"Young master, who is this?"
Late at night, at the entrance to Thousand Trees Market.
Seeing an elderly man beside Xu Taiping, Lu Bugong immediately asked in surprise.
Xu Taiping glanced at the elderly man beside him, then introduced him to Lu Bugong:
"This is the accountant from Pearl Relic House. The Pearl Relic House Master was concerned that I was unfamiliar with the place and asked him to show me the way."
Hearing this, the elderly man immediately cupped his hands toward Lu Bugong and said:
"Kong Shou, a manager of Pearl Relic House. Greetings, Young Master Lu."
The elderly man had a fair, clean face and a refined manner of speech. Had Xu Taiping not known his identity beforehand, he would truly have struggled to connect him with the eccentric Pearl Relic House Master.
Indeed, Kong Shou was no accountant. He was the Pearl Relic House Master himself.
Lu Bugong returned the greeting. "You're too courteous, sir."
Then he turned his gaze back to Xu Taiping and continued:
"Young master, it's getting late."
At this moment, Lu Bugong's mind was filled with thoughts of his wife, and he had no attention to spare for investigating the elderly man's identity.
Xu Taiping nodded to Lu Bugong, then turned to the elderly man beside him.
"Let's go, Mr. Kong."
Kong Shou gestured for Xu Taiping to go ahead.
"After you, sir."
Just as the three headed toward Thousand Trees Market together, Fairy Lingyue suddenly sent Xu Taiping a voice transmission:
"Taiping, the Pearl Relic House Master has probably detected my presence and wants to uncover your identity by getting close to you."
Without betraying anything, Xu Taiping replied by voice transmission, "That's what I think too."
Fairy Lingyue asked, "What do you intend to do?"
Xu Taiping thought for a