Let's suffer a little longer, fellow Blue Star folks.

Xia Keyu looked back at Xiaoqing, then looked back at the corridor in front of her, and her pace gradually quickened.

The two of them walked to the Xia family's dining hall, one after the other.

Some players had already finished breakfast and were chatting with other players, while the housekeeper was standing at the door of the restaurant and saw Xia Keyu coming at the first sight.

Exactly the same as before.

"The young lady is here." said the butler with a smile.

"Uncle Zhang."

Xia Keyu smiled and nodded as she did before.

But now her eyes were slightly complicated.

Previously, everyone in the Xia family died from that strange disease, but only Zhang Bo was safe and sound. Although it might be because he had the cultivation level of the Yellow Level, the strange disease could not affect him.

But it was hard for her not to be suspicious. After all, the butler was her father's confidant. Who knew if there were any secrets hidden in him?

"Sister Keyu!"

"Good morning!"

When they saw Xia Keyu coming over, several players immediately greeted her.

Xiaoqing, who was following behind, felt that these people did not treat the young lady as their master, but as a friend.

"I know that the young lady is going to the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce today, and I have prepared a carriage. It is right at the door." The butler continued.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang." Xia Keyu shook her head slightly.

"But I'd better walk. The Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce's shop isn't far from here, and I have everyone with me, so there's no need to use a carriage."

"Besides, I haven't been back for a long time, and I want to see if there are any changes near my home."

The butler looked at Xia Keyu, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, but finally nodded.

There was not much breakfast. Xia Keyu only had a bowl of rice porridge and an egg.

Then she set off with the eager players.

Walking on the long-missed street, with a maid by her side and thirteen guards behind her, she suddenly felt like the unruly young lady in the storybooks.

At this time, wouldn't it be more in line with his character if he bullied the residents nearby?

"Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

Just as Xia Keyu was still thinking about the plot of the story she had read before, a little boy holding a cloth bag ran past them.

When Alps heard the shout, he subconsciously stretched out his legs.

"Boom."

The little boy immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground, even sliding forward one or two meters on the cobblestone road.

And because he was holding the thing in his arms tightly, his elbows and knees were cut instantly, leaving a little blood on the ground.

He glanced at Alps in panic, then immediately tried to stand up again and continue running away.

But he was picked up by Fat Tiger who was following behind.

"What are you doing! Let me go!"

The little boy struggled hard, but Fat Tiger was an eighth-level player after all, so how could a child escape from his hands?

"You accomplice! Bastard! Let me go!" the little boy was still shouting.

Then soon, another person ran over from the front. After seeing the little boy being caught by Fat Tiger, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then bowed to Xia Keyu and the players and said.

"Thank you, everyone. I'm a clerk from the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce. As soon as this little thief entered the chamber, I felt something was wrong with him. He really wanted to steal something!"

"Bullshit! This thing belongs to my mom! You tricked my mom into selling it to you! I've already returned the money to you!"

"Did you see clearly? This thing is priced at 10 taels of Qi Stone. Who are you trying to fool with those dozen copper coins you threw on the ground?"

"When you lied to my mom, you only gave her this much!"

Chapter 173 Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce

Standing at the scene and listening to the little boy and the guy from the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce arguing loudly for a few sentences, Xia Keyu and the players also roughly understood what had happened.

To put it simply, the boy's mother was cheated by a merchant who collected goods and sold the jade that her family had always treasured to the merchant at a low price.

Then the merchant sold the jade to the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce at a high price.

The boy accidentally saw this thing in the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce and stole it from the shelf of the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce.

The cause and effect of the whole case are still very clear.

"Boy, if you still have questions, let's go to the government office and talk about it."

The guy's voice became louder and louder, and his tone became more and more calm, because after sorting out the whole matter, he was indeed more right.

The little boy was silent. Seeing more and more residents gathering around, he didn't even dare to run away. He could only lower his head and hold the cloth bag tightly in his arms.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Fat Tiger asked the little boy.

"Little boy, where's your mother? Why don't you ask her to come over?"

"She died of illness a few days ago." The little boy said in a low voice.

"what……"

Fat Tiger blinked and quickly asked the next question.

"What about your dad?"

"He was bitten to death by a demon outside the city a few years ago." The little boy shook his head slightly.

Then Fat Tiger's expression suddenly became dull.

No, man, you...

"Hey, how many Alliance Coins are equivalent to ten taels of Air Stone?"

[Lemon], who was standing not far behind Fat Tiger, nudged [Baileys] lightly with his elbow and asked in a low voice.

"300." Baileys answered immediately.

"That's quite cheap." Lemon nodded slightly.

Seeing the little boy's appearance, he felt a little distressed.

Because his father died early, he was raised by his mother alone.

This little boy is even more miserable. He looks only eight or nine years old, but both his parents have passed away, and he has to live alone since then.

But in this era in the game, can he really survive alone?

“Consider this as my purchase.”

After hearing the conversation between Fat Tiger and the little boy, Xia Keyu also sighed softly.

After saying that, she was about to take the money out of her arms, but Xiaoqing next to her was faster than her.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoqing immediately took out a purse from her arms, poured out ten taels of Qi Stone from the purse, then took two steps forward and handed the money to the clerk from the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce.

Xia Keyu was stunned.

Only then did she remember that when she went out to buy things in the past, it was indeed the maid beside her who paid for the things.

The guy simply weighed the air stone, then looked at the little boy who was put down by Fat Tiger, and shook his head secretly.

This kid is so lucky that there is actually someone willing to buy the things for him.

But now that the matter has been resolved, this brat has nothing to do with him. Then he looked at Xia Keyu with a smile.

"Then please come to the Chamber of Commerce. We need to confirm the purchase procedures. As for the Pato Stone, we also have better packaging to better preserve its efficacy."

Oh?

It sounds like this jade is not just a simple luxury item.

Alps silently glanced at the cloth bag in the little boy's hand, and the little boy seemed to have noticed Alps' gaze, so he took two steps towards Xia Keyu.

"My name is Tan Si." The little boy raised his head slightly and whispered to Xia Keyu.

"I will return this money to you later."

When Xia Keyu heard the little boy's voice, she looked down at his eyes which were flustered but with a hint of determination, and reached out to touch his head.

She didn't respond to the little boy's words, but looked up at the waiter again and said with a smile: "Let's go, I also have business to discuss with your shopkeeper."

When the clerk heard this, he dared not delay any longer. He nodded immediately and brought Xia Keyu and others into the shop.

At this time, a woman who looked to be about 27 or 28 years old was sitting behind the shop counter, almost lying down, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, and in front of her was a book with patterns on it, which should be a storybook.

After the clerk walked into the shop, he immediately trotted forward.

The woman heard the noise, closed her book, sat up a little straighter, looked at Xia Keyu and the others, and asked quietly, "What's going on?"

"Sir, it's like this..."

While the manager was explaining the whole story to the woman, Xia Keyu was also looking at the decoration here.

Just like when she was a child, the space inside the shop was quite large, with many glass display cabinets on both sides. There was a counter on the east side of the entrance, and some shelves on the north side with some goods on them, and the corresponding prices were written below the goods.

The floor was made of smooth marble, and the cleaning staff was very attentive, so there wasn't a single stain to be seen.

The only change in the entire shop is that a few pots of flowers were placed in several small corners around it, adding a little more life.

"...The lady also said that she had something to discuss with you."

When the waiter finished speaking, Xia Keyu just happened to walk to the front of the counter.

Xiaoqing and the little boy followed her, but the players had already dispersed and started shouting around the merchandise.

"The blade of this sword is red! It looks so cool!"

"how much is it?"

"Um, it costs 100 taels of Qi Stone."

"Wow! They're selling sword moves here? Is this a skill book?!"

“Does this game have such a mechanic?”

"Maybe there is? But we are always in the valley, so we can't reach it?"

"..."

Seeing this, the guy immediately moved a chair over to Xia Keyu, and then hurried to the side of the players.

Hearing the servants' intimidating manner, it was obvious that they had never seen the world. He was a little worried that these people would break things and affect the conversation between the shopkeeper and the rich lady.

"This is a box specifically used to store the Pato stone. Because it wasn't properly stored before, the Pato stone is probably only 60% effective now."

The woman took out a wooden box from under the counter. When she opened it, there was a faint fragrance. There was also a piece of light yellow satin in the box.

"Pato Stone can help practitioners comprehend the laws of water attributes, but with only this one piece, the effect probably won't be very significant."

Xia Keyu nodded and handed the box to Xiaoqing.

Seeing this, the little boy carefully opened the cloth bag he had been holding in his arms, revealing the sky blue stone inside.

This is his father's relic and his last connection with his parents.

"I heard from the guy in the store that you still have business to discuss with me?" The woman looked at Xia Keyu and asked with interest.

"Yes."

Xia Keyu nodded, then took out a badge from her arms and placed it gently on the table.

When the woman saw the appearance of the thing clearly, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Is this... the emblem of Yuanfu Town? Where did you get it?"

Chapter 174: Hatred within the Chamber of Commerce

"It's in the weeds over there. I found it when I was walking over."

A young exile spoke breathlessly to the big man in front of him, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

Who would have thought that he would actually find the cart and food of the missing slave from the day before yesterday!