The speaker was dressed in red, with a handsome face. He held a folding fan in his hand, glanced around the hall casually, nodded with barely satisfied satisfaction, and tossed the money pouch from his waist to the waiter beside him.
The waiter quickly took the money bag, weighed it in his hand, and immediately beamed with joy as he hurried off to find the shopkeeper.
Jiang Yimian looked at the elegantly dressed young man standing in the center of the hall and raised an eyebrow, saying, "It's only been a month or so, but Young Master Lin's airs have grown increasingly grand."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yan'an quickly looked upstairs and met Jiang Yimian's gaze. His eyes lit up instantly. "Yimian, you really came! I thought you were joking!"
Before leaving Beijing, he received a message from Jiang Yimian saying that she would stay in Jiangcheng and asked him to wait for her. He didn't think much of it and readily agreed.
Unexpectedly, this person arrived even faster than him.
Thinking about it, he looked behind Jiang Yimian again, but after a long while, he didn't see that annoying figure.
He was both happy and dissatisfied. "Why didn't Lu Cijian come with you? Is it because he regained his identity that he doesn't want to follow you anymore?"
This guy is really going too far. He pretended to be so nice before. Yi Mian, let me tell you, this kind of pretty boy is just…
Before he could finish speaking, he was frozen in place by a cold gaze. He was immediately taken aback and looked at Wang San strangely, asking, "What are you doing here?"
These past few months he has been busy with the Lin family business, and in addition, he has taken over some government business. There are many things to do, and he is unaware of many things.
All that is known now is that Lu Cijian is the heir of the Marquis's mansion; nothing else is known.
Naturally, no one expected that Wang San would be here with Jiang Yimian.
Wang San glanced at him and said coldly, "Naturally, it's to protect Miss Jiang from being harassed by lecherous men."
If he had known that the person Miss Jiang was waiting for was Lin Yan'an, he would never have come. He would have racked his brains to come up with a new way to get to Qingnan.
These next few days, he'll definitely keep a close eye on this guy. If he dares to steal his young master's girlfriend, he won't let him off easily.
Lin Yan'an was taken aback. He looked around and said in surprise, "There is no lecher here. Don't worry, Mr. Lu. With me here, no lecher will dare to harass Yi Mian."
He shouldn't bother with that. If he's so capable, he should stay by Yi Mian's side like me!
So what if he's the heir of a marquis's family? He still can't go to Qingnan with Jiang Yimian.
His words carried a hint of provocation, and his face was quite smug, clearly failing to grasp the implied meaning in Wang San's words.
Wang San: ...
This guy must be out of his mind.
Jiang Yimian burst out laughing.
Liu'er, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but laugh.
Lin Yan'an glanced at her curiously, and when he noticed that the birthmark on her face had faded considerably, he asked curiously, "Why do I feel that the birthmark on your face has faded a bit? How did you do that?"
He remembered that birthmarks shouldn't fade.
After taking a closer look at the other person, he felt that this guy seemed a bit more pleasing to the eye.
Liu'er glanced at his red clothes but didn't say anything.
Lin Yan'an almost lost his temper.
If it weren't for the large number of people present, he definitely wouldn't have let the other party off so easily.
What does that look mean? Could it be another misunderstanding? He's such a fine young man, why is he always being misunderstood by this person?
The momentary pleasing feeling I had vanished instantly.
This person is as annoying as ever.
Jiang Yimian's gaze, however, fell on the person next to Lin Yan'an.
The man appeared to be in his forties, dressed in the official robes of the Censorate, with a serious and stern face, and his gaze was filled with wariness as he stared at her.
She asked curiously, "And who is this?"
Lin Yan'an then came to his senses and quickly introduced with a smile, "This is Zhang Duyun, who is in charge of supervising the transportation of this batch of supplies by the Lin family."
His group was just the small part; the main group was yet to come, following the Ministry of Works and the Censorate.
Jiang Yimian smiled and cupped her hands in greeting, "Greetings, Supervisor Zhang. I am Jiang Yimian, the manager of Baoxiangfang."
Zhang Duyun simply grunted in response, then pulled Lin Yan'an aside and whispered, "Although the batch of supplies we're transporting isn't large, it's still a significant matter. How could you have leaked our whereabouts?"
What if something goes wrong along the way and the supplies are stolen? How will we explain that?
He was just a minor official in the Censorate, usually responsible for organizing the Censorate's documents, and had a very leisurely life. But this time, he was assigned to transport a batch of supplies to Qingnan with the Lin family to check on the situation.
Naturally, I was nervous about doing something like this for the first time. But Lin Yan'an didn't play by the rules and insisted on staying in Jiangcheng.
I thought I was just taking a break, but unexpectedly, my whereabouts were revealed.
If they were to encounter robbers on the road, not only would their supplies be lost, but their lives would also be in danger.
If he had known this would happen, he should have opposed it to the death and never traveled with the Lin family.
He has elderly parents and young children to support, and his wife is waiting for him to return home. He can't afford to lose his life on this mission to deliver supplies.
Lin Yan'an simply patted the shoulder of the person next to him and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Lao Zhang, we're safe with them here."
They're also transporting supplies to Qingnan this time; they're people specifically going to Qingnan for disaster relief. They couldn't possibly be bad people, so don't worry.
After spending the last few days with him, he figured out that this guy was just a lazy bum who had no ambition and was just waiting to die.
The phrase he uttered most often was that he couldn't afford to lose his life, and he would jump up and down if anything went wrong.
Seeing Jiang Yimian now, she's probably already mentally dead a thousand or eight hundred times over.
Zhang Duyun glanced at him suspiciously and asked, "Isn't that girl the manager of Baoxiangfang? If she also wants to help the people of Qingnan, why doesn't she just donate the money to the Lin family instead of risking her life to go to Qingnan?"
Could there be epidemics after the flood? Isn't she courting death?
Be careful, or we'll be sold out and still be counting the money for them. As soon as we get to Qingnan, we'd better leave, you hear me?
I can't afford to lose my life, so don't you dare try to harm me.
Lin Yan'an gave a perfunctory reply, "Alright, don't worry. I'm here. Even if you die, I'll go with you. You won't be alone on this journey. You have so many companions. Don't worry."
Zhang Duyun snorted coldly and muttered under his breath, "It's precisely because of you that I'm not at ease."
I don't know how the imperial merchant was chosen this time, selecting such an unreliable person.
He felt that the next few days would be shrouded in darkness.
Thinking about it, he glanced at Jiang Yimian and her group a few more times and felt that they were just as unreliable as Lin Yan'an.
With such a hastily assembled troupe, it's hard to say whether they can even reach Qingnan smoothly.
Lin Yan'an, however, was oblivious to everything. He hadn't seen Jiang Yimian for a while and chatted for almost two hours before being driven away by Wang San's cold stare.
Seeing that the chatterbox had finally left, Liu'er breathed a long sigh of relief. "That guy talked too much."
I used to think of the other party as a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment. Now I see that it's also a barrel that spews out waste.
Once it starts spraying, it just won't stop.
Jiang Yimian found it amusing and casually said, "You won't be bored on the way."
Due to the urgency of the situation in Qingnan, the group only rested in Jiangcheng for one night before setting off early the next morning.
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