Chapter 1038: Chapter 1117: Through the Lover’s Eyes
Manbao and Bai Erlang were very curious about just how much money Bai Shan’s family had, considering they could buy a house in the capital just like that.
Bai Shan didn’t know either; he didn’t handle the accounts, and from a young age, his grandmother and mother always told him to just focus on his studies.
So, he had always concentrated on studying with Mr. Zhuang, and unless his grandmother discussed it with him, he knew about as much as Manbao did.
However, the three friends didn’t know exactly how rich Bai Shan’s family was, but they knew they were very wealthy.
Bai Erlang felt that Bai Shan’s family had to be wealthier than his own, since his father had never talked about buying a house in the capital.
With this kind of deterrent, combined with the dignified impression his great-grandmother had given him from a young age, Bai Erlang didn’t dare act out and was preparing to honestly stroll around the main street and then return.
That was also Manbao and Bai Shan’s plan.
They thought that the inner city would be less crowded, but even if it was bustling, how lively could it be?
Once they stepped onto the street, the sight of the vast crowd stunned them.
Manbao got excited, “There are as many people here as there were last year in Yizhou during the Dragon Boat Festival.”
“No, there are even more people than back then.”
Bai Shan exclaid, “There are so many people in the inner city, I wonder how many there are in the outer city.”
Bai Dalang smugly said, “Definitely more, it’s so crowded you can barely move, really lively.”
Bai Erlang was imnsely envious.
Bai Shan didn’t quite understand, “With so many people, are we here to see the lanterns or the people?”
Seeing people would be pointless.
Bai Dalang laughed, “This is an intersection, people coming and going, including those coming out from both sides of the road, they all crowd around here. It should be much more spacious a little further ahead, let’s go there and take a look.”
Daji and Liu Gui Gao Song hurriedly stayed close behind their young masters, afraid they would get separated by the crowd.
Bai Shan was also worried that Manbao would get swept away by the crowd, so he reached out to hold her hand as they walked together, but before he could grab her, Bai Erlang slapped his hand away.
He turned his head to look at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang smugly said to him, “We’re all grown up, don’t you know that n and won shouldn’t have physical contact?”
Bai Shan was so annoyed that his nose was nearly crooked.
Manbao, who had walked several steps ahead, saw that they were still behind, and with two people between them, could only stop to let those two pass, then taking advantage of the break in the crowd she quickly grabbed both of their sleeves, “Understood, let’s go, we can let go once we’re out.”
Bai Shan slightly broke free, not allowing her to pull on his sleeve, and instead grabbed her hand and followed her through the crowd, then smugly looked back at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang was furious and also tried to grab Manbao’s hand, but Bai Shan, who was watching, slapped his hand again.
By his side, Bai Dalang, who had been watching the whole ti, couldn’t hold back anymore, grabbed Bai Erlang by the ear, and made him walk by his side.
Bai Erlang let out a howl and couldn’t help but stop to free his ear, but in just that split mont, several people squeezed directly between him and Bai Shan and Manbao. Being small, they were swallowed up by the crowd in no ti.
Daji quickly followed Bai Shan and Manbao, while Liu Gui hesitated and, seeing that Gao Song was still behind, had to stick with Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang.
Bai Dalang dragged Bai Erlang to the outside where there were far fewer people and finally heaved a sigh of relief, releasing his foolish brother’s hand. He looked at him suspiciously and asked, “Do you like Manbao?”
Bai Erlang, caught off guard, replied, “Do you think I dare have a problem with her?”
Bai Dalang: “…”
He took a deep breath and asked, “I an, do you want to marry Manbao?”
Erlang’s eyes widened in shock, “How could that be possible? Shanbao is the one marrying her.”
Moreover, if he married her, wouldn’t he be bullied by her every day, unable to outtalk or outfight her? Wouldn’t life be extrely suffocating?
Just thinking about it made Erlang shiver, as he warily eyed his older brother.
Dalang said irritably, “There’s no need to look at like that. If you’re not interested, why bother them at all, even holding hands. How old are you that you’re still holding soone’s hand…”
Erlang opened his mouth, struggled for a long ti but couldn’t get a word out — he just didn’t want Shan to succeed so easily. But he was afraid if he said it aloud, his brother might beat him up, so he stifled it and remained silent.
Dalang thought he had taken the lesson to heart and curiously asked, “Have their families agreed?”
“How would I know? But I think Mr. Zhuang agreed. They’re young, no need to make it official yet.”
Dalang nodded, “They are Senior Sister and brother; they do match well, just that their family backgrounds are sowhat mismatched. But if our aunt doesn’t mind, then it’s fine.”
Erlang muttered, “Our aunt wouldn’t mind at all. She really likes Manbao…”
After Dalang gossiped, he felt refreshed and looked around, wanting to find Shan and the others, but when he turned his head, he was t with Liu Gui’s baffled expression.
Dalang was startled as well, when did this guy start following them?
He coughed awkwardly, considering he had just been gossiping about his master in front of him.
Dalang felt his face heating up, not thick-skinned enough, but Erlang was completely oblivious. If he could talk about Shan in front of Daji, why couldn’t he in front of Liu Gui?
So the mont he turned around and saw Liu Gui, he asked, “Where are Shan and the rest?”
Liu Gui snapped back to reality and pointed ahead, “Young Master, they probably went forward.”
“Let’s go find them.”
At first, Shan could hold Manbao’s hand and walk, but as the crowd pushed, to avoid injury, he had to let go. Daji, anxious not to lose anyone, pushed and pulled vigorously through the crowd, eventually bringing the two together.
Pressed together by the crowd with Daji like an iron tower behind them, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, let go of each other’s hands and shook them, saying, “My hand is sore, why are there so many people?”
Manbao looked around and saw only the back of people’s heads since she was a bit short.
She withdrew her gaze, a bit frustrated, and worriedly said, “With so many people, what if soone needs to get to a pharmacy?”
Shan replied, “It’s Mid-Autumn Festival today. Who would go to the pharmacy unless it’s an ergency?”
Because of Manbao’s concern, Shan knew that even on Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year’s Eve, there would be people on duty at the pharmacy, prepared for any ergency that might arise.
Manbao said with a doom-laden tone, “What if there’s actually an ergency?”
Hearing this, Shan wanted to cover her mouth as several people nearby turned their heads to look at them.
Daji, fearing a confrontation, hurriedly nudged them to move further forward.
Once they pushed through the crowd, the space opened up, and they could walk normally again.
Manbao touched her sowhat disheveled hair and sighed, “No wonder Mr. Zhuang asked before we left if I wanted to bring a comb.”
Shan randomly tidied up her hair with his hand and then blatantly lied, “There, neat now. You look great like this.”
Just then, Erlang and the others caught up and heard his remark; they subconsciously looked up at Manbao’s ssy hair, then simultaneously looked up to the sky, noticing the bright full moon shining over the earth.
Indeed, love is blind, just as the ancients said.
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