The Number One Dandy Volume 1 Chapter 8: Unexpectedly Worry-Free

  He Lan Min didn't find He Lan Miao's puzzlement strange at all. Smiling, she said: "Brother knows you rarely go out and are curious about everything outside, so I let you take a good look!"

  "I see!" He Lan Minyue's expression changed to one of sudden realization, and she smiled sweetly at He Lan Min.

  He Lan Minzhi smiled and said, "Minyue, we're about to leave the city, the water is almost boiling, and soon brother will make tea for you to drink!"

  The carriage was spacious, with a small stove for warming wine inside, but He Lan Minzhi didn't have the idea of drinking wine now. The stove only had a teapot on it, which had already been opened and was emitting hot air.

  Seeing the water boiling, He Lan Min personally took action and made a cup of tea for herself and her sister. There are almost twenty miles to the riverbank, and the horse-drawn carriage will take about half an hour to an hour to get there. They had just left the city and still had a long way to go, so it was just right to drink some tea to relieve their boredom along the way.

  He Lan Minzhi's habit of drinking tea was also different from others in this era. He only used tea leaves to make tea and didn't add anything else. People in the Tang Dynasty liked to add sugar, salt, ginger and other seasonings when they drank tea. He Lan Minzhi, who was accustomed to drinking plain tea, couldn't swallow tea with multiple flavors, and he found it hard to understand the Tang people's habit of drinking tea.

  He Lan Minyue stared at her brother as he skillfully brewed tea, a look of puzzlement on her face. "Brother, why do you only like drinking clear tea now?"

  He Lan Minzhi placed a perfectly brewed cup of tea in front of He Lan Minyue, smiling and saying: "Don't you think that tea without any seasonings tastes better? Once you add other things, the true flavor of the tea is all covered up, it's not good to drink at all!"

  He Lan Min raised her orchid-like fingers, picked up the tea in front of her, took a small sip, savored it for a moment, and smiled sweetly at He Lan Min, nodding in agreement. "Brother is right, only putting tea leaves without adding anything else indeed has a refreshing taste!"

  "Next time we drink tea, let's do it like this and not waste these good tea leaves!" He Lan Minzhi pointed to a new tea in a jar beside her. This was still the new tea of this year, the good new tea that ordinary families had no chance to drink, even many noble families were the same, they relied on the influence of Wu Zetian to have the opportunity to get the new tea.

  "Brother is right!" He Lan Minzhi nodded, took a sip of tea, and after putting down the cup, looked at He Lan Minzhi with a puzzled expression and said: "Brother, I feel like you've changed a lot since you got hurt..."

  He Lan Min raised an eyebrow and asked in a calm tone, "What's changed?"

  He Lan Minyue shook her head, "I can't quite put it into words, but I just have this feeling! Drinking tea is just one aspect of it..."

  "It's just like this, drinking tea, it was just a random thought, after getting hurt, I couldn't eat spicy things, I told Xue Er and Qing Er not to put seasonings in the tea, didn't expect the taste to be even better, so I liked drinking it like that!" He Lan Min said with a self-mocking smile, "Maybe brother's head was hit by a flower vase, after getting hurt, suddenly enlightened, that's why there's such a change, haha!"

  "Brother, you haven't changed... You're all better now, finally putting people at ease!" He Lan Minyue swallowed back a "foolish" word, fearing He Lan Minzhi's rebuke. She quickly changed the subject, tilting her head with an expectant expression as she looked at He Lan Minzhi, "Brother, Minyue has never been to the Bian River bank before. I've heard that there are many beautiful scenic spots by the Bian River. Why don't we go take a good look today?"

  "Brother, you rarely came to the Wanhe River in the past and weren't very familiar with it. Let's just walk around casually now and see where the scenery is good and where it's lively, then we'll go there. Today, let's have fun to our heart's content and come back before the curfew!"

  "That's great, brother, let the horse carriage run a bit faster, we can arrive earlier and play for a while longer!"

  "Alright!" He Lan Minzi smiled and agreed, immediately poking her head out to instruct the servant driving the carriage to speed up.

  The carriage sped up and ran, and He Lan Minzhi, who was sitting in the carriage, also felt more bumps. The carriage without shock absorption devices was really not very comfortable to sit on, and it was not as free and easy as riding a horse.

  There are still many people going out to play, and after leaving the city, there are also many cars and horses on the official road. The guards riding horses in front occasionally shout to remind people in front to give way.

  He Lan Minzhi continued to talk to He Lan Minyue, occasionally lifting the carriage curtain to look at the outside situation. However, the carriage was bumpy and the outside scenery couldn't be seen clearly, almost hitting his head. He Lan Minzhi had no choice but to put down the side curtain and focus on talking to He Lan Minyue.

  While He Lan's brother and sister were talking, the carriage suddenly turned to one side without warning, then returned to its original position, followed by a violent jolt, as if it had hit something, and slid out for a distance, fortunately without overturning.

  However, the teacups and other items on the tray in the car fell onto the carpet, with some tea splashing onto the clothes of the two people. Due to the centrifugal force, He Lan Minyue was thrown into He Lan's arms, while He Lan, who had been bumped by He Lan Minyue, almost lost his balance and nearly fell over in the car. This unexpected turn of events left the siblings momentarily flustered.

  Under He Lan's loud scolding and the long neigh of the horse, the carriage came to a stop.

  "Master, someone has bumped into our carriage. The servants will go and reason with them!" He Lan An Hong reported loudly from outside the carriage.

  He Lan Min's brow furrowed, and he couldn't help but think that this wasn't a good omen. After all, in his previous life, he had been in a car accident, and now, after traveling through time to the Tang Dynasty, he was having another accident while riding in a horse-drawn carriage. He quickly comforted He Lan Min Yue, who had thrown herself into his arms with a look of terror on her face, adjusting her disheveled hair and wiping away the tea stains on her clothes. He instructed his frightened and pale sister to stay still, then lifted the curtain at the back of the carriage and got out.

  An accident really happened. The horse-drawn carriage they were riding in was going too fast and didn't keep a safe distance when overtaking a smaller carriage in front, so it scraped against the other one, fortunately without overturning it.

  The guards led by He Lan Anhong had already moved forward, surrounding the other party's carriage, and some people even drew their swords. He Lan Anhong and the other guards scolded the other party for not giving way in time, almost causing their master's carriage to overturn, demanding an apology from them. However, the other party did not show weakness either, retorting that it was He Lan Minzhi's large carriage that had run too fast and collided with theirs, and now they were being overbearing, wanting the He family to apologize instead.

  Because the Korean lady Wu Shun is the sister of Empress Wu Zetian, she has been favored for many years and no one dares to look down on the people in her mansion. The servants in the mansion also rely on their power and become more arrogant. Today, they encountered such a thing, and the other party still wants them to apologize. How can this be done? They became even more fierce, saying that if they don't apologize, they will overturn the other party's carriage and teach them a lesson.

  The driver, seeing He Lanming come out, hurried over, sweating profusely and making a bow. While continuously apologizing to He Lanming, he also blamed the other party for not yielding in time, which led to the collision.

  Seeing the people below being so arrogant, He Lan Min couldn't help but step forward, shouting at the people below, "You are not allowed to be rude! All of you retreat!"

  He Lan Minzhi was a man who hated evil in later generations. He didn't want to see people in the mansion bullying others. From the situation of the dispute between the two sides, it must be that his side was in the wrong. His own carriage had collided with someone else's, and he should apologize to the other party.

  Hearing his master's order, He Lan An Hong also immediately stopped his subordinates and retreated back to He Lan Min's side, but his face was still filled with anger.

  He Lan Minzi scolded the people in a low voice, indicating that they couldn't bully others with their power. After severely reprimanding the driver, he prepared to go forward and apologize to the owner of the house. He didn't want to be criticized for being arrogant, so he chose to act low-key, which wouldn't hurt his reputation. Instead, taking the initiative to apologize might even make others look up to him.

  There were already many people gathered on the roadside, and if they made too much of a fuss, it might provoke public outrage. He Lan Min didn't want to arrive in the Tang Dynasty only to be pointed at by thousands of people and earn a bad reputation. His reputation couldn't be ruined over such a small matter.

  He Lan Minzhi walked up to the side of the small horse-drawn carriage that had been knocked askew by the horse-drawn carriage he was riding in, preparing to apologize to the people inside.

  At this time, the master of the opposite carriage also got off the bus.

  He Lan Minzhi was stunned when she clearly saw the appearance of the two people, and did not expect that the two people who got off the carriage were two extremely handsome young men. Both of them wore tight-fitting men's clothing and wore caps, but at a glance, it was clear that they were both women. Not to mention their delicate facial features, their slightly plump chests had already clearly told others that these were two genuine women...