Chapter 873: Enlightenment
Bai Erlang jumped off the carriage and went to find his master to comfort him. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Master, are your eldest disciple and second disciple going to get married?"
Mr. Zhuang raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and asked, "Who told you that?"
Bai Erlang started a rumor, "Those two said it."
Bai Shan and Man Bao ran in from behind: ...
The two of them stared at him, and Mr. Zhuang stared back at them. Without waiting for them to speak, he slowly said, "It's wrong to get married privately. Marriage matters should be discussed by the elders."
Manbao: "Sir, he spread rumors."
"I didn't," Bai Erlang explained, "otherwise why would he tell you about such a big thing so early but not me? I'm his cousin."
Manbao choked.
"And don't think I can't see it. Shanbao just has evil intentions. Grandmother likes you very much, and the master is also optimistic about you two. Humph, just keep it secret from me."
Seeing that both of his disciples' eyes were wide open, Mr. Zhuang coughed lightly, glanced at Bai Erlang, and said, "What are you yelling about?"
He carefully observed the expressions of his two apprentices and felt that it was not what Bai Erlang said. So he turned his head to look at him and asked, "Erlang, have you been reading storybooks again recently? Besides reading storybooks, what other bad things have you done?"
Bai Erlang's body stiffened and he shook his head repeatedly, "No, no."
The teacher snorted and punished him by making him copy books.
Bai Shan and Manbao took the opportunity to slip away. Mr. Zhuang glanced at their backs and said nothing.
In the evening, Mr. Zhuang went back to his room to rest. Bai Shan and Man Bao sat at their desks to do their homework. Bai Erlang not only had to do his homework but also had to copy books. He couldn't help but murmur indignantly, "Why is it always me who gets punished? I didn't say anything wrong."
When Bai Shan heard this, the tips of his ears turned slightly red, and he was so angry that he reached over the table and kicked him under the table.
Bai Erlang looked up and glared at him. He glanced at Manbao who was doing his homework seriously across from him, and lowered his voice to Bai Shan, "Don't think I don't know. I can see it all. Help me with my homework, or I'll tell Manbao."
Bai Shan's neck turned red, and he lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't!"
"Hmph, Qi Jue wants to propose marriage. He likes the second daughter of the Shan family. He is like this every time he sees the second daughter of the Shan family. We have discussed it privately. People like you just like Manbao." Bai Erlang is one year older than Bai Shan after all, and obviously knows more about this than Bai Shan. He lowered his voice and threatened Bai Shan, "Are you going to help or not?"
Bai Shan said disdainfully: "Your homework is too easy, I'd better help you copy the book."
Bai Erlang: "I'm not stupid. Even if you imitate my handwriting, the teacher will be able to tell. Just help me with the homework at school. They won't be able to tell the difference."
Bai Shan looked at him for a long moment and said, "Then you are not allowed to ask about what Manbao and I are doing anymore, nor to follow us, and don't tell the master about it."
Bai Erlang frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't have to tell you, sir, but how can I not go with you? Am I still your brother?"
"No, you are our junior fellow apprentice."
Shirojiro:......
"I don't care, I want to be with you."
Then even Manbao's life story would have to be revealed. Bai Shan didn't want him to know more and said, "It could kill people, and it would also implicate my uncle and eldest cousin. Grandmother doesn't want my uncle to interfere."
Bai Erlang then fell silent.
Bai Shan rolled his eyes and said, "How about this, you can help us, but you must keep it a secret and don't tell anyone except the two of us."
Bai Erlang's eyes sparkled, and he finally seemed a little happier. He nodded and said, "Okay, it's a deal. You are not allowed to lie to me or hide anything from me anymore."
Bai Shan nodded.
The two of them finished muttering here, and when they turned around, they saw Manbao staring at them, "What are you talking about?"
Bai Erlang whispered to Bai Shan, "Have you not told her that you like her yet?"
Bai Shan blushed and said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense."
"Hmph, I'm telling you, you'd better talk to your great-aunt and arrange a marriage now, otherwise when you grow up, the adults might change their minds again." Bai Erlang said, "The Qi family had intended to arrange a marriage with the Shan family before. Although it wasn't finalized, they both knew the truth. But then Qi Jue fell in love with the second Miss Shan, and the Qi family didn't want to arrange a marriage with the Shan family anymore. Now Qi Jue is very angry. On his birthday yesterday, he almost got into a fight with Shan Yu over this matter."
Bai Shan was stunned. "Why don't I know?"
"Of course you don't know. You and Manbao went to chat with that older brother. Seriously, we're young, why are you chatting with someone so old?"
Manbao couldn't help it, so he put down his pen and walked over.
Bai Erlang stared at her and said quickly, "Anyway, this matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later, understand? Shouldn't we go home on Shangsi? Why don't you just talk to your great-aunt about it?"
Seeing Manbao approaching them, Bai Erlang immediately sat up straight and didn't say anything. Bai Shan also straightened his body and glanced at Manbao.
Manbao looked at the two of them curiously, "What are you talking about?"
They both shook their heads.
Bai Erlang quietly turned his head and smiled at Bai Shan, with a look that said, "I understand."
The tips of Bai Shan's ears turned even redder.
He grabbed Bai Erlang's homework and started doing it in front of Manbao.
Manbao looked back and forth at the two of them, but didn't ask anything. He turned around and returned to his seat.
As soon as she turned around, Bai Shan let out a sigh and felt his face getting a little hot.
He pinched his cheek calmly, took a deep breath and started to help Bai Erlang with his homework.
Bai Erlang no longer had the two huge mountains of homework on his shoulders, and he quickly finished the book he was punished to copy. Then he smiled at Bai Shan in a particularly considerate manner, stood up and left, giving them the space.
Bai Shan watched him leave before he breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that Bai Erlang had changed in an instant. Are people who have become enlightened so terrifying?
After he left, Bai Shancai and Manbao said, "I've agreed with him that he won't tell anyone. We can just ask him to help us with some small questions in the future. I think it's easier for him to get information than us. He's very close to Qi Jue and the others."
Manbao looked at him suspiciously, "So you did his homework for him?"
Bai Shan nodded reluctantly.
Manbao acted like a senior sister and lectured them, "Don't let this happen again, or you'll develop a bad habit. Sir, you know, not only will you be punished, but I, the one who knew about it, will be punished too."
Bai Shan nodded.
Manbao felt that he was too honest. If it were in the past, he would have argued with her long ago.
She looked at him in surprise for a long moment. Seeing that he really didn't argue with her, she could only nod in satisfaction, "Okay, so that's it?"
Bai Shan nodded to her.
Manbao couldn't help scratching his head, took two steps and turned back, "You really have nothing to say to me?"
Bai Shan shook his head.
Manbao had no choice but to go back to sleep.
Bai Shan breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)
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