Wen Yuan rolled his eyes at him. "You think you can stay in the carriage the whole time and not fall?"
Nan Zhuo thought about it and agreed.
Over the years, not a single day has been spared from hardship.
They had no choice but to carefully help the young master down from the carriage.
Wait, the fall didn't happen!
Xiao Youran saw Wen Yuanbai walking towards their fabric shop from the second-floor window. She happily waved to him from the window and shouted, "Big White!"
Wen Yuanbai's lips twitched violently, and he glared at her angrily.
Xiao Youran chuckled and asked her older brother, "Brother, do you think the name 'Da Bai' sounds nice?"
Jiang Youchen's lips twitched, and for the first time, he suddenly felt that it was a very fortunate thing for her to call him "brother".
He looked down from the second floor, and as he looked, he realized that something was wrong.
Wen Yuanbai walked extremely slowly, and if you walked a little faster, you could see that his right leg seemed to be somewhat inflexible.
He exclaimed in surprise, "Could this young master of the Wen family be a cripple?"
Xiao Youran nodded without any surprise, "Yes."
This Wen Yuanbai is not only physically weak and sickly, but also plagued by bad luck. He is a cripple and has a short lifespan; he did not live past the age of nineteen in his previous life.
It seems like it was that year... after I came of age, I entered the Duke's mansion, and he left the Duke's mansion. Less than half a year later, I heard that he had passed away from illness.
Hmm... so if that's the case, he's probably four or five years older than me? Right now, he's about eight or nine years old?
Now that he's here, we can take this opportunity to test the relationship between him and his maternal aunt.
Having figured this out, her eyes lit up, and she grabbed her brother and ran downstairs.
As she went downstairs, she saw Steward Zhang chatting with Mrs. Zhou.
"...So...your little cousin's daughter is indeed very lucky!" Butler Zhang said with a face full of envy, jealousy and resentment.
Zhou looked very proud. "Of course! Our Yun family suffered a lot this time. If it weren't for her, we would have had a lot of good fortune. Our whole family would have had a hard time."
Butler Zhang racked his brains, but couldn't think of any way to lure the little girl to his home.
Just then, the little girl came running down the stairs and headed towards the door, calling out, "Big White!"
Butler Zhang looked in the direction of the sound and saw his young master slowly stepping over the threshold.
Based on their past experience, nine out of ten times the young master would fall when crossing the threshold of an unfamiliar place.
Besides, he only fell once out of the three falls he had today.
So Wen Yuanbai, holding onto the door frame with one hand and Nan Zhuo with the other, carefully lifted his right leg to step over, only to have a small figure rush towards him and crash into his arms.
It was the kitten in Xiaoyou Ran's arms that pounced on it.
His left leg was injured, making him less agile and strong to begin with. He was barely maintaining his balance when the kitten bumped into him, causing him to fall backward.
Nan Zhuo also reached out to catch him with practiced ease. Based on past experience, he was basically unable to support his master after his three falls a day.
Just like the two previous times they fell into the water, it seemed like they were sure of success, but they just couldn't get the person out.
To everyone's surprise, she actually managed to steady her young master.
He steadied himself, somewhat incredulous, when the little girl stepped forward to support him and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Big White, you have to walk carefully from now on, don't fall down again."
Wen Yuanbai felt the veins on his forehead throbbing, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "If it weren't for you and your cat, how could I have fallen?"
He was walking very steadily and was fully prepared. If the kitten hadn't pounced on him, how could he have fallen backward?
Little Youran blinked her big eyes and said, "No, if I hadn't caught you, you would have fallen, Da Bai."
Wen Yuanbai ignored her and walked inside with a flick of his sleeve.
Jiang Youchen, who was a few steps behind Xiao Youran, ran over at this moment. He clearly felt that Wen Yuanbai was being ungrateful, so he took his sister's hand and walked away, deliberately saying, "Guests are always welcome. Your great-aunt and the others will take care of you. What's your hurry?"
It means he's just a guest, so why are you being so enthusiastic and trying to win him over?
Butler Zhang and Nan Zhuo exchanged a glance and immediately reached a consensus: the young master was clearly about to fall, and Nan Zhuo theoretically shouldn't have been able to support him; it was this little lucky boy who stabilized him!
This is an amazing discovery!
Finally, the person who can turn away my bad luck has appeared?!
This is the most important person in the young master's life!
We have to catch it no matter what!
Butler Zhang quickly whispered a few words to Nan Zhuo, and then Nan Zhuo turned around and went out to do his business.
Madam Zhou had already begun to warmly entertain Wen Yuanbai, "What would this young master like to order?"
Wen Yuanbai glanced around casually, "This young master is just looking around."
"Oh, oh, please, please—" Zhou was puzzled. Normally, the housekeeper would handle the household affairs, so why should a young master come over to inspect the fabric himself?
Watching the interaction between the two, Xiao Youran became certain of one thing: the two were indeed strangers.
Wen Yuanbai suddenly asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have any good quality fabrics at reasonable prices? This winter, everyone suffered from disasters and life has been difficult. I was thinking of donating some fabrics to everyone, even bedding would be fine."
Xiao You Ran's eyes lit up.
That's right, doing good deeds and receiving gratitude increases your luck! It's not like you necessarily have to save someone's life! Why didn't I think of that?
She immediately shook off her brother's hand and ran to Wen Yuanbai. "Dabai, are you going to do good deeds? Can we do it together? We have money too."
Wen Yuanbai looked her up and down, then said coolly, "Who...are you referring to?"
Xiao Youran's eyes darted around, "Me! It's me!"
Jiang Youchen gave his younger sister a cool look and asked, "Little sister, do you have money?"
Xiao Youran choked for a moment, suddenly regretting not accepting the gold notes when they were placed in front of her earlier. "I..."
She looked at her brother ingratiatingly, "Brother, let's! Let's go together! You have money!"
Wen Yuanbai also suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did he ask such a strange question?
He then said in a cool tone, "Then I'll take you with me."
Jiang Youchen was displeased and pulled his younger sister aside to whisper, "Sister, if you want to do good deeds, we can do them ourselves. Besides, the village is currently short of food. Instead of buying some cloth, we should buy some food to share with the villagers."
Xiao Youran also pulled her brother aside and whispered, "Brother, are you stupid? In the eyes of those villagers, we are already just as poor as our great-aunts. Otherwise, how could we have hidden all that money?"
Jiang Youchen thought about it and realized that it made sense.
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