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Chapter 56 The Pants-Pulling Incident (Please Subscribe)

When Lin Yang returned, it was already late. Just as he was about to reach Youfeng Courtyard, he discovered that Xu Hongdou had arrived at Xie Zhiyao's house next door with some things in her arms.

"Red Bean, what's wrong with you...?" Lin Yang asked, slightly puzzled.

"Aunt Gui asked me to deliver these flower cakes to Xie Zhiyao's family. No one was home during the day, so I had to deliver them tonight," Xu Hongdou said, adding, "You're back so late? Have you had dinner yet?"

"What about you? Haven't eaten yet? Are you waiting for me to come back and cook dinner for you?" Lin Yang asked with a smile.

"I..." Xu Hongdou paused for a moment upon hearing this, then quickly added, "I just haven't decided what to eat for dinner yet."

"Then don't worry about it, I'll arrange it," Lin Yang said.

"Let's deliver the flower cakes first!" Xu Hongdou smiled noncommittally and walked into Xie Zhiyao's yard first, then heard Xie Zhiyao and his younger brother's conversation.

Lin Yang naturally heard it too. It turned out that the reason Xie Zhiyuan refused to go back to school was because he had diarrhea and soiled his pants at school, which made him lose face.

"Ah..." Xie Zhiyuan, who ran out with a shout, was stunned when he saw Xu Hongdou and Lin Yang. He then fell to the ground. Xu Hongdou was also dumbfounded. She didn't expect to hear such gossip. After putting down her things, she explained her purpose and was about to leave with Lin Yang when Xie Zhiyuan grabbed her leg.

Xie Zhiyuan refused to let go no matter what, fearing that Xu Hongdou would tell everyone about his embarrassing incident.

"If you don't let go, even if Hongdou doesn't say anything, I will!" Lin Yang's words forced Xie Zhiyuan to let go.

"Let's go!" Lin Yang was about to lead Xu Hongdou away when Xie Zhiyuan blocked their way: "You can't leave..."

Lin Yang wasn't going to let him get away with it: "Get out of the way, or I'll yell right now about you peeing your pants."

"You..." Xie Zhiyuan's expression changed, and he could only obediently step aside: "You'd better not talk about this carelessly, otherwise..."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to stay in Yunmiao Village either. Don't worry, we're not that bored," Lin Yang said to Xie Zhiyao. "President Xie, you should keep an eye on your younger brother."

"I'm sorry! A-Yuan, he..." Xie Zhiyao hadn't finished speaking when Lin Yang had already left.

Xu Hongdou followed, unable to help but say, "Lin Yang, he's still a child, why are you doing this?"

"Fifteen or sixteen years old, not young anymore. Spoiled kids are hard to deal with. Only magic can defeat magic. Otherwise, are you really planning to reason with him slowly?" Lin Yang said, asking rhetorically.

Xu Hongdou was speechless for a moment, then said, "It seems you have a lot of experience dealing with unruly children!"

"I'm just a little envious and jealous. They really don't know how lucky they are," Lin Yang said, which made Xu Hongdou fall silent.

Back at the Windy Courtyard, Lin Yang cooked two large bowls of wontons.

"When did you make these wontons?" Xu Hongdou asked, somewhat surprised.

"I made them while I was making steamed buns," Lin Yang said casually.

"Mmm, this soup is so authentic," Xu Hongdou exclaimed after taking a sip of the wonton soup.

"When eating wontons, the soup is the essence," Lin Yang said with a smile. "Just like hot and sour soup, it's not easy to make it delicious. I even went to learn how to make it."

"You really are quite knowledgeable about cooking. How come you like cooking so much?" Xu Hongdou asked with a smile.

"He's probably just bored," Lin Yang said, which immediately made Xu Hongdou roll her eyes at him with a smile.

Lin Yang continued, "Actually, I just wanted to find a little bit of a sense of home! Even if you're alone, you have to live a good life. If you can't even eat properly, what joy is there in life?"

"When I get busy, I really don't have time to eat properly," Xu Hongdou said with some emotion, and she felt she had a lot to say about this.

"So, that's why you resigned and wanted to change your lifestyle?" Lin Yang asked.

Xu Hongdou nodded slightly: "Although I can't just leave whenever I want like you and go wherever I want, I also want to change my lifestyle."

"Unless you own your own shop and become the boss, you're just a beast of burden," Lin Yang said.

Somewhat frustrated and speechless, Xu Hongdou's expression shifted: "Become my own boss?"

"Yes, like here, once it's really developed, there are still a lot of tourists. If you set up a guesthouse or something, as long as it has unique features, you can still make money," Lin Yang said casually.

"Run a bed and breakfast?" Xu Hongdou asked thoughtfully.

Lin Yang nodded: "It's just a suggestion, and it seems to be a good match for your expertise. The key is, if you like the pace of life here and have something to do, as long as you don't lose money, it's worth considering, isn't it?"

"To be honest, I'm even considering staying here, so I'm thinking of doing live-streaming e-commerce, selling wood carvings and flower cakes, which would be a good source of income," Lin Yang said.

"Not bad, that's a good idea," Xu Hongdou nodded slightly, genuinely somewhat tempted.

Two days later, Xu Hongdou went to the ancient city to pick up her phone. This time, she didn't want to trouble Lin Yang to drive her, so she took a taxi there herself.

Lin Yang originally wanted to go with her, but he had already asked Xie Heshun for leave.

Xie Heshun also went with several other craftsmen from other villages to discuss what kind of wood carvings Lin Yang would create for live-streaming sales.

So, instead of going to the wood carving workshop, Lin Yang stayed in the courtyard and used his laptop to trade stocks.

He was busy checking his stocks when he suddenly heard Xie Zhiyuan yelling, "Xu Hongdou, you come out here! Xu Hongdou..."

"Um, Hongdou went out. Is there something you need from her?" asked Da Mai, who was playing with the cat.

"What's all the noise about?" Lin Yang frowned and walked out.

Upon seeing Lin Yang, Xie Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and stepped forward to question him: "Did you tell the news?"

"I'm not that bored," Lin Yang said. "There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. Since your story has already spread, you can find out the source of the news by asking around."

Xie Zhiyuan frowned upon hearing this, his expression shifted for a moment, and then he hurriedly left.

"Lin Yang, what news has spread?" Da Mai asked curiously.

"DaMai, you're really focused on writing and oblivious to what's going on around you!" Lin Yang laughed. "But it's probably for the best that you haven't heard anything. It's not a good thing, but it's not a big deal either. It's just that the kid had diarrhea at school and soiled his pants."

"Huh?" Barley was somewhat surprised, then his expression turned strange, a mixture of amusement and exasperation: "No wonder he reacted so strongly!"

"This kid is really..." Master Ma, who was practicing Baduanjin (Eight Pieces of Brocade) nearby, was also speechless, then said, "Which move was I on again?"

Da Mai Lian gestured to him, while Lin Yang shook his head and chuckled before returning to his room.

"Hey, Lin Yang, what are you doing in your room all day?" Master Ma couldn't help but ask, forgetting about his workout.

"Stock trading," Lin Yang replied casually.

Upon hearing this, Master Ma became even more curious: "Stock trading? You actually trade stocks?"

"Just playing around, nothing serious," Lin Yang's words were not wrong. Compared to the real big players, his investment was indeed small.

In addition, he has put a considerable amount of his funds into more secure fund investments.

In the afternoon, Lin Yang went to the wood carving workshop and was carving a small piece of wood. Just as he was about to finish, Xu Hongdou came in from outside and greeted Yingzi, the young girl in charge of cleaning, with a smile.

"You're back?" Lin Yang said as he blew away the wood shavings from a nearly finished carving of a small monkey and saw Xu Hongdou approaching, before ending the live stream.

"Do you know that Xie Zhiyao's younger brother, A Yuan, has run away from home?" Xu Hongdou asked.

"He's Xie Zhiyao's brother, not mine. Why should I care about him?" Lin Yang said, adding, "Hongdou, you don't think I told everyone about him soiling his pants, do you? I'm not that bored!"