The Rebirth Of A White Robe Man: I'll Follow You This Time

"The common people really like you."

"Eh? Little Cheng, are your eyes alright? Well, they do like me though."

Like causing me trouble and having fun at my expenses… They like looking for something that can spread another bad rumor about me…  yeah there sure like me...

On top of the building's rooftops, which was a bit further away from the alley where they had been a few seconds ago, Shao Cheng and Ren Yuan stood next to each other. 

"Ha… at the end of the day, everyone in the Capital will hear the news about how I have harassed a man in an alley… Little Cheng, the people who know you will definitely understand that the man being harassed is you."

"Just ignore it."

The reputation of both of us could not be salvaged anymore. If it was another person, Shao Cheng could still fix it, but it just happened to be Ren Yuan, which makes people interested in whatever crazy and unreasonable actions he does once again.

Shao Cheng has accepted his fate about their ambiguous reputation, at least, it was better to be in gossip with Ren Yuan rather than the female servant who had died after being taken away to solve his aphrodisiac problem.

As for the consequences of causing a female servant's death, Shao Cheng's father and brothers have dealt with the problem. Even his Uncle Enlai had helped out, while the situation wasn't serious as one thought of it.

After all, for a world in which one can casually take people's life, a servant's death wasn't serious enough to give Shao Cheng troubles. If it was a person from a noble family who had died, then it would be an entirely different matter.

"Well, we can ignore the news spreading around then. It doesn't matter to me since I already got an awful reputation. I'm just worried about Little Cheng."

Ren Yuan has easily accepted the young man's words, completely disregarding the new bad reputation that he will be having after today before reaching over inside his robe and taking out a token and giving it to Shao Cheng.

"Here you go. I saved this for the last, it's the gift I wanted to personally give to Little Cheng."

"What is it?"

Shao Cheng did not hesitate to grab the token without knowing what it was for since as long as it was from Ren Yuan, he will never hesitate to take it.

"Well~ Just as Little Cheng has bought a hidden restaurant, I also got mine, although what I have are a lot of different industries! But I am going to share something too, which is a medicinal building. It's one of the best around the Capital~ So, Little Cheng as long as you show this token, you can get all the medicinal ingredients you want."

"Brother Yuan is awesome."

"Heheh, as long as you understand how awesome your Brother Yuan is!"

Shao Cheng swiftly praised without feeling embarrassed, although he honestly understood how convenient and useful Ren Yuan's last gift was since it will give him less trouble from getting medicinal ingredients without getting anyone's attention.

"Brother Yuan, this is also for you."

Since the situation has been set, Shao Cheng also takes out an item from his robes and throws numerous tokens instead of one towards a surprised Ren Yuan, who swiftly caught all of them.

"Those ten tokens with various designs will give you the authority to use the assassin organizations secretly spread around in the Capital. While the other five are also the same, they're all about requesting or buying of various types of drugs."

"..."

Shao Cheng casually reveals the hidden power he has taken over during the small free time he had after arriving in the Chang Capital which was the small to mid-level assassin organizations around the Capital.

Although, the power he has obtained was violently and forcefully snatched from someone's hands using his deadly poison to easily control the people under the organization until he was able to completely brainwash them.

Nonetheless, he still planned to build his own power from scratch.

The only reason why he has done such action was that he doesn't have his own power yet, while at the same time, it was to keep a thorough check regarding the status quo in the underground power struggle.

"I will send a list of every single person who uses my organization for their own selfish intention. It will mostly help us check whoever is planning to do some evil act toward us or the people you care for."

Or when we planned to scheme against them since we have their weaknesses.

"..."

"Brother Yuan can blackmail them when needed."

If beating up those bastards doesn't work, you can just scheme against them or their families.

"..."

"Of course, Brother Yuan, no one else will know this, alright? Just in case you get in trouble later and really need to order someone while unable to use your own people, these tokens will help you out."

As for the reason of easily letting Ren Yuan know about it, Shao Cheng is leaving this as another possibility for Ren Yuan during one of his rare difficulties, it can even turn into a life-saving grace when his life is in danger.

"..."

Wow, I'm really speechless this time… Whitey, you sure have thought so far ahead, considering a way out to counter the unexpected situation that hasn't happened yet. Even going so far as to help me out on how to thoroughly bully the others.

"Little Cheng sure is meticulous."

Somehow, I felt an overwhelming relief that we are friends with each other, just imagining the situation where I face someone like you as enemies cause a chill to run down my spine.

It might sound easy taking the power from the few organizations that are hidden numerous in the Chang Capital, but one has to be meticulous and understood all the necessary pieces of information to control even a single organization, particularly when it's an assassination group.

No normal person can easily subdue and thoroughly control those powers without a tough means in their hands, especially when it's a stolen power. A person should have an exceptional thinking process, understanding of emotional aspects, and predicting their response.

At the same time, Ren Yuan considers the highest possibility that Whitey had either use his special power or those terrifying poison to command the people without receiving too much trouble and producing great danger to his life.

Whitey is terrifying… Starting today, I should honestly behave a bit more when facing him… I seemed to have witnessed the process when the pure young man has quickly turned black...

Ah! I absolutely don't have a hand in causing Whitey from turning evil! It isn't my bad influence either! However... would those crazy siblings believe me?

"Of course, I should be extremely careful. After all, Brother Yuan is an annoying person. There are countless people who want to beat you up to death. I have to think of a plan on how to save your precious life."

Although Shao Cheng's reason for revealing the power he has gotten was for an entirely different matter than what he is speaking. He also likes watching the stunned or disbelief expression that Ren Yuan usually shows during this rare moment.

Just a mere twitch of the man's lip or eyelid already made Shao Cheng extremely pleased, his good mood can last for an entire day or a few more.

Because he firmly believes that those are the genuine reactions and emotions coming from Ren Yuan, which is also quite similar in the previous life.

Of course, Shao Cheng's good mood can easily change if there are some annoying people appearing in front of him, just like when meeting the perverted cousin that was already put in jail.

"Annoying? Little Cheng is also troublesome and always gets into troublesome situations. So you should worry more about the safety of your life! Besides, I should be the one thinking about how to protect you from danger. I remember all the trouble you experienced so far after we get to know each other!"

While Ren Yuan rambles about all the troublesome situations Shao Cheng experienced, he couldn't help but suddenly remember the bad situation his perverted cousin was experiencing inside the jail.

As for why Shao Cheng was suddenly remembering the cause of his serious trauma in the previous life, well, the miserable situation that occurred in the jail was quite similar to how Ren Yuan handled the people he loathed in the previous life.

If there is one fact that he can confidently show off about what he genuinely understands about Ren Yuan without any single doubt if it was fake or not, it's all about how the man works when dealing with his enemies.

I personally experienced all those schemes and plots for many years, so how could I not even figure out who is the mastermind behind my perverted cousin situation?

"Well, it's my turn to take Brother Yuan around. I'm sure that you would like where I plan to take you with."

But there is no need to mention how Shao Cheng figured out Ren Yuan's secret movement and has beckoned for him to follow after leaving the rooftop of the building.

At the same time, the purple glow on his eyes has slowly disappeared after their conversation is about to be finished.

After all, Shao Cheng has to absolutely make sure that no one will be hearing what they have talked about since the place their converse wasn't really a safe place to discuss important information.

"Oh? Where are you taking me? Wait… it's still early to take me to the Red Light District!"

"..."

Ren Yuan obediently follows behind the running young man, while making sure that the other people using the rooftops of the building to swiftly move around the Capital doesn't hit or try anything toward them.

After all, it normally happens around since martial arts people can get moody or eccentric, suddenly making a move without reason, which is what usually causes the small conflict occurring in the Chang Capital on a daily basis.

"Eh, Little Cheng, wait! Why are you suddenly running so fast? I'm only joking! How could I allow you to go to that kind of place when you look so tempting and easy to cheat? Besides, you are just going to ruthlessly hit their confidence if they catch sight of your beautiful appearance!"

"..."

"Hey! Where are you going? Isn't that the direction to your home? Eh, Little Cheng don't go!"