CH 56

Anyang prefecture, as one of the three most prosperous cities in the Central Plains, was once the ancient capital of three dynasties. Integrating the style of the north and the south, and the Yichen Temple and the Guanchen Temple, two of the seven orthodox sects. These two mountain sects are located east and west outside the city.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the base camp of the orthodox way.

However, these two orthodox sects have a relatively detached status, and usually do not interfere in the trivial affairs of mortals.

Yuan Buwei made up a background for himself, and every detail was well considered. Then, the downtrodden young man who brought his didi to seek relatives, entered with the Bai mercenary convoy and entered AnYang logically.

The two people from the Devil Sect, with the captured young master Yan of the escort bureau, swaggered into the heart of the orthodox territory.

The so-called “distant relatives” naturally cannot be found. Maybe they died, maybe they moved away, maybe he remembered the wrong place from the beginning. In short, the most indispensable thing in Jianghu are accidents.

Therefore, the three masters and servants, one old, one sick and one disabled, finally had to give up their intention to find family “helplessly”. After spending more than half of his life savings, he managed to open a shop in the city, and then settled down.

With the rise of the autumn wind, a strange shop opened quietly in the tenth alley in the west of Anyang City.

There are three oddities in this shop.

One oddity, it used to be a coffin shop, until it was sold to the new owner a few days ago. One day they were still selling coffins, and the next day they were selling desserts.

The second oddity is that this shop is not completely changed into a dessert shop. Only the front yard sells desserts, while the back yard still has coffins left by the original shopkeeper. They sell desserts in the daytime and coffins at night.

The last oddity is the new shopkeeper.

It was a young man who looked sickly. Just sitting in the shop made the young women unable to walk past, and their feet would obey them. Before they knew it, they walked into the shop and came out with desserts.

The people in the tenth alley have never seen a person with such good bearing in their life. If someone said that he is someone raised in a noble family, they would not be surprised at all.

It seems that such a person should be born to lie comfortably on luxurious brocades, draw pictures, and play swords and sing songs while walking freely in the Jianghu. The last thing he should do is to stay in such a remote place as the tenth alley and open such a combination of half dessert and half coffin shop.

But this impossible fact happened.

Then look at the sick Chi gongzi, who is already weak, but is only accompanied by a silent old servant. Also takes care of his didi, who is obviously disabled by a fire and has a bad temper. All of them have automatically imagined up a tragic experience, and their attitudes towards him are quite different.

Not long after the sun rose, there was a faint sound of beating coming from the yard of Chi’s house, followed by the gentle comfort of the young man.

Neighbours nearby are already familiar with it.

No need to think about it. It must be the irritable Chi gongzi who has a strange temper, losing his temper again.

The rare times they have seen Chi didi before, his face was frightening. What’s more, he always stared at them with intense eyes. At first glance, he was a vicious person. But Chi gongzi will always be patient and gentle with him. He is really a good brother that is not often seen.

Yan Feichi didn’t know that he was being slandered by others. He was squatting in the kitchen looking like a piece of charcoal, waving his kitchen knife with a ferocious action, and cutting vegetables ‘aggressively’.

With his gnashing of teeth, he seemed to not be chopping vegetables, but Yuan Buwei’s hateful smile.

After kidnapping him, he still has the courage to order him around. He has never seen such a brazen person. Is he really not afraid of being poisoned by him

In response, Yuan Buwei smiled and said, “You can cook with confidence. To judge whether a food is up to standard, it only depends on whether it is delicious. I never judge whether the dessert is poisonous, but only whether it tastes good.”

It seems that as long as it is delicious enough, he dares to eat even poison.

As the tool man at the bottom of the food chain who was oppressed, Yan Feichi didn’t dare to. With Yuan Buwei’s “gentle and considerate” encouragement, he had to reluctantly prepare today’s meals and desserts.

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Such “respectful elder brother and younger brother” interaction spread to the ears of the outside neighbours, and added to their imaginations.

Especially those young women who have been fascinated by the owner of the snack shop all day long. Every now and again a riddle of “the purse got lighter for no reason, and the money ran away from home” happened. There is only one thought on their minds: Alas, Chi didi is not obedient and has a bad temper, Chi gongzi is too distressing!

Amidst this burst of worry and heartache, after a long while, Chi gongzi, dressed in light green clothes and with a face as pale as paper, slowly walked out from inside, looking extremely tired.

He coughed three times in a row, and was weak enough that a gust of wind could blow him away. Found a place where he could bask in the sun at the door of the shop, and lay down on the bamboo wicker chair, bathed in the warm sunlight, and his face improved a little.

As if the sun had given him strength, the boy’s lips gradually showed a very satisfied smile.

At the breakfast shop across the street, an old couple who had just finished their busy work shook their heads at his appearance. His condition seemed to improve after exposure to the sun.

Perhaps it was because they had a son around the same age as him. The old woman felt that the young man was particularly pleasing. She couldn’t help saying, “Chi gongzi , you are young, but you should take better care of your body. You should not hesitate to spend money to go see a doctor. It will be terrible if your illness worsened.”

Yuan Buwei blinked his eyes in confusion, before quickly coming to a realisation, and sighed softly: “Thank you for your concern, aunty. My ailment is nothing, just bask in the sun and it will be fine. But my didi’s injury is unusual cough cough cough”

Before he finished speaking, his face turned white again, and he gripped his heart and looked likehe was barely holding on.

These days, Yuan Buwei wants to uphold the principle of spreading kindness. From time to time, he even asked the No. 2 tool man, An Yan, to help other people with small favours within his capacity. So he had already easily conquered the entire tenth alley.

At this time, he coughed till he was almost out of breath. He looked so weak that he soon received appreciative, admiring, distressed and worried gazes from all sides.

Who hasn’t heard Chi gongzi saying that he can cure his illness by basking in the sun. In order to save money to cure his didi’s injury, he is so careless with himself and tells such a lie that can be seen through at once. He’s really kind to the point of foolishness.

Yan Feichi was busy from the middle of the night until the sun was up, prepared the meals for the three of them, and made today’s desserts. Tired like a dead dog, he finally had the opportunity to go out under the supervision of An Yan. The first thing he saw was Yuan Buwei, who was lying in front of the shop, with a weak and contented smile.

Yan Feichi, who could not speak, felt the frustration and resentment in his heart increase exponentially.

Knowing that the other side had no plans to kill him yet, he glared at Yuan Buwei with hate, and the flame in his eyes almost killed the other side: “Ah!”

At the next moment, he was stared back by many gazes, almost submerged in the passionate criticism of the crowd, and was criticised until he was suspicious of life.

“There is an elder brother who has been so devoted to you, but you are so ungrateful. Instead, you hate and oppress your elder brother. Are you still human?”

“Chi gongzi has already done everything for you. Instead of showing gratitude, you repay kindness with resentment. Act like a human.”

“Bah! What are you?”

Yan Feichi: …

He looked at these neighbours who were so indignant holding high the banner of “protecting the good, weak, innocent and harmless Chi gongzi”; Then looked at Yuan Buwei lying on one side with the words “weak” on his left face and “easy to deceive” on his right face. Being stared at by Yuan Buwei’s innocent eyes a row of question marks appeared on the coal like face.

The legendary real black question mark face.

Who is oppressing who, who is working hard and who is enjoying happiness?

After Bai er ye, are these scoundrels also blind?

However, Yan Feichi soon forgot these thoughts. Because a message came from the south of the Yangtze River, and it has spread all over the city of AnYang.

Yan Xing, the chief of the Jiangnan Escort Bureau, had his entire family wiped out. However Yan Feichi, the young master, was missing. It is said that this matter is related to an extremely rare secret treasure.

There are many rumours outside. According to people who know the inside story, this matter is caused by greed after all.

He Lianfeng, a sword maniac, and Yan Xing of the Jiangnan Escort Bureau, were close friends. He wanted to challenge Zhan Zhengyi’s leader Lu Hanyang, and entrusted something to the Jiangnan Escort Bureau in the event of his death. If he was defeated and died, they would quietly return his remains to Shangjing and return them to his only daughter.

Unexpectedly, He Lianfeng himself didn’t know that there was an extremely rare secret treasure among his belongings.

He didn’t know, but Yan Xing recognized them long ago. So he became friends with He Lian and tried to get them from He Lian. Unfortunately, it was the heirloom of the He Family. Even if He Lian valued brotherhood, it was impossible to give it to him.

It was not until He Lian challengedZhan Zhengyi’s leader Lu Hanyang that he finally saw an opportunity.

“According to leader Lu, before the sword maniac left that day, he was only seriously injured and not dying. Yet within a few days, the Jiangnan Escort Bureau reported that he was seriously injured and unable to be saved. Who knows if there is any conspiracy?”

People are talking about it on the street.

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“Yes, He Lian’s daughter disappeared within a few days of the Jiangnan Escort Bureau saying that they had returned the relics. I think it is most likely the Jiangnan Escort Bureau that killed people and stole the heirloom of the He family. Unexpectedly, the news was leaked and brought upon them disaster and destruction.”

“I really don’t know what kind of treasure it is that can cause such a bloody storm.”

Since ancient times, gossip seems to be the nature of people. Even within the tenth alley, which is located in a remote place, rumours have gradually spread, and various rumours emerge endlessly.

When Yan Feichi heard the news, it had already spread all over the country. Who knows how many people were trying to find the only person who escaped from the disaster that day.

His heart suddenly tightened.

“So you have such a troublesome issue.”

Yuan Buwei was still looking weak and innocent, lying lazily in the yard basking in the sun. With one hand he reached for the various desserts on the side from time to time, at this moment he only looked at the black coal in front of him carelessly, shook his head and said.

“I’ve come all the way here with your face, I’m afraid I will be approached by trouble soon.”

“Ah,” who asked you to steal my identity?

Yan Feichi immediately gloated.

But his schadenfreude lasted for less than three seconds, when he heard Yuan Buwei mutter thoughtfully:

“Isay, if a group of great experts come for you, if I throw the real Yan Feichi out, they should no longer care about the fake.”

Yan Feichi: …

TN: So the author used a word that could mean dim sum, snacks or desserts to describe the shop. Temporarily it’s a dessert shop cause that fits YBW but this may change