Chapter 4070 — Plotting Revenge
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Taking two beauties on a tour of North Island was, in anyone's eyes, an enviable, heaven-sent assignment, but Wei Zhao harbored no such sordid intentions. Still, having been on Cloud-Tier Island for over half a year, he had never actually enjoyed himself the way he was doing now—it was a rare chance to relax after his diligent cultivation.
Yet just as Wei Zhao was escorting the two girls here and there, a bombshell suddenly swept across North Island, becoming everyone's favorite new topic of conversation after meals.
Si Haitao, the former steward of the Hong Clan Merchant Guild who had publicly molested two princesses, had been crippled into a useless wreck—and now, incredibly, he had somehow transformed into the steward of the Central Merchant Guild!
"His meridians are all shattered, and the Hong Clan Merchant Guild dismissed him for good. How could he claw his way back up so fast? Si Haitao doesn't look like much—could he really have that kind of ability?" Wei Zhao could not help but wonder.
"That wicked old bastard, and somebody's still willing to hire him as steward? Is the Central Merchant Guild out of its mind?" Shangguan Lan'er huffed angrily. Even if her simple heart did not hold a grudge against Si Haitao, hearing news like this—how could she possibly be happy about it?
Ning Xuefei knitted her brows as well, though she seemed puzzled. "The Central Merchant Guild? That name sounds a little familiar. They seem to have been making quite a splash lately!"
"I don't know why, but I feel the same way," Wei Zhao said, also frowning. He knew nothing about any Central Merchant Guild, but the phrase gave him a nagging sense of déjà vu.
Though the three were surprised and perplexed, they were in the midst of enjoying themselves and did not take it too much to heart. Si Haitao had already paid a heavy price; as long as he did not come provoke them again, he was just an irrelevant passerby.
Meanwhile, the brothers Nan Tianxiong and Nan Tianguan were beating their chests and stamping their feet in frustration. Drink truly ruined matters—Si Haitao had been such a fine patron, and they had only just begun to grow close to him, yet he had been stripped of everything in one stroke!
It was not merely the loss of a patron; both of them had also been soundly cursed out in a letter from their uncle, Nan Tian Liuguang. Si Haitao was someone he had spent a great price to finally install in power, and all because these two fools had taken him to a brothel for a night of fun, a perfectly good man had been played into a brain-addled idiot.
Now look at the mess—all their previous efforts had gone down the drain. They had smashed down a sky-high sum of spirit jade, and not even an echo came back.
The two brothers were wallowing in regret when, unexpectedly, word suddenly arrived: Si Haitao had, in the blink of an eye, miraculously risen to power once more!
Upon receiving the news, Nan Tianxiong and Nan Tianguan hurried off to pay a visit, heading straight for the newly opened Central Merchant Guild. Sure enough, they found Si Haitao there, full of vigor and high spirits.
"Ah, Steward Si, we've finally found you! We've been searching everywhere for you these past two days—we were worried sick!" The brothers Nan Tianxiong and Nan Tianguan plastered smiles on their faces and hurried over.
"Hmph. Did you really search everywhere for this old man?" Si Haitao's expression turned cold. His earlier miserable ordeal had become a shadow he could never shake off for the rest of his life.
That had been his most desperate, most helpless hour, yet these two had never once shown their faces from beginning to end. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter—how could he not hold a grudge?