latelenovela Chapter 206 What Happened One Month Ago
Chapter 206 What Happened One Month Ago
Ma Liangcai kept thinking about what he had said that made Ji Fu angry again.
When the carriage stopped at the gate of the Ma residence, he saw Butler Ma pacing back and forth, seemingly waiting for someone.
The moment she saw him, her face visibly relaxed, and she quickly ran towards him.
"Oh dear, young master, why are you back so late? Master is already waiting for you in the study."
Ma Liangcai was a little puzzled. Why would his grandfather look for him?
"Uncle Ma, do you know why Grandpa is looking for me?"
Butler Ma shook his head. "My little darling, hurry up, the master has been waiting for an hour."
"If you don't go now, something really bad will happen."
Oh no, his grandfather hates waiting the most.
He quickly followed the butler to the study, unconsciously quickening his pace as he thought about how to appease his grandfather.
"Uncle Ma, after I go in, please find someone to come in and serve tea."
Butler Ma chuckled. His young master, aside from being a bit unreliable on a daily basis, was quite good at coaxing people.
"Okay, shall I go find someone to make tea right now?"
"Yes, yes, you go find someone now, you don't need to take me with you."
Butler Ma turned and went to the tea room.
Ma Liangcai stood at the door of the study, looked at the plaque above the study, took a deep breath, and lifted his foot...
He took it back again; he wasn't ready!
Why hasn't the butler arrived yet?
He hesitated for a long time when suddenly his grandfather's voice came from inside the study, "What are you doing standing at the door? Get in here now."
He put on a smiling face, revealing eight teeth, and stepped inside.
Upon entering, before Deputy General Ma Hongtao could even speak, his knees buckled, and he knelt in the middle of the study, his back straighter than the cedar tree by the door.
"Grandpa, I was wrong, I was wrong."
Ma Hongtao almost burst out laughing at his grandson's antics.
He quickly turned around, his smile vanished, and his expression returned to its previous serious one.
He walked up to Ma Liangcai and said angrily, "Tell me, what did you do wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Liangcai realized that things were going well. He looked up and said with a smile, "Grandpa, I didn't mean to keep you waiting so long."
"If that scoundrel Ma Jiu had told me earlier that you were waiting for me at the mansion, I would have immediately dropped everything and appeared before you."
Looking at his grandson's unruly behavior, Ma Hongtao wondered who this kid took after to be like this...
He didn't even know how to describe it.
"Stop joking around with me, and don't try to be funny in front of me."
That's not what I meant.
Just then, Butler Ma walked in carrying a cup of tea.
He deliberately sent the tea-serving maid away and brought it in himself.
You know, the master is rarely home, so this kind of good show isn't something you see every day.
As soon as he entered, Ma Liangcai, who had been kneeling, immediately stood up, walked to his side, and took the tea off the tray.
He carried the cup to Ma Hongtao and said in a very obsequious manner, "Grandpa, you must be thirsty after talking so much. Here, have a cup of tea."
Ma Hongtao was indeed a little thirsty, so he sat down on the chair behind him and took the teacup from Ma Hongtao's hand.
He used the tea lid to skim the tea foam aside, took a small sip, and then looked up at Ma Liangcai, who was standing beside him with extreme obsequiousness. "Did I tell you to get up?"
Ma Liangcai was taken aback. Everything had just been fine.
He had no choice but to continue kneeling in the same spot.
"Think about it again."
Ma Hongtao sipped his tea leisurely, while Ma Liangcai knelt on the ground, his knees aching from kneeling, still unable to understand why he had made his grandfather wait so long today.
What else did you do wrong?
Ma Hongtao finished his tea, but he still looked at his grandson with a furrowed brow, unable to figure it out.
He handed the teacup to Butler Ma, who was standing nearby, and said, "After you leave, close the door. No one is allowed to come in without my permission."
Upon hearing this, Ma Liangcai stiffened his neck. "Is it that serious?"
Ma Hongtao stood up, put his hands behind his back, glanced down at Ma Liangcai, and said, "Get up."
Ma Liangcai's face lit up with joy, and he quickly stood up. But his happiness didn't last long before he heard Ma Hongtao continue speaking.
"Go and kneel down in front of the desk."
He had no choice but to follow Ma Hongtao to the desk and continue kneeling there.
“A month ago, on the way to Hongfu Temple on the outskirts of Beijing.”
Upon hearing this, Ma Liangcai immediately dropped his joking smile and became very serious.
"grandfather!"
"The matter was urgent that day, and my grandson had no choice."
It turned out that a month ago, Ji Fu took her maid to Hongfu Temple to pray for her elder brother.
Unexpectedly, on the way back they encountered a band of bandits. The bandits saw that Ji Fu was beautiful and, judging from her clothes, must be a young lady from a wealthy family.
Driven by lust, they planned to first rob the woman, then steal her money, and finally kill her to silence her.
Ji Fu and her maid knew some martial arts, but even two fists can't fight against four hands.
Not to mention the large number of bandits, there was a significant difference in physical strength between men and women.
Soon, Jifu and her group were at a disadvantage.
Just as the bandits were about to succeed, he happened to run into them when he returned from his estate in the suburbs of Beijing with Ma Jiu.
In a moment of urgency, he didn't hold back his skills and quickly subdued the band of bandits.
Ji Fu, who was standing to the side, was stunned. She hadn't expected Ma Liangcai to be so skilled, far surpassing her own abilities and even more so than Zhou Zhou.
Although she may not be as good as her older brother, she should be close enough.
And so, his hidden skills were completely exposed to Ji Fu.
Although he later told Ji Fu not to tell anyone.
But for some reason, his grandfather found out about it.
Ma Hongtao sighed as he listened to his grandson's description.
"Fine, the reason I asked you to hide your skills was so that you wouldn't attract attention and could grow up safely."
"Now that I am not exactly showing off in the court, you don't need to deliberately hide it from me anymore."
"Who knows, in a few years, your skills might come in handy."
Ma Liangcai frowned. "Grandfather, what did you mean by those things?"
Ma Hongtao shook his head. "It's alright. I'll tell you about these things when the time is right."
"Alright, let's put this matter behind us. In the past, because I was stationed at the border for many years, I couldn't protect you and had to let you hide your talents."
It turns out that Ma Hongtao's poor health as a child was due to poisoning and framing by General Ma's rival.
Later, he made Ma Hongtao act like a playboy, spending his days playing instead of studying. The other party thought he was hopeless and gave up.
His rival has long since been demoted and left the capital due to some incident.
He helped Ma Liangcai up, then, as if suddenly remembering something, asked him with a smile, "By the way, I heard from Steward Ma that you came back so late because you went to climb the wall of the General's Mansion?"
Ma Liangcai touched his nose somewhat awkwardly.
"that……"