Chapter 341 - Chapter 341: Debate
Chapter 341: Debate
“If you’re here to eat, we welcome you. If you’re here to make things difficult for us, please leave!” Li Xiaoran said directly.
Li Xiaoran was wearing very ordinary clothes today. Because she had to work in the shop, she was naturally unwilling to wear good clothes and dirty them.
Therefore, these people treated Li Xiaoran as an ordinary woman and didn’t care.
“It’s just a small shop, but you actually dare to chase customers away. You really don’t know your place!” The scholar who mocked Liang Jiabao at the beginning said disdainfully.
When Liang Jiabao heard these people’s words, he was immediately angry.
These people could say anything they wanted about him, but they shouldn’t have mocked Sister Ran.
“Min Weiping, you’re just a lackey. You only know how to suck up to others. Why are you here pretending to be so high and mighty?! Apologize to Sister
Ran quickly, or I’ll teach you a lesson today!”
“What can you do to me? You plagiarized someone else’s article, but you still have the cheek to criticize me here! ” Min Weiping sneered and looked at Li Xiaoran. “No wonder you’re so protective of her. This countryside woman is quite pretty. Could it be that you have an affair with this woman?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a slap landed on Min Weiping’s face.
Before he could come back to his senses and see who had hit him, he felt the world spin. Then, he was thrown out of the shop.
It turned out that Luo Ziyang had come over after hearing the commotion. As soon as he heard that Min Weiping was spouting lies, he attacked.
After dealing with one, Luo Ziyang looked at the other scholars.
“We—we didn’t swear at her!” One of them who had been silent said. The others were also shocked. When they saw Luo Ziyang walking over, they retreated.
Luo Ziyang glanced at these people and said coldly, “If you want to eat, eat.
Don’t even think about bullying our people in our shop! Apologize to them!”
Two of them wanted to explain that they didn’t bully Liang Jiabao and Li Xiaoran, but when they remembered that they had also blocked Liang Jiabao’s way previously, they could only lower their heads and apologize.
“I’m sorry. We were too rude!” they said.
When Liang Jiabao heard their apology, he looked dejected.
“I accept your apology, but there’s something I have to make clear. I, Liang Jiabao, have never plagiarized anyone. No matter how others slander me, I haven’t done it. I have a clear conscience. You’re all my cla.s.smates, so you should be able to distinguish right from wrong. What I experienced today might be what you will experience in the future. That’s all I have to say. Take care!”
With that, Liang Jiabao retreated to the side and focused on his work.
Li Xiaoran glanced at Liang Jiabao and walked over.
“You’re all students, so you should be sensible. You can’t just look at things on the surface level. I believe you can sense that the matter isn’t as simple as it seems on the surface. In the future, you’ll all become officials. If you’re really that simple-minded, you might be schemed against!”
With that, Li Xiaoran said to Bai Shu, “They’re customers. This matter is over.
Auntie Bai, come over and greet them. See what they want to eat!”
Bai Shu nodded and walked forward. She welcomed them to a table and began to ask the students what they wanted to order.
For some reason, after thinking about what Liang Jiabao and Li Xiaoran had said, they felt a little uncertain.
After ordering some signature sliced noodles, the group continued to ponder over it.
Min Weiping, who had been abandoned outside the shop, had just stood up despite the pain when he saw Luo Ziyang standing in front of him.
“Kid, you have to know that there are some people in this world that you can’t afford to provoke! Because there are many people who look very ordinary, but the faction behind her can kill you! If you know what’s good for you, go in and apologize now. Otherwise, I won’t let you live to see tomorrow!” Luo Ziyang looked down at Min Weiping and warned.
Min Weiping was someone who took advantage of situations. Seeing that Luo Ziyang was powerful, he naturally didn’t dare to act rashly. He could only quickly nod and bow before returning to the shop to apologize to Li Xiaoran.
Li Xiaoran didn’t want to argue with these students, so she let this matter slide.
After that, Min Weiping also ordered a bowl of sliced noodles and sat there waiting to eat them.
Seeing that the matter at the shop had been settled, Li Xiaoran turned around and called Liang Jiabao.
“Liang Jiabao, follow me to the back. I have something to discuss with you!”
When Liang Jiabao heard Li Xiaoran’s words, he washed the last bowl in his hand and placed it aside. Then, he washed his hands and followed Li Xiaoran to the courtyard at the back.
When Changsheng, who was studying, saw Li Xiaoran and Liang Jiabao coming over, he quickly poured them a cup of tea and continued practicing calligraphy.
After staying here for a while, Changsheng started to help out whenever he could.
Every time Li Xiaoran wanted to talk to someone, she liked to come to the courtyard at the back and sit down. Changsheng had seen it often and understood the pattern.
Therefore, every time he saw Li Xiaoran bring someone over, Changsheng would take the initiative to pour tea.
Li Xiaoran looked at Liang Jiabao and saw the sweat on his face, so she said softly, “Wipe your sweat and drink some water first. I have something to ask you!”
Liang Jiabao seemed to have guessed what Li Xiaoran wanted to ask, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his face. Then, he drank some water to moisten his throat and took the initiative to speak.
“Sister Ran, are you going to ask me what happened to make me want to stop studying?
Li Xiaoran nodded and replied softly, “Actually, when the old village chief found me, I guessed that something must have happened to you in the school that made you unwilling to study. The reason I agreed to let you come over to work is to give you a break. Perhaps you’ll be able to figure it out at some point. After all, it’s not easy to earn money in this world. Since you’re good at studying, why do you have to choose the worst path for yourself?!” At this point, Li Xiaoran paused and thought of something.
“It’s just that I never expected that the reason you don’t want to study anymore is that you’re disappointed in the school and the dynasty!”
When Liang Jiabao heard Li Xiaoran’s words, he immediately looked up at her.
“Sister Ran, how did you know?”
“I guessed it. Coupled with what you said to that group of people today, I understand something! Tell me, what exactly happened?” Li Xiaoran looked at Liang Jiabao and asked.
Liang Jiabao calmed down from the shock, then composed himself and smiled bitterly..