Behind Kong Xiangyuan, a middle-aged man in a long gown reprimanded Tang An, "The master asked you to lead the way; why are you just standing there like a fool?"
Tang An looked at his father, feeling deeply aggrieved. When they had first sent him to Beiping to serve as deputy manager, they had made it sound so promising—saying the people there were gullible and wealthy, that the general manager would cover for him if anything went wrong, and that he would share in the credit for any successes. Who knew that once he arrived, he would discover this place was far from a land of fools and gold? It was a den of vicious people and major crises; one wrong step and you were as good as dead. Had it been easy for him to survive until now? He had faced death so many times that if it weren't for the protection of the ancestors of the Tang family, he would have been dead long ago.
"Father..." Tang An had just started to speak when Tang Fu interrupted him.
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