Chapter 42: Accelerated Growth

In a shantytown within the Inner City, Li Yuan walked in briskly from outside, his arm around a woman.

"Brother Hao, I'm back."

A flash of dissatisfaction crossed Hao Wenzuan's eyes. In his view, Li Yuan, whom he had taken under his wing, wasn't showing him the proper respect he deserved.

"Where is Xu Guang? Didn't you invite him over?"

At the mention of Xu Guang, Li Yuan immediately looked disgruntled. "That brat said there's food in the city now. He's too afraid of death and refuses to come. He doesn't know what's good for him!"

A gloomy expression surfaced in Hao Wenzuan's eyes. His outward amiability was merely a disguise; he had known since he was a child how to rope in these newly successful country bumpkins. Xu Guang's sheer ignorance of his own good fortune shattered Hao Wenzuan's usually foolproof expectations.