Chương 46: Salary
After his meeting with Yang Xin in the Alchemy Association, Alan returned to the Sacred Family's mansion.
He met up with Shen Xiu in her room. Shen Xiu was wearing rather conservative clothes that hardly revealed her cleavage compared to the last time when Alan saw her.
This indicated that Alan's criticism had an effect on Shen Xiu. At the least, she didn't seem like a slut anymore.
Shen Xiu seemed a bit terrified as she stared at Alan. She was worried that Alan's meeting with Yang Xin didn't go well.
He might even be preparing to punish her for doing a bad job.
However, contrary to her expectations, Alan showed a smile and spoke, "The plan worked. Yang Xin will soon submit to me. She will come to the mansion in the evening. Prepare the contracts till then."
"I have them ready, nephew!" Shen Xiu spoke a bit too excitedly. She didn't wish to give Alan a chance to scold her again.
"Show them to me," Alan spoke.
Shen Xiu pulled out those contracts from her Interspatial Ring and handed them to Alan. Alan started reading those contracts.
After a few seconds, Alan spoke, "…The wording and clauses are good enough. Make a slight change and add that she will receive 100,000 Demon Spirit Coins monthly if she accepts this contract."
"…I will do that, nephew. But can I ask why you are giving such a high number of Demon Spirit Coins to that woman? Isn't she just going to be your servant?" Shen Xiu asked with a puzzled expression.
"The charges of bribery, aiding criminals, and other crimes that we placed on her were faux. Yang Xin should realize that in a couple of days. I can't have her backing out of the agreement if that occurs. Thus, we need to make the bribery charge real."
"If she signs this contract and receives the hundred thousand Demon Spirit Coins, she can't back off. In the future, if Yang Xin ever decides to go against us, we can use this contract and those hundred thousand Demon Spirit Coins to prove that she indeed accepted a bribe."
"This will force people to think that if she can accept a bribe once, what's to say that she can't accept it twice, thrice, or any number of times. Whatever happens, her reputation will go down in the mud."
"In a sense, this will be insurance to prevent her from speaking badly about the Sacred Family," Alan spoke nonchalantly.
Shen Xiu was startled to hear that explanation. Alan's words made sense to her, and it made her wonder just when did her nephew grow so smart.
"…Is it necessary to give her such a large amount? It will be hard to procure a hundred thousand Demon Spirit Coins even for the two of us," Shen Xiu spoke with a hint of worry in her tone.
She didn't want to give all her savings and salary to Yang Xin.
Meanwhile, Alan didn't seem worried about this issue, "If we don't give her a large amount, it won't seem like a bribe. And you don't have to worry about paying her off. I will handle that."
Shen Xiu was very curious about how Alan was going to handle such a great expenditure, but she didn't dare to inquire him.
"I understand. I will alter this contract quickly," Shen Xiu spoke.
Alan nodded in satisfaction. He spoke, "Good. I have another task for you."
"What is it?" Shen Xiu asked. Curious about this new task.
"…Keep an eye on Nie Li's group. Don't interfere with them or anything. Just check if they are going somewhere particular and inform me immediately about it," Alan spoke.
Shen Xiu had a disdainful look in her eyes as she heard about this mission. She couldn't help but speak out, "Why are we focusing on that brat?"
Alan glared at Shen Xiu for a few seconds as he didn't like the fact that she questioned his order so blatantly. But he knew that this was all due to Shen Xiu's elitism that was branded in her soul. It would be very difficult to change this part of her character.
"…You look down on Nie Li and his group? I guess you ought to since he possesses a Red Soul, right?" Alan spoke with a sneer.
Shen Xiu nodded.
"How long do you think it would take Nie Li to reach 1 Star Bronze Rank?" Alan questioned.
"Not less than a year," Shen Xiu instantly replied to Alan's question.
"…Good. Remember this answer because I am sure that Nie Li has reached the 2 Star Bronze Rank by now," Alan spoke with a tone of complete confidence.
"In fact, why don't we conduct an experiment to check whether I am right or you are?" Alan asked.
"…Very well. But what will be the experiment? Should we summon him and use the Soul Crystal?" Shen Xiu suggested with a serious tone.
"No. That will be too boring. Just find a 3 Star Bronze Rank Fighter from the academy and ask him to attack Nie Li. Observe their fight from afar, and you will have your answer," Alan spoke.
Alan soon turned around and left the room. He was done here.
Alan stayed in his room for the rest of his day. After five hours, a servant knocked on the door to Alan's room and spoke, "Young Master, a woman named Yang Xin is requesting to meet you."
"Send her to my room," Alan responded calmly. He was expecting Yang Xin to arrive any time soon.
Yang Xin should have considered all her options and knew this was the best one.
It didn't take her long to enter Alan's room. Her heart was beating crazily as she was truly terrified at this moment.
The terrifying feeling magnified as she saw Alan stare at her with a predator's grin. Yang Xin instantly felt as though she had entered the tiger's den and just lost her escape path.
"…You are really here. This means you have made up your mind, right?" Alan asked Yang Xin.
Yang Xin tried to maintain her composure while nodding seriously. She spoke, "Please do not send that report to the Snow Wind Family. I am ready to submit to you."
Saying those words, Yang Xin kneeled submissively in front of Alan.
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