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Although the lady before her eyes did not seem like the type to nitpick, hearts are separated by flesh; who knew what thoughts lay behind her beautiful and what seemed to be a kind smile? If she were the second Su Qiuyu, it would truly be the misfortune of Miss Lin.

"Our Boss, he, he is not here." Shopkeeper Liu steadied himself and squeezed out what he believed to be a very appropriate smile, "If Madam has any requests, please tell me, and I will relay them to our Boss."

Princess Anle slightly furrowed her brows; she had grown up in the palace, what person hadn’t she seen? The moment Shopkeeper Liu had spoken his first words, she had already seen through his perfunctory manner. However, she wondered, was her request to meet the Boss so excessive?

Xia He noticed Princess Anle’s dissatisfaction and smilingly said to Shopkeeper Liu, "Shopkeeper, where has your Boss gone? Is it so difficult to meet him just once?"

"To tell the truth, our Boss truly is very busy.

" Shopkeeper Liu was not wrong in his words. Previously, when Xia Zheng was in charge of the Fuman Building, not to mention meeting clients, he hardly ever set foot in Fuman Building’s door.

Furthermore, no one had the audacity to boldly claim they wanted to meet the Boss because everyone knew that the Boss of Fuman Building was not someone just anyone could meet.

"In that case, please then ask your Old Boss to meet with us." Seeing that this Shopkeeper Liu had some unspeakable difficulties, Princess Anle did not want to trouble a mere shopkeeper and thus settled for the next best thing.

She did not know about her son’s involvement in running a restaurant, but she was well aware of his collaboration with Lao Fan; otherwise, she would have lived these years in vain.

Shopkeeper Liu was taken aback and counter-questioned, "Isn’t Madam from the Capital? How would you know that our Fuman Building has an Old Boss?"

Could it be that their Fuman Building’s reputation had already spread to the Capital? That shouldn’t be the case; ordinary people would merely inquire about their dishes; who would care so much about knowing their Bosses’ details?

Princess Anle smiled and was just about to speak when suddenly, she heard a familiar voice coming from the corridor outside.

In the kitchen, quietly looking for something to eat, it was unforeseen that they would drink Su Qiuyu’s bird’s nest soup and chicken soup.

When they heard that Lin Yuan, to clean up after both of them, had compensated Su Qiuyu with a serving of Blood Swallow and a serving of pigeon soup, father and son were not calm.

Had they known this would happen, they wouldn’t have sneaked drinks of bird’s nest and chicken soup but would have gone directly to Lin Yuan to ask for Blood Swallow and pigeon soup instead.

"Humph, this Sister looks quite pretty and sounds kind, so why is she so petty? Just because I drank her bird’s nest? Was there a need to trouble my big sister over this? She even had to compensate her with Blood Swallow, truly petty, extremely petty!"

Xiao Linshuang had no idea that what she drank was bird’s nest, which was later told to her by Lao Fan. And as for the Blood Swallow, that was even more remarkable, far more expensive than bird’s nest.

Even after snagging a meal, Xiao Linshuang didn’t feel satisfied. Pouting her lips, she huffed, "Isn’t it just the spit spat out by swallows? She likes it so much, later I’m going to find a swallow’s nest and get her a lot more, let her have enough to eat!"

Pfft, Lao Fan was feeling down about not having gotten to taste the pigeon soup, but he couldn’t help bursting into laughter when he heard Xiao Linshuang’s words.

"Bird’s nest is not the same as a swallow’s nest!" Lao Fan looked disdainfully at his little apprentice and snorted, "I’ve just explained so much to you, did you listen at all? Going on about swallow’s nest this, swallow’s nest that! You’re really losing face for this Old Man!"

Xiao Linshuang defiantly pursed her lips, huffing. She wouldn’t admit that she had only paid attention to Lao Fan describing how delicious the bird’s nest was; indeed, she hadn’t caught anything else.

Just as the master and apprentice were each preoccupied with their own thoughts while walking out of Lin Yuan’s room, a young girl suddenly blocked their way with a smile brimming with joy.

She respectfully curtsied, then excitedly said, "Old Mr. Zhen, it really is you, isn’t it? I thought I had heard wrong."