It had already been several months since he entered Chengdu, but Soma’s appearance remained the same. While children at his age grow up day by day, Soma’s appearance is fixed at about six or seven years old.
Any child would have been very sad having this kind of circumstances, but Soma calmly accepted his reality.
‘Well, there are some advantages.’
The bright appearance of a young child was the best weapon to soften the vigilance of the opponent and to make them lower their guards.
Yu Gi-cheon, who was in front of him, was one of those who fell victim to Soma’s appearance. Yu Gi-cheon fell in love with the appearance of Soma, whom he met by chance, and found him very cute. So he gave him some pocket money and moon cakes when he met him along the way.
Yu Gi-cheon found out about Soma’s true self by coincidence.
On his way back to the mansion with his escorts, he was attacked. They slaughtered all of his escorts and tried to take his life.
It was Soma who suddenly appeared and killed all the people.
The person who instigated the attack was a former servant of Yu Gi-cheon. He was after Yu Gi-cheon’s wealth so he hired some mercenaries.
Soma even found the old subordinates who took part and cleaned them up neatly.
It was then that Yu Gi-cheon realized that Soma was indeed a terrifying being.
After that, Soma occasionally visited Yu Gi-cheon’s mansion to eat delicious food. However, Yu Gi-cheon couldn’t deal with Soma as comfortably as before.
Because he knew the cruelty and terrifying skills behind Soma’s cute face.
Above all, behind Soma was a man who made everyone in Sichuan terrified. Yu Gi-cheon was so surprised the first time he knew of that fact.
Pyo-wol was the definition of fear in Sichuan Province. In particular, he was a subject of fear for those in power such as Yu Gi-cheon.
In the past, the powerful and influential people in Chengdu and Sichuan had lined themselves up with prestigious sects such as Emei and Qingcheng. They joined hands with those prestigious sects so that they can protect their wealth and power.
However, their operations were brutally trampled by a single person, where they had no choice but to close their gates.
Naturally, influential people tried to get in Pyo-wol’s good graces. However, no one succeeded in establishing direct contact with Pyo-wol.
Some even said that Pyo-wol had already left Chengdu. However, Yu Gi-cheon knew that Pyo-wol was actually staying in Chengdu in one of the Xintian Road mansions.
It was Soma who told him that.
Soma really liked Yu Gi-cheon. Because he was the first to treat him well without any calculations or hidden agendas in mind.
He was deceived by his cute appearance.
Even now, Soma was smiling brightly. But Yu Gi-cheon couldn’t laugh.
By knowing the true nature of Soma, it would be impossible to treat him as comfortably as before.
Soma looked down at Yu Gi-cheon.
“Grandpa is a very good person.”
“Me?”
“It was your first time meeting him yesterday. And even though you had no reason to warn him, you still did.”
“He’s a good man. Even though his nephew made a big mistake–”
“You have to distinguish between a mistake and a deliberate attempt. He crossed the fence with impure intentions. So you can’t say it was a mistake, grandpa!”
“I’m sorry. I made a mistake. Anyway, I thought it was too harsh for him to pay the price for his nephew’s wrong choice.”
“I understand grandpa’s perspective, but don’t do something like this next time. Because if you do, I might just avoid grandpa.”
“Yes, I’ll be careful.”
“I’m sorry, grandpa! For saying things like this—”
“Don’t.”
Yu Gi-cheon shook his head.
“See you later then, grandpa!”
“Okay!”
Soma floated into the air.
His figure disappeared from his line of sight in an instant.
“Hoo…!”
Yu Gi-cheon, who was left alone, let out a deep sigh.
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Soma returned to the Red Villa. Then, Steward Go greeted Soma.
Steward Go initially had a very sharp impression. However, after Soma and the other two children entered the Red Villa, he became soft.
Soma asked,
“Uncle Go! Where’s Guian?”
Steward Go pointed his finger at the basement of the mansion.
“Is he stuck there again?”
Steward Go smiled and nodded. Then Soma sighed.
“What does he like about that stinky basement?”
Soma sighed and walked towards the entrance to the basement.
Steward Go looked at Soma’s back with a smile on his face.
The back view of Soma walking with the wheels hanging around his neck was so cute.
The burden on Steward Go was greatly reduced as Soma and the children entered the Red Villa. Since the children shared his work, Steward Go was able to faithfully stick to his duties.
Soma stood at the entrance and shouted,
“I’m going in!”
He shouted so Guian could hear him. If he enters without letting Guian know in advance, the devices will be activated.
Guian decorated a space just for himself in the basement of the Red Villa.
From the entrance, it was covered with various traps and machinery, reminiscent of an iron fortress. Because of that, even Soma and Eunyo had to tell him in advance when they were about to enter the underground space so that Guian could disarm the machinery and traps.
Perhaps because he heard his voice, the machinery and traps did not activate. Thanks to this, Soma was able to easily enter the space of Guian.
The basement was really spacious.
There was a huge amount of bookshelves in the vast space, and there were many books on each shelf. There was still a lot of empty space, but Soma thought it would be filled soon.
There was a large desk in the middle, and on the desk were piles of papers and booklets.
He could see Guian sitting in front of the table. Guian opened a yellow booklet and wrote something down.
Soma didn’t want to disturb him, so he just watched from the side.
It was not long after when Guian was finished with his work.
“Done.”
Tak!
Guian stretched as he closed the booklet.
Soma asked,
“What is that?”
“I organized the list of merchant and escort companies that came to Chengdu yesterday.”
Guian replied as if it were nothing.
But Soma knew how difficult it was.
Guian, who followed Pyo-wol to the Red Villa, soon discovered his aptitude.
It was his ability to collect and grasp the flow of information.
For him, who can see the flow of qi, grasping the flow of information was as exciting as a fish meeting water.
Guian took over the work that Steward Go used to do, and his talents bloomed as if he had finally found his vocation.
Guian was also the one who initiated for them to take over the underworld of Chengdu. He used Soma and Eunyo to rule over the underworld.
From then on, it was a breeze.
He established a surveillance system of his own, so he could immediately grasp what was happening in Chengdu.
It was originally the Hao clan who presided over the information in Chengdu. However, Guian nibbled away the Hao clan’s information network.
By the time the Hao clan realized this, most of the initiative had already been passed to Guian.
At least in Chengdu, the Hao clan could not maximize its strength. This was because the information system Guian built was more powerful than the Hao clan.
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