Confirmed-Ling Ying Really Was No Ordinary Man!

"Apart from the attack on the Jia Lie Market District, how is our Market District doing?"

"Extremely well. Perhaps because the stalls over there were destroyed and can't do business, the number of customers at our Market District today is more than two or three times the usual amount."

At the mention of this, a smile instantly blossomed like a flower across Pain's face.

"Then why have you come to see me?"

"Hehe, I was so caught up talking about the Jia Lie Market District that I nearly forgot the real business."

Pain slapped his forehead and continued, "Besides coming specifically to report this happy news, I also came to ask the clan leader to send more people to maintain order at the Market District."

Standing outside the door, Xiao Yan had been eavesdropping for quite some time. From Pain, he learned quite a few more interesting pieces of information.

A Dou Wang-level expert?

That detail alone was enough for Xiao Yan to guess who it was.

Ling Ying!

It had to be him!

In these early stages, Wutan City was much like a beginner village, and so-called experts were as rare as phoenix horns and qilin hairs.

Apart from Yao Lao, Ling Ying was the only possibility.

"Good thing today's Scan has refreshed. All I need to do is scan him when the time comes, and everything will come to light."

He left the hall and headed for Xiao Xun'er's courtyard.

The girl had probably just woken up. With her sleepy, bleary eyes, she looked utterly adorable.

"Ah, Brother Xiao Yan, why are you here so early? Xun'er hasn't prepared the money yet." She had slept too long getting her beauty sleep last night and forgotten to ask Ling Ying for her little stash of savings.

"Xun'er, there's no hurry. I'm not here for the money."

"Then why are you here?"

"I just came to see you."

Having lived two lives, Xiao Yan had no trouble saying something this shameless.

But besides seeing Xiao Xun'er, he had actually come for another very important reason: to scan her and find out whether she was a transmigrator.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you're getting more and more sweet-tongued. Xun'er will come find you in a little while. I have a surprise for you."

"What surprise?" As he answered, Xiao Yan activated Scan.

[Ding! No downloadable system detected. Please select another scan target!]

[Today's uses: 2/3]

Phew~

Good, good.

This girl wasn't a transmigrator.

A guess was only a guess; confirming it put his mind more at ease.

Just as Xiao Yan was grinning foolishly, an old man's laughter suddenly rang out from a corner of the courtyard.

"Hahaha, young miss, this old servant hasn't arrived too late, has he?" The old man was none other than Ling Ying.

The instant he appeared, Xiao Xun'er was completely stunned, unsure what was going on.

"Elder Ling, why are you..."

Wasn't he supposed to be a hidden guard? Why had he shown himself?

Pretending not to see Xiao Xun'er's puzzled gaze, Ling Ying stepped forward and smiled at Xiao Yan. "Young Master Xiao, I trust you've been well. This old servant is Ling Ying."

"Who is this?" Xiao Yan feigned great surprise as he looked at Xiao Xun'er.

The girl was clever, though. In the brief time Ling Ying took to introduce himself, she had already thought of an explanation.

"Hehe, Brother Xiao Yan, I forgot to introduce him. He's the steward of a distant relative of Xun'er's. He came here specifically to bring me money."

"Isn't that right, Elder Ling?"

Ling Ying nodded. "It is exactly as the young miss says. This old servant came to deliver money."

Faced with their clumsy acting, Xiao Yan had no intention of exposing them. Instead, he played along. "Then thank you, Elder Ling. I will certainly repay every gold coin in the future."

"You're too polite, Young Master Xiao," Ling Ying replied with a smile.

Three hundred thousand gold coins was only a trifling sum. It would not matter even if Xiao Yan never repaid it, as long as he did not forget Ling Ying once he soared to greatness.

Perhaps afraid their cover would be blown, Xiao Xun'er glanced at Ling Ying and asked softly, "Elder Ling, did you bring all the gold coins?"

"I brought them all." Just as Ling Ying was about to take out the money, he noticed something was wrong.