When Su Qingluan thought about the family background of this middle school boy and the possibility that he might be interested in the shop she wanted to rent, her heart skipped a beat.
Generally speaking, unless the landlord is stupid, in this case, he will definitely be willing to rent the house to the tenant who offers a higher price.
The problem is that her budget is very limited, while the other side looks like they have plenty of money. If it comes to a competition of "money power", she is bound to lose!
Although she was feeling depressed, Su Qingluan did not want to face such an evil spirit head-on - the other party had a large number of people and was also from a wealthy family. It was definitely not something that an ordinary person like her could afford to offend.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan wanted to turn around and run away.
Unexpectedly, just after taking a few steps, I heard the middle school boy behind me shout, "Hey, the guy in front, stop!"
Su Qingluan didn't know who he was calling, but her instinct for self-preservation made her neither stop nor look back, but continue walking forward - there was an intersection about twenty or thirty steps ahead, and she only needed to turn a corner to completely disappear from the sight of the naughty kid!
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan did not suddenly speed up her pace, but continued to walk at her original pace - what if the middle school boy was not calling her?
Su Qingluan comforted herself.
Unexpectedly, another voice called out from behind: "The one in the blue-gray clothes! You, go get the one in the blue-gray clothes over here!"
Su Qingluan's heart skipped a beat again - she was wearing a blue-gray men's short suit today.
Fortunately, the color of "blue-gray" is still very common among ordinary people, after all, it is very resistant to dirt.
As expected, she heard the attendant behind her ask, "Half the street is filled with people wearing blue-gray clothes. Who are you talking about, young master?"
Su Qingluan almost burst out laughing, and quickly dodged and entered the turning intersection. Then, instead of leaving the town from the main road, she went around a little further from the back and left from a small road.
Originally, Su Qingluan thought that since she had escaped this time, she would not run into this evil spirit by chance next time. To be on the safe side, Su Qingluan even paid a few copper coins to ask a waiter from Hongfulou to go and check. After he came back, the waiter told her that the shop still had not been rented out.
Su Qingluan felt relieved: Since the shop was not rented out, it was possible that the middle school boy did not like this shop - yes, the water damage inside was so severe that many shelves were probably deformed, and the accumulated water could not be drained out for a while. Who would choose such a shop?
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan came to the vicinity of "Gong Yu Pavilion" again, but she never expected that she was caught by the middle school syndrome.
The young man rushed in front of Su Qingluan and shouted, "How dare you! I called you last time, and you actually dared to just walk away?!"
Su Qingluan simply played dumb and saluted: "This... young master, may I ask... who are you? Have I ever seen you?"
The middle school boy looked at Su Qingluan's men's clothing with disdain, frowned and asked: "Are you a man or a woman? The last time I saw you at Hongfu Building, you were clearly wearing women's clothing..."
Su Qingluan complained in her heart: It’s none of your business whether I am a man or a woman.
However, she certainly wouldn't dare say such an offensive thing out loud, so she just continued to play dumb: "I'm really sorry, I'm not very good at seeing you, young master, and I can't remember where I've met you before."
The other party obviously didn't expect Su Qingluan to "not recognize" him, and explained seriously: "Did you forget? It was the night of Qixi Festival. I went to Hongfu Tower. What I was wearing at that time was..."
Su Qingluan watched the naive little brat across from her solemnly describe his Qixi Festival experience at Hongfulou in minute detail, and she couldn't help but wonder: Is this kid a fool? Doesn't he really consider the possibility that she's tricking him?
The middle school boy naturally couldn't have imagined this, and instead introduced himself: "My name is Xie Zian, don't forget it this time!"
Su Qingluan bowed again, inwardly complaining about why this unfortunate child had called her, but on the surface she nodded sincerely: "Now I remember, you are the young master of that noble family that day."
Xie Zian raised his chin proudly: "I'm glad you remembered it. I have some fresh ingredients here, but I don't know how to cook them. I went to Hongfulou. The waiters and the kitchen staff there all said that you are an excellent cook. Why don't you come and help me?"
Su Qingluan groaned inwardly: "fresh ingredients" again. Thinking of the weird requests that Xie Zhonger had made on the Chinese Valentine's Day, her head started jumping every time she heard the words "fresh ingredients".
She admitted that she was able to get rid of this middle school student last time entirely by relying on a bit of cleverness and luck, but this trick can only be used in a moment of quick wit and does not work every time - at least Su Qingluan felt that she could no longer rely on this kind of cleverness to get away with it this time.
Knowing that the other party had ill intentions, Su Qingluan's first reaction was to see if she could hold out for a while and then retreat for the time being. So she made up a half-truthful excuse: "I'm actually busy right now and need to go home soon. I'm afraid I don't have time to go to the young master's house to help."
Xie Zian said impatiently: "I'm in a hurry here! What are you busy with? I'll ask the servants to help you!"
"I'm not..."
"Or..." Xie Zian looked Su Qingluan up and down, "Or are you actually looking for an excuse to shirk responsibility?"
Su Qingluan thought to herself that this wasn't particularly stupid, but she shook her head repeatedly: "Thank you, my dear, you misunderstood. I'm just an ordinary person, how can I find an excuse to refuse a wealthy person like you?"
But the middle school boy frowned and said, "Don't act like our Xie family is some evil family that bullies men and women. At worst...at worst, you can help me find a way to make that rare thing into a delicacy, and I will definitely reward you handsomely!"
How big is the reward? Su Qingluan muttered to herself, and suddenly thought of the shop, so she rolled her eyes: "In this case, if I can really solve the troubles of the young master, I hope the young master will promise me one thing - of course, this thing does not violate any laws, and the young master can do it."
Seeing that the other party agreed, Xie Zian's originally stern face showed a smile and relaxation: "Okay, I promise you!"
Su Qingluan thought for a moment and added, "Also, please trouble your servant to run an errand to the town."
Seeing that she would definitely be home late today, Su Qingluan suggested that the Xie family's servants go to the town to find the stalls of the Huaxi villagers and ask them to bring the news that she would be home late tonight to her parents.
After explaining these things, Su Qingluan turned to look at Xie Zian: "Excuse me, what ingredients do you want me to prepare?"
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