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

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian immediately looked somewhat embarrassed and said, "Luo Qianxun, you don't know this, but ever since what happened last time, my wife has been very worried about me and wouldn't let me take any risks. So... this case on the Impermanence List, I am..."

"Oh, hahaha, is that so?" Luo Qianxun smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, saying, "Since my sister-in-law cares about you so much, I should understand. In that case, I'll leave this matter to another chief inspector."

Long Aotian clasped his hands in thanks, “Thank you for your consideration, Luo Qianxun.”

In fact, Shen Juanxin did not try to persuade him to stop doing dangerous missions.

After all, this is his job, the way he supports his family. Although she was worried, she only told him to be more careful.

Long Aotian himself didn't want to deal with the cases on the Unpredictable List anymore. He wasn't the kind of person who would forget his past mistakes once they were healed. He didn't want to go back after transmigrating, just to escape the life of a beast of burden.

Now, with a beautiful woman by his side and a fortune to his name, the title of Grand Inspector is enough for him. The title of Hundred Inspectors is basically dispensable to him.

What he needs to do now is to make money from money, find ways to get more money, ensure he has enough to eat and wear, and ideally be able to spend it all in his lifetime.

Since he was both an official and a businessman, he must have had a smooth and prosperous life with abundant wealth.

As for those physically demanding jobs, let others do them. No matter how high the official rank, it's all in vain if you can't enjoy it. He never had any grand ambitions; he just wanted to protect everything around him.

The reason I handled that case was simply to meet my performance targets and prevent my wife from being harassed by Lin Boguang.

Thinking this, he greeted them and walked out of Luo Qianxun's office.

Outside the door, Jiang Beichuan had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Long Aotian come out, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what brings Luo Qianxun to see you?"

Long Aotian led Jiang Beichuan out of the Zhenye Division, then took out the two heavy bags of silver from his pocket. Inside were ten ingots of silver, each worth one hundred taels, totaling one thousand taels.

"Wow, so much?" Jiang Beichuan was very surprised to see so much silver. "Did he take pity on you and not deduct any money from your pay?"

“They did deduct it, but not that much.” Long Aotian shrugged and said, “I think he was probably worried about my relationship with Dong Fuguang, so he didn’t dare to blatantly deduct my money.”

"That's wonderful." Jiang Beichuan said with envy.

"What's so good?" Long Aotian asked, somewhat puzzled.

“It’s good to have someone to rely on,” Jiang Beichuan replied. “If it were someone without support, the same thing would likely have two different outcomes.”

“Having someone is indeed good, but having money is not bad either.” Long Aotian took out a bag of silver, immediately separated three silver ingots, and stuffed them into the hand of Jiang Beichuan beside him.

"My lord, what are you doing?" Jiang Beichuan was somewhat flattered. He looked at the three heavy silver ingots in his hand and then turned to look at Long Aotian.

“Although I devised this plan, both of us are indispensable to killing Wang Wu,” Long Aotian said solemnly. “So you should also get a share of this money.”

"I……"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Beichuan hurriedly tried to stuff the silver ingot back into Long Aotian's hand.

“I can’t take this money. Everything I did was according to the orders of the superior. If you hadn’t proposed this plan, I wouldn’t have known how to deal with Chief Inspector Jiang, nor would I have known that Wang Wu was in his team.”

However, Long Aotian's attitude was even more forceful, saying, "I know, I'm very clear about that. But with my strength alone, I simply couldn't take down Wang Wu. So this matter is the result of both of our efforts. It's only right that I share the money with you."

“We don’t need that many!” Jiang Beichuan took one of the three silver ingots and said, “I’ll only take one; the rest are for you, sir.”

Seeing his hesitation, Long Aotian immediately said, "Beichuan, are you getting distant with me?"

Jiang Beichuan was taken aback upon hearing this, and his panic was visibly palpable. He quickly said, "My lord, what makes you say that?"

"Weren't you injured when you fought Wang Wu?" Long Aotian stepped forward and patted his chest. "Are the bruises here healed? Are your internal injuries healed? I told you, this is yours to take, so take it. If you treat me like an outsider, I'll be heartbroken."

Hearing Long Aotian say so, Jiang Beichuan stopped refusing and smiled happily as he looked at the large, white silver ingot in his hand.

Seeing that he accepted it, Long Aotian was very satisfied and immediately put his arm around his shoulder and said, "That's right, aren't you happy? Why are you being so polite with me?"

“That’s because in our Town Night Watch, there aren’t many chief inspectors like you, sir,” Jiang Beichuan explained. “In the past, if someone solved a case on the list of unsolved crimes, or received some reward, I’ve never seen anyone allocate so much silver to a mere inspector…”

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian laughed and immediately said, "Take this money without worry. I've said it before, as long as you work for me, I guarantee you'll make a name for yourself!"

At first, Jiang Beichuan didn't quite believe what Long Aotian was saying.

But now it seems that everything he said was true, which greatly moved him.

"Yes, Kitagawa will definitely continue to follow you, sir, and never abandon you, even in life or death!"

"By the way, Beichuan, have there been frequent cases of lewd thieves in our Qianzhou City lately?" Long Aotian suddenly asked Jiang Beichuan, who was standing next to him, recalling Luo Qianxun's words.

“Yes, sir.” Jiang Beichuan nodded upon hearing this. “Just outside the city, three to five women have already been victimized. It is said that the methods used to win the case were extremely cruel; they would first humiliate the women and then kill them.”

"so……"

"What's wrong, sir?"

"It's nothing. Luo Qianxun just told me that he wants me to be in charge of this case," Long Aotian said calmly. "He also said that if I solve this case, I can be promoted to Hundred-Patrol."

"That's great!" Jiang Beichuan's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and he clenched his fist, saying, "Sir, you've worked diligently in the Zhenye Division for so many years. If you ask me, you should have been promoted long ago. Now that we've lost two chief inspectors, this is the perfect opportunity!"

“I know, but I refused.” Long Aotian shrugged.

"Why is that?" Jiang Beichuan asked in surprise.

This is a rare opportunity for promotion; others would only dream of it.

Even if he were to buy it, it would cost a lot of money. Now that such a ready-made opportunity is right in front of him, he actually... just refused it?

“Beichuan, it’s not always better to reach the highest official position.” Long Aotian said earnestly, “Sometimes when you actually climb to that position, you’ll find that you’re still held back.”

“Not only will you face numerous restrictions, but you'll also be drawn into inexplicable struggles,” he continued. “If one day you have someone you love by your side, would you take her on an adventure?”

"This..." Jiang Beichuan was speechless. In his mind, a slender figure seemed to appear.

This is precisely why Long Aotian didn't want to take the case. If he did, it was uncertain whether he could successfully complete it. Even if he did, the most he could do was get promoted to chief inspector. But what would he do if someone tried to get him to take sides?

So he still says the same thing: make money first. With money, life is more carefree than being a god!

“I know you’re young and ambitious, and eager to make a name for yourself. So I’d like to say that if you’re interested in handling this case, I’ll recommend you to Lord Qianxun,” Long Aotian said, pressing on Jiang Beichuan’s shoulder.

"That would be wonderful!" Jiang Beichuan was delighted to hear this and immediately clasped his hands in thanks, saying, "Then Beichuan thanks you in advance, sir!"

"No need to thank me. Whether you can get this done or not depends on your abilities." Long Aotian smiled calmly. "By the way, I need to take your sister-in-law to choose a shop in a few days. If anything happens in the area, please help me out."

“No problem!” Jiang Beichuan readily agreed.

Long Aotian treated him exceptionally well, giving him money and opportunities, clearly regarding him as his confidant!

After strolling around the streets for a while, Long Aotian took the silver he had just received, bought a beautiful butterfly hairpin and some rouge and powder, and went home with a smile.

As soon as he got home and opened the courtyard gate, he saw his wife making clothes in the yard.

Fallen leaves drifted in the wind in the courtyard, gently ruffling her hair. She raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear, and suddenly caught sight of Long Aotian inside the courtyard gate.

"You're back? Why are you here so early today?" She put down what she was doing, smiled, and got up to greet her.

Without saying a word, Long Aotian opened his arms and hugged her, nuzzling her cheek before asking, "What did you just call me?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Juanxin said shyly, "Oh, oh dear, husband..."