The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 764 - 753: The Cause II (Extra update 2 for the book fan "Jin Yi Wei: Rong Rong" rewards)

Chapter 764: Chapter 753: The Cause II (Extra update 2 for the book fan "Jin Yi Wei: Rong Rong" rewards)

Bai Ning approached them, frowning as he scrutinized Manbao. His impression of her was rather limited, only knowing that she was far from demure—despite being a young lady, she not only studied alongside men but also lacked modesty. During the recent poetry chain game, she had certainly shown her sharp edges.

Manbao, too, frowned as she sized him up, having to tilt her head back due to his height, which made her even less pleased.

After looking him over from head to toe and scanning her memory, she confirmed she had never met him before, let alone offended him, which made her all the more confident as she lifted her small head and asked, "Bai Ning, on the day of the winter solstice feast when I attended the banquet at your house, were you trying to harm me?"

Bai Ning, still furrowing his brow, looked at Manbao with a blank expression, completely unprepared for such a blunt and explosive question.

After a moment of stunned silence, he categorically denied it, "No, don’t falsely accuse someone with no evidence."

But Manbao and her two companions stared at his flushed ears without speaking, their eyes clear as if saying, "We’ve seen through you already."

Seeing their gaze, Bai Ning, annoyed and embarrassed, turned to leave. "If you’ve come today just to slander me, you’ve got the wrong person."

Without hesitation, Manbao let out a snort and said, "What a coward, afraid to own up to your actions!"

Bai Ning’s mind went blank with rage; he turned and glared at Manbao. "Who are you calling a coward?"

"Whoever takes it personally is who I’m talking about," Manbao replied. "I’ve looked into it, and it was you who wanted to harm me. I even have a witness!"

Bai Ning’s face turned ashen. "Who? If you dare, bring them here to confront me."

Bai Shan interjected, "We won’t disclose who it is. When you ordered someone to harm Manbao, there were people everywhere, inside and out. Who knows how many heard it? Did you really think you were flawless?"

Bai Ning stopped short, choking on his words.

At the time, he hadn’t treated the matter like a secret, seeing it as nothing more than giving a distant relative’s young niece a hard time. Who would bother to investigate?

And even if someone did, wouldn’t his family’s servants stand by him, their master?

He genuinely hadn’t expected Bai Shan and the others to find out, let alone for Zhou Man to directly confront him about it.

Seeing his silence, Bai Shan pressed on, "Well, then, why are you targeting Zhou Man?"

Bai Ning, observing Bai Shan standing protectively in front of Zhou Man, couldn’t help but let out a cold snicker. "Why? Because of you!"

Now it was Bai Shan’s turn to be stunned.

"Because I find you annoying, so I thought to embarrass your friend a bit; is that not allowed?" Bai Ning said.

Bai Shan was slow to react. "Have I offended you?"

Manbao retorted, "Are you sick? You dislike Bai Shan, yet you target me!"

Bai Ning snorted mockingly at Bai Shan, "See? Your friend resents you for causing her trouble."

Bai Erlang quickly looked at Bai Shan and Manbao, anxiously saying, "He’s trying to sow discord between you."

Without any courtesy, Manbao and Bai Shan rolled their eyes and said, "We’re not stupid; we’ve figured that out."

Relieved, Bai Erlang exhaled. He had genuinely been worried that before they got the chance to deal with Bai Ning, they might turn on each other instead.

Bai Shan also sized up Bai Ning, then, rifling through his memories and looking back at Manbao, he confidently explained, "I really hadn’t seen him before the winter solstice feast, and I didn’t argue with him that day, I swear."

Manbao nodded, "I believe you; after all, he seems rather ’unwell.’ Disliking you but targeting me!"

Bai Ning: ...

Manbao and Bai Shan unified their front, standing together menacingly. "So tell us, how exactly did I (Bai Shan) offend you?"

Bai Ning: ... Could he tell them?

Of course not, thus Bai Ning replied as a matter of course, "His face is annoying. I just dislike him the moment I see him!"

Bai Ning took a good look at Bai Shan and found him to be just as annoying as before.

Feeling furious and unable to hold back, Bai Shan shoved him and demanded, "Stop lying. Speak up—why are you targeting us?"

Manbao glanced at Bai Shan’s face and said, "He’s more handsome than you. Many who see him like him. How could he possibly be annoying? If you don’t confess, I’ll just go tell Madam Bai, and then see what you’ll do."

Bai Ning, like a cornered cat, jumped up, pointing his finger at Manbao’s face as he shouted, "You wouldn’t dare!"

Manbao raised her hand and with a slap brushed his finger aside, exclaiming loudly, "Am I supposed to be afraid of you?"

Bai Ning hadn’t expected her to take action so suddenly. He’d only ever fought with boys before and had never been struck by a girl, so it took him a moment to react.

Once he recovered, he felt a searing pain on the back of his hand and in his fingers. He raised his hand to strike at Manbao, but Bai Shan, on his guard, quickly pushed him away...

Enraged, Bai Ning began to fight with Bai Shan.

Manbao, infuriated beyond measure, felt this person was severely disturbed—his reasons for hating them were completely senseless, and his rationale for targeting them equally absurd. Seeing Bai Ning and Bai Shan fight, with Bai Ning being slightly taller, it appeared as though Bai Shan was at a disadvantage.

Therefore, Manbao joined the fray, teaming up with Bai Shan to beat down Bai Ning.

Bai Ning clearly wasn’t a stranger to fights. Despite being overwhelmed by the two, he still managed to throw punches and kicks in retaliation. When Bai Erlang saw Bai Shan get kicked, he too joined in to help.

The four of them tangled in a brawl, and in the eyes of onlookers, it seemed like the three of them were bullying Bai Ning.

Pinned to the ground, Bai Ning howled as he was hit, occasionally managing to swing his fists and kick back...

His manservant and coachman stood frozen before springing into action to help.

Of course, he didn’t dare strike Bai Shan and the others, so he tried to pull them away or to block the hits for Bai Ning...

Still, Bai Ning was beaten quite badly, and it was ultimately the weeping manservant who, turning to Daji who had been watching the drama unfold, cried out, "Quick, pull them apart, do you know who our young master is? If our master finds out..."

Unable to hold back, Manbao ended up beating the manservant as well, and only after Daji saw that the fight was winding down did he step in to separate the five.

The manservant then just held Bai Ning, weeping.

Seeing that none of them had serious injuries, merely superficial ones, Daji advised, "Better take your young master home fast."

Otherwise, if the quarrelling resumed due to harsh words, they might end up fighting again.

Not daring to linger, the manservant helped the Second Young Master into the carriage and sped away.

The servants Bai Yu had sent to Huanxi Street returned empty-handed. Old Madam Liu knew that Shanbao and the others did not live there, so she only left two people to watch over and clean the house in case Bai Shan and the others needed it or came to stay from Qili Village.

Thus, when the incoming servants came looking for Bai Shan, the ones left behind, meaning to kindly direct them to Kangxue Street, saw their hostile demeanor and unfriendly faces and evaded, saying, "The master of the house doesn’t live here; we are just here to look after the place."

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