Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1447 - 736: A Twist of Fate (Part 2)

"Daniu, how are you? Get up and let Uncle take a look." Old Master Lian walked forward and bent kindly, then looked up and said to Old Master Zhou, "Zhou Family Eldest Brother, don’t worry. Although we’re not sure which mischievous lad did it, I’ll find a doctor to check Daniu thoroughly."

"Come on, help the child back into the house first." Old Master Lian added.

"They’ve killed me, they’ve killed me." Zhou Daniu kept shouting loudly, refusing to get up despite others trying to persuade and pull her.

"With Uncle around, no one dares to hit you. Daniu, get up quickly, it’s warm inside." Old Master Lian felt more suspicious and softly urged Zhou Daniu again.

"No one hit me? Then I want food, I’m hungry." Zhou Daniu remained crouched but slowly raised her head to speak.

"There’s food, I promise you’ll eat to your fill." Old Master Lian said decisively.

Zhou Daniu’s eyes lit up instantly, and she stood up right away. However, when she looked at her father and the Wife of Woo Ergou again, her eyes lost their gleam, and she became dazed once more.

"I, I, I..."

"Daniu’s scared and confused, she’ll be better soon." The Wife of Woo Ergou hurriedly said.

"Let’s talk inside." Old Master Lian, being worldly-wise, understood what was happening, so he turned directly and walked towards the Upper Room.

The people from Woo Family and Zhou Family had no choice but to follow him.

Once inside, Zhou Daniu pinched her clothing’s hem and muttered about being hungry. Perhaps feeling disheartened, Old Master Zhou didn’t even glance at Zhou Daniu, just kept his head down, lost in thought. The people from Woo Family also remained silent.

Outside, he couldn’t see clearly, but inside, Old Master Lian noticed that Zhou Daniu’s forehead was swollen red but hadn’t broken the skin, so he felt relieved.

"Go make some butter tea noodles." Old Master Lian instructed Lady Chiang.

"Er Gou, San Gou, tell me what’s going on." Old Master Lian asked Woo Ergou and Woo Sangou.

"You two dogs, you talked nicely and took our money but found a fool for us. Heartless dogs!" Lian Shouren cursed, "You think our Old Lian Family is what kind of household? You’re slapping our faces, you’re slapping the Old Lian Family’s faces!"

At this moment, no one was angrier than Lian Shouren. He finally saw Zhou Daniu’s appearance clearly, and combined with the fact she was obviously not right-minded, he found her extremely repulsive.

He was also scared, afraid that Old Master Lian would have him settle for her.

"Ha, turns out she’s a fool." Lady Zhou had now realized the truth and simply turned her back, facing Zhou Family father and daughter with her nape.

"You insisted on coming just after sunset and having the look-see in the dark of night, you were deliberately deceiving us." Old Master Lian said again.

This one sentence defined the behavior of the Woo Family Brothers.

With Old Master Lian’s shrewdness, if he wished, the Woo Family Brothers wouldn’t be his match.

By now, Lady Chiang had brought in a fragrant bowl of butter tea noodles. Zhou Daniu’s manner of eating didn’t fall short compared to the Woo Family Brothers; in a blink of an eye, the bowl was empty. Zhou Daniu licked the bowl clean and handed it back to Lady Chiang.

"I want more. This is delicious." And saying this, a fierce light shone in her small eyes.

Lady Chiang hesitantly accepted the bowl and then looked towards Lady Zhou and Old Master Lian. Lady Zhou showed everyone her nape, while Old Master Lian nodded to Lady Chiang.

"Make her another bowl, use a big bowl. This child probably didn’t eat enough tonight." Old Master Lian said.

The Woo Family itself lived a hard life; they may be willing, but have little to offer in terms of hospitality. Knowing the Woo Family, they wouldn’t easily give away their money and goods.

"Brother, would you like a bowl too?" Old Master Lian then asked Old Master Zhou.

"No thanks, I’m not hungry." Old Master Zhou said with his head bowed.

On the side, Zhou Daniu was eating happily. Eventually, she stopped sitting by the edge of the kang bed and squatted to eat. Eating made her warm, causing her nose to run. She didn’t wipe it; instead, when the mucus reached her lips, she’d sniff it back, repeating the cycle. Yet some mucus did end up in the bowl, which she ingested with the butter tea noodles, unaware.

After finishing each bowl, Zhou Daniu would wipe her nose with the back of her hand, smearing her face and hands with mucus, then casually flick it away.

Lady Chiang nearly got splashed by Zhou Daniu’s mucus and couldn’t help but gag.

Within moments, Zhou Daniu had devoured three large sea bowls plus one rice bowl’s worth of butter tea noodles. Her belly noticeably bulged, yet she claimed she wasn’t full, demanding more.

Even though Lady Chiang made the noodles thinner, like water, drinking so much of it, even clear water, would make most people uncomfortable.

Old Master Lian gestured not to give her more, but Zhou Daniu refused. She clung to Lady Chiang’s leg, smearing her skirt with mucus.

"I’m hungry, I’m hungry, give me another bowl." Zhou Daniu shouted loudly.

If Lian Manman were present, she would undoubtedly say that at least Zhou Daniu’s loud voice was very fitting of the Lian Family Old Mansion.

"After you’re full, you can leave." Old Master Lian reluctantly waved.

In this era, there were leftover men, not leftover women; even a fool could get married. But Old Master Lian wanted to find someone for Lian Shouren who could take care of him. In her current state, Zhou Daniu needed someone to watch over her, so how could she care for others?

"Elder Brother," Old Master Zhou knelt before Old Master Lian, pleading hesitantly, "Daniu’s just a bit not right minded, she has no other problems.... We’ve come all this way, Elder Brother, I see you’re a kind-hearted person. Daniu, come kowtow to your Uncle."

"It’s useless, it won’t work." Old Master Lian turned away, gesturing to Zhou Family father and daughter.

Old Master Zhou began to cry.

"What, you, you all, also, don’t, don’t want, don’t want me?" Zhou Daniu suddenly stood up, her small eyes wide open to the extreme, her eyeballs instantly turning red.

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