Just like that, the horrified Cheng Shouping was dragged all the way to the Reflection Room in the company of Zu An and Hong Zhong. Once they arrived at their destination, Hong Zhong said, “Young master, please do not leave the Reflection Room until you’re done copying the family rules.”
He left right after that, leaving Zu An and Cheng Shouping to stare at one another.
“Young master, please spare me. I can’t possibly copy the family rules ten thousand times!” Cheng Shouping was determined not to help Zu An this time around, no matter what the latter said. He was still traumatized by how he had been tricked into copying the family rules all alone for the entire night the previous time.
“C’mon. Who else is going to help me if not you?” Zu An wrapped his arms around Cheng Shouping’s shoulders and nudged him with a smile.
Cheng Shouping shook his head adamantly. “Hmph, I refuse!”
Seeing this, Zu An sighed deeply before taking out a banknote. “Huh, I was still thinking of rewarding you with a hundred silver taels if you were to help me with this task. However, since you aren’t willing to do so, I’ve no choice but to look for someone else then.”
While the debt note of seven-and-a-half million silver taels hadn’t been cashed out yet, he did manage to take away a-hundred-and-fifty thousand silver taels from the casino earlier. Looking at it this way, his trip to the Silverhook Casino had still been fruitful.
Cheng Shouping’s eyes lit up. His hand shot out to swipe the banknote, and he smiled obsequiously. “As the study companion of the young master, how can I possibly allow someone else to wait upon you? It’s only normal for me to do it.”
“Alright, I’ll leave it to you then. I’ll be heading off to sleep now.” Zu An yawned. It seemed his short walk outside had been quite draining.
A tight knot instantly formed on Cheng Shouping’s forehead. “But young master, I can’t possibly copy them by myself ten thousand times!”
Zu An rolled his eyes and replied, “Why do you think I gave you a hundred silver taels? Don’t you know how to use it to buy the help of the other study companions in the estate?”
Cheng Shouping’s eyes lit up for a second. A moment later, however, he frowned. “But wouldn’t that leave me with less money for myself?”
Zu An shrugged casually. “I’ve already given you the money. It’s up to you whether you want to copy it on your own or get others to help you; you just have to finish copying the family rules ten thousand times.”
After saying those words, he strutted away gleefully, leaving Cheng Shouping behind to struggle with his options.
On the way back to his residence, Zu An began calculating the amount of Rage points he had earned. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands…
Holy crap! I managed to get 60,224 Rage points!
A bright smile broke out on Zu An’s face. On the basis of what happened earlier, it was much better to play the antagonist than the protagonist.
He reached his small residence, and was just about to wash his face and prepare to draw the lottery when a voice suddenly came from behind him.
“How did you manage to do it?”
Zu An jumped three feet into the air. He hurriedly turned around to take a look, and saw the feeble Old Mi appear behind him.
What the hell! This fellow looks as if he would crumble at the slightest gust of wind, but he walks around without making a sound at all. Even after I’ve raised my cultivation by so much, I’m still unable to sense his presence at all!
“What do you mean by that?” Zu An quickly replied, not daring to throw his weight around in front of Old Mi. He was able to act fearlessly before others to earn Rage points, but for some reason, he was well and truly intimidated by Old Mi. It seemed folly to provoke the old gardener.
Why is that so?
Zu An turned the question over in his head, but was unable to come up with an answer.
Old Mi eyed Zu An with small beady eyes filled with curiosity. “The entire estate has been talking about how you managed to win seven-and-a-half million silver taels from the casino. How did you manage to do it?”