He bowed to Qin Erniang with his hands clasped and said, "I have other matters to attend to, so I won't disturb you any longer."
Qin Erniang watched the two figures, one tall and one short, leave, a look of confusion on her face.
I just feel...
This young man seems a bit off.
Upon returning home in a hurry, the first thing Bai Tian did was to go find Jiang Dai.
As soon as I entered, I saw Jiang Dai still writing and drawing.
She didn't sit with any dignified posture, but rather sprawled comfortably in the chair, her long hair loose and styled in large waves because it had been styled up in the morning, looking relaxed and carefree.
The setting sun shone through the window, casting dappled light on Jiang Dai and outlining her distinctive profile.
Bai Tian just thought that his fellow villager was really good-looking!
"Dad? Are you crazy, standing here at the door?"
The oblivious Bai Yunqi peeked out and looked at her father, who was standing dumbfounded at the door, wondering what he was doing!
Jiang Dai also snapped out of her daze and turned to look at the doorway.
To cover up his embarrassment, Bai Tian quickly shouted:
"Jiang Dai, Dai Dai! My goodness! Stop writing! We've been set up!!!"
Jiang Dai: ? ? ?
Seeing Bai Tian rushing towards her, Jiang Dai was really afraid that he would bite her. She stretched out the homemade charcoal pencil in her hand and gently pressed it against Bai Tian's waist to keep her distance.
“Speak properly, how did you get set up?” Jiang Dai sat up straight, looking at Bai Tian with suspicion: “We haven’t done anything yet! We just arrived in the capital!”
Bai Tian: "The storybooks that were originally only available in Songyuan County have now appeared in the capital and are still selling like hotcakes."
Jiang Dai narrowed her eyes slightly: "Untouched? Or still a bestseller?"
Bai Tian nodded: "It's almost exactly the same. Whatever you change in Journey to the West, that's how it is."
Jiang Dai was so angry she laughed.
"Someone actually copied my work verbatim? Do they know how much I changed to get it approved, avoid trouble, and still make money?!"
"They just copied it without any changes! They're not even worthy of being called fans! How outrageous!"
Although I know there was no copyright in ancient times, and even plagiarism exists in modern times, at least plagiarists make some changes; this is copying verbatim.
What should I do?! I really want to kill someone!
Juanjuan, who had just entered the yard: ??
What's wrong with Mother? Why does she want to kill someone? Who angered her mother!
Bai Yun'an leaned against the door, looking at his younger sister who had just entered the courtyard, and then at his parents inside the house, as if to kindly remind them: "Father, Mother, my sister is back."
Jiang Dai let out a breath, calmed herself down, and turned to her third son, saying, "Take your sister out for a walk first."
Bai Yun'an nodded: "Okay."
[Just as I expected, I knew it.]
Standing in the courtyard, before even entering the house, Juanjuan, unaware of what was happening, witnessed how she was arranged to leave.
Bai Yun'an hugged his sister tightly: "Come on, third brother will take you to eat something delicious."
[You still need to work on building up your favorability.]
Juanjuan: Actually, compared to delicious food, she might like her mother more if her third brother told her what happened to her mother.
"Third Brother..." the child hesitated before speaking, "I just got back? Why did you take me out? What happened to Mother?"
Almost everyone in the family knows that Juanjuan is precocious and sensible.
In addition, the conversation between him and his mother earlier wasn't quiet; even a child could tell that he was deliberately trying to get her away.
Bai Yun'an simply said, "Someone took our storybooks from Songyuan County without Mother's permission and brought them to the capital to make money."
The next second, Bai Yun'an saw the child's brows furrow.
"Isn't that stealing from Mother?"
Bai Yun'an nodded: "Yes, so Mother and Father are discussing how to get their things back."
"We must get those things back; what belongs to Mother belongs to Mother."
"Yes! What belongs to Mother belongs to Mother!"
Jiang Dai pushed open the door and walked out of the room. Her expression was calm, but one could sense the suppressed anger beneath the calm.
Seeing the two children still standing in the yard, Jiang Dai called out to them.
"Let's go! Let's go to Wenlanzhai and see who they are."
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