Chapter 63: Anxious Zhang Bao (Second Update Seeking Fresh Flowers)

  "Are you going out, Master?" asked Zhang's servant.

  "It's like this, I have a fellow who has been out for a long time and hasn't returned yet. I'm worried that something might have happened to him, so I want to go look for him. Do you have any business?" Zhang Bao looked at the house servant in front of him with a puzzled expression and asked. The house servant in front of him was very familiar to Zhang Bao, he was the one responsible for contacting Zhang Bao. But today wasn't the scheduled day, why did he come looking for himself?

  Jia Ding smiled and said to Zhang Bao: "Boss, you'd better choose someone else to go. The old master is looking for you. He wants you to see him right away."

  "Is the homeowner looking for me?" Zhang Bao looked at Ding's family in confusion. "Did he say what it was about?"

  "Zhang Bo just told me to come and call you, but didn't say what it's about. You also know that as juniors, we only follow orders and do our work. We can't speculate about other things. Besides, Zhang Bo said to hurry up and not delay for a moment."

  Zhang Bao looked at Ding's resolute expression and couldn't help but hesitate. "Is it really that urgent?"

  "Of course, Master. I wouldn't dare deceive you. If it weren't urgent, I wouldn't have come to find you at this hour." The house servant said sincerely.

  Zhang Baolai also hesitated for a moment. "Then..."

  "You can just forget it, you still have a partner here, let him go find it." The house servant pointed at Li Jin and said.

  Zhang Baozi had a bitter face, if he was willing, why would I go find him myself.

  Li Jin originally didn't want to go find Zhao Fei, and after listening to his friend's words, he had an even more dissatisfied expression. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. "If I let my uncle go find Zhao Fei, with his personality, he will definitely not give up until he finds him. Since Uncle wants to go out, why don't I just pretend to help him search while actually not doing anything? That way, it's settled." Thinking this, Li Jin felt that his idea was even better.

  "Uncle Zhang, you can rest assured and go ahead, I'll help find Zhao Fei for you." Li Jin said to the hesitant Zhang Bao.

  Zhang Bao looked at Li Jian with a puzzled expression, not knowing what he was getting at. Zhang Bao was also in a hurry, otherwise he wouldn't have been unable to guess Li Jian's thoughts.

  "Since he is willing to help you find it, then hurry up and follow me, shopkeeper. If we go late, the master will be dissatisfied." Seeing Li Jin agree, Zhang Fu's house servant hastily persuaded him.

  Zhang Bao had no choice. He could only turn to the family servant and say, "Alright then, let's go." Then he turned his head and fiercely scolded Li Jin, "You must find Xiao Fei, otherwise you will be the one to blame, do you understand?"

  "Ah." Li Jin was still indulging in his own perfect plan when he was suddenly startled by Zhang Bao's words. He trembled and replied: "I... I know."

  "Hmph!" Zhang Bao glared at Li Jin and turned to leave with his servants.

  Seeing Zhang Bao leave, Li Jin's mood was very complicated. Should he go or not? If he goes, he would be unwilling, but if he doesn't go, how could he explain it to the boss after what he had just said? If only he had known earlier, he wouldn't have spoken up. "What should I do now?" Li Jin stood at the entrance of the wine workshop, unable to decide whether to leave or not, his heart in great turmoil.

  Zhang Zhong followed the house servant, hurrying towards the Zhang residence. During this time, neither of them said a word; one reason was that the house servant was anxious, and the other was that Zhang Bao's mind was elsewhere.

  Arriving at the Zhang residence, only to see Old Master Zhang pacing back and forth in front of the gate. Seeing that the servant had finally brought Zhang Bao over, Old Master Zhang hastily walked over. He said to the servant, "You good-for-nothing slave, why have you come so late?"

  The house servant did not speak, but had a bitter face. He glanced at Zhang Bo and then at Zhang Bao. In his heart, he thought: "Both are masters, I am just a slave, who dare I offend?" Then he lowered his head and remained silent.

  Seeing Zhang Ding like this, Zhang Bo was furious. The whole Zhang family knew his generation was high, but he was ignored by a small housekeeper. Just as he was about to scold him, Zhang Bao hurriedly spoke up and said: "This matter is my fault, it has nothing to do with the housekeeper. I had something on my mind, so I was a bit absent-minded and delayed for a while. Please calm down, Zhang Bo. For my sake, spare him this time." After finishing speaking, Zhang Bao also gave Zhang Bo a salute.

  Zhang Bo looked at Zhang Bao, and the scolding that was about to come out of his mouth was suppressed. He glanced at Zhang Bao again, then glared at the house servant. Then he shouted: "Consider yourself lucky, this time I'll let it go. Next time be more careful. If there's a next time, I won't be so lenient."

  "Yes! Yes! Yes! I dare not do it again!" The housekeeper, as if granted a great amnesty, hastily nodded in agreement. The housekeeper, who had already prepared himself to be scolded and possibly punished according to the household rules, was suddenly thrilled to hear Zhang Bo say this. Although Zhang Bo looked kind and gentle, he was extremely strict with the housekeepers. Just thinking about how one of the housekeepers was punished by Zhang Bo for making a mistake some time ago, being beaten so badly that he had to stay in bed for a month, made his heart tremble with fear.

  "Go on then. There's nothing for you here." Zhang Bo waved his hand.

  "It's fine, just let it go, just let it go." With that, the family servant hastily turned around and left.

  "Come back." The house servant was just about to turn around and leave when he was called back by Zhang Bo. At that moment, the house servant was startled. "I don't know what Master Zhang wants me for."

  Zhang Bo stared at Ding's family and said seriously: "Are you leaving just like that? You don't even know a bit of courtesy."

  "Ah!" The family's youngest son suddenly came to his senses. Just now, he was only concerned with avoiding physical suffering, but forgot that Zhang Bao in front of him was the direct reason for saving his skin. He hastily thanked Zhang Bao. "Thank you, Master Zhang, thank you, Master Zhang."

  "Alright, go down. There's nothing for you here." Zhang Baozhong said to his family servant.

  "Yes sir," said the house servant and then withdrew.

  Jian Jia Ding walked away, Zhang Bao hastily asked Zhang Bo: "I don't know what the host wants to see me for?"

  Zhang Bo stared at Zhang Bao and asked seriously: "Did you take care of a fellow named Zhao Fei?"

  "Little Fei?" Upon hearing Zhao Fei's name, Zhang Bao was taken aback for a moment. His expression also seemed somewhat unnatural. He hastily took a step forward and grabbed Zhang Bo's arm. "Do you know where Little Fei is?"

  Ignoring Zhang Bao's strange expression, Zhang Bo continued to ask seriously: "Answer me, is it or isn't it."

  "That's right, I did hire a fellow named Zhao Fei. Steward, tell me, has anything happened to Little Fei?" Zhang Bao's face was anxious, tightly grasping Zhang Bo's sleeve, fearing that Zhang Bo would say something unfortunate about Zhao Fei.

  "Now that things are true, it's much easier." After hearing Zhang Bao's words, Zhang Bo also visibly let out a sigh of relief. His expression was also noticeably less serious than just now.

  "Does the housekeeper know where Xiaofei is?" Zhang Baosheng's expression was full of anxiety, and he didn't hear what Zhang Bo said at all.

  "Alright, let me go first. Otherwise, I won't be able to take you to find Xiao Fei." Zhang Bo gritted his teeth, obviously Zhang Bao's grip on him was not light.

  "Oh! Oh!" Zhang Bao realized he was a bit out of line and quickly let go of Zhang Bo. "Housekeeper, is Xiao Fei okay?"

  "Would I be able to speak with you so calmly if something were wrong? He's currently at the Zhang residence, later you'll go see the master of the house first, then I'll take you to see him." Zhang Bo gave Zhang Bao a reassuring glance. "Also, as a shopkeeper, how can you lose your composure like this?"

  "The housekeeper's lesson is that the housekeeper's lesson is." At this time, Zhang Bao thought of a obedient child nodding continuously.