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5.3% Trafford's Trading Club / Chapter 29: Dance Floor and the Black Soul

บท 29: Dance Floor and the Black Soul

บรรณาธิการ: TheSloth

“It’s a miracle! A real miracle!”

Looking at the doctor who was checking the condition of the old leader while shouting in emotion, the Zhong family felt completely relieved.

Old Zhong received a hug from his old friend and teared up after he found out about his situation these few days.

“Doctor, are you sure my grandfather is alright? You’d better give him a careful medical checkup. If there is some sort of mistake, I won’t forgive you!” Zhong Luoyun stared ferociously at the excited doctor.

“Yes, young master! You’re right!” The doctor said at once, “Though these instruments tell that your grandfather is in good health but it is always better to undergo further examination.”

Zhong Luoyun nodded. “Go ahead quickly!”

The doctor could only leave quickly to prepare for it. His assistant gazed at Zhong Luochen curiously. “Second master, what did you do for your grandfather to recover from the brink of death? This is a miracle in the medicine field! If there are methods that can treat incurable diseases, it would be a historical breakthrough!”

Unexpectedly Zhong Luochen whispered, “Listen, all of you are the people that cured my grandfather. None of you are allowed to leak any news of what happened today.”

“What…”

Everyone looked at the calm Zhong Luochen in surprise. Even his mother and big brother frowned. Just as Zhong Luoyun was about to say something, Old Zhong said, “Everyone leave, except Luochen and Old Luo, I have something to ask them.”

“Grandfather?”

“Father?”

Old Zhong expression turned serious. Every member of the family shut their mouths after seeing his stern look, then left the studio silently.

After they left, Old Zhong said, “I know my health condition. Luochen, be honest, what did you do to me?”

“Grandfather, as long as you are healthy.” Zhong Luochen said softly, “Nothing else matters.”

“You won’t even tell me the truth?” Old Zhong frowned, looking at Old Luo. “You tell me that.”

Old Luo sighed, he knew he couldn’t hide the matter, so he revealed a bitter smile. “Old friend, my apologies. I didn’t want you to die, so I passed your wife’s jade lock to second master and had him go meet Mrs. Zhang.”

Old Zhong’s expression stiffened. Then he slapped Old Luo in the face, and said angrily. “How could you be so muddled! Why are you so silly! Do you know what that is? That’s not some holyland, it’s hell!!”

Old Luo lowered his head, he didn’t dare to say anything else. He had been following Old Zhang for dozens of years, they had a deep friendship, going beyond even familial relations.

Old Luo sighed then. “Old friend, you cannot die. I asked second master to go there, I’m responsible for it.”

Old Zhong gave a bitter smile. “It’s too late now. Luochen…”

He turned to Zhong Luochen and took a deep breath. “Grandson, what did you use to exchange for my life?”

Zhong Luochen first opened his mouth, but changed his mind halfway and decided not to speak .

Old Zhong shook his head, “That place might be mysterious, but if nobody has any information, how could you have found it? What Old Luo told you all came from me.”

Zhong Luochen had no choice but to tell the entire story, including how he lost his sense of happiness.

Watching Zhong Luochen told his story impassively, Old Zhong said sorrowfully, “Do you think it was worth it to exchange your entire life’s happiness with 5 years worth of lifespan for an old guy that is on the brink of death?”

Zhong Luochen said stonily, “Yes, it is. Grandfather, do you know the disaster that will befall the Zhong Family if you leave? We have businesses in many fields. However, my father’s disease is too serious for him to inherit them. Other members of the third generation, whether big brother, younger sister, or I, none are capable enough to take over the businesses.”

He sighed. “Society has changed. Do you think we are still able to control everything from the shadows using the same methods like last time?”

He shook his head. “No, we can not! Now, in the minds of the citizens, we are like a cancer… Grandfather, how can the Zhong Family go on without you? If you pass away, everyone will panic, and those relatives of ours will take the opportunity to divide our properties…You’re the backbone of the Zhong Family, we can’t let you go so easily.”

“5 years…5 years,” Old Zhong mumbled, looking at Zhong Luochen pathetically with tears in his eyes. “Luochen, I made you suffer…”

“Everything will be better from now.” Zhong Luochen shook his head.

Old Zhong was silent for a moment. “I want to be alone.”

……

……

In the basement’s third level of the club.

“Tribute is successful. You get 127 days, 9 hours 43 minutes and 7 seconds worth of lifespan from this contribution.”

Luo Qiu was shocked. What the heck were those minutes and seconds doing in the announcement? Was the altar trying to make him realize his very limited time left? However, he was too lazy to complain and headed back to the hall.

He felt pretty good due to the increase in his remaining time, so he decided to imitate You Ye, walking up to the bar and starting to mix the same cocktail.

Just as he realized he forgot to add the ice, he watched in amazement as the fridge door miraculously opened and the ice cubes flew out, finally falling into the shaker.

Luo Qiu was stunned.

You Ye said with smile, “Congratulations Master, your ability has been strengthened.”

Luo Qiu was curious about it, so he stretched out a finger, pointing at one of the ice cubes in the shaker. The ice cube floated up abruptly and moved following his finger.

It triggered Luo Qiu’s playful nature. He placed all ten fingers on the bar table, then lifting his eyebrows and looking at You Ye, he knocked on the table lightly.

Ice cubes flew out from the shaker, arranging themselves in midair, making a circle in the hall.

Luo Qiu drew a curve and the ice cubes followed. As one fell, another rose here and the cycle continued.

It was a never ending wave.

His fingers pointed towards the pine wood gramophone in the corner. A vinyl record dropped onto the player. Accompanied by the music, Luo Qiu nodded as he walked out of the bar.

The song was ‘Sailing’ by Rod-Stewart.

Luo Qiu grabbed You Ye’s hand, letting the rhythm flow into the servant girl, pulling You Ye and started swaying gently in the club.

The seats or high stools moved to the side of the walls immediately, leaving a spacious area for dancing.

Under the enchanting aged old melody, Luo Qiu continued to point his finger at several displays in the cabinets.

The dolls and old pocket watches, caps and wine glasses…

And the pair of ‘Scarlet Moons’…

More ice cubes flew out from the fridge. They rearranged themselves once again into a beautiful scene, floating about in the air, following the music.

Dozens of dolls fell onto the wooden floor, surrounding Luo Qiu and You Ye.

Midway through the song, Luo Qiu lifted his eyebrows, and gave a smile. “Isn’t this more interesting than just sitting on a chair?”

You Ye held Luo Qiu’s other hand, guiding his horrible dance steps.

She joked, “Yes…but it’ll take a long time to clean the hall.”

Luo Qiu smiled, it was a rare sight for You Ye to be so passionate. He didn’t say anything, merely embodying his feelings in the rhythm.

Just the, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Ice cubes scattered across the ground and the dancing decorations stopped abruptly as well. Such a beautiful stage now looked as if a typhoon had passed through.

Luo Qiu saw a mass of black smoke coming out from a floating black robe…Of course, it was without a face.

“Black soul envoy greets the new master.”


บท 30: Having an Enemy Isn't Always a Bad Thing

บรรณาธิการ: TheSloth

The black soul envoy float in mid-air. His robe flapped about gently, just like a ghost in the western legends.

Luo Qiu sized him up. It was at this time that the altar disclosed some information to Luo Qiu.

The club needed a stream of steady clients to prevent the boss from dying. The usage of black cards were an effective way to attract customers. The black soul envoys of the club were like moving billboards, wandering about in society, spreading the information about the existence of the club from the shadows.

These black soul envoys were created from souls--- those that were given to the club as transaction fees.

If one felt that the souls were useful or strong, they could be left in the warehouse. After a period of time, they would transformed into black soul envoys and sent out as unpaid labour for the club.

The new boss was satisfied with these free workers. They were loyal and required no pay.

“And also greetings to Ms. You Ye.” It gave You Ye the same respect.

“Master, would you like to listen to the report from No.9?” You Ye asked.

Luo Qiu felt weird that the envoy would be named after mere numbers rather than a real name. So he looked at You Ye. “Yes, it…should be necessary.”

You Ye explained. “The former boss gave me the authority to deal with everything.”

Luo Qiu smiled, “I’ll just listen.”

“No.9, go ahead,” You Ye nodded and ordered.

No.9 spoke in glum voice. “Master, No,9 has successfully let 7 potential customers realize the existence of our club.”

All of a sudden, his robe opened up. 7 white cards flew from within the black smoke towards Luo Qiu.

No.9 black soul added, “Master, please have a look the information for these 7 people.”

Luo Qiu was able to skim through the information sealed in the cards just by placing his finger on it. It was great that, he didn’t need to read through tedious documents or listen to boring introductions. Without further ado, he tapped on one of the white cards.

You Ye was worried Luo Qiu didn’t know the rules here, so she said lightly, “Master, you can pick several appropriate ones among these 7 new potential customers, and bestow to them the right to have a discount through the black card. Of course it’s not necessary to create more black cards. Our black souls are very experienced in this assignment, 70% potential customers chosen by them will eventually end up looking for us anyway.”

The discount given by the black card was merely a way to tempt customers into entering more transactions. However, people with urgent needs would come even if no discount was given, such as the butterfly monster---Dance.

These potential customers had to undergo a strict selection criteria to ensure that they could pay the price and not go back on their word. Vastly different from those that did not have the black card nor know about the legend and merely stumbled onto the club by chance.

The black soul called this its mission. The more people they found, the more transactions would be completed. Thus they would obtain better results, and with better results come better benefits.

For instance, it could possess a body, recover its memories or obtain its freedom from the club.

Well, actually the last one benefit could be scratched of the list.

Because no black soul had ever obtained it ever since the club was established.

……

While Luo Qiu was reading the information from the 7 white cards, he asked You Ye, “How many black soul envoys do we have?”

“We have 21 at the moment,” You Ye reported the amount quickly.

Luo Qiu was surprised, “Why so few?”

You Ye explained, “Master, you should realize that there are also various oddities who have weird abilities living in this world, such as friars and monsters. The black soul envoys are similar to evil souls, and will often be targeted by some officious exorcists.”

You Ye then gave a clearer explanation. “Because in their opinion, the club is an evil existence…”

Luo Qiu listened to her quietly.

“They have been eager to eradicate the club these years in the name of righteousness.” You Ye laughed grimly. “But the reason our club hasn’t taken any action against them is because they are also potential customers that can provide us with a large deal.”

“We require more black soul envoys to entice them, instead of getting our revenge directly. As long as they have desires, they would have weaknesses. An exorcist with a gracious soul full of justice can be worth more than tens or hundreds of souls of the common folk.”

Luo Qiu had no comment on that issue. But then he frowned and said, “Then why there are only 21 black soul envoys left here?”

You Ye answered, “One reason is for a show of weakness. If there’re too many envoys, the exorcists would believe their cause to be in vain. Then would give up on nurturing new talent, which means that there would not be a next generation of exorcists. Hence, important customers that could be charged a high transaction fee would vanished. The other reason was because the former boss never paid attention to his work. The black soul envoys that were stored had all been used destroyed in recent years without being replenished.”

Luo Qiu nodded. He stored the white card and glanced at No. 9. “Go back to work, I’ll read these materials slowly.”

No. 9 didn’t say anything and just left the club silently.

Luo Qiu then turned to You Ye. “I’d like to go and check the room of Boss Asas.”

Boss Asas was the former boss of the club. His room had always been locked.

Luo Qiu thought it was time he went to take a look inside.


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