Chapter 1297 The Contract

Chapter 1297 The Contract

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Ning arrived at Heeran's love, the shop he was supposed to take over today. The front of the shop looked worse in the day than it did in the night.

The gray, colorless wall, the broken bits of wood at the front, and the steps that seemed hazardous to even climb up to the shop. Everything told people just one thing.

Don't Come!

He sighed. He would have to do renovation very soon and a lot of it.

"You came!" the woman shouted from the dark inside of the room. The store faced west, so it would remain in the darkness for the majority of the day.

Ning walked in and looked around. It truly was worse in a day than it was at night. He sighed internally and showed none of his thoughts outside.

"Greetings, boss," he said as he walked up to her next to the bed. The woman lifted the wide of the sheets and brought out some paper. "Here, I had Juna prepare the legal papers," the woman said. "Sit and read."

Ning nodded and sat on the bed, the wood creaking as he did so. How many years had this thing been in here?

He looked through the pages and was surprised to see just how legitimate the paper was. "Does this Juna fellow work in the government or something?" Ning asked.

"Oh yes, she's a legal... I forget the word. She works in the court to bring justice to the men who have been wronged. She's the daughter of the couple next door."

"The general store?" Ning asked. He had seen it coming in. The store was in a much better state than this store. "I see. I will read this then."

It didn't take him long to get through the pages of text. In fact, he didn't even bother reading it at all and simply asked the System to do it for him and tell him the appropriate actions that needed to be taken if necessary.

From what the system told him, there weren't any sort of underhanded actions being taken through the words. Everything was written clearly.

"That's a lot," the woman said. "But I can fix you a place. My place is mostly empty, so if you guys promise to not be much trouble, I will let you stay here."

"Here?" Ning asked.

"My house is above the shop," the woman said. "If you want to live there, I will let you."

"Uhh... will it fit us all?" Ning asked.

"It's large, don't worry," the woman said. "You can come check. I'll have to make up another contract if you decide to stay."

She pushed on the wall at the corner of the room that was clad in shadows. A door opened, leading to another room. Ning arrived there and was surprised to see wooden crates, some filled, some empty, most glowing from the inside in the darkness.

"More artifacts?" he asked.

"My husband liked making them a lot," she said. "He left me quite a few to sell."

She continued walking through the dark room and arrived outside a door to a backyard. To Ning's surprise, the backyard was huge, beyond his imagination.

"What... how is this place so large?" he asked. It had to extend for at least 100 meters on each side.

"This is a collective courtyard," the woman explained. "It's not my background as much as it is everyone else's. We didn't want to live surrounded by our small backyard, so we decided to let it be free. So the children can play when they want in safety, or people could work when they wanted to."

"My husband worked right here all day long, while I watched the shop for him." She pointed at a spot on the ground that was now covered with grass that hadn't been cut in a while. Not a single person was back there.

"Everyone is so busy with their life now," the woman shook her head. She walked up a wooden set of stairs, going to the 2nd floor of the building.

"Here's my place," she said, going in herself. "Come on and check. See if it fits you."