ghts. He turned to see a rich, spoiled boy berating a beggar, occasionally kicking him.
Despite the abuse, the beggar did not make a sound; he just gritted his teeth and clung protectively to a wooden tablet, while behind him lay a corpse covered in cloth.
Seeing this scene, Chen Wenzhong tugged on the sleeve of the bodyguard accompanying him (Clan Leader Chen Zhan had sent a trusted guard to protect his son while he was out).

"Young Master, what are your orders?"
The guard asked seriously, bowing his head.
"['Go stop that fool. I want to see what's happening with that beggar.']"
Chen Wenzhong wrote on a piece of paper and showed it to the guard.
"Yes!"
The guard nodded and approached the spoiled boy.
"Hey! You can't just ignore me! I told you to get lost!" 
The spoiled boy, Lu Guan, a distant relative of the Lu family of Tianwu City, had just been rejected by a girl and decided to vent his frustration on the beggar.
However, as he was about to kick the beggar again, a hand grabbed his shoulder, squeezing it tighter and tighter.
"Ahhh! My shoulder!"
Despite having some minor martial arts skills, Lu Guan struggled free from the grip, clutching his almost-crushed shoulder and wailing.
The Chen family guard crossed his arms and coldly stared at the teary-eyed, snot-nosed Lu Guan.
"Who are you? How dare you hurt me! Don't you know I'm from the Lu family? Do you have a death wish?"
Lu Guan screamed irrationally.
The Chen family guard, uninterested in engaging with this fool, continued to glare at him coldly.
Feeling a chill from the guard's gaze and instinctively glancing at the beggar, Lu Guan noticed Chen Wenzhong writing something.
"[Why are you begging here?]"
Barely able to read, the beggar saw the words and weakly responded, "Fo—for... my mother's... burial."
"[How much do you need?]"
"N—Not much... just five silver coins."
The beggar's eyes filled with a glimmer of hope and longing.
Chen Wenzhong took out thirty silver coins from his pocket and placed them in the beggar's broken bowl.
"This is... too much, Young Master! I don't need so much, please take some back."
Seeing so much silver for the first time, the beggar hurriedly knelt and pleaded for Chen Wenzhong to take back the excess.
"[What is your name?]"
"Young Master, my name is Anxi."
"[Anxi, keep the extra money for yourself. Use it to arrange your future life.]"
After reading Chen Wenzhong's words, Anxi, with tears in his eyes, bowed his head to the ground and shouted, "Young Master! I will definitely repay your kindness!"
Chen Wenzhong nodded and turned to stand by the Chen family guard.
"[Beat him up so he can't come back and bother the beggar for a while!]"
Seeing Lu Guan's actions, Chen Wenzhong realized the beggar would surely be in trouble after he left, so taking preventive measure

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