The manager, whose real name was Hu Laogen, used to be called Little Gen when he was young, and simply Lao Gen as he aged.
He was indeed a blood uncle from Hu Shaomeng's own familial line, but their closeness could hardly be described as intimate.
Unlike the father and son of the Hu family, who spoke the official language of Daqi fluently, he could never rid himself of his local accent, which probably explained why he didn't quite fit in with the upper class.
In Yang Country, speaking the official language of Daqi was fashionable among the upper class, sometimes even becoming a symbol of status.
His feelings towards Jiang Wang were complex, initially perceiving this cultivator master as different from the others and deserving of respect; hence, he'd decided that Jiang Wang was a good person, even resisting Ge Heng's intimidation to not harm him.
