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Cheng Yuexiu had never felt as frustrated as she did today. For just a room, she had shelled out twenty-five taels of silver, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

What made her even more infuriated was that the person who took her silver hadn’t left.

Lin Yuan weighed the twenty-five taels of silver in her hand, looked at the pain-stricken Cheng Yuexiu and Ah Ling, and chuckled, calling out, "Boys, we’ve got silver now, order whatever you want!"

With that, she led her sisters to the best seat in the lobby and started ordering dishes with the Little Servant.

"Miss!" Ah Ling couldn’t stand it anymore.

Cheng Yuexiu furrowed her brows and shook her head. What could she do? Now that they had vacated the room, she couldn’t exactly kick them out of the lobby for eating, especially since they legitimately had the silver now, silver that she had willingly given them.

After settling down, Lin Yuan turned her head to glance at Cheng Yuexiu, who was glaring fiercely at her, and cocked her head, feigning innocence, "Miss, why aren’t you going upstairs?

Could it be that you want to back out? No worries, no worries, I haven’t spent your silver yet; if you want to back out. .."

"I am certainly not backing out!" The person who truly feared backing out was Cheng Yuexiu. She quickly interrupted Lin Yuan and, still not reassured, added, "Whoever backs out is a puppy!"

Lin Yuan laughed, nodding, "Yes, whoever backs out is a puppy!"

After all, they were thick-skinned and tough-fleshed; it didn’t matter where they ate. Not like these delicate young ladies from the Capital, who were so fastidious.

As soon as she felt reassured, Cheng Yuexiu quickly went upstairs to occupy the room, but just as she turned around and was about to take a step, she heard a familiar voice calling her from behind.

"Miss Cheng."

Cheng Yuexiu turned around to see Su Qiuyu’s servant girl approaching her quickly. She smiled sweetly and said, "Yaner, you’re here. Oh? Is your mistress still behind you?"

Yaner gave a slight bow and shook her head, "Please forgive us, Miss Cheng. My mistress had some sudden matters to tend to today and couldn’t make it to the appointment. She sent me especially to apologize and hopes for your understanding."

What?! Not coming?!

Cheng Yuexiu’s eyes widened. Had it not been for the fact that Yaner was Su Qiuyu’s closest servant girl, she would have already burst out cursing: Why not come earlier or later, but just when she had paid the silver and agreed on no backing out? How could it be such a coincidence?

"Yaner, Miss Su, has she been taken away by someone else?" Cheng Yuexiu was somewhat worried. Could it be that Guo Mei deliberately opposed her and had taken Miss Su away?

Cheng Yuexiu gave Ah Ling a meaningful look, and Ah Ling smartly took out a prepared purse and stealthily slipped it into Yaner’s hand.

As the saying goes, the mouth that eats is soft, the hand that takes is short. After receiving the gift, Yaner naturally had to reveal something.

"My mistress wasn’t taken away by anyone. It’s just that she heard a person she really dislikes has entered the Capital; she was in a bad mood, so..."

"Big sister, the dishes here at Drunken Immortal Tower are really unique. They all have ’drunk’ in their names. Look, drunken shrimp, drunken chicken, drunken duck, haha, how fun!"

Yaner hadn’t finished speaking when she was interrupted by a lively and innocent voice. If it had been anyone else, it would not have mattered, but Yaner was particularly sensitive to this voice.

She suddenly perked up, turned her head, and sure enough, she saw Xiao Linshuang, who was enthusiastically discussing the menu.

And sitting beside her, naturally, was the little country girl Lin Yuan, whom the mistress despised and resented most!

Yaner’s eyes widened in shock. It was true! The detestable little country girl really had come to the Capital!

Thinking of her mistress’s face turning suddenly dark upon hearing the news, Yaner clenched her fists. But when she saw the man sitting across from Lin Yuan, her anger instantly fizzled out, replaced by a deep sense of crisis.

Wasn’t that Dong Qing? Wasn’t he the only young servant by Xia Zheng’s side?

If Xia Zheng was willing to send him to accompany the little country girl, it seemed she hadn’t tired of her yet!

Yaner furrowed her brows tightly, her throat tightening.

She really wanted to go up and scold the shameless little country girl!

But she couldn’t, for this was Drunken Immortal Tower, and who knew how many notables of the Capital were sitting on the second and third floors at this moment. Besides, Dong Qing was also there!

"Yaner, Yaner?"

Cheng Yuexiu didn’t understand why Yaner suddenly seemed distracted and had to call her several times to finally bring her attention back.

"Yaner, whom does Miss Su dislike so much?"