Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2049: Chapter 2047: Elders’ Meeting

”Fen Cheng.” He Zhu Chen lightly replied, simple yet absolutely affirmative.

”Who exactly are you? Why does no one in Jiuli know you?” Bai Ruozhu continued to ask.

He turned back to look at Bai Ruozhu, his golden eyes were dazzling. He suddenly smiled, and the pallor on his face vanished in an instant, as if spring had brought everything to life.

”Does it matter?”

Bai Ruozhu smiled bitterly, ”Of course, it doesn’t matter to you. But Jiuli says you don’t exist, and neither does the Fen Family. The golden-eyed man I speak of becomes a fabricated story.”

”Then don’t tell it to others,” Fen Cheng said firmly.

Bai Ruozhu suddenly understood. No wonder others can’t find him; he doesn’t want people to know about him.

This made her even more curious. Why doesn’t he want others to know him? Why does he hide from others? Could he be a spy mingling in?

”Don’t let your imagination run wild. I’m a Jiuli, I won’t harm them,” Fen Cheng suddenly said, as if he could read her mind.

”Then...” Bai Ruozhu suddenly widened her eyes, ”Are you corporeal?”

A thought sprang into her mind. This guy hides so well, others can’t even see him. He’s not a ghost, is he?

She quickly approached him, reaching out her hand. If he were a ghost, she shouldn’t be able to touch the hem of his garment, right? She thought.

But unexpectedly, a slightly cool hand suddenly grabbed her outstretched hand, and Fen Cheng said, with a half-smile, ”Women shouldn’t touch others randomly; it might lead to misunderstandings.”

Bai Ruozhu’s face turned a little red, she was so furious she wanted to explode. She struggled to withdraw her hand, only to find Fen Cheng’s grip was alarmingly strong.

She had inner strength now, how could she not shake off a seemingly thin, slightly pale hand?

”Release me, I just wanted to see if you are human or ghost.” But now it’s confirmed, the person is indeed holding her.

Fen Cheng chuckled softly, ”Who knows if you had other motives; I’ve heard that when women touch men, it often implies something else.”

Bai Ruozhu felt her jaw dropping; this man, who previously looked pale and lonely, a man of few words, suddenly revealed his nasty side.

”Let go of me, I already have a husband and children, no other intentions, and I’ve confirmed you’re not a ghost.” Bai Ruozhu said with clenched teeth in a rage.

Fen Cheng let go of her hand this time and said, with a tone that seemed to look at a fool, ”Can ghosts stay in sunlight like me?”

Bai Ruozhu was speechless, why not? She was just too lazy to argue with Fen Cheng; her grandmother was still waiting for her.

”Forget it, continue being mysterious, I’m leaving.” She turned and left, still a bit angry, while Fen Cheng behind her showed a bright smile.

Bai Ruozhu went to find Jiao Yunyun, and helped her back. Jiao Yunyun suddenly said, ”Grandmother believes you saw such a person; I too once saw his clothing hem, but when I approached, the person disappeared.”

”Who exactly is he?” Bai Ruozhu was more confused.

Jiao Yunyun shook her head, ”I don’t know; I used to assume he was a peach tree spirit.”

Bai Ruozhu thought for a moment, the peach tree spirit explanation seemed more appropriate, although there weren’t that many demons in the world, this explanation seemed reasonable for Fen Cheng.

Until the next day, when Jiuli’s girls visited, Bai Ruozhu hadn’t figured out anything, and decided not to mention Fen Cheng, the golden-eyed man, to anyone.

”Wow, Sister Bai, this thing is beautiful, what’s it for?” Qin Qin exclaimed.

Bai Ruozhu mentioned the meeting gift: some small items from her Weaving Pavilion, and included her finished products made during her teaching Lanlan to weave recently. Jiuli had mountains and water, rare and precious medicinal materials could be collected from the mountains, so people didn’t lack silver; Bai Ruozhu thought gifts to other families might not interest them, but such rare and beautiful items would be liked by girls.

”These are weaving products from my shop; this is a bag, and this is a shawl. See if you like them.” Bai Ruozhu said with a smile, demonstrating them to everyone.

”Do the ladies in Danliang Country’s Capital City use these?” Luo Xiang asked, her eyes sparkling.

Bai Ruozhu nodded, ”Yes, I hold new product press conferences every season, and once launched, all products are quickly booked.” Bai Ruozhu said, though unfortunately, this press conference was not held due to the imperial turmoil and unrest; it wasn’t suitable for holding a press conference.

The girls picked their favorites; some directly used them, while others didn’t know how to use the shawl and humbly asked Bai Ruozhu.

At this moment, Si Yihuan also came over. Bai Ruozhu introduced her to everyone. Because of Bai Ruozhu’s connection, the girls quickly befriended Si Yihuan.

After the girls left, Bai Ruozhu’s gifts spread among the Jiuli Clan. Many girls liked those woven items, regretted not visiting Bai Ruozhu earlier, but some also disdained them, thinking Bai Ruozhu was trying to win people’s hearts.

Bi Tao saw Luo Xiang deliberately flaunting the pearl-embedded bag in front of her, and was so angry her Silver Teeth almost bit through.

She knew Luo Xiang didn’t like pearls, but Luo Xiang knew she loved pearls the most, so Luo Xiang deliberately chose the bag to annoy her.

She wanted to scratch Luo Xiang’s face, but at the moment, she needed to deal with Bai Ruozhu, not Luo Xiang.

”Bai Ruozhu is like this to win hearts, isn’t she speaking wrongly about me again?” Bi Tao asked.

Luo Xiang sneered, ”No, she didn’t even mention you.”

Bi Tao almost spat blood, Luo Xiang meant that Bai Ruozhu didn’t even care about her, too lazy to mention her.

”Luo Xiang, we’ve been friends for many years, how can you treat me like this?” Bi Tao said with a face full of grievance.

Luo Xiang rolled her eyes at her, ”I could ask you the same question; explain yourself properly.”

”I, I...” Bi Tao couldn’t continue to waffle, so she cried softly, ”You’re my best friend, but you have a good relationship with Du Juan too, I’m just worried she’ll take you away. I know I shouldn’t think like this, but I’m afraid you’ll go out training without me, I don’t want to be alone.”

Luo Xiang was a bit stunned, feeling a bit sympathetic; after all, they were childhood playmates. But she also vaguely felt Bi Tao was deceiving her, so she shook her head and said, ”I have things to do, I’m leaving.”

Bi Tao gritted her teeth at Luo Xiang’s departing figure; she had to make Bai Ruozhu be driven out of Jiuli, Aunt could only pamper her, Aunt’s disciple should be her, and those Jiuli girls’ attention and admiration should belong to her, Bi Tao!

While Jiuli girls heatedly discussed Bai Ruozhu, the elders also held a simple meeting.

”Tomorrow, let those two juniors from the Bai Family meet us; see when to arrange their trial,” the great elder said wearily.