Chapter 140: Chapter 140 Mr. Duan, the other side is still provoking us!
The manor in Nancheng… burgled?
Duan Feihan slightly furrowed his brows. Before he could even speak, the butler continued, “No… it’s not exactly a burglary, only our peach blossoms were stolen!!”
Duan Feihan’s expression shifted subtly. Only the peach blossoms were stolen?
Who would steal such a thing?
A thought suddenly surfaced in his mind. Could it be…
The butler looked up at the best-cared-for peach tree in the peach grove, as if… it was bald?
“Mr. Duan, wait a moment, the other party is also provoking us!” came the butler’s voice through the radio, growing stranger and stranger.
Duan Feihan’s voice became even heavier, “What exactly is going on?”
“Mr. Duan, I will hang up the phone first and send you a photo to see,” said the butler.
The butler hung up and quickly sent a photo to Duan Feihan’s cell phone.
Duan Feihan held his phone, his eyes dark as he looked at the photo; his peach tree… was bald.
What was most glaring was the exquisite red rose hanging from one of the branches of the peach tree.
Below the rose, there was also a red bill attached.
It seemed to say, bought for a hundred yuan, so it’s not stealing.
Isn’t this a provocation?
Duan Feihan clicked into his own social circle. Just ten minutes ago, Bai Chuwei had posted a message and had specifically reminded him to look:
“A basket of peach blossoms can brew a good jar of Peach Blossom Elixir!” an expression of pride, accompanied by a photo.
A super-large basket filled with fresh peach blossom petals.
Bai Chuwei’s WeChat had added quite a few people, probably all of them brown-nosing toadies underneath.
Because he saw Duan Xingye commenting: [Love it, love it, even prettier than the peach blossoms in my Uncle’s manor!]
The phone rang again, and Duan Feihan’s expression grew complicated. He answered the call and said in a deep voice, “Butler, I will send an assistant over later. Take that rose and the bill.”
Manor butler: “…Okay.”
Could it be that he wanted to bring back the evidence of provocation?
After the butler ended the call, he strode angrily toward the manor’s bodyguards:
“Look at you all, are you just eating for free? Someone sneaked into the manor, and you didn’t notice? Didn’t detect it at all?!”
A bunch of bodyguards were on the verge of tears; they patrolled faithfully every day and hadn’t seen any suspicious individuals approaching! This text is hosted at novel✶fire.net
Bai Chuwei returned in less than half an hour, leaving Aunt Chen dumbstruck.
Definitely not a trip to Nancheng, but rather a wild goose chase somewhere!
After Bai Chuwei brought the basket of peach blossoms upstairs, she was called down to eat by the servants.
Bai Chuwei picked up her chopsticks, looking interested, “Is there something to celebrate? Why so happy?”
Everyone at the dining table was startled. How did Bai Chuwei know?
Bai Guofu put down his chopsticks, beaming, “Indeed, just after our family elder left, we received a phone call.”
Bai Yinyin proudly lifted her chin, “Bai Chuwei, I don’t mind telling you, just now Professor Zhao Guangming from the Calligraphy Department of Imperial Capital University called me.”
“He’s invited me to meet tomorrow afternoon.”
Bai Chuwei’s eyes flickered, and she smiled, “Bai Yinyin, you never know, perhaps Zhao Guangming made a special trip from the Imperial Capital to Haicheng to see me?”
Bai Chuwei recalled the reminder from Qi Mo not long ago.
Bai Yinyin’s face instantly fell, her tone becoming unpleasant, “Bai Chuwei, why do you always want to steal the credit? Why would Professor Zhao Guangming come for you? Have you… have you ever won a calligraphy prize?!”
Liu Man spoke up before Bai Guofu could, her eyes holding a hint of disdain as she looked at Bai Chuwei, her tone exceedingly proud, “Yinyin has won second prize in the city calligraphy competition. She has been practicing calligraphy since she was eight! Why would Professor Zhao Guangming look for you instead of her?”