The woman slowly crawled out from under the table, her face flushed, indicating that the air circulation under the table was poor. She thanked Xu Yuehuai again.
"Young master, thank you so much for what you did earlier." She said, bowing respectfully, her movements perfectly executed, indicating she had received a good education from a young age.
Upon seeing her impeccable manners, Xu Yuehuai knew she must be the daughter of a wealthy family. Just as she was about to ask her something...
The woman began by introducing herself: "I am Bai Yiyi, the daughter of the Minister of Justice. May I ask your name, sir?"
Xu Yuehuai was taken aback when she asked for his name. He paused for a moment before replying, "My surname is Li."
It would be inappropriate to fabricate someone's name now, but it's also unwise to reveal Bai Yiyi's name rashly, as we don't know if she's friend or foe.
Bai Yiyi then asked, "Young Master Li, are you really a distant nephew of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"
Xu Yuehuai was immediately embarrassed, especially in front of someone as sensible as Cui Zique. But faced with Bai Yiyi's question, she could only pretend to nod.
Just then, a gasp came from outside. Cui Zique opened the door with practiced ease, and the three of them saw a woman leaping down from the third floor, her flowing sleeves and graceful dance captivating.
Upon closer inspection after landing, she truly possessed a face as beautiful as a flower, incredibly alluring. Even Xu Yuehuai, a woman herself, couldn't help but take a few more glances, marveling at how such a beautiful person could exist in this world.
The entire Hua Rong Manor suddenly erupted in excitement, with crowds surging around, leaving Xu Yuehuai bewildered.
Soon the woman looked around and threw a daffodil in Xu Yuehuai's direction.
Xu Yuehuai was puzzled. She picked up the flower from the ground and asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?"
Cui Zijue gave Xu Yuehuai a meaningful look, and said with a strange smile, "This young lady is the dancer Narcissus, and the flower she just threw..."
He couldn't help but pause for a moment, which made Xu Yuehuai even more curious.
He cleared his throat and continued, "The fact that she threw the flowers means she's taken a liking to you, and that tonight's first time will be yours, Young Master Xu."
"What?" Xu Yuehuai was shocked and her face paled. At this moment, she felt that the flower was extremely hot to the touch.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yiyi was so frightened that she ran away immediately. She didn't want the waiter to come and find her again later.
"Young Master Xu, until we meet again." Bai Yiyi said this and ran out of the private room.
When the waiter saw that Xu Yuehuai had obtained the daffodils, he ran up with a big smile and asked Xu Yuehuai to make preparations.
"Young Master Xu, congratulations!" the waiter said, extending his invitation to her.
Xu Yuehuai was already extremely flustered and didn't know what to do, but now the waiter had come over to urge her on.
"It wasn't me, I didn't do it." As she said this, she threw the flowers down to the first floor, causing an uproar in the room.
She was already attracting a lot of attention for winning the daffodil, but now she has made a surprising move, which has immediately sparked a lot of discussion among the people present.
"Hey, I think Young Master Xu upstairs isn't feeling well." The people downstairs all started shouting.
Some even started discussing it directly: "Yeah, maybe he has a hidden illness."
Xu Yuehuai naturally heard everything, her face flushed slightly, but she didn't care about what they said.
"She's a woman, she's the owner of Tianxiang Pavilion." Just then, someone below exclaimed in surprise, recognizing Xu Yuehuai immediately.
As soon as that person said it, others chimed in, "It does look like it, it really does."
"What do you mean it looks like him? It's definitely Manager Xu." Someone with sharp eyes said with certainty.
Upon hearing this, the waiter immediately cast a scrutinizing glance at Xu Yuehuai, while also looking suspiciously at Cui Zique, since he had just helped cover it up.
Cui Zige, of course, also heard the commotion, and he immediately saw through the trickery at a glance.
He gave a cold laugh, then strode upstairs in an attempt to expose Xu Yuehuai, his words extremely frivolous: "Oh, isn't this Manager Xu of Tianxiang Restaurant?"
"What? You're into Hua Rongzhuang too?" He said teasingly, reaching out to pull at Xu Yuehuai's hair as he stepped forward.
Upon hearing his words, Xu Yuehuai couldn't help but worry. What would happen if this were to be completely exposed?
Just as she was at a loss, Cui Zique quickly spoke up to stop her: "Cui Zige, aren't you embarrassed enough already?"
At that moment, all eyes in Hua Rongzhuang were focused on Xu Yuehuai's small private room.
The conversation between the young master of the Cui family has now further piqued the interest of the onlookers.
Cui Zique glanced around and felt truly ashamed. He immediately turned cold and said, "You get back to the Cui family right now."
"I refuse." Cui Zige had finally caught Xu Yuehuai red-handed and, in a moment of rage, openly defied his elder brother.
Upon hearing this, Cui Zique's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Manager Xu, do you think what I just said is right?" Cui Zige continued to provoke Xu Yuehuai relentlessly: "Oh, perhaps I should address you as Princess Heyue."
He burst into laughter as he spoke, and a large crowd gathered downstairs to watch the performance.
Xu Yuehuai's eyes grew colder. She suddenly remembered what the imperial physician had said some time ago: "Young Master Cui, how dare you come to Hua Rong Manor? Didn't the imperial physician tell you to abstain from sex?"
"You must strictly follow the doctor's orders, otherwise if you lose your ability to function, no one will be able to save you," Xu Yuehuai said, her words a mix of open and covert sarcasm.
Upon hearing this, the people below immediately erupted in discussion, starting to murmur about Cui Zige.
Cui Zige hated it most when people mentioned his incompetence. He became furious and immediately tried to hit Xu Yuehuai.
"Xu Yuehuai, you're asking for death." He said, and then punched Xu Yuehuai with his right fist.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yuehuai was also agile. With a quick movement, Cui Zige missed her target.
She took the opportunity to kick him again, and Cui Zige fell hard to the ground.
"Ah!" Cui Zige exclaimed and collapsed to the ground, causing the onlookers to burst into laughter.
Cui Zique was already somewhat worried about Xu Yuehuai, so perhaps he should also be worried about Cui Zige.
"Cui Zige, apologize to him immediately." Cui Zijue's face was even colder now, as if he could freeze people to death within three feet of him.
Cui Zige fell to the ground and couldn't help but twist and turn from side to side; that fall had really hurt him badly.
Asking him to apologize was absolutely out of the question; Cui Zige simply turned her head away, ignoring the question.
Cui Zijue waved his hand and summoned his servants: "Take him back to the Cui family right now."
"Yes." The servant brought a rope and tied Cui Zige up. After what happened last time, they always carried ropes with them when they went out, since no one knew when Cui Zige would go crazy.
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