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Inside Cuiyun Tower, Zhang Tianhao sat there, watching Xiao Yu bring over the dishes, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Xiaoyu, is working here tiring?"

"Thank you, Uncle. I'm fine here, nothing's wrong. Although I'm a little tired, it's much, much better than before."

"This is Xiaoju. From now on, call her Sister Xiaoju!"

"Sister Xiaoju!"

Xiao Yu looked around and, not understanding what had happened, smiled, then picked up the plate and carefully placed it on the table.

"Uncle, I'm free these next couple of days, please enjoy your meal."

"Thank you very much!"

As he spoke, he took out two yuan and stuffed it into Xiao Yu's hand, nodding with a smile.

"Xiaoyu, eat!"

"Ok!"

The two began to eat; the food was ordinary, but still quite good.

After taking a few bites, Zhang Tianhao put down his chopsticks and smiled as he watched Xiaoju eat heartily.

"By the way, Xiaoyu, what do you want to do now? If you want to do something, then go ahead and do it."

"Brother Shan, I don't know what to do right now. What do you think I can do?"

"I think you should become an apprentice and learn to make clothes. That might be better. You could open your own small clothing store later, which would be quite nice."

"I don't know how to do this. Although I can do it, I'm not very good at it. I'm worried..."

"It's alright. In a little while, I'll find a female teacher to teach you to read and do math. You'll need that knowledge later. Otherwise, if you don't even recognize numbers, you'll easily suffer losses."

"Alright alright!"

Zhang Tianhao didn't say much. After the meal, the two of them went to find someone to hire a teacher to teach her to read.

……

In the afternoon, Zhang Tianhao sat at the entrance of the casino, watching the passersby and idly counting the number of people coming and going. Cheng Dong, the small-time boss, was also counting with him.

"Dong-ge, you just came here out of boredom, didn't you?"

"I had nothing to do, so I came over."

Cheng Dong smiled and tossed him a cigarette, saying bitterly, "The chairman is dead. People below are fighting for power. I'm just a small manager here. There's nothing I can do. No matter how the people above fight, I can't get involved. I might as well have a smoke here and keep things stable."

"By the way, do you still lend money to outsiders?"

"I'm not releasing any more goods. That stuff is too harmful. I don't want to be cursed at. Also, I've heard about what happened to Three Rabbit. It was because he had a foul mouth and offended someone. He was so angry that he was beaten to death. I don't want to follow in his footsteps."

"The income here can't be that high, can it?"

"As long as we don't lose money, what's wrong with me taking my salary?"

"You surrendered to that Japanese assistant?"

"how do you know?"

"Anyone can see it; is there any need to guess?"

"That's true!"

“If I don’t align myself with someone, I might be kicked out immediately and continue being a lowly thug. What’s the point?”

"That's right! You have ambitions and goals, but you don't want to harm the local people."

Zhang Tianhao smiled, clearly just giving Cheng Dong a way out.

"Sigh, that's true. After all, who knows if we'll need their help in the future? Having a backup plan is much better than getting beaten to death."

"Ok!"

"Brother Shan, you don't seem to be in the mood to stay inside today. Did something happen?"

"No, not really. It's just that with a little wife around, I'm a bit lacking in energy every day!" "Hehe, I see. Congratulations, Brother Shan. You won't have to go to that Cuihong Pavilion anymore. But it's right that you haven't been there, Brother Shan. After all, it's not a place we can afford."

"That makes sense. Anyway, I won't go there; it's pointless!"

"By the way, Dong-ge, I won't be coming over in a couple of days. I'm going home to pack up and plan to buy a small shop for my wife to start a business. What do you think?"

"Little shopkeeper, do you have money?"

"I'm planning to borrow some money, about thirty or forty silver dollars, which is about three or four hundred dollars."

"How can it be so cheap?"

"There's no other way. After all, she's home alone with nothing to do. It's better to find her something to do to keep her occupied."

"Right!"

"Also, there's something I'd like to ask Brother Dong to help me find out if there are any small shops for sale in the east of the city. I'd like to buy one."

"There seem to be two more in the east of the city, but the prices are probably higher, around one hundred silver dollars!"

"So many?"

"Okay, that's all!"

"Help me ask around and try to get a better price. I'll treat you to drinks later."

"Okay!"

The two of them sat there and chatted intermittently.

Just then, a young man walked over from not far away and saw Zhang Tianhao sitting there. He winked at him twice.

"Brother Dong, I have something to do today, I'm going back first!"

"Won't you play for a while?"

"I'm not playing anymore. I won a few dollars today anyway, so I don't care about the thirty-odd dollars in wages!"

"You're really lucky, kid. You won a few more dollars. You're so lucky. If I had your luck, I would be here playing games all day."

"Why would I need to go to work?"

Cheng Dong gave a wry smile. After all, his salary was only a little over fifty yuan a month. Although there was some extra income, he did not use any of his family members as collateral.

"Oh, right, Brother Dong, I remember there are a few shops in the casino that are mortgaged here. I'll check for you in a bit and see if there are any in the east of the city. If there are, I'll apply to the higher-ups and sell them to you. It should be much cheaper, right?"

"Thank you very much, Brother Dong."

He patted his bottom and then walked outside.

Watching Cheng Dong enter the casino, Zhang Tianhao also walked in the direction the young man had left.

He came to a corner and saw the young man waiting for him, clearly knowing he was coming.

"Master!"

"Ah Hu, why are you back? It's so dangerous here!"

"It's nothing. I was sent here by my superiors to give you some information."

"what news?"

"This is a message that headquarters sent over via radio this morning. There was so much of it that I just brought it over. Ahua also told me about it, and I wrote down some of what I heard. Let me show you, see if there's anything you need!"

"Thank you!"

He picked up the file folder, opened it casually, and began to carefully read through it. In a short time, he had finished reading it all, and his expression became somewhat strange.

"The layout of the entire Han Street has changed. It used to be an east-west street, but now the street runs from northeast to southwest."

"Not only that, all the people from Han Street have disappeared. Nobody knows where they went. Even if we go to a few acquaintances, nobody knows where they went."

"As for the people in Han Street, they've all been replaced by new residents! It seems Yang moved there from other streets in the area." (End of Chapter)