Chapter 249: Biting Down on the Neck!

Chapter 249: Biting Down on the Neck!

They say that holding back your anger only makes you angrier the more you think about it. Li Xuefeng was shaking with fury, remembering how the handsome young man had mounted his horse so gracefully without even glancing at her.

When Meng Yunchang arrived, Li Xuefeng had just thrown a porcelain bowl to the ground, causing it to shatter.

Meng Yunchang raised an eyebrow, curious about what had upset her.

Li Xuefeng, young and beautiful, had only recently been taken into the mansion, and the novelty of her was still fresh. Seeing her like this, Meng Yunchang wasn't annoyed. Instead, he smiled and said, "Xuefeng, what's going on? Did your relatives upset you during your visit back home?"

How could she admit to Meng Yunchang that she was furious because the young man she liked had ignored her?

But swallowing her anger was simply not an option.

She leaned seductively into Meng Yunchang's arms and said, "It’s not my relatives. It’s a family in my aunt’s village. They think they’re something special just because they have a bit of money. Their maid even had the nerve to look down on me. It was completely unacceptable."

Meng Yunchang chuckled, "I thought it was something big. But this is just a small thing."

Li Xuefeng pouted, "My lord, as your concubine, I represent your reputation outside. The Yu family thinks they can ignore you now that they’ve married Grand Scholar Liu’s granddaughter, and that’s why I’m upset."

"Yu family?" Meng Yunchang sneered, "The family that married the foolish granddaughter of Grand Scholar Liu?"

He playfully tilted Li Xuefeng’s chin up, saying, "Xuefeng, I’m not scared of that so-called Grand Scholar Liu. But I know you’re using me as a weapon."

Li Xuefeng, who was very much in his favor and unaware of Meng Yunchang’s true nature, wasn’t afraid of him. She instead put on a wronged look, "My lord, but I was wronged outside, and that’s losing your face, isn’t it?"

Meng Yunchang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Okay, this is a minor issue. I’ll help you get back at them, but let’s see how you’ll repay me..."

"Hateful~"

Soon, sounds that made faces blush echoed from the room.

The next morning, while Li Xuefeng was still asleep, Meng Yunchang dressed, buckled his belt, and as soon as he stepped out of the room, his expression turned cold. He ordered the two maidservants who had followed Li Xuefeng to South Tuo Village the previous day to be called to the front yard.

"Tell me exactly what happened yesterday," he said, his expression normal but a tangible malice in his eyes.

Meng Yunchang only believed half of Li Xuefeng's story.

He didn't want the thing he kept around for amusement to hide anything from him.

One of the maidservants turned pale and, trembling, recounted what had happened the day before.

When Meng Yunchang heard that Li Xuefeng had tried to flirt with a young man from the Yu family, only for the young man to ignore her and ride off—leaving Li Xuefeng furious—his expression darkened, and he slammed his hand on the table.

The maidservant knelt and kowtowed repeatedly, swearing that every word was true and nothing but the truth.

Meng Yunchang sat there with a cold, sinister smile.

So, Li Xuefeng claimed she went back home to visit relatives, but in his mind, she was meeting her lover!

...

In the morning, Huai Ge'er routinely went to the unnamed Taoist temple to practice martial arts with the old Taoist priest, while Liu Ge'er went to the Liu family villa to study with Grandfather Liu.

As for Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er, they went to the school together.

But on this day, two masked men suddenly rushed out of the alley and tried to drag Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er into the alley in broad daylight, starting to punch them.

At first, Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er were unable to struggle in time and took several hits.

However, they had grown accustomed to fighting and causing trouble in the village since they were young. In their spare time, Huai Ge'er would also teach them some martial arts. Once they realized what was happening, they instinctively went after one of the men. Bai Ge'er, being stronger, tightly restrained the thief, while Gui Ge'er, with his agile body, clung to the masked man—his legs wrapped around the man's waist as he bit down hard on the thief's neck!

Gui Ge'er bit down with such ferocity that blood gushed out.

The masked thief screamed and began to struggle wildly, almost like he was having a seizure, trying to shake Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er off.

His accomplice also hurriedly tried to pull Gui Ge'er and Bai Ge'er off his partner.

It took a great deal of effort to tear Gui Ge'er and Bai Ge'er away from the thief!

By now, blood was gushing from the thief's neck, looking horrific!

The ten-year-old boy, with blood smeared all over his mouth and a fierce look on his face, resembled a demon from hell.

The uninjured thief felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet! He didn't dare to lay a hand on Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er again!

Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er fought so viciously to intimidate the thieves. After all, they were just a thirteen-year-old and a ten-year-old; if the confrontation had dragged on, they would have been the ones to suffer!

Seeing that the thieves were no longer pursuing them, Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er quickly ran out of the alley to find the local officers to report the incident.

But by the time the two kids brought the officers back in a hurry, the thieves were nowhere to be found in the small alley.

Only a pool of blood was left on the ground, proving that Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er were telling the truth.

"Come on, let me take you to the clinic first. We'll investigate this matter," said the officer, who was familiar with the Yujia family. Seeing the two kids with bruised faces, he felt a bit heartbroken.

Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er had taken several hits earlier and now winced in pain with every movement. They didn't try to act tough and thanked the two officer uncles.

After getting their wounds treated at the clinic and picking up their medicine, the two officers escorted Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er back to the Yujia shop.

Yu Sanbao was deeply distressed when he saw his two nephews returning from school with bruised faces.

He quickly grabbed some small trinkets and handed them to the officers, saying his thanks, "I'll have to thank you both. I'll treat you and Xie Second Brother to drinks later."

The two officers, being familiar with Yu Sanbao, didn't decline. They bowed and left.

After seeing off the officers, Yu Sanbao hurriedly pulled Bai Ge'er and Gui Ge'er aside, feeling distressed seeing his nephews with bruised faces. "What happened to you two?"

Looking at the blood on Gui Ge'er's clothes and feeling a bit out of breath, he panicked, "Where are you bleeding? Where are you injured?"

Gui Ge'er quickly reassured him, "Third Uncle, don't worry. This is the thief's blood."

If he hadn't spoken, it would have been better—his teeth were also stained with blood, and he laughed mischievously, "I bit him hard, and he bled a lot! Gui Ge'er and I didn't get hurt too badly!"

Bai Ge'er nodded in agreement.

Yu Sanbao felt a pang in his heart seeing this. He quickly told Gui Ge'er to go wash up and change his clothes.

With Gui Ge'er taken care of, Yu Sanbao turned to Bai Ge'er to ask what had happened.

Bai Ge'er was a natural-born businessman. Despite his young age, he already understood the art of talking his way out of situations.

With him around, even if they got into conflicts with others, it shouldn't have escalated to the point of getting beaten like this, right?