Chapter 462: Too Much Bullying
Zhuang Qingsui was a little worried and followed behind Zhuang Qingning.
"Who is it?" Zhuang Qingning asked.
"Miss Zhuang, the younger one is Banqing." A familiar voice came from outside the door.
Zhuang Qingning opened the door and saw Banqing outside.
"It's so late, but what's the matter?"
"Mr. Fan and the Third Young Master have sent someone to tell Miss Zhuang that Mr. Fan cannot come to class in the next two days. The earliest he can come is three or four days later." Ban Qing replied.
"Oh?" Zhuang Qingning raised his eyebrows.
Fan Wenxuan has always been very punctual in coming to class, and never missed class even in the wind or rain. But this time he suddenly did not come to class, and for three or four days.
"Is he okay, sir? Is he feeling unwell?" Zhuang Qingsui's face was full of worry.
"Sir, he... is in good health." Ban Qing drooped his eyelids helplessly.
It's just a bit of a mental blow.
After all, such a thing is hard for any man to accept.
"Miss Zhuang and Miss Sui don't have to worry."
"I'm glad you're fine." Seeing Ban Qing hesitate to speak, Zhuang Qingning said, "Since Mr. Fan is busy, please let him take care of his own business first. As for Qingsui and Mingli, I will urge them to study hard. Please also tell Mr. Fan to rest assured."
"Yes." Ban Qing agreed and took out the neatly stacked books. "The teacher said that these are the articles that need to be studied in the next few days. Miss Sui and Mr. Mingli, please take a look first and follow along. If there are any parts you don't understand, circle them first and ask Mr. Fan when he comes."
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Fan." Zhuang Qingning took it and said, "Thank you very much."
"Miss Zhuang, you are too polite. I will not disturb you any more and will take my leave first." Ban Qing said, then he got on his horse and walked back.
Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui bolted the door and walked back with the stack of papers.
"I don't know what happened to you, sir..." Zhuang Qingsui was still a little worried. "You haven't explained it clearly yet, but it's easy to overthink and worry."
"Since Banqing said it only takes three or four days, then it probably isn't a big deal. But since Mr. Fan hasn't been attending class these days, I think it's not a small matter either," Zhuang Qingning replied.
"Sis, I'm a little confused..."
It's not a big deal, but it's not a small deal either. So is it a big deal or a small deal? Zhuang Qingsui looked at Zhuang Qingning in bewilderment.
"It doesn't matter whether it's a big thing or a small thing. What's important is that since Ban Qing didn't say anything, but also said not to worry, I think it's just that it's inconvenient to talk about what happened. So it's best not to ask too much. If it's convenient and can be said, there's no need to ask. I think Mr. Fan will tell the truth."
Zhuang Qingning said, "Sometimes, you should be confused for a while."
"I understand what you said, sister." Zhuang Qingsui nodded and grinned, "Then sister, let's go to bed quickly and get up early tomorrow."
"Since Mr. Fan can't come to class these few days, I have to study harder and review the articles I learned earlier, so that I can feel more at ease when Mr. Fan comes."
No matter whether it is a big or small matter, or something that is inconvenient to talk about, it is definitely something that will make people upset.
Zhuang Qingsui felt that as Mr. Fan’s student, she must not cause trouble to Mr. Fan again.
"Okay." Zhuang Qingning responded with a smile, holding up the lantern and going back to the house with Zhuang Qingsui.
The moon was dim and the stars were sparse, and the trees had lost all their leaves, but there were still a few sparrows jumping around on the bare branches, causing the branches to shake several times in the air.
"This is too much, this is too much!"
Angry shouts came from the house, scaring the sparrows jumping on the branches and making them fly away.
Ban Qingdu, who had come back to report, was even more shocked. He paused and grabbed Ning Feng, who was also delivering something to the courtyard. "Butler Feng, Mr. Fan is still angry?"
"I'm afraid it's difficult." Ning Feng shook his head and then sighed deeply, "Think about it, Mr. Fan is also a great scholar and a well-known leader in the capital. Now he is left with only one pair of pants because of losing a game of chess. This is really embarrassing."
It's not just that there's no light, I'm afraid it feels like my whole old face is gone...
Ban Qing smacked his lips and touched his nose thoughtfully. "But it's true. Although Mr. Fan is a great chess player, everyone knows that our eldest son was taught chess by the best master in the palace. He is also very talented. He can even beat Mr. Ye, the number one chess player. Mr. Fan could play chess with anyone else, but with our eldest son. I'm afraid he is just asking for trouble..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? It wasn't Mr. Fan who was eagerly looking for the eldest master to play chess. It was the eldest master who asked Mr. Fan to play chess after dinner. He also said that if Mr. Fan could win, even for one game, he would give Mr. Fan the painting of plum blossoms in the snow that he treasured in his study."
Ning Feng said, "Mr. Fan wanted this painting very much in the past, and he asked the eldest son for it several times but to no avail. Now that he saw that the eldest son was willing to give it up, he naturally agreed in a hurry. He never thought..."
Unexpectedly, he didn't get the painting, but because there was nothing to bet on, he decided to go all out and said that if he lost a round, he would give Chu Jinnian a piece of clothing. In the end, he was left with only a pair of pants, and he took off his shoes and socks completely, and came out of Chu Jinnian's study in a dejected manner.
"No, why does this matter seem so wrong to me?"
Ban Qing scratched his ear and said, "This young master clearly knew that Mr. Fan couldn't beat him in chess, but he still used this painting of plum blossoms as bait to coax Mr. Fan into playing chess. No matter how I look at it, it seems like the young master did it on purpose."
"You just found out about this?" Ning Feng rolled his eyes.
"But why..."
Banqing was a little confused.
In the past, it's not like he had never seen his eldest son deliberately making things difficult for Mr. Fan.
But this time there was a reason for everything. It was basically because Fan Wenxuan, the old naughty boy, was in a playful mood and couldn't control himself at all. He bullied Chu Jinzhou or put Chu Jinzhou in danger every time, which was why Chu Jinnian got angry.
But during this period of time, Fan Wenxuan was very well behaved. On weekdays, he either went to teach at Qingning's home in Enjizhuang, or strolled around the farm together. At most, he would play with the chickens, walk the sheep, roast sweet potatoes and peanuts in the fields, etc. He never did anything out of the ordinary.
"Think about it carefully?" Ning Feng rolled his eyes almost to the sky.
"Think about it carefully..." Ban Qing's brows were almost twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川". No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't seem to figure out what inappropriate things Mr. Fan had done recently.
What's more, Chu Jinnian had just returned today, and the two of them had just had dinner together.
dinner?
Ban Qing’s eyes suddenly widened.
(End of this chapter)
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