Chapter 2181 - 2035: I Am Your Elder

Chapter 2181: Chapter 2035: I Am Your Elder

"Still arm in arm!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Zhang Yanran was dumbfounded.

This person looks like a rogue, could he really be Chu Xianling’s friend?

And the kind of close friend you can walk arm in arm with?

Boyfriend and girlfriend?

Let’s not talk about Chu Xianling’s family background; just look at their appearances and temperaments, one is cold and ethereal, the other is roguish and grinning foolishly. They don’t match at all!

Chu Huaiping was also surprised, scrutinizing Chu Xianling and Song Xiaodong before saying, "Is this person really your friend?"

"Yes." Chu Xianling tightened her grip on Song Xiaodong.

"Your friend cheated Zhang Yanran out of money," Chu Huaiping said to Chu Xianling.

"Do you have evidence? Ask her if she bought Snow Lotus from me? I don’t even know when you bought it!" Song Xiaodong retorted to Chu Huaiping.

"What’s going on?" Chu Huaiping asked Zhang Yanran.

"I fell for his trick! He said the Snow Lotus was a good thing, so I bought it, but it was a fake!" Zhang Yanran shouted, pointing at Song Xiaodong.

"Is that so? You don’t know why you bought it?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhang Yanran coldly.

"Explain everything clearly!" Chu Huaiping also felt they couldn’t just listen to Zhang Yanran’s side.

"Fine, I’ll say it, let everyone judge!" Zhang Yanran glanced at the crowd gathering around.

"He and I were at the Chinese herbal medicine wholesale market, looking at some herbs. He compared eyesight with my Appraising Master, checking if the herbs were genuine or fake. We gambled that whoever was wrong would leave," Zhang Yanran explained.

"Leave?"

"The loser forgoes that day’s auction," Song Xiaodong added.

"What happened next?" Chu Huaiping asked Zhang Yanran again.

"Then he lost. Before leaving, he said the Snow Lotus was good and precious, so I bought it." Zhang Yanran tried to gloss over it.

"Hey? Miss Zhang, that part is a whole story arc, how can you gloss over it in a sentence?" Song Xiaodong mocked Zhang Yanran.

"Say it bit by bit, what really happened," Chu Huaiping asked Zhang Yanran.

"He compared Agarwood, Lingzhi, and ginseng with Mr Fang; he correctly identified Agarwood and Lingzhi, but got ginseng wrong," Zhang Yanran paused again after saying.

"And then?" Chu Huaiping was getting impatient.

"Then I thought his eyesight was better than Mr Fang’s, wanted to hire him to check the genuineness of herbs, he refused and wanted to leave. Before leaving, he said the Snow Lotus was good, so I bought it. He partnered with the seller to trap me!" Zhang Yanran shouted, pointing at Song Xiaodong.

"Miss Zhang, you bought because I said the Snow Lotus was good? I also said this Chu Family Courtyard was nice, why didn’t you buy it?" Song Xiaodong mocked Zhang Yanran.

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Xianling, what kind of friend have you made? He speaks so unpleasantly!" Chu Huaiping was also somewhat displeased and scolded Chu Xianling.

"What kind of friend I make is none of your business! And you speak unpleasantly!" Chu Xianling was unhappy and retorted to Chu Huaiping.

"You’re a member of the Chu Family, how can you make such dubious acquaintances?" Chu Huaiping pointed at Song Xiaodong disdainfully and said to Chu Huaiping.

At this moment, sounds of greetings were heard from outside the door.

Everyone looked over and saw a professional-looking beauty carrying a purse and a gift box walking in.

It was Yang Yushi.

Chu Huaiping always had a favorable impression of Yang Yushi, and seeing her enter the courtyard gate, he quickly went to greet her.

"Miss Yang! Long time no see!"

Yang Yushi nodded to Chu Huaiping after removing her sunglasses, uttered "Mm," then headed directly towards Chu Xianling and Song Xiaodong.

"Hey? You actually came!" Yang Yushi reached out a finger and poked Song Xiaodong’s arm.

Song Xiaodong looked down at Chu Xianling, who was still holding his arm, and Chu Xianling was smiling brightly without saying a word.

So Song Xiaodong replied, "How could I not come? Even if not invited, I would come uninvited. Even if someone didn’t bring me, I’d sneak along myself."

Chu Xianling gently pinched Song Xiaodong’s arm with her fingernail.

"Hmph, you really are shameless!" Yang Yushi said, laughing and sizing Song Xiaodong up.

"Don’t talk about my Xiaodong!" Chu Xianling pretended to be angry and pushed Yang Yushi.

"Look at you, prioritizing romance over friendship!" Yang Yushi teased Chu Xianling.

"Who’s that person?" Song Xiaodong used his eyes to indicate Zhang Yanran, asking Chu Xianling.

"She’s my second brother’s subordinate," Chu Xianling pointed at Chu Huaiping.

"Oh..." Song Xiaodong nodded.

Chu Huaiping saw this scenario and was stunned.

Not only does this dubious person know Chu Xianling, he knows Yang Yushi too, and they seem quite familiar.

Chu Huaiping felt his face burning slightly.

"Miss Yang, do you know this gentleman?" Chu Huaiping approached to ask Yang Yushi.

Yang Yushi, impatient, replied, "Oh, let me talk with Xianling, okay?"

Chu Huaiping was brushed off.

Song Xiaodong lightly pursed his lips, suppressing a laugh, and said to Chu Huaiping, "Mr Chu is right, Xianling really shouldn’t associate with some dubious friends, but I think Mr Chu also shouldn’t employ some dubious subordinates."

"Who are you calling dubious?" Zhang Yanran was about to explode.

"Hmph, kowtowing before the Chu Family, arrogant towards others, is it wrong to call you dubious?" Song Xiaodong retorted sharply to Zhang Yanran.

The onlookers quietly applauded.

Zhang Yanran’s arrogance was well-known, but due to Chu Huaiping and the Chu Family, no one dared to offend her. Otherwise, with her temperament, she wouldn’t last beyond three arcs.