"Yingkelai will temporarily close for a break. You can come back to be the manager when it reopens."
Song Wu breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, no problem!"
"But what about the customers upstairs if we close?"
Ning Yao asked, "How long will they stay?"
"It shouldn't be long. According to the young master in charge, they plan to stay in Licheng permanently and need to buy a house. Staying at the inn is just temporary and it's not ready yet."
"It's alright, you keep watch for now. Once they leave, close the gate. When you leave, come find me at the manor on the outskirts of the city, and I'll give you some dry food as travel expenses."
Song Wu nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, Third Miss!"
Before they even left Yingkelai, a human trafficker came knocking on their door.
"Oh, you must be the new master? I've been looking for you for ages!" The slave trader smiled obsequiously.
Zhilan asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"
The broker replied, "I work in the housing rental business. Your properties were previously rented and sold through me. I went to Shuiyunjian and heard that you might be coming here, so I rushed over."
Ning Yao roughly understood what he meant. The previous owners of the properties she had just looked at had all put them up for rent through a real estate agency to collect rent.
Now that the property has changed hands, the human trafficking dealers have come here.
"You mean those houses? You can keep them for now and continue renting them out, just like before."
The slave trader nodded: "Yes, yes, I will definitely take good care of it for you. There is one more thing. There is a young master from out of town who wants to buy a three-courtyard house or rent that five-courtyard house."
“If it were just those one-courtyard houses, I could make the decision directly. But the three-courtyard houses have only been rented and never sold, and the five-courtyard houses have neither been rented nor sold. I really can’t make a decision, so I came to you for advice.”
Ning Yao said, "I'll only rent it out, not sell it. Keep the five-courtyard house for me; I need it."
The slave trader understood: "Yes, sir. I'll see you off, Miss."
After viewing all the properties in Licheng, it was already past noon.
"Sister, are you planning to go back?" Shen Ci'an asked.
Ning Yao nodded: "I've learned enough. If we go back now, it'll be just in time for lunch. Do you want to come along?"
Shen Ci'an readily agreed: "Father should be at the manor. I will go back with him."
"Alright, let's go."
The atmosphere in the manor was tense and on the verge of conflict.
"When you ask for a favor, you should do it properly. With this attitude, we are afraid we cannot serve you!"
Ning Wenyi and Shen Wei stood in front, protecting the women behind them.
Xiao Yuanhuai's face was sickly pale; if it weren't for Xiao Yang and Xiao Wu accompanying him, he probably wouldn't have made it this far.
Xiao Wu's face was tense as he looked at Ning Wenyi and the others, his eyes filled with ruthlessness: "It's your good fortune to be able to save the young master, yet you still try to make excuses. If that's the case, then don't blame me!"
"Xiao Wu! Shut up!" Xiao Yang wished he could tear this scoundrel to pieces.
Xiao Wu glanced at Xiao Yang with disdain: "Stop your womanly compassion. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have gotten the medicine long ago."
"She was the only one in the manor before, but I didn't expect there to be so many more people this time."
Xiao Yuanhuai's abdominal wound had begun to fester and rot, and a foul odor could be smelled in the air.
Xiao Yang had to protect Xiao Yuanhuai and couldn't stop Xiao Wu.
Seeing that Xiao Wu was about to brutally kill these people, he couldn't help but turn his head away.
We can't worry about that now, the master's health is the most important thing!
Xiao Wu didn't use a weapon, but instead unleashed a fierce palm strike, carrying killing intent as it aimed directly at Shen Wei's face.
Shen Wei raised his hand to block the attack, but it didn't cause his blood and qi to surge.
"Caught it?" Xiao Wu was somewhat surprised. "Then let's try again!"
The second palm strike was clearly more intense in killing intent than the first, and even contained some other elements.
Shen Wei and Ning Wenyi joined forces and barely managed to catch it.
The next second, their legs went weak, and they involuntarily fell down, kneeling on one knee.
Madam Ning and Ning Qiong exclaimed in surprise.
"Master! Are you alright?"
"father!"
Xiao Wu laughed arrogantly: "You've got some skill to withstand two of my blows, but I'm afraid you can't withstand a third one now, can you?"
“He poisoned it!” Shen Wei said with certainty.
Ning Wenyi knew that he was able to withstand the opponent's second attack not only because of Shen Wei, but also because he had a new storage space and his internal strength had increased.
However, the opponent possessed superior martial arts skills and unfathomable internal strength.
In this competition alone, no one present can beat him.
Only Yao Yao...
Just as Xiao Wu began to gather strength for his third palm strike, Xiao Yuanhuai awoke.
"Stop!" Xiao Yuanhuai shouted, straining to stay awake.
Xiao Wu, with his back to him, said, "Young master, I am doing this for your own good."
A palm strike was sent out, heading straight for Madam Ning and Ning Qiong behind them.
Seeing this, Ning Wenyi and Shen Wei tried to get up, but they had no strength at all.
Forcibly channeling their energy, they all coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Seeing his wife and daughter about to be hurt, Ning Wenyi was heartbroken: "No!"
However, the palm strike that Xiao Wu unleashed did not touch Madam Ning or Ning Qiong. Instead, it strangely changed direction, increased in force, and struck Xiao Wu himself, slamming him hard.
This sudden turn of events left Xiao Wu half-dead, lying on the ground struggling, unable to get up.
Xiao Yuanhuai and Xiao Yang were surprised.
Ning Wenyi and Shen Wei, however, relented.
"You dare to hurt someone in my house? You might as well die first!" Ning Yao's voice came from the doorway.
She could only be heard but not seen, yet the next second she appeared in front of Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu looked at the girl in front of him in fear. Only he knew how terrifying the palm strike he had unleashed was when it hit him.
"Who are you?"
Ning Yao's lips curled into a smile, her eyes filled with bloodthirsty killing intent: "The one who will take your life!"
Stepping on his chest, a seemingly light movement, actually cracked Xiao Wu's internal organs.
Xiao Wu's eyes widened in terror: "You dare to hurt me?"
"Can't you understand human language? I'm not just going to hurt you, I'm going to kill you!"
"Girl! Spare his life!" Xiao Yuanhuai cried out to stop him.
However, it was no use. Ning Yao pretended not to hear, first using her internal energy to cripple his skills, and then shattering his internal organs.
The girl had delicate features and a charming smile, but her words were chilling.
"Don't you like killing people this way? How does it feel to use it on you?"
Xiao Wu was in excruciating pain all over his body, so much so that he couldn't speak. He could only look at Ning Yao with a vicious expression.
She actually wasted her own skills!
He had worked hard for many years to climb to this position, and now he had been easily defeated by someone else?
The lord does not want useless people. I was sent to the prince's side because of my outstanding skills.
If the Lord finds out, I will only be abandoned!
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