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

Chapter 319: Chapter 136 Peng Shizhong: Regretting Not Listening to the Words Spoken in ’94 (The Drama Begins)_4

Peng Shizhong said here, ”I’m tired, you can go.”

After saying that, Peng Shizhong turned and entered the house. Seeing this, Chen Jie felt quite helpless. He wouldn’t listen to persuasion!

It was like those old men and women who were deceived by health product salespeople; even if their children exhausted all their words, they couldn’t possibly wake their parents up.

Sometimes, they might have already hypnotized themselves.

Chen Jie watched Peng Shizhong’s disappearing back, feeling a profound sense of powerlessness. He even felt that if he laid the conspiracy out in front of Peng Shizhong, unless Peng Shizhong suffered a loss, he would absolutely not believe it.

Chen Jie rubbed his brow, certain this matter could not end like this.

Although Peng Shizhong wouldn’t listen to him, he couldn’t just watch idly by.

Thinking this, Chen Jie’s gaze began to deepen. If Peng Shizhong insisted on supporting Huadie, then he would make this event even more lively.

With that thought, Chen Jie left Peng Shizhong’s residence.

Immediately, he said to Xiao Hu at the door, ”Take my invitation and go to Guild Cao. Invite Guild Leader Liu to listen to the play tonight at the Spring Breeze Theater.”

”Ah? Old Liu Laoguai would come?”

Xiao Hu frowned; the other was the leader of the second biggest gang after all.

Chen Jie said, ”He will definitely come.”

”Okay, sir, I will take you home first, and then I’ll go to Guild Cao.”

Hearing this, Chen Jie said, ”I’m not going home, I’m going to the government office.”

”What are you doing at the government office? Find Wu Hong to ask for help, invite Thirteen Grand Protectors’ arrest officer Zhang Liye to the Spring Breeze Theater tonight to watch the play.”

”Ah, inviting two of the Thirteen Grand Protectors?”

Chen Jie said, ”Yes, that should be enough.”

Chen Jie spoke and headed towards the government office, also quietly making his calculations.

Tonight, Nan Batian and Qin Ying would go.

That would make two of the Thirteen Grand Protectors.

Peng Shizhong had said that to harm an Energy Transformation Master, it must be an Energy Transformation Master.

Thus, he would invite Liu Laoguai and Zhang Liye.

Liu Laoguai would watch Nan Batian, and Zhang Liye would keep an eye on Qin Ying. Like this, neither could make a move, which should increase his adoptive father’s safety.

And his adoptive father was himself an Energy Transformation practitioner. Today, he had also tried it, and his strength had not suffered much; it would not be easy to defeat him. If someone wanted to kill him, it had to be a veteran Energy Transformation Master.

Which is to say, at the very least, someone at Nan Batian’s level.

And Nan Batian was already being watched by Liu Laoguai and could not make a move.

So, there should be no problem.

Chen Jie thought as he had arranged things as thoroughly as he could manage; this should be the greatest extent of his capability. If an accident still occurred, it would not be his fault but fate’s.

”Still too weak!”

Chen Jie muttered to himself. If he also had the strength of Energy Transformation, he could have done better. Now, he could only rely on scheming for many things.

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”Alright, Jiu Si, leave it to me. Tonight, I’ll go to the Spring Breeze Theater with my master.”

Wu Hong was still the good Brother Hong after hearing Chen Jie’s request and readily agreed.

Following that, Wu Hong said, ”Jiu Si, you are now in charge of White Tiger Hall. There are some matters you need to address. The interest rates of your White Tiger Hall’s loans are too high. Nine out and thirteen back isn’t enough; they’re twisting like a tumbler, and lately, several families have been driven to ruin and death.”

Chen Jie responded to this by saying, ”Oh, Brother Hong, I understand. I’ll go back and work on a plan for that, there will be improvements.”

Wu Hong said, ”Yeah, I hope you can lead White Tiger Hall to become Mianshui County’s loyalty organization, and not a ruthless gang.”

Chen Jie replied, ”I’ll do my best.”

”Uh-huh, Jiu Si, I believe in you. But you also have to be careful. The higher you stand, the more likely you are to be targeted. Prioritize safety above all.”

Chen Jie bowed with his fists and said, ”Thank you for your concern, Brother Hong. I understand. I’ll be relying on Brother Hong tonight.”

”Yes, don’t worry, leave it to me.”

The two bid farewell.

Chen Jie turned and headed home, feeling as though a huge net was preparing to fall over his head.

Dark clouds loomed heavy.

Lost in thought, he didn’t notice where he was walking until he reached a crossroad and with a thump, ran into someone.

Clatter!

A turtle shell fell to the ground, and the three Copper Coins inside it spilled out.

”Ah, sorry!”

Chen Jie quickly apologized. Upon looking up, he saw a withered old man, holding a bamboo stick in his hand and wearing a melon-skin hat on his head, with small, round-framed sunglasses perched on his eyes.

Sunglasses?

Chen Jie was taken aback. Sunglasses in this world?

Actually, this was Chen Jie’s ignorance. Sunglasses existed even during the Song Dynasty. Historical records show that Song people used natural smoke stones that were polished, pierced, and hung on iron wires over their faces to protect the eyes.

This was recorded in Zhao Xigu’s ”Heavenly Cave Qinglu.”

”Ah, so sorry, I didn’t see you.”

Chen Jie hurriedly apologized, realizing the old man seemed to be blind.

But the old man said, ”Oh, no harm; to bump into each other is fate. Could you please look at the Copper Coins on the ground for me? What characters and what designs?”

Chen Jie paused slightly before bending down and saying, ”Both are characters, and one, has stood up.”

Chen Jie looked at the Copper Coins on the ground. One of them had incredibly lodged itself upright into a crack in the ground.

”Oh, hahaha... Such a trigram, then may I ask, in which direction is the face of the Copper Coin?”

”South.”

Chen Jie picked up the coin, and upon hearing that, the old man stroked his goatee and said, ”Could you please treat this old man to a bowl of noodles?”

The old man pointed toward a nearby noodle shop. With a slight frown, Chen Jie relented, ”Sure.”

He led the old man to the noodle shop, then Chen Jie said, ”Boss, a bowl of noodles, quickly.”

”Hey, what kind of noodles?”