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"Junior Brother, there are so many people outside clamoring to see you, aren't you really going to meet them?"
Xiao Zhi peered through the door crack, teasing as he spoke.
Shen Qing had already changed into clean clothes and lay lazily on the cleared mud kang, indifferent: "They're just a bunch of people seeking to climb the social ladder. If you meet them, they'll pester you day and night. It's better not to see them."
"True." Xiao Zhi agreed deeply: "When I was working in the tavern, I saw many such sycophants. They are all fair-weather friends, completely useless. If you ask to borrow money, they instantly disappear."
As he spoke, he sat naturally beside Shen Qing.
Compared to those outside who shrink back, he could be close to this ruthless person who had killed a tiger demon.
Such different treatment made him visibly pleased for a moment.