From the northeast corner, a pink auspicious cloud unexpectedly drifted over. As it drew near, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, for atop the cloud were four or five charming and beautiful young girls. Their eyes were as limpid as water, their skin fairer than snow, but their ears were all furry and pointed, growing from the sides of their faces, and behind them, each had a fluffy white tail—they were clearly not human.

“Are they... fox demons from Mount Qingqiu?”

Someone recognized their identity, and all the onlookers immediately felt a chill in their hearts, retreating in unison.

Mount Qingqiu was a nearby demon mountain, home to a group of fox demons. Although these fox demons cultivated the righteous path and did not harm human lives, the fear of demons was deeply rooted in ordinary people’s hearts, so seeing them still made people afraid.

“Master Leng actually knows these fox demons from Mount Qingqiu as well. The old man really has a wide network...”

Even Henry Carter couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. He himself didn’t feel much about fox demons; back when he was learning at the Immortal Sect, there were also some demons who had taken human form and joined the immortal mountains, so he was long used to such things. To him, seeing fox demons was like seeing foreigners eating stinky tofu on the street in his previous life—he hadn’t interacted with them, but it was nothing strange.

Seeing the important guests all enter the Leng residence, Henry Carter also carried his pastries and walked up, presenting his visiting card.

The Leng family servant guarding the gate glanced at Henry Carter’s card, then looked at Henry Carter with some curiosity and said with a smile, “You’re the second young master of the The Carter Family who was expelled from the Immortal Sect not long ago? That Young Master Bennett who just went in, he’s your fellow disciple, right?”

Henry Carter sighed and said, “He used to be. Can I go in now?”

The gatekeeper couldn’t help but laugh, and said to his companion, “Come look, this is the second young master of the The Carter Family...”

“Haha, so he’s the one who was expelled from the Immortal Sect...”

“How pitiful. Young Master Bennett arrived riding a cloud, but this Young Master Carter couldn’t even afford a carriage and just walked here...”

Their laughter was also noticed by the crowd, immediately drawing a group of people to point and whisper.

“Look, that’s the second young master of the The Carter Family. He joined the Immortal Sect seven years ago, but was kicked out...”

“One shouldn’t be too much like Henry Carter, wasting such a great opportunity for nothing...”

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Chapter 7: Entertaining Distinguished Guests

Henry Carter hadn’t expected that he would become so well-known. As the saying goes, good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news spreads a thousand miles. His reputation in Four Symbols City was probably even greater than Edward Bennett’s. After all, no matter how impressive Edward Bennett was, others could only look up to him, while Henry Carter was someone everyone could sigh about and then mock.

However, the Leng family servants’ rudeness did make Henry Carter a bit angry.

With a sweep of his sleeve, he said coldly, “A guest arrives at your door, yet is kept outside. Is this how your Leng family treats guests?”

He hadn’t planned to say anything, but once he spoke, the gatekeepers immediately glared at him. The one on the left sneered, “Even a discarded disciple of the Immortal Sect dares to put on airs and accuse our Leng family of not knowing how to treat guests? I’d like to ask if you’re even worthy of being a guest here.”

The one on the right eyed the paper package in Henry Carter’s hand and sneered, “What gift are you carrying? Show us!”

“Two jin of fine pastries...”

Henry Carter lifted the package and shook it, speaking with a half-smile.

But this wasn’t true—the good pastries had all been given to Emily Parker yesterday; these two packages were just leftovers.

“Trying to enter our Leng family’s door with two lousy packages of pastries—are you trying to insult us?”

The servants immediately raised their eyebrows at this. If not for the crowd, they might have laid hands on Henry Carter.

“Heh, then tell me, what kind of gift does one need to bring to enter the Leng residence?”

Henry Carter said coolly.

One servant was about to speak, but a more clever one pulled him aside and whispered, “Don’t bother with him. If outsiders see us picking and choosing gifts, it’ll damage the Leng family’s reputation. Since this good-for-nothing is so stingy, just send him to the banquet tables outside. After all, he’s still a young master of the The Carter Family; whether he has any face left, that’s his own business...”

Hearing this, the servant’s eyes lit up. He sneered at Henry Carter, “Our Leng family doesn’t care about such gifts. Even if you came empty-handed and just offered congratulations, you’d still be a guest. But today there are many guests in the house, so someone of your status shouldn’t go in, lest you offend the distinguished guests. How about this: keep your pastries, go sit over there and have a drink!”

He pointed in a direction, and the onlookers burst into laughter.

It turned out the servant was pointing to the banquet tables set up outside the residence—a form of charity. Whenever there was a celebration, the Leng family would set up a long row of tables outside the mansion, so that the poor of the city, whether rich or not, could come to the door, say a few auspicious words, and enjoy free food and drink. By sending Henry Carter there, they were really treating him like a beggar.

“Heh, very well...”

Henry Carter didn’t mind, swept a glance at the servants at the door, gave a cold laugh, and actually went over and sat down.

“Haha, you have to admit, Young Master Carter sitting there really suits his status...”