"Alas, I’m just a rustic village man with little insight; to avoid affecting the young master’s judgment, I should refrain from making a fool of myself."
"Old Uncle Qiu, what are you saying? Since Doctor Wang left, it’s thanks to you that you’ve brought everyone back together. Now, there’s a significant matter to discuss, and if you don’t attend, you won’t be serving everyone’s best interests."
Xiao Chan truly was the spokesperson for the Seven-Person Team; when she spoke, her words left no room for any rebuttals.
Old Uncle Qiu anxiously looked at Bai Junjun, hoping Miss Junjun could rescue him from this predicament.
However, Bai Junjun simply coughed lightly and said, "Master, since Xiao Chan has already put it this way, there’s no need to refuse. I guess the young master isn’t really expecting you to give any advice. You just need to listen and then relay the decisions back to the team."
The implication was that he only needed to support someone and act as a messenger.
Old Uncle Qiu looked up, "Why don’t you go on my behalf? After all, I need to watch these kids fishing..."
"It was you who was invited, Master. If you send me, it would dampen spirits."
"Doctor Qiu, you shouldn’t worry; our leader is very amiable."
Xiao Chan simply took Doctor Qiu away, while giving a grateful smile to Bai Junjun, who had spoken on his behalf.
Bai Junjun breathed a sigh of relief; the person in the horse carriage was her former fiancé, and she had no intention of foolishly presenting herself to him.
Yet, she was quite curious about what Li Wenli had called these people for.
The content was probably related to Ah Dao’s surveillance of the Ninth Guard.
Could it be that Li Wenli had also noticed something unusual?
Bai Junjun pondered thoughtfully.
At that time, Old Uncle Qiu and a few others from the team who were rather influential had arrived beside the horse carriage.
Ah Dao and the Old Monk inside opened the curtain to let these three uncles in.
With a small square table, the three uncles and Li Wenli were just enough to sit one on each side; Rabbit, to make room for them, also followed Ah Dao out.
Thus, only four people remained inside the horse carriage, staring blankly at each other.
Old Uncle Qiu had met Li Wenli before, which was somewhat comforting; the remaining two uncles had never seen the people inside the carriage, never imagining that the leader of the Seven-Person Team was merely a young man with his hair tied up.
Listening to everyone’s exclamation at his youth, Li Wenli couldn’t help shaking his head, "I have had my hair tied up for over three years, and in another year, I will come of age."
"..." The three uncles, all over fifty, had nothing to say.
In ancient times, one wore topknots until fifteen, could tie hair until twenty, and it was only after twenty that one came of age.
This young man, feigning an air of experience, claimed he had tied his hair for three years, making him merely eighteen. How is that mature?
However, thinking of the other young men outside, besides Ah Dao who had come of age, weren’t all of them at the age for tying their hair? There was even Rabbit, who still wore a topknot.
At that time, Rabbit, who had already learned to tie his hair like his brothers, sulked unhappily.
The Old Monk calmly flicked his forehead, "Come on, I’ll take you to find something to eat."
Upon hearing this, the dispirited Rabbit became excited again, stood up, and followed the Old Monk out, leaving only Ah Dao and Xiao Chan to shake their heads and smile.
This Rabbit always loved to act the adult.
With the departure of little adult Rabbit, Li Wenli officially opened the conversation inside.
"I invited you all here mainly to discuss the anomalies in the area. Although the Seven-Person Team has no formal responsibilities or obligations here, since you’ve followed the Seven-Person Team here, we will ensure to see things through.
I believe everyone is aware of the situation at the bridge. Given the Ninth Guard’s rate of passage, we definitely cannot leave in these eleven days.
However, after the eleven days when the Xuanwei Army arrives for the handover, I fear that young general might also turn up."
Everyone had finally reached a place of hope, but now...