Chapter 339: A Chance Encounter at a Restaurant

Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu walked into the restaurant hand in hand, and the waiter led them into a private room.

Zhang Juexia looked around the restaurant's decoration and asked Ye Beixiu in a low voice, "Isn't this place cheap?"

"Don't you always say that as long as it tastes good, it's worth the price? How about we try it first?"

Although the two people's voices were low, the waiter heard most of what they said. He pointed to the lobby and said, "How about you two stay in the lobby?"

"Need not."

Ye Beixiu pulled Zhang Juexia without saying anything and followed the restaurant waiter into the private room.

Xu Yanchen saw it clearly from the private room on the second floor. He snorted and said with disdain, "A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. Why are you pretending to be rich? Why would you come to a restaurant if you are so stingy with your money?"

Li Qi in the room asked nonchalantly, "Who has offended Brother Xu again? Is he so blind?"

"She is not the unknown elder sister of your good sister."

Li Qi was stunned. After Xu Yanchen's repeated reminders, he remembered that he was talking about Zhang Juexia.

"Brother Xu, what happened to her?"

Xu Yanchen drank a glass of wine in boredom, "Nothing."

The man who came with her should be her husband, Wu Xiucai, who passed the imperial examination this year. He is just a commoner now and is nothing without the Xu family.

Today he would not dare to provoke her no matter what.

However, his eyes turned and a plan came to mind. "Brother Li, I heard that the county magistrate's wife has invited all the prominent ladies and young ladies in Shunhe County to a banquet at the county government office. Is this true?"

Li Qi knew this. His mother had prepared clothes for the banquet two days ago. "Yes, yes."

After receiving Li Qi's affirmative answer, Xu Yanchen breathed a sigh of relief. Then this matter would be easy to handle.

He looked at Li Qi who was eating heartily and reached out to grab the chicken leg from Li Qi's hand. "Brother Li, it would be great if you could work as hard as you eat."

Li Qi chuckled, "Brother Xu, this chicken leg is really delicious..."

Xu Yanchen threw the chicken leg into the bowl in front of Li Qi and said, "Look at you, you are so useless. Let me ask you, when can you get the recipe for your canned food?"

Li Qi's mouth was full of meat, and he said incoherently, "Brother Xu, I did my best on this matter. My sister is more wary of me than she is of thieves."

"I heard that your sister was very kind and gave you all the maids in her room."

"Don't mention it. It spoils my mood. Brother Xu, if you're really anxious, I can show you a way out for the sake of our brotherhood."

Xu Yanchen waited for Li Qi to say the next thing, but seeing that he hadn't moved, he couldn't help but look up and meet Li Qi's fake smile. "Brother Xu, the food in this restaurant is delicious!"

Xu Yanchen reached out and picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, placed it in Li Qi's bowl, and filled the wine glass in front of him with wine, "Now it's your turn to speak!"

"Actually, this matter is not that simple, why don't you just go find Zhang Juexia directly?

The recipe for our family was provided by her, and she asked for a 10% profit. She must be feeling aggrieved now!

My sister is so difficult to deal with. It's a complete waste of time on her.

Ever since that incident, she's been wary of me in all family business matters, and I have no way to stop her."

Xu Yanchen thought for a moment and then laughed too. "I didn't expect Brother Li to become smarter than before. Yeah, this method is really good."

Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu had eaten and drunk their fill, and the bill had been settled, so they prepared to go home.

The meal for two people cost almost five taels of silver, which made Zhang Juexia feel a little painful.

She thought the food in this restaurant tasted good, but it was definitely not worth so much money.

However, she felt content that Ye Beixiu was thinking of her when he had good things.

Xu Yanchen saw the two of them leaving from the second floor, and deliberately walked out of the private room, shouting at the waiter to pay the bill.

After hearing this, Li Qi quickly stopped him, "No, Brother Xu, even though we've finished our meal, the girl who was supposed to drink the wine hasn't arrived yet, right?

Didn't we agree to meet the singing girl? "

Xu Yanchen turned around and glared at him, and Li Qi immediately shut up.

Downstairs, Xu Yanchen saw Zhang Juexia and pretended to be surprised, "I didn't expect to run into Mr. Zhang here."

Zhang Juexia had heard his conversation with Li Qi. She had never had a favorable impression of this kind of playboy. "This restaurant is open for people to come and eat. Why are you the only ones allowed to come and not us?"

Xu Yanchen smiled and said, "That's not the case!" He looked at Ye Beixiu, "This should be the Wu Xiucai from our county's new middle school, right? Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"

Ye Beixiu didn't know Xu Yanchen. He lowered his head and asked Zhang Juexia, "Madam, who is this?"

"Xu Yanchen!"

Ye Beixiu had heard of Xu Yanchen's name, but he also had no good impression of him. He had noticed Zhang Juexia's impatience and hurriedly bowed and said, "It turns out to be Master Xu. I haven't heard of your name for a long time. Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"

However, it is really unfortunate today that my wife is feeling a little unwell, so I will not accompany you. We can talk another day."

After Ye Beixiu said this, he took Zhang Juexia out of the restaurant.

Zhang Juexia muttered, "Everything was fine today, except that I ran into this guy named Xu at the end. It was a bit unlucky."

"We can only respect people like this. The Xu family has a complex network of connections in Shunhe County!"

"I know, I'm just annoyed! However, if he dares to plot against me again, I won't show any mercy."

"Whatever you want to do, I support you! But the premise is to protect yourself."

"Don't worry, when have I ever done anything without measure?"

"That's good."

After returning home, Ye Beixiu took advantage of Zhang Juexia's good mood and asked about Mrs. Liu, "Have you dealt with her matter?"

"There's nothing going on between her and me, it's just her wishful thinking.

This kind of person is really shameless. Last time, Shopkeeper Li told me that she and Liu Hong had taken away a lot of the embroidery business in town."

"This kind of person is hateful, but my lady, don't be too sad.

If she doesn't do business seriously, the business she has taken away will come back sooner or later.

It's not worth it if it only makes you sick."

"I know."

Zhang Juexia then remembered to ask him about Qin Eryong, "Husband, how are you going to deal with Qin Eryong's matter?"

"Let's leave him alone for a while. If this incident doesn't serve as a warning to Granny Qin, I don't want to use him anymore."

"Actually, Eryong is a good person. You can't miss out on such a talent because of me."

"My dear, I have my concerns. He and Yulan are both good, but Granny Qin is not. She will only hinder Qin Eryong.

I just want to use this incident to let Mrs. Qin know that her grandson is nothing without me."