Chapter 454 She Refuses to Eat
The old man nodded, picked up a few bags and left.
An Yan got up and went into the house to get a rosewood box, throwing all the jadeite she had just picked out into it, as well as the pearls she had gotten from Qu He.
Yan Qingqiu reached out and took one out of the box. He held it in his palm and examined it, saying, "This pearl is worth a lot of money."
"Yeah. It's almost enough." An Yan nodded.
After a while, someone came outside to serve the meal. They were all fresh dishes, which showed how much the old man cared about this matter. But this was his current preference. He hoped that every day in Xicheng would be like a holiday.
Yan Qingqiu was surprised. He said, "Why hasn't he come back yet? Li Rongsen went to look for Bai Yucheng and never came back. I'll go call him over for dinner."
"Stop shouting, he won't come back. He will definitely eat with Bai Yucheng."
"How do you know?" Yan Qingqiu asked.
"He probably doesn't want to disturb us, so he won't come over for dinner." An Yan had already guessed what Li Rongsen was thinking.
Yan Qingqiu seemed a little unconvinced. He asked, "This is very strange. He's already here, so why would he not want to disturb us? It's simply contradictory."
"You are also a man, don't you understand his thoughts?" An Yan asked him back while picking up the chopsticks and starting to eat.
"It seems that I'm really attracted to you. I can't even bear to see us sitting together and talking for a few words." Yan Qingqiu chuckled.
An Yan took a sip of soup and then said, "We can't ignore the territory over in Quhe. Li Rongsen told me about a candidate. I think he's suitable. I plan to invite him over in person in a couple of days."
"Who is it?" Yan Qingqiu asked.
"Mancao and breeze." An Yan told him.
"Is it really suitable?" Yan Qingqiu didn't know these two people very well, but when they came here before, they seemed very generous and simple.
An Yan said: "I believe in Li Rongsen's vision, and I also believe in them."
"When do we set off?" Yan Qingqiu asked.
"This time, Li Rongsen and I will go together, without you."
"Okay, I don't want to go with you either. Let me give you two a chance to be alone. I'll go out and help you set up an auction company so you can sell the things early and make money." How could Yan Qingqiu not know what An Yan meant?
An Yan chuckled softly. She ate without saying a word and instructed the servants who came in, "Send all these dishes to Bai Yucheng's room, and bring this soup over as well. Also, go check on the medicine pool and control the water temperature."
The servant nodded in agreement and then went back to do it.
"How many days will it take to soak?" Yan Qingqiu asked.
"It will only take three days. It's not difficult to treat. We can remove the needles tomorrow. It should be fine. He will just be in pain for a while." An Yan told him.
Yan Qingqiu thought about it and felt that it would be bad not to go and call Li Rongsen, so he said, "I'd better go and call him."
"No need to shout, let him think about it for a while." An Yan said.
"Do you have any ideas?" Yan Qingqiu felt that An Yan must have some good ideas, otherwise she would not seem to care at all.
An Yan actually didn't have any ideas. She just wanted to give Li Rongsen more time to think, and she also wanted to see if he really couldn't bear it.
As a result, Li Rongsen was really tough and didn't come over during the whole dinner.
Bai Yucheng also asked him, "Why don't you go over and eat with them instead of staying with me? It makes me feel so embarrassed. I can't drink with you, and I can't eat much."
"There are not many seats there today." Li Rongsen just said this to him.
"What? There are no seats for three people?" Bai Yucheng seemed a little unconvinced.
Li Rongsen naturally couldn't tell him the truth. He originally thought that An Yan would come and call him, or at least Yan Qingqiu would come and pull him back, but in the end, neither of them happened. It was obvious that the two of them must have been having a great chat and completely forgot about him. Then he was unwilling to go back and be a light bulb.
Bai Yucheng said: "Anyway, thank you very much."
"You're welcome. We're having a good chat, and it'll save you from being bored."
"It's okay, I'll be free in a few days." Bai Yucheng said to him with a smile.
At this time, Yan Qingqiu walked in from outside and asked them, "Have you finished your meal?"
Li Rongsen didn't look at Yan Qingqiu, but Bai Yucheng took over and said, "We've already eaten. Today's dishes are very good. They are all dishes from our Taiping City."
"You told the old man, right?" Yan Qingqiu asked him.
Bai Yucheng smiled faintly and said, "He asked me, so I suggested a few recipes. I didn't expect him to actually make them all, and even the taste is very similar."
Yan Qingqiu sneered in his heart, thinking that this old man, once he has the intention to please, he must be up to something.
Li Rongsen didn't know what to say, but he felt that not saying anything would make him seem stingy. He looked over at Yan Qingqiu and asked him, "Have you guys had dinner there too?"
"I did eat it, but An Yan didn't." Yan Qingqiu started to make up stories again.
Li Rongsen raised his eyebrows, immediately puzzled, and asked him: "Why doesn't she eat? Aren't you sitting at the same table?"
"She went back into her room. I called her but she refused to eat," Yan Qingqiu said to Li Rongsen seriously. "I don't know what's wrong with her. She's just hiding in there and won't come out, and she won't eat either."
"No reason?" Li Rongsen asked again.
Bai Yucheng had already understood that Li Rongsen was quite interested in An Yan, and he looked nervous.
Yan Qingqiu's lips curled up slightly, he suppressed his smile and said, "I really don't know. I asked her, but she refused to tell me and told me to leave her alone. What can I do?"
"Then you have to coax her instead of eating by yourself."
"That's really interesting. Why didn't you come over to take a look just now?" Yan Qingqiu immediately put all the blame on Li Rongsen.
Li Rongsen was stunned. He didn't know what to say for a moment and strode out of the house.
Bai Yucheng looked at Li Rongsen's back and said to Yan Qingqiu, "He seems very nervous."
"Yeah, I think so too." Yan Qingqiu nodded slightly, and then said to him, "I'll find two people to carry you over there. From today on, you can go to An Yan's room to take a medicinal bath."
"This is not a good idea. Although the old man has made such an arrangement, I think it is not a good idea. It will be bad for the reputation of the city lord." Bai Yucheng declined.
Yan Qingqiu seemed to be meeting Bai Yucheng for the first time. He said, "You didn't have this idea when you imprisoned An Yan."
"At that time, I never thought of living with her in the same building or courtyard." Bai Yucheng retorted.
"Okay, whatever you say." Yan Qingqiu said as he walked out of the house, thinking that Li Rongsen would go to An Yan to find out the truth.
Li Rongsen didn't know that Yan Qingqiu was talking nonsense. He just thought that An Yan was going to starve because she didn't eat. When he walked into the house, he found that there was no food on the table and no one was in the outer room.
He went to the inner room and found that the bathroom door was wide open. He saw a strange colorful light emanating from inside, just like the light emitted by the colorful light balls in old dance halls.
"An Yan." Li Rongsen tried to call out, but found no one responded. He thought that something might have happened, and he should go over to check it out anyway.
The bathroom was full of rainbow bubble bags hanging in the air, but An Yan was nowhere to be found.
Li Rongsen looked around and then looked towards the other end of the bathing pool. He saw rose petals floating on the water. He couldn't help but feel a sense of fear. He immediately walked to the edge of the bathing pool and asked, "An Yan, where are you?"
(End of this chapter)
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