After finishing lunch, Su Huai truly enjoyed the treatment befitting a wealthy young master.
The newly bought bamboo chair kept rocking, making a faint creaking sound. Su Huai squinted his eyes, allowing the sparse sunlight to sprinkle on his body, feeling completely limp and unwilling to move.
"Young master, is this... okay?"
"A little more force, it's fine, don't pity me."
"I, I can't do it, young master..."
Su Huai smirked, looking fierce: "You have to, even if you can't. Keep going, or I'll deduct all your monthly pay and throw you out of the mansion."
"Wah wah..."
After about twenty more minutes, Su Huai patted Xiao He's hand with a look of disgust.
"You're really useless. You look good for nothing, can't even give a shoulder massage properly, such a sissy."
"I, I am a girl..."
"How dare you! Talking back to the young master, I'll deduct three days of your pay!"
Xiao He opened her mouth, feeling small and helpless. Poor thing, she had been massaging the young master's shoulders all afternoon, her hands were sore and numb, and she still got scolded. It would be better to just warm the bed. The rich young master is indeed ruthless.
He hasn't even started playing yet, and he's already thinking about throwing her out. What if he really gets tired of her?
"Alright!"
Su Huai stretched and exercised his bones, then pinched Xiao He's plump face.
"The young master is leaving. Remember to clean the yard."
"Okay..."
The door closed gently.
Su Huai's departure was silent and unnoticed.
Wearing a black robe, he left the Su Mansion and merged into the crowded stream of people, leisurely heading towards the civilian residential area on the other side of Black Iron City.
He stopped at the entrance of the civilian area, where two of the most profitable buildings in the secular world stood.
Green Silk Square and Hongyun Pavilion.
The names sound very elegant, but in reality, one is a place of worldly business, and the other is a place that has ruined countless families financially.
Green Silk Square hurts the body, Hongyun Pavilion breaks the bank. For the secular commoners who are busy with life, these two shops at the entrance of the street are not good places.
Su Huai withdrew his gaze, squatted by the fruit stall on the street, bought a large bag of various fruits, thought about it, and then went to the snack shop opened by the Su family to pick up a bag of candy.
Then, he wandered into a poor family at the end of the alley.
Although Black Iron City, built on a huge black iron ore vein, is remote, it is not a poor place. It can even be said to be much richer than more than 80% of the ordinary cities in the immortal domain.
But no matter how prosperous a place is, there are always corners forgotten by prosperity.
The Cheng family is at the bottom of Black Iron City.
The pillar of the family had an accident while hunting with others. Although he saved his life with the desperate protection of his companions, he also lost his legs forever.
The housewife who runs the household is also weak and sickly, relying on some bitter and cheap medicine to barely hang on to life.
Moreover, there are two elderly people in the family who are often confused, and a young girl who is only six or seven years old and can only help her mother with some light housework.
The burden of life falls mercilessly on the little maid who is only sixteen or seventeen years old at most.
Fortunately, as the boss of Black Iron City, although Su Zhengheng doesn't like Su Huai, he is not a bad city leader for the people of Black Iron City.
The servants hired by the Su family are all high-paid poor families who are about to be in dire straits.
For example, Cheng Xiaohe has received a job from the Su family that pays far more than the value of her labor.
Just by cleaning the courtyard of this useless young master every day, she can barely maintain the food and warmth of a large family, and there is still some money left to buy the cheap herbs her mother needs.
However, food and warmth are just food and warmth.
The mother's illness is getting worse and worse. If she wants to cure it, the money needed is an astronomical figure.
Cheng Xiaohe even thought of selling herself into Green Silk Square to save her mother's life when she saw her mother coughing up blood.
But although she can't see her toes when she lowers her head, her face is not really a world-class beauty. She can't sing, dance, or play the piano or chess.
The price Green Silk Square offered for her was even less than what the Su family gave her in two months.
So, Cheng Xiaohe loves money so much.
So, when Su Huai bet with her at ten times the monthly salary, her heart throbbed.
Then she successfully lost herself to the evil young master of the Su family.
Knock knock knock...
"Who is it?"
The little girl with braids looked through the hole in the door and saw Su Huai smiling and carrying two big bags at the door.
"Who are you?"
"Amitabha, I am a monk from the Tang Dynasty in the east..."
"Wow! Dad! Mom, come and see, there's a bald donkey!"
"..."
"Little brat, open the door quickly, I am a friend of your sister."
"Yi~ I don't believe it! Bad guys all say that."
"You're wearing black and carrying a sack in your hand. You don't look like a good person at first glance!"
"..."
"Well! The little brat has a future. Situ Zhiruo didn't make me speechless, and you made me speechless twice in a minute."
"Hum!"
"Open the door quickly, I am really a friend of your sister..."
In the end.
After Su Huai said Cheng Xiaohe's name and even reported her height and size accurately, he was finally let in by the naughty child.
There is a guest visiting.
Cheng's mother searched at home for a long time, and in the end, she washed the fruit brought by Su Huai with embarrassment and entertained him.
Two elderly people with a lot of wrinkles on their faces sat in the hall, dozing off from time to time, holding each other's hands and counting the lines on their hands.
Cheng's father is a dark man, without legs, unable to move, he can only lean on the kang and show a kind but bitter smile to Su Huai.
In this honest man's view, Su Huai is probably a rich young master who likes his daughter.
However, with the family in this situation, it is inevitable to drag down the daughter, and it is likely to be abandoned.
While he was looking at Su Huai, Su Huai was also looking at him.
He especially noticed the rough scars on his forehead.
The position of those scars is very subtle, either it was bumped and broken from falling from a height, or it was knocked out by himself.
It is hard to imagine how desperate this middle-aged man was when he hit his head against the cold wall.
The backbone of the family suddenly broke and became a burden. He mustered the courage to end his life and reduce the burden on his family, but after hearing the crying of his little daughter and the plea of his wife, that courage quietly dissipated.
People are such complex creatures. Death is not terrible, what is terrible is that there are things to be forgotten before death.
"Big brother, are you really a friend of my sister?"
"But I haven't heard my sister mention you."
"..."
"Eat your candy, I don't like to talk to you."
With a snap, a piece of candy was stuffed into the little girl's mouth, Su Huai pulled her little braid, and looked up at Cheng's father with a smile as warm as the sun.
"Uncle Cheng, I am..."
...
...
In the evening, as the sun was setting, Su Huai came out of the alley and waved goodbye to the Cheng family.
He left a sum of money for the Cheng family, not too much, but just enough.
Although it can't make the Cheng family rich overnight, it is enough to solve all the difficulties they are facing now.
Although he took the initiative to say it was a loan, not a gift, and even let Cheng's father write an IOU, Chen's father was very clear in his heart that this was just a form of alms and pity.
But he didn't have the courage to refuse, and he couldn't even say a word of modesty.
At this time, it is not self-respect or backbone to stick to one's neck and shout not to eat food given in a disdainful manner.
That's selfishness.
It's better to let the daughter sell herself, let the wife die of illness, let the little daughter live in the dark corner all her life, in order to serve her own waste and miss her own life, but not willing to accept the help of others.
What else can it be called selfishness?
Finally, the little girl of the Cheng family finally admitted Su Huai's handsomeness under the threat of pulling the braids and the attack of candy.
Cheng's father and mother watched him leave until his figure completely disappeared in the crowd.
...
Night falls.
In the Su
family's small courtyard, Cheng Xiaohe washed herself clean and wrapped herself up tightly, squatting under the eaves, looking like a cat about to be stroked, uneasy.
She has been uneasy for nearly two hours.
From the time of sunset, until now the moon is on the treetop, she has been so nervous that she is almost asleep, why hasn't that perverted young master come back yet?
Is the bed still warm?
"Damn it, you didn't come back yourself, I'm leaving, I'm going home?"
Xiaoheo stood up and ran to the door.
But as soon as she stepped out of the door, her little face collapsed again.
"What if I run away, will the young master be angry?"
"What if he hits me? I heard that rich young masters like to whip people, it hurts a lot."
"What if he gets angry and kicks me out of the Su Mansion?"
"Ah..."
"I, Cheng Xiaoheo, it's too difficult!"
Cheng Xiaoheo sadly hugged herself, squatted on the side of the door, staring at the bluestone road leading to the Su Mansion's door, motionless.
After about another quarter of an hour, the aunt responsible for cleaning the garbage passed by the door and looked at Cheng Xiaoheo for a while.
"Xiaoheo, are you pretending to be a stone lion?"
"..."
"No, Aunt Liu, I'm... I'm waiting for the young master to come back..."
"Eh? Has the little girl's heart moved?"
Cheng Xiaoheo blushed and lowered her head. In a sense, whether or not her heart has moved, she seems to be unable to run away tonight...
Who knew that Aunt Liu's next sentence made her eyes widen.
"Don't wait, Xiaoheo."
"I just passed by Old Master Su's place and heard them say that the young master of the Su family has already left home and traveled far away."
"He probably won't be back in a short time."
"Ah?"
"Don't 'ah' anymore, go home quickly, or the door of the Su Mansion will be closed later."
"Know, know, thank you Aunt Liu."
Cheng Xiaoheo didn't know how she got home.
The public security in Black Iron City is not bad, those who dare to commit crimes have been tied up by the Su family's law enforcement team, and the bodies are still hanging on the city head.
So she was in a daze all the way, and apart from a few familiar neighbors who greeted her, there were no accidents on the way.
Even when she got home, she just squatted at the door, not daring to go in.
Su Huai's departure filled the young Cheng Xiaoheo's heart with doubts and sadness. She suspected that the massage during the day made Su Huai unsatisfied, so he decided not to keep her.
Maybe tomorrow, the steward of the Su Mansion will stop her at the door and tell her: Cheng Xiaoheo, you don't have to come anymore.
But what to do if the job is gone...
The rich young master is too ruthless, boo hoo boo...
"Sister, why are you squatting here crying secretly?"
The little girl with braids poked her head out of the door, patting her sister's shoulder.
"Don't cry, I'll treat you to candy."
Suddenly, something sweet was stuffed into her mouth, Cheng Xiaoheo wiped her tears and looked at the wise and mischievous Cheng Xiaomiao.
"You, where did you get the candy..."
"It's from my future husband!"
"???"
Cheng Xiaoheo was stunned: "You're only seven years old, and your parents have already promised you!?"
"No, it's not from my parents."
"Then it is?"
"Hehe, it's the young master of the Su family. He came to our house today, and Dad said that the young master of the Su family came for you."
"But I don't think so, because he likes to tug on my braids. Zhang Lanlan said that if a boy likes to tug on a girl's braids, it means he secretly likes her, so the young master of the Su family should like me."
Cheng Xiaoheo's mind went blank.
Now she has only one thought in her heart, the perverted young master has come to her house!
She raised her foot and ran into the room, ran halfway back, and knocked on Cheng Xiaomiao's head fiercely.
Then she found that it was not satisfying, and knocked again.
By the way, she took out all the candy in her hand and pocket, put it into her own pocket, and then ran back into the room.
A loud cry came from the door.
Cheng Xiaoheo listened to her mother finish everything that happened during the day, and the mother and daughter couldn't help but cry together.
Cheng's father listened to the low sobbing in the room, and heard the loud cry of Cheng Xiaomiao outside the house.
He looked out of the window at the dark alley outside, and suddenly felt that life had a glimmer of hope.
Crying, Cheng Xiaoheo fell asleep.
She was really too tired, and even the most positive and optimistic people, when they suddenly let go of the burden on their body, will become extremely tired because of the sudden relaxation.
Next time...
When the young master comes back next time, he must warm the bed for him.
...
In the middle of the night, Cheng Xiaoheo had a dream in a trance.
The young master rode a white horse from the Su Mansion to the door of her house, picked her up and took her to the Su Mansion.
He said that Cheng Xiaoheo should warm the bed for him for a lifetime.
Then the day after warming the bed, he got tired of it, and in the cold winter, he threw her out of the door of the Su Mansion, and even took away her underwear.
So she had to pick up a piece of rotten vegetable leaves...
Cheng Xiaoheo fell out of bed with a thud, sat up, and started crying while holding her aching head.
While crying, she also scolded Su Huai for being a pervert.
...
Su Huai, who was scolded as a pervert, suddenly sneezed.
This sneeze awakened the colorful magic tiger that was not far away, which was as high as three meters.
He shook his head, and since he was exposed, he simply stopped hiding, took out a dagger, and faced the magic tiger that had just finished eating and was disturbed by Su Huai's good dream.
"I found you!"
"It's you! The culprit who caused my second life to die!"
"Roar!!!"
The fierce tiger roared to the sky, then lowered his head and made a snorting sound, and the white mist sprayed on the ground, blowing up a small cluster of dust.
Su Huai twisted his feet, and the colorful tiger in front of him was a three-order demon beast, with strength roughly comparable to that of the Yan Shu who was scared to tears by himself in the daytime.
And he himself is a celestial power, equivalent to nine orders.
The strength is overwhelming, and there is no pleasure in revenge.
So he decided to play a trick, using the same slide that was used at the beginning to defeat it, to comfort his spirit in heaven! To let himself bless...
Eh, it seems that something is not quite right?
Forget it, don't care about such details.
I'm going to go!
The dagger danced a beautiful flower in the palm of his hand, Su Huai was ready to rush forward, and saw the colorful tiger leap up, pounce at him at that moment, the upper body suddenly leaned back, what a beautiful slide!
But who knew that the beast actually didn't play by the rules!
It actually stopped the body that was pouncing in mid-air, and then suddenly fell down, with its head close to the ground, opening a bloody mouth.
"Damn it!!!"
Su Huai's slide directly slid into its mouth.
With a click, the fangs and sharp teeth closed fiercely, biting Su Huai's waist.
At this moment, Su Huai only had three thoughts in his heart.
First, Newton's coffin lid is about to be pressed, and this sand skin tiger has no inertia, right!?
Second, someone who teaches people to slide and kill tigers on a certain question should be damned. I, a celestial being, can't do it. Can ordinary people do it!?
Third, I'm sorry, you didn't talk about martial arts first.
Boom!!!
Su Huai stored a spiritual power bomb and directly pasted it on his face. This clever colorful magic tiger didn't have time to praise itself, and the next moment, the soul directly appeared in heaven.
Su Huai touched his waist.
There was a row of big holes in the clothes around his waist. Fortunately, there was spiritual power to protect his body. Otherwise, he might have to experience the pain of being stabbed in the ribs again after a day...
He kicked the body of the magic tiger and picked up a round demon core. He wiped it on the tiger's body and threw it into the spatial ring on his hand.
After doing all this, he let out a sigh of relief, turned around and walked towards the east of the forest.
There, there is still a brother snake waiting for him.