The little fox demon from Qiantang Mountain felt that she could no longer respond passively and had to rely entirely on Zhao Lang and Mr. Zhu to save the situation.

Otherwise, he would be exposed sooner or later and get beaten up along with Zhao Lang.

In fact, she didn't care. She even wanted to directly tell Zhao Lingfei that she was her rival and tell her seriously that in the relationship between men and women, it is not the one who has better martial arts skills, good looks and family background who will win.

The determination to silently devote the rest of your life to each other, the love for each other that is unique in the world, and the love that can't be hidden in the eyes that is clear without words when you are together.

That is the most important criterion.

What suits you is the best.

Therefore, the little fox demon was not afraid of getting beaten up and having lumps all over her head, and she ran away with her head covered. However... she was afraid of implicating a heartless man who she was willing to beat but not willing others to beat.

He told her in the afternoon that he was not ready yet, but he would definitely give an explanation.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao felt that she had to take the initiative to face this very powerful female prodigy from Taiqing Mansion...

"Yes...I came alone."

Su Xiaoxiao, who was eating, put down the bowl which was bigger than her face and answered seriously.

There was a grain of white rice at the corner of her pink lips.

Coupled with the serious look on her little face, she is so adorable.

Concubine Zhao Ling nodded: "Oh, really."

Zhao Rong couldn't help but glance at Su Xiaoxiao, and felt that this timid and silly girl's behavior was a little different from before, as if she had become... braver.

Did he learn it from some girl in blue?

"Little... girl." Zhao Lingfei seemed to have thought of something and looked at her with a faint smile. "I just asked you, you were a little confused about where Qiantang Mountain was, like a little directionally challenged, but you still had such courage to run down the mountain by yourself and come to Duyou alone..."

As she spoke, Concubine Zhao Ling laughed.

Zhao Rong, who was eating silently, suddenly had his eyelids twitching and he couldn't hold it back anymore.

It seems like Qingjun is about to solve the case.

But before he and Zhu Yourong, who had a tacit understanding with him, could come up with a countermeasure, a certain little fox demon became unhappy when he heard it.

"I... I'm not directionally challenged. I know the way."

Su Xiaoxiao pointed at her fingers and whispered:

"Isn't Duyou City at the northernmost end? After you go down the mountain, just keep walking north until you find a fairy market. There, you can not only buy mountain and river maps, but also take the cloud sea ferry operated by some unscrupulous merchants. Xiaoxiao knows all about it."

Zhao Lingfei whispered: "Black-hearted business?"

"Um!"

The little fox demon nodded and explained these one by one, very carefully:

"I just bought a boat ticket to Duyou City. I spent forty-five...six...seven, forty-seven spirit stones! Well, it's enough to buy many, many books about talented scholars and beautiful women. My wallet is almost empty. But they still want to trick Xiaoxiao into paying extra to buy a VIP cabin. They kept recommending it, saying that there are some...extra special services."

Huh? Everyone's eyes were immediately drawn to it. Zhao Rong, who was complaining in his heart, was also stunned for a moment and turned his head.

At the side, even the shopkeeper Zhao, who was casually holding a toothpick in his mouth, opened his eyes, dropped the toothpick in his mouth, and looked at the little fox girl who seemed to be not very smart...

In their sight, they saw Su Xiaoxiao pause and tilt her head:

"I asked them if the VIP cabins were bigger, with bigger beds, and if they also provided free midnight snacks and drinks in addition to the three free meals, because the economy cabins provided free meals.

"In the end, they told me that the cabin and the bed were indeed much bigger and could sleep several people, but the three meals that were originally free were now charged separately, and the same was true for the midnight snacks and drinks, which seemed to be even more expensive. However, they covered their mouths and told me mysteriously that the VIP cabin had additional special services...

"They said that if you order a midnight snack or drinks at night, they can send the right servant to deliver it to you personally, based on the price of the different drink packages. They will provide door-to-door service, and I have the final say on when to leave...

"Well, these black-hearted businesses simply don't take Xiao Xiao seriously as a fox. Although I just came out of the mountains, I'm not stupid. We have the Su Fox Clan, not a stupid fox clan. Our ancestors were smart and powerful. I inherited their bloodline, and Xiao Xiao is not stupid either, so I rejected them immediately, hum."

The little fox demon put down her chopsticks, pounded the table with her pink fist, and her little face was full of indignation.

It seems that when thinking about this matter now, I still feel a little aggrieved and unhappy that the "fox businessman" was insulted.

“…”

The hall was quiet at this time.

Many people seemed to be stunned by what they heard. They held their bowls and chopsticks, mouths slightly open, looking at a little fox demon who firmly believed that he had inherited the fine bloodline of the fox clan.

Zhao Rong opened his eyes. Wow, there are special services on the Qingfeng Pavilion ferry? I just found out about it now. Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier?

He felt deeply sorry after feeling a slight tremor.

When he first got on the boat, Zhao Rong was very curious about everything on the mountain. It was his first time taking the Yunhai Ferry. Although he was not familiar with it, he guessed that this place might be like most hotels in his previous life, with people stuffing small cards into the cracks of cabin doors in the middle of the night.

Well, maybe it’s not a small card here, but something else, but only the form is different, the core is the same.

It’s just that Zhao Rong waited on the boat for more than half a month, like Sherlock Holmes, paying attention during the day and waiting at night. He even pricked up his ears for the sound of the person turning over upstairs. But in the end... it was so funny, nothing happened.

Of course, Zhao Rong didn't really want any special service, he was just curious and wanted to explore. Well, just like in his previous life, he received a lot of small cards but never dialed them.

Therefore, Zhao Rong couldn't help but sigh at that time that the folk customs and service industries in this world were really simple. He never thought that they did have them, but they were not prepared for the poor at all, and they even had to be in a VIP cabin first.

Shop owner, you are going down a narrow path... Zhao Rong secretly felt sorry.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao saw that the dining table around her had become quiet and blinked. She thought that they were listening too attentively, or they were getting to know her, Su Xiaoxiao, again and had formed a new impression of her in their minds.

For example, she is both beautiful and talented, cute and innocent but secretly smart.

Although the little fox demon felt that it was a bit of a show-off to tell all these things now, neither she nor Zhao Lang had ever mentioned this matter.

However, in front of a certain autumn-eyed woman, Su Xiaoxiao felt that she couldn't let herself be too inferior and let Mr. Zhu and Jingzi look down on her. Especially... she couldn't let someone think that she was a bully...

The little fox demon nodded his head secretly, covered his mouth and coughed twice like an adult, "Isn't this VIP cabin for pit foxes?"

Her face was serious:

"Not only are the free meals gone, but besides the bigger seats and beds, there's only a useless special service of delivering drinks and snacks to your door in the middle of the night. Compared to economy class, the ticket is much more expensive. I'll only sleep alone on the bigger bed, so what's the point?"

Everyone: “…”

"Ahem."

At this moment, a cough interrupted Su Xiaoxiao's puzzled words.

It’s Zhao Rong.

He clenched his fist to cover his mouth, and when he saw everyone looking at him, he quickly waved his hands, "It's okay, it's okay, cough cough, I choked on the water, Miss... Miss Su, please continue."

Zhao Rong blushed at this time, but he still said the last sentence with gritted teeth.

He slapped his forehead, regretting bringing this silly girl to dinner. No, he brought her to Duyou City.

Stupid little silly little, stop talking about this. Sooner or later you will piss me off to death. Then let me see how you cry. Wait, that's not right. This silly girl couldn't be laughing to death without crying. Instead, she smiled and followed Qingjun to live together...

Zhao Rong thought of this speechlessly, feeling a little amused and helpless.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him strangely as he coughed, but didn't care.

But then, she changed the subject and continued:

"So I didn't buy the ticket right away. Instead, I went out to several other shops to ask about the tickets and see how the prices and services were. In particular, I asked if they had any special services and what they were...

"But they seemed to look at me in a strange way. Well, maybe it's because they rarely meet customers who ask questions as carefully as I do. They are so cautious at such a young age."

Su Xiaoxiao raised her chin slightly and looked at Zhao Lingfei. A grain of white rice was still hanging at the corner of her lips, but she was still unaware of it. Instead, she looked a little arrogant.

The little fox demon wanted to sneer at the young scholar who always called her a silly girl, but she held back and continued:

"I'm not stupid. I asked around, but the answers I got were roughly the same. Besides, the tickets from other companies were more expensive and more unscrupulous. After comparing prices from three companies, I still chose the first unscrupulous company. Well, only a fool would buy the VIP cabin. I spent forty-seven spirit stones to buy an ordinary-class ticket, and then... I came all the way to Duyou City. Sister Zhao, I know the way. I'm not directionally challenged!"

Zhao Lingfei: “…”

Others: “…”

Everyone was silent for a while, and exchanged glances with slightly stiff expressions.

Su Xiaoxiao, Miss Su, Su Fox Fairy, are you sure that you have inherited the fine bloodline of the ancestors of the Su clan?

Born as a fox, don't you feel sorry...

"Well, you...why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Su Xiaoxiao looked around, rubbed her face with her hands, and asked in confusion.

"Oh, it's okay."

"Well, eat, eat."

Most people at the table politely looked away and continued eating with different expressions.

The unshaven-bearded shopkeeper Zhao stroked his chin and marveled at the sight of a certain little fox demon as if he were looking at a rare and endangered wild animal.

Jingzi didn't react when she heard her new partner talk about "special services", but she felt that the atmosphere around her seemed a little different, as did the expressions of her husband and Sister Li.

"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with Xiaoxiao's words? Isn't she very smart?" The girl in blue was a little confused. What was the code for special services? Why did it feel like you all understood it, but I didn't? Damn it! Dare to speak directly? Hurry up...

"Puff~"

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao still looking a little proud, Zhao Qianer couldn't hold it back any longer and almost spit out the food in her mouth:

"Hahaha, where did this little fox demon come from? Hahaha..."

She buried her head on the table, her shoulders shaking, and she pounded the table with her fists, "It's over, it's over. I'm going to laugh until I get a stitch in the side. Hahahaha. This is going to make me die of laughter. Hahahaha..."

Su Xiaoxiao: (ó_ò)

“…”

Zhao Rong couldn't bear it anymore and patted Zhao Qian'er on the back of her head.

Zhao Qian'er immediately stopped and said, "Why are you hitting me, Brother Rong'er?"

Zhao Rong frowned and glared at her, "What are you laughing at!"

Zhao Qian'er shrank her head, then snorted and turned away. Although she was no longer happy, her pretty face was still blushing, making her look very pretty.

From time to time she couldn't hold it back and would shake her shoulders and sniff.

Concubine Zhao Ling shook her head slightly and turned around. At this time, Su Xiaoxiao scratched her head and asked her in a low voice:

"Sister Zhao, is there anything wrong with what I said..."

The quiet and elegant Concubine Zhao Ling didn't know how to start her words and stared at the little fox demon who went north alone, somewhat speechless.

After a moment, she burst into laughter, unable to hold back, and immediately lowered her head, covered her mouth with the back of her hand, and shook her head, saying, "It's okay, ignore Qian'er. Miss Su, from what you said, you are indeed very powerful. I underestimated you before, I'm sorry."

Su Xiaoxiao waved her hand generously, "Well, it's okay!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yourong, Fan Yushu and others around smiled kindly.

The atmosphere at the table became lively.

At this time, more than half of the meal had been eaten.

Concubine Zhao Ling stared at the dish that her husband was almost emptying and thought for a while, "Little girl, so you came to Duyou City in the north alone?"

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at her, then lowered her head and took another big bite of rice.

She puffed her cheeks and nodded hesitantly, "Hmm."

"Don't move." Zhao Lingfei suddenly stretched out her hand.

Su Xiaoxiao was a little flustered, and Zhao Rong was also worried.

But the next moment, Concubine Zhao Ling used a slender finger to pick up the grain of white rice that had been on Su Xiaoxiao's lips for a long time.

Concubine Zhao Ling smiled and joked, "Little girl, are you going to save this grain of rice for the New Year?"

Oh, how embarrassing...Su Xiaoxiao blushed and quickly lowered her head and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand: "Ah, thank you, thank you."

Concubine Zhao Ling smiled and shook her head, then looked at Su Xiaoxiao carefully and suddenly said:

"You are really beautiful, little girl."

Su Xiaoxiao paused as she wiped her mouth, then put her hand down. She raised her head and looked at Zhao Lingfei in the same way, saying seriously, "Sister Zhao, you too."

After the two of them finished talking, no one spoke for a while and the air was quiet for a while.

Zhao Rong didn't know how many times his eyelids had twitched today, but he knew that if he continued chatting like this, he would be doomed.

At this moment, the conversation between Qingjun and Xiaoxiao always makes Zhao Rong's mind unsettled, and he has all kinds of speculations and interpretations in his mind, and he feels that it will come out in the next second.

Xiaoxiao, who should have been timid and acted like an ostrich, was stimulated by something tonight. Now she actually raised her head and started to "rehearse lines" with Qingjun one-on-one.

There is a give and take.

However, Zhao Rong was not happy about Su Xiaoxiao's change. Instead, he became more frightened, just like now.

At this moment, Zhao Rong secretly groaned in his heart, and suddenly the next second, he caught a glimpse of the black lacquered wine jug between his and Zhao Qian'er's seats.

Someone's eyes lit up...

At this moment, Zhao Lingfei, who had been eating quietly for a while, put down her bowl and chopsticks and said with a smile:

"Little girl, when did you come to Duyou City? I remember that due to some things, the traffic on Wangque Mountain has been blocked for more than half a year. The Yunhai Ferry you were on should have been stopped as well..."

"No." Su Xiaoxiao interrupted her with a smile.

She lowered her eyes and whispered, "I came early and didn't meet ..."

"Hey, Qian'er, why don't you open the bottle of wine you're holding?"

At this moment, a loud laugh interrupted the conversation of everyone at the table. Su Xiaoxiao and Zhao Lingfei also stopped talking and turned to look.

Zhao Rongzheng pointed to the pot of wine on the table and said to Zhao Qianer, "This is a specialty brewed by Shopkeeper Zhao. Haha, let's all try it. We finally get together for a meal tonight."

He looked around at everyone, then at Zhao Lingfei, "Oh, Qingjun, you should have a drink too. Today is an exception. You are not allowed to use the excuse of practicing as an excuse. The autumn night is chilly, and you have to meditate tonight. Have a drink to warm your body."

After he finished speaking, Zhao Rong smiled and reached out to take the black wine jug.

However, the next second, his outstretched hand stopped in the air.

Because a rough big hand reached out from the side and grabbed Zhao Rong's wrist.

It was a little quiet on the field.

Zhao Rong narrowed his eyes slightly and turned his head, only to see that the owner of the hand was the untidy bearded shopkeeper.

"Wait a minute, little boy."

Zhao Xifu spoke in a leisurely tone.

Zhao Rong raised his eyebrows.