Joy of Life: The Mei Family's Son Grows Up

Chapter 27 Uninvited Guests and a Write-off
The 66th year of the Qing Dynasty era quietly arrived during the game between father and son. That year, Mei Cheng'an was eleven years old.

Over the past year, the Mei family restaurant has completely consolidated its business in Jiangnan and even cooperated with the Ming family in Jiangnan.

Mei Cheng'an did not interfere, as the inner treasury was not his. He did not have such a strong resentment towards the Ming family. As long as there was money to be made, it would be cooperation with anyone.

At this moment, his eyes turned towards Danzhou.

It's time to arrange the third wine production base. The people who were sent to investigate the site before the New Year have already sent back news, and the preliminary preparations have also been prepared. We just need to send people to set up the construction. Mei Chengan does not plan to go there in person, he only arranged a fleet of vehicles. He did not go when the Jiangnan base was established.

But the reasons were different. The one in Jiangnan was simply because he was too lazy to go, but this time, he was already an official and had an assignment. A trip to Danzhou would take at least one or two months, and he couldn't leave.

However, when he was ready to go to the palace to take up his post, an uninvited guest arrived in the yard.

"What did you say? Who wants to see me?"

Mei Cheng'an looked in surprise at the shadow in front of him, who was covered with a black robe and a mask.

Shadow repeated, "Chen Pingping wants to see you."

"Why does he want to see me? What's the matter?"

"I don't know. You can ask him yourself."

"now?"

"Now!"

"Not now. I have something important to do. I need to go to the palace to be on duty. Let's talk about it after I get back from work."

"No! He wants to see you now!" Shadow's voice was firm and would not tolerate any refusal.

"Why? Am I very familiar with him? I didn't eat his rice or salt. He said he wanted to see me, so I met him? Wouldn't that be very embarrassing for me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the four maids changed their positions and surrounded the shadow, forming a siege. The atmosphere suddenly became very tense and the situation was on the verge of breaking out.

These four maids have been practicing internal skills for two years. When they are free, Mei Cheng'an often uses his special true Qi to help them clear their meridians. As a result, the four of them have made extremely rapid progress in their true Qi. In addition to the true Qi, their body movements have also improved as well. After all, Mei Cheng'an often accompanies them in practice, and their level is probably at the peak of the seventh rank. The four of them have perfect cooperation. They dare not say that they can defeat the shadow of the ninth rank, but they should have no problem fighting with him.

Besides, not to mention the maid, he himself has opened up all the Ren meridians in the past few years, and only the last Du meridian of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians has not been opened. His strength is not weak, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Mei Cheng'an looked at Shadow confidently, while Shadow looked at the four maids with interest, and finally looked at Mei Cheng'an.

"They were the ones who stopped me when I came in just now."

"Nonsense, you didn't go through the main gate, and you were jumping around on the roof and the wall. Who else should I stop if not you?"

"When they stopped me, the technique was revealed. It felt very familiar to me. It seemed to be the technique of my Overwatch Council."

"Forehead….."

Oh no, damn it, I forgot about this. The martial arts skills were secretly printed by Wang Qinian from the Supervisory Council. It has been so long that he almost forgot about it. Who could have thought that the shadow would suddenly attack? The four maids tried to stop it, but they were discovered. How can they complain?

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. There are thousands of martial arts in this world. How can you be sure that it belongs to your procuratorate?"

"It must be the technique of my Overwatch Council. It is also the unique technique of my Sixth Office. Not many people are qualified to practice it. Where did you get this technique?"

Damn, Wang Qinian, you old bastard, you’re killing me.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, I bought it from someone else with my own money."

"Who?"

Mei Cheng'an waved his hand and the four maids stepped aside.

"Well, doesn't your dean want to see me? Let's go."

"Are you not in a hurry to enter the palace now?"

"It's urgent. I need to see your dean. Let's go quickly."

"........."

Mei Chengan said to the four maids, "It's alright, just take care of your own things. You don't have to follow me. I will go directly to the palace after meeting Dean Chen."

Mei Cheng'an followed the shadow, climbing and jumping on the roof, his movements were extremely fast.

"Where is your dean going to meet me?"

"The Overwatch Council."

"Where is the Supervisory Council?"

"Tianhe Street."

"Why don't we just walk on the ground."

"Far."

"You cover yourself up so tightly, don't you feel suffocated?"

"is a bit."

"Then why are you still wearing this?"

"Hide your identity."

Mei Chengan was surprised.

"You can tell me all this?"

"Isn't it obvious? There's nothing I can't tell you."

"Okay, so what is your real identity?"

"........."

Mei Cheng'an had never parkoured around on the rooftops of Kyoto City during the day, and it seemed quite fun.

As the two continued to move forward, Mei Cheng'an saw from afar a towering pure black building complex standing quietly beside the city wall like a black behemoth, forming a sharp contrast with the relatively low buildings around it.

"Is that dark thing the Procuratorate?"

"Yes!"

"Should we go down early and walk in?"

"Need not!"

"What if I get caught?"

"I am from the Supervisory Council."

"I'm not."

"Fuck me." "Fuck!"

Facts proved that what Shadow said was not wrong and he was just overthinking it. They just skipped all the way into the Supervisory Office and no one came to arrest them.

With his feet on the ground of the Supervisory Office, Mei Cheng'an looked around curiously. Except for the roof, the rooms below were all square. The building was particularly tall, with a huge sense of space, and an epic feeling like a Western palace. The dark tones of the building from beginning to end gave the whole building a solemn and imposing feeling.

There were many people from the Supervisory Office walking back and forth around, but no one even glanced at him when he fell to the ground following his shadow.

The shadow led him to a corridor eaves.

Chen Pingping was here, feeding a dog, a Tibetan mastiff.

Mei Cheng'an has always suspected that the dog named Zong Zhui, who has never appeared in the TV series and is a tracking expert like Wang Qinian, is this dog.

Shadow walked up to Chen Pingping and whispered a few words in his ear, but Chen Pingping did not respond until he had finished throwing away all the food in the bowl. Then he pulled the wheel rim on one side of the wheelchair and turned towards him.

"You're here."

"Well, what do you want from me? Why are you so anxious? I was just about to go to the palace. If this black-robed monster had come a quarter of an hour later, I would have been in the palace."

"I heard that you are going to Danzhou to expand your business?"

"Yeah, go over there...you're investigating me?"

"You can find out if you just ask around. You didn't deliberately hide the news."

"Yeah, tell me what's going on."

"Why is it Tanzhou?"

"what why?"

"I'm asking why you chose this place to produce alcoholic beverages?"

"Because this place is suitable, it is an excellent natural seaport. Through Danzhou, it can radiate to the surrounding counties, Dongyi City, and Beiqi, which perfectly complements and expands my business. These are all business matters. Why are you asking these questions?"

In fact, Mei Cheng'an knew very well that it was because Fan Xian was in Danzhou and Chen Pingping was afraid that he would be targeted, so he wanted to eliminate all risks.

Chen Pingping did not answer but asked: "Besides these? Is there no other reason?"

Mei Chengan nodded: "Indeed, there is, but I can't tell you, it's confidential."

Chen Pingping narrowed his eyes, and a strong murderous aura spread from his body, and the atmosphere became cold and solemn.

Mei Cheng'an realized that he could no longer tease Chen Pingping. Since this matter involved Fan Xian, Chen Pingping would definitely turn hostile.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, but you two have to keep it a secret for me. If it gets out, I'll fight you two to the death. This is what's going on. Danzhou's special geographical location is particularly suitable for growing hops, a key ingredient in brewing belching wine. Originally, we chose this place simply because it's a seaport and convenient for sea transportation. Later, when we sent people to survey the terrain, we found that it's also suitable for growing rare ingredients, which makes it even more suitable as a production base."

Chen Pingping stared at Mei Cheng'an's eyes for a long time, as if to confirm that he was not lying. Mei Cheng'an's eyes were calm.

After a while, Mei Cheng'an felt that the murderous aura around him had faded, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that Chen Pingping would go to such lengths for Fan Xian that he would check everything before doing business. This was too precious, he was really envious.

"The skills are limited to you four maids. Don't spread it to anyone else. Everything else is fine. You can leave." Chen Pingping said softly.

Mei Chengan's eyes lit up.

"So that means it's all over?"

"Written off."

"This trip was not in vain. Can I go back the same way?"

Chen Pingping finally smiled.

"You can try if you want."

Mei Cheng'an thought about it and decided to give up. After all, it was better to be honest when he was on someone else's territory.

"Just kidding. I actually wanted to ask if you could send someone to take me to the palace. I have errands to run. You called me here suddenly, and the maids are all left in the mansion. You have to take responsibility."

"Okay, let Wang Qinian take you there."

"Where is Lao Wang?"

"Go straight over there, then turn right and go straight again, then turn left at the end."

"And then you found Wang Qinian?"

“Then you’ll see people and you can ask for directions.”

"......."

Mei Cheng'an walked out leisurely. He had to turn right first. After turning the corner, there was a long corridor. The walls on both sides were almost as high as the city wall. As he walked, Mei Cheng'an silently recited the route Chen Pingping had told him.

After walking to the end and turning left, Mei Chengan entered a new corridor. However, unlike the previous corridor, there were no high walls on both sides of the corridor, and the road was relatively narrow. There was a row of pillars on the right and a row of square independent houses on the left.

The door of the room is quite interesting. There is a turntable in the center that looks like a ship's rudder. It's quite mixed.

There’s no one here, Mei Cheng’an muttered to himself.

Just when I was feeling nervous, the door of a house on the left side in front opened and a man walked out. He was wearing a black official uniform specially made for the Supervisory Commission and looked sneaky.

Finally he saw someone. Mei Cheng'an was just about to ask that person if he knew where Wang Qinian was, but the more he looked at that person, the more familiar he looked.

"Old Wang, what are you doing?"

The man in front was startled and turned around, and it was Wang Qinian.

When Wang Qinian saw Mei Cheng'an, he rubbed his eyes.

"Mr. Xiaomei???"

"It's me, Lao Wang, what are you doing..."

Wang Qinian looked around and pulled Mei Chengan into the door.

Mei Cheng'an looked at the interior of the gate. At first glance, it looked like a library from the front. The front and left and right walls were covered with grids filled with documents. There were also stairs on both sides extending to the high platform in the center.

Under the high platform was a low, long table with some documents placed on both ends of the table. There was a round plate on the lower right corner with a teapot and four teacups on the plate. The writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone were all neatly arranged, but it was obvious that he was not working.

Wang Qinian stuck his head out of the door, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, he closed the door.

"Master Xiaomei, why are you here?"

"Oh, something happened with the technique, and your dean asked me to come over to ask about the situation."

Wang Qinian's face changed drastically when he heard this.

"You betrayed me?"

(End of this chapter)