Chapter 44: The Supervisor Takes Office

The sun rose, scorching and intense.

In the slanting shade of the trees, beneath a flatbed cart, two sturdy gray jackals had just finished gnawing on bones and were lying there resting.

Suddenly, as if they had sensed something, they snapped wide awake.

"Woo—"

They let out low, helpless whimpers and whines, curling themselves tightly into balls, striving to minimize their presence.

It was not just them!

Just moments ago, in the mountain forest along this corpse-transport path, the scavenging beasts that had been peering at the wasteland of buried corpses as always, reluctant to leave, all fell into a uniform silence, cowering and bowing their heads, not daring to make the slightest movement.

Of course, given He Bo's attitude, if it were known that Du En had concealed something, he could certainly use it as a pretext to make trouble!

At the same time, a normal supervisor would not adopt such a posture of being completely indifferent to their own duties.

Du En thought to himself, and at the same time spoke to Ren Li: "Du En, the foreman here, welcomes Supervisor Ren to his post."

So, was this him seeing something, actively offering a handle, wanting to use it as a "letter of introduction" to defect, in order to implement a roundabout way of currying favor and improve his own situation?

Ren Li was actually a bit interested now, so he turned slightly to the side.

Du En made a general judgment; it needed to be verified in practice.

However, if it were just a normal appointment, He Bo actually wouldn't need to bring someone over personally.

Du En, for his part, just looked over in that direction.

Especially here among the corpse buriers, the position of supervisor had been disdained and left vacant for a long time...

Hearing such slightly overly polite words, Ren Li just nodded indifferently, quite aloof, without any further expression.

Clearly, he didn't really care about Du En's attitude; he was just used to seeing people groveling along the way, and suddenly encountering someone neither humble nor pushy, he was slightly curious and surprised.

Then, led by him, the corpse buriers put down their shovels, walked to the two people who had stopped, exchanged brief greetings, and waited silently.

The others also noticed this obvious abnormality one after another, and all became nervous.

This steward stopped at the edge of the wasteland, his eyes showing disdain for the smell here, and also vaguely showing some nervousness and unease, so he did not directly step forward at this moment to perform any disciplinary actions.

Du En's eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "The steward has come."

Although the saying goes that to beat a dog, one must look at its master, but where is the dog here?

Ren Li stopped immediately, his brows slightly furrowed, and he spoke without looking back: "Is there something? I don't need people to serve me obsequiously, and besides, this person doesn't even look like he knows how to serve."

That would count as reporting over one's superiors, which was not a normal procedure to begin with; if one really did that, being taken advantage of by He Bo to make things difficult was a certainty.

Du En waved his hand at the others, signaling them to return to their posts, while he himself was lost in thought.

"Oh? You didn't report it to Steward He?"

He had thought he could use it as an excuse to incite Ren Li to take action and discipline Du En!

Supervisor Ren Li also did not immediately begin to show signs of supervising the corpse-burying work.

"Speak first."

Ren Li raised an eyebrow, although from the situation just now, he had already guessed that this place was likely in a state of the superior despising the inferior, the inferior not fawning over the superior, and both sides loathing each other.

Hearing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief.

This indifferent performance made He Bo feel somewhat regretful.

One was the corpse-affairs steward He Bo, and the other was a strange young man.

To this, Du En was naturally composed and gave an answer: "It is like this: a matter occurred here previously, and I couldn't make a judgment in my heart. Just now, I recalled the regulations that were set aside in the past, and it seems that it is necessary to report to the supervisor."

Announcing it so simply, and not wanting to see Du En again, he simply turned his head away.

Still as ignorant of rank and status as ever; you deserve to only eat carrion for a living!

Thinking this hatefully in his heart, he flicked his sleeve and said gloomily: "Because there have been many incidents recently, I am assigning a supervisor to you."

But he didn't expect Du En to be so blunt at this time: "No. If I went to report it, I would only be made difficult for or even framed. Anyway, the regulations do not state that we are allowed to go and report to the steward."

No, looking at it now, there is clearly something strange; perhaps the situation is not as I knew it before?

Only Du En remained standing there, motionless, his expression unchanged.

However, he did not say anything, just watching silently.

Only Du En had seen this guy once when he was asking for his wages at the beginning.

Thus, when Ren Li found a suitable place and moved, he also turned and followed, walking behind the other party.

He first looked around, as if searching for something.

These words sounded sinister, making Ning Caize and the others break out in cold sweat.

After all, if that assumption were allowed to succeed, wouldn't he be treated as an idiot and used as a pawn?

Because a terrifying person was coming.

This scene made the young man who followed He Bo reveal a hint of strangeness in his eyes.

Very quickly, two figures appeared in their field of vision.

Because they did not grovel to welcome and greet him, He Bo's face sank immediately, making the atmosphere cold and stiff. Ning Caize and the others realized it belatedly, terrified, and hurriedly bent their waists.

They had actually never seen He Bo in person; previously, when they were assigned here, it was a servant who conveyed the situation.

Du En stood under the sun, silently stopped his movements, and turned his head to look over there.

Facts proved that in the face of the evil cultivator's wanton behavior and Du En's fueling of the flames, the stewards really did not care; however, it was not that there was no reaction at all—at the very least, they had inserted a supervisor here for the corpse buriers.

Harsh treatment and unreasonable demands, adding to the pressure and exploitation, were the norm for supervisors!

"So, you just used this as a pretext to install someone?"

Turning to the young man, He Bo's tone softened slightly, and he continued: "Ren Li, this is the current team of corpse buriers. There aren't many people. Let them do the work. If they dare to disobey, beat them if you should, kill them if you should; don't be polite!"

The focus was still on He Bo.

He couldn't help but sneer, feeling dissatisfied with this kind of petty cleverness.

He seemed somewhat displeased, his voice exceptionally cold.

Ren Li was roughly twenty-three or twenty-four years old, at the perfection of Qi Refining, with a straight posture and heroic features, wearing a cyan-white silk robe; he did not look at all like someone who had come to serve as a foreman.

Therefore, He Bo did not say anything more afterward and turned to leave quite decisively.

Although these foremen did not actually shoulder the responsibility of protecting the people beneath them, they were clearly stationed there after all, so one had to bypass or avoid them first to do anything.

Facing the sneer and dissatisfaction revealed by Ren Li, Du En felt no fear or panic, simply stating directly the matter concerning Zhang Song.

It was that guy from before who feigned being a corpse, attempted to slaughter the corpse-buriers, and was ultimately worn down and killed by the wheel.

(End of this chapter)