensation!
He was the one making all the arrests. Giving their Embroidered Uniform Guard a couple of shops wasn't asking too much, was it?!
The more Lu Yao thought about it, the more excited he grew, entirely missing the footsteps that suddenly sounded behind him and the strange looks that came over everyone's faces.
Suddenly, a shadow covered his own. Just as Lu Yao realized something was wrong, a head slowly leaned toward his ear, and a gentle voice said-
"Lord Lu, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Yao: "!!!"
That voice nearly scared Lu Yao's soul out of his body. He sprang straight up, scooped up the little one, and darted far away-
"Aaaaaaah!!"
"What the hell, what kind of ghost are you?!!"
His