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“Forget it, as long as he’s back, it’s just some money spent. Anyway, he can’t get what he wants now even if he tries.” Ethan York said, his expression rather odd.

“Hmph, he’d better not have done anything strange, or I’ll tear down that so-called Fenghua Xueyue Brothel.” Angela Long said through gritted teeth. “Little darling, tell me in detail what you did everywhere you went.”

“There was delicious food, tasty drinks, and lots of big sisters played games with me. I want to go again next time.” Little Jason said.

Angela Long’s pretty face darkened, and she said softly but sternly, “You’re not allowed to go! You must never go to places like that again, no matter how much you want to squander or waste money, you can’t go to such places.”

“Why? It’s so much more fun there than here.” Little Jason asked in confusion, and it’s likely that two others present agreed with him—after all, it really was more fun than home.

Ahem, of course, that was just how they felt when they were young.

“There’s no reason. This is your mother’s order, and you must obey.” Angela Long really couldn’t explain, so she could only issue a direct command.

“Oh, then I won’t go. Next time I’ll squander money somewhere else.” Little Jason tilted his head and said.

Next time? We won’t let you have a next time. We absolutely won’t let you go out alone again.

Next, everyone had another question: what was the deal with this little tiger-girl? As for why Fenghua Xueyue Brothel would host Little Jason for three days without question, they all knew the answer in their hearts.

To Fenghua Xueyue Brothel, as long as you have money, it doesn’t matter if you’re old or young, emperor or slave—they’ll treat you like a VIP and serve you all the same.

This little tiger-girl, just as Little Jason said, was a slave girl he bought.

At that time, Fenghua Xueyue Brothel happened to be holding a slave girl auction, and this little girl was one of the slaves. Of course, this was aimed at people with certain special preferences. As for what kind of preferences, let’s not go into detail here.

In the end, Little Jason bought the little tiger-girl simply to squander his money, to be wasteful for a while. There was no overflowing compassion or sympathy—just pure extravagance.

And among so many slave girls, he chose the little tiger-girl because they were about the same age. Kids, after all, will choose other kids.

One more thing to note: Little Jason’s expenses at Fenghua Xueyue Brothel, plus buying the little tiger-girl, had almost completely depleted his pocket money—a total of 68,100 gold coins.

This amount of pocket money is something most people couldn’t earn in a lifetime, but he spent it all in three days. He truly has the makings of a prodigal son.

That’s also why Fenghua Xueyue Brothel never reported anything and let Little Jason squander as he pleased. Clients like him are rare for them.

Of that, the money spent on buying the tiger-girl was 50,000 gold coins, making up the vast majority. It’s said—just said—that at the time, a big shot with special preferences was bidding against Little Jason, which is why the price soared to 50,000 gold coins. That was the highest transaction at the auction, with the second-highest being only 20,000 gold coins for a very beautiful half-elf.

It’s said—again, just said—that the big shot was furious and wanted to see who was bidding against him. When he found out, he was dumbfounded. Anyone would have the same reaction, because it was just too unexpected.

This wasn’t buying a companion—it was buying a playmate.

Forget it, no point in competing with a child. It wouldn’t look good if word got out, the big shot consoled himself. Honestly, if he’d kept bidding, it would have become a scandal, and his reputation would be ruined.

He just didn’t know that Little Jason’s identity was special, and his disappearance these past few days had caused a huge stir in the city. So, in the end, everyone found out about it.

Many people told him, “I never thought you’d be that kind of person…”

And one more thing—even if the big shot had kept bidding, Little Jason would have kept raising the price, because his goal was to squander money. He didn’t care whether he had enough on him, and he didn’t even know how much he had.

With that, the missing person incident came to an end, leaving only some aftermath.

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Chapter 9: Legend

“Pfft… What?! Your son spent three days in a brothel? Hey, he’s only five years old! That’s way too precocious.” These words came from the mouth of the emperor himself. When the emperor heard about it, even he couldn’t help but spit out his food.

If even the emperor reacted this way, let alone everyone else. Now the entire imperial capital knows of Little Jason’s glorious achievement—visiting a brothel at five years old, truly unprecedented.

Now, throughout the capital and even the whole empire, people are talking about this over their meals: how Little Jason went to Fenghua Xueyue Brothel to drink and party, and how he bid against others to buy a little slave girl.

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