Chapter 296
"My Lord, you have to help me! Where does he live? That’s my travel money, I still need to get home!" Adam pretended to be hopelessly desperate, by his side, Cecilia began to slowly shed tears.
"So annoying! How should I know? I’m not part of his family! Go find him yourself, if you bother me again, I’ll throw you both into the dungeon!" The guard drew the sword at his waist and threatened them.
Adam and Cecilia instantly didn’t dare cause a fuss anymore, looking helpless and despairing, they could only walk off to the side.
Their eyes stared at the magistrate’s gates, carrying humiliation, indignation, and absolute despair.
They looked exactly like a master and servant completely out of options, bullied but unable to fight against government officials, they could only stand by the gates making futile efforts.
Hidden in the shadows, the two figures monitoring them couldn’t help but laugh out loud, people like this were truly laughable.
Instead of wasting time here, they would be better off figuring out a way to make a living.
They were definitely never getting that money back, and to think they were supposed to be cultivators!
Sure enough, rogue cultivators are all idiots, sure enough, rogue cultivators’ brains just don’t work well.
The two figures watched Adam and his servant girl with mocking expressions.
"How long do you think they’re going to just stand there looking stupid?" one asked.
"Who the hell knows? People with one-track minds like them are completely unpredictable, if I could understand what a fool was going to do, wouldn’t that make me a fool too?"
"Hahaha, true enough! You can’t predict an idiot!"
"Ah, wait, the idiots are moving!"
At the entrance of the magistrate’s office, it was finally time for the shift change, and many constables began streaming out of the gates.
Among them was Roan, following Adam’s instructions, he had gone to work completely normally today, although he didn’t have the slightest mood to work, he had gritted his teeth and pushed through.
The moment he stepped out the door, however, he saw Adam and Cecilia marching straight toward him, this gave him a genuine, massive fright, right at the gates of the magistrate’s office? Is he really this bold?
"Don’t panic, Uncle Roan, just react normally, I’m going to follow you all the way to your house!" Adam’s voice echoed in his mind.
"It’s you! You were with them yesterday! Where is my purse? Give it back right now!" Adam suddenly grabbed Roan’s arm, acting exactly like a desperate debt collector.
"Let go of me! I don’t know what you’re talking about, I didn’t take your purse!" Roan was no fool. he instantly understood Adam’s plan and played along.
"I don’t care! You definitely took my purse! Hurry up and give me my money back!" Adam stubbornly clung to Roan’s arm, refusing to let go.
"The one who took your purse was Captain Gale, not me, little brother," Roan said with a look of exasperation.
"He’s already been fired, you’re probably never getting that purse back!"
"Ah?! But that was my travel money! Do you know where he lives? I have to go find him!" Adam pressed.
"I don’t know, Captain Gale and I never associated with one another!" Roan shook his head, he was telling the truth, because he refused to accept dirty money, he and Captain Gale had never walked the same path.
"Then what am I supposed to do?!" Adam looked around at the other constables with sheer despair.
Terrified that trouble would find them, the other constables quickly scurried away.
"Little brother, you’re on your own!" Roan peeled Adam’s hands off his arm and started walking toward his home.
"No, no... my money!" Adam froze in place, tears of utter despair streaming down his face.
"Young Master, what do we do? We can’t go home!" Cecilia cooperated flawlessly, her eyes equally brimming with tears.
After crying in place for a moment, Adam’s expression suddenly turned fierce. "No! I have to get at least some of my money back! They were all together, he should compensate me!"
With that, he immediately sprinted after Roan, and Cecilia followed closely behind.
In the shadows, the two hidden guards nearly burst out laughing again.
"I’m dying of laughter! Crying and wailing over such a trivial matter, do they no shame?!"
"They’re rogue cultivators, after all, who knows, the money in that purse might have been painstakingly saved over years, that’s just how rogue cultivators are."
"Should we report this to the Lord?"
"No need, right? This master and servant pair already cleared their suspicion, if we bother the Lord over this, we’ll probably just get scolded again!"
"True. Let’s just keep following them!"
"Hey, I already told you! I didn’t take your purse, so stop following me!" Realizing Adam was tailing him, Roan sped up into a jog, shouting back over his shoulder, while it looked like he was yelling at Adam, it was actually meant for the hidden guards to hear.
"I don’t care! You must compensate me! You were in cahoots with them, so you bear responsibility too!" Adam shouted back.
"You can’t be this unreasonable! I didn’t take a single copper coin from you!"
"I don’t care!"
"Hey, you damn brat!"
The two chased each other through the streets, one fleeing and the other pursuing.
The hidden guards found the spectacle highly entertaining, their surveillance job was usually incredibly dull, so getting to watch such a dramatic scene was quite a treat.
The chase continued all the way to Roan’s house.
"You damn brat, stop! I’m home! Stop chasing me!" Roan bolted into his courtyard and immediately slammed the front gates shut.
"Open the door! You have to pay me back!" Adam pounded fiercely on the wooden gates.
"I’m not opening it! I don’t have any money! If I had money, I would have given it to you already!" Roan leaned his weight against the doors, if they were putting on a show, they had to go all the way.
Adam hammered on the gates with all his might.
"Open the door and give me my money! Otherwise, I’m going to camp outside your house and never leave!"
After declaring that, Adam plopped his butt right onto the ground and began to wail at the top of his lungs, Cecilia immediately mirrored Adam, dropping to the ground and crying her heart out.
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