Sure enough, the people she hired weren't hired for nothing.
"Let's eat! Let's eat!" Lin Yi happily broke free from He Zhilan's embrace and, seeing this, couldn't wait to go to the backyard.
After all, when there are many people, banquets are usually held in the open space in the backyard.
"Slow down," He Zhilan said, both amused and exasperated.
Her expression relaxed, and she was happy to be free from cooking after a long day of travel.
"Oh, it's Boss Lin back."
Suddenly, someone peeked in from the shop door behind them and greeted them.
Lin Qixia turned around and saw Cheng Yuerong.
A smile appeared on her face: "Miss Cheng is here? It's been half a year since we last saw each other, hasn't it?"
"We're about to eat, come in quickly."
"Oh, I see. Then I won't stand on ceremony." Cheng Yuerong stepped in from the doorway, carrying two jugs of wine.
After entering the courtyard, I sat down at the main table without any hesitation.
Lin Qixia didn't mind. After inviting her family to sit down, she walked over to her and patted her on the shoulder: "Why did you suddenly leave a few months ago? You didn't even give me a chance to thank you. Last time you handed over the evidence to Lord Tong and helped me attract the attention of those constables to distract them. I should thank you for that."
If she hadn't helped trap them, her subsequent plans wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
Although at the beginning, Li Yuan and Hua Xiaoguo caught her off guard.
Her original plans did not proceed as expected, but fortunately things still went smoothly.
Lin Qixia knew that after Cheng Yuerong's first kidnapping experience, she would definitely strengthen the security around her, so even if she led the person to the other side, she would be confident in dealing with it.
Only then could he take the evidence to Tong Xuewei.
"What are you thanking me for? I didn't do anything." Cheng Yuerong waved her hand dismissively.
"On the contrary, Lin Qixia, I didn't expect you to have such methods." She looked at Lin Qixia with admiration in her eyes, "You actually managed to take care of Feng Changchao in the end."
Although she had promised to help Lin Qixia, she hadn't actually been of any use.
There were too many people willing to testify for Lin Qixia, who had almost gotten into trouble twice in Lichong County because of the attack by Hua Xiaoguo.
When her family received the news, her rescuer forcibly took her back home, where her family protected her and wouldn't even let her leave the house.
Therefore, she could not testify at the scene at that time, and later she learned that the scene did not need her at all.
She had no choice but to send a lot of evidence to them afterwards.
Hearing from those around her about the prosperity of the county town at that time was enough to illustrate a point. As a businesswoman, Cheng Yuerong naturally knew the importance of connections.
Thus, Lin Qixia's abilities are actually quite formidable.
"You flatter me, Miss Cheng." Lin Qixia was surprised by the change in Cheng Yuerong's attitude towards her.
After all, when they last met a few months ago, they were still using each other.
“You don’t need to be modest.” Cheng Yuerong’s attitude was much warmer this time.
After all, her decision to return to Lichong County was for Lin Qixia's sake.
She deftly poured Lin Qixia a glass of wine, and then filled her own glass as well.
"Come on, let's celebrate our reunion and the successful opening of your shop!" Cheng Yuerong raised her glass to Lin Qixia.
Lin Qixia was a little surprised, but she still raised her glass: "Okay, cheers."
After not seeing each other for several months, Cheng Yuerong in front of her now looked like the same person as before.
Yet it seems to have changed a lot.
Although Lin Qixia was curious, she refrained from asking any further questions.
"Cough cough cough." After drinking the wine in her glass, Lin Qixia choked and couldn't help but cough.
Cheng Yuerong was amused by her reaction and patted her back apologetically, saying, "Sorry, I forgot to remind you, the wine I bought is quite strong."
"You'll find that the Qinchun wine from Huailiang is quite delicious once you get used to it."
Lin Qixia took a while to recover, and said speechlessly, "Really?"
Unfortunately, she doesn't like drinking strong liquor.
In her previous life in modern times, she had many experiences of drinking hard liquor with clients until she vomited, and she didn't want to go through that again.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuerong didn't force her: "If you don't like the taste now, then don't drink it."
As she spoke, she pushed the wine jug aside, picked up another jug, and poured out the glass in front of Lin Qixia without hesitation.
"You!" Lin Qixia tried to stop him, but it was too late.
Splash—
The moment the glass of wine was spilled on the ground, gasps and sighs of regret rose from those around.
After all, this is wine, a rare commodity. How can it be poured out so easily?
Cheng Yuerong didn't care about this. "Try this pot. I brought it from Huailiang. It's Xining wine. It's not too strong and it's quite good."
"Okay, I'll try it." Lin Qixia remained silent for a while, but decided to drink it first.
Xining wine is smooth on the palate. Compared to the spicy and stimulating Qinchun wine, this wine is both sweet and spicy with a slight sourness. It is not so stimulating and is quite acceptable. Especially when swallowing, the aftertaste is sweet and lingering.
Cheng Yuerong asked her expectantly, "How was it?"
"Not bad," Lin Qixia replied with a forced smile.
She turned to Chu Xin and the others and said, "That Qinchun wine is quite good too, you can take it and drink it."
"Alright!" Chu Xin happily took the wine and distributed it to everyone.
Lin Qixia then asked Cheng Yuerong, "You don't mind, do you?"
After all, she didn't want the wine to go to waste.
Cheng Yuerong had been frowning and looking disgusted, finding it hard to believe that Lin Qixia would give such good wine to those lowly servants.
However, after Lin Qixia asked her that, she smiled broadly again: "Of course I don't mind. I already said I brought it for you, you can do whatever you want with it~"
"Come on, let's continue chatting and eating." She warmly pulled Lin Qixia along and poured her a drink.
Lin Qixia gave a forced smile and continued to eat and drink with her, during which time Cheng Yuerong did not mention her purpose.
Lin Qixia remained silent and casually accompanied her, and the two became as familiar as old friends.
The two ate until very late, when many people had already finished eating and drinking and asked to leave.
He Zhilan carried Lin Yi, who was yawning, upstairs to sleep.
The courtyard quieted down, save for Cheng Yuerong's occasional excited shouts urging Lin Qixia to drink.
Lin Qixia was also a little drunk, and quickly waved her hand, "I'm not drinking anymore, I really can't drink anymore."
"Sister Lin, how can you not give me face? Come on! Continue—" Cheng Yuerong grabbed her and said relentlessly.
Lin Qixia got angry: "Haven't I been giving you face all day?"
"Hehe—sister, don't be angry, I won't drink it then!" With that, Cheng Yuerong took the wine glass away.
She put her hand on Lin Qixia's shoulder and suddenly said to her solemnly, "Besides drinking with you today, I have something else to ask you."
"What?" Lin Qixia raised an eyebrow.
This guy finally spoke up; otherwise, she would have thought he was just there to make up the numbers.
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