Empress of Fortune: A Farm Girl's Rise

Chapter 10 - 10 010: Pretending

10 Chapter 010: Pretending

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But when she thought about it carefully, she really couldn’t figure out what she had done to offend Zhuang Jingye. Zhuang Qingning could only attribute it to his possibly bad mood and became even more focused on dealing with the situation.

“Uncle, have some tea,” Zhuang Ruman said obsequiously. Instead of calling him village chief, he referred to him as uncle according to their seniority, hoping to close the gap between them.

“I’m not blind, can’t I see that I’m drinking tea? What do you think I should drink, rat poison?” Zhuang Jingye replied, irritated.

“Oh, uncle, you must be joking, haha…haha…” stammered Zhuang Ruman, completely thrown off guard. His face flushed awkwardly.

What a idiot!

Zhuang Jingye resisted the urge to kick him and glared at him, “Enough of that. What’s the matter that requires you to seek me out early in the morning?”

“Well, our hens have been laying more eggs these days. So, I was thinking, you’re always working hard managing the whole village, you must need something to replenish your strength. So, I picked a few of the freshest eggs to bring to you.”

“You can ask Mrs. Song to make egg tea for you. It’s convenient and tasty.” With a smirk on his face, Zhuang Ruman placed the basket of eggs on a small tea table.

Who really knows if these eggs are good or not, or whether they replenish strength. But one thing is for sure…you, Zhuang Ruman, you’re so cunning!

Zhuang Jingye glanced at Zhuang Ruman, “Get to the point.”

Having his motives blatantly pointed out made Zhuang Ruman flushed with embarrassment. He chuckled awkwardly and said, “Uncle, I’ll be honest with you. Two of my nieces, Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui ran away from home.”

“Oh? They ran away? Why?” Zhuang Jingye leaned back in his chair, feigning indifference.