"Yes! Although I didn’t clearly see their faces in the firelight that day, I did glimpse that scar!"
"Anything else?"
Ji Youzhi waited for quite a while, and seeing that Ah Da Niu wasn’t continuing, he asked.
"That’s all, regarding the fire incident at the Celebratory Prince’s Mansion twelve years ago, that’s all we know."
"It was thirteen years ago."
"Yes, yes, it’s New Year now, so it’s counted as thirteen years."
Ah Da Niu quickly corrected himself.
"Thirteen years ago, you were a vagabond, but now, you’re quite a good little grocery store owner. Can you tell how you made your fortune?"
Ji Youzhi naturally wanted to dig deep into the background of the person he was looking for.
"Ha! The reason I was able to open this little grocery store and live a stable life is all thanks to the fire at the Celebratory Prince’s Mansion.
After discovering Minister Lu’s secret, I was scared out of my wits, but luckily the Governnt Office only asked for my testimony and never looked for again.
I t Minister Lu a few tis afterwards. He remained as approachable as ever, but each ti I saw him I got frightened all over again. So I gathered a couple of pieces of silver, beca a peddler, and gradually worked my way up to the little grocery store owner I am now!"
Ji Youzhi continued to dig deep half the night, but eventually realized there was no more valuable information, so he let him go.
When he ca out of the secret room, he was completely dumbfounded.
"Big, big, big!"
"Little, little, little!"
"How on earth did you manage it, Your Royal Highness? You didn’t lose once all night! That small mouth of yours, it’s like it’s blessed, whatever you pick is a winner!
I lost my underwear!"
A young man from the Divine Hunter Station was whining, soone about the sa age as Ji Youzhi with a knack for gambling. He usually pretended to be an ordinary citizen, going into Gambling Houses to earn so pocket change while gathering information.
In front of Ji Youzhi, he was considered sowhat of a favorite.
He had long heard that his boss had a beloved niece with extraordinary gambling skills, being unbeatable from the start. He always thought it was because she hadn’t t him yet!
Otherwise, that unbeatable beloved niece would definitely bow down to him.
But now...
"What are you all doing?"
Seeing a group of people gathered around gambling, with his precious niece in the midst, Ji Youzhi’s expression turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Bo...Boss..."
The people from the Divine Hunter Station trembled as they stood up, cautiously stepping aside.
"Sun Daifu!" Seeing the sidekick who had gambled away everything but his underwear, Ji Youzhi’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Bo...Boss, our precious niece’s gambling skills are incredible. How does she do it?
Could you have her teach a thing or two?"
Sun Daifu pushed his way through the crowd, approaching Ji Youzhi with nothing but his bare skin.
Ji Youzhi pushed him aside, "Put your damn clothes on! Going around in your birthday suit, what kind of a sight is that!"
Damn it, his precious niece was still there! It was simply scandalous!
"Oh! I’ll...I’ll put them on right away, but Boss, who taught our beloved niece to gamble so well?
She’s so skilled, I can’t compete with her, and have never won even once!"
Sun Daifu went on about the niece, and Xiaosuisui was delighted.
She pulled the hem of the clothes Sun Daifu had just put on and looked up, giggling.
Sun Daifu glanced down and grinned back at her, the smile on his face almost like that of a cunning old lady trying to trick a child.
"Niece is so well behaved and pretty when she smiles!"
Because she ca directly after dinner, she hadn’t brought her mask. At this mont, she looked like a beautiful porcelain doll.
Xiaosuisui reached out her little hands, wanting Sun Daifu to hug her.
Seeing her cute and cuddly manner, Sun Daifu’s heart lted as he reached out and lifted her into his arms.
Ji Youzhi: "..."
Didn’t they say no one would ever lift her up again?
What’s the little darling up to now?
Ji Youzhi was still wondering when he heard Xiaosuisui giggling at Sun Daifu.
"The first ti Suisui saw Seventh Uncle, Seventh Uncle gave Suisui the best gift in the world!"
Sun Daifu blinked, completely at a loss.
Everyone burst into laughter, "Hahaha...Niece is just too adorable, she even knows to ask for a eting gift!"
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