Chapter 275 - 143: Let’s Go! Off to Climb the Saintess’s Window

Chapter 275: Chapter 143: Let’s Go! Off to Climb the Saintess’s Window

After he spoke, Su Ran saw the expressions on Ah Hu and the others change slightly, but they quickly started smiling again. If anyone else had said that, they would have flipped out long ago. But Su Ran was the village’s Noble Lady; he didn’t understand the customs, so they couldn’t blame him.

There’s no sin in ignorance.

An elder said, "Boss Su, the ancestral teachings must not be forgotten."

Su Ran asked, "But I heard the previous Saintess eloped with someone, was caught and brought back, and then burned to death?"

The crowd fell silent for a moment. Then, the elder said, "Yes. Death was too good for her. Do you know who caught her and brought her back?"

Su Ran: "You?"

The elder: "No. It was Xie Song."

’Xie Song?’

Su Ran thought he had misheard.

"Yiren’s grandfather? No way."

Su Ran: "Uh... Really?"

The elder: "Of course it’s true. It was all thanks to Xie Song and that fire!"

"Oh, so that’s how it is..."

Su Ran understood now.

’So it’s true that you only feel the pain when it happens to you.’

Now that it was this Saintess’s turn, he naturally felt the heartache. He naturally wanted her to be happy and didn’t care about the Saintess System anymore.

’But isn’t this a complete double standard? Talk about hypocrisy.’

’Sigh...’

’So the one who screwed over Yiren the most was her own grandfather, Xie Song.’

’No wonder that old man always looked so guilty. So that was the reason.’

"Uh... alright. I respect your customs. Let’s drink."

Su Ran wasn’t going back tonight, and it wasn’t really because he was throwing a tantrum with Xie Yiren because she wouldn’t ’pat the bear.’ He wasn’t that childish. He just wanted to get friendly with everyone and better understand their way of thinking.

And just as he’d expected, every single one of them was a stubborn old traditionalist.

’If Xie Yiren breaks the rules, she’ll be burned to death, too.’

’Looks like we might really have to settle down in the rural United States in the future.’

’Sigh...’

Su Ran: "By the way, can the title be transferred? Like, if she steps down, can someone else take her place?"

The elder: "Of course not. We only select the next Saintess after the current one dies. All the women here want the position. My granddaughter missed being chosen by just a few hours compared to Yiren... that one over there..."

The elder pointed to a young woman nearby.

"Sigh. A pity the hour of her birth wasn’t right, so she wasn’t chosen."

At that moment, the elder raised his cup and shot Ah Hu a meaningful look.

Ah Hu grunted in acknowledgment and said, "Oh, right, Boss Su. You and Yiren are friends. At the Shanghai Dance Academy... has she gotten a boyfriend?"

"Uh..." Su Ran saw everyone tense up, so he smiled. "No, Xie Yiren always hangs out with her close girlfriends. Of course, there are boys who like her—Yiren is beautiful, after all. But she’s rejected all of them. She doesn’t have a boyfriend and keeps her distance. You can all rest assured."

The men nodded in relief.

Ah Hu: "Come, come! Let’s toast Boss Su."

Su Ran had gotten the information he wanted, and they had gotten the information they wanted.

The drinking and chatting continued.

Time slipped away, and the more they drank, the livelier the party became.

...

DING DING DING.

Just then, Su Ran’s phone, which was on the table, started ringing.

It was a call from Xie Yiren. To keep their relationship under wraps from the Miao Clan, he had changed her contact name to: [Fenglin Wan].

The name was taken from "Fenglin Wan" in the poetic line, "Stopping my carriage, I sit and enjoy the maple woods at dusk."

Ah Hu: "Boss Su, your phone."

Su Ran: "See? Speak of the devil. My girlfriend’s worried about me, so she’s calling."

Su Ran glanced at the screen, hung up immediately, and raised his cup, gesturing for everyone to keep drinking.

RING RING RING.

She called again, and he hung up again.

Ah Hu: "She must be calling about something important. You should answer."

"Fine! I’ll see what she wants!"

Su Ran answered the phone under the watchful eyes of everyone present. He let out a very manly "Hello?" before demanding, "What’s with all the calls?"

Xie Yiren’s soft and sweet voice came through the phone: "Su Ran, when are you coming back? I’m cold sleeping all by myself. I want to cuddle you to sleep."

It was just like a wife calling to lure home her husband while he was out drinking with his troublemaking friends.

"I’m drinking. If you have something to say, say it quick. I’m busy."

Su Ran said in a manly tone. The men around him nodded repeatedly. ’Boss Su is really something else,’ they thought, ’He sounds like a real man.’

Su Ran was just doing as the locals do; he didn’t want to be looked down upon, so he naturally had to be louder and more imposing.

’He’s yelling at me?’

Xie Yiren was not happy.

’He yelled at me last time he was here, too. He even yelled until I cried. He promised he wouldn’t yell at me anymore, and now he’s doing it again.’

She glanced outside. He was probably just putting on a show for the others, afraid to sound soft.

So, she bit back her frustration and continued in a wheedling tone, "Please stop drinking and come back. I can’t sleep."

"Even if you can’t sleep, you have to! Stop bothering me, I’m drinking!"

"Feeling like a real man now, are you, Su Ran?"

"Say one more damn word!"

"You..."

Xie Yiren’s reason for calling was obvious. She wanted him to stop drinking for his health’s sake. If he would just listen to his ’wifey’ and come back, they could discuss everything calmly.

But his tone was so harsh that there was no room for negotiation.

"Then drink yourself to death for all I care! Don’t bother coming back! If you do, I’ll sit on you and squash you flat!"

"Oho, feeling bold, are we, Fenglin Wan? Have I been letting you get away with too much lately?"

"You..."

"What about me?" Fueled by liquid courage, Su Ran glanced at the men around him and continued his manly tirade. "I’m out drinking and chatting with friends. Why do you keep calling? You think a man like me just thinks about sleep all day? Huh?!"

"You... You... Su Ran, are you drunk out of your mind? You’re yelling at me again!" Xie Yiren was so angry her chest hurt. "I was even trying to be sweet, and you’re still acting so fierce! You’ve got some nerve, Su Ran! You’re really something else! Just don’t bother coming back!"

"So what? You got a problem with it? I’m drinking, so stop calling! If you call one more time, we’re breaking up!"

CLICK. He hung up the phone.

"Yeah!"

The crowd burst into applause and cheers.

"Boss Su is a real man! Come on, everyone, a toast to Boss Su!"

The men were thoroughly impressed.

Su Ran thought that yelling at Xie Yiren was actually kind of fun.

「At that moment.」