Chapter 120: Shang Wuyang’s Past
The colder it got, the more Shang Wuyang wanted to stay in bed and sleep holding Qin Wanwan, not wanting to get up during the day.
But he had to get up.
With a sigh, Shang Wuyang rested his chin on the top of Qin Wanwan’s fluffy head and rubbed against it.
“I really want to sleep like this forever.”
Qin Wanwan had already woken up. Nestled in her daddy’s arms, she tilted her little face up and asked curiously.
“Daddy, why do you love to sleep so much?”
Shang Wuyang’s eyelids drooped slightly, his long, beautiful fingers pinching Qin Wanwan’s plump, fleshy little hand.
“Perhaps I slept too little before, and now I want to catch up.”
He didn’t explain much. The moment he got up, he felt the cold in the air, and his skin became even paler.
Enduring the urge to burrow back into the covers, he put on his clothes and then dressed the little one who was clumsily dressing herself.
Qin Wanwan gave him a soft smile and obediently allowed him to lift her arm.
After dressing Qin Wanwan, Shang Wuyang directly held the soft, white milk ball in his arms.
Hmm, it was warm again.
It was truly magical that he could sleep well this winter.
His mood lifted just thinking about it.
Qin Wanwan diligently acted as his little warm stove.
She was very well-behaved when given some food to eat in her hand.
The maids came in to comb both of their hair.
Qin Wanwan snuggled in her daddy’s arms, diligently eating dried mangoes a little bit at a time.
“I’m going out. Play at home and don’t run around. Take more people with you when you go out.”
Qin Wanwan nodded while listening to his admonishments.
“Daddy, you be careful too, and bring your hand warmer.”
Dressed like a fluffy little white rabbit, Qin Wanwan followed him to the carriage at the doorway.
“Bye-bye, Daddy. Come back early. Wanwan will wait for you to come home.”
As she said this, the little girl, like a snow ball, looked up eagerly, like a beautiful little white cat waiting for its owner to return.
Soft and obedient.
Shang Wuyang’s heart softened a little, and he turned to gently rub the little girl’s fluffy hair.
“I know. Go back now.”
Qin Wanwan: “Daddy leaves, then Wanwan will go back.”
Shang Wuyang said nothing more. After entering the carriage, the coachman urged the horses and the carriage left.
Qin Wanwan stood at the doorway, looking eagerly until the carriage was no longer in sight before turning to walk back.
“Keke, can Daddy find a divine doctor? He feels so cold.”
Although Qin Wanwan’s magic power was sealed and she couldn’t transform into her Qilin beast form, her current body was also a divine beast transformed.
She naturally possessed the spiritual charm and good fortune of the Qilin divine beast.
That was why Shang Wuyang felt so warm holding her.
She could feel the coldness in her daddy’s body, but she didn’t feel too cold being held by him.
“I don’t know. According to his original fate, he was supposed to find a divine doctor, but after the transmigrator arrived, he died before finding one. Now that he has discovered the transmigrator’s actions, he might not fall into her trap, so his future destiny is uncertain.”
Qin Wanwan’s little face instantly puffed up angrily: “That transmigrator is bad, super bad. Wanwan hates her!”
Keke: “That’s right, she’s a super big bad guy. She’s already caused the death of five of your daddies. It’s right and proper for you to hate her!”
“How did Daddy get poisoned?”
She had asked Father Shang this question before, but he hadn’t said anything.
Keke rummaged through the contents of his fate book.
“Your Father Shang had a rough childhood. He’s a mixed-blood of Central Plains people and the Sky Fox Tribe from the grasslands. The Sky Fox Tribe lives on the snow mountain, and their totem is the legendary Nine-Tailed Sky Fox. His father was a warrior of the Sky Fox Tribe who encountered his mother when he was exchanging resources with other tribes.”
“Big Boss Shang’s mother was a beauty captured by the Tartars. She escaped when she was being sent to the Tartar royalty and then met the greatest warrior of the Sky Fox Tribe.
They eventually fell in love and gave birth to Big Boss Shang. But their happiness was short-lived. The Sky Fox Tribe had a sacred medicine that was very effective for treating external wounds. The Tartars launched a war against the Sky Fox Tribe to seize the sacred medicine, women, and territory.”
The Sky Fox tribesmen died in battle. Shang Shang’s father sent him and his mother away, sacrificing himself in the process. Shang Shang’s mother fled with him everywhere and finally escaped to Shangyang City, which was formerly called Lizhou.
They concealed their identities and settled down there with difficulty, but life was not easy. As you know, mixed-bloods are not welcome anywhere. Although Lizhou had mixed-bloods at the time, they lived like servants.
Furthermore, the governor of Lizhou was lustful. Shang Shang was only seven years old at the time. The mother and son deliberately disguised themselves to avoid attracting too much attention, but Shang Shang’s mother’s health was too weak and she was overcome with grief, eventually dying when he was eight years old.
At only eight years old, Shang Shang had no means of survival and could only live like a beggar. Moreover, being a beggar was not safe. The governor of Lizhou found a swindler from somewhere who claimed to be able to make an elixir of immortality using the blood of young boys.
Many beggars in Lizhou were captured at that time. Shang Shang was clever and managed to hide with a group of beggars, evading capture.
He was unwilling to live such a life, so he began to consciously cultivate his own personnel and, fortunately, learned mechanical arts from an old beggar.
When he was eleven years old, he was captured by the governor of Lizhou, but he used his own skills to kill the governor and, with a group of beggars, his mechanical arts, and his persuasive tongue, he eventually seized the position of governor of Lizhou.
To maintain his position, he worked hard to develop commerce, gradually building his commercial empire, sometimes even working for days without sleep when he was busy.
He was poisoned because his influence was unstable at the time, and he was betrayed by someone who served him. After recovering, Big Boss Shang personally dismembered the betrayer in front of everyone. His ruthless methods deterred those who were secretly plotting.
The reason he wants to sleep so much every day now is probably because he was exhausted from not sleeping enough before.”
Qin Wanwan listened, and her heart ached intensely.
Her eyes welled up with tears.
Wuwuwu… Why was her daddy so miserable when he was a child?
“Don’t cry. Your daddy is very powerful. Who can compare to him? He seized his own territory at the age of eleven and is now a well-known big boss in commerce.”
Although Tianqi had the social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, Shang Wuyang was the first to achieve such a level as a merchant, not only being as wealthy as a nation but also owning several of his own mines and his own territory.
He was so powerful that even the current emperor, despite coveting his property, dared not arbitrarily accuse him of crimes and confiscate his assets like he would other merchants.
After all, he was not only a merchant but also a city lord.
And that city was not within Tianqi’s territory.
Qin Wanwan still felt sorry for her daddy, even though he was powerful now.
“I want to make Daddy gloves!”
Warm gloves.
She remembered bringing quite a bit of leather.
Qin Wanwan decided to do it and went to find suitable leather for making gloves.
But after finding the leather, other problems arose.
Qin Wanwan didn’t know how to sew!
It would be better to ask the maid sisters for help.
Qin Wanwan, with a flushed little face, went to find a maid who knew how to sew.
