Su Xiao Is My Roommate

　　The few constables that didn't want to accept me exclaimed, "You! Just you wait. We won't bow our heads to you," then they ran out. I don't know if they ran off in tears or not, but they were probably returning to their places to mourn.

　　After they left, I began to officially get to work on the doc.u.ments. Based on my knowledge of Liu Shan Men's financial status, my experience acquired through my midnight thefts from the warehouse and intel acquired via keeping a close on the man in front of the treasury to see if he cut my salary, I defined a time frame where we would be able to make ends meet.

　　Next, I had to give everyone set schedules to come and request funds from me one by one. Due to me having to busy myself with watching s.h.i.+yi, screw Jin w.a.n.gsun over, hide from Jingan, bed Hongzhuang, *ptoo*, provide Hongzhuang with a bed and place to sleep and partic.i.p.ate in the Fuma selection, I arranged for most of the times for requests to be over half a month later. I had Tang Ye and Second Brother intimidate whoever wanted to object. One of them wore a stiff expression while the other wore the face of a thug. You could call them my guardian devils. It didn't take long to eventually clear everyone out of my room.

　　Thus, the number of doc.u.ments I had to sort out was drastically reduced.

　　Once I finished with all of them, approximately half an hour had pa.s.sed. 'Mm, Boss probably takes this long, as well.' Basically, when she works seriously, she takes about as long as when I entertain work.

　　'Boss, I wors.h.i.+p you…'

　　Liu Yuan was still feeling dizzy after having his head banged, which was why he was still on the ground. Since he's here, why not enjoy the floor and watch me ramble, "This brat must've worked as an official before… he knows what he's doing…"

　　Second Brother got down and lay there with him. The two of them resembled two beggars under a bridge. With a smile, he remarked, "Big Brother used to lead countless famous figures; he's much better than you officials of the Imperial Court."

　　'Oi, you r.e.t.a.r.ded ally!!'

　　'Fortunately, there are only a few of us in here; nevertheless, even Tang Ye is keenly listening in!'

　　I frowned due to what I heard. I glared at Second Brother. Frightened, he changed his choice of words, "We once joined a large organisation. Our Big Brother was once the organisation's high-ranking guardian. Erm, erm, the organisation was called Shoulders Clan."

　　'The more you describe it the shadier it sounds! What did that clan of ours do?! Steal shoulders together?! If you're going to go there, you might as well let me be clan chief! How can I be a mere guardian in Shoulders Clan?! Are you questioning my love for shoulders?!'

　　It's merely because martial arts are prospering in this era that everyone tries to nurture a skilled fighter in the family. As a result of those efforts, countless strange bands, clans and whatever else popped up in the martial world. There's an organisation for everything these days from people selling mantou, meat buns, cleaners and even people selling coffins.

　　Liu Yuan wasn't bothered. He pouted, "I bet it was an unorthodox organisation."

　　Seeing as almost everyone had left, I looked at Liu Yuan and Official Tongzhi, who sat there and refused to leave.

　　"Why have you still not leaving? You staying for a midnight snack?"

　　"As if someone as stingy as you would treat us to a meal." Liu Yuan grumpily sat back in his chair, "Official Tongzhi also has an organisational problem that he needs to discuss with you. I am here to keep him company."

　　'f.u.c.k you! It's obvious that you were recruiting people to give me grief for your own enjoyment! Only Official Tongzhi had serious business from the start, I bet!'

　　I looked at Official Tongzhi. He may be a civil official at Liu Shan Men, but he's in charge of capturing bandits and robbers. Lots of arrest warrants for henious bandits were issued by him. He's a man that does proper work. I think he's sixty this year. He's not the healthiest man, that's for sure. He should've retired years ago; however, he knew that Liu Shan Men was failing, which was why he volunteered to stay and support Boss Shen for a few years.

　　It's not the fault of the elders that Liu Shan Men's performance has always been poor. After Yan s.h.i.+san's departure, a group of skilled fighters left the office, leaving just the elders from back then. The elders are proficient with work, but the best that they could do was fulfil the civil roles. Asking them to go out and chase bandits or investigate cases is asking for the impossible. According to what I've heard, the branch at Nanjing is considered to be faring well. The place is practically dead, which is why Liu Shan Men has lacked impact in the martial world.