Two happy events took place during this time. First, Ru Xue gave birth to a baby girl. In memory of Li Mazi’s late wife, Chu Chu, he named the little girl, Nianchu – remembering Chu. I then became Nianchu’s uncle. Second, after a few months of fleeing, Senior Shu had finally escaped from his enemy. He swaggered and came to my shop. He stayed half a month here before leaving. 

After Senior Shu left, my life became boring. Yin Xinyue was so busy with her work that she couldn’t make enough time to stay with me. Li Mazi had transformed into an old eunuch that served Ru Xue twenty-four hours a day.

I had stayed idle and bored in my shop for three days, and I couldn’t stand it anymore. I called Senior Shu. “Hey, what are you doing?” 

“Why did you call me? I’m busy making money. I don’t have the time to play with you,” Senior Shu answered crudely. “I’ve accepted many cases while I was on the run. I have to solve these problems, you know.” 

It seemed Senior Shu was busy. “Senior, if you have too much on your plate, you can share one or two cases with me. I’m so bored right now that I might as well be your footman.” 

“Really?” 

Senior Shu was so happy when he heard that. It sounded as though he was worried...