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Chapter 16 Midnight Warehouse Opening (Please continue reading and show your support!)
The biting cold poured over his head, startling the accountant so much that he sat bolt upright.

He was breathing heavily, his eyes glazed over, and he thought he was having a nightmare.

But then he saw the dark figure standing in front of him.

It was a masked man, standing there silently, like a ghost that sent chills down your spine.

Only then did the accountant, Old Li, realize that he was not dreaming, and he was so frightened that he almost fainted again.

At that moment, a hoarse, emotionless voice rang out, "Go, wake all those people up."

Old Li trembled all over, not daring to utter a single word of dissent. He scrambled to the corner of the yard, shoving the unconscious men with trembling hands.

Soon, more than a dozen men woke up one after another, rubbing their aching necks and looking around blankly.

"what happened?"

"Who the hell attacked me?"

But when their gaze fell upon the warehouse door and they saw Wang Shun's unseeing corpse, all their curses caught in their throats.

Manager Wang... is actually dead?
A dozen or so of them were patrolling the yard, but they didn't even see a shadow of the other party, and they didn't even have time to let out a scream before they were taken down one by one.

When Wang Shun woke up, he was already a corpse.

Is this something a human can do?
It's probably some kind of ghost or spirit coming after me!

The thought sent chills down the spines of these men, making them tremble uncontrollably. None of them dared to look up at Chen Ye.

Just then, Chen Ye spoke again, still in that hoarse voice.

"Open for business."

Upon hearing this, the people looked at each other in bewilderment, and Old Li was completely dumbfounded.

He initially thought the masked man was there to rob him, and he had even planned to reveal the location of his hidden silver as soon as the man spoke, hoping to save his life.

But in the end, the other party didn't want money or kill anyone; they just wanted them to open their shop and do business.

The key question is, who are we going to sell to if we open the door in the middle of the night?
"Hmm?" Chen Ye snorted coldly.

Old Li shuddered in fright and dared not hesitate for a moment longer. He hurriedly called to several employees, and they ran tremblingly to remove the door panels and open the rice shop's door wide.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ye issued a second order.

"Move the rice out of the warehouse."

The workers dared not disobey, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and carry the heavy sacks of rice from the warehouse to the shop entrance, where they neatly stacked them.

After doing all this, Old Li and his men all looked at Chen Ye with puzzled expressions, waiting for his next instructions.

Chen Ye ignored their gazes, casually pointed to the nearest worker, and ordered, "Go, shout in the street that Fu Man Cang is opening its granary to distribute grain to relieve disaster victims. Everyone gets a share, first come, first served, free of charge."

Upon hearing this, everyone thought they had misheard.

Opening the granary and distributing grain? Free of charge?
Is this man insane? He went to such great lengths to kill Wang Shun and take control of the entire rice shop, just to give away the Lin family's grain to those peasants for free?
You know, these days grain is more valuable than gold; sometimes a peck of rice can be exchanged for a young, unmarried woman.

Just as everyone was looking on blankly, Chen Ye said calmly.

"Do as I say. If you can distribute all this food in two hours, you will have a chance to survive. Anyone who dares to slack off or sneak away to report back will be disqualified."

Chen Ye sneered, not mentioning the consequences, but those present still shuddered, because Wang Shun's body was lying in the courtyard.

After giving his instructions, Chen Ye stepped back and instantly disappeared into the darkness.

Upon seeing this, the men's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

A person who was just alive and well a moment ago has just vanished right before our eyes?

Now, the last shred of hope in their hearts vanished completely.

"What are you standing there for? Do you want to die?" Old Li was the first to react and immediately said. "Go quickly and do as this man says."

Although they knew they would be in serious trouble once the Lin family found out, that was a matter for the future. If they didn't act now, they could really die.

Soon, several men were pushed out as if they were being forced into a corner.

They walked into the street and looked at the refugees huddled in the corners like living corpses, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.

"Ahem, Fu Man Cang is opening its granary and distributing grain! It's free, everyone go and get your rice!" A worker mustered his courage and shouted at the top of his lungs.

The sound echoed through the empty street, but failed to elicit any response.

These refugees merely glanced up numbly, then looked down again, their eyes empty and devoid of any emotion.

fraud.

Fu Mancang's rice prices have always been the highest, and its employees are all fierce-looking. How could they suddenly open the granary and release grain? Therefore, this must be a scam.

The men had no choice but to grit their teeth and keep shouting.

Once, twice, three times...

Finally, a starving boy, perhaps with no other option but to try anything, or perhaps simply because he was starving, staggered up from the corner and moved toward the rice shop.

All eyes were on him.

The boy walked to the entrance of the rice shop, and sure enough, a shop assistant scooped up a large spoonful of white rice and poured it into his pocket.

The boy was stunned. He stared in disbelief at the rice in the bag, then suddenly knelt on the ground and frantically stuffed raw rice into his mouth.

it is true!
They're really distributing food!

This caused a sensation throughout the entire street.

"Quick, Fu Man Cang is really distributing rice!"

"It's free! It really is free!"

The news spread like wildfire throughout the entire southern city at an incredible speed.

Countless refugees who had been hiding in the shadows, waiting to die in despair, seemed to see a glimmer of hope and rushed in from all directions like madmen.

Soon, a long queue formed in front of Fumancang, stretching from one end of the street to the other, a dense, dark mass.

With tears in their eyes, people kowtowed to the rice shop assistants and accountants after receiving the rice.

"Thank you, kind philanthropist! Thank you, living bodhisattva!"

"We will repay your great kindness by being your ox or horse in our next life!"

Looking at the scene before him and hearing the heartfelt gratitude around him, Old Li, the accountant, was terrified.

He didn't want to take all the credit for this enormous achievement.

So he quickly said, "Don't thank me, everyone. The one who truly saved you wasn't us, but a masked swordsman who wishes to remain anonymous! It was him, he forced us to open the granaries and distribute food to help you all!"

These words caused another uproar among the crowd.

A chivalrous knight-errant?

In this world, there are still such chivalrous people who seek neither fame nor fortune, but only the common people?

In an instant, countless people were moved to tears and began to kowtow towards the void.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye stood on the roof of a small building not far away, quietly watching this scene until he was sure that the food had been distributed before turning away.

That night, the name of the masked swordsman spread throughout the capital.

The Lin family was furious!
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