After finishing his sentence, Wu Dao shoved Xu Qianting out of the way, then gave Ye Junfei a fawning look, his whole demeanor screaming "Praise is the best offer."
Ye Junfei had given up on his intelligence and couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.
Wu Dao was slightly disappointed. He had been hoping that if this matter was handled well, he could get all the lashes he owed from the previous incident reduced.
Ye Junfei grasped Lin Xiuyan's hand and said, "It's nothing, just a few tea stains."
"If you really feel bad about it, then wash this garment for me."
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She actually felt quite guilty, after all, she had never washed a man's clothes in her life.
But when she met Ye Junfei's smiling, charming eyes, she chickened out: "Okay, go back and change, I'll help you wash it."
Ye Junfei got what he wanted, and a touch of genuine tenderness appeared in his smiling peach blossom eyes.
Lin Xiuyan felt even more frightened and silently moved to the side.
Ye Junfei glanced at her, gently patted the chair next to him, and she sheepishly moved back.
Fan Xilou watched their interaction from the side, shrinking his neck and trying to minimize his presence.
Wu Dao's eyes darted around, and he smiled as he discussed last night's events with Fan Xilou.
Fan Xilou's gaze darted back and forth between Wu Dao and Ye Junfei. He felt that Ye Junfei was more like a prince than Wu Dao.
Ye Junfei exudes nobility and possesses an exceptional demeanor, while Wu Dao, the young master, always radiates a sleazy air, like a lackey.
He was somewhat surprised and uncertain, but fortunately, he was still shrewd and didn't reveal too much.
He would occasionally try to get a few words out of Wu Dao. Although Wu Dao was simple-minded, he had followed Ye Junfei in the capital for many years and was quite good at keeping secrets when it came to important matters.
However, Fan Xilou was an extremely sensitive person, and the more Wu Dao avoided answering certain questions, the more he felt there was a problem.
By the time Xu Qianting finished urging the dishes and went upstairs, Fan Xilou was basically certain that Wu Dao was not the heir of the Prince of Pingnan, but Ye Junfei was.
Because whenever Wu Dao encounters a difficult question to answer, he glances at Ye Junfei.
Fan Xilou wondered in his heart if he had offended Ye Junfei in the past few days. After receiving a negative answer, he gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.
As soon as Xu Qianting came in, he tried to squeeze next to Lin Xiuyan. Wu Dao, with a cheeky grin, plopped down next to Lin Xiuyan, taking Xu Qianting's spot.
Xu Qianting: "..."
Wu Dao looked at Xu Qianting and said, "Little Xu, I'm sorry to trouble you with urging us to finish the dishes today."
Xu Qianting couldn't help but say, "Why should I?!"
Wu Dao said calmly, "Because I am the heir of the Prince of Pingnan's mansion."
Xu Qianting: "..."
Alright, this person's status is indeed a bit too high; he can't afford to offend them.
He could only sit on the outermost edge, feeling wronged, doing odd jobs.
The dishes were served quickly, but Lin Xiuyan had no appetite at all.
Fan Xilou was unable to eat, while Xu Qianting was too angry to eat.
Only Wu Dao, the heartless one, and Ye Junfei, the instigator, have decent appetites.
Lin Xiuyan ate a few bites of food symbolically before putting down her chopsticks.
After finally getting through the meal, Lin Xiuyan deliberately dawdled and walked at the very back when going downstairs.
Fan Xilou had an injury on his foot, so he didn't dare to walk in front of Ye Junfei and fell down as well.
As they went downstairs and turned the corner, Ye Junfei and Wudao walked ahead, and just then another group of guests came and separated them.
Lin Xiuyan then asked Fan Xilou, "What exactly happened last night? How did the young master get involved?"
Fan Xilou replied, "I didn't have many people at my disposal last night, and it was my first time doing something like this, so there were bound to be some oversights."
"It was clear that things were about to get out of control, but the Crown Prince brought people here to bring the situation under control."
Lin Xiuyan frowned and asked, "Why didn't you say so before?"
Fan Xilou also felt a little aggrieved: "After we met today, I've been so busy that I haven't had a chance to talk to you at all."
Lin Xiuyan reached out and pressed her brow. She knew that Fan Xilou had done a very good job for his first task.
Looking at her like this, Fan Xilou asked with some concern, "Is something wrong?"
Lin Xiuyan sighed and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, but in doing so, I'll owe the young master another favor."
"Again?" Fan Xilou asked with some curiosity, "Did you owe the young master a favor before?"
This matter cannot be explained in just a few words, not to mention that there are other things involved.
Lin Xiuyan changed the subject: "How much did you earn last night?"
Fan Xilou hurriedly said, "I wanted to tell you this earlier, but the young master is here, so it's not convenient to say it."
After he finished speaking, he made several hand gestures to her. These were jargon used in the business, which Lin Xiuyan understood. She was somewhat surprised: "So many?"
Fan Xilou said somewhat embarrassedly, "If given enough time, I can double that number."
"But you said this matter must be completed in the shortest possible time, so I sacrificed some profits."
"Last night, I split some of the profits with them, and sold others for 30% of the price."
"So even though we managed to make nearly 40% of the money from those chips, we still ended up losing some money."
Lin Xiuyan looked at him with a complicated expression. When she asked him to do this yesterday, she thought she would be lucky to earn 20% of the chips.
After all, it is extremely difficult to accomplish this in such a short period of time.
He raised her expected goals by almost double, yet she still felt she hadn't done enough. All she could say was that a big shot is a big shot; his standards for himself are truly high.
He glanced at Ye Junfei and Wudao, who were waiting at the entrance of the restaurant, and said, "It seems that the young master and Young Master Ye have a very good relationship."
"But I feel like their identities are reversed, don't you think?"
Lin Xiuyan thought Fan Xilou was a talented person; he had seen through so much in just one meal.
She gestured for silence: "I didn't see anything wrong with this. As long as the young master is happy, we can only play along with whatever tricks he wants to play."
Fan Xilou immediately understood the implication in her words and replied, "That's true."
"Let's hurry over there, or the young master will get impatient."
Lin Xiuyan didn't really want to go to Ye Junfei's side, but she was afraid that if she kept talking to Fan Xilou here, it would make things difficult for him.
Just as she was about to go over, a hand reached out from the side and grabbed her, then a slap came down on her face.
Lin Xiuyan's body reacted faster than her brain. She grabbed that hand, twisted it hard, and then threw it to the ground.
A scream rang out, and the person was thrown down the steps by her.
Lin Xiuyan also saw clearly who had slapped her: it was Yu Feiyan.
One of the two maids that Yu Feiyan brought shouted at the top of her lungs, "Lin Xiuyan hit someone in public!"
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