Happy Little Farmer
Chapter 385

Chapter 385: Chapter 385

At dusk, just as Yang Fan was about to close up and head home, Bai Mengzhu suddenly arrived.

Unusually, she had swapped her seemingly immutable shirt and pencil skirt combo for a beige, floral-print long dress, which instantly stripped away much of her professional air and added a touch of innocent, bright charm.

Like a proud little peacock, she strode into the shop and flung a black plastic bag onto Yang Fan’s desk, declaring haughtily, "Here, since you won’t take my money, I’ve brought you some stock—about a pint and a half’s worth of Dried Mushroom!"

Yang Fan suddenly fell silent.

He asked in disbelief, "Don’t tell me you actually went out and bought this stuff specifically."

"Yeah, since you wouldn’t take my money, all I could do was bring you some stock," Bai Mengzhu said.

Yang Fan’s expression gradually grew serious, "Had I known you were this particular, I wouldn’t have joked with you."

"Even real brothers settle accounts clearly, I don’t want to take advantage of you anymore. You have to take either the money or the mushrooms," Bai Mengzhu said.

Yang Fan felt rather conflicted at the moment.

This move by Bai Mengzhu was something he truly hadn’t anticipated, and it also left a somewhat sour taste in his heart.

If people were this meticulous, and yet he continued to joke with them, it seemed quite unscrupulous of him.

"Since you’ve already bought them, take the mushrooms back home and make something of them. Don’t fret over such trivial matters, I never intended for you to do anything; it was just a joke, don’t take it seriously," Yang Fan said earnestly.

"If this has caused any misunderstandings, I apologize; this situation is making me uncomfortable."

Bai Mengzhu’s sparkling eyes quietly stared at Yang Fan, and she said with equal seriousness: "You’ve misunderstood too, I just felt guilty for exploiting you before, and now making you lose money, so I did this."

"You don’t earn much from the shop, and I keep causing you losses, which doesn’t sit well with me either. It’s not like I can repay you by devoting myself to you, right? As a ’second-hand’ woman, you might not even accept that, right?"

"Accept? Why wouldn’t I accept? I really do accept!" Yang Fan immediately replied.

No matter what Bai Mengzhu was thinking, he’d better agree with her for now.

Bai Mengzhu scoffed, "Accept my ass, when all you really want is to sleep with me!"

"Sleeping with someone and liking them aren’t mutually exclusive, right?" Yang Fan said with a laugh.

"It’s different in my eyes," Bai Mengzhu said, "Anyway, I’ve already bought the stuff for you, you handle it yourself!"

"Then I’ll give them to you. And, can you please not be so formal with me? You’re making me paranoid, like something’s not quite right," Yang Fan said.

Theoretically, having tasted Bai Mengzhu’s soft, ample ’delights’, their relationship should be quite close by now.

But looking at how Bai Mengzhu conducted her affairs, counting every little thing so clearly...

It left Yang Fan truly unsure of how to proceed with her.

"What’s not right? I just know your life isn’t easy," Bai Mengzhu said, and suddenly she tiptoed up and planted a quick kiss on Yang Fan’s mouth.

She withdrew immediately, her face flushed, and chastely chastised, "Happy now?"

Yang Fan was stunned.

Satisfied, yes, but now he was even more confused.

"You ran away too quickly, I didn’t even feel it, I think this... doesn’t count," Yang Fan said.

Bai Mengzhu’s eyes widened, a flicker of murderous intent brewing within them.

"Yang, don’t push me too far, take it while you’re ahead!"

Yang Fan chuckled, "Exactly, it was too fast. How about one more time?"

"Wishful thinking, there’s no such good fortune." Bai Mengzhu’s face reddened as she scoffed softly, her expression resembling that of a haughty peacock.

Yang Fan shook his head with a smile, quite satisfied.

He found two bags and packed the mushrooms he had sorted in the afternoon, which were not of great quality, into them. He then divided the dried mushrooms Bai Mengzhu had bought into two portions, handing one to Bai Mengzhu.

"Take these mushrooms home to eat, nourish yourself well."

Bai Mengzhu stepped back and said, "I don’t want them, you should keep them to sell."

"Although I live modestly, I’m not short of this little money, take it!" Yang Fan forcibly put them into Bai Mengzhu’s hands, seizing the opportunity to grab her soft, very smooth palms.

Bai Mengzhu took a deep breath and with annoyance glanced sideways at Yang Fan, saying, "Are you really seizing the opportunity to take advantage of this? You’re truly incorrigible."

As she said this, Yang Fan brazenly grabbed Bai Mengzhu’s delicate hands, "Can’t help it, who makes you so irresistible? I simply can’t control myself."

Bai Mengzhu rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue lightly, shaking her head, "Go ahead, touch then. What feeling can you get from touching just one hand?"

"You won’t let me touch anywhere else, so I have to pick whatever’s convenient," Yang Fan said.

"In the shamelessness department, I really do admire you. As for other things, don’t even think about it," Bai Mengzhu retorted with coquettishness.

"Old Bai, then tell me, how can we end up getting out of bed together?" Yang Fan asked with a laugh.

After clearing up the misunderstanding, he became more bold in his speech.

"In your dreams!" Bai Mengzhu laughed as she spoke.

"You still haven’t fulfilled your promise, and yet you dream of getting out of bed with me. You’re thinking too beautifully. Although I’m a second-hand woman, I’m not someone you can just sleep with whenever you like."

Yang Fan suddenly remembered that he had promised Bai Mengzhu to deposit five hundred thousand at her place.

"I was out of town these past few days, I’ll deposit it tomorrow, I haven’t forgotten!" Yang Fan said earnestly.

"Let’s wait until you’ve deposited the money, then we’ll talk. When I see you’re really trustworthy, I’ll consider other matters," Bai Mengzhu said, "If I’m in a good mood, I might even let you take a little advantage. But if I’m not, I’ll deliberately wear very sexy clothes and tease you, driving you crazy, little brat, making you look but not touch."

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, then said with a shocked face, "You are truly devious!"

Coming up with such an idea, she was really clever!

Bai Mengzhu snorted, raising her eyebrows proudly and saying, "A woman’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea, not so easily fooled!"

"Yes, yes, of course not," Yang Fan laughed.

Suddenly, the phone began to ring.

The urgent ringtone forced Yang Fan to release Bai Mengzhu’s slender hand.

The call was from Little Mother.

The fierce Little Mother hadn’t even started talking business when she started scolding Yang Fan, and then finally asked when he would be coming home.

Little Mother was quite angry about him not coming home these past few days.

Yang Fan hurriedly said he would come home soon, which made Little Mother’s tone a bit more pleasant.

"Hurry back home, there’s even a call to rush you," Bai Mengzhu said with a smile tugging at her lips.

Yang Fan reluctantly nodded, "Indeed, it’s time to go home. Take the stuff, don’t be so formal with me."

"...Okay."