[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202432,1553,"Chapter 22: Daggers","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>Inside his room, Lin Xuan Qi was unaware of what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused on practicing the Cloud-Stride Step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steps were positioned in such a way that allowed him to switch his position and dodge attacks on him easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over and over again, he went through the steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His understanding of the Cloud-Stride Step also became clearer at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An effect from the system’s reward of accelerated learning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he felt exhausted and stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles ached from the training, so he stretched out his hands and gave out a groan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong’s heart pounded when she heard him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face blushed even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly turned around and ran back to the servant quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she ran, many thoughts went through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that what her mother warned her about young masters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should she tell Lin Xuan Qi that it would harm his health and was best not to overdo it? Or maybe he needed to find a wife?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Master Lin isn’t like one of those young masters.\" She slapped her hands onto both sides of her cheeks and said firmly to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi had been treating her fairly and it must have been a misunderstanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stormed into her room, picked up the tea pot, and drank a few mouthfuls of the tea to calm herself down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that she lay on her bed with many thoughts going through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was curious about matters between men and women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How does it feel to hold hands with a man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about a kiss?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how it feels to have...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many questions but she had no answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong flipped on her bed from side to side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took her a long time before she went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong woke up feeling terrible as she didn’t have much rest the night before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyelids shuttered, struggling to stay open as she prepared breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t help it anymore and she put down her cleaver and gave out a loud yawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie and Yue Xin who were helping her in the kitchen weren’t sure what happened to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong had always been energetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time they saw her exhausted like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Xue Cong, maybe it’s better that you go have some rest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me and my sister can handle it.\" Yue Jie said with a concerned look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine. It’s just that... Never mind.\" Xue Cong quickly stopped herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, they finished preparing breakfast and took the dishes to the dining hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi was already up for the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had wanted to make sure the delivery of the rice went smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song was also already awake with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lee, have some more. It might be a long day for you.\" Lin Xuan Qi said and offered the plate of meat in front of him to Lee He Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, Master Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man here has seen them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From men slaughtering each other in the battlefield, to skirmishes among different gangs, you name it, I’ve lived through it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song said with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good to hear. But I do hope you put yourself before the rice.\" Lin Xuan Qi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rice came from the system, if it was gone, he just needed to wait for another day for more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Lee He Song was hurt, his martial arts training might be stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song nodded and glanced over at Yue Jie and Yue Xin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was feeling lucky for them that it was Lin Xuan Qi that bought them as servant girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Xue Cong who was looking different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had dark eye rings around her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song saw that she was looking weirdly at Lin Xuan Qi as she ate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknown to him, Xue Cong was mumbling to herself about how Lin Xuan Qi made her sleepless and yet Lin Xuan Qi seemed to be unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I have something on my face?\" Lin Xuan Qi asked Xue Cong when he noticed her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went on and said, \"You look tired. Let Yue Jie and Yue Xin help you if you need to take a break.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine, Master Lin.\" Xue Cong replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt better now that he showed his concern for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice boomed from behind the wooden gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the men from Hun Xiong Kun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi quickly took a last bite of his food and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song followed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rice is in the same place as yesterday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lee He Song heard this, he pondered where the rice had come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one else had come to the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone like him, who had witnessed many strange happenings in this land, he knew it was best to keep quiet about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no surprise to Lee He Song that Lin Xuan Qi, who could own such a large mansion, might have backing from a powerful sect far away, possibly with some kind of teleportation artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After opening the wooden gates, Lin Xuan Qi instructed Hun Xiong Kun’s men to carry the rice from the warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men did so in a short time, loading the bags of rice onto a pushcart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they left, Lin Xuan Qi stopped them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lee here will escort you to the rice shop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you so much, Master Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men from Hun Xiong Kun nodded and bowed at Lee He Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They left pushing the pushcart with Lee He Song following beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi stayed in the mansion just in case the rice merchants tried to do something funny with the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was undefeatable inside the mansion and so, he wasn’t worried if they came for him in the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song crossed his arms scanning the surroundings as they walked in the direction of the Chang Fu Rice Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were close to the junction leading to the busier section of the streets when he saw a few figures dart out from the side of the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These men wore black cloths and had a cloth wrapped over their face, revealing only their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you? How dare you do this in the city? Is there no Da Qian Law in your eyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few masked men didn’t say a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They glanced at each other, nodded their heads and drew out a dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>",1110,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.692Z",1,"novelbin.me","3439589cb886282d2d52ae7d0e4e5ba8ed5f4cbb5e6a37e4e286c7d94f2806cd","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-23","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-21",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]