The sturdy man couldn't help but feel angered as he looked at the calm young boy, and this was because he had already grown accustomed to those submissive and obsequious commoners in Fox Town. Now that he was facing someone who didn't yield and flatter him—and most importantly, someone who happened to be quite handsome as well—he felt a strong urge to teach this young brat a lesson.0

Ma Ping would make the young boy understand who the leader of Fox Town was. Even tigers that left the mountains would have to obediently sit down in front of him, and even dragons crossing the rivers would have to obediently lay coiled before him. No one else was allowed to flirt with Innkeeper Jiu Niang.0

"I've heard that there are ghosts haunting the town again? Who was possessed this time?" Jiu Niang suddenly asked.0

Ma Ping instantly lost all motivation to pick on Chen Ping'an upon hearing the mention of this troublesome matter. He tossed the travel documents and passport back to the pretty boy before drinking a mouthful of wine and replying in a rough and low voice, "It's so fucking sinister and puzzling this time. The ghosts and spirits always targeted outsiders in the past, yet they're actually targeting a local resident of the small town this time.0

"You're familiar with Old Man Liu who only has a single arm, right? That old geezer who owns the joss paper shop and often helps others look at feng shui? Well, he's gone completely mad now. It's so cold right now, yet he still insists on running around the streets naked during the day. Not only that, but he complains about being too hot as well.1

"We had no option but to chain him up, and he filled his entire house with piss and shit in just a few days. The smell is simply unbearable. He finally regained a sliver of sense today, and he's finally stopped mumbling about all these weird things as well. Say, that's why we hurried over here today. We wanted to ask you for a few bowls of green plum wine to muster some...0