Chapter Thirteen: The New Noble

  The news of Old Master Tang's awakening spread like a storm through all the aristocratic families in Kyoto.

  In the following days, the originally quiet courtyard was bustling with people every day, and Mo Shaokun, a small unknown person, quietly rose to fame.

  These days have been like torture for him, ever since the old man woke up he didn't want anyone else by his side except Mo Shaokun. Even when important guests came to visit and needed to be received in person, he would bring Mo Shaokun along. At first, Mo Shaokun was a bit awkward seeing those big shots he used to only see on TV, but gradually he became numb to it all.

  And all the aristocratic families were also curious about this young man who suddenly appeared beside Tang Lao, and in a very short period of time, Mo Shou Kun's name spread throughout Kyoto. Even those who usually didn't care about official business and only indulged in pleasure every day deeply remembered this name, because they had all received warnings from their elders, and from then on, the list of names that they couldn't afford to provoke in their hearts grew by one more name.

  Of course, although it was a torture, Mo Shao Kun passed the time very happily. At first, he came to Anping simply because he wanted to see his old grandfather and fulfill his filial piety, but after these few days of interaction, his attitude had changed unknowingly.

  Mo Shaokun had to admit that whether it was Lao Yezi or Tang Yurou, Qin Xinyi, or Tang Baoguo and Tang Weiguo, they were all very good to him. Who can be unmoved by such kindness? How could he not be moved in such an environment?

  "Shaokun, are you getting used to staying in Kyoto these few days?" Tang Lao Yezi asked with a loving gaze.

  "It's okay, the climate and peace here are about the same."

  "Have you ever thought of staying with Grandpa from now on?"

  Mo Shaokun was taken aback for a moment, then smiled lightly and said: "You, now the most important thing is to take good care of your body. I am willing to stay by your side, but I don't want to stay in this sanatorium."

  "Alright! With you saying that, old man, I must live a few more years. Alas, back then we let your mother slip away from us, this time I definitely won't let you run off again. I want to see you get married and have children, or else when I die, I'll really have no face to meet Old Mo."

  The Old Mo in Tang Lao's mouth was the grandfather of Mo Shaokun, General Mo Tiecheng, a famous founding general. In recent days, he had also heard many stories about his grandfather from his grandfather's mouth. He could hear that the relationship between his grandfather and his grandfather was very good, and he could feel that his grandfather had always felt guilty for not being able to help his grandfather in those years.

  "I guess you can't see it." Mo Shaokun muttered with a pout.

  "Huh?" Tang Lao looked at him with some confusion.

  Mo Shaokun rolled his eyes and said, "Don't you know your own body? If you don't accept surgery, I'm afraid it's unlikely that you'll be able to wait until the day I get married and have children."

  If there were others present at this time, they would definitely be shocked by Mo Shao Kun's words and stare with their mouths agape. How could such words be spoken casually? And to boot, it was said to Old Man Tang!

  However, Tang Lao didn't seem to mind. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Mo Shaokun with a hint of playfulness: "Good kid, you're playing this trick on me again, haha! Is your aunt letting you be the spokesperson again?"

  Seeing Grandpa's thoughts being exposed, Mo Shaokun chuckled and said: "They are also worried about you. If you are willing to have surgery, there is still hope for a cure. Professor Mu has already said that your tumor has shown signs of deterioration."

  Tang Lao fell silent, and after a long while, he let out a deep sigh and said: "Child, Grandpa isn't unwilling to have the surgery, but I'm afraid of it failing. Grandpa isn't afraid of death, but sometimes this life of mine isn't something I can control myself."

  "I understand what you mean, you are the anchor of the Tang family. As long as you are here, the Tang family will be stable and secure. You want to make the most of this last period of time to arrange everything, right? Grandfather, I think you don't need to do this at all. The children and grandchildren have their own blessings, can you control things for a lifetime?"

  Tang Lao stared at Mo Shaokun with a slight frown and asked: "Did your aunt also tell you this?"

  Mo Shaokun shook his head and said, "No, I figured it out myself. With your identity and current physical condition, there's no need to personally receive those people, but you did. Why? It must be for the sake of future generations."

  Tang Lao's eyes narrowed slightly, he really didn't expect that his little grandson would be so clever, what a good material.

  "Ding ding ding......"

  A knock at the door came from outside, and then Qin Xuan pushed open the door and poked her head in: "Shao Kun, it's getting late, let Grandpa rest."

  "Oh." Mo Shaokun responded with a single word, looking at his grandfather and saying: "Grandfather, I'll go first. You rest well."

  "Uh-huh, go ahead, I'll think about what you said carefully."

  Leaving the ward, Qin Xuan asked eagerly: "How is it? Have you told Grandpa?"

  "He said so, but the old man didn't make a statement, he said he needs to think carefully."

  Qin Xuan's gaze at Mo Shaokun changed instantly, and she pretended to be jealous, lightly punching him and saying: "You rascal, since you came back, Grandpa hasn't been paying attention to me anymore. I really regret bringing you back."

  "It's just a fresh start, wait a few days and I reckon the old man's enthusiasm will also dissipate."

  "Cut! You don't understand Grandpa at all, he's a man of his word, if he says he'll think it over carefully then he definitely will. My mom, Second Uncle and Third Uncle have all advised him to get surgery but every time they mention it, they get scolded. It just goes to show how much weight you carry in Grandpa's eyes, humph, I think from now on the Tang family will be centered around you." Qin Xuan teased.

  "Don't joke around, if others were to hear this, it would only bring me trouble. You should know that the Tang family means nothing to me. If not for Old Master, I would have returned to Anping long ago." This sentence is actually not bragging, as a reborn person, he doesn't need to rely on the Tang family to have a brilliant future.

  Qin Xuan heard this and looked around, then stuck out her tongue in a very cute manner. It was clear that she knew what would happen if someone overheard their previous conversation. To say nothing of others, but Tang Yu Yang, who had always considered himself the third generation leader of the Tang family, would definitely not let Mo Shaokun off.

  "By the way, my mom told me to take you out for a stroll tomorrow. You've been in Kyoto for several days and haven't gone out yet." Qin Xuan suddenly said.

  Mo Shao Kun was somewhat moved, although he had been to Kyoto countless times before, but in the 90s, he never did. Compared with later generations, Kyoto in the 90s was more attractive, and many places still maintained their original appearance, far from being demolished like later on.

  But after some thought, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, do you think the old man would let me leave?"

  "I feel like you're showing off shamelessly? Alright, I know Grandpa dotes on you so much that he'd tie you to his waistband if he could. But don't worry, Professor Mu is going to do a thorough checkup on Grandpa tomorrow and it'll probably take the whole morning, so we can just leave early."

  "Is that so? Alright, but let me declare first, I'm a poor man who only looks and doesn't buy. If you want to buy something, it's best to bring your own silver coins. I can help you carry them for free." Mo Shaokun said.

  "Stingy ghost, I recall that some people just cheated me out of tens of thousands a few days ago, didn't they?" Qin Xuan rolled her eyes and said.

  "Cough cough, watch your words, what's with the cheating? That was something I exchanged for an antique jade."

  "Is it? What about the ancient jade?" Qin Xuan hummed softly and looked at him with interest.

  Mo Shaokun was taken aback, Gu Yu was still in his bag, and since Qin Xuan and Tang Yurou came to his house looking for him last time, he had returned Gu Yu to him.

  "Or I'll go get the antique jade for you in a bit? Anyway, I've already used that money and definitely can't return it to you for now. Let's just stick to our agreement and wait until September when I give you the money and then you return the jade to me." Mo Shaokun said tentatively.

  "Have you spent it? That's tens of millions, what have you done?" Qin Xuan was taken aback and her eyes widened instantly. The tens of millions in the 90s were really a huge sum of money, she couldn't understand where Mo Shaokun had spent all that money in such a short time.

  "Doing business." Mo Shaokun smiled mysteriously.

  "What about you? Doing business?" Qin Xuan seemed to have heard a joke and snorted.

  "Hey, be serious, I'm not joking with you." He looked around and lowered his voice: "A surefire profitable deal, want to cooperate?"

  This is Mo Shaokun's idea, although the stock market rebounded strongly at the end of July, he only had 1.2 million and could have made a few times more at most, but the business he really wanted to do was still far from enough with this money.

  But Qin Xuan was different, she had money! Although nominally an advisor to the pawnshop, Mo Shaokun knew she was the real boss behind the scenes! Didn't some high-ranking officials' children like to play it this way these days?

  "Really? I, sister, graduated from university and ventured into the business world. With my own strength, I made Qin Garden the largest pawnshop in Anping. I'm not that easy to fool." Qin looked at Mo Shaokun with suspicion.

  Mo Shaokun smiled and beckoned him over, whispering a few words in his ear.

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