Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Chapter 164: Chapter 110: Muscle Relaxing Pill, Advancing to Willow Tendon Realm_5

The old man said, ”Not yet, so I came especially today to ask the head of the family.”

Upon hearing this, the woman paused and said, ”What do you mean by that?”

The old man said, ”Our Black Market business has always been that if you dare to offer a price, you dare to do the job, but Peng Shizhong is not someone to provoke easily, and I cannot make up my mind.”

The woman narrowed her eyes slightly and said, ”Hmm, yes, Peng Shizhong is indeed not someone to provoke. And each of his adoptive sons has strong abilities too. To kill them, you’d need at least an A-level assassin. But those guys wouldn’t offend Peng Shizhong over a mere one to two thousand taels of silver. Wait, who do they want to kill? Feng Xuan?”

The old man pondered for a moment and said, ”It’s not any of the four, Zheng Lu Deng. It’s an adoptive son Peng Shizhong is planning to take in soon; apparently, there’s going to be a ceremony in two days!”

The woman said, ”Oh, so you mean he hasn’t officially taken him in?”

”Yeah, he hasn’t.”

”What’s his name and how is his strength?”

”I’ve checked, his name is Chen Jiusi, and he comes from Xiantao Town. He’s also Bai Wenjing’s disciple.”

”Bai Wenjing, huh? That’s an old-timer. To make him lose a disciple, ah, that would be hard on him.”

”How strong is he?”

”Refining Body Realm. Not bad at all, he’s killed Guild Cao’s Yu Biao in the ring before.”

”Oh, so he’s a young hero.”

The woman’s eyes narrowed further, snake-like, and she followed up, ”Hehe, hasn’t been officially taken in, strength only at Refining Body Realm. Good, this deal is doable, but two thousand taels is too little.”

”I’ve made them raise it to three thousand taels.”

The woman muttered, ”Three thousand taels should be enough. Some C-level killers should be interested.”

After saying this, the woman said, ”Wait until the money is in place, then put it down in the roster.”

Saying this, the woman stood up: ”Ah, staff, time to open for business!”

”Yes, Shopkeeper.”

As the staff prepared the tofu pudding, in the morning they only sold tofu pudding; the old man nodded and left with the roster.

Watching the old man leave, the woman sighed: ”Ah, I’m such a miserable person, selling tofu yet still having to deal with the conflicts and killings of Jianghu. It’s not easy at all.”

”Money isn’t easy to make.”

Saying that, the woman tidied her hair as the staff pushed open the door.

The next moment, the door was pushed open, and the crowd outside immediately grew noisy: ”Wow, the Tofu Xi Shi is out...”

The woman stepped out gracefully, waving her beauty fan.

Looking around, she waved her hand and announced, ”We’re open, come get your tofu!”

Hearing this, all the men charged forward as if they were injected with adrenaline: ”I’ll take a bowl, me too!”

Watching the frenzied men, the woman laughed, ”Hehe, slowly, slowly, there’s enough for everyone.”

Waving her beauty fan, the woman giggled continuously.

Her curvaceous figure, combined with bold dress in this era, was quite impactful; the dress resembling modern cheongsam was not something most women dared to wear back then.

And indeed, she looked amazingly seductive.

Seeing the men flocking to her, the surrounding women all looked on with faces full of hostility.

Pah! A seductress.

The woman simply looked at these women, with an incessant smile.

And the men, for a taste of this tofu, were desperately squeezing in. Fortunately, the staff of the tofu shop were somewhat skilled.

Even if the men crowded, they couldn’t push into the core area.

Chen Xiaohu, watching the scene, said foolishly, ”Jiu Si, is this tofu really that delicious? Should we buy a bowl for Ruirui?”

Chen Jie heard him and responded, ”Ruirui might not necessarily like this tofu; let’s go.”

Chen Jie didn’t continue to look. The woman had a great figure, and her attire was bold for that era, attracting a bunch who hadn’t seen much of the world. But he himself was worldly; scanty clothes, even bikinis, weren’t something new to him.

But really, quite an impressive sight!

Chen Jie sneaked another glance.

Xiao Hu said, ”Brother, what are you looking at? Do you want to try the tofu? Should I go queue up to buy some?”

”Don’t talk nonsense, Jiu Si doesn’t eat tofu!”

Chen Jie emphasized his purity.

Xiao Hu said, ”But yesterday you said their tofu was good.”

”I like that tofu, not this one.”

”But it’s the same shop.”

Chen Xiaohu truly was naive, clueless about women, not understanding the real reason behind the booming business of the tofu shop.

But Chen Jie understood, though he had no intention of getting involved.

Chen Jie walked away, while the woman glanced over in their direction. After all, it was rare for a man to pass by her tofu shop and not buy anything after looking.

So she took an extra glance.

But she didn’t mind; her tofu business was booming, and she wasn’t concerned about one or two customers.

Besides, selling tofu was merely to prove to a certain detestable bastard that she could fend for herself without resorting to the business of killing.

As for how much she earned from selling tofu, it didn’t matter.

Just thinking of that man made her angry. Served him right to be wanted by the court!

Chen Jie sat down at a small noodle stall, ordered two bowls of sloppy meat noodles, and devoured them fiercely. After filling up, he bought some steamed buns to take back, as his wife and the little gourmet hadn’t eaten yet.

After doing all this, Chen Jie returned to find that the tofu shop had closed, with a sign saying, ”Sold Out.”

That sure sold fast. Then, he saw a bunch of men, each holding a bowl of tofu pudding, turning up at various snack stalls.

The tofu shop didn’t even provide a place to eat breakfast, and Chen Jie heard that a bowl of tofu pudding cost ten cents, three times more expensive than the three-cents-priced bowls elsewhere.