The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 727 - 716: Tyrant vs Tyrant

Chapter 727: Chapter 716: Tyrant vs Tyrant

When they reached the bumpiest part of the small road, Bai Shan simply called a halt to the carriage and hopped down to walk.

Manbao, of course, hopped down to follow him.

The two of them walked along, picking flowers and brushing past plants, while Keke took the rare opportunity to scan the surroundings. Not finding any unrecorded novel plants, Keke refocused its attention and started to amble along after its host.

Knowing she liked flowers, Bai Shan picked a large bunch of white and yellow wild daisies that were blooming nicely along the road and then tied them together with a blade of grass to give to her.

Manbao took them and teased, "You tied them so clumsily, watch me do it."

So she untied the grass, stuffed the flowers into his chest, and as they walked, she started to pinch off branches and remove leaves, arranging them at varying heights before binding them again with the grass, giving them an entirely different appearance.

She looked at Bai Shan with a sense of achievement.

Bai Shan looked at the flowers and then at her before nodding his head and saying, "Not bad."

Daji was silently leading the carriage behind them. After reaching the spacious official road, he quickly brought the carriage up beside them and said, "Young Master, Miss Man, let’s get on the carriage."

Bai Shan then helped Manbao onto the carriage before stepping up himself, "It’s time for lunch now. I wonder how Bai Er is doing at the Ji Family? Daji, I originally asked you to go with him, so why did you complain to the teacher?"

Daji denied, "Young Master, I didn’t."

Manbao also poked her head out, "Could it be a slip of the tongue?"

Daji nodded without changing his expression, "It was a slip of the tongue."

Bai Shan and Manbao both scoffed, not believing it at all.

Daji was the type who wouldn’t speak unless asked, so how could it be possible for him to slip up in front of the teacher? If he hadn’t mentioned last night wanting to accompany Bai Erlang to the Ji Family’s rear estate to help him play games and gamble with the pot throwing, the teacher wouldn’t have forbidden Daji from following.

Daji didn’t mind being exposed at all.

His duty was to be wherever the young master was.

If he was still in the small courtyard, he could leave with peace of mind.

But he felt that they definitely wouldn’t sit still in the small courtyard.

As expected...

Is it that easy to enter a village of displaced people?

Their hostility towards others is great, and with the young master and Miss Man who are young and tender, what would they do if they rented a carriage and went out only to be bullied by others?

Although somewhat worried that Bai Erlang might be disadvantaged at the Ji Family, seeing the bustle on the streets later, they weren’t so concerned.

Along the way, they bought quite a few tasty things to take back.

Meanwhile, Bai Erlang, who was at the Ji Family’s banquet, was enjoying himself immensely, running around and playing with a group of peers of similar age.

Mr. Zhuang naturally stayed in the front yard, being entertained by Second Old Master Ji. The number of guests invited over today was not small, so many that they almost blocked the road in front of their house.

Mr. Zhuang was merely one of the guests, sitting next to Lan Cheng, who was also invited. Lan Cheng asked, "Why didn’t you bring your two proud disciples? They are the ones who saved Young Master Ji’s life."

Mr. Zhuang smiled, "Something came up at home, so they stayed to deal with it."

He glanced outside at the bustling Ji Family and said with a light smile, "Also, it’s not bad for them to stay at home. They are still young saplings, attracting too much attention might lead to them being broken by the winds."

Lan Cheng smiled and nodded along.

As for Bai Erlang, there was no need to worry about him. All he had to do today was play happily and enjoy a delightful meal.

Bai Erlang was indeed very happy at the moment. As soon as he arrived, he had seen Qi Jue, Shan Yu, and others - all his classmates from the Dazhi Academy. Although they often quarreled, they generally played well together, so he found his own little group of friends.

The main activity area for these teenagers was the garden and a large yard in the front courtyard. They played all sorts of games, one after another. When a servant from the Ji Family found him, he remembered that, as a guest, he hadn’t yet visited today’s star of the banquet—Ji Hao!

So he waved his hand to summon Qi Jue and the others to join him.

A crowd of young boys swarmed into Ji Hao’s courtyard. The originally spacious courtyard became a bit crowded due to their arrival, adding to the people who were already there.

Ji Hao was lying on a soft couch in the courtyard; his abdominal wound had healed, but his leg bones had only recently been set, so he could only lie down or sit.

Wei Ting and a few other classmates who got along well with Ji Hao were keeping him company. To say they were accompanying him was actually to let him watch them play, as Ji Hao was feeling bored and started to ask about Bai Shan and Zhou Man.

Wei Ting had come straight to him to play as soon as he entered the door, so how would he know where Bai Shan and Zhou Man were?

Ji Hao then beckoned a servant to ask.

The servant said, "I only saw Young Master Bai Cheng, I did not see Young Master Bai Shan or Miss Zhou Man."

Ji Hao thought it strange as the three of them were always together, weren’t they?

As soon as Bai Erlang ran in, Ji Hao glanced behind him and scanned the people next to him, not finding Bai Shan and Zhou Man. He then asked with curiosity, "Where are Bai Shan and Zhou Man?"

After Bai Erlang and others including Qi Jue had paid their respects and greeted everyone, he said, "There was an urgent matter at home, so they didn’t come."

Bai Erlang smiled, "They also asked me to pass on their regards to you."

Ji Hao’s expression turned sour, and he snorted, "If they don’t want to come, then don’t, who’s begging them. Such pretense."

Bai Erlang was taken aback and frowned. "What do you mean by that? There really was an urgent matter at home, and they indeed asked me to pass on their regards to you."

Bai Erlang had always been a domineering figure since he was little, and he would not take nonsense from Ji Hao. His expression turned stern as he said straightforwardly, "If you don’t want to invite us, just say so. We’ll leave, who needs your banquet anyway?"

With that, he snorted and turned to leave.

Nobody expected Bai Erlang to be so assertive, ready to leave at a moment’s notice. Qi Jue was caught off guard before he remembered to pull him back.

Bai Erlang shook off his hand.

Ji Hao opened his mouth, his face turning red, and after a long pause, he managed to say, "I never said I didn’t want to invite you all. It’s clearly you who didn’t come."

At this point, he even sounded a bit aggrieved.

Given Ji Hao’s personality, the fact that he spoke these words was a significant concession and amounted to backing down.

Wei Ting quickly intervened to pull Bai Erlang back, persuading him not to leave.

And the young boys originally gathered around Ji Hao, although many of them didn’t recognize Bai Erlang, seeing that he dared to be so assertive with Ji Hao, they couldn’t help but regard him with newfound respect.

Wei Ting was much more pleasant to listen to than Ji Hao, draping an arm over Bai Erlang’s shoulder he said, "Don’t you know him? He’s all bark and no bite. He’s just concerned about those two, that’s why he specifically asked. By the way, why didn’t Bai Shan come?"

Bai Erlang’s expression lightened a bit as he snorted and explained, "Fourth Brother Zhou was injured, so of course they couldn’t come."

Wei Ting, although not knowing who Fourth Brother Zhou was, guessed from Zhou Man’s surname and asked, "Is he Zhou Man’s elder brother?"

"Of course, her own brother." Saying this, he cast a sidelong glance at Ji Hao lying on the cushion, the implication clear: how important do you think you are, more important than her own brother?