Chapter 891: Chapter 445: Wrapping Up, Reputation Brewing

"Ai Li... my little Ai Li..."

Baron Farrow knelt on one knee, holding the young girl tightly in his arms, his voice choking and almost falling apart.

His eyes red and his face incredibly haggard, showing uncontrolled emotional tremors.

In contrast, it was the Baron’s daughter, Miss Ai Li, who seemed bewildered, just staring blankly with her crystal-clear and innocent eyes, looking over her father’s shoulder and gazing at the wall behind.

Putting oneself in her perspective is understandable.

On one hand, the young girl had just woken up from a high dose of a sleeping potion, her mind still unclear, muddled from a long period of unconsciousness, unable to grasp the current situation.

On the other hand, although to the baron, his daughter’s disappearance caused him every moment to pass in torment, even though it hasn’t been twenty-four hours, his own Mental Energy was greatly consumed by worry, leaving him physically and mentally exhausted.

But from Ai Li’s perspective, the biggest shock in this whole incident was probably the attack on the carriage she was riding on her way home last evening.

After which she fell into a coma due to the potion’s effects.

To her, it could almost be said that one moment she was in the carriage, and the next, she was in the emotional embrace of her father upon opening her eyes.

Completely unable to feel the twists and turns in between. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Xia Nan and his group were warmly and graciously received by Graces, the butler of the Baron Mansion, who didn’t mind the blood and rain not yet cleaned off their bodies, almost forcibly having them sit on the soft sofa in the side lounge to rest.

Bowing his head and taking a sip of the tea respectfully handed by the maid beside him, Xia Nan watched the heartwarming scene of father and daughter reunion, finding it somewhat strange.

After all, the kidnapping of the Baron’s daughter hadn’t even lasted twenty-four hours, so why was Baron Farrow’s reaction so intense?

But then again, whether in this life or the previous, he had never been a father and found it hard to empathize. Considering the chaotic environment of Suo Yu Bay, it was possible that Baron Farrow had prepared for the worst when he discovered his daughter’s disappearance, so such a reaction upon Ai Li’s safe return was understandable.

For a long time, until the baron’s shoulders gradually stopped shaking, his emotions slightly calmed, did he stagger up, tightly holding his daughter’s hand, and came before them.

They also put down their hot tea in unison and stood up politely.

"I... I don’t know what to say." Baron Farrow’s voice was even hoarser, but the anxiety and worry on his face had vanished, "You brought back the most important treasure for me."

As the special approval officer of Suo Yu Bay, he’s said many pleasantries, but now he found himself at a loss for words and decided not to waste time with formalities.

"Please rest assured, not a single copper coin of the promised reward will be withheld."

The baron’s attitude was unprecedentedly sincere, his words incredibly heartfelt.

"Perhaps I can’t do much, but from today, you are always my friends in Suo Yu Bay."

He made this promise.

Of course, this didn’t mean Xia Nan could make endless demands from him.

To his understanding, this equaled, besides the reward for the task itself, an additional favor with high limits from the baron.

How to use it, or when to use it, required careful consideration.

But regardless, it added a solid fallback for Xia Nan’s upcoming life in Suo Yu Bay.

If he were the type of low-level adventurer content with the status quo and indulging at the tavern or casino, as long as it wasn’t too excessive, he could perhaps rely solely on this favor to live a relatively decent life.

As these thoughts crossed his mind, Ai Li, held tightly by Baron Farrow, gradually regained some spirit.

Her bright and clear eyes, filled with curiosity and gratitude from the father by her side, gazed at Xia Nan across the way.

From the girl’s perspective, it was indeed curious that the stranger adventurer she had just recently met at the tailor’s shop had now become her savior.

Noticing her gaze, Xia Nan came to his senses slightly and gave a polite smile to the girl.

In response, Ai Li offered a bright and cheerful smile back, whereas the guards from the Governor Mansion on both sides of the room noticed their breathing slightly disturbed, their expressions subtly shifting.

After all... this Baron’s daughter was rescued from the storage room of a shack and only came to her senses in the carriage back to the Baron Mansion;

While these guards from the Governor Mansion had witnessed firsthand the piles of corpses of the Corner Shark Gang members in that shack, seen the unrecognizable shredded flesh full of scars, and even the human heads with remnants of expressions of Fear, shaved clean.

Despite knowing they were all members of a malicious gang, they couldn’t help but tremble internally facing the extremely brutal scene caused by Xia Nan, remembering his sharply defined face as that of a dangerous individual who needed to be watched closely.

After returning Ai Li to her father, Xia Nan and his group didn’t stay long at the Baron Mansion, thinking it best to leave the time to the reunited father and daughter after their ordeal.