Volume 6: Dream Record Chapter 403 Pan'er Meets Chi Yanei
Near Qingmingfang, there is an old stone arch bridge. Zhao Pan'er walked across the bridge happily. Ouyang Xu had really changed his heart, and she didn't need to feel guilty. Just like Sun Sanniang said, from now on they would keep out of each other's way and never have any . In the future, he would be the son-in-law of the Gao family, and she would be Yuan Xudong's virtuous wife, taking care of her husband and children at home, and taking care of Yinzhang. Sanniang could also be a cook in her own home, and Yinping would be a maid. This was also good, and everyone could live together!
Under the stone arch bridge, Chi Pan, the head of the Twelve Trades in Tokyo, was playing Cuju with a group of servants. Chi Pan was having a great time like a child, showing off his ball skills as the servants watched and cheered. One of the servants (Lü Wu), who was in charge of counting, shouted:
"Twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, Yanei, another phoenix nods!"
"Okay!"
Chi Pan shouted happily and nodded like a phoenix. The servants around him clapped their hands and cheered:
"Hey, it didn't fall, it didn't fall, it's okay now!"
"Awesome, Yanei is awesome!"
“Hey, it didn’t fall!”
“It didn’t fall, it didn’t fall!”
"Look, let's go!"
Chi Pan smiled and continued to show off his Cuju skills. The servants beside him were still cheering loudly. After all, there was reward money to be received. As long as he could please Chi Yanei, who owned twelve businesses at home, the happier he was, the more rewards he would get later. Who wouldn't like a boss who had a lot of money and liked to give rewards?
"You can do all this, awesome! Yanei is awesome!"
"Yanei, use another move of Ice and Fire, Flying Fairy from the Sky!"
"Okay, everyone, watch carefully, ice and fire, a fairy from the sky!"
"Oh my god, I was so careless!"
Without noticing, the ball flew out. Chi Yanei and his men hurriedly chased after the ball in mid-air, shouting and trying to catch it before it hits the ground. But at this moment, Zhao Paner, who was very happy to see Yuan Xudong soon, was jumping down from the stone arch bridge. Chi Yanei, who looked like a gangster, chased after the ball and rushed towards Zhao Paner, shouting:
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way quickly!"
But Zhao Pan'er was happily imagining how to tease Yuan Xudong later, so she couldn't hear Chi Pan's shouting. When Chi Pan and a group of servants really rushed to her, she suddenly came to her senses, screamed in fear, and quickly hid to the side. The ball in the air fell, and Chi Pan kicked it, but Zhao Pan'er delayed it for a moment, and the ball that could have been caught fell to the ground. At this moment, Zhao Pan'er, who was almost kicked to the ground by Chi Pan, looked at him with disgust, and then continued to walk to the Sanyuan Inn on the next street. Being delayed by Zhao Pan'er, Chi Pan blocked her way like a gangster and cursed:
"I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"
Zhao Pan'er looked at Chi Pan, who was like a gangster, with a frown and cold eyes. She ignored him and walked around him. Seeing that her own son was ignored by a young lady, the servants who were originally standing behind Chi Pan immediately surrounded Zhao Pan'er. One of the servants picked up the ball from the ground and said to Zhao Pan'er in a pretentious manner:
"That's right, who are you? This is our famous Chi Yanei. I, He Si, haven't criticized anyone for a long time. How dare you block our Chi Yanei's way? Don't you have eyes?"
Zhao Pan'er already disliked this group of hooligans, and now that Chi Yanei and others were blocking her way, she snorted coldly, put her hands on her waist, and retorted:
"The road is wide and straight, we each walk on our own side. Whoever bumps into me is the blind man!"
"Who are you talking about? Who is blind?"
"You woman, what do you mean? How dare you say that our Chi Yanei is blind?"
"How dare you call our Chi Yanei a blind man? If I don't teach you a lesson today, I won't be called He Si!"
"That's right, my name is not Lu Wu!"
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"etc!"
Seeing that his servants were surrounding Zhao Pan'er and shouting at the top of their lungs, Chi Yanei, who claimed to be a playboy but not vulgar and never embarrassed with beautiful women, hurriedly stopped them and said:
"What do I usually teach you? When you meet a young lady, you must convince her with reason!"
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Pan'er, who was surrounded by so many men but remained calm and composed (actually she was unsure and just bluffing), and bowed and said:
"Young lady, let's be reasonable. Didn't I just tell you to get out of the way? I played 32 rounds of white shots and none of them landed, and you came and ruined my good fortune. There has to be an explanation for this, right?"
"Only thirty-two?"
She looked at Chi Yanei with pretended disdain, and while speaking, Zhao Pan'er looked at He Si again , only to see her raise her foot and kick the ball from He Si's hand, and then she continuously used her knees, shoulders, insteps and toes to bounce the ball. Her series of movements were like flowing water, which stunned Chi Yanei and others. After bouncing the ball dozens of times, Zhao Pan'er suddenly shook her shoulder hard, caught the ball, and then pressed her skirt to kick it. The ball flew like a sharp arrow, straight into the eye of the ball net in the open space in the distance, and went through the hole!
The ball shot past the goal. Zhao Pan'er looked at the stunned Chi Yanei and others with a hint of contempt and asked:
"You are not as skilled as others, but you still want to ask me for an explanation?"
Without waiting for Chi Yanei and the others to answer, Zhao Paner turned around and left while they were slightly stunned. After watching Zhao Paner leave, the people present were impressed by Zhao Paner's ball skills and began to talk about it, leaving Chi Yanei aside. Chi Yanei couldn't help but said angrily:
"You guys have made me lose all my face. There is no reward for me!"
"Hey, Yanei, calm down, just give me some money!"
The angry Chi Yanei climbed the stone arch bridge to go home, and Lu Wu, He Si and other servants followed him with a football, asking for reward money.
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On the other side, in a room on the top floor of Sanyuan Inn, Sun Sanniang, Song Yinzhang, and Yinping stood in front of the window. Song Yinzhang leaned against the railing half cautiously and half curiously, looking at the scenery outside the window in fascination. Several Persians were singing and dancing downstairs of the inn. Looking at these foreign merchants full of exotic customs, Song Yinzhang couldn't help but look at Sun Sanniang and Yinping standing next to him and smiled:
"I thought Jiangnan was prosperous enough, but I didn't expect Tokyo to be even better. I've never seen so many Persians!"
"Tokyo is great. After all, it's the capital. We can't see these new things in Jiangnan!"
Sun Sanniang said with a smile.
"Yes, Tokyo is great, so beautiful, and we can see so many new things. Master Xiao treats us very well, it's great!"
The girl Yinping followed with a laugh.
Hearing that Yin Ping's maid kept talking about Yuan Xudong, Sun Sanniang couldn't help but laugh at her:
"Yin Ping, you've been thinking about Master Xiao all the time. When you go to the Xiao family, can you let Master Xiao take you as his concubine?"
Hearing Sun Sanniang making fun of her, Yin Ping said shyly:
"Sister Sanniang, you are making fun of me. I, I will ignore you!"
"Oh my, Yinping is shy!"
"Miss, look at Sister Sanniang, she's making fun of me!"
Yin Ping hid behind Song Yinzhang and said shyly. Song Yinzhang gently patted the back of her hand, then looked at Sun Sanniang and smiled:
"Okay, Sanniang, stop making fun of Yinping. By the way, Fanlang will take us to live in his house later, right?"
Looking at Song Yinzhang who was full of expectation, Sun Sanniang said with a smile:
"Of course, don't worry!"
“Hmm~~”
Song Yinzhang nodded happily, and continued to look at the Persian merchants singing and dancing on the upper floor of the inn and asked curiously:
"Look, that guy holding the drum, isn't the sound he makes very nice?"
"Really, it sounds really nice!"
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps downstairs. Song Yinzhang looked back and saw that it was Zhao Paner. She couldn't help but smile and said:
"Sister, come and watch the Persians dance!"
"Sister Pan'er!"
"Pan'er, come and see!"
"OK!"
Zhao Pan'er walked over to Song Yinzhang and watched the Persian merchants singing and dancing downstairs with them. Sun Sanniang saw a faint smile on her face and asked with a smile:
"Pan'er, you sneaked out of the inn early in the morning. Did you go to Gao's house to look for Ouyang Xu?"
“Hmm~~”
Seeing Zhao Pan'er nod slightly, Song Yinzhang couldn't help but ask:
"Sister, go find Ouyang Xu and tell him what he said. Has he really changed his mind and is he going to marry Observer Gao's daughter?"
"Well, that's about it. Well, it's all in the past. Let's not talk about him anymore!"
"Well, in fact, it's better if he changes his mind, so as not to delay my sister's happiness. Compared to him, Fan Lang is a thousand times better!"
Song Yinzhang laughed.
"Yes, yes, of all the men in the world, you and Yinping's Fanlang are the best!"
Zhao Pan'er rolled her eyes at Song Yinzhang. Yinping, the maid hiding behind Song Yinzhang, was innocently implicated. Without waiting for the two of them to refute, Zhao Pan'er said excitedly:
"Do you know? After meeting Ouyang Xu, I came out of Qingmingfang, which is the Tokyo Teahouse where Ouyang Xu took me to drink tea. The environment there is good, but the tea art is not very good. On my way back to the inn, I met a group of hooligans . The leader of the hooligans seemed to be called Chi Yanei. I blocked his way and they wanted to bully me. Fortunately, I was not afraid of danger and played a few fancy Cuju to blind their eyes. Then..."
Zhao Pan'er exaggerated the little conflict between her and Chi Yanei and others, and how she won over Chi Yanei and others with her wit and courage. After she finished, facing the admiring gazes of Song Yinzhang and Yinping, she couldn't help what if it wasn't easy to live in Tokyo, and so what if Ouyang Xu was a gangster, with Zhao Pan'er's intelligence and little tricks, she would definitely be able to make a name for herself in this huge city of Tokyo!
Watching Zhao Pan'er's eyes becoming gradually firmer, Sun Sanniang, who was nearly thirty years old, could better understand her hesitation and hidden timidity of leaving her hometown where she had lived for more than twenty years, leaving behind all her interpersonal relationships, and coming to Tokyo where she was unfamiliar with the place. Apart from Yuan Xudong, she, Song Yinzhang, and the girl Yinping could only rely on Pan'er. Therefore, no matter how scared Pan'er was, she would always pretend to be very confident and calm. Just ask, in Tokyo where she was unfamiliar with the place, being surrounded by a group of hooligans, how could a weak woman like her not be afraid?
