Chapter 4

Chapter 4

I dejectedly pulled the broken silver from my purse.

“It’s only three taels in total, but I want to hire you for a year. If that’s not possible… half a year, or even three months would do.”

Lu Yuan snatched the silver, putting a piece in his mouth to bite it.

“A year it is. Give me ten steamed buns every day, and I’ll protect you even if the King of Hell himself comes knocking!”

I returned home feeling uneasy.

Aside from Lu Yuan, I really couldn’t find a cheaper Escort.

My mother and brother both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw me return.

“Brother, can you stay in tomorrow? The exam is the day after. Why not stay home and study properly?”

My brother pinched my cheek.

“I can’t. I’ve already agreed to go offer incense with Zhang Wenyan tomorrow morning, and I’m meeting a few classmates for dinner in the evening.

“I’ve already studied more than enough on regular days. I need to relax a bit now to perform well on the exam.”

I sighed.

It was true; my brother was a person with his own will, and I couldn’t keep him locked in the house all day.

Early the next morning, I was already fully prepared, sitting by my brother’s door.

“Brother, I’m coming with you!”

When Zhang Wenyan saw me dressed in men’s clothing, he couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Oh my, whose family does this handsome young master belong to?”

I wasn’t in the mood for jokes. I spent the entire journey on edge.

The sweat on my back dried and soaked through again, over and over.

“Who are you? What are you doing?”

The carriage driver’s panicked voice came from the front. The three of us were forced out of the carriage.

“Yo, is this the rumored number one handsome man in South City?”

A frivolous, greasy voice rang out from ahead.

I looked at the seven or eight thugs surrounding us.

My heart began to pound wildly.

“What do you want!”

My brother frowned and shielded me behind him.

Meanwhile, Zhang Wenyan imperceptibly took two steps back.

The brute leading them was a well-known local hoodlum, Zhang San.

Zhang San looked at my brother suspiciously, then looked at me.

“Two Song Yans?”

My brother and I were fraternal twins and looked about seventy percent alike.

It was just that he was taller, with more heroic features around his eyes and brows.

When I left the house today, I had specifically changed into men’s clothes and even stuffed two thick pads into my shoes.

To someone unfamiliar with us, it was difficult to tell us apart at first glance.

“Third Brother, the other one should be Song Yan’s sister,” a thin, long-faced man beside him leaned in and whispered.

Zhang San’s eyes immediately lit up.

“Aha! I’ve long heard that Song Yan is the number one handsome man in South City, and his sister is our South City’s greatest beauty.

“Good, good, good! It’s a buy-one-get-one-free deal!”

My heart sank. I nervously grabbed my brother’s arm.

Why hasn’t Lu Yuan and his men arrived yet…

“Get moving. Remember to take that sister of Song Yan’s away so we brothers can have some fun.”

My brother’s eyes turned bloodshot upon hearing this.

He shouted sternly, “You wouldn’t dare!”

Oh, my silly brother… they’ve specifically come to block our path; what wouldn’t they dare to do!