Chapter 503 - Attempted Fraud (2/2)
Awooooo——Just as he finished speaking, he heard the frantic cry from his dog. Ning Donghuan’s expression immediately changed and he exclaimed, “That sounds like Tyrant. Didn’t you say that there aren’t any fierce beasts in the hills here? What happened? That’s not okay, I need to go take a look!”
Ning Donglan pulled his younger brother back and frowned, “If it is truly a vicious creature, it’s not like you can do anything with your poor martial arts skills. Royal Prince Yang, if there are truly fierce beasts here, we can’t just let this go. After all, Miss Yu spends a lot of time here at the Imperial Plantation working…”
Zhu Junyang had also thought of this point. However, when Ning Donglan pointed it out, he felt quite unhappy inside. He was the only one who needed to be concerned about his lass’s affairs. As an ‘outsider’, why was this guy butting in? Did this fellow have other motives towards the little lass?
“For the past year, I’ve pretty much come to the Imperial Plantation almost every day from the capital and I never heard of any fierce beasts staying in the area. That being said, other than some shrubbery in the area, there’s no thick forest here for vicious animals to hide in. There shouldn’t be any real danger. Perhaps Tyrant accidentally fell into a trap that was dug by one of the nearby villagers? How about we go over and take a look?”
During their journey here, Little Black and Little White had run far in front of the horses. Yu Xiaocao had personally seen them run into the thicker areas of the back mountain. If there truly were any vicious creatures around, Little Black and Little White would have already warned her. Although she wasn’t worried, that didn’t mean Zhu Junyang wasn’t. He couldn’t let even one small detail escape his eye when it came to his little lass’s safety. In a few days, he needed to have some people clean up the surrounding areas around the fruit orchard. Then, he was going to bring some people up from the farmstead and have them begin to patrol the nearby areas to make sure everything was safe. Only then would he be okay with having his lass spending a lot of time at the Imperial Plantation.
“Lu Hao and I will go take a look. After all, the two of us are well trained. The rest of you should stay here. Head Steward Liu and Bodyguard Dong will stay here to protect all of you!” Zhu Junyang pulled the eager and excited Xiaocao and He Wanning back, who had a face full of curiosity. He didn’t need to worry about the other young maidens. These two, however, were always ready to get into trouble.
Yu Xiaocao’s displeasure at being held back shown on her face. What was wrong with her tagging along? With these two hulking men along, would they really not be able to protect her, a tiny little girl?
Just as the two youths were about to head forward, they could hear some rustling in the nearby bushes. From the looks of it, it looked like a large creature was headed their way. Ning Donglan headed a few steps closer to Xiaocao and stood in front of her as he quietly reminded them, “Be careful! All of the young ladies should retreat back into the fruit orchard, the servants should keep an eye out…”
Just as he finished speaking, a giant black head revealed itself from the bushes. The creature’s bright blue eyes looked at the group of humans in puzzlement. When Zhu Junyang clearly identified the animal, he immediately relaxed.
“Tyrant! What’s wrong, Tyrant?!!” Ning Donghuan clearly saw what was being dragged along by that giant black head. Why did it look so familiar? This...could it be his Tyrant ah? Tyrant, who had no rivals in the whole capital, was currently acting like a dead animal in Little Black’s jaws and whimpering and whining pitifully.
“Little Black, who told you that you could just bully other people’s dogs eh?” Yu Xiaocao was very familiar with Little Black’s personality. It loved to play around and could romp happily with the stray dogs in the village. If it was Little white, on the other hand, she could believe that it was that guy who started the fight. However, Little Black would never bully another dog without being provoked first.
Little Black tossed Tyrant onto the ground. When Ning Donghuan saw his beloved pet like this, lying on the ground not moving, he cried out and ran forward, “Tyrant, I rely on you to give me face ah, you can’t be dead! What will I do if you’re dead?” The distress on his face made it seem like his wife had died.
Ning Donglan couldn’t stand his younger brother acting like this and poked his brother in the back with his foot to remind him to stop making a spectacle out of himself.
“This is not okay! Miss Yu, your Little Black killed my Tibetan mastiff that cost ten thousand taels to buy. You need to compensate me...just give me Little Black ah, Little Black is mine now! Otherwise, I’m going to cause a racket at your residence every day!!” Ning Donghuan revealed his hooligan side and stared at Little Black with a covetous expression.
“Psh! You sure are hoping to get the better side of the deal here! Let me tell you, my Little Black is worth more than ten of your Tyrant!” Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes and gave a pointed look at Ning Donglan. Her intent was obvious, ‘Quickly take your younger brother away. The fact that he’s trying to blackmail someone in front of all of these people is really too shameless of him!’