Chapter 154: May I Be Your Teeth?

"Are you going to agree or not? If you don't, I'll give you one more! That's absolute maximum." Bai Yan was not only learning how to bribe people with silver, but she was also mastering the art of bargaining.

"If you give both of these to me, how will we buy delicious treats for you in the future?" Jiang Chengyhen chuckled softly.

While the little rabbit wasn't particularly good at learning other things, she was exceptionally brilliant at tallying money.

"I want to stay here! Anyway, I am staying right here." Bai Yan puffed out her cheeks and swatted at Jiang Chengyhen's leg.

Though Jiang's father felt rather embarrassed, he still couldn't bring himself to utter a refusal.

He couldn't leave Madam Zhao to keep watch here all by herself, even if it meant just having his son and this young girl keep her company.

"You're making a terrible racket." Jiang Chengyhen covered Bai Yan's mouth, his ears aching from her constant chatter.

After a good sleep, she was full of life and vigor once again.

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In the evening, when Jiang Chengyhen finished tidying up and stepped inside, he saw Bai Yan counting her silver banknotes yet again. Seeing him approach, Bai Jin tossed a small piece of broken silver toward him as if she were shooing away a beggar.

He crossed his arms, leaned against the wall, and said in a measured voice, "My little dear, are you trying to dismiss me with my own money?"

Bai Yan remained immersed in her silver banknotes. Hearing Jiang Chengyhen speak, she lowered her head and waved her hand dismissively. "Once my little mushrooms and vegetables all grow up, they'll definitely sell for a lot of silver..."

Hearing her talk about her little farm with such full of expectation, Jiang Chengyhen suddenly stepped forward and embraced her from behind.

He lowered his head and kissed her fair cheeks, his voice turning somewhat cool, "My little dear, your farm cannot continue anymore."

"I've already had the soil ruined."

Just after these two short sentences fell, the silver banknotes in Bai Yan's hands drifted down. She let herself be held by Jiang Chengyhen in a daze, as if she hadn't quite processed what had happened.

Seeing her reaction, Jiang Chengyhen tucked her into the bedding, lay down beside her, and pulled her tightly into his arms.

"Why? I really can earn a lot of money." Believing that Jiang Chengyhen simply didn't believe in her, Bai Yan tugged at his hand and tried hard to explain.

"Tell me, why do you want to earn so much money?" Jiang Chengyhen had never quite understood why she was so obsessed with gold and silver.

"Husband, I used to be a rabbit. I always had to hide here and there, and if I wasn't careful, I would be eaten or caught by hunters. Among animals, the strong prey upon the weak; the weak ones get eaten. I don't have sharp teeth, and if I couldn't run fast, I wouldn't be able to survive."

"Now I've turned into a human, and all of you use silver. Silver is like sharp teeth, and without money, people get bullied."

She no longer wanted to be a little white rabbit hiding in fear, nor did she want to be someone brought to her knees by a lack of silver.

She wanted to earn oceans and oceans of money so she could properly protect herself.

Hearing these words, Jiang Chengyhen fell into a rare state of trance.

He had never imagined that behind all this lay such a reason.

"Grandpa and Grandma bullied Father and Mother simply because Father and Mother had no money." Thinking Jiang Chengyhen still didn't believe her, Bai Yan began to offer examples. Yet she remained deeply puzzled: why were they all children, yet merely because of poverty, the treatment they received could differ so drastically?

While she was muttering to herself, Jiang Chengyhen wrapped both hands around her waist, lifted her up slightly, and brought her face level with his own. "My little dear."

"Ah?" Bai Yan blinked in a daze, clearly still lost in thought, her large, silly eyes staring blankly at Jiang Chengyhen.

"From now on, I will be your teeth."

He would be her sharpest teeth, sheltering her, and loving her.