Chapter 119 Bai Zilin is back
Liu Ye was also very excited after hearing this. The "elder brother" that this young lady was talking about must be Young Master Zhao. If Young Master Zhao is back, then Brother Bai is back too. She also wanted to go to the dock to see him.
And so, Liu Ye followed Zhao Xin's BMW to the dock two miles away. In front of the dock was a huge lake that stretched as far as the eye could see and whose destination was unknown.
Liu Ye walked past Zhao Xinbao and the others to the dock, craning her neck and looking on expectantly. Zhao Xinbao and her maid came to her side, looking at Liu Ye arrogantly: "Hey, stand back, you're blocking my way!"
Liu Ye glanced at the distance between her and the spoiled young lady; there was about a meter between them. How was she blocking her? Wasn't this deliberately picking a fight? "The place is so big, how am I blocking you? We're all here to pick someone up, don't cause trouble!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xinbao exclaimed, "Oh ho, someone dares to talk back to me? Does she even know who I am? She's the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, and Xiancheng belongs to them!" She continued, "You brat, how dare you talk to me like that? Do you know who I am? Who my father is!"
Liu Ye glanced at Zhao Xinbao from head to toe, and said infuriatingly, "I bet you're the daughter of a coffin shop owner. Your dad sells coffins, otherwise why would you be dressed like a paper doll? If you didn't know you were alive, you'd think you were someone's burial item that had escaped."
This was the first time Zhao Xinbao had ever been scolded like this. She was so angry that she put her hands on her hips, pointed at Liu Ye, and was about to yell back. Before she could even utter a word, her maid, Xiao Mei, excitedly shouted, "It's the young master! The young master and young lady are back! I saw the young master!"
Distracted by the maid, Zhao Xinbao excitedly looked at the lake and the large ship slowly sailing towards the dock. Standing at the bow was her elder brother, and the person standing next to him was her brother's newly recruited subordinate, a hunter who often came to the Zhao residence to deliver game. He was the man she secretly liked, and also the person she was really going to pick up. She said she was there to pick up her brother, but actually she was there to pick up the hunter Bai.
Zhao Xinbao waved happily towards the boat: "Big brother, Bai hunter, you're back! I've come to pick you up..."
Standing at the bow of the boat, Bai Zilin didn't look at Zhao Xinbao, who was jumping and skipping around. Instead, he excitedly looked at Liu Ye beside her. She was the person he had been longing for day and night. He didn't expect that Liu Ye would know that he was coming back today. He waved to Liu Ye excitedly.
Liu Ye waved happily at him. Brother Bai was finally back. Ever since he left, she had been worried about him every day. Seeing him return safely, she felt relieved.
Young Master Zhao also saw the willow leaves at the dock, but he couldn't see them very clearly. He looked at Bai Zilin with a puzzled expression and asked, "Brother Bai, who is that girl?"
Bai Zilin replied without hesitation, "She is my fiancée."
Young Master Zhao was even more puzzled after hearing this: "She's your fiancée, so what about the girl you used to be with, the one who was all dirty and had hair like a bird's nest...?"
Bai Zilin's smile vanished, replaced by a cold expression. "She died of illness on the way to escape famine!"
Young Master Zhao nodded awkwardly. The large ship sailed into the dock, and Young Master Zhao and Bai Zilin were the first to disembark. Then, a group of injured people disembarked. Some had injured arms, some had injured legs, and some were carried off the ship with their faces covered by rags. They were already dead.
Among the injured was Wu Changgui, who was roughly thrown onto an oxcart, which made his injured left leg hurt even more. He didn't dare to utter a sound because he was guilty. After all the injured people disembarked, the workers on the ship began unloading the cargo.
Bai Zilin walked excitedly towards Liu Ye. Zhao Xinbao thought Bai Zilin was coming for her. She was so excited that her face turned red and her heart pounded. But when she saw Bai Zilin grab the hand of the girl who had been arguing with her, her heart sank to the ground. She stood there dumbfounded, staring at them...
Liu Ye shyly pulled her hand away: "Brother Bai, you're finally back..."
Bai Zilin looked at Liu Ye with tender eyes. He clenched his fist reluctantly, his palm still warm from her touch. "There was a little accident on the way, so let's come back a few days later than originally planned. Let's go home."
When Young Master Zhao stepped off the boat and saw Liu Ye, he was also stunned by her beauty. What a beautiful girl! And why does her voice sound so familiar? It sounds like that girl with the messy hair. Didn't Bai Zilin say she was dead?
"Brother Bai, won't you introduce me to him?"
Bai Zilin reluctantly introduced Liu Ye to Young Master Zhao: "This young lady is my fiancée, Liu Ye, and this is Young Master Zhao...!"
When Zhao Xinbao heard Bai Zilin introduce Liu Ye as his fiancée, she felt like the sky had fallen. How could this be! This woman was actually Bai the Hunter's fiancée! How come she didn't know Bai the Hunter had a fiancée!
Upon hearing the name Liu Ye, Young Master Zhao immediately recognized him as Chicken Head. Chicken Head was named Liu Ye, and his fiancée was also named Liu Ye. They were clearly the same person. He felt a pang of jealousy and envied Bai Zilin's good fortune. It made sense now that she had dressed up like that before to avoid others seeing her beauty.
"Miss Liu, it's been a long time. It's an honor to see you again..."
Liu Ye nodded with a faint smile: "Young Master Zhao, you're too kind. I should be thanking you for taking care of Brother Bai."
Zhao Xinbao was surprised that her older brother also knew this woman, this woman named Liu Ye. She suppressed the jealousy churning inside her and came to Zhao Gongzi's side in a coquettish manner: "Big brother, you are so annoying! Didn't you see that someone came to pick you up?"
The moment Young Master Zhao saw his spoiled younger sister, his head started to ache: "Hehehe, I see her, I see her. My sister stands out from the crowd. I saw her from far away..."
"Brother Bai, come with us in the carriage back. I want to host a banquet to thank you for saving my life. Miss Liu, please come too. It will be more lively with more people..."
Liu Ye didn't want to join in the fun, and Bai Zilin didn't want to go either, so he decisively refused: "Young Master Zhao, you're too kind. What life-saving grace? I only did what I should do. I won't bother you any longer. Please take care, Young Master Zhao, we'll be heading back now."
After Bai Zilin finished speaking, he pulled Liu Ye away. Zhao Xinbao and her brother Zhao Gongzi watched them leave with reluctance. After they were far away, Zhao Gongzi sighed, instructed the steward to send the injured person home, and then turned around and got into the carriage. Zhao Xinbao was also helped into the carriage by the maid.
On the slowly moving carriage, Zhao Xinbao was very curious about who Liu Ye was: "Big brother, how do you know that Liu Ye? Is she really Bai Hunter's fiancée?"
Young Master Zhao frowned and said, "I met Bai Zilin and Liu Ye on my way back to Xiancheng. They were fleeing famine to the south and ended up settling in Xiancheng. As for their relationship, I don't know if it's true or not."
After hearing this, Zhao Xinbao curled her lips in disgust. So that wretched girl was a refugee fleeing famine. Judging from her arrogant words, she thought she was a young lady from a wealthy family. Turns out she's just a stinking refugee, a poor wretch!
"Brother, if—and I mean if—if Brother Bai had to choose between marrying Liu Ye and me, who do you think he would choose?"
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