Bai Luochen has become increasingly irritable lately, and his attempts to meet with Lu Yanzhao have all ended in vain.
Zhou Yu is extremely busy making "Weizan" snail rice noodles.
Previously, business at the shop was not good, so her grandfather gave her an idea: to hold a snail rice noodle slurping contest. Whoever slurped the most snail rice noodles would not only receive a month's supply of free snail rice noodles, but also receive an extra prize.
Mr. Liu truly has the makings of a businessman.
This gimmick immediately stirred up excitement among men, women, and children in Beijing. To support his granddaughter's business, Mr. Liu brought a group of old men to sit on the judging panel as judges.
The rice noodle slurping competition officially began, and Zhou Yu picked up a gong and banged it loudly.
Bai Luochen saw Zhou Yu calling out with a gong from afar.
Since the Zhou family's downfall, Zhou Yu has become increasingly unlike a pampered young lady, spending her days in the public eye learning how to do business.
Now, chatting with customers like an ordinary citizen, Zhou Yu feels much happier in this state than when she was the third young lady of the Zhou family.
Without the constraints of complicated rules and the supervision of a horde of servants, one can do whatever one wants, and most importantly, one's maternal grandfather supports it all.
When Zhou Yu saw Bai Luochen among the contestants of the rice noodle slurping competition, she was so surprised that she rubbed her eyes several times: "Why did this guy come here?"
Zhou Yu learned the word "ya de" from Gu Nanjiao. She found it novel at the time and memorized it.
Bai Luochen looked up and met the other person's gaze. Their eyes met, and he was surprised to find a hint of warning in the other person's eyes.
What warning? Are they afraid he'll cause trouble at the rice noodle slurping competition?
Bai Luochen curled his lips, his beautiful peach blossom eyes tilting upwards, revealing a passionate radiance that made the young women and wives watching the competition blush and their hearts race.
"Wow, look at that young man in white! He has handsome features and his white clothes are flowing. Especially his little mouth, which is so red, it looks like it's been painted with rouge. I really want to take a bite."
"I wonder what kind of girl could be good enough for him."
"Yes, yes, look, look, he's looking this way at me! Oh no, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to faint."
A commotion broke out in the crowd, and a woman with hearts in her eyes lay sprawled on the ground.
Zhou Yu bit her lower lip in anger. Damn Bai Luochen, she really is a femme fatale. With just one look, she can turn the noodle-slurping competition into chaos.
Fortunately, she wasn't the unreasonable Miss Zhou from before. She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Quickly, take this girl who has heatstroke away to rest, and prepare some chilled mung bean soup to cool her down."
Lü Fu called over a few people, and they carried the unconscious girl away, restoring normalcy to the scene.
Everyone praised the owner of "Weizan" snail rice noodles for being so generous, showing concern for a viewer who fainted from heatstroke.
Zhou Yu gave Bai Luochen a provocative look and mouthed a few words: Don't try to cause trouble!
Bai Luochen understood, but he was a little confused. He was told not to cause trouble? What trouble had he caused? He had obediently participated in the competition from beginning to end, not daring to move an inch.
His main goal was to win first place and question Zhou Yu about why she embarrassed him by refusing the marriage proposal.
The rice noodle slurping competition proceeded smoothly. Bai Luochen was giving it his all, mainly because he loved the pungent smell. While others were pinching their noses and slurping their noodles, Bai Luochen thoroughly enjoyed finishing a bowl.
He achieved first place.
They received "one month of free rice noodles" and a pair of golden chopsticks.
After the competition ended, everyone was still enjoying their rice noodles and vowed to come back again.
"This stuff may smell terrible, but it tastes amazing."
"Really? You're not kidding, are you? How can something that smells so bad taste good?"
"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can buy a bowl and try it. The taste is amazing."
The rice noodle slurping competition was a complete success, and Zhou Yu was very satisfied with the reactions of the onlookers.
When she saw that Bai Luochen was in first place, her face fell: "Here's a hundred taels of silver. Don't come to my house to eat noodles anymore. Wherever you go, you'll cause chaos."
Look at his despicable appearance, he makes young women blush with shame. He doesn't even bother to cover his face when he goes out.
Bai Luochen curled his lips, grabbed Zhou Yu's arm, pulled her close, and held her tightly in his arms.
"Hey, what are you doing? In front of everyone..." Zhou Yu's voice faded into the distance. Bai Luochen, carrying her, lightly touched the ground with his toes and quickly disappeared from the audience's sight.
"My granddaughter..." Old Master Liu cried out in anguish, then suddenly remembered something, smiled and waved to the crowd: "Continue, continue, the second round of the rice noodle slurping competition is about to begin."
Wasn't it over? Why is there another round?
Upon hearing this, everyone's plans to go home instantly vanished: there was a second round of the snail rice noodle slurping competition! This time, they had to seize the opportunity to try the pungent snail rice noodles and see if they were as delicious as the previous contestants had described.
Bai Luochen carried Zhou Yu through a maze of twists and turns, hopping and leaping until they finally jumped into a courtyard.
Caught off guard, Zhou Yu was pinned to the bed by Bai Luochen, whose handsome yet unpredictable face loomed close to her.
His warm breath sprayed all over her face, and Zhou Yu blushed and her heart raced. She subconsciously reached out and hooked her arm around Bai Luochen's neck.
"laugh!"
The snickering sound beside her brought Zhou Yu to her senses. She swallowed hard and turned her face away, not daring to look Bai Luochen in the eye.
Male beauty can be a trap!
She absolutely mustn't look at him, otherwise she couldn't guarantee she wouldn't take advantage of Bai Luochen.
"Why did you refuse the marriage?" Bai Luochen's voice was low and hoarse, his exasperated tone mixed with a hint of suppressed anger.
The woman's sweet fragrance filled Bai Luochen's nostrils, and he couldn't help but think of Zhou Yu's naked appearance, the soft and smooth touch, and a surging heat churned within him.
"You rejected me once, so I'll reject you once. It's fair and just." When Zhou Yu said this, he wanted to be sharp-tongued, preferably with a sense of revenge.
Unexpectedly, the words came out in a low voice, somewhat like the coquettish complaints between lovers, making her blush deeply and inwardly scold herself for being so weak.
Bai Luochen almost laughed out of anger at Zhou Yu's words. He moved closer, his well-defined knuckles caressing the woman's lower abdomen: "Is that so? I've deflowered you, and you might be carrying my child. You refused the marriage, aren't you afraid that the child in your belly won't have a father?"
"Having a child is perfect, it'll continue the Liu family bloodline. The child will take my maternal grandfather's surname, and then I'll find a few handsome fathers for the child... mmm..."
Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Yu's lips were sealed by Bai Luochen. She tried to push him away by bending her knees, but before she could even bend them, he had already pressed his waist into hers with a deep gaze.
Damn it, damn it!
Zhou Yu cursed inwardly and struggled, but this only aroused the man on top of her.
Soon after, Zhou Yu's face flushed, her body went limp, and sweat soaked her messy hair.
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