Fang Yu had a dream.
In it, he fell into an empty and long hole. The void seemed endless, no matter how long he fell, the hole looked like it could be continued forever.
"Fang Yu..." In the silence, an almost inaudible voice was heard.
Who was calling? Fang Yu wanted to open his eyes, but they were very heavy. The drowsiness was very comfortable, the idea of falling forever didn't sound so bad.
"Fang Yu!" The voice became louder and louder. As the voice became clearer, his heart began to bit faster.
He wanted to open his eyes. He wanted to wake up. But his eyes were still heavy as two mountains were over them. But then, from the darkness pit, finally after who knows how long, light suddenly appeared at the bottom of the hole. The sound of a teenager's voice was heard again. "Fang Yu!"
Slowly, the drowsiness went away. Then, when Fang Yu opened his eyes, the first thing that he saw was the smiling face of a young, handsome man with some cute rabbit over his head.
"Fang Yu! You're awake!" Felix said happily. Gods knew how relieved he was. After the incident on Turtle Town, Tony and Smiley had helped him bring Fang Yu back to Moon Village. Since the latter was in this state, Felix simply brought Fang Yu back to his own house to keep an eye on him.
"Sorry, I make you worried." Fang Yu said. As he eyes were full of tenderness. He patted Felix's head. After hearing that h been sleeping for two days after the fight, he could imagine how worried his little rabbit was.
"I am just glad you are awake. Are you sure that you are not feeling uncomfortable?" He had to be sure that Fang Yu was okay. After all, in medieval times, the medical treatment was really backwards, so an injury on the head could be lethal if there was some internal bleeding. So even if it seemed that he was talking to Fang Yu, his question was to Qiu.
said the rabbit system after making a full body examination to Fang Yu.
"Yes, don't worry. Just a tiny headache, but that's all." Fang Yu said almost immediately after Qiu. "More importantly, what happened after I was hit?"
Breathing a sigh of relief, Felix then explained that after Fang Yu was hit, Tony and Smiley had helped him bring him back to the village, since then he was checking on Fang Yu and also he and Henry had decided that it was better not to open the bakery the past two days, so he didn't know what happened to the people of the Cheshire Pavilion.
"I see..."
"Felix? Is Fang Yu awake? Then come, the dinner is ready!" The voice of Mother Rosie was heard from the kitchen. Right now it was almost two of clock so of course, it was lunchtime
"Let's go to the bakery after eating." It was better to see what was the situation right now. After all, if those people were bold enough to fight him, who would stop them if they were to search for trouble in the shop when he was not there?
"Are you sure? You don't want to rest a little more?"
"What are you talking about? I have been sleeping for two days! I need some exercise." Fang Yu stood up and then whispered into Felix's ears. "It's a pity that for the first months of pregnancy we can't do other methods of training." Leaving a red face, rabbit Fang Yu went to eat his lunch.
After having lunch at Felix house, the latter and Fang Yu took an ox cart and went to Turtle Village.
As they arrived at the Bakery, they knock the backdoor, a few minutes later Henry came down the stairs and let in the couple.
"I'm glad that you're fine, are you sure that you don't need more rest?" Henry couldn't help but ask, after all he had seen people being grave injured after a hit on the head, he didn't want to see an accident happening inside the store.
"I'm fine, I have been hit worse."
"Huh? Really?" Felix was surprised, he didn't know anything about that.
"Nevermind, did someone come looking for trouble these past two days?" Fang Yu quickly changed the topic. Honestly, he had been remembering a lot of things since we woke up. Some pleasant memories while others... not too much. Either way, his mind was still a mess right now, and it was more important to give attention to the bakery and the pavilion issue.
"Actually, nothing happened. These past two days my Dad and I have been on edge feeling that someone would come to make trouble, but it was very peaceful."
That made Fang Yu a little puzzled. It would really end after the beat up? After working at the bakery, Fang Yu had actually inquired about the administrator of the Cheshire Pavilion. He was known as a man with a bad reputation. A greedy pig that makes profit by embezzling the money of the restaurant. He was a human beta called Fatty Bill.
He knew people like the Fatty Bill. They were the typical employees that were ruthless when the emperor was away. Since he was the top authority within the pavilion on Turtle Town, even if the employee didn't want to, they would have to follow his instructions. Since it was hard to make a living, nobody wanted to take the risk of getting fired. He already guessed that it was Fatty Bill who ordered the attack, since they were a threat to him, he wanted to cause trouble on his (Fang Yu) side.
"But what should we do if they came later?" Felix said he had heard from a co-worker that liked Chinese novels that in ancient times the rich businessman or nobles would control the yamen or the guards of the county's. What if it was the same here?
Henry and Fang Yu had the same thoughts as Felix. Since they were originally from this world, they also knew that some powerhouses would not be afraid of the government.
They were pounding on the kitchen what to do when there was a knock at the main door.
"Who? Could it be?" Henry wondered. "It can be more bandits, right!?" He didn't want some people to break the bakery, after all, he also lives here too!
"I don't think so, bandits wouldn't knock the door."
"Then let's go and see, but you two stay behind me." Fan Yu took the lead, and they went to the front of the shop. Then Fang Yu opened the door.
"Ah, it was only you." Henry sighs in relief. The one at the door was no other than the blue cat, Smiley.
"Wow, you are really excited to see me." Smiley complained a little. This hamster was surely hard to tame. "It's good to see that you are fine, your wifey over there was very worried, you know."
Felix couldn't help but get a little embarrassed by Smiley teasing. But Fang Yu seemed to be pleased by the title.
Then, Smiley put on a serious face that looked weird after knowing his mischievous regular smile. "I'm here today, to apologize. It seemed that my people had been causing you some trouble for some time now."
"What do you mean?" Felix asked. As far as he knew, even if Smiley was a little rascal, he wasn't a bad person.
"Bring him here." Smiley said. After his word fell, two big men with strong arms brought what seemed like a sack of potatoes.
"What's that?" Henry wondered.
"Well, even if he is worthless, he is not a what but whom."
Felix and Henry were confused by the terms, but Fang Yu had already boldly guessed his mind.
"Hey, lift his head, otherwise they won't notice he is human." Smiley said coldly. Some people said that the person who had the brightest smile was the fiercest when they were angry. And right now, Felix thought that the saying was right.
The two men that looked like guards lifted the face of the "sack of potatoes" revealing a bruised face of a fat and smelly man. Who was but no other than Fatty Bill?
"It seems that I need to introduce myself again. I'm Chester, of the Blue Family that owns the Cheshire Pavilion."
...
There was a minute of silence.
Have they heard wrong or the mischievous cat was actually a young master?
"A-are you kidding?" Henry couldn't help but stutter. The annoying cat was actually someone with big background?
Felix was also very surprised, his three views of the world were trembling. Now he remembered the said, 'don't judge a book by its cover.'
"Surprise! Hehe, sorry for not telling you before, but I was at incognito, so I couldn't show up myself up until I got my business done. But it seemed at certain pig got bold while I was away."
It turns out that it was, like Fang Yu thought, the one that planned the attack was no other than Fatty Bill. Since the greedy pig was stealing the money from the restaurant, Chester came to investigate the situation, since he didn't want to be recognized by his employees, he didn't notify them of his visit. He planned to investigate later and relax a little bit first, that was when he encountered Fang Yu and Felix and started to visit the bakery regularly. To his big surprise, a lot of his doubts were solved by the pair.
"The first thing that I was able to notice was that our shop didn't come up with the hot chocolate, also an investigated about the little drama that the manager Bill set a few weeks ago. Finally, after Fang Yu attack, I had enough and went to set thing clear with the pig."
"Younger master! I really didn't do it! I'm innocent! Not only that, but I would never dare to try to steal from the shop or to send some people to make trouble, you have to believe me! I'm being framed!" Fatty Bill screams with his bruise face really make him seemed like a pig screaming before he was turned into bacon.
Obviously, Chester, who had already known of the manager screams, didn't bother to continued heard the screams of the fat man, so he sends him away. Naturally, Fatty Bill keep screamed until the guards took him away, as for his future, well he would have to work to make up for the money he stole.
When silence came again, Chester continued. "Well, I deeply ashamed for what my subordinate has done. I have been my negligence that have caused you trouble. I deeply apologize."
Felix had been in a trance like watching a movie, the problem suddenly solve by itself even before they took card on the task. But hearing Smiley/Chester apology, he finally reacts. "Don't worry, it wasn't your fault, in any case, thank you for taking care of him for us."
Fang Yu nodded while Henry was still in shock.
"Well, I will come later to send some compensation for you guys. From this day on, considered the Cheshire Pavilion as an ally. If you have any trouble, let the new manager know, and he would surely help you."
Chester was going back but leaving his serious expression, with his mischievous smile back he said, "And little Henry, I hoped that you considered my proposal." Not waiting for an answered, the blue cat quickly left.
But Felix and Fang Yu were left wondering, so the former couldn't help but asked Henry, "What did he mean by that?"
Henry, who was still on not on his right mind, blushed and said. "He proposed me marriage."