Immediately, quite a few people quietly told their children to keep their distance from Lin Yuan’s younger sisters, but after searching through the crowd for a long time, they failed to find the children they believed belonged to a wealthy family. Could it be that they disdained their place for being too shabby and decided not to come?
Knowing someone was searching for Lin Yuan’s sisters, several little girls who had just been playing with Xiao Linshuang happily pointed them out. That gesture completely overturned the adults’ preconceptions.
Those two girls in plain clothes, smiling so innocently and brightly, were the younger sisters of this behind-the-scenes owner? Why didn’t they match the image of children from a rich and noble family? Weren’t they supposed to be dressed in silk and satin, adorned with gold jewelry, and display an aloof and haughty demeanor? But why were these two children playing so joyfully with the poor children, without a hint of superiority?
The doubts in many people’s minds were dispelled, as Xiao Linshuang and Lin Wei were already such innocent, cute, and kind children, winning everyone’s affection was no difficult feat at all.
Especially after hearing that Mr. Meng had personally prepared textbooks for the children’s classes, everyone felt even more at ease and congratulated themselves for not having moved away before. Otherwise, where would they find such good teachers and bosses as they had now?
While they were talking, the sound of a carriage approached the entrance and grew nearer and nearer.
As it turned out, it was the Ma family Manor coming to deliver the first set of freshly printed textbooks to everyone.
All the children dashed towards the approaching carriage with arms outstretched like joyful little birds.
Meng Liangdong, fearing the crowd might damage the textbooks in their excitement, quickly went over as well.
Lin Yuan watched from a distance and noticed that the person delivering the textbooks was surprisingly a familiar face.
Ma Junying had already spotted Lin Yuan when he entered through the gate. He couldn’t suppress the smile on his lips, and amidst the winter’s chill, all he saw was Lin Yuan in a fiery red cape, looking charming and adorable with a gentle smile on her face, radiating warmth and kindness.
Lin Yi, who had been pretending to doze off on the carriage, opened his eyes warily and with a fluid movement like a fish flipping, he stood up. He nonchalantly positioned himself behind Lin Yuan, issuing a substantial warning to someone. The message was very clear: dare to come closer and watch your legs!
"Miss Lin, what a coincidence!" Ma Junying, wearing a white cloak, approached with a gentle smile, his humble demeanor captivating.
If Lin Yuan’s heart didn’t already belong to someone else, she would be hard-pressed not to be moved by such charm.
"I didn’t expect Young Master Ma to personally make the trip just to deliver some books. You’ve gone to great trouble indeed."
Lin Yuan smiled politely, but her happiness was genuine, as the children would finally have new books of their own.
In Ma Junying’s view, it seemed as if Lin Yuan was delighted to see him.
"Miss Lin, you flatter me. Even if I were not delivering books, Junying would have come to visit Old Mr. Cheng." Ma Junying quickened his pace towards Lin Yuan, and just as he was a few steps away, a dark figure suddenly appeared from nowhere.
"Young Master Ma, you have a smell of kiln soot on you, and our Second Young Lady has been suffering from a sensitive nose lately. She can’t bear such mixed odors, so please stand there and speak without bothering our miss." Lin Yi seriously spouted nonsense, almost making Lin Yuan behind him burst into laughter.
Ma Junying’s lips twitched, and he immediately halted in his tracks. The smell of kiln soot? He was only responsible for designing and giving ideas at home, so when did he ever join the workers in the kiln to make bricks?
Fortunately, Ma Junying had an extraordinarily good temper and had no intention of taking Lin Yi’s comment to heart since he knew Lin Yi was just deliberately preventing him from getting close.
Fearing that she might hurt Ma Junying’s pride, Lin Yuan hurriedly changed the subject: "Young Master Ma, I heard that Ma family Manor has started printing books on a large scale?"
Ma Junying nodded with a comforting smile on his face, seemingly unaffected by Lin Yi’s interference, and said with a laugh, "Yes, in fact, on the second day of the new year, we received a message from Young Master Xia, and the calligraphy and seal carving masters he had arranged delivered the sample of the first book to be printed on the sixth. Not only that, Young Master Xia also found several craftsmen skilled in firing techniques, who came especially to teach and guide us in kiln firing."