As lunchtime approached, the hall was already full of diners, who were chatting and laughing.

They couldn't see them anywhere, so Jiang Wei and the others waited patiently, neither in a hurry nor looking around.

Finally, the people in Zuichunlou had eaten and drunk their fill and left one after another.

Jiang Wei knew they were trying to intimidate her, so she definitely wouldn't come.

Jiang Wei invited Li Yousen over for dinner, but he was the only one who came today.

Li Yousen sat there drinking a lot of tea; he was getting a little hungry.

Jiang Wei invited him over for a meal, but he declined, saying that they would discuss the business matter another time.

Jiang Wei also knew that this matter could not be carried out by Li Yousen alone.

She couldn't persuade him to stay for a meal, so she had to send him away.

Looking at the table full of food, no one actually ate any of it.

Jiang Wei invited Lian Sang to eat some with her, and packed the rest to take away, filling several food boxes to the brim.

Li Yousen left Zuichunlou and hadn't walked more than a few steps when he encountered Wang Congwang.

Wang Congwang had come from elsewhere and had been looking at Zuichunlou intentionally or unintentionally when he saw Li Yousen walking towards him from the direction of Zuichunlou.

He snorted, a puff of white mist falling into the air, and glanced sideways at Li Yousen. "What? That woman invited you too?"

Don't be too obvious in your disdain; he has the nerve to come here with just his two tiny shops.

Li Yousen took everything in, but pretended not to know and smiled, "I thought Master Liu and the others would all come, so I couldn't be later than you, could I?"

"Who told you we were coming? She thinks she can steal our business? Don't even think about it." Wang Congwang then realized that no one had told Li Yousen they weren't coming.

Wang Congwang ignored him and strode away, his chest puffed out.

Li Yousen remained calm and said, "Take care, Mr. Wang." After Wang Congwang took a few steps, he turned and left.

After Jiang Wei and the others finished their meal, they came out of Zuichunlou and stood to the side of the door waiting for the carriage.

Seeing the waiter driving the carriage over, Lian Sang glanced at the people around Jiang Wei before walking to the carriage and placing the food box on it.

Just then, a person rushed out of Zuichunlou and bumped hard into Jiang Wei, pushing her back with his hand. "Sorry... I'm in a hurry."

He left without looking back. Jiang Wei staggered a few steps and fell forward, but fortunately Lian Sang reacted quickly and caught her.

Lian Sang hadn't even put the food box down properly when she saw Jiang Wei being pushed out. She didn't care about the food box anymore and rushed to Jiang Wei's side to catch her.

After Jiang Wei regained her footing, Lian Sang looked her over and saw no injuries. "Are you alright, young lady?"

Jiang Wei only felt some pain in her back, but there was nothing seriously wrong with the rest of her body. However, she knew clearly that the person had done it on purpose and it was definitely not a coincidence.

"I'm fine, get in the carriage." Lian Sang helped Jiang Wei toward the carriage.

When the carriage was halfway there, some creaking sounds came from the bottom of the carriage. Jiang Wei dared not be careless, fearing that they were deliberately targeting her.

The carriage was perfectly fine when it arrived, so how did it...?

"Let's get out of the car and take a look," Jiang Wei said.

Lian Sang then told the driver to stop the carriage. The driver pulled the carriage aside, and Lian Sang and the driver went to check the carriage, hoping to find the problem quickly so that Jiang Wei wouldn't have to wait in the cold wind for too long.

There was no damage found, except for a stone at the bottom. The noise was probably caused by friction from that stone.

She took the stone down and was about to turn around and invite Jiang Wei into the carriage when suddenly a basin of icy water was poured down from upstairs.

She quickly dropped the stone in her hand, trying to hug Jiang Wei and carry her away, but it was too late.

The water was already very close to Jiang Wei's head; it seemed there was no way to escape it.

But she still had to try her best, even though Lian Sang hadn't caught up in the sudden moment.

Jiang Wei was lifted up and turned around several times, moving away from the falling water.

The basin of water spilled onto the ground.

"Are you alright?" Xiao Zhan asked, looking Jiang Wei over.

After a splash of water, Jiang Wei looked at the soaked ground beside her.

Thank goodness, she almost got soaked.

When she came to her senses, she saw Xiao Zhan give Lian Sang a sharp look. Jiang Wei followed his gaze and found that Lian Sang had his head down.

When she turned back to look at Xiao Zhan, his expression was unpredictable, and he showed no signs of anything amiss.

She thought she must have misread it; why would Xiao Zhan glare at her maid?

Jiang Wei was still shaken. "Why would General Xiao be here?"

"Just passing by..." Xiao Zhan replied briefly, but the smile on his face was impossible to hide.

They were truly destined to meet. He hadn't passed by this place for several days, but today he happened to be passing by on business and saw her.

Jiang Wei nodded thoughtfully, "That's quite a coincidence. It seems like I always run into you whenever I need something."

After she finished speaking, she tried to move her arms, only to find that it wasn't very convenient to move them. Looking down, she realized that the two of them were still in the same position as when Xiao Zhan saved her.

Jiang Wei was in his arms, her hands pressed against his chest, her body leaning back slightly, her dark hair hanging down her back.

Jiang Wei blushed instantly and struggled to get out of his arms. Xiao Zhan slowly opened his arms and let her go completely after she had regained her balance.

Xiao Zhan noticed that Jiang Wei's ears were red and she hurriedly ran away from his arms, which he found rather cute.

Jiang Wei felt embarrassed to look at Xiao Zhan again, and forced herself to remain calm as she looked at Lian Sang, "Is there a problem with the carriage?"

Lian Sang raised her head, glanced at Xiao Zhan through Jiang Wei, and didn't know how to answer.

After a few breaths of silence, she said, "I didn't notice anything unusual at the moment, but I don't know if there will be any problems while walking."

I don't know if my master will be satisfied with this, so I'll leave the problem to him and let him choose for himself.

The redness on Xiao Zhan's neck had faded a bit, and he breathed a sigh of relief that no one had noticed.

He was quite satisfied with Lian Sang's answer.

He immediately asked, "Miss Jiang, where are you going? Are you going back to An Sheng Ji?"

Jiang Wei felt an inexplicable sense of security towards Xiao Zhan, and she nodded unconsciously, "Mm."

“I’ll take you there! If the carriage breaks down again on the way, I can help you.” Xiao Zhan clenched his fist and put it behind his back.

"Let's go!" He turned to the side to let Jiang Wei walk in front of him.

Jiang Wei nodded, seemingly quite used to it, and got into the carriage. Even when Xiao Zhan got into the carriage and sat opposite her, she didn't feel anything was wrong.

Jiang Wei seemed to be deep in thought. Today's events must not have been an accident. In front of Zuichunlou, that person either bumped into her accidentally because he was in a hurry, or he deliberately pushed her.

The water that was just spilled from upstairs must have been done by someone; it was so dirty and smelled awful.

Seeing her lost in thought, Xiao Zhan asked, "Were you frightened?"

Jiang Wei smiled at him and shook her head, "No, not at all."

On the carriage in the alley, Wang Congwang spoke in a harsh voice, "I taught her a lesson and she still managed to escape. I said I would just find someone... but you wouldn't agree."