Chapter 215

After a long time, Xu Ran said at last, “Du Xin!  I swear that I will never see such boring things with you in the future. We like very different things.“

Du Xin expressed his innocence, “Didn’t you say something just now? However, I didn’t say anything. Now you’re the one who’s benefited, aren’t you?”

Xu Ran looked at Du Xin as if he didn’t care who was benefited. Thus Du Xin stopped talking.

Zhuo Yun saw this and interrupted, “Xu Ran, it’s too late. Let’s go back to the inn first! If we are free tomorrow, we might as well go to the Li Village. Maybe we can find a few wild fruit trees on the mountain! ”

Xu Ran looked up at the sky and realized that the moon was coming out. He nodded, “Well, let’s go back to sleep today now.  Du Xin, if you want to follow us to the Li Village tomorrow, just come to join us. If you don’t go, then you won’t have to look for us.”

Then without giving Du Xin a chance to reply, Xu Ran turned around and left. Zhuo Yun said goodbye to Du Xin and left, too.

Seeing the two of them leaving, Du Xin was a little disappointed. He muttered to himself, ‘You did speak at that time, how come you still find fault with me?’

“I’ve told you not to be self righteous. Why did you refuse to accept my suggestion?” said someone behind and then sighed.

Du Xin immediately turned around.

It was Lu Qi. Du Xin immediately shouted unhappily, “Why is it you again?! When did you come here?”

Lu Qi smiled, “Well, I miss you! When I found out that Xu Ran was coming to Banyue Town, I was afraid that he would take you away. Thus I am here! ”

Upon hearing what Lu Qi said, Du Xin immediately reached out and hugged himself, “What are you doing?” He acted as if he was warning against being molested.

Seeing the situation, Lu Qi smiled even more happily, “You’re still a man this late at night. What do you think I want to do to you?”

Hearing this,  Du Xin suddenly put down his hand. After all, he agreed that Lu Qi could do nothing to him since he was a man himself.

Lu Qi didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry seeing his appearance. He felt it was difficult to tell whether Du Xin was smart or stupid, because he really sometimes did some stupid things.

Lu Qi then said, “I’ve just arrived today and I haven’t found a place to live yet. Can you take me in for the night?”

pleaded Lu Qi with a smile on his face. It was rare for him to appear so serious, so Du Xin believed it. He then nodded his head, “Okay!”

However, he suddenly felt that something was wrong! He wondered why he should agree to this person?! He hated him the most. Every time he was upset, this person would come out and laugh at him.

Looking at Du Xin’s awkward expression, Lu Qi could not help smiling, “You’ve agreed to accept me, so you should keep your word! If you regret it, I’ll tell the whole town tomorrow that Mr. Du is that kind of man who will go back on his word.”

Hearing Lu Qi’s words, Du Xin immediately retorted, “Who do you mean don’t keep his word? It’s just a place for you to stay for the night!  I’ll just let you stay at my house!”

“Great! Then show me the way to your house please. ” Lu Qi looked at Du Xin and pointed at the road.

Du Xin stopped showing his forced kindness. Although he felt cheated, he was a man of his word. Thus, he still led Lu Qi home.

On their way to the Du Mansion, Lu Qi reminded Du Xin not to provoke Xu Ran in the future and even advised him not to trouble himself pleasing Xu Ran.

Du Xin was annoyed by his interference, so he replied, “It’s none of your business.”

Right away,  Lu Qi stopped talking. Du Xin realized that he had gone too far. After all, he knew Lu Qi was just concerned about him. He opened his mouth and wanted to apologize. When he looked up, he found that they were already at the entrance of their mansion. Thus he swallowed his apology.

As the only young master of the Du Family, Du Xin’s bringing someone home would not attract too much attention. Of course, if this person was King Yan’s subordinate, things would be different.

Du Xin’s initial apology to Lu Qi disappeared when he saw that his dad was so respectful to Lu Qi, while the latter one was there putting on airs.

Although Du Xin always liked to do the opposite to fight against his dad, he was his dad after all. Lu Qi, however, was about his age, so he was a junior. How dared he make his dad grovel before him? Du Xin felt very uncomfortable about it.

Thus, he left without even staying there listening to them. However, just as he was walking out, he heard his dad offer his apologies to Lu Qi. Du Xin felt even more annoyed. However, he knew that he couldn’t go back to them at the moment, so he went directly to his room and laid down straight in bed.

He felt Lu Qi was the most hateful person. Although Xu Ran didn’t treat him well, he had never been so rude to his dad.

Although, Xu Ran had never seen his dad…

Du Xin thought he would not be able to fall sleep, but as soon as he was covered with the blanket, he was fast asleep. Later, he didn’t know how Lu Qi got into his room. He didn’t even know that Lu Qi had been sharing the same bed and sleeping with him the whole night.

On the second day, Du Xin did not go out to meet Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun. Instead, he fought with the person lying on his bed.

Du Xin was mad at Lu Qi. Lu Qi also thought that he had done something wrong. Thus he tried to put up with Du Xin and let Du Xin’s dad not interfere in this matter.

So this time, Du Xin was really satisfied.

He felt very happy and excited!

As for Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun, they went to the Li Village early the next morning. They had been there before. As they were two people together,  they could barely remember the road.

The people from the Li Village were busy digging trees at that moment. Many people had seen Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun before, so all the way, there were people greeting them.

Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun had nothing to do, so they went to help dig the fruit trees together. After getting familiar with the villagers, they suggested going up the mountain for a visit.

As the adults in the village were busy digging trees and no one led the way, they let a group of children go with them instead. After all, they were not familiar with the place, Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun didn’t visit too many places. They just walked around outside. There were fruit trees around the area, but not too many. Actually, many of the trees had been taken away by Xu Ran. After all, they didn’t need to spend money on those trees, for which Xu Ran would never stop seeking.

It took them five days to dig the fruit trees and all the villagers were out for help until they got enough of them.

This had almost dug out half of the fruit trees in the village, which made the whole village look a little deserted.

Xu Ran felt quite sorry for it, but the village head said that it was all right because they still had big trees left. When the seeds grew into saplings, the village would recover to its original appearance.

Since the village head said so, Xu Ran naturally would not go on with the topic. When all the fruit trees were loaded into the ox cart, they would leave early the next morning.

Apart from the second day, Du Xin had always followed Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun. They went to the Li Village every day mainly to observe the progress of digging trees. Du Xin was afraid that after all the trees were dug out, Xu Ran would leave with the fruit trees without leaving him any message. In that case, he would be very sad.

That night, Du Xin stealthily pulled Xu Ran aside from Zhuo Yun.

Seeing him act so mysteriously, Xu Ran asked, “What are you doing? Is there anything that Zhuo Yun can’t hear? Why do you have to avoid him?”

Du Xin nodded seriously, “I can’t let him know about this. I don’t think you will be willing to, either.”

Hearing this, Xu Ran guessed that this was most likely related to Liu Tong. Thus he asked Du Xin, “Is it related to Tongtong?”

Du Xin nodded but then he shook his head again. Xu Ran was puzzled, so he pressed,

“Stop prevaricating and come to the point. If you think about taking advantage of Tongtong, believe it or not, I’ll beat you so badly that even your dad could not recognize you. ”

Du Xin curled up in horror. He felt that Xu Ran was too cruel. However, he only hesitated for a while. Then he announced, “Xu Ran, I want to go to your house.”

“No way!” Xu Ran refused without hesitation.

Seeing that Xu Ran reject him so straightforwardly, Du Xin was a little upset. He then explained, “I don’t want to do anything there. I just want to see the Second Master and your children.”

Xu Ran snorted, “Do you think I will believe you? You’re a blabbermouth. You will definitely make a slip of the tongue then. I won’t allow you to go to my house. Don’t even think about it! ”

“Xu Ran, don’t force me! I don’t want to say it out, but if you go on forcing me, I won’t keep it! ” Du Xin threatened.

Xu Ran looked at him disdainfully, “If you have any tricks, show them out! I will not yield.”

Seeing that Xu Ran was still so stubborn, Du Xin told Xu Ran the story about the fruit trees in the Li Village. “If you still don’t agree with my idea, then I won’t let them upload the trees now. You can only go back empty-handed tomorrow，”

Du Xin said triumphantly. After hearing these, Xu Ran’s face darkened. He tried hard to control himself not to give him a good beat.

Xu Ran said coldly, “Du Xin, you are great! How dare you do such things?! Do you think I’ll sell my spouse and children for a few fruit trees? Or is it that in your heart I’m the one who values money? Here, I’ll tell you one thing as clear as noonday. I’ll buy these fruit trees if I can. If I can’t, I will give up planting them. But please listen carefully. I will never agree to your request. Please remember it firmly! ”

Xu Ran turned around and left after his speech. However, he was stopped by someone right away. Xu Ran didn’t care who it was. He shouted without even looking up, “Get away!”

“Calm down, no need to speak so angrily. Don’t worry. Those fruit trees are yours. No one can take them away, and Du Xin will not go to your house. You can just regard that nothing has ever happened and forget them all, okay? ” The clear voice came from the front, but it made Xu Ran even more irritated.

“Do you suppose that I don’t know you’re from the same gang? I remember that you used to promise not to appear in front of us for the time being. It hasn’t been long since, right? “Xu Ran replied coldly.