Ch 207: New Love and Old Love
Zhao Mingwen’s actions were swift. While Bai Jinzhu was still dawdling, he had already arrived at the Lan Lake Manor with the soldiers of his two hundred-man teams. The soldiers set up simple barracks by Lan Lake and drilled and patrolled the lake daily.
Zhao Xiangzi was awakened by the soldiers’ bugle calls every day, which made her quite annoyed. However, since her uncle was personally leading the team to protect them, she really couldn’t get angry. So, she hid in Lin Yu’s Light Boat Small World, accompanying Lin Yu’s women.
But Bai Jinzhu had to leave Lan Lake Manor. Together with Bai Jintong, Lin Yu, Hua Kong, and Zhao Mingwen, she came to the Bai Mei Commerce’s residence in Jinghai City and used the teleportation formation there to return to Bai Mei City.
The manager of the Bai Mei Commerce was very happy to see Bai Jinzhu, Hua Kong, and Bai Jintong arrive. The Bai Family Head had sent many urging messages. He only dared to pass the messages to Bai Jintong, fearing to spoil this Young Miss’s mood and make Bai Jinzhu unhappy. Seeing that Bai Jintong had brought the people, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The group walked into the teleportation formation. Through the space-time channel opened after the teleportation formation operated, the group arrived at the headquarters of the Bai Mei Commerce in Bai Mei City. As soon as they came out of the teleportation formation, Bai Jintong immediately released the guards from her Light Boat, and Zhao Mingwen also released the Zhao Family’s guards.
The hall where the teleportation formation of the Bai Mei Commerce headquarters was located was very spacious. Although these hundreds of people attracted the attention of the surrounding people, they did not cause congestion or panic in the hall. The guards in the hall had already received the news from Jinghai Star.
Bai Jintong and Zhao Mingwen led the guards to the street, took out two carriages. After Lin Yu, Hua Kong, and Bai Jinzhu boarded the carriages, the group walked along the street where the Bai Mei Commerce was located, towards Bai Jintong’s mansion.
This was requested by Bai Jinzhu. She didn’t want to be too close to her home. She felt that it was quieter at Bai Jintong’s place. Plus, recently she was getting along very well with Hua Kong’s women. She didn’t want to see those idlers who liked to chatter and talk to themselves. It was better to be with Hong Muxin and the others.
However, things didn’t go as planned. Before the convoy reached Bai Jintong’s mansion, someone caught up with the convoy and sent an invitation. It turned out that the Young Misses and Young Masters of the big families in the city had organized a gathering for the purpose of sharing cultivation experiences. Not only was she invited, but also Zhao Xiangzi, Lin Yu, and Hua Kong. But she was not interested in these people and did not intend to go, so she threw the invitation aside.
According to her previous temperament, even if she didn’t like to go to this kind of invitation, she would mostly participate. But after following Hong Muxin for a while, Hong Muxin taught her not to be too docile, otherwise it would be difficult to survive in the cultivation world. Although she didn’t quite understand, she felt that Hong Muxin, as the Big Sister, would not lie to herself, so she made a different choice this time.
She threw the invitation aside, and suddenly felt a lot easier in her heart. Then she opened the small window by her hand and looked at the scenery outside and the hurried pedestrians.
She looked at the familiar scenery and shops along the street, while thinking about the scenes of mingling during this period of time. Recalling the bold things she had done, she couldn’t help but blush. So, she secretly pinched Hua Kong and blamed him for teaching her badly. She didn’t dare to blame Hong Muxin in her heart, so she could only blame Hua Kong.
“Ah!? What’s wrong!?”, Hua Kong cried out in pain.
“Hmph!”, Bai Jinzhu ignored Hua Kong. During this period of time, she had been repeatedly taught by Hong Muxin that she should not be too obedient to men.
“What’s wrong, Zhu Zhu?”, Hua Kong leaned close to Bai Jinzhu, put his arms around Bai Jinzhu and asked.
“Nothing! Be good!”, Bai Jinzhu patted Hua Kong’s face and said.
“Ah!?”, Hua Kong was a little shocked. This was too Hong Muxin.
“Hehe~~”, Bai Jinzhu saw Hua Kong deflated, and felt a little unbearable in her heart. She kissed Hua Kong on the face and lay down in Hua Kong’s arms.
“Little Zhu Zhu has learned badly!”, Hua Kong grabbed Bai Jinzhu’s nose and teased.
“Isn’t it taught by you, you lecher!”, Bai Jinzhu turned around and grabbed Hua Kong.
“Ah!?”, Bai Jinzhu was so bold that Hua Kong quickly let go and tried to remove Bai Jinzhu’s hand.
“Hehe~~ Are you afraid?”, Bai Jinzhu threatened without letting go.
“I’m afraid! I’m afraid! Let go!”, Hua Kong begged for mercy.
“Hmph! Call me sister!”, Bai Jinzhu refused to give up.
“Sister!”, Hua Kong surrendered.
“Call me Bamboo Sister!”, Bai Jinzhu corrected.
“Pig Sister!”, Hua Kong played a trick.
“Ah!? I’m angry!”, Bai Jinzhu shouted, using a bit of strength on her hand.
“Ah… Help… Bamboo Sister… Bamboo Sister!”, Hua Kong quickly shouted.
“That’s more like it! Kiss my feet!”, Bai Jinzhu raised her feet to Hua Kong, not knowing when she had taken off her shoes and socks.
“Uh… It’s a little smelly… Cough cough…”, Hua Kong pretended.
“Ah… You stinky guy! Isn’t it very enjoyable to kiss Sister Muxin, Sister Lan, Sister Lian, Sister Xue, Sister Xinya, Sister Yunmiao, and Sister Hanshui Niang’s feet? Kiss me quickly!”, Bai Jinzhu said a little angrily.
“Uh… Why do you remember so clearly?”, Hua Kong said helplessly.
“I don’t care! Kiss me quickly!”, Bai Jinzhu pushed her feet towards Hua Kong’s face.
“Okay! Okay!”, Hua Kong lowered his head and kissed the instep of Bai Jinzhu’s foot.
“No! You have to kiss the toes!”, Bai Jinzhu was not satisfied.
“Okay! Okay!”, Hua Kong kissed Bai Jinzhu’s big toe again.
“Next!”
“Next!”
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After the two made a fuss in the carriage for a while, the carriage arrived at Bai Jintong’s mansion, and Hua Kong raised his head from Bai Jinzhu’s body.
“Hmph! You smelly Little Thief! How was it?”, Bai Jinzhu asked with a flushed face.
“A little salty!”, Hua Kong said calmly.
“Slap!”, Bai Jinzhu slapped Hua Kong’s face.
“Uh! Don’t, Bamboo Sister! I was wrong!”, Hua Kong quickly covered his face and apologized helplessly.
“Haha!! That’s more like it! Again!”, Bai Jinzhu laughed loudly, with quite the demeanor of Hong Muxin.
“Yes! Bamboo Sister!”, Hua Kong lowered his head.
“Ah…”, Bai Jinzhu groaned softly.
The two carriages came to the front of Bai Jintong’s mansion. When the servants at home saw the master returning, they quickly opened the gate and let the carriages in. The carriages continued to the backyard.
Zhao Mingwen and Bai Jintong let the guards stop in the front yard to rest first, and then deploy defenses later. Fortunately, Bai Jintong’s house was big enough, otherwise it would be too crowded if so many soldiers suddenly moved in. Bai Jintong asked the Shop Assistants in the mansion to quickly bring the other Madams in the new mansion back. Zhao Mingwen stayed with the soldiers in the side room in the front yard.
As the carriage drove into the backyard, Hua Kong and Bai Jinzhu stopped fooling around. The two tidied up and walked out of the carriage.
Zhao Xiangzi also came out of the Light Boat Small World. Zhao Xiangzi and Bai Jinzhu already knew that Lin Yu and Hua Kong’s mansion was near Bai Jintong’s mansion, so Lin Yu and Hua Kong took Zhao Xiangzi and Bai Jinzhu from the back door to the old mansion.
Previously, in order to avoid being bullied by those playboys like Bai Jinran, the group bought three more mansions in a remote place in the city. Now, after only a year, their identities have changed. They have changed from the previous Imperial Diarist to the adopted sons of the Dragon Clan and the sons-in-law of the Bai Family and Zhao Family. Plus, with the Imitation Immortal King Golden Staff in their hands, they are no longer afraid of those guys, so they directly live in this mansion.
After all, these three mansions have been lived in for a long time and have been carefully arranged by the women, so they are more comfortable. Fortunately, they did not sell the mansions before, and they also sent people to carefully maintain them, so they can move in directly when they come back.
As soon as he entered the old mansion, Hua Kong called out the women. The women had not returned to the old mansion on Bai Mei Star for a long time, and they still missed it a little, so they came out one after another and entered their own small courtyards.
Fortunately, when Hua Kong and Lin Yu specially chose these two larger mansions when they bought this mansion, not only were they enough for Hua Kong and the women to live in, but even Lin Yu’s thirty-odd women had enough to share a small courtyard each. There are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Bai Mei City, and there are more mansions with this kind of demand.
As soon as she entered the mansion, Bai Jinzhu chose an empty courtyard to live in. But as soon as she chose her own small courtyard, she ran to play with Hong Muxin, leaving Hua Kong aside.
These women are also very busy every day and will not always revolve around him. Instead, they are more willing to revolve around Hong Muxin. Bai Jinzhu is also like this. Hua Kong did not say much and walked straight into the meditation room, letting the Artifact Spirit of the Imitation Immortal King Golden Staff deduce the Formation of the Nine Tribulation Yin-Yang Refining Spirit Formation.
However, Bai Jintong, Lin Yu, and Hua Kong did not enjoy a few days of peace. The Bai Family Head, Bai Tianye, sent an invitation, asking the three to go to the City Lord’s Mansion to attend a family banquet. This time, Bai Jinzhu had no way to refuse. Although she was a little unwilling, she still came to the City Lord’s Mansion with Hua Kong and Bai Jintong to attend the banquet.
Although Bai Jinzhu didn’t like the disturbances at home, she hadn’t seen her father for a long time, and she missed him very much in her heart. As soon as she came to the City Lord’s Mansion, she went straight to her father’s study.
“Miss Jinzhu is back!”, the Shop Assistant outside Bai Tianye’s study saw Bai Jinzhu coming back and quickly saluted.
“Bai Jia, long time no see!”, Bai Jinzhu also greeted.
“Is Father inside?”, Bai Jinzhu asked.
“Master is inside! Uh… Miss Jinzhu, Lord Zhou Yanhua, Young Master Zhiyi, and Young Master Zhizheng are also there!”, the Shop Assistant quickly reminded.
“They are also there!? Then I’ll go back first!”, Bai Jinzhu frowned immediately when she heard that these three were also there, and turned around to leave.
“Uh…”, Bai Jintong and Hua Kong were also helpless. Of course, they knew who these three were, and they also turned around to leave.
“You three little guys, come back quickly. Are you making trouble like this? You don’t come to see me when you get home! Do I have to invite you!”, Bai Tianye’s voice came. It turned out that Bai Tianye noticed the three returning and walked out of the study.
“Father!”, Bai Jinzhu turned around, with tears in her eyes.
“Okay! It’s been so long! It’s time to let go!”, Bai Tianye said.
“Yeah!”, Bai Jinzhu tried hard not to let the tears flow down.
“Father-in-law!”, Hua Kong saluted.
“Family Head!”, Bai Jintong also saluted.
“Good!”, Bai Tianye nodded, looking at Hua Kong and Bai Jintong.
“It’s all your fault!”, Bai Jinzhu turned around and bit Hua Kong’s shoulder, wiping away the tears in her eyes by the way.
“Ah… It hurts!”, Hua Kong’s shoulder hurt and he cried out.
“Okay! Stop making trouble! Come in and talk!”, Bai Tianye waved his hand and turned to enter the study.
“Okay!”, Bai Jintong and Hua Kong responded. Bai Jinzhu hugged Hua Kong’s shoulder without speaking, and slowly walked into the study following the two.
“Yanhua! Jinzhu is here!”, the three entered the study, and Bai Tianye said to a rather handsome middle-aged man in the study.
“Little Zhu is here!”, Zhou Yanhua got up to greet.
“Uncle Zhou!”, Bai Jinzhu responded with her head lowered, but she did not leave Hua Kong and kept hugging Hua Kong’s arm.
“Sister Jinzhu!”, a handsome young man quickly came up to salute.
“Zhiyi!”, Bai Jinzhu raised her head slightly and let go of Hua Kong’s arm.
“Jin… Jinzhu”, the young man standing behind Zhou Yanhua, whose eyebrows and eyes were nine points similar to the young man, was Zhou Zhizheng, Bai Jinzhu’s ex-husband.
“Young Master Zhizheng!”, Bai Jinzhu responded through gritted teeth.
“Not… Not Young Master anymore, Jin… Jinzhu”, Zhou Zhizheng explained.
“Okay! This is Xiao Kong, my fiancรฉ!”, Bai Jinzhu pulled Hua Kong over and said.
“Uh… Hello! Young Master Zhizheng!”, Hua Kong cupped his fists and said awkwardly.
“You… Hello! I am Zhou Zhizheng!”, Zhou Zhizheng glanced at Hua Kong, quickly looked away, and responded in a low voice, nodding his head as a response.
