Qingshan Town, Ye Family Bookstore!
"Uncle Ye, you must be joking!" Young Master Ma shook his head repeatedly. "I can't read even a single word of that stuff!"
"Enough talking.
"I'm going to take a look, lest that fool Zheng hide away those 'precious' books."
"Last time, he made this young master search for ages!
"He really never lets this young master have any peace of mind!"
"What a complete bookworm, ah..."
As he spoke, he strode toward Scholar Zheng, who was sorting the books.
Seeing this, Mr. Ye glanced over with a smile before reclining in the Rocking Chair once more!
Before long, a familiar bout of clamoring came from a corner of the bookstore.
"Bookworm, have you seen the [Secret Pleasure Illustrations]?"
"Hmph!" Cultivator Zheng snorted coldly, casting a disdainful glance at Young Master Ma beside him as he said blandly, "Such things that disgrace refinement and learning—even if there were any, I would have torn them up."
"Is that so?" Young Master Ma said skeptically. "This young master doesn't believe it!"
"No matter what kind of book it is, Mr. Ye bought it."
"If you damaged it, would you have the silver to compensate Mr. Ye?"
Seeing the bookworm open his mouth for quite a while without managing to say a word, Young Master Ma felt secretly delighted.
Then he continued, "Besides, Mr. Ye lets you read his books for free. Would you dare damage Mr. Ye's books?"
"If you did, you'd be an ungrateful wretch."
As he spoke, Young Master Ma looked up at the bookshelves, then reached up to feel around on top of them.
After searching back and forth for a while, he found nothing but a hand full of dust.
At this sight, a faint smile curled Scholar Zheng's lips as he thought