Chapter 201: Utterly Embarrassing
The noisy voices from opposite continued for a long time.
From the sound of it, Xiao Yanci and Jiang Yihuan were doing their business while being watched by people, the scene was too unsightly, and he, annoyed and furious, spoke rudely to those few scholars.
Those few scholars hadn’t expected to run into such a thing, they were originally a bit embarrassed, but upon hearing Xiao Yanci’s verbal attacks, they immediately fired back.
Scholars curse without dirty words, but every sentence is dirtier than others cursing with parents included. At this time, Jiang Yihuan hid behind Xiao Yanci and cried.
“Brother Zhou, you’re really quite foolish, still helping people catch thieves, only for the people themselves to be thieves, flower thief. If you like romance so much, why take the imperial examination for an official position? Why not just hold your wife at home and tumble in bed every day? Coming here in vain to dirty our eyes.”
“The imperial examination is about to start soon, yet you still have the mind for this sort of thing. If someone like you passes, you’ll just be a corrupt lustful official in the future.”
“Exactly. We must diligently review our schoolwork, we absolutely cannot lose to someone whose mind is full of lustful thoughts.”
Seeing those few scholars come out, Zhou Wangshu quickly apologized: “Sorry, Brother Wang, Brother Li, I didn’t expect it to be… my fault, I never imagined…”
“Don’t say you didn’t expect it, we didn’t either. In the future, you must stay far away from him, and absolutely not let his filth dirty your own eyes.”
“Brother Zhou, how are you neighbors with such a person? You’ll have to put up with some grievance during this time. How about you come squeeze in with me?”
“No need, Brother Li, thank you for your kind offer. In a bit, I’ll close the windows tight, that should make it quieter. I’m really sorry about today’s matter, tomorrow I’ll treat you all to a meal, as compensation for what just happened.”
“No problem. Tomorrow we’ll gather properly. You and I hit it off at first sight, it’s perfect for us to exchange some insights.”
After those few scholars left, Zhou Wangshu was just about to return to his own courtyard when he saw Xiao Yanci, dressed, come out, looking coldly at Zhou Wangshu.
“You did it on purpose.”
Zhou Wangshu looked innocent: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
With that, he turned and left.
Zhou Wangshu returned to the room and saw Su Yaoguang had taken out his Four Treasures of the Study and the books he brought, arranging them neatly.
“Didn’t I tell you to cover your ears and not let the filth affect you?”
“I did, I didn’t hear anything.” Su Yaoguang said, “Tomorrow you’re meeting with the scholars, have you thought about which place to pick?”
“There are only a few places where scholars gather lately, at that time I’ll blend in with them, and have them take me in.”
Jiang Yihuan cried heartbrokenly, seeing Xiao Yanci had no intention of coaxing her, her eyes full of resentment.
She had just been seen naked by those few poor scholars, shouldn’t he comfort her? If not for his recklessness, thinking about that sort of thing all day, she wouldn’t have suffered such humiliation.
He had better really pass as a juren scholar this time, otherwise don’t blame her for turning hostile and not recognizing him.
She had suffered so much just to enjoy good fortune following him, up to now she hadn’t enjoyed any good fortune, but hadn’t lacked grievances. Her patience was also limited.
When Su Yaoguang woke up, she found herself lying on the big bed.
She sniffed in the air, following the scent to the courtyard, where she saw Zhou Wangshu arranging all sorts of breakfast.
“Smells so good, you went out so early to buy breakfast?”
“Yesterday the landlord said this place has the best breakfast, if you go late it’s all gone. We’re here so rarely, of course we have to try the local delicious food.”
“How did I wake up on the big bed, when did you carry me up there?”
“Last night in the middle of the night you nearly fell off, do I need to remind you how bad your sleeping posture is? Tonight you sleep directly on the big bed, I don’t want to come fish you out in the middle of the night.”
“Is it that bad?” Su Yaoguang muttered.
“In a bit I’m going to meet other scholars, do you want to come with me?”
“I don’t understand all that literary stuff you say, I don’t want to go suffer. In a bit I’ll wander around casually, get a feel for the situation in the city.”
“Then have Cui Rong take you.” Zhou Wangshu said, “He’s familiar with here, whatever you want to know he can introduce for you, and there’s someone to look after you.”
Zhong Chushan and Chen Buyu had just come in when they heard Zhou Wangshu say this.
The two exchanged a glance.
Zhong Chushan muttered: “I still underestimated this boy’s magnanimity.”
“Me too.”
“Do you two want to take the maternal uncle-in-law out for a stroll later?” Seeing Chen Buyu and Zhong Chushan arrive, Su Yaoguang had them sit down to eat breakfast together.
Zhong Chushan and Chen Buyu didn’t stand on ceremony, plopping down, and said to Su Yaoguang: “This place’s breakfast is especially hard to get, you have to queue for at least half an hour, today we benefited from Yaoguang’s light, letting us also taste this place’s breakfast.”
“This was bought early by Wangshu.” Su Yaoguang said, “This place’s breakfast sells so well! Then tomorrow I’ll go queue, you don’t go, it’ll delay time.”
“No need, I made a deal with the master there for half a month’s breakfast, from now on every morning a shop assistant will deliver breakfast to the door, no need to queue.”
“How did you manage that?” Chen Buyu was surprised, “We spent a fortune and couldn’t enjoy such treatment.”
Zhou Wangshu touched his nose.
Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence, the shopkeeper and shop assistant of that breakfast shop were being hassled by local ruffians, and it happened to be subordinates under him who resolved it. While Su Yaoguang didn’t know, Feng Chaoyang had already expanded his influence here.
Their organization not only sold news, but could also arrange thugs and killers to solve problems. It was just that they also had rules, they only killed villains.
Zhou Wangshu looked at this bright and cheerful young girl in front of him, feeling inferior again because of his body full of dirty blood. His blood was dirty, his heart was dirty, his methods were dirty, how could he be worthy of such a bright and sunny young girl?
“What are you spacing out for?” Chen Buyu said, “I heard that breakfast shop has a pretty daughter, you boy wouldn’t have used a honey trap, right?”
Su Yaoguang was surprised, looking at Zhou Wangshu: “Really?”
It really was possible.
Zhou Wangshu’s face was too eye-catching, normal young girls couldn’t resist it, that was normal.
If she didn’t know him and met him coming to buy things, she would give him two extra scallions.
Zhou Wangshu said irritably: “Put away those dirty things in your brain, am I that kind of person? The shopkeeper recently hired plenty of labor, he can manage, how could he not make money on business delivered to the door?”
Jiang Yihuan came in carrying steamed buns and steamed buns.
The steamed buns were hers, the steamed buns were Xiao Yanci’s.
Smelling the fragrance in the air, she turned her head and saw the exquisite breakfast in front of Su Yaoguang.
Why could Su Yaoguang live such a good life, while she had to suffer following Xiao Yanci? Tomorrow she would buy this breakfast too. No matter how expensive, she would buy it.
The silver at home now was earned by her and her mother, Xiao Yanci hadn’t earned one copper coin, the food and things he used were the best at home, why?
