"It turns out he's not in Shanghai either. While I was working in Shanghai, I was asking around about him, and found that he really could run. He was drifting around the southern region working as a chef everywhere. I could only follow up on the places he went. Along the way, I worked in different places, and when I was asking about him in Hankou, I unexpectedly heard news about Little Ninth."
Qin Huai: "...You're not using the word 'drifting' right."
"Then I found out Little Ninth was doing incredibly well. I imdiately gave up on searching for Jiang Weiguo and wanted to go seek out Little Ninth. I had even bought the ticket, but later thought better of it."
"Why?" Qin Huai was a bit curious.
Although An Youyou's overall style of doing things was not very Three legged Golden Toad due to failure of obsession and crossing tribulation, he believed the words 'gaining without effort' were engraved in An Youyou's bones; whenever there were conditions, he still wanted to gain as much as possible without effort.
For the sake of gaining without effort, exposing his non-human truth, seeking out a forr underling to live a carefree life, that's sothing An Youyou could do.
"Because I'm Little Ninth's boss." An Youyou said, "During those years when I couldn't earn a living, I relied more on Jiang Weiguo for food and resources, but Little Ninth was really the one I raised."
"And Jiang Weiguo has a good relationship with Chen Shun. I think if I die, given Chen Shun's personality, he'd probably leave part of my legacy to Jiang Weiguo, but he definitely wouldn't give anything to Little Ninth. If Jiang Weiguo gets my inheritance, then when I reincarnate, I'd go find him, ask him for so money to start over, I think that's fine."
"Also, he's not doing well either; he hasn't even bought back Taifeng Building in Beiping. By hanging out with , maybe soday when I beco prosperous, I'll help him buy back his family's Taifeng Building."
"But Little Ninth is different, he's really doing too well, and if I went to him becoming utterly useless, it'd be a bit embarrassing."
Qin Huai felt An Youyou made sense while also being a bit curious, asking, "How well is Little Ninth doing exactly?"
It sounded like he achieved financial freedom, causing An Youyou to make such a lant.
"Boss, you also saw in my mory, Little Ninth later went to work in a factory near Hankou, right?"
"Little Ninth is actually quite smart, he picked up reading and writing quickly, even if Chen Shun occasionally taught him, he'd recognize many characters."
Qin Huai nodded indicating he could see it, during An Youyou's first life, besides Jiang Weiguo, Little Ninth was the most valued underling. Because Little Ninth was sharp, good at reading expressions, and articulate.
When viewing the mory, Qin Huai had thought among all the naless underlings An Youyou had, the one most likely to provide for An Youyou monthly with two silver coins ensuring a carefree life was Little Ninth.
Little Ninth really achieved that.
"Before I picked up Little Ninth, he actually had a na. His family used to be farrs near Shanghai, they had two acres of land, his parents even rented landlord's land paying rent to farm. Later, his mother got sick, they spent a lot of money for doctors, his father, being illiterate, borrowed money from the landlord, which was usurious, eventually the interest compounded and resulted in their land being given to the landlord as debt repaynt."
"His father tried to seek justice, but was beaten to death by the landlord's n."
"His mother also coughed blood and died."
"Since his family offended the landlord, relatives dared not take him in, and he was very young at the ti unable to do any work, supporting him wouldn't be cost-effective, he beca an orphan who could only beg around."
"Little Ninth was actually very clever, before I ca to the human world to cross tribulation, when he couldn't get food by begging he'd go to the churches and orphanages opened by westerners at the ti to beg. Later, he t on the street, felt my begging skills were particularly strong."
"By then, I'd already taken in 8 underlings. I initially didn't plan to take in Little Ninth, because he seed to be doing reasonably well. But he insisted on recognizing as boss and being my 9th underling, and he was also the underling who stayed with the longest."
"Back then I really didn't understand surnas, I thought 'boss' was a na, 'Xiao Yi and Xiao Er' were nas too. Little Ninth had a na then, I rember his surna was Xu, called Xu Gou Dan or sothing, but Little Ninth chose to change his na to Little Ninth, saying he couldn't be different from everyone else."
Upon hearing this, Qin Huai already wanted to applaud, Little Ninth had such talent, he'd succeed in anything he did, truly the only one among the beggars who found a proper job in a factory.
"Back then the factory hiring in Hankou was a steel factory, as it was a steel factory there were high requirents for workers, they needed to be literate."
"After going to Jinling, I realized working well really required education, so I wrote to tell Little Ninth, when he got the chance he must study well, this way he'd be able to get promotions and raises, sending more wages to monthly."
"Little Ninth was indeed very diligent, not only did he study, but he later joined the military, beca so kind of volunteer soldier. By the ti I heard about him in Hankou, he'd already beco the director of the biggest cotton mill near Gusu, boss you don't know how much resolve I had to exert not to go to Gusu to seek him out!"
Qin Huai was already stunned.
He felt like his brain was crashing, at that mont he sowhat understood why every piece of An Youyou's mory was a mainline task.
Her mories might seem ordinary, but every person appearing in them was crucial.
Her awakening was pivotal.
"Dir... director of the cotton mill in Gusu, sur... surna Xu." Qin Huai was stamring, even though he already knew the answer, he couldn't resist asking again to confirm, "Then... do you know what he was called at that ti?"
"I rember he was called Xu Chenggang, I heard that na was changed at the steel factory."
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