Medic Martial Dragon King

Watching the elevator doors slowly close in front of him, the smile on Jiang Chen's face gradually faded away.

"Mr. Jiang, do you really intend to help them settle their people?" Elder Ming asked with a frown, looking at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes at Elder Ming, saying irritably, "Do you think that's possible?"

Elder Ming was slightly taken aback, then asked in confusion, "But just now…"

With a slight smile, Jiang Chen turned and walked towards his room. As he walked, he said, "Elder Ming, do you know how market vendors shortchange their customers?"

"Market vendors?!" Elder Ming was stunned for a moment.

Clack!

Jiang Chen opened the door to his room and walked in, with Elder Ming following behind, frowning.

"What happened?" Yè Yùwǎn asked Elder Ming in a low voice when she saw his confused face.

Elder Ming said with a blank expression, "Mr. Jiang was asking me how market vendors shortchange their customers."

"Huh?" Wu Qingshuang was equally baffled.

With a gentle smile, Yè Yùwǎn looked at Jiang Chen, who had returned to the sofa, and said with a tinge of irritation, "What kind of question is that, Elder Ming wouldn't know about that!"

"Haha!" Jiang Chen chuckled lightly.

"Isn't it by giving customers less when weighing the items?" Wu Qingshuang asked tentatively as they sat down on the sofa.

Yè Yùwǎn shook her head with a light laugh, "No, the markets usually have fair scales. If a vendor directly shortchanges the customer, it would be revealed once weighed on the fair scale!"

"With a fair scale, there shouldn't be any occurrences of shortchanging, right?" Wu Qingshuang asked again.

"No, with fair scales, cases of shortchanging have actually increased. It exploits a mentality like yours, where you believe that with a fair scale present, vendors wouldn't dare to shortchange," Yè Yùwǎn explained.

She shook her head again, "However, directly shortchanging the customer is the most unsophisticated method. Typically, those who care about such things will warn the vendor, 'You can't shortchange me; if you do, I'll report you,' and so on. At that point, for example, if it's apples being sold, the vendor might add two more apples into the customer's bag, and the customer will leave happily!"

"Right, getting two more apples would certainly please those who count every ounce!" Wu Qingshuang nodded in agreement.

"But what if the vendor originally shortchanged the customer by five apples?" Yè Yùwǎn asked with a light chuckle.

"Well, then go and weigh it on the fair scale!" Wu Qingshuang said matter-of-factly.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "Do you think that a person who believes they got two apples for a bargain will go to the fair scale to weigh them again?"

"This…" Wu Qingshuang hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook her head, "No."

"That's right, the vendor makes a profit of three apples, and the customer, under the misconception of having gotten a deal, won't feel the need to weigh their purchase on the fair scale!"

Jiang Chen concluded, "When you have time, observe the market. Those who frequent the fair scales usually don't make those kinds of complaints to the vendors."

"I see!" Wu Qingshuang had an epiphany.

After pondering for a moment, Elder Ming looked at Jiang Chen, still clueless, "Mr. Jiang, what does that have to do with my initial question?"

"Didn't you ask me why I acted that way just now?"

Jiang Chen said with a faint smile, "Ya Si approached me to help him settle people because he wants the Dark Church to take root within the Flame Dragon Kingdom. The moment I settle his people in the Flame Dragon Kingdom, he succeeds. If I had agreed outright, it would be like us shopping and feeling like we might be at a loss, which is human nature; things obtained too easily are often considered suspicious!"

"However, by bargaining with him for a while and finally accepting under the condition of a lucrative transport channel, he will certainly think that I couldn't see through his real intentions. Furthermore, he will perceive me as a simpleton who only cares about benefits!"

Jiang Chen's lips curled into a cold smirk, "By doing this, his guard against me will be lowered, and he will believe even more that I'm going to help him settle those people with all my might!"

"Oh! Mr. Jiang, was that performance just now meant to bewilder that Ya Si?" Elder Ming asked with sudden realization.

Jiang Chen looked at Elder Ming with amusement and said teasingly, "Elder Ming, you don't really believe that I'd introduce the Dark Church into the Flame Dragon Kingdom just for that bit of benefit, do you?"

"I..." Elder Ming scratched his head in embarrassment, "Mr. Jiang's performance was too convincing!"

"Oh come on... you... you're really something!" Jiang Chen shook his head speechlessly, then his expression turned serious, "Elder Ming, actually, when I asked you about the vendor, I had another purpose!"

"What?" Elder Ming felt a tightness in his heart at the sight of Jiang Chen's expression.

"Have you not been offering protection to anyone since the incident with Spirit You and the Dark Night Queen?" Jiang Chen asked softly.

Elder Ming looked puzzled and nodded.

"Do you think that because you displayed the aura of a Peak Semi Venerable Venerable, Ya Si would definitely not make a move?" Jiang Chen asked again.

"Of course!" Elder Ming replied without hesitation.

"What if he did make a move?" Jiang Chen's face became grave, "What if he suddenly attacked, restrained me, can you assure me that at such a close distance, if he desperately tried to restrain me, you could stop him?"

Elder Ming was startled, his forehead wrinkling slightly. He recalled the scene in the adjoining room a moment before and felt a sudden jolt in his heart, followed by cold sweat running down.

He had thought it through.

Back then, Jiang Chen and Ya Si had been too close. If Ya Si had suddenly acted, Jiang Chen could very well have fallen into Ya Si's hands.

Although Jiang Chen himself also possessed extraordinary strength, this absolutely could not be an excuse for a bodyguard's failure.

A bodyguard's most fundamental duty is to ensure their protectee is always in a completely safe state, regardless of how strong their protectee is. This is the most basic responsibility!

"Elder Ming, it's lucky it was me this time, and fortunately, Ya Si did not act. But what if it had been Yu Wan?"

Seeing Elder Ming's expression, Jiang Chen knew he had recognized the oversight and spoke earnestly,

"With Yu Wan's current Heavenly Peak Grandmaster strength, she would absolutely not withstand a hit from a Semi Venerable Venerable like Ya Si. If you protect Yu Wan with this kind of presumptuous attitude, how can I be at ease?"

Having said that, Jiang Chen looked gravely at Elder Ming, staring straight into his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, it's my fault. This will absolutely never happen again. I have been negligent!" Elder Ming said, his face flushed with shame. He and Wu Qingshuang had just made the mistake of failing to protect Yè Yùwǎn, and now he had repeated the same kind of error, which truly made Elder Ming feel utterly disgraced!

"I don't want to hear apologies, Elder Ming. As a bodyguard, I hope you can fulfill what a bodyguard should do," Jiang Chen waved his hand, speaking indifferently. "If you think protecting Yu Wan is beneath the dignity of a Peak Semi Venerable Venerable like you, I can find someone else. You're not irreplaceable!"

If someone else heard this, they would surely be shocked.

To replace a guardian who's a Peak Semi Venerable Venerable?

That seemed incredibly arrogant!

But this was Jiang Chen.

He valued not just capability but also attitude.

If your attitude isn't right, it doesn't matter if you're a Venerable; he would replace you all the same!