"Now that Prefect Xu is here, you must stand up for us!"
As they were talking, someone recounted how a pair of underpants had unexpectedly fallen from the sky and hit someone on the head. As Manager Lin listened, his face turned red and white, as if he had been slapped in the face on the spot.
His gaze fell on the ground, where his underpants lay quietly, like a monstrous beast, something to be avoided at all costs.
"Manager Lin promised to waive the bill, but now he's trying to run away! Madam Feng, do you think it's appropriate for such a large restaurant to do this?"
At this moment, Madam Feng, who had changed her clothes, also came down the stairs. She thought that Magistrate Xu had already left, but she did not expect that he was blocked at the bottom of the stairs.
She cursed her bad luck, thinking she should have known better than to come down now. What if these people saw the two of them together? Wouldn't they start to think all sorts of things?
Actually, she was overthinking it. At this moment, these people didn't have time to gossip about their messy affairs. They were all thinking about how to get Manager Lin to keep his promise!
"Who...who escaped?"
Seeing Madam Feng come downstairs, Manager Lin remembered the main topic and quickly said, "Madam, President Jing from the Da'an Newspaper just arrived. I never imagined President Jing would be so young, and so handsome, refined, and dashing—a truly remarkable person..."
Manager Lin was an unambitious person in the Lin family; otherwise, Madam Feng wouldn't have pulled him into managing the shop. Therefore, his education was limited, and it was truly remarkable that he could come up with such a few words to praise people.
While praising Jing Zhe, he also subtly winked at Madam Feng. The purpose of his doing so was to secretly tell her that the handsome young man was Jing Zhe, so that she wouldn't let it slip in front of Magistrate Xu!
However, his performance was met with great disdain by the crowd.
In their view, Manager Lin had repeatedly offended Jing Zhe without knowing his identity, and now that he knew, he must be terrified, which is why he praised Jing Zhe in front of Prefect Xu and Madam Feng.
That Manager Lin is a real scoundrel!
However, no matter how much he praises it, this order must be waived today!
Madam Feng roughly understood what Manager Lin meant, and sighed inwardly, because they found out too late!
Before she could speak, Prefect Xu said, "Oh, I already knew about this! I invited President Jing here, and we discussed some matters. After we finished, President Jing left first!"
In truth, no one could have guessed that the man's underpants belonged to Magistrate Xu, but he felt guilty and as if the gazes of the crowd could see right through him, so he made a fuss and said this on purpose to provide an alibi.
After saying that, he felt much relieved. He didn't want the incident of throwing underwear at someone to escalate any further, so he looked at Manager Lin and said earnestly, "Manager Lin, since this happened in Feng Family Restaurant, it's your restaurant's business! Moreover, even President Jing has agreed to compensate and waive the bill, so Manager Lin has an unshirkable responsibility!"
After speaking, he glanced at Madam Feng and asked, "Madam Feng, do you think what I said is correct?"
"Prefect Xu is absolutely right. As per President Jing's request, everyone present today will not only have their meal free, but will also receive a free jar of wine. As for those who were hit, they will still have their meals free ten times!"
Madam Feng bowed slightly to everyone, her attitude sincere: "Furthermore, our Feng Family Restaurant will definitely strengthen its management in the future to ensure that such things as... throwing underwear at people, which are offensive to public morals, will never happen again!"
As she finished speaking, Madam Feng lowered her head, her face slightly flushed, whether from anger or shyness, it was hard to tell.
"Thank you, Madam Feng!"
"As expected of Madam Feng!"
"Besides Madam Feng, no one else has that kind of courage!"
"..."
Everyone immediately began to flatter and fawn over him, but their words were laced with sarcasm towards Manager Lin…
...
Jing Zhe emerged from Feng's Restaurant feeling refreshed and invigorated.
This Madam Feng, along with that Manager Lin, is clearly a combination of a patron and a pimp. The two of them have probably ruined countless young men—of course, for those young men themselves, perhaps it wasn't really a ruin.
After all, in Jing Zhe's era, if such a thing happened, a bunch of keyboard warriors would have typed out heartbreaking words: Let go of that boy, let me have him…
However, Jing Zhe's noble character determined that he could not do such a thing with Madam Feng. Thinking about it, he was still very angry, so it was normal for him to target them.
Next comes making money. Fifteen thousand taels of silver is no small sum! But the thought of so much silver going into his pocket soon made Jing Zhe beam with joy.
Next, he looked around the street. Qingqiu should be waiting for him outside since she jumped out of the window, but he couldn't find her anywhere after looking around.
Did someone go back to Qingyun Sect first?
It's also possible that she's waiting for her to come to her!
With this in mind, Jing Zhe fully learned from his previous experience at Kunlun Mirror and decided to buy some things in the city first, and then visit Qingyun Sect.
He stopped just after crossing the intersection.
"Zhe'er!"
Jing Zhe turned around and his eyes lit up.
At this moment, Pei Yunxi, Lin Wan'er, and Qingqiu, whom he had been searching for for a long time, were all standing in the alley next to them. The three beautiful women standing together were like a beautiful sight, and even the alley was noticeably brighter than the other streets.
Perhaps worried that their appearance together would cause a commotion and attract attention, the three women stood in the alley, with Lin Wan'er waving at him.
Jing Zhe hurriedly ran over: "Why are the sisters out here?"
As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Qingqiu, as if asking her what was going on.
Qingqiu frowned slightly, winked at him, and then looked away, refusing to look at him.
Jing Zhe was puzzled. When he looked at Pei Yunxi and Lin Wan'er again, he found that the two women were staring intently at them!
"Fourth Sister, Seventh Sister, why are you looking at Third Sister and me like that? It's like you're interrogating criminals."
Lin Wan'er didn't answer him directly. She looked at Jing Zhe, then at Qing Qiu, and finally looked away, asking Jing Zhe, "Zhe'er, what were you doing just now?"
"They went to Feng's Restaurant to discuss business! Didn't you tell Seventh Sister when you came out of Lin's house?"
"Oh, you're discussing business, right? Are you alone, or with your third sister?"
At this moment, Pei Yunxi, who was standing next to her, asked.
"They must be with Third Sister! Didn't Third Sister herself say that they came out of Feng Family Restaurant together?"
Lin Wan'er spoke first.
"When did I... mmm..."
"..."
Before Qingqiu could finish speaking, Lin Wan'er covered her mouth first, leaving Jing Zhe dumbfounded.
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