"Do you want to give it a try?"
"Of course."
Zhao Shuning was not the kind of person who would admit defeat easily.
"That man has a very strange temper. Even if I were to plead with him myself, he might not give me face."
"It doesn't matter. You just need to take me to see him. Leave the rest to me. If it really doesn't work out in the end, I'll go to the Sea Spirit Country on my own. It'll just take a bit more time. It won't ruin anything."
She had seen people with even stranger tempers. It was all worth the trouble just to repay Kong Shishuang for taking care of her before.
Rong Yan nodded.
Then, she led Zhao Shuning out of the door and walked towards a towering attic.
"Does that master often come here?"
"Not really. It's just that you came at a coincidental time. Recently, that master has been looking for someone. Hearing that the black market has good information, he comes here to stay for a night or two occasionally."
"I see."
Rong Yan led Zhao Shuning to the front of the high - rise attic.
A servant came out.
Zhao Shuning explained the situation to him.
The servant quickly went inside.
After a while, the servant came back.
There was full of apology on his face.
"Sorry, Second Boss. My young master said he doesn't want to get involved in this and doesn't want to see any irrelevant people."
Rong Yan calmly said, "Please tell your young master again. The person who came this time has an unusual identity. She's the younger sister of my close friend. Please ask the young master to see her for my sake."
"But Second Boss, you know my young master's temper. He's been in a bad mood these days. Even if the Emperor of Heaven came, I'm afraid he wouldn't be willing to see anyone."
The servant was telling the truth.
His young master had paid with pills as compensation for staying here.
If he didn't want to see someone, no one could force him.
"Now that you've said that, I'm even more eager to meet your young master."
"Miss, please don't make things difficult for me. Everyone in the black market knows my young master's personality. We have no other way. Second Boss, if the young lady beside you insists on breaking into the attic, I'm afraid that from now on, the people of Shuiyunsheng and your black market won't be able to coexist peacefully."
Originally, Zhao Shuning was just curious. She had no intention of making things difficult for Rong Yan or forcing herself to meet the young master.
But when the servant mentioned Shuiyunsheng, she had to meet that person.
When she first came here, she had already seen those who used the name of Shuiyunsheng to do evil deeds.
Now, she was even more determined to go in and take a look.
Wasn't he a master - level person?
If he was really as the landlady had described, maybe Zhao Shuning knew him.
Or perhaps, this was just another person pretending to be an elder of Shuiyunsheng and throwing his weight around.
"Oh?" Zhao Shuning's tone rose.
The servant was shocked to find that even after he had brought up Shuiyunsheng, the young girl beside the Second Boss seemed even more interested and showed no sign of backing down. He thought this woman was really too bold.
"Miss, do you look down on Shuiyunsheng?"
"Not really."
Zhao Shuning took a few steps forward, intending to reason with the servant, but was immediately pulled back by Rong Yan.
There was still a smile on her face.
Rong Yan leaned close to Zhao Shuning's ear and whispered, "Xiaoning'er, you've been missing for so many years. You may not understand the current situation. Back then, you probably never heard of Shuiyunsheng. Even I hadn't. But now, the world is different. You don't know that in the past forty - odd years, the most shocking thing that happened in the entire Eastern Swamp Wilderness was the rapid rise of Shuiyunsheng. Now, Shuiyunsheng is not only the number one gang in the Eastern Swamp Wilderness but also well - known on the Nine - Continent Continent. It can be said that no matter where you go on the Nine - Continent Continent, there will definitely be members of Shuiyunsheng."
At this point, Rong Yan's voice became even lower.
"So, the young master up there is really a big shot. In Shuiyunsheng, others also address him as 'Young Master'. Although our black market is powerful, guests like him are always treated with great care. We dare not offend him in the slightest."
Zhao Shuning replied, "Shuiyunsheng can't be that terrifying. Could it be that the one living up there is Xie An, the 'Viper' and the leader of Shuiyunsheng?"
Rong Yan quickly covered Zhao Shuning's mouth.
"The leader of Shuiyunsheng would never condescend to come to my place. Forget it. The young master is really in a bad mood today. Our timing is really bad. He probably won't get involved in this. Let's go."
Although Kong Ye was the person Zhao Shuning was looking for, in this black market, Zhao Huai was the big boss. As the second boss, Rong Yan's task was to help Zhao Huai defend this black market and hand it back to him intact when he returned.
Many years ago, in order to search for him, this black market was almost in a complete mess. Later, Rong Yan made up her mind, returned to the black market, and took on the heavy responsibility of managing it again.
Now that the black market had finally become what it was, she didn't want all her efforts to go to waste.
"Landlady, you don't need to worry."
Zhao Shuning gently pushed away Rong Yan's hand on her arm.
She stepped forward a few steps and said, "May I know your young master's name?"
"You're not qualified to know my young master's name. My young master has a gentle personality. But if you keep pestering him and disturbing his peace, when he gets angry, I'm afraid this black market will also be affected."
Zhao Shuning laughed.
This smile was rather dazzling at the moment and obviously made the servant quite uncomfortable.
"What are you laughing at, miss?"
Zhao Shuning stopped smiling and said firmly, "I wonder which lord in Shuiyunsheng has such a big ego?"
"You!"
Because of Zhao Shuning's words, Rong Yan's expression instantly froze.
Her heart began to pound.
What should she do?
Could it be that the foundation she had worked so hard for over the years was really going to be destroyed by Zhao Huai's younger sister today?
After all these years, why had this young girl completely changed?
No matter what before, she would never cause trouble for others. That was exactly why she had been willing to bring her to meet this master.
"Sigh—" Rong Yan sighed.
Before she could pull Zhao Shuning away, a clear voice came from the attic.
"Miss, you may be a bit too arrogant. Of course, Shuiyunsheng is nothing special, but it's not for you to question like this."
As soon as this voice came out, Zhao Shuning trembled all over.
Rong Yan was extremely flustered.
In the black market, those people coming and going all stopped in their tracks because of this voice.
There was actually someone daring to make a ruckus in front of this attic.
And it was a young girl.
This time, it was really over.