Chapter 140: Mr. Duan, the opponent is still provoking us!

An estate in South City... was burglarized?

Duan Feihan frowned slightly. Before he could speak, the estate butler continued, "No... it's not really a burglary. Only the peach blossoms were stolen!"

Duan Feihan's expression shifted slightly. Only the peach blossoms were stolen?

Who would steal such a thing?

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Could it be...

The butler looked up at the finest peach tree in the orchard. It looked... bald?

"Mr. Duan, wait a moment, the perpetrator is even provoking us!" The estate butler's voice came through the radio, sounding increasingly bizarre.

Duan Feihan's voice sank further. "What on earth is going on?"

"Mr. Duan, let me hang up for a moment and take a photo to send to your phone."

The butler hung up and quickly snapped a photo, sending it to Duan Feihan's text messages.

Duan Feihan held his phone, his dark eyes gazing at the picture. His peach tree... was bald.

What caught the eye most was a vibrant red rose hanging from one of the extending branches of the peach tree.

Beneath the rose was pinned a crisp, red hundred-yuan banknote.

It seemed to say, "Bought for a hundred yuan, this doesn't count as stealing."

Wasn't this sheer provocation?

Duan Feihan tapped into his Moments, where Bai Chuwei had posted an update ten minutes earlier, specifically reminding him to take a look:

"A whole basket of peach blossoms is enough to brew a fine jar of peach blossom wine!" Accompanied by a smug emoji and a photo.

A gigantic wicker basket was filled to the brim with fresh peach blossom petals.

Bai Chuwei had quite a few people added on WeChat, and the comments below were probably flooded with sycophants flattering her.

Because he saw Duan Xingye's comment: [Love it, love it! Even prettier than the peach blossoms in my Fourth Uncle's estate!]

The phone rang again. With a complex expression, Duan Feihan answered and said in a deep voice, "Butler, I'll send my assistant over later to take away that rose and the banknote."

The estate butler: "...Understood."

Was he planning to bring back the evidence of the provocation?

After ending the call, the estate butler strode aggressively toward the estate's bodyguards:

"Look at you lot, are you just freeloaders? Someone sneaked into the estate, and none of you knew? You didn't even notice anything at all?!"

The group of bodyguards wanted to cry. They diligently patrolled and checked every day; they really hadn't seen any suspicious characters approach!

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Bai Chuwei was gone for no more than half an hour, leaving Aunt Chen dumbfounded.

She definitely hadn't gone to South City; she must have just wandered around aimlessly somewhere!

After sending that basket of peach blossoms upstairs, Bai Chuwei was called down by a servant to have dinner.

Bai Chuwei picked up her chopsticks and said with lingering amusement, "Any good news? Everyone looks so happy."

The people at the dining table were startled. How did Bai Chuwei know?

Bai Guofu put down his chopsticks and chuckled, "Indeed. Right after you went out, ancestor, a phone call came in."

Bai Yinyin raised her chin rather proudly. "Bai Chuwei, I might as well tell you, Professor Zhao Guangming from the Calligraphy Department of Peking University just called me."

"He's invited me to meet him tomorrow afternoon, you know."

Bai Chuwei's eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly smiled. "Bai Yinyin, what if Professor Zhao traveled all the way from the imperial capital to Sea City specifically to see me?"

Bai Chuwei thought of Qi Mo's warning from some time ago.

Bai Yinyin's face instantly plummeted to rock bottom, and her tone turned hostile. "Bai Chuwei, why do you always want to steal the credit for everything? Why would Professor Zhao Guangming come for you? Do... do you even have any calligraphy awards?!"

Liu曼 jumped in before Bai Guofu could speak, a trace of disdain in her eyes as she looked at Bai Chuwei, her tone dripping with pride, "Yinyin won second prize in the city-wide calligraphy competition, and she has been practicing calligraphy since she was eight years old! If Professor Zhao isn't looking for her, would he come looking for you?"