Chapter 354

"Ah, you ungrateful wretch! Do you think I'm blind? Do you think I don't know you're always helping these two little hoodlums? Do you think my bun shop is a charity house?"

Old Feng's shrew of a wife arrived, and the moment she saw Wei Zhenzhen helping Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, she couldn't help but burst into a torrent of abuse.

"Oh, it's just two buns, let's just let it go!"

Old Feng didn't have the heart to blame Wei Zhenzhen over a few buns, so he tried to smooth things over.

"Go to hell! Two buns less today, three buns less tomorrow—is this bun shop supposed to stay open or not?"

The shrew was even angrier upon hearing this. Thinking back on how Old Feng had built up this family business, let alone losing two or three buns every few days, he wouldn't have even been willing to give away a single bun to anyone.

"But Zhenzhen is family too, it's not worth hurting our harmony over two buns!"

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a silver ingot flew in and embedded itself between Old Feng and the shrew, giving them both a fright.

"Consider these buns bought by me; let them eat their fill!"

Lin Fan said with a smile while sitting on his horse.

"Many thanks, young master! I, Kou Zhong, can tell at a glance that you are a kind-hearted big shot. Of course, rest assured, for the kindness of this meal today, Ling-shao and I will surely repay you handsomely in the future. Isn't that right, Ling-shao?"

Kou Zhong said with a cheeky grin.

Even though he and Xu Ziling were clearly just two little hoodlums, he addressed Xu Ziling as Ling-shao, and Xu Ziling addressed him as Zhong-shao, which showed their ambitions.

However, Xu Ziling was a bit dazed; he noticed Shi Qingxuan in Lin Fan's arms and felt a sense of familiarity.

Yet he had clearly never left Yangzhou City, and the other party was a celestial-like figure, so how could he possibly know her?

"Young master, you mustn't be fooled by these two little hoodlums. They are good-for-nothings who only know how to scrounge for food and drink. Spending money to buy them buns is a total waste; you'd better take it back, ah!"

Old Feng could tell Lin Fan was not someone to be trifled with, so he didn't want to take his silver, but he was pinched in the soft flesh of his waist by his shrew of a wife and couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

"This young master is kind and generous, why do you care what he does? Hurry up and get the buns for those two little hoodlums!"

One bun cost three wen; this tael of silver could be exchanged for a thousand wen. Even if they gave all the buns they made to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, they would still be making a huge profit—how could the shrew let this good opportunity slip by?

"The money is yours, just take it. Besides that, I also want her!"

Lin Fan then pointed at Wei Zhenzhen.

"What? That won't do, that won't do! You take your money back!"

Old Feng bristled. This young master already had a celestial-like female companion, and yet he still wanted his Wei Zhenzhen—this was absolutely out of the question.

"That's right, young master. She was sold to our house to pay off a debt. She owes three taels of silver alone; you want to buy her away with just one tael? That won't work!"

The shrew also disagreed. As for Lin Fan wanting Wei Zhenzhen, she actually had no objections; she was even happy to see it happen.

After all, one can be a thief for a thousand days, but one cannot guard against a thief for a thousand days. Sooner or later, she wouldn't be able to guard Old Feng, and if he found an opportunity to have intimate relations with Wei Zhenzhen, would there still be a place for her in the Feng family?

So, it wasn't impossible for Lin Fan to take Wei Zhenzhen away, but he had to pay more!

"Whoosh!"

A ten-tael gold ingot passed through the crotch of the incessantly shaking Old Feng and stuck straight into the ground.

Old Feng nearly wet himself from fear. It was only by a hair's breadth—if it had been any closer, he, Old Feng, would no longer have had a 'Little Feng.' At that moment, the gold ingot was only 0.01 centimeters away from 'Little Feng.'

Looking at the gold stuck in the ground, Old Feng had no doubt that if that gold had hit 'Little Feng,' 'Little Feng' would have been smashed to pieces.

"The gold is yours, Wei Zhenzhen is mine. Bring me the deed of sale!"

Lin Fan didn't want to waste words. This poor woman before him, even if not a peerless beauty, was at least virtuous and intelligent. Saving this poor woman was his duty, and in any case, Old Feng couldn't protect Wei Zhenzhen, and in the end, she would just end up benefiting Yuwen Huaji.

Since that was the case, he would intercept her first.

"Young master, here is the deed of sale. Wei Zhenzhen is yours!"

Old Feng was trembling with fear, while the shrew acted decisively, pulling Wei Zhenzhen's deed of sale from his bosom and handing it to Lin Fan.

First, Lin Fan had produced ten taels of gold; second, Wei Zhenzhen was her hidden rival; third, Lin Fan was not someone to be trifled with, so she agreed without hesitation.

"What? Zhen-sao has been bought by him? Then what are we going to do?"

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were dumbfounded; the world was changing too fast, and they couldn't adapt.

"Wei Zhenzhen, are you willing to come with me? As for this deed of sale, it's not needed anymore!"

Lin Fan asked the dazed Wei Zhenzhen, and casually tore up her deed of sale.

"Ah?"

Wei Zhenzhen also felt it was unbelievable. She had just been facing the shrew's reproaches and was at a loss; after all, she was just a concubine bought to pay off a debt, and one in name only at that.

But in the blink of an eye, she had been bought by a handsome young master, who had even torn up her deed of sale.