Chapter 48 - Phantom Troop

At the break of dawn, at one of the courtyards of the Li family, a small boy could be seen working out, trying out various postures, and sweating badly.

It was Li Jie who was trying out the exercises mentioned in his mind, he was completely exhausted but remembering the small kids in his room who had troubled him all night when one of them woke up in the middle of the night and started crying, the other one also woke up, it almost felt like hell to Li Jie, who had to make them quite and finally sleep, but by the time he went to sleep, it was already dawn, so he decided workout and felt fresh in both his mind and body as well as energetic.

Li Jie went back to wash himself up, after all, today he will be going on an adventure, thought Li Jie.

After washing himself up, when he went back to his room, he found his younger twins sleeping soundly, so he called for the maids and told them to take care of his younger twins and when they wake up to take them to his parents, the maid nodded.

For him to go to Dai Chen's home, Li Jie didn't want anyone to know about where he was going, or else he would be scolded as well as he will not be let go anywhere, that's why Li Jie tried to be as cautious as possible.

Li Jie then started packing up for foods and accessories and many other things, he recalled that he hasn't even asked Dai Chen about his siblings or how many they are as well as their names, he felt very inconsiderate of himself for not asking Dai Chen about his siblings, while going to Dai Chen's residence, he didn't want to go empty-handed, that's why he picked up some toys and he picked up the foods, for the journey, as he had no idea where Dai Chen's home is or how far it was from where they live.

After packing up, he picked up the bag and went to the courtyard where the training pagoda is, which is also where he decided to meet Dai Chen.

As Li Jie was walking towards the training pagoda, unbeknownst to him, two large shadows can be seen observing him going to the training pagoda, "Master, should I stop the young master", said one of the shadows.

"Leave it, just tail him and he must not get hurt in any way, <sigh>, just take care of him but he must not know of all of your presence", sighed one of the shadows who watched a small boy leaving.

"Son, I don't know what goes on in your mind, but your father won't stop you anymore from what you want to do", sighed the shadow and then he left, when this particular shadow left.

One of the shadows left, who was supposed to tail the young master of the Li family said, "You all heard the patriarch, let's go tail the young master and whatever happens must not be leaked out or else, their head will be rolled out".

After this declaration of the shadow, shadows started popping from behind him, they were increasing in number, the number of shadows turned almost a thousand!!!

Just to tail one kid, the patriarch of the Li family dispatched his secret army, the Phantom troop, about which except the patriarch, no one was aware of them in the Li family.

All of the shadows, which were more than a thousand in number started tailing a small boy who was joyfully walking towards the training pagoda.

When Li Jie reached near the training pagoda, he could see a teenage boy who was dressed cleanly and properly, whose hair was combed properly, if one looked at the boy they would find the boy to be scholarly and handsome.

The teenage boy was none other than Dai Chen, after joining the blacksmith shop, he decided to change his clothing and groom himself properly, and as he had started doing his work at the blacksmith shop, and it was because of his handsome and dashing face, that surprisingly the number of customers started increasing especially the females and he would talk to every customer of his in the most humble and respectful manner, which won the hearts of many females especially as they don't get much respect from their own husbands, seeing the boy's popularity as well as an increase in customers for his shop, the Head blacksmith had a creepy smile,

"Dai Chen boy, come here" ordered the Head blacksmith.

The Head blacksmith then called for the receptionist who was an average-looking woman, but the way she wore her clothes were tight and fitting, which would show all her body proportions perfectly, she also had mild make-up on her face, not too much to scare up the customers.

"Geng He, take this lad to one of your beauty salons, and get him a makeover, when he comes back, he must look the money spent well, said the head blacksmith with a creepy glint in his eyes.

Looking at which Geng He understood, the head blacksmith was being greedy, but even she had to admit unlike all the brutes here with huge bodies, this boy looked exceptional in looks, just some days before the same boy looked horribly unsightly, but with just a bit of grooming of himself, he started looking quite good and with a complete makeover, he would look exceptional, she took hold of his hand and pulled him towards one of the salons for a complete makeover.

When he came back to the shop, everyone was stunned, is he the same boy, even the head blacksmith was stunned, "boy instead of being a helper, from now on you will be serving customers alongside Geng He in this shop", commanded the head blacksmith.

Dai Chen didn't know what to say, first, he was dragged to a salon against his will and now his position in the shop was changed, which will help him in earning more, this made him happy, as he can provide more for his siblings, but he still felt a bit used.