The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 599 - 588: The Purposeful Kind (Extra update for book friend "Plum Blossom Fragrance" on their birthday)

Chapter 599: Chapter 588: The Purposeful Kind (Extra update for book friend "Plum Blossom Fragrance" on their birthday)

Wei Chen saw her curiosity and said, "This is my servant, Tong Jia."

Manbao, full of curiosity, asked, "Do you live in the school itself, or outside?"

Wei Chen sighed, "We arrived late, so all the good houses nearby were already rented out. Now, I can only stay temporarily in the school and hope that a house will become available to rent eventually."

"Where does your servant live then?"

"Him? He shares a room with others on Kangxue Street."

Manbao had heard Zhou Silang mention those kinds of houses before. They had large communal sleeping areas, where it was possible to live with seven or eight people, all of whom had come to Yizhou City looking for work.

Manbao nodded her head and said with particular enthusiasm, "Let me take you to the school, carrying so many books must be tiring."

"No need, no need, we have a carriage."

"It’s necessary, it’s necessary, the books are so heavy, and it’s troublesome to move them around."

Wei Chen finally snapped out of it, thinking this young lady was so eager, perhaps she had an ulterior motive?

He glanced at her stature; hmm, she only came up to his chest, looking quite young, only about eleven or twelve years old.

So young, she shouldn’t be overthinking things, should she?

Although that’s what he thought, seeing Manbao insist so enthusiastically on helping him, especially after she had gone to the trouble of finding so many books for him just now, Wei Chen still couldn’t help but think the wrong way.

He blushed slightly, hesitated for a long while, and then said in a low voice, "Young Lady Zhou, I... I have a fiancée already."

"Eh, you already have a fiancée? I thought you were married with children already, you look about the same age as my Sixth Brother. But my Sixth Brother isn’t married either," Manbao, not realizing the implication at first, chattered on and asked, "Is your fiancée pretty?"

She first glanced at Wei Chen’s face and said, "You look decent, so I suppose your fiancée shouldn’t be too bad, right?"

Wei Chen realized he had overthought the situation.

And Manbao also later connected the dots, blinked her eyes towards Wei Chen, and directly caused him to blush.

Manbao then chuckled and explained, "Brother Wei, actually, I just wanted to make friends with you. My Second Junior Brother also studies at the school. Coincidentally, he’s in Class B as well."

Wei Chen’s eyes widened slightly, and he asked, "What’s his name?"

"Bai Shan."

"Oh, that’s him! I know him," Wei Chen immediately became enthusiastic again and smiled, "He’s the youngest one in our class, but he got in on his own merits. Even though he’s last in our rankings, he’s quite well-known in Class B."

"Right? See, we’re already friends. Your Second Junior Brother and I are classmates by such a coincidence. Does that make us friends as well?"

With his concerns dispelled, Wei Chen also brightened up and laughed as he nodded, "Yes, friends."

"Then let’s go together. I’m just about to pick up my Second Junior Brother to take him home."

Wei Chen agreed gladly, and after inviting Manbao into the carriage, he looked at her puzzled, "You seem even younger than Bai Shan. Are you really older than him?"

"No, I’m younger than him."

Wei Chen: "... Then why do you call him Junior Brother?"

"Because he started studying after me," Manbao said proudly, "And below us, we even have a Third Junior Brother who’s older than both of us."

Wei Chen: "... Your master really has an interesting approach, taking students in an age order from youngest to oldest."

Manbao thought about it, and it really was like that.

Luckily, Bai Erlang wasn’t too clever. To be serious, among the three of them, Bai Erlang was the earliest to study under their master. It was just without the ceremony of becoming an official disciple.

And she was the second, with Bai Shanbao being the latest addition.

Considering this, Manbao couldn’t help but purse her lips and smile, maintaining her cheerful demeanor all the way to the school, her face still unable to suppress her smile.

The school had just started, and there were many like Wei Chen who hadn’t bought all their books yet, or who were using various excuses to not attend classes, so the school entrance was as bustling as ever.

Wei Chen generously asked Manbao to enter the school, "Would you like to come in and find your Junior Brother?"

Manbao nodded repeatedly. Outsiders were not easily allowed inside, they needed a badge to enter.

Otherwise, they had to be accompanied by someone with a badge.

Wei Chen used his badge to take Manbao and Tong Jia inside, and the three of them together carried two large baskets of books to the dormitory supervisor’s office.

Wei Chen, who was not accustomed to physical labor, was less robust than Manbao, panting heavily and not resisting the urge to rub his arms.

Wei Chen decisively delegated the task, choosing two books from the pile to tuck under his arm, and said, "Tong Jia, tidy up these books. I’ll take Young Lady Zhou to find the classroom."

Tong Jia responded with a "Yes."

Manbao, who had never been to this part of the dormitory, curiously looked at the scenery along the way. This area had more vegetation than the front of the teaching area, and along the way, Keke reported several times on the discovery of unrecorded plants.

Manbao looked over several times, resisting the urge to pluck any.

As they arrived outside the classroom, the bell sounded, and Wei Chen looked up at the sun’s position and said, "Classes are over."

No sooner had he spoken, a teacher with a stern face walked out of the classroom holding a book. Wei Chen quickly moved aside and bowed his head to pay respects until the teacher passed.

The teacher glanced at him, then at Manbao, his eyebrows furrowing slightly, but he said nothing, just nodded slightly and walked away briskly.

As soon as the teacher left, the classroom became lively. Some students left with books in hand, while many stayed inside to talk.

When Manbao reached the back door of Class B, she saw Bai Shanbao packing his desk all alone.

Manbao tiptoed over, but before she could even call out, Bai Shanbao suddenly turned around fiercely, startling Manbao into yelling out loud.

Bai Shanbao was surprised to see it was Manbao and took a seat on the stool, stunned for a moment before he said angrily, "Why are you screaming so loudly?"

Manbao retorted, "You startled me first!"

Wei Chen, standing to the side: ... Aren’t you supposed to be Senior Sister and Junior Brother? Isn’t it odd to start quarreling upon meeting?

Bai Shanbao asked with a furrowed brow, "How did you get in?"

"A friend brought me in," Manbao remembered Wei Chen and hurriedly introduced them, "Brother Wei, this is my Junior Brother I told you about, your classmate, Bai Shan."

She then said to Bai Shanbao, "This is Wei Chen, we met at the bookshop earlier."

Wei Chen smiled and greeted Bai Shanbao, "Brother Bai, I’ve long heard of your fame."

Bai Shanbao looked at his smile, his expression becoming a bit warmer as he returned the gesture, "Brother Wei is too kind. If my Senior Sister has caused any trouble, please forgive her."

Manbao protested, "I haven’t been any trouble, we help each other."

"Not at all, not at all, it was Young Lady Zhou who helped me, I didn’t help her with anything," Wei Chen replied.

Manbao countered, "You’re older than both of us, so if you could look after my Junior Brother a bit more at the school, that would be helpful."

Wei Chen said, "We’re classmates, it’s only right that we help each other. Young Lady Zhou doesn’t need to bring it up specially."

As they engaged in back-and-forth conversation, Bai Shanbao, noticing everyone in the classroom was watching them, interrupted, "I’ve packed my things. Let’s walk and talk."

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