Manager Yu, Song Guangming, was completely dumbfounded!
Young Master Su's taste is so unique! He actually likes this kind of thing!
Upon hearing this, Su Murong spat out a mouthful of tea, her face flushed red with anger, and she almost jumped up: "You woman, what nonsense are you spouting! Who has taken a fancy to her?"
Yang Cui wanted to cover her face and leave.
She really didn't know where Zhang Chuntao got her courage and confidence from. Did Miss Liang give it to her?
Zhang Chuntao said, "Young master, don't be shy. It's only natural for men to marry and women to marry when they come of age. As long as you help us out of this predicament, I will definitely marry my daughter to you!"
Upon hearing this, An Xiuping lowered her head shyly.
Su Murong felt extremely embarrassed.
"Who wants to marry her? I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. Don't you even look at your daughter? She's plain-looking, and her clothes are so sloppy. I don't know how long it's been since she washed her hair or changed her clothes. She's worse than the servants in my laundry room. How blind must I be to have fallen for her!"
An Xiuping's eyes immediately turned red.
Zhang Chuntao was stunned; she could hardly believe what she was hearing.
"Then...then why do you take such good care of my daughter?" Zhang Chuntao was still not giving up.
"When did I ever take care of your daughter?"
“That day, when we were having dinner at Yang Cui’s house, you saw that my daughter liked to eat duck, so you pushed a whole plate of duck meat onto her plate. If you didn’t like her, why did you do that?”
Su Murong was so angry he laughed: "If this filthy girl hadn't been eating like a starving ghost, coughing over the food and making a mess of the table, would I have given her any food? When it's time to eat, she doesn't go home but tries to freeload at other people's houses. Do you think I'd be interested in such an unruly girl? Heh, keep dreaming! You want to become a phoenix without even knowing your own worth. Do you think you can even dream of me?"
An Xiuping was dealt a heavy blow. She was both ashamed and angry, and she couldn't hold back her tears.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chuntao shook her head repeatedly: "Impossible, this is impossible! Xiao Cui, you were there that day, you tell us."
Yang Cui was surprised that Zhang Chuntao suddenly called her name. She coughed a few times and said in a low voice, "Well, Aunt, you must have misunderstood this."
"Impossible! Impossible!"
Song Guangming shouted, "What's impossible? What kind of status does Young Master Su have, and what kind of status do you have? You should take a look at yourselves in the mirror. You're not even worthy to carry Young Master Su's shoes!"
Su Murong was furious and said to the innkeeper, "Throw them out! They are never to set foot in my Star Gazing Tower again!"
After saying that, Su Murong stormed out of the door in a huff.
"Yes," Manager Yu replied respectfully.
"You...this...the observatory is yours?"
“This is our young master. The restaurant doesn’t belong to him, so why would it belong to you?” Manager Yu said with a serious expression. “Please, gentlemen! Don’t force me to have you thrown out.”
Zhang Chuntao and An Xiuping were dumbfounded!
I never expected that Su Murong would be the young master of the Star Gazing Tower!
Yang Cui even said that she wasn't familiar with him!
Zhang Chuntao felt that she had been deceived by Yang Cui. If it weren't for Yang Cui, she probably wouldn't have been so humiliated today!
"You knew he was the young master of the Star Gazing Tower, why didn't you tell me?" Zhang Chuntao questioned Yang Cui.
"It's not too late for you to know now!"
Yang Cui couldn't understand this bizarre thought process; it was as if if she had been told earlier, she would have gotten away with something.
"Now it's time to talk about our accounts," Song Guangming said.
Zhang Chuntao didn't dare to blame Yang Cui anymore, since she still needed Yang Cui to pay the money.
Yang Cui immediately replied, "I don't have thirty taels of silver."
"Yang Cui, you can't just stand by and watch me die! We're relatives! You can help the Wang sisters who are not related to you at all, so why can't you help me?" Zhang Chuntao cried anxiously.
"I even had to borrow the money to help the Wang sisters! If I had money, would I need to borrow it?"
"Then lend me some more!"
Yang Cui was amused by Zhang Chuntao's self-righteousness: "You think you're some kind of precious cabbage! You just lend it to me like that! Who's going to pay it back? You use my things to swindle and cheat, and in the end, I have to clean up your mess. Aunt, you've got a good plan! But I, Yang Cui, am not that noble and kind!"
An Xiuping knelt down in front of Yang Cui with a thud: "Sister, I beg you to help me! I beg you to help me! I'm kowtowing to you!"
Seeing An Xiuping like this, Yang Cui felt a pang of pity. If she really went to a brothel, An Xiuping would be finished.
Yang Cui sighed and said, "Xiuping, it's no use begging me. Everyone should take responsibility for their actions. This is thirty taels, not thirty coins."
“If I go to the brothel, I’ll only have one way out: death, sob sob sob…” An Xiuping was really scared. She had originally placed her hopes on Su Murong, but little did she know that it was all just wishful thinking on her part.
Yang Cui said to Song Guangming, "Manager Song, although they were in the wrong, you've already beaten them. Why not let her work at your restaurant to pay off her debt?"
"Since Miss Yang has made the offer, then there's no problem. You can wash the dishes for two years."
"Thank you for gracing me with your presence, Manager Song. Please don't hesitate to ask if there's anything I can do for you in the future."
"No, no, I wouldn't dare." Song Guangming also wanted to build a good relationship with Yang Cui, hoping that there might be opportunities to cooperate in the future.
Yang Cui originally didn't want to get involved in Zhang Chuntao and An Xiuping's affairs, but if Song Guangming really let An Xiuping sell brothels, not only would An Xiuping be ruined, but it would also implicate An Tieli's family.
An Tieli and An Quanping are brothers who have not yet separated their families. If An Xiuping becomes a prostitute, An Tieli's entire family will also be subject to gossip and criticism.
That's how this era is; everyone is bound by collective punishment! An Tieli had helped her a lot before, and Yang Cui couldn't just watch An Tieli's family suffer. Besides, although An Xiuping was cunning, she felt it was too much to ruin her life because of this one incident.
Although they weren't worried about being sold into a brothel, the thought of washing dishes for free for two years made Zhang Chuntao and An Xiuping less grateful to Yang Cui and more resentful that she wouldn't lend them money.
Yang Cui could tell from their expressions that they weren't grateful to her, so she didn't bother with them.
After the matter was settled, Yang Cui prepared to apologize to Su Murong. After all, if she hadn't invited An Xiuping to dinner, there wouldn't have been this misunderstanding.
Before even entering their private room, they heard Su Murong complaining to Cen Xiao: "Can't you believe how unlucky I am? Can you believe that I, the dignified Young Master Su, would be so blind? I've completely lost face! Dao San, what are you laughing at? If you laugh again, believe me, I'll kill you!"
Dao Ba: "Young Master Su, you can't beat him! Hehe."
"That was before!"
"Young Master Su, you lost the day before yesterday."
Su Murong: "..." They're all making me angry! Humph!
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