105 The outfit of a fruit and vegetable shop?
"I think you have good taste. He is trustworthy."
Liu's Restaurant was doing business as usual today. There were two or three tables of guests sitting scattered in the lobby. Manager Liu sighed, feeling anxious and helpless.
After about two incense sticks of time, the guests left one after another. Manager Liu didn't have much time to think about anything else, so he sent the waiter away and planned to close the shop for a rest.
Before leaving, the servant took back the sign outside and carefully said, holding the wooden sign, "Boss, that person was waiting outside during the day! Should we send her away?"
"Who?" Shopkeeper Liu was stunned. "The one who introduced the mushrooms?"
The servant nodded in agreement.
Manager Liu estimated the time, a hint of anger on his face, and he walked away: "Take me to see, how could I not see that you are such a stubborn donkey during the day? It's so late now, why are you still guarding the door--"
Before he finished speaking, he just stepped out of the door and saw Ye Yunzhao squatting on the steps, holding a small bamboo basket tightly. He was now asleep leaning against the door.
The fire in his heart was extinguished at once, and he suddenly remembered that when he was young, he followed his grandfather to ask people for favors. It seemed that they were just like that time, sitting outside the door and waiting, waiting and waiting, until he fell asleep in his grandfather's arms, but the door was not opened, and the person he wanted to ask for help did not appear.
He sighed softly and raised his hand to try to wake her up: "Madam, wake up——"
"Don't take my things!" Ye Yunzhao, who was in her sleep, felt a pair of large hands desperately snatching the bamboo basket from her arms. She fought and screamed, suddenly opening her eyes, "Ah! Why is it you!"
Shopkeeper Liu was startled by her inexplicable movement and fell to the ground. After seeing that she had regained consciousness, he angrily said, "Who stole your things?"
Ye Yunzhao quickly stood up and helped him up, saying shamefully, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know when I fell asleep and scared you..."
"Humph." Shopkeeper Liu said, "Why are you sitting here sleeping so late at night instead of going home?"
"I..." Ye Yunzhao's eyes turned red, and he said, "Boss, I beg you to try these woven mushrooms. They are really different from what you have eaten before, really!"
Shopkeeper Liu had already guessed her intention. Seeing her so persistent, he felt sorry for her. After thinking it over, he said, "Madam, if you really want to, it's useless to bother me. Even if I want your mushrooms, I won't be able to use them. You have to find a place in the fruit and vegetable trade."
Outfit? Ye Yunzhao didn't understand. She wanted to ask, but Shopkeeper Liu quickly slipped into the shop and closed the door.
Although she had waited for a long time, it was not a wasted trip. However, she had no idea that there were such rules in the capital. Her heart was pounding and she looked worried the whole way.
Ye Yunzhao had just arrived at the inn when the waiter who had been there the day he first arrived came up to greet him: "Sir, why are you back so late? The person you were staying with just now couldn't find you and has gone out to look for you!"
Chen Jingshan? She then remembered that she had left early this morning and had not told him when she would be back. She must be out looking for him because she was afraid that something bad would happen to her.
She hurriedly asked, "Do you know which way he went?"
The waiter replied, "The waiter said he would come back every two incense sticks. If you come back, I will tell you to wait for him inside."
Ye Yunzhao agreed and walked towards the room somewhat weakly. She didn't expect that the promotion of the weaving mushroom would be so unsuccessful. The matter that was originally planned to be resolved in three days has now passed two days. She sighed deeply, walked into the house, and collapsed on the bed.
The waiter suddenly knocked on the door and called her. Ye Yunzhao was afraid that it was something related to Chen Jingshan, so she immediately stood up and walked quickly to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, the waiter brought a square wooden tray with a bowl of meat and vegetable porridge, two plates of vegetarian dishes, and a plate of beef on it.
Ye Yunzhao was stunned: "I didn't order any food."
"That guest specifically told me that before he left." The waiter laughed, then thought of the silver in his arms and said, "Sir, you two are engaged, right?"
"What?" She was about to explain, but the waiter looked clear and said confidently:
"You don't have to lie to me. I've met so many guests from all over the world. How could you possibly hide this from me?
That guest is really interested in you. I can tell right away that you have a special relationship. If you were a couple, you would have booked one room, but you booked two. What else could this be but a marriage contract?!"
After that, the waiter placed the food on the wooden tray on the table. As he put the tray away and was about to leave, he grinned and whispered, "I think you have good taste. He can be trusted."
"Our relationship is not what you think." Ye Yunzhao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and tried to explain.
The waiter just left a look that said "I understand" before closing the door and leaving. He walked away so fast that when she opened the door to say a few more words, he was already gone.
Ye Yunzhao shook her head helplessly. Looking at the food on the table, she realized that apart from the two eggs she had eaten in the morning, she really had not eaten anything today.
Her stomach started to growl, so she sat down at the table, picked up a white porcelain spoon and gently stirred the steaming meat and vegetable porridge.
When he put it in his mouth, it tasted very good. Perhaps it was because he had been hungry for a long time, Ye Yunzhao's eating movements were a little rough. While he was eating, the door rang again.
Perhaps it was the waiter, so she didn't get up to open the door, but just said, "The door is not locked, just push it open and come in."
Upon seeing the visitor, Ye Yunzhao, who was busy putting food into his mouth, froze, put down his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "You're back? The waiter just said you went out to look for me."
Seeing her so relaxed, Chen Jingshan's face turned pale. He didn't come in directly like before, but stood outside the door and said, "Well, I'm glad you're alright. I'll go get some rest."
"Wait!" Even the most obtuse person could notice his change. He thought he was busy looking for him, but seeing that he was unhappy while eating, Ye Yunzhao asked with concern, "Have you eaten? I'll order two more dishes. You can eat with me before going to sleep."
"I'm not hungry."
Chen Jingshan frowned and said this, but his feet stopped moving. The expression on his face softened slightly. Just as he was about to step inside, he saw Ye Yunzhao turn around and run inside.
He paused and retracted his foot that had already stepped in.
When Ye Yunzhao returned to the door with the pickled bamboo shoots she had spent five cents on yesterday, there was no sign of Chen Jingshan. She looked into his room and saw that the lights were off. The room was dark. She murmured:
"Not eating anymore? Aren't you hungry after running all night?"
She quickly convinced herself: "Maybe I've been running for too long and am really tired. It doesn't matter if I don't eat. I can eat it myself..."
Chen Jingshan, who was lying on his side on the bed on the other side of the wall, put his ears against the wall to listen to the movement in the next room.
With a "creak", she closed the door.
Chen Jingshan sat up suddenly, and with a "clang", he hit his head heavily on the bed frame without paying attention.
He covered his head with his hands, his mouth choking, not daring to shout loudly. He curled up on the bed and tossed and turned. It took him half a minute to recover.
Chen Jingshan gritted his teeth and said nothing, his fingertips clenched until they turned white, and he could only feel secretly angry in his heart.
Sometimes he really wanted to ask Ye Yunzhao directly, did he really consider him a friend? He had already said when he booked the room the day before that he couldn't let go of the two of them being in a foreign country. But Ye Yunzhao, the heartless one, really didn't listen at all!
Chen Jingshan grew increasingly angry as he thought about it. This morning, he'd knocked on the door next door. Initially, he'd assumed the guest had been exhausted and needed a good rest. After waiting for a long time, he'd knocked again, but no one answered. Luckily, the waiter told him the guest staying in that room had left early that morning.
He knew that Ye Yunzhao had come to the capital for important business, but he didn't even have time to inform him early in the morning?
It was almost two o'clock in the evening, and not only had she not returned, she hadn't even found anyone to tell him. Chen Jingshan thought she wasn't doing well, and was worried she might have met with some misfortune. He didn't even have time to eat dinner, and hurried to look for him.
Chen Jingshan sighed and lit an oil lamp. On the table were neatly arranged cold rice and cold soup.
He had almost completed what he had come to the capital to do. During the past two days, he had gone to seven or eight restaurants to eat coral crystal sashimi, and then went to a bookstore to buy some popular books in the capital.
In addition, some of the special spices needed by Ruyi Tower have regular sellers in the capital. Although these things cannot be stockpiled in large quantities, Chen Jingshan has a middleman to guarantee them, so he can bring back the annual quota every time.
After two days, Chen Jingshan thought carefully and estimated that the servants who came with him had probably bought almost everything.
Tomorrow he wants to go and check out the situation and visit the dock to see when he can set off to return home.
However, when he thought of Ye Yunzhao, Chen Jingshan's expression faded, his heart felt heavy, and his whole body was filled with an indescribable depression.
He didn't know how long Ye Yunzhao would need, and he didn't know whether he should wait for her. Perhaps... perhaps in her heart, she always felt that her existence was redundant...
Chen Jingshan laughed at himself, his eyes slightly moist:
"I knew you were just being polite by asking me to have dinner with you..."
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