Chapter 53
Yu Qian looked up at Bei Qiao in confusion. Bei Qiao looked back calmly, "The story is already told. It's still a story no matter who wrote it. You wrote it to make yourself happy. If you wrote it for others to read, it would be a different story."
Since this matter is related to Wen Yu and the others, it's up to them to resolve it. Fans' minds are hard to guess, and the consequences of this scandal are truly unpredictable. If those crazy sasaeng fans or Young Master Nan himself come to her about the storybook, Yu Qian might face even more dire consequences.
So, writing storybooks is fine, but actively spreading them... is something they should avoid if possible.
"Of course, Yu'er always likes to share her storybooks with others." Ding Rui walked over and stood beside Wen Yu, smiling: "I just wonder if you two can take us for a walk in Yuanshan Village in the future."
"Can't we do it ourselves... Ouch!" Wen Yu, who wanted to interrupt, was pinched by Ding Rui from behind. She pouted and stopped talking reluctantly: What's going on? Why do I always feel that there is a feeling of lightning and thunder between these two people?
"Of course, we're friends." Bei Qiao showed the same smile as Ding Rui: If we're not friends, those who understand will understand... Oh, it's really hard to talk like this.
Wen Yu raised her hands to cover her face and secretly rolled her eyes: It’s so tiring to listen to them talking like this!
Yu Qian blinked. "Is this what it feels like to be protected by someone? Great! I feel like crying."
"Are you done talking? Can I speak now?" Seeing that the two did not continue talking, Wen Yu raised her hand and asked: Don't ask me why I raised my hand. The oppression from these two people was as terrible as that from the Master, and my right hand raised unconsciously.
"Go ahead." Ding Rui gently slapped Wen Yu on the back, causing the latter to stagger forward and almost fall to the ground.
"Really? Why are you using so much force?" Wen Yu rubbed her back with her hands behind her back. "Since everyone has agreed, I'll ask someone to write the storybook now. So, can you come with me to the food court now? Have you forgiven me?"
Wen Yu: I don’t have much brains, so please give me a definite answer!
"I still feel a little uncomfortable. I can only promise not to bear a grudge against you, but I can't promise not to be angry." Yu Qian is a down-to-earth person and says what she thinks: "But now I feel better and can go shopping with you."
"Great, let's go." Wen Yu breathed a sigh of relief and didn't even dare to ask whether this was true or not.
"Okay, wait for me, I'll go back and get some things." Yu Qian let go of Bei Qiao's arm and walked towards her home.
"You, are really okay?" Wen Yu wanted to follow, but didn't dare.
"It's really okay." Yu Qian turned her face away and waved her hand, then opened the door and walked in quickly: "If you're worried, I won't close the door." I've been scolded so many times today for no reason. I have to make better use of the words I wrote for myself, otherwise how can I justify the grievances I suffered before... Woo...
Squatting behind the door and covering her face with the handkerchief that had not been returned, Yu Qian finally couldn't help crying.
She hadn't lost her composure when she was mocked and ridiculed by a group of people before, but just now, she was protected by someone, and the grievances she had been suppressing before unconsciously surged up. A child with a hug can cry loudly because someone will listen to her grievances.
Hearing Yu Qian's crying, Wen Yu turned away uncomfortably, and a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground: Ah, it's good that I can cry now, at least I will feel much better.
"Um, Qiao Biaotou"
"Please go ahead."
"I remember now, I was planning to deliver a letter..."
"We don't have carrier pigeons in our escort agency. If we send a letter on horseback, the speed might be..."
"...There's another person." Wen Yu endured the speechless looks from the two men and finished her words with gritted teeth.
"You..." Bei Qiao didn't know what to say. Looking at Wen Yu's expression, the person she wanted to send away was probably unwilling to leave at all.
"I'm at my wit's end. This naughty kid is so annoying!" Wen Yu bared her teeth and rubbed her hands together. "I'm going to send my cousin to Grandpa along with a letter of complaint! Even if Second Aunt, who dotes on him the most, disagrees, I'm going to do it."
It would be fine if he couldn't read or write, the Wen family can afford to support a few unsuccessful descendants, but this naughty child does nothing all day long, and just chases after her female classmates to take advantage of them. He is not a good student at such a young age, and when he grows up, he must be sent to his grandfather to take care of him and change his bad temper!
"If a child isn't obedient, it's probably because they don't have enough homework. Send them some books or past exam papers so their parents can urge them to study." Ding Rui offered advice: "Do you want me to provide some popular but hard-to-find textbooks?"
Wen Yu sighed: "He has plenty of books at home, but he just refuses to read. He's seven years old, and he hasn't even memorized the fifth sentence of the Three Character Classic. But when he pretends to be good, his eloquence is better than that of the average scholar. Tsk." It's infuriating!
"When it comes to things like this, perhaps it would be more appropriate to find someone who has children and is good at speaking to handle it." Bei Qiao looked across the street: for example, a warm-hearted neighbor.
"I'm fine. What are you guys...doing?" Yu Qian washed her face in the yard and walked out refreshed, only to find that the three people across the street were staring at their next-door neighbor's house: It was late at night, and it was the Ghost Festival, what were they looking at?
"It's okay, let's go to the food court. If we go too late, it will be sold out." Bei Qiao stepped forward and pulled Yu Qian away: What are you thinking about alone? Her little face, which had just turned red from crying, turned pale with fear.
"……oh."
Because it was getting late, they didn't stay in the food street for too long. They just bought some food and walked around the street for a while before going home.
After returning to the inn that night, Wen Yu instructed the maid who accompanied her to study to write out the story overnight. The next day at breakfast, she couldn't wait to take out the storybook and pretend to read it in public, holding the custard bun given to her by the landlady Aunt Ding in one hand.
Ever since they collectively ridiculed Yu Qian yesterday, the people of Yuanshan Village had become businesslike in their treatment of their group of students, offering nothing more than what they paid for. Wen Yu and Ding Rui, who had rekindled their relationship with Yu Qian, had earned Aunt Ding's favor for their ability to correct their mistakes, and their food and drink were slightly different from the others.
"What kind of storybook are you reading?" Miao Xin, who was close to Wen Yu, leaned over from behind her and asked, "What's it about?"
"I just got this new storybook, the contents are confidential! Anyway, it's definitely not one of those clichéd stories about talented men and beautiful women." Wen Yu raised the storybook in her hand: "I just started reading it, and I think it's quite interesting."
"Really? Make some room for me, I want to see it too!"
"Hey, don't push!"
After a while...
"The content of this book is a bit... Is the author indirectly accusing Master Nan of cannibalism?" Miao Xin looked at Wen Yu with suspicion: "Where did this book come from? It couldn't be that woman..."
"What's ironic about that? The monster in it is a female demon, and its surname isn't Nan. And that Young Master Lan never shows up from beginning to end," Wen Yu said with an unhappy expression, pushing Miao Xin off her shoulder. "This is a limited edition horror storybook I finally bought. Even if you don't want to read it, I do. The terrifying plot is so thrilling. Last night, even with my maid accompanying me, I didn't dare to open a single page."
"I was wrong, Yu'er. Good Yu'er, can you let me watch for a while longer?"
"Well, this is the last time. If you keep talking nonsense, I won't show it to you!" Wen Yu glanced at Aunt Ding secretly: If you keep saying bad things about Yu Qian, I can't protect you alone on someone else's territory!
"No problem! I'll definitely keep my mouth shut this time!"
There weren't many entertainment options in Yuanshan Village, and when other female students saw Wen Yu reading a storybook, they came over and asked if they could borrow it.
"Okay, but you have to wait until I finish reading it." Wen Yu nodded readily: "I want to read it all in one go during the day, otherwise I won't dare to read it at night." Why didn't I realize that the maid's writing was so good before? I'll give her some money when I get home and ask her to help me write my autobiography, hey!
"Yuanshan Village is so boring in their eyes. They would rather stay in the inn and read storybooks than go out." Ding Rui, who did not join in the fun, shook her head and turned to look at the table by the window in the inn.
After receiving recommendations from locals and making inquiries, she helped Wen Yu hire Yu Qian's neighbor to persuade Wen Yu's second aunt. They didn't know how they met, but they hit it off. After a while, my cousin was picked up and beaten by his mother, who usually spoiled him the most. Now he was reading a book, crying, with snot bubbles all over his face.
While the female students took turns borrowing storybooks and Wen Yu's cousin was crying while reading, Bei Qiao, who had just fed his mount, was updating the contract for a player who had applied for the job previously.
Before logging off yesterday, she revised the recruitment post and went to the stable to use up the remaining redemption quota. Now, in addition to Huihui and Honghong, the escort agency has two other donkey carts stored at the stable, and the rations for the mounts are also guaranteed.
"So this is the situation now. In addition to part-time work, I can also apply for a regular job. Regular workers can use the donkey cart freely and get paid, but they need to pay a deposit to the horse farm and they can't lose the donkey cart." Bei Qiao shrugged at Li Qingqing: "As a result, after hearing that a deposit was required, you were the only one who came. They didn't even intend to listen to the rest of the contract requirements." Originally, she planned to recruit at least two people, after all, there were two extra donkey carts.
"Let's discuss the wages and working hours first, then you can go and pick a donkey cart. As for the other one... if it really doesn't work out, we can only ask the stable to help rent it out." The windfall from the Qin family will not last for a few years, so he still has to run the escort agency seriously.
Li Qingqing nodded readily: "Okay. Hey, Qianqian, good morning... What's with those dark circles under your eyes?"
"Nothing, I was just too excited to sleep all night." Yu Qian yawned and stuffed a piece of silver into Bei Qiao's hand: "Here, here's the money for the book. You were helping me yesterday, so how can I take advantage of you twice?"
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