The young master didn't even glance at her, turning instead to Mei Chaofeng beside him: "And you, Xue'er is young and a woman, it's one thing that she's inexperienced and unreliable, but you're a seasoned veteran, a bigwig in the underworld, and you actually fell for that good-for-nothing? You actually lost 7.5 million taels of silver, hehe, how much have you been supplying me over the years?"
Mei Chaofeng broke out in a cold sweat instantly. He thought to himself, "Judging from what the young master said, it seems like he's making a big fuss about punishing Xue'er but not doing anything serious. Is he going to make an example of me?" He hurriedly explained, "It's all because my subordinates didn't do their job properly. By the time I got the news, it was too late. I couldn't have imagined that someone could win 7.5 million taels in just two rounds."
"Also, I originally didn't intend to acknowledge the 7.5 million taels, but Miss Qiao made me agree, so I had no choice but to write an IOU."
He couldn't help but be so nervous and flustered. The man in front of him was Shi Kun, the sixth young master of the Shi family in the capital. His father was the Grand Marshal of the court. The Shi family was one of the top families in the capital. Shi Kun himself was not only handsome and dashing, but also a recognized genius. He was well-liked by the Shi family and was often entrusted with important tasks.
He was in charge of some of the Shi family's shady dealings. According to Mei Chaofeng, there were many similar gangs like the Plum Blossom Gang in various prefectures across the country, all supported and controlled by the Shi family.
Despite the Plum Blossom Gang's glamorous appearance, most of their business profits are actually handed over to the Shi family. That's probably why the Shi family was so angry when they learned that they owed 7.5 million taels of silver.
"Oh? Xue'er made you write this?" Shi Kun looked at Xue'er. "Are you a spy for the Shi family or the Chu family?"
Xue'er hurriedly recounted the situation: "Young master, it would have been difficult to resolve if we hadn't written it down under those circumstances. I didn't want to cause any more trouble, and I figured I could easily get the IOU back anyway, so I didn't think too much about it."
Shi Kun snorted heavily: "You've been trained by the Shi family for so long, yet your vision is still so limited. I don't believe the Chu family would dare to use the Red Robe Army in that situation. If they dared to do so, they would face a thunderous crackdown from the imperial court the very next day."
Xue'er lowered her head: "It was my oversight."
Shi Kun then asked, "That's fine, but the key question is why you failed when you went to kill Zu'an?"
Xue'er replied, "That guy has been keeping a low profile. On the surface, he's a good-for-nothing, but in reality, he's a cultivator."
“A cultivator? What rank?” Shi Kun immediately sat up straight.
"At most around the third rank, but his combat strength is a bit strange..." Xue'er said uncertainly. The opponent's energy fluctuations were indeed only around the third rank, but in a real fight, it seemed to be more than that.
"You, with your fifth-grade cultivation, can't even kill a third-grade?" Shi Kun laughed angrily. "Have you wasted your life all these years?"
Xue'er blushed: "I don't know what happened at the time, I suddenly had a sharp pain in my stomach..."
She consulted many doctors afterward, and they all said there was nothing wrong with her body. According to her description, all the doctors said that it was a feeling that only occurs during pregnancy and childbirth. But she was a virgin who had never even had a man, so how could she possibly be pregnant? Moreover, these symptoms disappeared without a trace afterward, which she could never understand.
"His stomach aches at the crucial moment; he's utterly useless!" Shi Kun sneered, his face turning quite ugly. "Since this Zu An isn't a good-for-nothing, it proves that everything he did before was intentional. And it turns out that this worked; it lowered the Chu family's guard and successfully made him their son-in-law."
"If he were a good-for-nothing, I wouldn't be worried at all, but if he's hiding his true abilities, he might actually win over Miss Chu's heart and soul!"
The thought of Chu Chuyan lying docilely in Zu An's arms with her unparalleled beauty filled Shi Kun with intense jealousy.
Xue'er naturally understood his thoughts and hurriedly said, "Young master, there's no need to worry. The two of you sleep in separate rooms, and the young lady doesn't like Zu'an at all. She won't let him succeed."
“Not for now, but who knows what will happen in the future?” Shi Kun suddenly stood up. “No, we have to get rid of this problem as soon as possible. By the way, what was your plan before?”
Mei Chaofeng glanced at Xue'er beside her and said with a hint of schadenfreude, "Originally, Miss Qiao said that she had arranged for someone to expel Zu An from Mingyue Academy, so that I could easily kill him outside. But I didn't expect that the person she found not only failed to expel Zu An, but was expelled himself instead."
Shi Kun was truly exasperated and laughed: "If I hadn't rushed over because the Yao Guang Secret Realm had opened, I probably wouldn't have known that so many exciting things had happened here. Tell me, what exactly happened!"
Xue'er also looked embarrassed: "I used your connections in Mingyue City to ask Yang Hucao to help expel Zu'an from the academy. Who knew that Zu'an's arithmetic skills were even better than Yang Hucao's, and in the end, Yang Hucao was expelled from the school."
"What? This guy can do everything?" Shi Kun was immediately shocked. Was this the same useless guy from the previous intelligence report?
Xue'er blushed slightly, thinking that the guy was at least incapable of one thing, but she had no intention of telling the young master about it.
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