What Kind of Man Do You Want to Find in the Future?

The Old Scholar Tree's lips twitched. He didn't know whether the city lord's mansion was terrifying or not.

However, once Zhou Wanwan arrives at the City Lord's Mansion, she becomes the most terrifying person there.

When the Old Scholar Tree moved, the surrounding trees also slowly moved along with it.

This is Peerless City, after all; keeping a low profile is the best policy.

Fortunately, although Peerless City was bustling, they mostly took quiet side streets, but sometimes quiet side streets weren't completely remote.

Zhou Wanwan looked down at the performance of the man and woman, her lips twitching.

The weather in Peerless City is hot, so the evenings are quite comfortable, and even open-air performances are perfectly fine.

Zhou Wanwan watched with great interest, while Gu Sinian and her three brothers also peered down from inside the house.

At first they didn't quite understand, but it took them a while to realize what they were doing.

The evening was indeed incredibly boring; after watching for only a few minutes, the two stopped performing.

Zhou Wanwan almost died laughing, and the two left quickly.

The Old Scholar Tree led them on their way. Zhou Qingyan coughed and said, "Wanwan, next time you encounter something like this, you can't watch, understand? It's not good for your reputation."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "They're capable of doing something like this, so naturally they're not afraid of me seeing it. If they're not afraid of ruining their reputation, why should I be?"

Zhou Qingyan said helplessly, "You're a woman. It wouldn't be good if people found out about this. You'll be getting married someday."

Zhou Wanwan shrugged and said, "I'm not getting married! How many good men are actually married?"

Let alone in ancient times, even in modern times, getting married is a troublesome matter.

After getting married, you have to serve your in-laws, take care of the children, do housework, and work. The key is that no matter how much or how well you do, the man won't appreciate it.

Moreover, in ancient times, under feudal ideology, women were considered appendages who should support their husbands, raise children, serve men, and manage domestic affairs.

Zhou Wanwan is not the type to passively accept things as they are.

Zhou Qingyan sighed and asked, "So what kind of person do you want to find in the future?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"Find someone willing to marry into my family and who listens to me; it's not like I can't afford to support him."

If I can't find it, it's okay. Wouldn't it be great if I could live a free and easy life?

Gu Sinian looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Just be obedient?"

Zhou Wanwan quickly waved her hand and said:

"Of course, it's not just about being obedient. The most important thing is that they have to be someone I like. We'll see when the time comes!"

How old am I? I'm still thinking of playing around for a few more years!

The Old Scholar Tree chuckled and said, "Wanwan, whatever kind of person you find is fine. With us here, no one will dare to bully you."

Zhou Wanwan smiled; that made sense.

It's quite easy for her to investigate someone, and she definitely won't suffer any losses.

The Old Scholar Tree quickly led her into the city lord's mansion. The mansion gate was wide and tall, with copper nails embedded in the vermilion gate and two stone lions standing at the entrance.

Zhou Wanwan glanced at the doorway and asked a short, sturdy Holly beside it, "Is your city lord home today?"

Na Holly shook her head and said, "He's not home. He just went out; it seems he went to meet his old flame."

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow and said, "Does your city lord have an old flame? Wasn't it said that his favorite person was a concubine?"

Holly smiled and said:

That concubine had given birth to two sons, so she was naturally quite favored.

But the city lord truly loved a woman named Su Qingqing Su Qingqing, who was incredibly beautiful.

And she's the most beautiful courtesan!

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "So you're from a brothel! Your city lord isn't picky at all."

Holly laughed heartily:

"Our city lord is the richest man in this city, and also the strongest in martial arts."

Naturally, many women threw themselves at him; this courtesan, whom he kept outside, cost him several hundred taels of silver a year!

Zhou Wanwan looked at it and asked, "Is your city lord's mansion very wealthy?"

A golden osmanthus tree beside the door spoke softly:

"Rich? Of course!"

Our City Lord's Mansion is the Fugui and opulent place in Peerless City. You won't find another like it anywhere else in the entire city!

"Smell this osmanthus fragrance. It is a century-old golden osmanthus introduced from the Western Regions. It blooms for three seasons and its fragrance fills half the city. This one tree alone is worth half of an ordinary merchant's fortune."

The eaves of the mansion are edged with gilded metal, the pillars are made of sandalwood, and the floor tiles are inlaid with luminous stones, so it is brightly lit at night without the need for lamps.

"The warehouse was piled high with gold and silver, pearls from the Southern Regions, warm jade from the Northern Frontier, coral from the Eastern Sea, and countless other rare treasures."

The kitchen serves a different variety of premium rice and delicacies every day, and even the fish are fed candied lotus seeds.

Most of the city's taxes and commercial revenue went into the city lord's mansion.

Let alone Peerless City, even the three surrounding cities combined might not have as much wealth as our manor!

Zhou Wanwan was overjoyed. "Wow! Your City Lord's Mansion is amazing! I wonder where the storeroom is?"

The trees looked at her warily. Jin Gui said, "Little brat, what are you trying to do? You're not planning to rob the city lord's mansion, are you?"

The Holly next to him laughed loudly:

"Jin Gui, are you kidding me? Do you really think they can break into the city lord's mansion?"

Even if the city lord isn't home, there are other experts in the city lord's mansion, okay?

Zhou Wanwan blinked, pointed to the side, and asked, "Who are you referring to as 'experts'? Are you referring to them?"

Then they saw the Old Scholar Tree dragging people out of the bushes one by one.

Jin Gui trembled in fright, and Zhou Wanwan quickly comforted her:

"Don't panic, they're not dead! I'm looking for the warehouse right now. Do you know where it is?"

If you know, please tell me, and I will thank you in another way.

The Dwarf Holly laughed:

"So how do you plan to thank us? I see your men can all walk, could we walk too?"

I've been here since I was born, and I've never gone out for a stroll."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Of course."

Zhou Wanwan supplied them with energy, and soon they were able to walk freely again.

The Dwarf Holly laughed:

"Oh dear! My tree roots aren't listening to me!"

You've come to the right person! I know the most about this place, because I'm always a gossip.

The golden osmanthus tree also smiled and said:

"I never thought I'd be able to walk one day! I'm so happy!"

Like Holly, I'm the most gossipy person in this household, so I know everything that's going on here.

Holly led them toward the warehouse, whose walls were thick and high, made entirely of solid blue bricks.

The gate was made of hard elm wood covered with thick iron sheets, and guards with swords stood on either side of it, their backs ramrod straight.

Holly sighed and said, "See? The guards here are the most heavily guarded; these are all experts."

He had barely finished speaking when someone shouted, "Who's there?"

A dozen guards rushed out, but after searching high and low, they couldn't find anything unusual.

The guard beside him said, "Boss, you're being too sensitive. This place is full of trees, there's no one here."