Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

The child in front of him had a problem with his values, so Long Aotian quickly pulled him in front of him and said softly, "Little rascal, why did you go to work to change your bandages?"

"Why should I tell you?" The little rascal was very wary and unwilling to answer Long Aotian's question.

"You brat, how dare you talk to my family like that?" Jiang Beichuan raised his foot and kicked the little rascal's butt from behind.

"I'm taking these medicines to treat Grandma Liu's illness, what's wrong with that?" the little rascal said reluctantly. "My sister and I are from other prefectures and counties. We don't know anyone in Qianzhou City, and everyone chased us away and refused to help us. Only Grandma Liu is kind-hearted; she always gives us some food whenever she sees us..."

“If it weren’t for Grandma Liu, my sister and I would have starved to death long ago. Although I don’t have parents, I still understand the principle of gratitude!” The little rascal still held his head high, but when he spoke of his sorrows, he kept wiping away tears. “I heard that Grandma Liu is very ill and has taken a lot of medicine but hasn’t gotten better. She said it’s like the sun setting in the west, and that people, like the sun, will eventually go down one day…”

Hearing this, Long Aotian was deeply moved.

He was also raised by his grandmother and couldn't stand such words, so he immediately patted the little rascal's bald head and said, "Little rascal, where is that pharmacy you just mentioned?"

The little rascal paused for a moment, then turned his head and pointed in one direction.

“Take us there.”

After Long Aotian finished speaking, he immediately gave Jiang Beichuan a look, and Jiang Beichuan understood immediately. The two of them then followed the little rascal toward the pharmacy.

This pharmacy is located near the dock, and many boat passengers come down to buy medicine every day.

So business was pretty good. And because this pharmacy was near the street where the courtesans lived, they also sold some really potent aphrodisiacs. Now, with only a few rays of the setting sun left, it was the perfect time to do business.

"Shopkeeper, do you really think what we're doing is right?" The shop assistant muttered to himself while holding the medicine scales. "He's just a child, and he's quite efficient at his work. Why are you doing this..."

"What are you saying, you brat?" The shopkeeper, with his pointed face and monkey-like features, slapped his apprentice on the head. "He's a thief! He stole so many of my medicinal herbs, and I haven't even settled accounts with him yet!"

"If I ever see that little rascal again, I'll teach him a lesson!" The pharmacy owner rolled up his sleeves and said fiercely.

"No..." the pharmacy clerk hesitated, "What if he reports it to the authorities?"

"I've heard that Lord Shen in our jurisdiction recently solved a major case," the pharmacy clerk said earnestly. "Not only that, he also helped Miss Shi and Sister Li catch the thief who stole their money. Now everyone says he's turned over a new leaf, like a completely different person!"

"Report to the authorities? Chief Inspector Shen?" The pharmacy owner almost laughed. "Do we even have a Chief Inspector in this area? Besides, I know all the other patrol officers in the Night Watch Division very well! Those gambling den people work for Lin Baixun, don't they often come here to get medicine? What's a mere coward like Shen? I heard that if it weren't for his beautiful wife catching the eye of the higher-ups, he would have already..."

This guy stopped halfway through his sentence because he turned his head and saw Long Aotian with a serious expression, and Jiang Beichuan following behind him.

"Shopkeeper, please continue. What is this mere thing?" The pharmacy clerk was busy packing medicine and didn't see Long Aotian arrive. He only looked up after Long Aotian had been slapped twice.

"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting?" The pharmacy owner was adept at shifting blame. He pointed at the pharmacy clerk and launched into a tirade, "Lord Shen is an official of the Celestial Empire, and he helped our Qianzhou City solve a major case. How dare you say such things? Are you out of your mind?!"

"Yes, yes, I won't dare to do it again, I won't dare to do it again." The pharmacy clerk saw his boss winking at him and didn't dare to say anything. He could only obediently take the blame and become the "turtle."

Long Aotian knew that the pharmacy clerk was just an employee, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He put his arm around Jiang Beichuan, who was about to lash out, and said:

"Shopkeeper, I'll pretend I didn't hear anything you just said." Long Aotian looked at the shopkeeper and said with a smile, "After all, I did do wrong things before, and I understand why you criticize me. But from now on, I don't want to hear any more rumors about my wife, understand?"

"I, this..." Knowing he was in the wrong, the pharmacy owner immediately smiled apologetically, then lightly slapped his face twice, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Lord Shen, there will never be a next time."

"Alright, I didn't come to see you today for anything important. It's just that this child told me that he worked for you, but you not only didn't pay him his wages, you even kicked him out. Is that true?"

"Lord Shen, I didn't say I wouldn't give it to him." Upon hearing this, the pharmacy owner immediately changed his expression and said, "I just thought he was cute and was teasing him. Who would have thought that this kid would just steal my medicine and run away..."

"Oh?" Long Aotian turned around, looked at the jade thumb ring on the pharmacy owner's hand, and immediately said, "I think your jade thumb ring is quite nice, can I borrow it to wear?"

Upon hearing this, the pharmacy owner quickly covered the jade thumb ring on his hand with his other hand, then smiled obsequiously, his face ashen, and said, "Lord Shen, you are joking. You are an official, and I am a commoner. How can an official take something from a commoner? Don't you agree?"

Long Aotian didn't waste any words and immediately gave Jiang Beichuan another look.

Jiang Beichuan understood immediately, grabbed the pharmacy owner's wrist, and forcibly removed the jade thumb ring from his hand!

Long Aotian took the jade thumb ring, played with it for a while, and then put it on his wrist. "Wow, this is really a nice thing. Can I borrow it for a few days?"

The pharmacy owner saw Long Aotian turn to leave and immediately chased after him, but was frightened back by Jiang Beichuan drawing his sword. He could only cry out, "Lord Shen, this is my family heirloom! You can't take it away! If you take it, I won't be able to go back and face my ancestors!"

Now, Long Aotian has become someone no one dares to mess with in the entire Qianzhou City.

Because everyone knows that he has the protection of the Left Commander of the Huayi Mansion!

Long Aotian snatched the jade thumb ring, and that was that; even if the pharmacy owner reported it to the authorities, it would be to no avail…

"Oh dear, shopkeeper, I was just joking with you. What are you doing?" Seeing that he had played along enough, Long Aotian immediately helped the pharmacy owner up from the ground. Looking at the pharmacy owner's face, which was more like a grimace, he deliberately asked, "What, you can make a joke, but I can't? Or is my joke not funny?"