txolops Chapter 63 The future?
Chapter 63 The future?
"Your older brother won't be back anytime soon. Your father said you'll have to kneel for a while longer this time."
The sudden voice in his mind made Jiang Shaoju feel dizzy for a moment. At first, he thought he was hallucinating because he was not in his right mind.
But when the voice in his mind appeared again, he was certain that this was not a hallucination, and that someone was really speaking deep within his mind.
"Who are you?"
"Me? I'm someone who can help you! You're not in a good situation right now, and I can help you, at least make you more comfortable. Would you accept that?"
"Help me? Sure!" Jiang Shaoju nodded without hesitation, but there was no expectation on his face, his calmness was almost excessive.
This reaction surprised Shen Che slightly. The defensiveness and wariness he had expected did not appear. He had thought he would have to spend a lot of time talking to them.
As for Jiang Shaoju, he kept his head down and remained silent. He had experienced far too many such sudden acts of care and help over the years.
Every deliberate attempt to get close was ultimately for the sake of the Jiang family's wealth and resources.
As the eldest son of the Jiang family, at least nominally, the Jiang family's assets belong to him. His father was merely a son-in-law who married into the family and had no legal right to inherit.
But so what? Over the years, through various means, the Jiang family's businesses have been almost completely devoured.
Whether it's a sugar-coated poison or a deliberate approach, just accept it calmly. At least before the poison is swallowed, there's a sugar coating on the outside.
If you don't accept it, what awaits you might be far more troublesome than kneeling in this cold courtyard in winter.
His father wanted to save face while also securing the family business. If his son was ungrateful, he could temporarily set aside his pride.
Over the years, he has become accustomed to it, even numb to it.
In this family, his first priority is to survive; everything else can wait.
"Good!" Shen Che looked intently at the talented man, seemingly trying to see through his thoughts, but the man's face remained calm, as if he had already accepted everything.
"I will lend you my skills for a period of time, and you can do whatever you want. I will teach you martial arts and how to protect yourself."
"In exchange, I want all your future achievements, including martial arts skills, experience, knowledge, and everything else. How about it?"
"Future? Do I even have a future? If you want it, then take it!" Jiang Shaoju scoffed and agreed without hesitation.
In his view, this was nothing more than a verbal agreement that did not require a written contract, which was basically equivalent to him not having to pay anything.
The other party doesn't want his family fortune, but wants his future knowledge and martial arts skills—these are all empty and meaningless things. Isn't that ridiculous?
He's only just learned to write; ever since that woman and his so-called elder brother came into the house, he hasn't had any contact with reading.
To this day, his knowledge is a complete mess. He's heard of martial arts and even seen the guards practice them, but he knows absolutely nothing about them. His good father would never let him come into contact with any of that.
If you want it, you can take it.
"Excellent!" It's like a windfall that four-star talent could be communicated so easily.
However, Shen Che also understood that they were just taking advantage of the time difference, taking advantage of the fact that the other party had nothing at the moment, and that someone with nothing to lose naturally didn't care about anything.
But once they've gained martial arts skills and power, it's easy for them to want to back out.
Although he couldn't go back on his word due to the system's agreement, and couldn't renege on it even if he wanted to, he was completely helpless if the other party chose to give up.
Let's hope that such outstanding talents don't end up reaping only meager rewards.
We have to make him work like a slave, but we can't let him completely give up. So we'll have to find ways to spur him on with both carrots and a whip in the future.
To my shame, I've always been a beast of burden, and I've never really learned how to whip a beast of burden.
I'm completely clueless, especially about how to motivate employees with minimal effort. Learning is a lifelong process, and I need to find ways to learn more.
The next moment, Shen Che lent most of his Innate Realm power to Jiang Shaoju, leaving only a small portion to nourish his body. At the same time, he carefully selected several martial arts manuals that he had memorized at Cangjian Villa and sent them over.
To be honest, Jiang Shaoju, this four-star talent, is more skilled in the delicate control of mechanisms and hidden weapons. He has read manuals on hidden weapons, but he knows nothing about mechanisms. He could ask Liu Zhan for advice.
"This is......"
In that instant, Jiang Shaoju felt a warm current emerge from his body, making him feel warm from the inside out, instantly driving away all the cold.
The power of the Innate Realm was instantly poured into his slender body, making him feel more relaxed and comfortable than ever before, as if his life was being sublimated at this moment.
In the blink of an eye, this warm current seemed to transform into a mighty river, flowing endlessly.
It instantly made him feel scorching hot all over, and the snow around the stone slab where he was kneeling melted into water in an instant under this heat.
The immense power emanating from his entire body seemed inexhaustible. It was as if a mere flick of his wrist could unleash tremendous power, even giving him the absurd idea that he could destroy and control everything.
This left him somewhat incredulous, like the dazed feeling after suddenly winning a big prize.
He unconsciously swung his hand forward, and a terrifying palm wind swept around, causing the snowflakes to swirl up and turn into a sudden rain, which then fell carelessly, covering the entire courtyard.
The palm strike, undiminished in force, pierced through the corridor and struck the distant wall. With a deafening roar, the ten-foot-high courtyard wall was smashed through, startling the passing maids who screamed in terror.
Staring blankly at his own hands, was this really the kind of damage he could have caused?
He had seen the guards practice martial arts, and even the strongest head guard was far from being this powerful.
At the same time, internal energy cultivation, palm techniques, hidden weapons, and lightness skills—countless pieces of knowledge flooded into Jiang Shaoju's mind, making his head feel swollen.
These are things I've never seen before, and this knowledge feels like something I've memorized long ago, only to have forgotten it over time, and now I'm just remembering it again.
But he was certain that he had never even seen these things, let alone remembered them.
Even though the other person's voice was in his mind just now, he still harbored doubts. But at this moment, he was somewhat certain.
A voice can be faked, but this terrifying, suffocating power, and the knowledge that suddenly appeared in his mind, absolutely cannot be faked.
This was definitely not his father's doing. At least, his father couldn't possibly have such connections, and someone with such methods wouldn't cooperate with him.
In the eyes of those in the upper class, he was just a son-in-law who couldn't be brought into the room.
Even without the label of being a son-in-law, he was still just a businessman. A businessman with mediocre business acumen, whose once vast fortune was steadily declining.
"Who exactly are you?" Jiang Shaoju asked again, this time genuinely curious. Unlike before, he wasn't just stiffly and passively accepting the question.
Ripples began to appear in my heart, which was as calm as a lake.
"I told you, I'm here to help you. I can lend you these skills temporarily, but I'll have to take them back. You have to rely on yourself; you have to practice them yourself."
"Believe me, with your talent, you will one day reach the top!"
At this moment, Jiang Shaoju felt a mix of emotions—warmth and sadness.
In this moment of despair and confusion, someone was willing to help him, even at the cost of his future, and he seemed not to have any objection at all.