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A New Citizen
Chapter 24
Master Qiu and his servants are sprinting towards their home in Shanghai-a bustling place filled with the usual structures a commerce center has.
Schools, houses, hospitals, factories. Tanashiri is just beginning to marvel at what is around him.
"I never thought that I would see Shanghai with my two eyes in the 1930s. This looks more picturesque than what I saw in school textbooks!"
Master Qui's energy preserved and only allotted for use for one day is beginning to be drained. It is like, he is carrying Tanashiri's body in his back.
He is filthy, and Master Qiu's beautiful and expensive changshan dress is soiled with his own dirt.
The people around him stare at him like he is an exotic animal worthy of display in an animal museum. They are laughing, pointing their fingers at him, and covering their noses with their spare handkerchiefs.
"Master Qiu, that traditional dress is brought from a faraway town. You really did
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