Chapter 153: What Makes Him the Murderer?
"Would you stop going straight to killing people? Listen, a senior brother from the inner hall came to me about a boy who's planning to sit the children's examination next year and enter the inner hall."
"We don't know the exact story, whether he's someone's illegitimate child or some other kind of connection. Didn't ask for details. Point is, the boy is sharp, but his circumstances aren't great."
"Oh..."
The moment Bai Ke heard circumstances aren't great, he felt an immediate kinship.
"So what does the hundred taels mean?"
"The senior brother's intention is to make sure nothing goes seriously wrong for this boy between now and next year's children's examination. His physical health, his studies, ideally he makes it through the examination smoothly and enters the inner hall without incident."
Li Qiuchen produced a hundred-tael banknote and held it in front of Bai Ke.
"This hundred taels covers the registration fee for the examination. You'll accompany the boy through all four papers and make sure nothing and no one disturbs him during the examination itself. Once everything has settled, I'll arrange appropriate compensation based on how things go."
Bai Ke stared at the banknote with a blank expression.