Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Why Help Her? Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Why Help Her? Wearing a mask, the tall man in black sat at the table, his dark eyes fleetingly glancing over at him.
By his side stood a Hidden Guard with a cold expression.
The manager’s face tightened as he hurried to close the door, came in, and respectfully bowed.
“There’s no need to be formal,” the masked man at the table said indifferently.
The manager asked, “What brings you here today?”
Despite knowing him for many years, the manager still dared not look directly at the young man before him, feeling that the other was distinguished beyond the ordinary.
“What was that woman earlier looking into?”
The manager was stunned once again but nevertheless he relayed the situation in full detail.
“Mobilize the elite of the Pavilion to help her find the holder of the same waist tag as soon as possible.”
A jump shocked the manager’s heart, and he couldn’t help but lift his head, face a picture of surprise.
The masked man’s well-defined hand gently tapped on the table.
It wasn’t heavy, yet it made the manager immediately avert his gaze.
“Yes.”
The manager accepted the order and left.
The room fell into silence once again.
Eyes on nose, nose on heart, yet his mind was whirling.
Lately, his lord had been acting peculiarly, helping this woman named Chu Nanli time and again.
Having followed his lord for so many years, it was the first time he saw him pay such attention to a woman.
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After leaving the Tianji Pavilion, Chu Nanli found her way to the city’s largest slave market.
Usually, to buy slaves, one would go to such places.
She couldn’t contact the person her biological mother had arranged for a while and couldn’t always be without servants, so she needed to pick a few suitable ones to train.
“Ouch! What’s the matter with you, old lady? Scamming in broad daylight?”
A loud shout successfully echoed through half the street.
Chu Nanli, following the sound, looked through the crowd and faintly saw a person curled up on the ground, while a burly man holding a horse stood by, looking displeased.
She hurried over and heard someone nearby say, “What scam? You man, completely unreasonable! It was clearly you who bumped into the old lady with your horse, scaring her into fainting.”
“Yes! Aren’t you going to take her to the medical center? If something serious happens to this poor old lady, you’ll have blood on your hands!”
The burly man’s face turned a mix of purple and red, and infuriated, he said, “Look at her shabby clothes; she’s definitely a villager. My horse didn’t even touch her, and she just fell to the ground. She must have been trying to scam me for Silver Coins! Move aside!”
With that, he glared menacingly at the surrounding crowd.
Seeing that he was big and fierce, the crowd hesitated to provoke him and parted to give him a way through.
The burly man snorted coldly and left with his horse.
Chu Nanli frowned, her silver needle twitching slightly in her hand.
Before she could act, a pained groan was heard.
Chu Nanli hurriedly looked over to see the old woman on the ground clutching her chest and convulsing.
“Oh dear, let’s get her to the doctor quickly!” someone shouted unavoidably.
Chu Nanli squatted down and, under the astonished eyes of the onlookers, turned the old woman over to check her condition.
“Miss, you better not mess around with this old lady; wait for the doctor to come,”
“Yes, if something happens to the elderly lady, be careful of facing a lawsuit,” people around kindly reminded.
Just as Chu Nanli was about to mention her medical skills, a young girl pushed through the crowd with extremely sharp words.
“The man with the horse did nothing to the old lady just now, but with your rough handling, the old lady might really be in trouble. If something happens, you’ll surely deny it was your fault, shifting the blame of a human life onto his head—it would really be unjust for him.”
With these words, an uproar arose among the surrounding people.