Underworld Chronicles: Qiao Si's Strategist, Xiao Ke, and Wang Weifan

After Xiao Ke's first experience with scrubbing became a hit, he became more and more skilled over the past month. He learned as he went, and his skill improved by leaps and bounds. People came to him for scrubbing in droves, and there were even queues.

Old Yang's repeat customers weren't affected much, but Xiao Ke's two senior brothers were greatly impacted. There were only a few people who regularly got body scrubs, but with more people coming to Xiao Ke's place, naturally fewer people sought out his two senior brothers for body scrubs.

Everyone has a sense of jealousy and no one wants the people around them to be doing better than them. Xiao Ke's two senior brothers were no exception; the more they looked at Xiao Ke, the angrier they became.

Damn it, their business was doing just fine, then some shorty came along and stole all their customers. Anyone would be furious.

Because of their master, Lao Yang, and the boss, Xiao Ke's senior brother couldn't openly make trouble for Xiao Ke. So the two of them secretly plotted to find a way to mess with Xiao Ke.

Just as Xiao Ke's two senior classmates were thinking about it, the opportunity came. It was payday. Xiao Ke and his colleagues were paid by piecework, and the boss didn't care about tips. The more you rubbed, the more you earned; the less you rubbed, the less you earned.

Xiao Ke's two senior brothers calculated that in this month, Xiao Ke had earned more than both of them combined, and was almost as much as his master Lao Yang. Who could be at peace with that?

Xiao Ke is a good person; on the night he got paid, he bought four cartons of cigarettes, giving two to his master and the other two to his two senior brothers.

After giving him the cigarettes, Xiao Ke said to Lao Yang, "Master, I'd like to ask for half a day off tomorrow. I'm going to visit my cousin and his wife. We just got paid, so I'm going to buy them some things."

"Ah, go ahead, go ahead, it's rare to see someone so filial," Old Yang said.

"My uncle introduced me to this job, I can't forget my roots," Xiao Ke said.

"Alright, you're sure to make it in the future, go for it!" Old Yang said with emotion.

Upon hearing that Xiao Ke was going out, the two senior brothers holding cigarettes exchanged a glance, smiled mysteriously, and thought to themselves, "Damn it, we've finally found a chance to teach you a lesson."

The next day, Xiao Ke got up early, washed his six pairs of white work underwear clean, hung them on the headboard to dry, tidied up, and went out.

Xiao Ke went out and bought two packs of cigarettes and a belt for his uncle, a floral dress for his aunt, and a leather jacket for his cousin. After a busy morning, he took the gifts to his uncle's house.

When Xiao Ke arrived, his uncle was still playing mahjong with a cigarette in his mouth. Seeing Xiao Ke carrying a bunch of things, he quickly called out to his son, "Da Zhi, Da Zhi, your cousin is here! Come out and greet him!"

Wang Zhi came out of the house and took the things from Xiao Ke's hands. "Xiao Ke, why don't you sit inside for a while? I'll come in as soon as I'm done playing with this," said Xiao Ke's uncle.

That day, Xiao Ke's aunt happened to be home. Xiao Ke went inside and called out, "Auntie, are you home?"

When Xiao Ke's aunt saw that he had brought so many gifts, she was first surprised. "Oh, Xiao Ke is here! Come, sit down, sit down."

Just then, Xiao Ke's cousin came into the house, and Xiao Ke gave them the gifts one by one. This made his cousin's family very happy, especially his cousin's wife, who was overjoyed. She held up her floral dress in front of the mirror and kept trying it on.

"Look how thoughtful Xiao Ke is! You two have never bought me clothes before, and this is the most fashionable one this year. Thank you, Xiao Ke!" Xiao Ke's aunt said with a smile.

"As long as Auntie likes it, that's fine," Xiao Ke said with a smile.

"Little Ke, don't buy anything from your uncle's house anymore. Earning money isn't easy," Little Ke's uncle said, trying on his new belt.

Uncle, I just got paid, so I have to show my respect to you. Without you, where would I find a job now? Buying you some things is nothing. Look at how talkative Xiao Ke is, it's so comforting to listen to him.

"Well, I'm going to buy groceries now, Xiao Ke. We'll eat at home for lunch, I'll cook you something delicious." Xiao Ke's aunt put away her skirt and wiggled her hips as she went to buy groceries.

At noon, Xiao Ke's aunt cooked a table full of delicious dishes to entertain him. While eating the fragrant food, Xiao Ke thought to himself, "Money is such a wonderful thing. Although I spent all of my monthly salary on things, everyone was happy, so it was worth it. What's the point of making money if you don't spend it?"

While Xiao Ke was having lunch at his uncle's house, his two senior classmates were sitting in the dormitory, thinking about how to mess with him. Lao Yang went to work at noon, and since Xiao Ke's two senior classmates weren't forcing him to work, they decided to go to work a little later.

The two men, smoking the cigarettes Xiao Ke bought for them, sat on the bed and started chatting idly. One of them said, "Damn it, I didn't make any money this month, it's all because of this shorty."

"I don't drive much either. This guy, we're doing just fine, and then he comes along and interferes, always wearing those white shorts. It's infuriating." Another person said, taking a drag of their cigarette.

"Damn it, he's pretty clean. Look at all these clothes he washed, hanging here like they're dead. Let's piss on him!" One of Xiao Ke's senior classmates stood up.

Pee on him, let him show off again. The other one also threw down his cigarette butt and stood up.

The two men pulled up all six pairs of white underwear that Xiao Ke had washed clean and threw them into Xiao Ke's washbasin, and then they started urinating in it.

Both of them were so angry that their urine turned a dark yellow color, making Xiao Ke's underwear look like yellow paper from a target practice. Then, the two of them hung Xiao Ke's underwear back on the headboard untouched and went to work, satisfied.

Sometimes people can be really wicked. You know, Xiao Ke earns money through his own abilities and even buys cigarettes for the two of them. Instead of thinking about how to improve themselves, these two are only thinking about how to harm Xiao Ke. People can be so unpredictable.

Xiao Ke spent the afternoon at his uncle's house and came back in the evening. The bathhouse was crowded at night, and he still had to earn money. Although he earned quite a bit in the first month, he spent it on cigarettes for his mentors and gifts for his uncle's family, leaving him with practically nothing. He was thinking of sending some money home, but he could only wait until next month to earn more.

Xiao Ke returned to the dormitory, took off his clothes, and prepared to change into his gear for work. He touched his white underwear and found it was very wet. That's not right. He washed it early this morning, so it should be dry by now.

Xiao Ke picked up a piece and smelled it. "Holy crap, this is so stinky, it's been peed on!"

Xiao Ke threw his underwear on the ground with a thud, his hair standing on end in anger. It must have been his two senior brothers who did it. Those two were always looking shifty and sneaky; they were definitely up to no good.

Damn it, just because I'm not showing my teeth doesn't mean I'm a pushover. I'll show you both what I'm made of. Little Ke suppressed his anger and went to work wearing only his remaining red underwear.

What will Xiao Ke do next to get revenge on his two senior brothers? Stay tuned for the next episode.