Chapter 383: Chapter 383

Mu Cheon-pung looked at the person in front of him with a flustered expression. As planned, he got close to the young child and was even treated to dinner. Now, as long as he secured a place to sleep and started working as a servant here, his grand plan would fit together perfectly.

However, now, absurd words were heard in his ears.

Slurp-

The voices of people drinking tea were heard.

Whether they did not care in the slightest about the words Dan Woo-hyun spat out just earlier, they were even talking snugly with peaceful expressions.

However, Mu Cheon-pung could not do so.

“Did I hear wrong? I said ten taels of silver a day.”

“Heh… haha, n-no… do you mean ten taels to rent a room for one night?”

Mu Cheon-pung’s voice trembled.

Of course, since this place called the Hunan Dan Family had better scenery than general inns, they could receive a bit more, but ten taels was somewhat way too excessive.

Mu Cheon-pung’s tone was still polite, but the feeling of absurdity was clearly revealed in his voice.

At that moment, Dan Woo-hyun chuckled.

“Why? Is it cheap?”

“No, no, look here, young man. There is no inn in the entire Central Plains that costs ten taels of silver.”

“This is not an inn.”

“…….”

For a split second, Mu Cheon-pung was speechless.

Dan Woo-hyun’s expression was considerably brazen. Since he was the one providing it, he seemed to think that no matter how he decided the price, it was up to his mind.

“P-Perhaps, how about serving as a servant…?”

“No need. Since there are already two.”

Mu Cheon-pung realized that one of his plans was blocked. He had intended to look around this place leisurely while serving as a servant, but Dan Woo-hyun had resolutely cut off that thought.

Mu Cheon-pung felt as if front and back were tightly blocked by walls. If he only reclaimed his past strength, sneaking in secretly to dig it up would have been nothing, but since his body had not yet recovered to that extent, the moment he was kicked out of here, there was no telling when he would be able to enter again.

“I… do not have that much money, though…”

In the end, he ended up in a situation where he had to rely on sympathy.

Staring at the opponent with the most pitiful expression possible, he tried to elicit sympathy. However, Dan Woo-hyun rather snorted and shook his head.

“I will not charge for dinner. If you have no money, leave.”

“Did you even intend to charge for dinner?!”

The startled Mu Cheon-pung looked at Dan Woo-hyun with an absurd gaze. Dinner was merely something those guys recommended he eat while playing with the child.

Yet, thinking that he even tried to charge money for that made goosebumps break out over his entire body.

‘I have also heard many stories that I cannot resist money, but…’

Mu Cheon-pung broke into a cold sweat.

Golden Lion.

What was the reason that moniker was attached?

It was precisely because he was crazy about money.

Because he was not born with business talent, he stubbornly gathered money by doing whatever job that paid, becoming the current Golden Lion.

Yet, Dan Woo-hyun in front of his eyes went too far.

Unlike the Golden Lion who had gathered money normally, Dan Woo-hyun looked like someone who gathered money by backstabbing people with scams.

The word ‘Money Ghost’ suited Dan Woo-hyun perfectly.

‘H-How could such a fearsome person exist in this Central Plains?’

Mu Cheon-pung trembled.

While others who knew Dan Woo-hyun would have naturally held a greater fear of the martial arts he possessed rather than his obsession with money, Mu Cheon-pung, who knew nothing, felt terror toward Dan Woo-hyun for a completely different reason.

“So what will you do? Will you leave?”

At that moment, Dan Woo-hyun muttered.

Until just earlier, he looked full of intent to send him out, but suddenly changing his words, he handed the choice over to Mu Cheon-pung.

Watching that series of situations, Namgung Cheon wore a peculiar expression.

As if those who knew Dan Woo-hyun well also could not shake off a strange feeling, they all tilted their heads while looking at Dan Woo-hyun.

“That…”

Mu Cheon-pung had to roll his brain quickly.

Once he left, returning again was close to impossible. Of course, he could enter under the pretext of seeing Dan So-mi, but digging up the treasure in a situation where the child was together was out of the question.

‘Anyway, once I find the treasure, running away is…’

Although it was laughable for a being called one of the Five Emperors under heaven to speak of fleeing, since Mu Cheon-pung’s current situation was like this, he had no choice.

Even if he did not flee, once he reclaimed the treasure, paying back that bit of money was nothing.

Mu Cheon-pung did not like at all that things were turning out differently from his thoughts, but as a result, as long as he reclaimed the treasure, anything was fine.

Having made up his mind, he nodded and thumped his chest.

“Fine, I will give you that bit of money! However, you must treat me well as a guest!”

The ones startled by his single word were the others.

Namgung So-hye, Namgung Cheon, Jeok Mu-seong, and even Gwon Mu-jin and Ma Jang-gang.

Wealthy nobles might stay for a day or two somehow, but for an ordinary person to stay in a place like this while paying ten taels of silver was something that could never occur.

Namgung So-hye bit her chopsticks and fell quietly into thought.

Before long, she examined Dan Woo-hyun’s face.

“Aha.”

“Umm.”

Heads nodded here and there.

As if they had realized Dan Woo-hyun’s thoughts, and that it was enough, they nodded their heads and soon resumed using their chopsticks casually.

Everyone turned their attention away from Mu Cheon-pung.

To Mu Cheon-pung, that situation was exceedingly bizarre.

* * *

“It is extremely spacious…”

Mu Cheon-pung, who entered the annex, rolled his tongue while looking around the large room. It was exceptionally large for one person to live in. At the very least, two or three people would have to live there for the desolate room landscape to change.

“Just how did a manor get established in a place like this?”

Mu Cheon-pung fell into doubt while looking around the scenery visible outside the window. Since this was clearly state land, one could not build anything carelessly.

Unless the Emperor or the old men of the Prince’s Mansion ordered it, that is.

If so, were they royalty or imperial family?

Mu Cheon-pung shook his head.

For that, the feeling of martial artists was all too strong.

‘And there are also people whose faces are familiar… who were they?’

The funny thing was that there were familiar faces in this Hunan Dan Family. However, since he did not recall exactly who they were, and judging by how he could not recall even when racking his brain deeply, it did not seem to be that deep of an connection.

But the uncomfortable feeling could not be helped.

“Every single one of them is an expert hovering around first-class. I must watch my step…”

The people in this Hunan Dan Family, although few in number, were every single one of them experts hovering around first-class.

Since in his current situation Mu Cheon-pung could not handle more than three of them, it was a wise situation not to do anything foolish.

“By the way, where did I hide it… I really…”

Mu Cheon-pung let out a long sigh with a ‘Haa-‘.

It was clear that he had hidden it in this land. Although time had passed, the basic scenery had not changed. Since Lake Dongting visible when opening the main gate was still vivid before his eyes, it was unmistakably this land.

However, because buildings had been erected all over the land, he could not specify the original place, and now he even had to assume it might be buried under the floor of a building.

‘I must find it before I give the money.’

Dan Woo-hyun decided to receive the money once every seven days.

Before that, he had to find the treasure and leave this place. Otherwise, he would have to suffer a tremendous loss.

‘First, let’s start slowly.’

Mu Cheon-pung clenched his fist, making up his mind like that.

Whether he could spend the rest of his life comfortably or not was precisely to be decided by whether he found the treasure in this Hunan Dan Family or not.

Therefore, he surely, surely had to find it.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that time, Dan Woo-hyun was taking care of Dan So-mi in his room. Because Dan So-mi’s toys were scattered in disarray in that room, there was not even room to step, but Dan Woo-hyun did not even think of clearing it.

It was because although Mae-hyang ran over and cleaned every morning, it was messed up again in less than fifteen minutes, so even if she cleaned, there was no meaning.

“I draw well, right?”

“Yes, who did you draw?”

“Ehh? It’s Dad, of course.”

Dan So-mi was drawing a picture on a pure white paper. In the surroundings, there was scenery like a house, and there were also several drawings of human shapes.

The largest drawn was Dan Woo-hyun, and the one holding his hand looked unmistakably like Dan So-mi.

Sweeping the yard and carrying A-frames on their backs were Jang Sam-tae and Jeok Mu-seong, and the two old men sitting in a place like a pavilion were surely Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak.

Although it was a child’s drawing and scribbled here and there, Dan Woo-hyun looked at Dan So-mi’s drawing and wore a pleased smile.

“You drew everyone.”

“Yes! Only when everyone is together is it a family.”

“Haha, is that so?”

“Hehe, but around when is Uncle Sam-tae returning?”

“Well… it seems it will take a bit long.”

“It would have been nice if we all returned together.”

Dan So-mi puffed up both her cheeks and vented her complaints. Going to Hubei was good, but they left in a hurry.

Because strange smells arose in the entire neighborhood, Dan So-mi also did not want to be in such a place even for a moment.

The adults seemed to know well what happened in that place, and thanks to that, on the way back, Mae-hyang poured nagging on Namgung Cheon and Jeok Mu-seong.

Dan So-mi, who had been expecting with a highly excited mind, held strong dissatisfaction about not even sightseeing properly.

“Let’s go on a trip together later. To a better place, that is.”

“Hehe, I understand. Ah, and take this.”

Dan Woo-hyun stroked the head of the smiling Dan So-mi and received the drawing. Smiling pleasantly as if holding something precious in his hand, he stood up.

Then, he quietly approached a large box in the corner of the room, and the moment he tapped it with his foot, it opened wide as if someone had flung it open.

Inside, the things Dan So-mi had made and given to Dan Woo-hyun were neatly arranged and piled up.

Keeping them carefully like precious treasures, it showed how preciously Dan Woo-hyun held the gifts Dan So-mi gave.

“By the way, around when will he move…”

Dan Woo-hyun carefully put what he held in his hand into the box and looked out the window. Whoosh-whoosh sounds were heard.

Although he said he moved quite stealthily in his own way, it was not enough to deceive Dan Woo-hyun’s ears.

“What is it?”

“No, it is nothing. Go to sleep quickly. The time is late.”

“Yes-!”

Dan So-mi lay down on the bed with a bright smile.

However, although she clearly had to sleep, her clear eyes did not seem to close easily. She stared at Dan Woo-hyun as if asking him to tell her some story.

Was it because of that?

Dan Woo-hyun took a seat and sat in front of the bed.

Then, a tiny hand reached out and grabbed Dan Woo-hyun’s hand. As she gave it strength tightly as if she would absolutely never let go, a laugh leaked from Dan Woo-hyun despite himself.

“Shall I tell you an old story?”

“Yes! Since listening to Dad’s stories naturally makes me sleepy, I will surely be able to sleep well.”

“…….”

At the words, unknown whether they were praise or not, Dan Woo-hyun frowned.

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