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Chen Xiaojun glanced around the somewhat empty courtyard and asked, "Where is everyone else?"
Zhu Wuneng answered, "A Fu couldn't sit still, so he went to help deal with the toxins lurking in all the nooks and crannies. Cui Lan and Sister Xinyue are helping the Matriarch and the healers, and they're so busy their feet barely touch the ground. As for the Seventh and Eighth Young Masters, the Fifth Master roped them into service."
Chen Mu cut in, looking at Chen Xiaojun with the expression of a fellow wanderer fallen on hard times. "Sixth, do you think everyone can sleep peacefully for two days like you, our Young Master? The rest of us have to start at the bottom and claw our way up! Things have been a mess these past few days. Seventh and Eighth weren't badly hurt, so they went out with the Intelligence Department."
"And look at me! My shoulder's injured and wrapped in bandages, but I haven't had a moment's rest these past two days. I've been helping Uncle Hezhi sort files, check rosters, inventory supplies, and arrange defenses. I've been run so ragged my head's spinning and my vision's blurred, while you've been sleeping like a log!"
Zhu Wuneng chuckled. "Fifth Young Master, those are all core responsibilities. Especially inventorying supplies-there's plenty of fat to skim there."
Chen Mu rolled his eyes until the whites showed. "Does your Fifth Young Master look like he's short of a few measly scraps?"
Chen Xiaojun couldn't help smiling. "Hehe, it looks like you've really gotten 'hands-on' under your father. You're making lightning-fast progress. That hardworking spirit deserves praise."
Stung by his mocking remarks, Chen Mu spat irritably. "Pah! Lightning-fast, my ass! This is all because