A New Codename

This nightmare had indeed caused deaths for which Yang Jian bore some responsibility. If he hadn't touched those corpses, today's nightmare wouldn't have happened. Yang Jian understood that, so it wasn't that he was unwilling to spare a thought for the villagers' feelings and give them some compensation.

After all, money was truly nothing more than a number to him. He had no life left to spend it, nor did he have that much time to spend it. Besides, with Yang Jian's current assets, it would be difficult for him to spend it all anyway.

It wasn't impossible for him to play the sucker for once and let the villagers get a bargain.

It was just that these people were too vile.

And too cold-blooded.

People in the village had only just died last night. Their bodies hadn't even been collected or cremated, yet early this morning they had come demanding compensation. They were even colder than Ghost Tamers.

Besides.

They had disturbed his family's rest. They cared only about their own interests and paid no attention whatsoever to anyone else.

Yang Jian found dealing with these people utterly disgusting.

With customs and attitudes like these, it was no wonder his mother had taken him to live in Dachang City. She would rather rent a place than return to the village.

If they had come back, they would probably have been mocked and looked down upon.

At least outside, they could live like normal people.

Yang Jian hadn't experienced many ordinary things. Most of what he had encountered had been supernatural incidents. He rarely dealt with people and had never handled such complicated interpersonal relationships, so this was his first time. It gave him some insight and left him with a few thoughts.

As soon as he refused to offer