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Chapter 76 p2: Biased

Mi Yang looked down at a row of clay figurines on a wooden table beside him and said casually, “I just thought this was quite interesting.” He casually picked one up and looked at it carefully, not planning to go any further.

Wang Bing also leaned a little closer. “Let me see. It seems to be not bad. Do you think girls like this kind of thing? How about this little rabbit? It even has a flower on its head…”

Before he could finish, the rabbit in his hand was taken away. Bai Luochuan stood to the side. “I’ll buy it.”

Wang Bing was about to curse, but he glanced at the girl not far away and held it in, rolling his eyes. “There are so many on the table. Do you have to buy the one in my hand?”

Bai Luochuan took out his wallet from his pocket, took out two large bills, and said, “I’ll take all of these.”

Mi Yang subconsciously wanted to hold the person beside him down, but Wang Bing could no longer be held back. He stuck his neck out and cursed, “Is it so great to be rich!”

Bai Luochuan looked up at him and said indifferently, “It’s alright.”

The owner was happy to do business and had already packed them up in a large cardboard box for him, and even gave him a very sturdy bag to carry them in. Bai Luochuan then carried the bag and followed beside Mi Yang. When Mi Yang stopped, and whenever he touched something, he would buy it with a cold face, so that in the end, Mi Yang didn’t dare to stop at the small stalls for too long. But when he left, the young master Bai also followed with a dark face.

Bai Luochuan didn’t speak, and Mi Yang didn’t dare to either.

The two of them were as silent as two gourds with their mouths sawn off. Especially with the young master Bai’s bad mood, the few boys and girls around them didn’t dare to ask any questions, and the atmosphere became a little cold for a while.

Bai Luochuan walked with them all the way. It was unclear whether it was because of the crowd on the street or because he was walking fast, but in a few steps, he had squeezed the people beside Mi Yang away and was walking side by side with Mi Yang. He even took advantage of the crowd to put his arm around Mi Yang’s shoulder and walk a couple of steps faster, inconspicuously bringing Mi Yang closer to his side and separating him from the other young people.

This time, Wang Bing was not happy. He chased after them a couple of steps. “What do you mean by that?”

Bai Luochuan held Mi Yang’s wrist and said in a deep voice, “Don’t mind him.”

Wang Bing was so angry he laughed. “I’m talking to you!”

Bai Luochuan said, “I have nothing to talk to you about.” He saw Mi Yang slow down and immediately held his wrist tighter, threatening, “How many days has it been since you’ve seen me? You think about it.”

Mi Yang was a little scared. “I’ve been a little busy.”

Bai Luochuan sneered and said unceremoniously, “I’ve called you several times, and you always said you were busy. I thought you had something important to do. It was only when I went to your grandma’s house this time that I found out that you were busy going shopping with people?”

Wang Bing was not convinced. “How is going shopping with us not an important matter? Mi Yang, you say it yourself. Do you want to play with us?”

Mi Yang was a little hesitant. Bai Luochuan held his hand tighter and said in a low, angry voice, “Be good. Don’t make me angry.”

Wang Bing was sneering from the side. “Yes, the young master always oppresses people. It’s his usual trick.”

Mi Yang said tentatively, “Have you two met before?”

Bai Luochuan was concise and didn’t even bother to look at Wang Bing. “They have bad character.”

“You’re the one with bad character!” Wang Bing exploded. “Who are you talking about? If you have the guts, let’s go outside and have a fight. Whoever doesn’t come is a coward!”

Bai Luochuan sneered. “Have you not learned your lesson from the last time you were beaten?”

The two of them started to argue as soon as they met, neither one giving in. It looked like they were about to start a fight.

Mi Yang stood in the middle and heard some of it, frowning. “What on earth is going on?”

Bai Luochuan refused to say and insisted that he go with him first.

Mi Yang looked at Wang Bing, whose face was flushed from his few words of humiliation, and felt a little sympathetic. He hesitated. “I’ll go in a bit.”

Bai Luochuan was furious, his face dark.

Wang Bing felt that Mi Yang had saved his pride and breathed a sigh of relief. He found that as long as it involved Mi Yang, the young master Bai, who never lost in anything, would easily get angry. He immediately put his arm around Mi Yang’s shoulder. “That’s right. We’re good brothers. Are you the only one who can be friends with Mi Yang? If we’re really talking about it, my family is even a little distantly related to Grandma Cheng’s. What are you!”

Bai Luochuan pursed his lips and looked at Mi Yang. “You’re really not leaving?”

Mi Yang said, “I’ll go and find you in the afternoon.”

Bai Luochuan left without looking back.

Mi Yang felt a little sad as he watched his back. Wang Bing even whistled mockingly. He had just let out a whistle when Mi Yang elbowed him in the stomach, and he choked. Mi Yang frowned. “That’s enough.”

Wang Bing hummed a song. “You don’t know. The way he was so high and mighty before, he was just…” He looked up and saw that the girls were on the other side, picking out small accessories, so he lowered his voice. “He was just like ten Yang Liuqings. No, even ten school belles added together were not as arrogant as him. So annoying!”

Mi Yang felt that something was wrong and asked Wang Bing, “What happened between you two before?”

Wang Bing said, “What else could have happened? The young master looked down on us and bullied us country bumpkins!”

Mi Yang shook his head. “Impossible. He’s not that kind of person. There must be a reason.”

Wang Bing said impatiently, “What reason is there? Anyway, he was already bullying people when I got there. When I said a couple of words, he even accused us of stealing something. Anyway, his attitude was very bad. How could we steal his things? You’re kidding. There hasn’t been a thief in Shanhai Town for so many years. Who doesn’t know who?” Wang Bing’s face was also not good.

Mi Yang frowned. He felt that this was just one side of the story and still trusted Bai Luochuan more in his heart. But Bai Luochuan had never told him about these things, which made him a little unsure. After a moment’s hesitation, he immediately said, “I’ll be going for a while. You guys can look around.”

Wang Bing saw that the girls were also going to the intersection and immediately said, “I’ll go with you. I’ll take you home.”

Mi Yang walked through the crowd with big steps, feeling more and more suspicious.

He and Wang Bing and the others came out of the crowd. Just as they reached the intersection, they saw Bai Luochuan’s car.

Mi Yang hesitated for a moment, then went over and knocked on the car window. The young master Bai lowered the window and also looked up at him, his anger clearly not gone.

Bai Luochuan said in a stiff tone, “You’re coming back with me today. I’ll take you to the city tomorrow. Grandpa is going to a calligraphy and painting exhibition and is taking us with him.”

Mi Yang’s heart softened a little. The young master Bai still remembered that he liked calligraphy. His gaze also softened a lot, and he said in a low voice, “I’ll go over in a bit. I have to go and tell my grandma first…”

Wang Bing came over and said nonchalantly, “Mi Yang, didn’t Grandma Cheng say to let us take you to the mountains to play? Didn’t you want to go fishing? I’ll take you. There’s no time like the present. Let’s go tomorrow!”

Bai Luochuan’s eyes turned cold. The slight curve that had just appeared on his lips was gone again. “You’re going to play with them?”

Mi Yang had a terrible headache. He was about to explain when he saw Bai Luochuan take out a box from the car, open it, and take out a new phone, stuffing it into his hand. “Here. Didn’t we both get in the top five in the whole school on the middle school entrance exam last time? This is a reward.”

Mi Yang was taken aback. “No need. My phone still works.”

Bai Luochuan said, “That one of yours, Auntie Cheng has been using it for several years. Besides, there’s not a single game on the phone. This one can play skiing and also go online. You take it.”

Mi Yang didn’t take it and refused. “I can’t accept this.”

Bai Luochuan’s hand had been held out for a long time, and he was getting impatient. He stuffed it into his hand. “It’s just a stupid phone. Just take it. Why are you being so stubborn with me?”

The little bit of softness in Mi Yang’s heart just now was shattered by this phone. He closed his eyes and tried to keep his voice steady. “I really don’t need it. Really. I have a phone.”

Bai Luochuan didn’t listen to his explanation, stuffed the phone in his hand, and was still urging him to get in the car and go. Mi Yang took two steps forward and threw the phone onto the seat through the car window. Bai Luochuan was so angry he was about to push the car door open to get out, but the back door was locked. He was so angry he slammed it a couple of times and said to the driver, “Open the door!”

By the time the driver unlocked the car door, Mi Yang had already left, without even looking back.

Bai Luochuan rubbed his brow, held back his anger, and didn’t get out of the car to chase after him. He said coldly to the driver, “Go. Back to the old residence.”

The driver agreed and drove away, trembling.

Bai Luochuan felt that he had already gone far beyond his bottom line with Mi Yang, tolerating him again and again.

He sat in the car with his headphones on, not saying a word, his brow furrowed for a while. The phone that had been thrown in was still on the seat. He hadn’t even touched it.

It was not until after he got out of the car that the young master Bai walked two steps, then turned back, took out the identical phone from his pocket, took out the card, and threw the new phone in the same place. He said to the driver, “I don’t want them. You can throw them away.”

He then turned and walked away.

The driver stood there, stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the two phones. They were both the latest models, and the market price was two or three thousand. He hesitated for a moment, then still put the two phones in a box and sent them in with the other few large bags of small things he had bought on the street.

On the other side, Mi Yang still took Wang Bing’s bicycle and went back with them.

Wang Bing had probably seen Mi Yang refuse Bai Luochuan’s expensive gift and had even given him a thumbs-up, repeatedly saying that their little group had accepted him.

Wang Bing said, “We never got along with this young master from the beginning. This person just looks down on people. We even had a fight with him. You don’t know, this young master is so good with his words. He could even bring a dead person back to life with his anger. He just looked down on us because we were poor, and he even lied, saying that we had stolen something, deliberately bullying us…”

Mi Yang, behind him, immediately denied it. “Impossible.”

Wang Bing said, “What’s so impossible? He bullied Zhao Haisheng’s cousin. Zhao Haisheng is so honest. You haven’t seen his cousin, have you? He’s as honest and simple as him. He would never steal anything!”

Mi Yang said, “You bring that person here. We’ll confront each other.”

Wang Bing felt that it was difficult. “That’s not good. That’s my brother’s younger brother…”

Mi Yang said seriously, “If you don’t go, I’ll tell everyone you smoke fake cigarettes.”

Wang Bing: “!!”

Wang Bing said angrily, “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t tell anyone!”

Mi Yang was also angry. “You didn’t tell me you fought with him either!”

Wang Bing was even angrier, and he couldn’t even ride his bicycle steadily, bumping and stumbling forward. “Was that a fight? Several of us were almost beaten to the point of breaking our arms. You don’t know how sinister that Bai is. He kicked me a few times, which was already insidious, but when he used his fists, he specifically hit my face. I had to go home and say that I had fallen from the mountain and hit my face on a rock!” He was indignant and still held a grudge. “He beat me so badly I didn’t dare to go out for half a month. My face was all swollen!!”

Mi Yang narrowed his eyes. “A few of you, together against him?”

Wang Bing was also a little embarrassed and stuck his neck out. “It was one-on-one at the beginning. He was the one who said to let us all come together.”

Mi Yang sneered. “So you all went together?”

Wang Bing said, “No, we took turns.”

Mi Yang: “…”

Taking turns, shameless.

Wang Bing said warily, “Are you cursing me in your heart!”

Mi Yang rubbed his brow and, after a long while, let out a breath. “Anyway, you call the person out. I’ll also call Bai Luochuan out. We’ll make it clear in person. He’s not that kind of person. I’m not saying you stole something either. There has to be an explanation. Do you still want to be wrongly accused like this for the rest of your life?”

Although Wang Bing was not very willing, he could only reluctantly say, “Alright then.”