Card Kingdom: This kid's codex is full of gold

On the top floor, in the office.

Brother Long was sitting in a large leather office chair, with the surveillance footage of the front desk on the computer screen in front of him.

He looked at Zhang Yun on the surveillance screen and answered the phone with a mocking tone: "Hey, Xiao Zhang?"

"It's me, Brother Long. I'm here to pay off my loan today."

"Pay off the loan? Oh... I remember now."

Brother Long tapped his fingers on the desk, a mocking smile playing on his lips. "But I'm not in the company right now. I'm on a business trip out of town and probably won't be back for another three to five days."

On the other end of the conversation, Zhang Yun asked, "How is the repayment date calculated? Tomorrow is the last day."

"Don't worry about the repayment date, just leave it until today. I'll complete the paperwork for you when I get back, okay?"

"Alright."

"That's all for now."

Brother Long hung up the phone immediately.

He tossed his phone onto the table and turned to look at the corner of the office.

There, a woman in her thirties was curled up on the floor, her hair disheveled, half of her face swollen, and a trace of blood still hanging from the corner of her mouth.

Her hands were bound in front of her body with a rough hemp rope, and deep red marks were rubbed off her wrists.

"Brother Long...please, let me go..."

"I only borrowed 100,000, and the loan term is only 120,000, so why does the contract say 200,000...?"

"When I came to repay the loan, no one attended to me. They only told me it was overdue after the due date, and now the amount has doubled. I really can't afford to pay anymore. Please let me go..."

Brother Long walked up to the woman, grabbed her hair, pulled her face close to his, and grinned maliciously:

"Are you an idiot?!"

"The loan company's repayment cycle is one week, not one month!"

"If I charge you 20% interest in January, how am I supposed to live?"

"You signed the contract yourself, you left your fingerprint on it, it's all in black and white, I'll win if you sue me!"

"You can't pay me back, huh? No problem, I'll introduce you to a job!"

He loosened the woman's hair, stood up, and snapped his fingers.

Two burly men in black T-shirts burst in and dragged the woman off the ground, one on each side.

"No, Brother Long... please, let me go, I have children at home..."

"Please, please, sob..."

The woman struggled desperately, crying and screaming, but was still dragged away by the burly man in black...

Brother Long pulled a white handkerchief from the table, slowly wiped his fingers, crumpled the handkerchief into a ball, and casually threw it into the trash can.

At this moment, a tall, thin man wearing gold-rimmed glasses approached and reported, "Brother Long, that kid was a high school student, a legitimate summoner."

"Furthermore, his uncle is a soldier, and his cousin is said to be an elite bronze summoner. Won't it be troublesome to deal with that kid?"

"Heh...so what if he has a relative who's a soldier? What, are we in the company afraid of him?"

Brother Long chuckled and sat back down in his chair, crossing his legs as he said, "As for his cousin, she's just a mere Bronze Summoner. Who isn't?"

"It's even better that he has these backgrounds; our company can squeeze him even more out of him."

"If someone's poor, how can you squeeze any profit out of them?"

Brother Long picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and laughed, "Boss Xiao's arena is short of gladiators lately. We haven't supplied him with goods for a long time. If that kid can't pay back the money, send him to Boss Xiao's place to increase the number of gladiators. It'll be a good way to give Boss Xiao an explanation."

"Yes, Brother Long!"

...

Before we knew it, it was two o'clock in the afternoon.

With an alloy longsword at his waist, a bulging backpack on his back, and riding a bronze dire wolf, Zhang Yun appeared at the gate of Jiangcheng No. 2 High School.

My backpack was stuffed full of Kaka's new clothes.

He thought buying clothes for the little skeleton would be a simple matter; he could just pick out a couple of wearable items.

As a result, the little guy went into the mall like a bee that had fallen into a honey pot, touching and pulling at this and that.

It would grab any cloak-like garment and try it on, then look up at Zhang Yun with its soul fire flickering slowly, looking pitiful.

Zhang Yun had no choice but to grant the little guy's request.

The shopping spree lasted nearly an hour, until the largest hiking backpack in the store was filled. Little Skeleton reluctantly left with Zhang Yun.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yun went to the food street.

Starving, he followed the Slime Tyrant into a high-end buffet restaurant.

Goodness...

From the moment he entered the store, the Slime Tyrant was on a relentless, non-stop show-off show for a full hour.

The amount of food it consumes is more than a hundred times its tiny size.

This even alarmed the restaurant manager, who subtly tried to get rid of Zhang Yun. Only after Zhang Yun said he could buy five tickets did the manager reluctantly give up.

Fortunately, Zhang Yun still had more than 200 million yuan in his pocket, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to afford to raise these two little ones.

At this moment, Zhang Yun stood outside the main gate of No. 2 Middle School, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and dialed the number saved as "Little Rich Woman".

The phone beeped twice before it was answered.

Lin Qianqian's lazy voice came from the other end, and in the background, one could vaguely hear the noisy chatter of the crowd, as well as the occasional low growls of the card beast.

"Hey, handsome young man, what do you want with me?"

"Hey rich girl, where are you?"

"What, you need to borrow money again?"

"Hehe, I'm going to pay you back. I'm doing much better now, I'll even pay you interest."

"Tch, you little pike? Keep your money, I'm not short of cash."

"No... If you borrow and return, it's easy to borrow again."

"Alright... I'm at your school's teleportation building right now. I'm going to go raid the dungeon with my brother in a bit and crush your school's three giants."

"Come here now, I have a gift for you."

Why didn't you say so sooner...?

Zhang Yun's lips twitched, and he said, "I'm at your school gate right now."

"Then come back to No. 1 High School, and while you're at it, go to your school's playground and see how I show off my prowess in the Frostwolf Dungeon."

"I have something to do, so I won't be going back to school this afternoon. Be careful when you venture into the underground palace by yourself."

"Okay... My brother is going to come up with a plan to speedrun through the dungeon. That's all for now."

"good!"

Zhang Yun's lips twitched. He hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket.

Now that the rich girl isn't at school, Zhang Yun needs to get back to his own business.

He rode his bronze dire wolf toward the school gate, where a security guard wielding a trident and with a bronze codex fluttering beside him stopped him...