Chapter 277: Chapter 269: The Heartless Girl

He picked up a piece of potato pancake and took a bite, chewing slowly. He chewed countless times, but by the time he swallowed, he realized he hadn’t tasted a thing.

’So this is what it feels like to eat without tasting a thing.’

He put down his chopsticks and rose to his feet. "Boss Chen," he said, "I just remembered I have an urgent matter to attend to at the government office, so I must be going. If you ever find yourself in the Capital City, please come and find me at the Meng Mansion. I’ll treat you to a drink, and we won’t part until we’re good and drunk."

Boss Chen knew he was upset and didn’t try to make him stay. He quickly agreed, "Of course, of course. If I go to the Capital City, I’ll be sure to find you for a drink."

Meng Nan nodded, then turned to Bai Zhi. "Zhi, I’m leaving Qingyuan Town tomorrow. If you run into any trouble in the future, you can ask Boss Chen for help. If even he can’t assist you, have him send a letter to me. I’ll help you with anything I can."

Bai Zhi nodded with a smile. "Alright. Thank you, Brother Meng."

Meng Nan sighed inwardly. "There’s no need to see me off tomorrow," he added. "I don’t like goodbyes."

Bai Zhi simply nodded again. "Alright."

’Alright? She agreed without the slightest hesitation? What a heartless girl.’

Meng Nan said nothing more, turning and leaving with Jin Xiao’an.

After Meng Nan left, Bai Zhi and Hu Feng also bid farewell to Boss Chen.

Boss Chen couldn’t bear to see Meng Nan in such a state. Seeing Bai Zhi walk out the restaurant door and about to climb into her carriage, he finally rushed over and stopped her. "Miss Bai, I have to ask you something."

Bai Zhi lowered the foot she had just lifted onto the carriage step and turned to face him. "What is it you wish to ask, Boss Chen?"

Boss Chen asked, "Do you truly not wish to accompany Lord Meng to the Capital City?"

Bai Zhi raised a delicate eyebrow and asked with a smile, "Is this your own question, Boss Chen, or did Meng Nan put you up to it?"

Boss Chen said hastily, "It’s my own question. Lord Meng knows nothing about it."

Bai Zhi nodded and said slowly, "Boss Chen, since you’ve asked, allow me to ask you a question in return: If you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

’If he were in her shoes?’

Boss Chen studied the young girl before him. She was only twelve or thirteen; no matter how bright and clever she was, she couldn’t escape her status as a girl from a farming village. If she were to actually follow Meng Nan to the Capital City, what would the consequences be?

The Capital City was nothing like Qingyuan Town. How could a young girl like Bai Zhi—with nothing to her name, no status, no background, and no powerful patron to rely on—possibly establish herself there?

Never mind anything else, the gossips in the Meng Family alone would be enough to drown her in their criticism. Why would she give up the perfectly pleasant and leisurely life she had in Qingyuan Town just to go suffer in the Capital City?

Besides, it didn’t seem like she had any romantic feelings for Meng Nan.

If anything, she seemed to share a certain rapport with the quiet, taciturn Hu Feng at her side.

Boss Chen broke into a grin. "I understand what you mean, Miss. You’ve made the right choice. If I were in your place, I’d do the exact same thing."

Bai Zhi gave a faint smile, then turned and boarded the carriage, disappearing with Hu Feng down the long street.

Hu Feng seemed to be in a good mood. As he sat on the driver’s box and drove the carriage, a faint smile played on his lips the entire time.

"Master, look! Isn’t that the brat who tried to act tough in front of you yesterday?" A youth with a sharp chin and sunken cheeks pointed at the approaching carriage. "He’s the one who was with that sharp-tongued girl."

Boss Qian looked up. It was indeed that brat. Although he hadn’t paid him much mind at the time, the boy’s face was hard to forget, even after just a single glance.

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