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Chapter 169 - 45 The Touch of Kneeling Down_1

Chapter 169: Chapter 45 The Touch of Kneeling Down_1

Xu Xiaoyan looked at Heizi, who had a defiant expression on his face. However absurd it looked, she lost the impulse to even get angry. As she was about to speak, shouts of surprise suddenly came from the distance.

The three of them instinctively turned around, only to witness a calf, mooing crazily while charging through the panicked crowd towards them.

Yan Fei took a step forward, positioning himself in front of Xu Xiaoyan.

Within the blink of an eye, the calf had run up to him. But unable to halt in time, it clumsily fell over. As it was struggling to get back up, it let out a low moo at Yan Fei and nudged its head towards him.

Yan Fei reacted by subconsciously placing his hand in front of the calf’s head, and it began rubbing its snout against his hand.

Isn’t this the calf that they had just sold? With its big eyes staring at Yan Fei, a faint trace of tears could be seen in its eyes, as if it was pleading for its owner not to let it go.

At this moment, an old man was leading a group of people charging towards them from the distance while the bystanders scared by the ’cow on rampage’ also regained their composure.

As everyone’s eyes were on Yan Fei and the calf, a heart-touching scene unfolded: a tearful calf was half-kneeling before its master, nudging its head to be pet by its master, as if it loathed parting ways.

This spectacle left the surrounding crowd speechless, let alone Xu Xiaoyan who felt pity for the calf that was just sold.

With tears welling up in her eyes, she softly spoke to Yan Fei, "Yan Xiaofei, can we stop the sale of this calf?"

Even the usually indifferent Heizi joined in, "Yeah, look, even it knelt down begging you. Why not keep it and use it as a breeding bull?"

Yan Fei glanced at the teary-eyed Xu Xiaoyan, and then at the calf in front of him. While stroking its head gently, he said, "What nonsense about kneeling down. It just couldn’t brake in time and fell over. Well, let’s see if the buyer is willing to return it. It doesn’t look nice to go back on a deal that has been concluded. Heizi, this matter, I’ll leave it to you."

After all, it was a calf he raised himself. To say he had no feelings for it would be a lie, but in front of the girl, for his manly ego, he was acting tough.

This time, Heizi didn’t refute, only mumbling, "Okay, if you say so."

He then approached old Liang who just arrived, and said, "Sir, look how pitiful the calf looks. Can you return it to us? We can provide you with our address, and when we have other good cattle, we can deliver one to you?"

"You have other cattle? Is there any as benevolent as this one?" Although Old Liang hadn’t yet arrived, he saw the whole event. "Having served cattle all my life, I have rarely come across one with such a good nature."

Hearing these words, Heizi panicked, instinctively feeling that this would be a tough negotiation!

Unexpectedly, Old Liang changed his tune and broke into a chuckle, "Never mind. I have handled cattle all my life, and I understand them. This calf and I aren’t meant to be together. Young man, return the money to me! Remember your promise. Our Daliang Village is well-known for Liang Laoniu. The next time you have a good calf, remember to ask me first!"

Heizi pulled out the money he had just received from his pocket, and returned it to Old Liang. Standing at the side, Yan Fei said, "Give him an extra hundred dollars for his troubles."

Heizi hurriedly pulled out more money, while Old Liang waved his hands and declined, "No, no, I would lose face if I accepted it..."

Side by side, an old man who was previously disputing with Old Liang over the calf came over. He now exaggeratedly gloated with schadenfreude, "I told you not to compete with me, Old Niu. Now you have nothing to compete with! You wish to raise cattle, keep dreaming!"

The people nearby all chuckled at this.

Those who were terrified by the calf’s rampage earlier, witnessing its heartwarming display, had their grievances dissolved; seeing the satisfactory resolution of the incident, they began chattering all at once, praising both the calf and Yan Fei alike for their qualities. A particularly sentimental young man even went as far as to say that all creatures had feelings, drawing peals of laughter from the crowd...

In the end, Old Liang did not accept the extra hundred dollars. Given each party had their own business, after exchanging a few pleasantries, they each departed.

The calf had completely captured Xu Xiaoyan’s heart with its ’kneeling’ display. Only after a few steps away, noticing that the calf had scraped some skin off its leg during the fall, she rushed to inquire with Yan Fei if they need to apply Medicine Water on it.

Yan Fei and Heizi were left both crying and laughing. Only after promising that they would buy some Medicine Water to apply on the calf once they got home did she feel relieved.

As they were strolling down a deserted alleyway, Heizi suddenly whispered to Yan Fei that a few suspicious men were trailing them.

Yan Fei turned around and sure enough, several loitering figures were lagging behind them.

He figured what was happening, and shot Heizi a glare, "You see what happens when you can’t handle a task properly!"

Heizi felt wronged, "Who asked you not to give me more money? If I had money earlier, wouldn’t I have needed to pull out that big roll of money!"

Earlier, when Yan Fei requested Heizi to tip an extra hundred to Old Liang, Heizi, finding himself out of money and failing to confess his dire straits, pulled out the large roll of cash that he had from the sale of the bull.

This was a major breach in the rule of not flaitting one’s wealth.

These days, at the Cattle Market, with massive cash transactions, there’s bound to be unsavory figures with nefarious intent. It seems they have caught their attention.

Nevertheless, Yan Fei was unfazed. To the still sulking Heizi, he quipped, "It’s all right. Let’s go and see how long they plan to follow us."

Xu Xiaoyan also sensed something was amiss. She looked towards the direction with worry, and asked Yan Fei, "Is everything ok?"

Yan Fei retorted, "Just a few petty thieves. What do you think?"

The young girl let out a goofy giggle, no longer feeling the stress.

The followers were indeed patient, steadily trailing them from behind.

Yan Fei was heading for a class reunion with Xu Xiaoyan, leaving Heizi with the burden of leading the calf home. As the trio were about to part ways at the crossroad ahead, they came upon a large pond. Yan Fei decided to remain there instead of moving on.

Seeing that the followers had also stopped in their tracks, Yan Fei waved at them and shouted impatiently, "You guys, come over here!"