In the darkness, Qiu Fu's shrewd eyes gleamed with cunning. His master had long ago instructed him to let Zuo An lead the charge in any dangerous situation. After all, his wife had paid for the bodyguard's commission! He had to make the best use of it and maximize the value of the bodyguard's commission.
"Mother, did you hear any noise outside?"
In the guest room of Hua's house, Hua's father Ye Maochun, who was already fast asleep, woke up and pushed Hua Rongsheng beside him when the man in gray was fighting with Zuo An.
"Dad, you heard it wrong. That was just the sound of mice."
Earlier, at the Hua family home at the village entrance, Hua Rongsheng had heard unusual noises at night and, curious enough, had gone to investigate, only to be nearly killed by a hidden guard. She had learned her lesson and was determined not to indulge her curiosity again, lest it bring disaster upon her. She put her arm around her husband and went back to sleep.
Zuo An, who single-handedly fought off the assassins from the Ghost Sect of Rakshasa Clan, returned to his room next to the laboratory in the backyard. He lit a candle on the desk and took out a small notebook from his arms.
Then he picked up a charcoal pencil and wrote in a flamboyant style: "September 1st, midnight, at the Hua residence in Huaqiao Village, I helped Hua Qingcheng fight off thirteen assassins from the Luosha Sect and the Ghost Sect." After Zuo An finished recording, he sealed the small notebook and tucked it back into his arms. The words "account book" were clearly written on the cover.
Zuo An's original deal with Hua Qingcheng was to protect Mu Lige for a year, but ever since he arrived at Hua Qingcheng's house, he's been inexplicably assigned to do this and that. One moment he was asked to make cement, the next he was asked to make glass, the next he was asked to dig a hand-cranked well, and he also had to work part-time as a shop assistant, selling things, and even had to look after the weird relatives who came to disrupt her wedding...
Therefore, Zuo An, who felt that he had suffered a loss, would record in detail every time he did something for Hua Qingcheng, so that when the woman came back, he could "settle the accounts" with her.
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