Chapter 72 Playing Hard to Get
Li Yulan was walking alone on a country road, with Li Bosong and Pan Laita following far behind.
When she reached the corner of Dongshi Village, Li Yulan turned onto a small hill that was away from people as if she was familiar with the route.
The sisters Xu Shuangyan and Xu Shuangfeng are digging wild vegetables here.
This small hillside has many stones and few wild vegetables, so people from Dongshi Village don’t like to come here.
The Xu family felt that they were the family of a scholar, so they wanted to save face and did not want to compete with other families in the village, so they only came here to pick wild vegetables.
The Xu sisters looked up when they heard the voice and saw Li Yulan. Their eyes lit up.
Xu Shuangfeng tugged at her sister's clothes and said, "Big sister, Li Yulan is here."
"You go back and call dad, I'll hold her back." Xu Shuangyan said.
"Why are you here? Didn't your mother say that she didn't want you to play with us anymore?" Xu Shuangyan walked forward, and Xu Shuangfeng ran home.
"I, have something to say to your father. Did Shuangfeng go to call someone?"
Xu Shuangyan calmly blocked Li Yulan's way and asked, "Li Yulan, are you attracted to someone else outside?"
Xu Shuangyan's heart was in turmoil when she asked this question. She had never liked Li Yulan, but she had to admit that Li Yulan was stupid and easy to deceive.
If her father and Li Yulan can't get together, who knows if it will be difficult to find another one?
Besides, Li Yulan is young and can definitely give birth to a son.
She didn't want her stepmother to bring a wild child into the house at all.
"What do you know, little kid?" Li Yulan said angrily, "Children, don't meddle in adult matters."
"You tell me first, don't you?"
"No, no, that's enough!"
Xu Shuangyan's heart was half relieved but couldn't relax anymore.
Li Yulan has not changed her heart, but looking at her expression, it seems difficult to deal with her, so she still needs to ask her father to say a few soft words to coax her.
Xu Jiahuai arrived soon, his steps hurried and sweat beading on his forehead.
Xu Shuangyan gave her father a wink, then took the basket and went to the slope to guard it.
Her father is a scholar, and reputation is very important.
"Magnolia."
As Xu Jiahuai approached, Li Yulan took several steps back. "Don't come over here. Let's just stand there and talk for a few words and then I'll leave."
Xu Jiahuai's heart skipped a beat.
Different, very different.
In the past, Li Yulan would always approach him shyly and quietly. When he looked at her, her face would turn red as if blood was about to drip out, and her heart and eyes would be filled with him.
"You, what's wrong, Yulan? Did my mother say that to you last time? I told her that she won't do it again." Xu Jiahuai said affectionately: "Yulan, I'm back. I will open a school to support our family and we will live a good life."
"Don't say that," Li Yulan interrupted Xu Jiahuai. She didn't feel sweet in her heart, but only felt creepy and uncomfortable. "We are not suitable. Don't come to me again in the future."
Just like trying to get rid of a dog-skin plaster, Li Yulan wanted to run away after she finished speaking.
Xu Jiahuai went over and grabbed her hand, "Yulan, how could you say such heartless words? You know I like you, we are obviously in love with each other, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yulan's eyes almost popped out and she stomped on Xu Jiahuai's instep.
Xu Jiahuai was caught off guard and loosened his foot in pain. Li Yulan jumped away like a swift little rabbit.
"What do you mean by mutual affection? Don't say such nonsense. I used to pester you but you didn't bother to pay attention to me. Now I've thought it through. I won't pester you anymore. From now on, we won't interfere with each other. Xu Jiahuai, don't come to me again. Just pretend that nothing happened."
Li Yulan ran away after she finished speaking. How could Xu Jiahuai let her run away so easily? He raised his foot and chased after her, with a fierce look in his eyes, "Li Yulan, you provoked me, and I didn't agree. How can I let you leave just like that?"
Seeing that Li Yulan was about to be caught again, Li Baisong walked out from behind the rock.
Li Yulan hurriedly ran behind Li Baisong and looked at Xu Jiahuai in horror.
The Xu Jiahuai in front of him no longer had any of his former gentle appearance. His ferocious face only made people feel scared and terrified.
Li Yulan took a deep breath. It was like that scene where the little girl's dream lover was shattered and she woke up to find that he was nothing.
"My sister has made it clear to you, Xu Xiucai, we have already given you the answer you want. If you come to bother my sister again in the future, don't blame us four brothers for being rude to you!" Li Baisong had a cold face. The little boy had a stern and resolute face, as hard as iron and a mountain, solid and reliable.
Xu Jiahuai looked at Li Yulan, and the deep affection of the past reappeared in his eyes. In the past, Li Yulan was easily drowned by such deep affection, but looking at it again today...
What the hell!
It was as if Xu Jiahuai was wearing a false mask on his face, and I really wanted to tear it off.
Sure enough, my mother was right. I still need to go out more and meet more people.
Xu Jiahuai stretched out his hand, pitifully, "Magnolia~"
Li Yulan: "yue!"
Xu Jiahuai: “…”
"Xu Xiucai, let me say one last thing to you," Li Baisong said coldly, blocking Li Yulan tightly. "If I succeed, I'm lucky. If I don't, it's my fate. That's all. In the adult world, parting amicably is the most respectable thing."
Li Baisong turned and left with Li Yulan.
Xu Jiahuai stood there, clenching his fists, unclenching them, and then clenching them again.
"Playing hard to get, Li Yulan, you've learned your lesson." Xu Jiahuai gritted his teeth, "You've even learned these little tricks."
Even God cannot wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, let alone a human being.
"Brother, are we done yet?"
Li Bosong was unfathomable. "Half of it is done."
"What do you mean by half done?" Li Yulan asked without hesitation.
"Does Fourth Sister still have any feelings for him?"
"No, no, no." Li Yulan shook her head like a rattle. "Now I just feel like I was blind before."
"What if he invites a matchmaker to come to your house tomorrow and asks to marry you in a sedan chair?"
"Ah!" Li Yulan jumped three feet high, "What nonsense are you talking about, little brother! You, you, you, stop talking nonsense, I still need to earn a few hundred coins with my mother, I don't want to get married! Not at all!"
"Look, this is half the job." Li Baisong pointed at Li Yulan's head, "You don't have him here at all."
Li Yulan raised her head proudly, "That's not right. Wait, little brother, do you have any other meaning in your words?"
"He would still come to me? No way, we have already made it clear, is he stupid? How can a fool pass the exam to become a scholar!"
"Who knows? As long as you don't have him in your heart anymore, leave the rest to us and make good money."
Li Yulan was so moved, "Little brother, you are so kind. Mom is fine too. You are all fine."
Li Baisong: “…”
Pan followed behind in a sloppy and nonchalant manner, thinking that he would be asked to show off his skills, but unexpectedly, the boy didn't even let him show his face.
Tsk tsk.
"If I get it, I'm lucky. If I don't, it's my fate. That's all."
Pan Laila's eyes were shining as he looked at Li Baisong.
At his age, it's not impossible for him to accept a little disciple like this.
With a little junior brother like this, that wooden lump will be more lively and cheerful, right?
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