The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 249 Letters

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Strolling along the bluestone path, Wei Qingqing and Aunt Liu were half interested in looking at the buildings, while searching for Xiao Bao'er became secondary. After all, this place was very safe, especially with more than a million bio-engineered humans around. Xiao Bao'er could roam around the world without any danger.

"This small city has a lot of charm. All the buildings are in the classical style..." Wei Qingqing looked at the neat houses on both sides of the bluestone road and felt quite moved.

"Yes..." Aunt Liu echoed, "Walking along this path really feels like traveling back to ancient times..."

"You two seem quite moved..." Yang Ming chuckled sheepishly behind the two women. "Ancient architecture is beautiful, but many people starved to death in ancient times. Even in prosperous times, there were still people who didn't have enough to eat..."

The two women were still angry with Yang Ming and completely ignored him. They pretended not to hear him when he spoke.

"Hehe..." Yang Ming chuckled awkwardly, "We now have over a million people under our command, so we need to do a good job managing them..."

"Look at this alley, it's quite winding..." Wei Qingqing said with a smile, pointing to an alley.

"Yes, yes..." Aunt Liu nodded repeatedly in agreement, "I counted, there's a street for every three alleys. These cyborgs are obviously skilled in construction..."

Neither of them paid any attention to Yang Ming.

"Well, you guys go find Bao'er, I'll go find Boss Zhao. My sister-in-law has already found him and asked me to bring him here. If Boss Zhao doesn't show up soon, she'll leave in a huff..." Yang Ming said awkwardly.

"When did you arrive?" Wei Qingqing glanced at Yang Ming and asked.

Wei Qingqing still remembers the bet with Xiaotiantian...

"Yesterday morning, it was definitely yesterday morning..." Yang Ming said hurriedly.

"Oh...that's good..." Wei Qingqing nodded. "Go ahead and do your work..."

"Yes, yes, yes..." Yang Ming hurriedly replied, then disappeared into a small alley.

"Pfft..." The two women chuckled as they watched Yang Ming's figure disappear.

"He won't be angry with us, will he?" After laughing, Aunt Liu was a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, what kind of person is my husband? He never gets angry with women. You've known him for so long, have you ever seen him get angry with me?" Wei Qingqing's tone was full of pride.

"How come I've never seen him before??? Didn't he make you go back to your parents' house after we got into a fight???" Aunt Liu still remembered that incident.

"Uh..." Wei Qingqing paused, "That time... I asked him about it afterwards, and he was also worried at the time, afraid that we would talk back to him and make him lose face..."

"Tch..." Aunt Liu knew Yang Ming quite well, so her rebuttal to Wei Qingqing was just a matter of habit. When she heard Wei Qingqing say that, she fell silent.

"Hehe..." Wei Qingqing laughed smugly, "Tell me, with so many houses, where are we going to live in the future??? While everyone else is frantically trying to make a down payment, we're worrying about which house to live in. This is really..." She had an expression of loneliness and isolation.

"Stop showing off..." Aunt Liu rolled her eyes at Wei Qingqing. "You're only doing this because of Yang Ming, aren't you? Tell me, how did you even manage to win Yang Ming over?"

"What do you mean you pursued him???" Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at Aunt Liu. "With my looks, do I look like I was the one who pursued him??? He pursued me. Speaking of Yang Ming, he's really persistent. He chased me all the way to my doorstep, blocking my way to work every day. I finally had no choice but to agree to date him for a while. Who knew that he would use the excuse of being my boyfriend to win over my parents in just three days, and then, under their strong interference, we got our marriage certificate in a flash..."

Wei Qingqing boasted shamelessly, making it sound very convincing and plausible. In her mind, however, she was recalling all the little things that happened between her and Yang Ming: eating at the same table, being struck by lightning together, selling vegetables together at the farmers' market, and so on...

Every memory, when I think back on it now, is so beautiful, so worth cherishing. As I think about it, a happy smile involuntarily appears on my lips...

"You're really good at bragging..." Aunt Liu looked at Wei Qingqing with disdain. "He pursued you??? Why don't you say your suitors could circle the earth hand in hand??? Yang Ming already told me how he pursued you..."

"What did you say???" Wei Qingqing's face flushed red instantly, glaring at Liu Sao like a little leopard baring its teeth. "You're talking nonsense! How could he possibly tell you this???"

"Oh..." Aunt Liu grinned mischievously, drawing out the words as she pointed at Wei Qingqing, "I tricked you out of it! It really was you who pursued him, hahaha..."

"You...you tricked me..." Wei Qingqing's face turned bright red. She gritted her teeth and finally became angry and embarrassed. Suddenly, she raised her fist and punched Liu Sao in the eye socket.

"Haha..." Aunt Liu dodged aside, "So-and-so is angry and embarrassed..." With that, she turned and ran away.

"Stop right there, or I'll fight you to the death..." Wei Qingqing raised her leg and chased after him.

"Hehe, only a fool would stop..." Aunt Liu chuckled and ran even faster.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the two shadows were stretched very long.

Yang Ming returned to Earth via the World Tree. Just as he left the back garden, he ran into Zhang Fenghuang at the garden's entrance.

"Yang Ming, where have you been?" Zhang Fenghuang glanced at Yang Ming, her eyes darting around, and asked.

"What mischief are you plotting now?" Seeing Zhang Fenghuang's eyes darting around, Yang Ming instinctively became more vigilant.

"Look at what you're saying..." Zhang Fenghuang rolled her eyes at Yang Ming. "Am I that insidious???"

"Who do you think I don't know you???" Yang Ming rolled his eyes. "Speak up, what is it???"

"Hehe..." Zhang Fenghuang chuckled, then her expression turned serious. "Tell me, what exactly happened???"

"Huh???" Yang Ming was somewhat surprised. "What? What happened???"

"Are you trying to fool me???" Zhang Fenghuang rolled her eyes at Yang Ming. "The three of us have been soaking in the hot spring since we woke up. Why aren't Qingqing and Aunt Liu here??? Also, for some reason, it feels so quiet here..."

"Uh..." Yang Ming paused slightly, looking Zhang Fenghuang up and down. "Your senses are quite sharp..."

"Tell me, what exactly happened? Where did everyone go?" Zhang Fenghuang looked around and whispered.

"It's nothing shameful, no need to be so careful..." Yang Ming smiled slightly, "You go to the hot spring valley and wait for me. I'll call you when I go to find Qingqing and the others..."

"How come..." Zhang Fenghuang listened to Yang Ming's words and sensed something different. Yang Ming's meaning was simple: Wei Qingqing and the others were somewhere, but no matter how she thought about it, she felt that something was not right. It was as if this place was not an ordinary place.

It was purely her feeling, her intuition...

"Alright, alright, go wait at the hot spring valley..." Yang Ming patted Zhang Fenghuang on the shoulder, then opened the back gate of the courtyard and went inside.

Upon entering the east room, Yang Ming saw six people sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) eating around the kang table. These six people were Wang Huifang and Wang Yufang, Li Xuefei, Zhuo Mengfei, the driver Brother Wang, and Zhang Jianhui, who was accompanying them.

"Hehe, you guys are doing well, eating already. My stomach is growling..." Yang Ming didn't stand on ceremony and took off his shoes to get on the kang (heated brick bed).

"Brother Yang, how's Bao'er?" Wang Yufang was happily eating a piece of scrambled eggs when she saw Yang Ming come in. She quickly put the eggs on her plate and asked with concern.

Except for Zhang Jianhui, who was more casual, the other five people all stopped eating. However, Zhang Jianhui's ears perked up. He didn't have much of an impression of Xiao Bao'er, but he really liked this pretty little girl. Well, she was his niece.

"Hey..." Yang Ming was quite nonchalant. "It's nothing, it's just a bit of diarrhea, I'm fine now..." He picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a piece of mushroom, and put it in his mouth to chew.

"It's good that you're alright..." Wang Yufang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't stop, everyone eat..." Zhang Jianhui hurriedly urged everyone to eat. "Brother Wang, what are you pretending for, you stinking soldier??? All this politeness, isn't it disgusting???"

"Hehehe..." Brother Wang chuckled, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating.

"Brother Wang is in the army???" Yang Ming swallowed a mushroom, then picked up a slice of potato and chewed slowly. "What branch of the army is he???"

"Special forces..." Brother Wang said with a smile.

"Wow, impressive..." Yang Ming's eyes lit up. "China's special forces are top-notch internationally..."

"Hehe..." Brother Wang chuckled, glancing at Yang Ming. "You're being too polite. At the very least, I have absolutely no confidence against you..."

"That's just you being modest..." Yang Ming smiled slightly, "I just have a lot of strength."

"Hehe..." Brother Wang chuckled, then stopped talking, picked up a pork knuckle and started gnawing on it.

"Brother Yang, do you still remember me?" Wang Huifang put her chopsticks on the table, lowered her eyes, and said softly, as if shy and pitiful.

"Huifang, you're on holiday???" Yang Ming glanced at Wang Huifang. "That can't be right??? It's not holiday time yet..."

"No..." Wang Huifang was already in a bad mood, and her tone was somewhat downcast.

"What exactly happened???" Yang Ming glanced at Wang Huifang, but didn't stop eating, and asked in a calm tone.

He didn't really have a deep impression of Wang Huifang, after all, they had only met once, and in his opinion, she was much worse than Wang Yufang.

"I'd like to ask Brother Yang for a favor..." Wang Huifang hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.

"What's wrong with you???" Yang Ming stared at Wang Huifang's face, noticing a slight blush on her cheeks, and couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong with you???"

"I want to take a wedding photo with you..." Wang Huifang murmured.

puff……

Zhang Jianhui was drinking a bowl of soup when he heard Wang Huifang's words and immediately spat it out. Fortunately, he was sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and he turned his head so that the soup sprayed onto the ground.

"Cough cough cough cough..." Wang Yufang was also stunned. She was chewing a piece of potato when Wang Huifang startled her, and a lot of bits of potato got into her trachea. She covered her mouth, turned her head away, and coughed violently.

Li Xuefei, Zhuo Mengfei, and Brother Wang were all stunned, frozen in place.

"What are you doing???" Yang Ming's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"There's this son of a high-ranking official who keeps harassing me, so I... I wanted to use Brother Yang as a shield..." Wang Huifang's face turned red. "He's from Qinhuangdao, he can't interfere in our city's affairs..."

"Sister..." Wang Yufang coughed up the potato crumbs, her face flushed, and glared at Wang Huifang, "What nonsense are you spouting??? There are so many men out there, just pick one, right???" Then she pointed at Zhang Jianhui, "I think he's pretty good, why don't you take a wedding photo with him..."

It's fortunate she's my sister, a blood relative. If anyone else had dared to say that, Wang Huifang would have definitely fought back. Even though it's fake, why does it sound like you're suggesting I just marry any man? Am I that worthless?

"Gah..." Zhang Jianhui was taken aback when the conflict suddenly turned against him. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head repeatedly. "I can't do it. I'm not married yet. If I take wedding photos, people will think I'm a divorcee. What good girl would marry me then? Besides, I'm a government official. I have to be careful about my lifestyle..."

"Don't worry, I won't bother you..." Wang Huifang glared fiercely at Zhang Jianhui, somewhat embarrassed and angry. "Even if I find a lesbian, I definitely won't bother you..."

"Hehe..." Zhang Jianhui chuckled awkwardly, "That's good, that's good..."

"Brother Yang, please help me with this..." Wang Huifang pleaded, "I regret it so much now. Why did I ever post our photos online? It's caused so much trouble..."

"This..." Yang Ming really didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing.

"I'll talk to Sister Qingqing, and I promise she won't pull your ear..." Wang Huifang assured her confidently.

"That's not how it is..." Yang Ming felt that this kind of thing didn't need to be so complicated.

"Brother Yang, speaking of which, it's all your fault..." Wang Huifang pouted, "Who told your clothes to be so beautiful??? They make you look so elegant..."

"Hehe..." Yang Ming shook his head and chuckled, "How did the blame end up on me all of a sudden???"

"It's your responsibility anyway..." Wang Huifang's eyes darted around. "Besides, many of my girlfriends have fallen for a certain mysterious man at first sight, but because of the mosaic, they still don't know who he is..."

Wang Huifang didn't say what came next, but the threatening tone was already very obvious: if you don't agree, I'll reveal your identity and let a bunch of girls chase after you.

"Alright, that's enough..." Yang Ming shook his head with a smile. "He's just a son of an official, right? Is it really worth all this scheming? Don't worry, from now on, he won't dare bother you anymore..."

Yang Ming wasn't exaggerating. The people he knew were all influential figures, and for them, such trivial matters were just a matter of a word.

"You say you won't bother him, and he just won't bother him???" Wang Huifang glared at Yang Ming.

"If I say I won't bother you, he won't dare to bother you..." Yang Ming's tone was quite stern. "Go back to class after you finish eating, and come back to play when you have a holiday..."

"Really???" Wang Huifang was somewhat incredulous.

"Fake..." Yang Ming rolled his eyes. "I have a wife, and I'm not going to take wedding photos with anyone again. You either find a scapegoat or drop out of school..."

"You..." Wang Huifang pouted, "You're bullying me..."

"Sis, don't talk nonsense. If Brother Yang says it's no problem, then it's absolutely no problem..." Wang Yufang comforted her sister with a smile. "You don't know, Brother Yang is incredibly resourceful..."

For some reason, when she heard Yang Ming say, "I will never take wedding photos with anyone again," she felt happy but also a little disappointed. However, overall, she was more happy than sad.

"Well..." Wang Huifang rolled her eyes, "Okay, I'll go back after I finish eating, but I need to ask Jixiang to make me some boxed lunches to take on the road..."

"Okay, okay..." Yang Ming smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"Hehe..." Wang Huifang laughed, her big eyes narrowing into crescent moons. "I didn't expect Brother Yang to be so loyal. When I make money in the future, I'll definitely give you a memorial arch for your chastity..."

"If you want to be beaten up, just say so..." Yang Ming glared at Wang Huifang and said.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss..."

The four girls all chuckled, but Brother Wang had a strange expression. He wanted to laugh but was a little embarrassed, and his face turned red from holding it in. Zhang Jianhui ran out and hid in a corner to laugh wildly. He couldn't embarrass Yang Ming in front of outsiders.

"Master..." Jixiang suddenly walked in from outside, holding a letter in her hand, and handed it to Yang Ming, "There's a letter for you..."

As soon as the auspicious words were spoken, the expressions on the faces of the people in the room became strange. What era is this? Why are they still using such primitive methods of communication? Nowadays, the primary function of the post office has evolved from mailing letters to mailing parcels…

"A letter???" Yang Ming wasn't too surprised. His face darkened as he took the letter, tore it open, pulled out the letter paper, and gently shook it. His eyes swept over it, and his face turned even darker.

"Brother Yang, what's wrong?" Wang Yufang asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing..." Yang Ming smiled slightly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and handed the letter to Ji Xiang. "You handle this. I want you to take down their hideout..."

"Yes..." Jixiang took the letter, turned around and walked out.

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