The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1104 - 183: Coincidence (Extra - for the reward from the reader "Flower Does Not Eat Onion")

Chapter 1104: Chapter 183: Coincidence (Extra Chapter for the reward from the reader "Flower Does Not Eat Onion")

Manbao, upon hearing that, rushed over immediately, only to see a group of adults who had appeared from nowhere standing in front of their seats talking.

Manbao squeezed in, thrusting forward the disheveled flowers she had just picked and hadn’t had time to arrange, blocking her teacher’s front, "Teacher, look at the flowers I picked, aren’t they beautiful?"

The previously lively atmosphere momentarily stalled, with everyone turning to look at Manbao.

Manbao walked up to Mr. Zhuang’s side, turned her head to size up Chen Fulin with a meaningful "Ah~", and asked: "Lord Chen, are you here to apologize to our teacher again?"

Chen Fulin’s heart jumped upon seeing Manbao, and he quickly responded with a smile, "Divine Doctor Zhou Junior, there was a bit of misunderstanding between your teacher and me previously, it’s not about apologizing, just came over to chat."

After saying this, he turned back and smiled at the man who had just spoken, "Brother Qian, Brother Zhuang indeed was my classmate as I mentioned, he is also from Jiannan like me, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, I am quite thrilled."

Brother Qian glanced at Chen Fulin; his words were not as he had previously stated, but sensing Chen Fulin’s unusual demeanor, he didn’t say anything more and nodded.

It was then Mr. Jiang asked, "Lord Chen, are you also here to ascend the heights for a better view?"

"Yes, the Double Ninth climbing is a tradition after all."

Mr. Jiang then smiled, "That’s quite a coincidence, we were just planning to descend. How about this, the spot we occupied is quite good, shall we give it to you?"

"No need, no need," Chen Fulin hastily refused, smiling, "We just came from that mountain, just here to see the inscriptions, not planning to stay long, so Mr. Jiang and Junmei, please stay seated, we’ll be leaving after seeing the inscriptions."

Mr. Jiang laughed, "Then, Lord Chen, please feel free."

Chen Fulin quickly stepped back, preparing to leave with his friends, when suddenly a voice called from behind, "Teacher—"

Bai Shan led a group of youths rushing over, several of them carrying sedan chairs, with Yin Huo and several others sitting on them.

Chen Fulin turned back and saw a group of youths dressed in Highest Institute uniforms rushing over and surrounding Zhuang Xun.

Zhuang Xun, turning back and seeing Bai Shan drenched in sweat, scolded, "The autumn breeze is already cool, why did you let yourself sweat so much? Wipe it off now."

Bai Shan touched himself, about to use his sleeve to wipe it off, but Manbao handed him a handkerchief. Taking it, he wiped his face while asking, "Teacher, why didn’t you go over there? I waited for you guys on the mountain peak for a long time, went back and forth past the reclining Buddha three or four times and didn’t see you."

Peng Zhiru and a few others who had met Mr. Zhuang before were also greeting and paying respect, and helped Bai Shan by adding, "We even helped search around the mountain top, didn’t see the teachers, so we guessed you didn’t go up that mountain."

Mr. Zhuang then smiled and said, "We didn’t go up, it’s higher there and more crowded, so we came here instead."

He glanced at the youths trailing behind and joked, "How come there are only so few of you from the Highest Institute left?"

Bai Shan explained, "Some went down the mountain to go home, some went to other places, those of us who get along well came here to see the inscriptions."

He turned to ask Manbao, "Did you make any rubbings of these inscriptions?"

Manbao shook her head, "Just read through them, I’m not becoming a nun, and my writing is just so-so, why would I rub them?"

"Eh, wasn’t it said that your writing is quite good?"

Manbao: "Far worse than Mr. Jiang’s."

Mr. Jiang, who was drinking tea, choked and inadvertently spat out his tea.

Everyone then looked down at Mr. Jiang. Liu Huan and others who just noticed Mr. Jiang hurried forward to greet him, "Hello Mr. Jiang..."

"It’s an honor to meet the famous Mr. Jiang..."

Upon seeing Chen Fulin halt his steps and look over, Lord Qian turned his head as well, somewhat puzzled, and said with a slight frown, "Brother Chen, didn’t you say your classmate’s character was flawed? How come so many disciples from the Imperial College are gathered around him?"

Chen Fulin forced a smile and said, "It’s all about fate. My classmate has the good fortune to have taken in three promising disciples."

Bai Shan also turned his head to look at Chen Fulin, their gazes meeting from afar. He asked Manbao, "He came here too?"

"To climb the mountain. He just came from your area, didn’t you see him earlier?"

"No, the summit there is much wider than here, and it was crowded; just finding you all was tough, how could I notice him?" Bai Shan asked, "He didn’t bully the teacher, did he?"

"Not in time, but I bet he talked bad about the teacher to his friends," Manbao also turned to look at Chen Fulin. They were already quite far apart, and they deliberately lowered their voices. Besides, everyone here was still chatting around Mr. Jiang, so their conversation couldn’t be heard from afar.

Chen Fulin saw Bai Shan and Zhou Man talking about him, but had no idea what they were discussing.

After weighing in his heart for a moment, he still managed a smile. He nodded towards the two, then turned and left with Brother Qian.

Manbao asked, "Should we clarify the past events to his friends?"

"If Chen Fulin comes to you saying it was the teacher who wronged him in the past, would you believe it?"

Manbao categorically said, "No!"

"In the same logic, his friends wouldn’t believe it either," Bai Shan said. "Unless there is substantial evidence, people will instinctively trust those close to them, so it’s not worth our effort to discuss it."

Manbao nodded, "Alright, if they don’t believe it, speaking out might make it worse for the teacher, making it seem like he’s behind this slander."

Bai Shan nodded.

Liu Huan turned around and saw the two whispering, could not help but ask, "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing." As Bai Shan turned around, he was startled to see Yin Huo had already descended from the sedan chair and was standing not far behind him, he patted his chest and said, "Why didn’t you make a sound?"

Looking at his face which seemed alright, Manbao asked, "Is it because you don’t know them well?"

"What do you mean don’t know them well?" hearing this, a classmate nearby chimed in, "He just won a lot from us over there. Aside from Bai Shan, he and Lu Xiaofu won the most from us."

"That’s right, it would be too much if he took so much from us and still claims not to know us well."

Curious, Manbao asked, "What were you playing?"

While the conversation was lively here, Brother Qian, who had already turned to leave, also curiously asked Chen Fulin, "The three fine disciples you mentioned, is one of them that young girl holding wildflowers? Why did I hear you call her Divine Doctor?"

Chen Fulin answered, "She is the ’Divine Doctor Junior’ who recently became famous in the capital. Besides her, he has one disciple from the Imperial College, the one who was leading just now, and another from the Highest Institute. Don’t you think his luck is good?"

"However, those past events were from over twenty years ago. Who didn’t make a few mistakes in their youth?" Although he said this, Chen Fulin still couldn’t help but sigh in the end, "His fortune is indeed great; having gained three fine disciples and returned to the capital once more."