As she spoke, she pulled Cheng Yuerong to sit down at the table.
Helpless, Cheng Yuerong waited for a long time but Lin Qixia didn't come over, so she suddenly changed her mind and decided to come and find Lin Qixia.
Guan Yu then shamelessly came again, her burly figure squeezing Lin Jiudong into a corner. "Make way, girl!"
"you!"
Lin Jiudong's face was scratched by chopsticks from her attack, and he looked at He Zhilan with a grim expression.
He Zhilan looked at Lin Qixia with a puzzled expression.
"It's alright," Lin Qixia said with a smile, reassuring her, but her expression turned displeased when she turned to look at Guan Yu.
Well, these two guys have a really low sense of boundaries.
But the next second, Guan Yu acted as if nothing had happened, first pulling Cheng Yuerong to sit down, "Miss Cheng, please sit down, the dishes I ordered will be here soon."
As she spoke, she turned and pulled Lin Qixia aside, whispering a reminder to her: "That's where you went wrong. Even if you have the guts, you still can't afford to offend the Cheng family's daughter."
"Why can't we offend her?" Lin Qixia calmed down after hearing her words and asked her.
Guan Yu assumed she was arrogant and helplessly advised, "Sister Lin, please stop joking. Her father is the president of the Huailiang Prefecture Chamber of Commerce, and I myself work under Miss Cheng."
Those grain shops of hers were actually all under Cheng Yuerong's name, and she was just hired by her to manage them.
Cheng Yuerong's grain shops are all over Huailiang Prefecture, and she is only here incognito for an inspection.
Guan Yu was in charge of showing her around when they met Lin Qixia.
Thinking back to when they first met, this person had saved him from a dire situation with two hundred catties of rice, and he felt indebted to her.
That's why I deliberately stopped her and introduced her to Cheng Yuerong, helping to make connections.
If it works out, it could be a win-win situation for both of them.
"Oh." Lin Qixia was shocked inside, but maintained her composure on the surface. "I see."
Cheng Yuerong is the daughter of the Chamber of Commerce president. How could she not be able to get rice and have to buy it from a small-time seller like her?
It seems the famine situation in Huailiang Prefecture is indeed more severe.
Seeing Lin Qixia's composure in the face of the situation, Guan Yu's previous guess was confirmed.
"You're something else, Lin! You're truly fearless in the face of power!" Guan Yu patted her shoulder, his face full of admiration.
Lin Qixia, "..."
I don't quite understand what she's imagining.
Guan Yu called out to the waiter behind him, "Hey! Why haven't my drinks and dishes arrived yet?"
"Like an old ox pulling a broken cart—slow and sluggish!"
The young man said, embarrassed, "Here we come! Boss Guan is here!"
As he spoke, he ran quickly toward them.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuerong suddenly had an idea. A mischievous smile flashed across her face, and as the waiter ran past her, she secretly stuck out her foot.
The guy was running too fast and tripped over her.
"Oh no!" he exclaimed, watching as the plate in his hand was about to fall, its contents crashing down.
It looked like it was about to smash down on Lin Qixia's head and soak her.
"You brat!" Guan Yu was so angry at the sight that he raised his hand to punch him.
The next second, a hand wrapped in a wristband reached out to Lin Qixia's forehead.
The boy moved swiftly and caught all the items one by one.
Snap—
Huo Yanqing carefully placed the wine back on the plate and returned it to the waiter.
"Oh! Thank you, bro!" the guy said gratefully.
Cheng Yuerong was astonished and stared intently at the jade-like young man with a refined and elegant air.
Her jaw nearly dropped, and a look of amazement appeared in her eyes.
"Wow! You're pretty good, kid." Guan Yu exclaimed in surprise, then turned to look at Lin Qixia.
That's true, someone as amazing as her deserves equally amazing subordinates.
Guan Yu winked at Lin Qixia, "Lin, you really have good taste."
"Could you perhaps find me one sometime?"
Lin Qixia: "...You're overthinking it. He's just a friend of mine."
Although she and Huo Yanqing did have an employer-employee relationship, she was, after all, a modern person and couldn't stand others talking about a living person in that tone.
Upon hearing Lin Qixia's words, Huo Yanqing stared at Lin Qixia's face with surprise in his eyes.
The waiter was busy placing jugs of wine from the trays onto the table.
Cheng Yuerong's gaze passed through the busy figures and focused intently on Huo Yanqing's face.
It wasn't until Guan Yu's words brought her back to her senses that Cheng Yuerong frowned, her face showing displeasure. "Guan! Yu!" she called out irritably.
"Oh!" Guan Yu was startled and asked nervously, "What's wrong, Miss Cheng?"
Lin Qixia and everyone at the table turned to look at her.
Cheng Yuerong felt a little embarrassed, afraid of revealing her thoughts. She lowered her head, cleared her throat, and pretended to scold, "With so many people, why did you order so few dishes? Go and order a few more."
Guan Yu was somewhat taken aback by Cheng Yuerong's words, then breathed a sigh of relief and grinned as she agreed, "Okay, I'll go right now!"
As she spoke, she got up and went to order food.
Although the restaurant they were in was famous for its mutton stew noodles, it was also a rather luxurious local specialty restaurant, offering a wide variety of other dishes as well.
She was in a hurry and definitely ordered too little.
After Guan Yu left, Cheng Yuerong and Lin Qixia were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
When Cheng Yuerong noticed Lin Qixia's delicate and beautiful face, her expression became somewhat strange. "Is what Guan Yu said true? You really want to open a grain shop in Lichong County?"
"Yes, Miss Cheng, what advice do you have?" Facing her scrutinizing gaze, Lin Qixia asked her without changing her expression.
Cheng Yuerong pursed her lips, "It's not really advice, just be careful not to go against my Cheng's Grain Shop."
“Our Cheng family is large and powerful; you, a small merchant, are definitely no match for us.”
"Oh, I know," Lin Qixia replied casually, and started eating her mutton stew noodles.
After taking a few bites, they thought the taste was really good, and urged He Zhilan and Huo Yanqing to eat it quickly, otherwise it wouldn't taste good if it got soggy.
Lin Yi had already finished her noodles; clearly, the tense atmosphere between the adults hadn't affected her at all, and she was enjoying her meal immensely.
He was still not full after finishing a bowl of noodles, and was now eyeing the exquisite dishes that Guan Yu had brought out.
"Aunt Xia'er—" She looked at Lin Qixia, hesitating to speak.
Lin Qixia knew what she was thinking at a glance, and turned to look at Cheng Yuerong, "Miss Cheng? Do you mind if my child eats it?"
She gestured with her chin towards the plate of sweet and sour pork on the table.
"Your child?" Cheng Yuerong was startled when she heard this. She looked at Huo Yanqing and then at Lin Yi, who was beautiful and lovely, standing next to her.
Lin Qixia knew she had misunderstood, and quickly said, "My niece."
"Oh." Cheng Yuerong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She smiled gently at Lin Yi, "Eat up, it's on me this time."
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