Chapter 50: Sky-high Room Fee

An Xin and his friends were led by the innkeeper to a small courtyard at the back of the inn, which was elegant and quiet.

Although they didn't have to go out in the rain to look for an inn tonight, they were still feeling nervous as they stood under the wide and long eaves and looked at the well-decorated courtyard.

A night in a top-grade room at the Xingyue Inn is so expensive, can they afford to stay in this small courtyard?

An Xin asked weakly, "Boss, how much does it cost to stay in this courtyard for one night?"

Shopkeeper Li was stunned. His boss only asked him to bring the person in and did not say how much the accommodation fee would be.

"this……"

"You go down first, I'll talk to them."

"Yes." Shopkeeper Li saw his boss coming in with his men, bowed with a feeling of relief, and then walked out of the courtyard.

An Xin looked at the man who walked in with an umbrella. He had a smile as gentle as jade, but the aura he exuded was unapproachable.

The boy following behind him looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. He took a look at her and found that she was a girl, so he lowered his head with a shy blushing face.

An Xin raised his eyebrows and smiled playfully.

Judging from the boy's reaction, they are probably not bad people. This is confirmed.

Li Ziyu, Leng Xiangbai and six others stood beside An Xin in a protective posture. Although they knew that their young chief was very strong, they still did so subconsciously.

“Don’t be nervous, everyone. My cousin just saw that it was raining outside and it was getting dark, and he was worried that you wouldn’t be able to find a place to stay tonight.

So you asked me to take you in for one night." Kong Jue saw the vigilance of Li Ziyu and the others, and spoke in a gentle but distant tone.

An Xin didn’t know whether others believed this or not, but when she saw the boy opposite her with red ears, she believed it.

"Thank you very much, gentlemen," An Xin decided that if you dare to hand over the pole, I will dare to climb along, "We are willing to pay for accommodation, can we stay here for a few more days?"

Kong Jue looked embarrassed, thinking that this was a very impolite person.

An Xin: “…” You’re welcome. I have no place to stay.

Li Ziyu and Leng Xiangbai turned you aside, pretending not to know this shameless man.

Zhu Shijing pricked up his ears to hear how much it would cost to live in this courtyard.

Jiang Zhou stood under the eaves with his head raised, looking at the raindrops left above, pretending that he heard nothing.

An Rui and Liu Boxing, two funny guys, looked at their little headmistress with starry eyes, and were in awe of her shameless state.

Kong Jue looked at the shameless woman in front of him and wanted to refuse, but he found that his sleeve was tugged by someone. He knew who it was without looking.

The wealthy Young Master Kong could only sigh silently and surrender when he saw his little cousin's eyes as clear as spring water.

"Then stay here."

Although An Xin was being a bit dishonest, she really couldn't find the inn, and she wasn't the kind of person who would take advantage of others.

"This small courtyard has quite a lot of rooms. If possible, could you please give us four rooms to stay in? As long as the room rate is not too outrageous, we are willing to accept it."

After hearing what An Xin said, Kong Jue's smile became more genuine. At least the people his little cousin helped this time seemed pretty good.

"Since you said so, it would seem fake if I refused." Kong Jue: "Then let's go with the usual price. Twenty taels per room, eighty taels for four rooms per night. How long do you want to stay?"

An Xin quickly covered Zhu Shijing's mouth as he was about to speak, and from the look on his face, she knew what he was going to say.

Considering that there would be two examinations, they would have to stay here for at least three nights, plus meals, and the food and lodging of several grooms, it would cost at least three hundred taels of silver.

Thinking about how the inn used to cost five taels of silver a night, and that their group wouldn't even have a hundred taels to spend after the exam, An Xin felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Li Ziyu took Zhu Shijing from An Xin with an expressionless face. Leng Xiangbai and others came over and pulled him aside. They all understood that it was because they came too late.

It was raining outside, and this was their only choice.

An Xin said earnestly: "Thank you for being willing to share the courtyard with us. We will pay the rent according to the price you mentioned."

Although he felt sorry for the money, An Xin was also truly grateful.

Kong Jue ordered his followers to take Li Ziyu and the other six to the three rooms on the west side, and let them live with whomever they wanted.

An Xin lives in the courtyard in the backyard, where the scenery is even more quiet and elegant.

Kong Jue and his younger cousin Kong Xun moved in together and gave this small courtyard to her.

It was dark soon after An Xin and the others settled down. Since they had to take an exam the next day, everyone went back to their rooms after dinner to rest early.

In the quiet backyard of the Xingyue Inn, An Xin asked the waiter to fetch some hot water, took a nice hot bath, and then lay comfortably in bed.

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An Xin thought of the blushing boy who insisted on giving up the courtyard he lived in to her despite his cousin's opposition.

Just because he thought it was inconvenient for her to live in the front room, he was really a little stubborn.

Da Zhuang and his companions were also arranged to live in the back room of the courtyard with Mr. Kong's servants. The place was much better than the big bunk beds that the servants slept in in the previous inn.

Outside, raindrops were dripping from the eaves. An Xin turned over, and after a bumpy day, she slowly closed her eyes. Her breathing gradually became steady and she fell asleep.

The next day, when An Xin woke up after hearing the noise, he turned around and saw that it was still dark outside the window. Then he remembered that they were late and today was the day of the college entrance examination.

I quickly put on my clothes and went out to the front row. I didn't know when the rain had stopped, but the stone road was still very slippery.

Come to the front porch.

I saw Li Ziyu and the other six people were all dressed neatly, packed their necessary things, carrying their exam baskets and preparing to take the carriage to the examination room.

"Why are you here?" Leng Xiangbai was no longer as indifferent as before when facing An Xin. "We are already familiar with the examination process. It's cold after the rain, so there's no need for you to get up early to send us off."

An Xin: "Have you brought everything?"

"You don't even need to tell me that." Jiang Zhou was always complaining, "Hey, I don't know if it will rain again."

After saying this, Jiang Zhou met the six people's strange looks, puzzled, and asked: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Everyone: "..." He was just a jinx and had no idea what was going on.

An Xin ignored him because they didn't expect it to rain and they didn't bring any large oil paper to shelter from the rain when they came.

So he had to trot hurriedly to find that Young Master Kong.

Kong Jue had just sent his little cousin to the carriage and had not yet left when he saw An Xin running towards him in a hurry, "Miss An, what happened?"

Kong Xun, who was sitting in the carriage, looked with his clear eyes at An Xin, whose hair was uncombed and looked messy after getting up in the morning.

He grew up in the capital and had never seen a woman who paid so little attention to her appearance.

(End of this chapter)