Reborn As Lucky Star

Chapter 124: Chapter 124 Definitely Committed a Crime

Someone came looking from the city?

Yue Jiandong frowned, unable to discern the situation.

He only heard the noise outside growing louder and closer to his own home.

He hesitated, then walked to the door and opened the gate of the outer courtyard.

There stood Zheng Tianbo, travel-worn, his suit stained with many streaks of grey and white from dust, looking more disheveled than when they first met.

Upon seeing Yue Jiandong, he couldn’t help but complain, “You’ve given me quite a hunt.”

Zheng Tianbo’s face bore a wry smile; his boss had ordered him to cooperate with Yue Jiandong as soon as possible and, incidentally, deliver a gift to the Yue Family.

But he had been waiting, to no avail, for days on end.

Fearing accusations of incompetence, Zheng Tianbo had no choice but to find a way on his own.

Fortunately, Yue Jiandong had mentioned they were from Daye Village, at least giving Zheng Tianbo a direction to follow.

It had not been easy for him to bring people here; having arrived in the village and made inquiries, he learned that the Yue Family was in fact famously impoverished, and only this year had their circumstances somewhat improved.

With idle time on the journey, the locals, noticing his attire, were eager to chat, and Zheng Tianbo indulged them in conversation.

According to them, the Yue Family was quite sinister; anyone who crossed them seemed to end up unlucky.

The family’s married daughter had only recently been sent back home, and it was rumored that she had even caused her former father-in-law to eat a bullet.

Another person listening might well have formed a negative opinion of the Yue Family.

But Yue Jiandong’s daughter was credited with saving the life of his own young master, and Zheng Tianbo also had a favorable impression of Yue Jiandong; just a taste was enough to appreciate the flavor.

It seemed the Yue Family’s sudden rise to wealth had induced envy in many villagers.

Zheng Tianbo finally arrived at the Yue Family’s doorstep and had just steadied himself when he heard people around snickering and gossiping.

“Could they have offended someone to have someone come all the way here looking for them?”

“I told you, the Yue Family has been eating meat every meal lately. Even if they made a fortune selling fish, it wouldn’t justify such waste. They must have done something wrong.”

“Tsk, tsk, I keep seeing the Yue Family running to the city lately; couldn’t be that they’re heading to the city to…” The speaker brought his forefinger and middle finger together in a pocket-picking gesture.

The Yue Family members’ faces suddenly darkened. Ever since their home conditions had improved, the village had not lacked those speaking ill of them with sarcastic tones.

Had it now gotten so brazen that they were spreading rumors right in front of them?

Amid these murmurs, Zheng Tianbo straightened his clothes and was all smiles as he shook Yue Jiandong’s hand.

Yue Jiandong: “?”

Zheng Tianbo: “Mr. Yue, remember the cooperation we agreed on earlier? But you went quiet afterward, forcing me to come looking for you.”

His half-serious complaint immediately silenced the onlookers.

Yue Jiandong, however, was completely bewildered.

The man before him was the manager of the Four Seas Restaurant. Yue Jiandong was the one in need, so it hardly seemed a trifle that would have brought the manager to his door.

Fortunately, he quickly realized that Zheng Tianbo was there to clear the Yue Family’s name.

Yue Jiandong promptly shook Zheng Tianbo’s hand as if they were old friends, patting him affectionately on the shoulder, “Manager Zheng, how did you find my place? Let’s go inside and talk in detail.”

“Right on!” Zheng Tianbo instructed his followers, “Bring in the gifts for Mr. Yue.”

The young men were quick-witted, catching the manager’s drift, and deliberately opened the parcels in front of everyone present.

The onlooking villagers, who had initially thought that this strange visitor couldn’t be anything but a shill for the Yue Family, were instantly wide-eyed upon seeing the contents of the parcels.

Nutritional supplements whose packaging alone spoke of luxury, several sleek and glossy fox fur neck warmers, and several cans of milk powder that no one in the village ever dared to buy.

There were also various candies and pastries for children, sporting foreign letters on the bags that were unfamiliar to the villagers.

But perhaps most eye-catching of all was an exquisite red envelope, unsealed, through which the villagers could see a thick stack of the significant colors of large banknotes.

All… all of this was for the Yue Family?