Just as Jiao Zhong was about to make a move on Lěng Yè, a sharp shout stopped everyone in their tracks. "Stop right there! No one is to move!"
Jiao Zhong turned around with a displeased expression. "Who is it? Who dares to ruin my fun?" But the moment he saw the newcomer, his expression changed drastically. The alcohol vanished completely, and he instantly sobered up. "Elder Zhao, why did you come in person?"
The speaker was the estate's steward, an elderly man in his late seventies with a full head of silver hair and a face covered in wrinkles. He had served the former city lord for fifty or sixty years and was one of the former city lord's most trusted confidants. Within the city lord's mansion, apart from the former city lord himself, no one's status could compare to this old man's—it even surpassed that of the newly appointed city lord.
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