I Become a Landlady in the Game World

"Village Chief," Morrison said, bringing his wife and son to Zhou Bai.

"Is this your wife and child?" Zhou Bai asked, looking at Rita and Owen standing beside Morrison.

"Yes, my wife Rita, and son Owen."

Morrison introduced, and both Rita and Owen quickly paid their respects.

Even Owen, a small child, understood the importance of the gesture.

Seeing them with their child, Zhou Bai had a guess, and with a radiant smile, said, "Welcome to Hope Village. Speaking of which, our territory's school has already started, and we are currently enrolling students. Captain Morrison, if you are interested, you could take your child to have a look!"

Morrison listened, his expression slightly moved. Has school already started?

The next moment, he readily agreed, "Good."

It was then that Zhou Bai spoke up, "Did Captain Morrison set out with Marquis Boyer from Lovisa City?"

She wanted to gather more clues, and Morrison might provide a breakthrough. It wouldn't hurt to ask.

After all, this piece of news wasn't a big secret – her inquiry was only natural.

Morrison was aware of this as well, and though he had his suspicions, he answered normally, "What qualifications do I have to set out with Marquis Boyer? I traveled with a merchant team from our territory. The person in charge of that merchant team is a relative of Marquis Boyer. As for Marquis Boyer, he caught up with our group yesterday."

Morrison didn't understand why Marquis Boyer suddenly took an interest in Hope Village.

Listening, Zhou Bai's eyes flickered.

With that statement, the likelihood of her recent speculation just increased.

Presently, Zhou Bai continued to ask about Marquis Boyer before finally ending the conversation, "Thank you, you may enter the territory now! The current state of our territory will surely astonish you."

Seeing the benefits of Hope Village, come and embrace it quickly!

As long as Morrison's child attended the school in Hope Village, winning him over in the long run seemed highly likely.

"Good," Morrison said, now more curious upon hearing Zhou Bai.

Then, he quickly proceeded to lead his team further in.

After Morrison had left, a few Nobles approached Zhou Bai in a group.

Their eyes on Zhou Bai bore scrutiny and... criticism.

"Are you the Hope Village Chief?"

"How can a woman be a Village Chief?"

"Is Hope Village running out of people?"

"..."

The Nobles said rudely, though their tone was rather bland, the content of their words was undoubtedly meant to provoke anger.

People standing by tightened their fists instantly upon hearing this.

Zhou Bai, however, was the first to look around at the crowd of onlookers, "Don't gather here, go about your business!"

These Nobles really deserved a thrashing more than Marquis Boyer just a moment ago.

Moreover, were they oblivious to the conversation between Zhou Bai and Marquis Boyer just now? Of course, they knew.

It was precisely because they knew, with the crowd in their favour, they were trying to intimidate Zhou Bai, the village chief.

Firstly, they intended to ingratiate themselves with Marquis Boyer, as they didn't believe he would let go of the matter so easily.

Secondly, they wanted to test the mettle of Hope Village and apply some pressure.

Zhou Bai looked calmly at the group of Nobles, directly stating, "I am the Village Chief appointed by our Lord. Our territory selects people based on talent and character, regardless of gender. Are all the gentlemen's territories only open to men and closed to women?"

"Of course not, there are just very few women capable of managing a territory! Does your Lord entrust all matters to you?" As they spoke, some Nobles even had a hint of innuendo on their faces.

Zhou Bai ignored the insinuation and retorted, "However, I know many women serve as Lords. Marquis Catherine is one of them, and she has always been a role model for our Lord. Because of Marquis Catherine, our Lord is willing to lower his barriers to recruit talent."

Luckily, she had specifically learned about some of the top-ranked cities and towns in the Human Clan Kingdom these past few days.

Marquis Catherine's Leo City was known as a significant city, not only because it had a female Lord but also because it was a very powerful city with a ranking within the top five, impossible for anyone to overlook.

Hearing Zhou Bai's reply, the faces of the Nobles darkened.

This Village Chief of Hope Village was truly sharp-tongued.

With Marquis Catherine brought into the discussion, how could they argue that women lacked capability?

Seeing their frustrated expressions, Zhou Bai continued, "Speaking of which, I don't know which territories you gentlemen come from? What is the ranking of your territories?"

She had a hunch.

The rankings of these Nobles' territories were probably not very impressive.

Otherwise, they likely wouldn't have bothered to trouble her, a mere Hope Village Chief, as with the Marquis just before who hadn't taken her seriously at all, thus disregarding her "offense" even less.

Sure enough, after Zhou Bai spoke, the Nobles' expressions changed.

They could say from which territories they hailed, but why should they declare the rankings?

Wouldn't it be embarrassing to say they were ranked below Hope Village?

Seeing their expressions, Zhou Bai instantly understood.

Indeed, they were ranked below Hope Village!

And just as Zhou Bai understood, the surrounding crowd that insisted on staying caught on immediately and "heckled" with great curiosity.

"Which territories do you gentlemen hail from?"

"We'd like to visit them if we get the chance."

"They must be very strong, right?"

"..."