Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

"Master, let's throw it quickly, or the prison van will go far away!" Ah Gui seemed to be very enthusiastic about this matter. He took out a vegetable leaf from the basket and threw it out, while encouraging Jiang Xin:

"Young Master has been feeling depressed these days at the farm. His Highness has told you to throw as much as you want. If you are not satisfied, I will buy more. I must make Young Master feel better."

Jiang Xin: “…” He was not depressed, he just suddenly remembered things from his previous life and had not been able to adjust in time.

However, he was very happy that His Highness noticed his emotions and specially asked Agui to accompany him to watch the fun, just to help him relax a little.

Seeing that everyone around was excitedly throwing away the worthless garbage in their hands, Jiang Xin looked at his own basket again, clenched his fists, and joined the team throwing vegetable leaves.

Your Highness is right, if you are unhappy you should vent it out!

He and Fu Xuerong have been enemies for two lifetimes. After he became a cripple in his previous life, the mother and daughter often took advantage of him when they met him. Why couldn't he bully them back?

As a human being, the most important thing is to live happily. What's the point of all those useless decency?

Jiang Xin felt that perhaps he should learn more from His Highness in the future. When His Highness did things, he never considered the opinions of irrelevant people. He always did things in a satisfying way. That was the only way to be happy!

"Sir, gloves!" Seeing that his master was interested, Agui quickly took out the gloves he had prepared and handed them to Jiang Xin.

"..." Jiang Xin looked at Agui and said speechlessly: "You are well prepared."

"Your Highness asked me to prepare this!" Ah Gui laughed, showing his big white teeth, and took credit for it for his master with great tact: "Your Highness knows that you like cleanliness, so he specially asked me to buy it!"

Jiang Xin was stunned when he heard this, then he couldn't help but lower his head and smile, then he grabbed the things in the basket and threw them over.

Your Highness has thought so much about him, he will not let Your Highness down.

You know what, throwing away the garbage like this is really quite stress-relieving.

Fu Xuerong, who was hit just in time, said: “…Ahhhhhh!” She was so angry!

Perhaps the escorting officers were affected and did not want to share the blame with Fu Xuerong, so they accelerated and quickly left Central Street.

Ah Gui glanced at the half-full of vegetable roots and leaves in the basket, and was obviously not satisfied. He looked at Jiang Xin eagerly and said, "Master, where are we going now?"

How about chasing after him and throwing away all the things in the basket?

"...Of course, we should go and look at those shops quickly, and then go back quickly, otherwise His Highness will be waiting anxiously." Jiang Xin looked at Agui and was a little speechless. They came out for something important, right? They didn't come here just to watch the fun!

"That's right." Agui sighed, withdrew his gaze with some regret, and then followed his master to the direction of the new shops.

What the two of them didn't know was that on the second floor of the inn opposite where they had just stood, there was a man who had been staring at Jiang Xin's back with cold eyes. He didn't look away until Jiang Xin's figure disappeared. Then he retracted his gaze, clenched the wine glass in his hand and drank it all.

Xie Ze, Jiang Xin...

It seems that we have all crawled back from the hell we once went through.

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The business of the two glass shops is very good now. His Highness said that he wanted to expand the scale and open two more slightly cheaper shops so that more people can afford it.

It just so happened that he had just received a compensation and had many shops under his control. After some selection, he actually picked out a few shops with good locations that did not conflict with the locations of the previous two shops.

They are a bookstore, a cosmetics shop, and a clothing store.

He looked at the accounts of the three shops. The cosmetics shop was still profitable, but the supply of this shop came from the Su family. Now that Jiang Xin had acquired the shop, this channel would definitely not be used. Whether it could continue to operate was another matter.

The accounts of the other two shops were not very good. Although they were located in good locations, they continued to suffer losses and their profits were getting lower and lower each year.

Rather than continuing to run a shop and losing money, it would be better to close it down early, or renovate it and find another business.

The shop owners of several shops had known for a long time that their owners had changed, and had been worried for several days, trying their best to greet customers in their shops every day.

However, after a week, they did not see the new owner coming to inspect, so they thought that the new owner might not care about their small shop.

That's right. I heard that the eldest young master is now working for the wise king, and he is in charge of the two glass shops. Those are two gooses that lay golden eggs, so why would he care about our shops that don't make much money?

However, during this period, they still have to deliver more performance at the end of the month, so as to sell themselves well in front of their new employer and let the new employer know that they still have some ability.

Thinking of this, several shop owners finally put their minds at ease and no longer came to the shop to work overtime every day with a diligent and serious attitude. They returned to their previous casual state, counting the days and waiting for closing time to go home.

However, just when everyone had almost forgotten about the new employer, Jiang Xin appeared leisurely with Agui.

The first place they went to was the clothing shop. There was only one clerk in the shop, and the owner was dozing off at the counter.

When Jiang Xin entered the room, there were two young ladies inside with their maids looking at clothes.

The waiter was quite diligent and enthusiastically gave suggestions to the two girls. When he saw Jiang Xin coming in, he greeted him with a smile: "Young master, please look around. If you like any piece, you can ask me to bring it to you and go to the inner room to try it on."

Jiang Xin nodded without saying anything, and wandered around casually as if he were a guest.

A lady just now checked out and left after buying a water green dress she liked. Another lady looked around but didn't see anything she liked, so she also left.

But not long after, a well-dressed young man came into the shop with a pretty girl. He picked out several fine silk skirts for the girl to try on.

After changing, the girl looked hesitant and liked all of them. The young man was also generous and took all three pieces immediately.

The pretty girl immediately threw herself happily into the young man's arms, and the two of them left lovingly, carrying the three dresses.

Seeing this, Jiang Xin followed behind, pretending to be uninterested in the clothes in the shop, and left the clothing store with Agui.

"Sir, didn't you say you were going to ask the shopkeeper about the store?" Agui asked with a puzzled look on his face when he saw his young master walked out without doing anything.

Jiang Xin shook his head and said calmly: "When we get back, find someone to come over and keep an eye on the daily trading volume. Come and check the accounts next month."

Ah Gui was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said: "Young Master, what you mean is..."

“The accounts are wrong.”

Today is not a market day, and there is a lot of activity going on in Central Street, so there shouldn't be many people. However, in just a short while, several customers have come, which is much better than the dismal business shown in the accounts.

In addition, he noticed that the shopkeeper was not only a bit lazy, but was also wearing expensive silk and had a jade pendant of fine quality hanging around his waist.

Several shopkeepers were from ordinary families in the capital. Even though their monthly wages were better than those of ordinary employees, they were not rich.

Of course, in addition to the fixed monthly salary, if the shopkeeper manages the shop well and makes a lot of money, some generous bosses will also give him some extra tips.

But if we look at the income and expenditure of this clothing shop according to the accounts, it is known that it has been making losses every year. The shopkeeper is lucky enough not to be scolded, so how can he expect to get any reward money?

Therefore, the accounts submitted to him were mostly false.

Ah Gui was always smart and understood things immediately. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will send someone to keep an eye on it when I get back."

"Yeah." Jiang Xin nodded and turned to the bookstore not far away.

However, the owner of the bookstore was not on the first floor at the moment, and there was only one clerk watching over the shop.

However, this clerk was not as diligent and enthusiastic as the one seen in the clothing store just now. They had been in for quite a while, and this man clearly heard the voices but did not even raise his head. He just lay behind the desk and read a book.

Jiang Xin frowned, and it was not until he came up to him that the man raised his head impatiently: "What do you want to buy..."

Before he could finish his words, the guy's voice got stuck in his throat. He stared at Jiang Xin with wide eyes in shock, with a hint of barely perceptible hatred and unwillingness in his eyes.

Jiang Xin was also stunned when he saw the other person's face. He didn't expect that the clerk in the bookstore was actually an acquaintance, Lu Wuliang.

After Lu Wuliang's false accusation of stealing the jade pendant was cleared up, he no longer paid attention to the other party. Unexpectedly, after leaving Baishan Academy, this man actually came to Jiang's bookstore to work as a clerk.

Does Jiang Zhengchu know about this?

He probably didn't know. Although he didn't like his son Jiang Xin, he also hated Lu Wuliang who almost ruined the reputation of the Jiang family. So Jiang Xin knew who arranged this matter.

It seemed like in his previous life, Lu Wuliang also got to know a lot of people with Jiang Xingyu, and even passed the imperial examination. Although he failed to enter the government, he was already a real official.

While Jiang Xin was reminiscing about his past life, Lu Wuliang had already stood up from his seat with a look of joy on his face, and said excitedly: "Ah, Ah Xin, why are you here? Are you here to see me?"

As he was speaking, Lu Wuliang wanted to hold Jiang Xin's hand.

Jiang Xin: "..." After two lifetimes, this person is still so shameless...

Ah Gui's radar went online, and he immediately stood in front of his young master vigilantly, opened Lu Wuliang's hand, and said unkindly: "Young master, please respect yourself. My young master doesn't like to get too close to others."

Well, the young master likes your highness, and your highness doesn't like the young master to get too close to others. To round it off, isn't it that the young master doesn't like to get too close to others?

Jiang Xin: “…” You know how to round off.

"..." Lu Wuliang's face looked a little ugly, but he still suppressed his anger, pulled the corner of his mouth and said to Jiang Xin with a bitter smile: "Ah Xin, whether you believe it or not, I really liked you.

Although I did something wrong because of anger and shame, my feelings for you have never changed. I have been regretting it these days, and kept thinking that if I had not been so impulsive at the beginning, we could at least still be friends.

I know you are working for the virtuous king now. I heard that his highness is moody and unpredictable. I often worry about you. I worry whether you will be wronged with your personality. I worry whether you are living well under the virtuous king. I worry about you..."

However, before Lu Wuliang could finish expressing his passionate emotions, Jiang Xin quickly interrupted him: "I'm looking for him, shopkeeper, where is he?"

Lu Wuliang was stunned when he heard this, and said awkwardly: "He is upstairs, I will take you upstairs."

"No need, I'll go by myself." Jiang Xin didn't want to talk any more with this man, so he just shook his head and took Agui upstairs.

Lu Wuliang was left alone, his face instantly darkening.

He knew that the Jiang family had fallen, and Jiang Xingyu could barely protect himself, let alone help him find a way to restore his reputation.

The evidence from the past was no longer useful. Jiang Xingyu had now been expelled from Baishan Academy and had nothing left. Even if he revealed that it was this man who instigated him to do so, it would only make Jiang Xingyu's reputation even worse.

Fu Xuerong and her son and daughter already have a bad reputation, why would they care about these things?

He originally wanted to keep quiet for a while before thinking of a solution, but who would have thought that Jiang Xin would come to inspect a bookstore that was not making money and found out that he was a clerk in this shop.

He just said so much because he wanted Jiang Xin to be softer-hearted, to recall his kindness, and to think about the time when they were close friends.

But Jiang Xin! Jiang Xin was not moved at all, and didn't even want to look at him again!

Even if he was wrong to frame Jiang Xin, he got his retribution! Didn't he help Jiang Xin when he was in the academy?

He felt sorry for the mute and took the initiative to be friends with him. Seeing that the idiot couldn't even answer such a simple policy, he patiently answered his questions. Didn't he have any gratitude towards Jiang Xin? !

Jiang Xin only remembers grudges and not kindness?

Lu Wuliang watched Jiang Xin's figure disappear from the stairs, and sat back in his original position without saying a word, his face full of gloom.

If Jiang Xin really showed no mercy and even cut off his job as a clerk in this small bookstore, leaving him with no way to make a living in the capital, he would not mind going all out to publicize the dirty deeds between him and the wise king.

There are rumors that His Royal Highness the Xianwang particularly hates homosexuality and that in his early years he almost threw a man who loved him into the water and drowned him. These are just fig leaves pulled up by the Xianwang Mansion!

Others don't know, can't he see it? !

The first time he met the Wise King, he could tell from the way the King looked at Jiang Xin and his actions to protect Jiang Xin what kind of dirty thoughts the King had towards Jiang Xin!

Still looking down on him? What's the difference between the virtuous king and him? ! It's just that the virtuous king's power and status are higher than his!

Jiang Xin was just pretending to be noble in front of him. So much time has passed, and he still doesn't know what these two people are like in private.

If the dirty deeds they did in private were exposed, and the unclear relationship between a prince of the royal family and his study partner was exposed, he didn't believe that these two people would still be able to get away with it as they do now!

If the emperor, who always loves the virtuous king, knew about this, I'm afraid Jiang Xin's ending would be even worse than his own!