Porter of Two Worlds Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Unreliable Dad

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

While he was observing the daily life of the villagers here, Bai Yang was also being observed by some others.

In a tree house, near the window, the elder old man sat with Old Man Mu, enjoying a jar of wine and some kind of beans that were served on the table while they observed Bai Yang.

“Where is this young man from?”

Old Man Mu frowned as he looked at Bai Yang who stopped every time he saw something new.

“What I know is that Hu Zi and the others ran into him in the jungle. His origin is unknown but from his looks, it seems like he does not bear any ill intentions.”

“Hmmm, why are you so sure about that?”

“Heh, I think you are overthinking. Look at us, which part of us is valuable? Take another look at the sugar he gave us, even those rich guys in the city are not qualified to have this kind of sugar? The value of sugar is more than our village as a whole, so what do you think he wants from us?”

Old Man Mu was left speechless. Indeed, the rock candy was crystal clear, it was something they'd never seen. G.o.d knows how rich and powerful one had to be able to enjoy such precious delicacies. Bai Yang, on the other hand, distributed packs after packs at once. With such “wealth”, there was really nothing that they possessed that would draw Bai Yang's attention.

But, with age came cynicism, and so Old Man Mu was still suspicious of Bai Yang.

“There there, no point in overthinking things. I have my own considerations, according to my observation, this young man is from a huge, powerful and wealthy family, perhaps a n.o.ble family… He found us entirely because he came out to have his own adventure, his presence will only bring us benefits instead of harm, as long as nothing happens to him.”

“I certainly hope so….”

Old Man Mu was very conflicted, but there was nothing he could rebut with.

Bai Yang knew little about the conversation regarding him, and even if he knew, there would be nothing he would say. He did not do anything illegal or pull off any dangerous actions, so why would he be afraid?

A few hours pa.s.sed after he took a stroll around the village, giving him a clearer view of the village's daily life. Though he had yet to get in touch with more parts of the world, according to his own understanding, his impression of this village can only be described in two words:

Poor, primitive!

Their food consisted of only roasted meat and fruits, which were all obtained in the dangerous jungle. If this was not poor, then what was? They didn't even use any cutlery while eating, and had only salt as their seasoning on food, if they were not primitive, what were they?

After a round, the hype was gone and Bai Yang returned to his room. After telling the girl who was stuck to his hip the whole time that he was about to rest, he sent her off and closed the door.

After being certain that there were no surveillance devices, Bai Yang disappeared from the room and returned to Earth.

Not even a minute later, his phone vibrated quickly as the message inbox became spammed by messages. He took a look immediately and found that his father had rung him more than a dozen times, there was also an unknown number and a message.

Bai Yang, who thought that something had happened, immediately called his father; at this hour, it was about 8 in the morning.

“Hey dad, what's wrong?”

“You little brat, what are you doing? Playing hide and seek on the first day after moving out!?”

 Hearing the rebuke from his dad, Bai Yang's worried heart eased and he replied calmly, “Didn't I send you a message yesterday? It's my first day of work, so I headed out with my colleagues for a meal, drank a few cups and I slept right after coming home. By the way, what's up, dad?”

Bai Jianjun complained for a few more times, before his tone suddenly changed, from unsatisfied and unhappy to a little embarra.s.sed, “Ehem, brat, ermmm…. That wine of yours, do you still have more?”

“Huh?” Bai Yang couldn't react in time.

“That wine that you brought back, remember? The one you asked mom to help you test? Do you still have more?” replied Bai Jianjun as his tone intensified a little.

“What do you mean?” Bai Yang's mind was still cloudy.

Bai Jianjun reconstructed his words and continued, “Thing is, you said that this Monkey Wine is brought to you by a friend from the village and I drank it all out of curiosity….”

“And?”

“What and? Straight to the point, the wine is good and I feel extremely energetic after drinking it. It feels like I returned back to my twenties! Ehem… Why is the little one asking so much? I drank the wine, it is gone! You want to get them tested? Then bring more back home!”

Bai Yang couldn't be bothered that he was he little even after graduating from university, for he was sweating in a cold sweat. He quickly asked, “Dad, how can you recklessly drink it? Are you alright?”

Bai Yang could never forget that he fainted and had a nose bleed after drinking only a bowl, if something happened to his father, Bai Yang would be haunted by remorse for his entire life.

“Arh, what can possibly happen to me? Just tell me what I want to know!”

“Fine, you're the master. There is still some over here, are you at home right now? I'll send them over right now. Oh right, is mom still at home? If she's still in right now, ask her to wait for a little longer….”

Hearing that his dad was fine, Bai Yang was relieved from the worry right away and without even waiting for a reply from his dad, he hung up the call right away.

This was a little bad habit of his dad, he loved taking a little wine from time to time, and Bai Yang was really impressed that his dad was brave enough to consume something that had not been tested.

Bai Yang scratched his head, wanting to find a container to bring some of the wine back but there was none. Without a second thought, Bai Yang headed to the nearest supermarket and got himself a bottle of water to buy all the daily essentials after suddenly remembering he had none.

After returning to the villa, Bai Yang started downing the water, but after finding himself incapable of finis.h.i.+ng the whole bottle, he poured the rest away and filled it with some wine before heading back home.

When he arrived, his parents were having breakfast and without any hesitation, he sat with them and started filling his tummy.

After breakfast, he took out the bottle of jade green wine, found the stainless steel bottle back then and just as he thought, it was already empty. He poured some of the wine into the stainless steel bottle and told Zhen Guoping, “Mom, this is for the testing, don't let dad drink it all, I don't have much left.”

“Don't you know what kind of a person your dad is? He's entirely restless after knowing that its Monkey Wine. The day before yesterday, he sneakily drank it all while I was asleep.”

In just a few seconds, Zhen Guoping sold Bai Jianjun out.

Bai Yang, “…”

The rest was also given to his mother and Bai Yang reminded, “Mom, this thing has not been tested yet, so we don't know if it's safe to be consumed or not. You'd better keep an eye on dad, we need at least a result before letting him drink. And he mustn't drink too much, I'd be really sad if something happened to him because he drank the wine I brought back….”

“Hey you, hus.h.!.+ Do you think I don't know about the consequences of excess drinking?” shouted the furious Bai Jianjun, but his eyes never left the wine in the bottle.

Zhen Guoping, on the other hand, waved the bottle at Bai Jianjun and brought it along with her as she went to work.

“Eh…..? Ei…..! Ehhhhhh…”

Seeing Zhen Guoping leaving, Bai Jianjun opened his mouth, but only a puzzled sigh came out, followed by a shocked and disappointed sigh.

“Dad oh dad, this is for your own good! Some things can't be consumed without being tested first!” said a speechless Bai Yang.

Bai Jianjun rolled his eyes at Bai Yang, before his expression changed and squeezed out a smile, “Little brat, be honest with me, how much more wine do you have with you?”

“What do you want?” asked Bai Yang as he slightly moved backward.

Bai Jianjun slammed himself to the sofa beside Bai Yang, raised his head and said, “Speak, how much do you want?”

Bai Yang sighed right away, as this really wasn't related to money, “Just do as you see fit….”

As he said this, Bai Yang was thinking, Something's not right, why are we always talking about money every time we have a conversation….?

“I'll send the money to you later, brat, don't say that I'm binge drinking, but that wine really is extraordinary. I drank just a little and I felt so much younger…. That night… What the h.e.l.l do you even know!”

As he gradually spoke, he stood up, gave Bai Yang a hit on the head and left.

Leaving a stunned Bai Yang on the sofa.

“What did I do? You did not say anything and immediately concluded that I know nothing?”

Bai Yang shook his head, took out his phone and checked on the message, which was sent to him by Million Treasure PaG.o.da, telling him that if he was interested, he could visit the auction to witness his ginseng being auctioned for himself. After confirming, someone would send him an invitation. The other missed call was also from them.

Bai Yang replied with only two words, “I'm busy,” but another message suddenly came in. This time, it was his dad who had transferred 10,000 to him in order to get a long term supply of the “Monkey Wine”…..

After dealing with the matters at hand, he returned to the villa and back to the village on the “other side”.

In order to completely learn a whole new language, without systematic teaching from a proper teacher, the best method would be immersion. Bai Yang felt that he would be dwelling in the village for a very long time in the near future….