Transmigrated into Substitute Bride Fu Lang Chapter 5: 37 to 40, a manhua/chinese comics/漫画 fanfic

The man is about early twenties, wearing a scholar's clothes, holding a folding fan depicting peony flowers, looking at the anxious Fu An, said carelessly: "I say Fu Xiao Pang (Little Fat Fu), that thing is so expensive, and today is the first day of selling, certainly not like you say that popular,when we go over, they must still have it."

Fu An's footsteps paused for a moment as he felt anxious, some doubtful as he looked at him, not quite believing as he asked: "Are you sure?"

The man laughed, nodded his head as he used the folding fan, laughed and said: "If my guess is not wrong, I'm afraid that when we go over, that food did not sell much, after all, not everyone is like you so easily being deceived."

Formerly feeling so much at ease for some points, Fu An, after hearing him say that immediately exploded, looking at him argued with him stubbornly as he said: "I was not deceived!"

The man hooked the corner of his lips, his slightly loose face showed a few helpless smiles, good tempered as he said "Good that you have not been deceived."

Fu An looked at his eyes which showed the sign, 'I know you've been deceived, but you believe so much,therefore I can only obey you'. He suddenly got angry again. Only this time he didn't argue with him any more, just looked at him and said, "You won't say that when you already eat it later."

The arc of the man's mouth became larger, with an 'I'll wait' expression.

Fu An looked even more angry, his walking speed was also faster and faster by a few points, not a moment's effort before they already arrived at Chen Xing's stall.

The man looked at the front simple although crude arranged stalls, and suddenly came to a few points of interest. Wait until he sees the stall with a beautiful little Ger who is so busy, his eyes are even brighter. Even in this kind of humble place, she still looked outstanding, and even became more and more excellent because there was no extra decoration on his body.

The man looked at that little Ger for a few moments, and then wanted to ask Fu An who was beside him about his situation, only to see that the person who was still in a hurry just now, had already changed his face to a happy look and hurriedly walked to that little Ger.

The man raised an eyebrow, greeted the fellow classmates around him, and followed them forward, so as soon as he reached Fu An's side, before he had time to say anything, he heard him yell towards the beautiful little Ger, "Little boss, is there any more of that dessert you were talking about?"

"Naturally, there is still more."

Ger's voice was like a cool spring, but in the man's ears, it wasn't so pleasing to the ear, and even the eyes that were originally admiring him changed its appearance, bringing a few scrutinizing gazes to look straight at him.

Chen Xing and Fu An did not notice his change, especially Fu An could not help but let out a long sigh of relief when he learnt that the thing he had been longing for could finally be eaten, and then joyfully took out his money bag and took out enough silver taels from it to hand over to Chen Xing as he joyfully said, "You give me five servings first."

Chen Xing's heart, which had been heavy all morning, completely relaxed when he saw Fu An bring over a few young men dressed like scholars. At this time, seeing Fu An handing over the silver, his face couldn't help but bring on a few smiles, "Good nah."

Chen Xing's hand just stretched out, ready to receive the silver handed over by Fu An, when suddenly a fine folding fan stretched out from the side, directly blocking between the two of them.

Chen Xing and Fu An were both a little surprised, and both looked over towards the owner of that folding fan, with a few moments not knowing why on their faces.

Chen Xing looked at the handsome and attractive pale-faced scholar and saw him staring at him with scrutinizing eyes, the doubts in his eyes grew thicker and thicker. He did not understand that he did not even know this person before, so why did this person look at him with such kind of eyes.

"Shen Xiong, what are you actually going to do?"

Fu An looked at the folding fan that was blocking his hand and scratched his head with his free hand, seeming to be very confused as to what he was trying to do.

Shen He, however, hooked the corner of his lips, his eyes looked straight at Chen Xing, and asked with a few hints of uncertainty, "Are you the owner of this stall?"

Chen Xing did not know what he wanted to do, but still nodded honestly.

The smile at the corner of Shen He's lips grew bigger and bigger as he heard this, only now there were a few more hints of mockery. Before meeting Chen Xing, he thought that Fu An was just tricked by the fancy words of the stall owner here, but after meeting Chen Xing, he felt that this simple best friend of his was more than likely tricked by this face of his, and didn't even know what kind of taste that food was.

Thinking to this point, the contempt in Shen He's tone increased a few more points, "I wonder what this dessert is made of by this little boss, that it is worth so much money. As far as I know, the most expensive pastry in this Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion is only seventy wen a piece, and not only does it have a lot of honey put in it, but also other precious ingredients, can't it be possible that what's in this dessert of yours is almost the same as what's in the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion?"

Hearing the man's words, Chen Xing instantly understood that he was here to pick a fight, thinking that he was selling this thing too expensive. Although he was good-tempered, he could not allow him to be denigrated like this, and his originally mild tone went a few points colder,

"Although the things I have here are not as good as the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, I can guarantee that they are definitely good value for money. Gongzi, if you have the money, you can buy it to taste the value. If you don't have money, you don't have to say such irrelevant sarcastic words."

Shen He had originally thought that the little boss like this who made a living by fraud and 'reality does not live up to his name' would either have behave oneself or pull one's head in or keep a low profile or having a guilty conscience and not dare to talk back after hearing his words, but he never expected that he would retaliate him back so cleverly. After the initial dumbfounded, as if he was disliking back towards him and the anger on his face showed clearly in his words and manner.

Just as Shen He wanted to continue his attack, Fu An, who was the invite this time, spoke up, using his empty hand pry apart the folding fan that Shen He had blocked in his hand, handing the money in his hand to Chen Xing and said towards the two of them:

"Brother Shen (Shen Xiong), it was agreed that I would treat you, so don't make a scene, just think of it as giving me a face."

"Little boss, much offended. Don't mind it. Quickly get us food!"

Chen Xing looked at Fu An who was full of expectation, then looked at the man next to him who glared at him yet he stopped talking, hesitated for a moment but still took the money that Fu An handed over. He felt that Fu An was a good person, there was no need to lose a quality customer just because of a little questioning from his friend.

After receiving the money, the look on Chen Xing's face eased a lot, pointing at the large steamer as he said to them, "The food is here, you guys see what flavors you want. I've made three flavors this time: watermelon, grape and orange."

Apart from Shen He who expressed his disdain, the remaining four people all had a few looks of rarity appear on their faces, and after hesitating for a while they all stated the flavors they wanted to eat.

When they had all finished talking, Chen Xing looked at that scholar who had just questioned him, and in line with the principle of receiving money for services, so he looked at him and smiled, "Young Master, how about you?"

Although Shen He still could not restrain his anger as he looked at the smile on Chen Xing's face, he felt that since this ger had given in, he should be a little more generous and reluctantly said, "I want the orange one."

Chen Xing got what he wanted and stopped looking at him, reaching out and lifting the lid of the steamer, ready to go get the jelly that they wanted.

Those few people were originally a bit curious, so when they saw Chen Xing lifting the lid and found it filled with ice cubes, which were still bubbling with the slightest bit of cold air, the surprise in their eyes was about to overflow. Especially after Chen Xing took out a few bamboo tubes from the gap in the middle of that ice, their hearts all began to anticipate what was inside.

Chen Xing handed them over the thick bamboo tubes one by one according to the flavors they had just mentioned, before then he took out a small spoon from inside a small wooden barrel next to them and handed it to them, smiling as he said, "This is my family's new product, jelly."

Those few scholars looked at each other for a few moments, looking at the bamboo barrel and the small spoon in their hands, none of them started to move. Still, Fu An was the first one who couldn't hold back his desire and took the lead in opening his own bamboo tube and couldn't wait to eat it.

Watching Fu An eat the first bite, squinting his eyes and enjoying it, soon afterwards he can't wait to eat the second and third bite. The rest of the three people have also eaten it up, only that one named Shen He who is still holding his share, standing there, not knowing what he is thinking about.

Chen Xing looked at him frowning and staring at the bamboo tube, as if he was about to eat poison, remembering what he had just said to himself, subconsciously said with some bad intentions: "Gongzi, why don't you eat it? Don't you want to see if this thing is worth that much money or not?"

Shen He, who was still hesitating at first, hearing Chen Xing's words that looked like he was mocking him, so he immediately lost his temper, and after glaring at him, he opened the lid of that bamboo tube, and immediately and aggressively got a spoonful and put it in his mouth, and in his heart, he thought that if the food was not tasty, he would be angry on the spot and criticize violently.

Who knows, at that very moment when Shen He ate it, the angry expression on his face instantly froze, instantly turned into an unbelievable expression, and then ate a few more mouthfuls in disbelief.

Chen Xing watched his eating speed that even faster and faster, beaming with smile as he waiting for him to finish eating, until he finished the last mouthful, scraping the bottom of the bamboo tube, having not fully expressed oneself, he then softly said,"How does it taste?"

Hearing Chen Xing's voice, only then did Shen He seem to have woken up from the infatuation he had just experienced, looking at the bamboo tube that had been eaten cleanly by himself, his face looked as if it carried a few moments of unbelievable, and then that handsome face gradually turned red.

Chen Xing originally thought that he was a person who like to pick fault, but also specially stored a few impulses to save face. At this time, looking at his gradually blushing face, he also gradually retract his mind. Thinking that 'the less trouble the better' or to avoid trouble whenever possible, anyway, he had already conquered the other party rely on his own capability.

Shen He at this time, however, felt that his whole person is not good. He originally thought that this little boss is a liar. He also ragingly prepared to come over to him to raise his critize violently. As a result, after he ate the stuff, only to find that this little boss is not a liar. He clearly has the real ability.

Just as Shen He stood in place, upset and torn about how he should redeem himself for his earlier outspoken behaviour, the remaining four scholars who had already finished their share had regrouped in front of Chen Xing at this time.

Fu An looked at Chen Xing with incomparable excitement and said, "Little Boss, this stuff of yours is just too delicious! It's not in vain that I've waited for so long. You help me pack a few more, I want to take them back to my family for them to try it as well."

"No problem, it's just that I have to make it clear to Young Master Fu first, if we pack the food back here, we have to charge another fee."

After thinking for half a day, Shen He, who had finally gathered the courage to face his embarrassment. The moment he heard Chen Xing's words, he came back to his senses, and just wanted to open his mouth to attack him verbally but then immediately thought of the fact that he had just been hit in the face, so he closed his mouth again. He could only look at Chen Xing with a torn face, wanting to hear what he would say.

"In order to maintain the taste of the jelly, we all take ice cubes to keep it chilled, so if you take it away, it's best to take it back with ice in it as well, we will provide boxes and ice here for guests who take it out. We charge ten Wen for each box, and when you return the box later after eating the jelly, you can receive ten wen back from us."

Originally, when they heard Chen Xing say that there would be an additional charge for take-aways, a few dissatisfaction had already surfaced on the several people's faces, but then after hearing Chen Xing's explanation, they were able to understand his arrangement.

Fu An had money, naturally he didn't care about a few more wen, after hearing this, he immediately said, "No problem, you pack six more for me!"

"I want three!"

"I want two!"

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The few scholars who were invited by Fu An were more or less ready to bring some back for their families to try, after all, there was no shortage of money in that academy of theirs. When they had all finished, only the embarrassed face Shen He was left behind.

Chen Xing neatly took out the box that was placed aside, and first put the bamboo tube they wanted inside, before placing the ice cubes between the cracks. Soon after, it was handed to several of them in all of them.

Waiting to see Shen He standing there with a not-so-good look on his face, Chen Xing hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "This gentleman, do you want to pack it and bring it to home too?"

As soon as Chen Xing's words left his mouth, he saw the man's face in front of him change for several moments, his face turning green and red at once, looking tangled.

Just as Chen Xing was wondering if he shouldn't have asked, thinking if he should pretend that he hadn't said anything. The man in front of him looked like he was finally no longer confused and said with a red face, "I'll take, I'll take three, each flavor's one."

"Ok le!" Chen Xing answered and started to pack up the food for him.

Shen He, however, looked at Chen Xing who had lowered his head again and was now working seriously, the redness on his face disappeared a little bit, and even his expression wasn't as tense as it was just now. He felt that, in fact, this little boss, as a person, is quite good, it seems that not all good-looking ger is good at deceiving people.

When Chen Xing handed him the well packed box, he saw Shen He was staring straight at him. He found himself looking over then his eyes immediately dodged away. The person who took the box from his hand and immediately greeted his fellow schoolmates and left.

Looking at the back of their departure, Chen Xing felt that this man is really weird and strange, at first so aggressive, now he was even more twisted.

However, until Chen Xing finished counting the remaining jelly, he found that in addition to only one bamboo tube left, he then no longer thought about the matter just now, happy to calculate (his next plan) on his way back home.

Since Fu Gongzi and the others had bought his jelly altogether, Chen Xing had made up for the time he had lost waiting for the buyers. Thus, by the time they returned to the Gu Mansion, although it was slower than usual, it was only that much later than the usual dinner hour.

Returning to the bleak and desolate gate of the Gu Mansion, Chen Xing glanced at the sky, gauging that the time was not too late, and that he should be able to make it in time for Gu Lang's mealtime. He had been worried about what Gu Lang and Xueqiu would eat for lunch since before he left the house, but now that he was finally back, he was relieved.

Chen Xing took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the gate of the Gu Mansion, the courtyard was unexpectedly empty. He greeted Qiu Jiu and asked him to push the wheelbarrow to the kitchen and put it there, soon afterwards he went to the dining hall, where he thought Gu Lang should be right now.

Thinking it like this, Chen Xing's steps also sped up at some point. When he arrived at the main dining hall, after seeing the situation inside clearly, he snorted out a laugh.

Only to see the spacious living room, Gu Lang is sitting on the dining table, unhurriedly eating the porridge that he left behind in the morning, and not far away from Xueqiu who buried his head in eating his cat food. But he didn't know whether it was because the distance between one person and one cat was too far, or the aura was too entirely different, it was as if there was a clear line between the two of them, as if they were in two places that didn't intersect with each other.

At the same time when Chen Xing came in, Gu Lang raised his head and looked in his direction accurately. After seeing clearly who was coming, a shallow smile appeared on his face, and he said in a warm voice: "You're back?"

Chen Xing walked in with big steps, swept a glance at the top of the table that was not being much moved, expecting Gu Lang should have just eaten not long ago. There is still time, so he can fry up two more dishes and eat it together. He thought like this, then he also said it directly.

Gu Lang did not have the slightest objection to Chen Xing's opinion, and directly nodded after listening to his words, "Hn, it just so happens that I'm not very hungry either, I'll wait for you guys so we could eat together."

After saying that, Gu Lang put down the chopsticks in his hands and placed his hands on his knees, sitting in a well-behaved manner, looking at Chen Xing with expectation in his eyes.

Chen Xing looked at Gu Lang's appearance, and suddenly he felt that he was a bit cute. On weekdays, Gu Lang was like a golden cat, although he would not deliberately defy you, he would always exude an aura of 'all of you are mortals, stay away from me', and now it was that pretty little cat that put away its sharp claws, and looked at you with a well-behaved while tilting its head, its whole body was exudes an aura of meekness.

Fingers grasping for half a day, Chen Xing finally restrained the urge to go over and rub his head, he felt that if he really went over and rubbed it, it was expected that what would greet him would not be Gu Lang's kind gaze, but a death ray.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's constantly changing face, as well as the gaze that gave him a bit of goosebumps, and always felt that Chen Xing was now thinking about matters that he could not let him know.

Chen Xing averted his eyes and somehow felt guilty as he said without a trace, "Nothing, I was just a bit lost in thought."

After saying that, Chen Xing wanted to leave to go to the kitchen to cook the vegetables, but in the end, he heard a thin cat's cry of 'meow'. He turned his head to look at Xueqiu which was still some distance away from it. He then watched it look at himself with those big blue eyes, which still hid a few inexplicable grievances.

Chen Xing looked at the appearance of the cat, his heart was going to melt, thinking that Xueqiu must have felt aggrieved since this morning because the cat did not see him. He opened his hands, walked forward and wanted to hug it. The result was that he heard a slight cough sound.

Chen Xing subconsciously turned his head, only to see that Gu Lang was covering his mouth, as if those coughs had just come from his mouth. Coughing on this hot day, no matter what he saw, it was not right. He also went over to hug Xueqiu without considering anything, several steps before he walked in front of Gu Lang. He was deeply concerned as he asked: "What is wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want to invite a doctor to take a look at it?"

After Gu Lang swept a glance at the sad meowing kitten beside him. He refocused his eyes on Chen Xing's worried face, and his lips hooked up in a faint arc, "It's not a problem,it was only a gust of wind. Didn't you say you were going to cook the meal? Hurry up and go, after you finish eating, you can also rest for a while."

"Ah, good, what you said is right. You wait here for a while, I'll soon have the meal ready and come over."

After saying that, Chen Xing quickly left in a hurry.

Only after Chen Xing's back disappeared around the corner and could no longer be seen did Gu Lang slowly retract his gaze that was looking there, and landed his sight on the kitten not far away, saying softly, "Don't stick to him all the time."

The kitten, which had just been very high and mighty, now panting with anger, had its hairs explode (standing) in the next second, and while looking at him warily, it retreated behind a pillar and hid, sneaking glances at him every now and then, and only after realizing that he didn't have the intention to go over there did the standing hairs on its body, smooth again.

Gu Lang looked at its terrified appearance, raised an eyebrow, withdrew his line of sight, and snorted a pfft laugh softly.

Chen Xing said that he cooked very fast, and in less than an hour's work; he returned with Qiu Jiu with three dishes and one soup totalling four types of dishes; only when he saw that Gu Lang was still sitting there peacefully, without any expression of impatience appearing on his face, did he let out a long breath and said with a smile, "The meal is ready, let's eat!"

There were only three of them in the Gu Residence so naturally, there was no such thing as a rule of not talking while eating so mealtimes were also usually the time for them to communicate. Only usually it was Chen Xing who was talking, Gu Lang responding with a couple of sentences from time to time, and Qiu Jiu just listening in silence.

Today was the same, Chen Xing ate two bowls. He thought of the people who came today and spoke directly with Gu Lang. Finally, since he won't be able to understand it, he said, "You tell me, Fu Young Master's friend, how come he behaved so strangely? How come he wasn't like Fu Gongzi at all who was so easy-going? Moreover, in the end, when he bought it and left, he behaved in a shy and strange way. Did he still want to buy it back and then study it carefully before coming back to find fault with me?"

Talking to this point, Chen Xing instantly changed his face, he put down his chopsticks before he looked at Gu Lang with a horrified expression as he could hardly believe it and said , "He wouldn't really do that, right?"

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's calm face, then thought about what he had just said, so he shook his head somewhat helplessly, "I think he will not."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but what followed was a strong sense of confusion, "Why?"

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's still good looking face, that leaves early and returns late, even after he was exposed to wind and sun. Chen Xing was standing in a crowd, gently pursing his lips.

Gu Lang suddenly wanted to tell Chen Xing that if he met that man next time, he should remember to avoid him a little. But soon after coming into contact with Chen Xing's slightly confused eyes, he swallowed back those words on the tip of his tongue and said faintly:

"He is Fu Gongzi's friend, with this one impropriety or lack or manner, there should not be a second time, or else those fellow classmates of his should say that he is stingy (petty)."

Chen Xing felt that Gu Lang had a point, and a large part of the stone in his heart fell, but soon he muttered strangely, "Then why did he look at me with such a strange expression when he left?"

Gu Lang looked at the perplexed Chen Xing and put a chopstick of meat into his bowl and said softly, "He probably distressed about the money, after all, his fellow students have all bought it, and if he doesn't buy it, he might not be able to live up to his face. If he bought it, he might not have a few money left in his pocket."

Hearing Gu Lang say it like this, Chen Xing felt a little guilty, if he had known that he was so poor, he shouldn't have asked the last sentence. If he hadn't asked the last sentence, then that young master wouldn't have had to force himself to buy it.

As if Gu Lang knew what he was thinking, he gently said in relief: "There is no need to worry, since 'it's a slap on one face until it's swollen in an effort to look imposing', even if you don't ask that last sentence, he will also follow suit to buy it. This kind of person would not be able to stand the different gazes of the bystanders, therefore it's the same, with or without the words you said."

"Oh." Chen Xing nodded his head obediently, clearly taking Gu Lang's words in.

After discreetly discrediting a potential love rival, the corners of Gu Lang's mouth quietly ticked up a not-so-obvious arc, feeling that it was a beautiful day.

Ever since that day when Young Master Fu brought his fellow schoolmates to buy jellies once, several subordinates appeared at Chen Xing's stall the next day to buy them. No one was buying it only one, thus gradually creating a situation where he was on the verge of being busy as hell since he had fewer things to buy and many people who bought it.

"Little boss, today I want six, I'll like to have two jellies for every flavour." A little maid dressed in red and a single ponytail looked at Chen Xing and said with an excited face.

Chen Xing nodded, hearing what she had said and took out two wooden boxes, preparing to pack it for her.

Only when he rummaged through the ice bucket and found five jellies inside, a few awkward moments surfaced on his face as he looked at that little maid and said with an apologetic expression on his face, "I'm sorry, I only have a total of five left here."

Hearing Chen Xing's words, that little maid was first taken aback, revealing a look of embarrassment, and finally, as if she thought of something, she said with all her strength, "Boss, I'll take all the rest then."

"Okay."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xing answered, sharply took out the remaining few bamboo tubes, packed them for her and politely said, "These are your five jellies."

The little maid first counted the money she brought to Chen Xing, and then joyfully carried the box back home.

Waiting until that little maid left, immediately another housemaid came and eagerly asked Chen Xing, "Little Boss, do you still have jellies here?"

"Sorry, it's already sold out." Chen Xing looked at him with a slightly apologetic smile.

That person slapped his thighs, seemingly in a hurry, and talked irresponsibly, "Boss, you're selling this jelly so well, why don't you make more? It won't do any harm for you to make more! You are being idle, but we, these servants, are down on our luck!"

When Chen Xing heard his words, he could not help but frown, although usually he would be complained by customers for selling things too fast. However when he was complained by the person in front of him in a blunt and malicious way, Chen Xing still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Just as Chen Xing wanted to open his mouth to respond, a debauched voice was suddenly inserted beside him, "You this low life is quite ridiculous, you came late to buy things yourself and are afraid of being punisg by your master, so you're here to find fault with this little boss. Does your master know that you look like this when you are outside, on weekdays? If they knew, you should guess whether they would kick you out or not."

The person who was already angry, heard these words immediately became angry, turned his head and wanted to teach that person a lesson, who knew that after seeing that person's face clearly, he was instantly dumbfounded and mumbled, "Shen, Shen Gongzi."

The person who came was precisely Shen He. Seeing the arrogant subordinate guest in front of him, at this very moment; stuttering and unable to speak, before then he nodded his head gently, with a look of not wanting to respond to him.

Looking at Shen He's reaction, that subordinate became more and more flustered instead, looking at him stuttering and begging for mercy: "Gongzi, I was just angry, you don't tell my family Gongzi what had happened just now. I'm wrong, is that okay?"

Looking at the person in front of him who was about to cry anxiously, Shen He gently lifted his chin and pointed in the direction of Chen Xing. He said faintly, "The person you should apologize to is there."

Hearing Shen He's words, that person's face became ugly for a moment, but soon remembered that the person in front of him was someone he couldn't afford to mess with, and that any of his words could cause him to lose his current job.

Shen He looked at the person in front of him with a dilly dally appearance, and could not help but urged: "You give me faster!"

The man's original ugly face instantly became embarrassed, facing the direction of Chen Xing,mumbled out, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have rushed so much!"

Chen Xing looked at his embarrassed face, and did not know what to say to ease the atmosphere. He then heard the side does not seem to be too satisfied with Shen He as he continued to say, "Then you next time still dare abuse one's power to bully people outside?"

That man's heart tightened, knowing that the young master was dissatisfied with the answer just now, and quickly answered: "I don't dare, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare to do this kind of bullying thing next time. Little Boss, I'm sorry for what happened just now, I was in a hurry, so I didn't choose my words."

Chen Xing looked at the way he bent over to apologize, and quickly waved his hand, and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "Forget it, forget it, I won't keep it in my heart."

Shen He, who had been guarding the side, looked at Chen Xing's appearance and made sure that he really didn't care, before he indifferently said towards the terrified man, "If it's alright already, then get lost ba!"

"Okay, okay."

Waiting for the man to be busy and go, Chen Xing only put his line of sight to the person right before his eyes who seemingly does not have a very good temper, but he is actually not a bad person. He smiled towards this Shen He, with a few moments of gratitude on his face, "Thank you so much Gongzi for just now."

Facing Chen Xing's smiling face and looking into those eyes that seemed to be blooming with starlight, the man who had just thrown a big temper tantrum converged the fiery aura on his body in a second, therefore even a few moments of embarrassment surfaced on his face.

Chen Xing sensed these quick changes of Shen He, couldn't help but feel that he was a bit funny, the smile on his face also got a few points bigger, looked at him and continued, "Gongzi, do you want to buy something?"

Shen He stared at Chen Xing's bright smile, his brain was hot, and without thinking about anything, he said, "I want to buy jelly."

The smile on Chen Xing's face paused for a moment, looking at him who revealed how he finds things difficult, Shen He's eyes was somewhat odd, "Ah, pardon, Gongzi, sir, we no longer have jelly here."

Chen Xing clearly remembered that when he had just spoken with that person about not having any jelly, this gongzi was standing next to him, ah? If it wasn't for the fact that he had just helped himself, he would have thought that he was here to pick a fight again.

Looking at Chen Xing's questioning eyes, Shen He had a few moments of confusion at first, and then quickly came back to his senses, thinking of what had just happened, a few moments of annoyance surfaced on his face again before he explained to Chen Xing repeatedly, "I, I was just distracted, I don't want to buy the jelly, I want to buy something else."

Chen Xing looked at the suddenly flustered Shen He and only felt that he was really strange. However, the visitor is a guest, so he did not continue to comment. Reaching out, he pointed to the food on the countertop, and said in a gentle tone, "Gongzi, take a look at it, what do you want? This is liangpi, cold noodles, green bean soup, and ice boiled balls of glutinous rice flour."

After saying these, Chen Xing thought of the words Gu Lang said yesterday, fearing that he would think that it was very expensive, he soon smiled and said, "The first three are five wen a bowl, and the last one is seven wen."

Shen He followed the direction of Chen Xing's finger and looked over, but his eyes could not help but be attracted by his beautiful hand, with well-defined bones and a few healthy slight reds on the nail caps. His thoughts couldn't help but fly away for a few moments, absentmindedly thinking that even the beauty had such nice hands.

"Gongzi?" Chen Xing looked at the way he was just staring at the things on the countertop and didn't say anything for half a day, thinking that he still resented the fact that these things were expensive. Unable to help himself, he was a little hesitant to use the excuse that he had helped him just now to treat him, a bowl of food.

Being called out by Chen Xing like that, Shen He quickly pulled himself out of the imagination or assumption he had just now, and a few blushes even surfaced on his face as he looked at him in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, I was lost in thought just now. Just give me a bowl of ice soup dumplings and a serving of liangpi. I've heard Fu An talk about these two things from time to time, so I'm sure they're extremely tasty."

Seeing that he finally ordered, Chen Xing also gradually breathed a sigh of relief, continuing the conversation and down to ask, "Are you and Fu Gongzi good friends?"

Perhaps it was because he had talked about a topic that he was good at, Shen He's face became much more natural, even his tone of voice relaxed a bit, "He is considered a close friend of mine."

Qiu Jiu beside him had been silently watching Shen He since the moment he appeared, at this time, while doing what he wanted, he watched his unblinking stare at Chen Xing's appearance, a few calculations gradually rose in his heart.

"By the way, Little Boss, I have one more thing to tell you."

After Shen He gradually relaxed, his speech was not as tense as it was just now, so he gradually regained his original articulate nature, causing Chen Xing's guard to gradually relax, and he even had a pleasant conversation with him.

Thus, upon hearing Shen He say that he had something to tell him, Chen Xing subconsciously continued the conversation and asked with some curiosity, "What is it?"

Shen He looked straight into Chen Xing's eyes, hooked up the corners of his lips, his face revealed a few moments of his usual flamboyance, and said softly, "My name is Shen He, the little boss can call me by my name in the future, and don't call me Gongzi anymore."

Hearing this, Chen Xing obediently nodded his head, feeling that this was not a big deal, just the matter of calling a name.

Looking at Chen Xing so easily agreeing to his request, Shen He's eyes suddenly lit up for a split second, looking at Chen Xing wanting to continue to say something, but as a result, something suddenly appeared in front of him blocking the way between him and Chen Xing, he subconsciously looked over, only to see that it was the helper beside this small boss, who was currently holding up a tray to put it in front of him, with the two things he just ordered on top of it.

Qiu Jiu looked at the man in front of him who was trying to hook up with Chen Xing. He revealed a not-so-friendly smile and politely said, "Gongzi, this is what you want." After saying that, he directly handed over that tray.

Shen He, who had just been thinking about how he could make Chen Xing's impression on him even better, faced with this sudden thing, subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but almost started to tip over because he did not have a firm grip.

By the time Shen He managed to stabilize the things on the tray, his temper came up and wanted to scold him twice, but he found that the reckless underhanded person just now had already left, leaving only Chen Xing looking at him with a perplexed face, and now those caustic words got stuck in his throat again at once.

Chen Xing looked at the changing face of the person in front of him and asked with some uncertainty, "Gongzi, what happened?"

Shen He looked at his face, squeezed out a smile, then looked at Qiu Jiu who was starting to get busy next to him. He said with some gnashing of his teeth, "Nothing."

Chen Xing looked at the person in front of him whose expression changed too quickly, always feeling a little puzzled. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that there was an empty seat not far away, so he directly said, "Gongzi, you go find a place to sit down ba! This tang yuan (boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during the Lantern Festival) won't taste that good anymore when it melts later."

Shen He had the intention to chat a little more, but his hands were still taking something, as well as behind him, there were people urging, so he could not help but nodded, helplessly went to find a place to sit down. He originally thought that after he finished eating, he would go to find Chen Xing to chat for a while, but who knew that until he left, Chen Xing was not available.

Only after watching Shen He leave did Qiu Jiu come over to Chen Xing who was preparing to clean up the dishes. He muttered in a low voice, "Chen Xing, you have to stay away from that Shen He in the future."

Chen Xing, who was calculating what dishes to buy at the food market later, heard Qiu Jiu suddenly say these words and asked with some confusion, "Why?"

Qiu Jiu looked at the confusion in Chen Xing's eyes and as his eyeballs rotated, he immediately said, "I see that Gongzi has a fiery temper, so maybe one day, a single word can provoke him, and then it would be a problem for us; after all, we are only opening a small business, so staying away from him will also avoid some trouble."

Chen Xing looked at all serious Qiu Jiu and felt that there was something strange about his words, but for a moment he couldn't recall where it was strange, so he could only nod along and didn't say anything else.

Qiu Jiu looked at Chen Xing's perfunctory appearance, felt that he did not completely listen to his words, and after calculating in his heart, he felt that regarding this matter, he still had to go back and tell his family's young master, or else when Chen Xing was really abducted by that person, his Gongzi would want to cut him to vent his anger.

Recently, a new dessert-Jelly had suddenly become popular in the city, and it was extraordinarily popular amongst the ladies and madams from the noble and wealthy families. Even because of its expensive price, limited daily portions and 'supply falls short of demand', it has become a particularly suitable way to entertain close friends who come to visit and show off one's family's wealth.

If you went to someone's house as a guest that day, after the host served out this stuff but you didn't know what it was,it would invite a little bit of good-natured teasing, which was enough of an embarrassment among the proud and arrogant noble young ladies.

Therefore, he didn't know when it started, but previously, he came to the stall every day, it would still take some time before he could sell all the jellies. Basically, as soon as he arrived at the stall, it was distributed cleanly to the subordinates sent by each family.

Because some people had bought too much, it forced Chen Xing to put up a sign informing everyone that a person could only buy six at most, and that more would not be sold, thus stopping the scene of a wealthy and powerful family buying everything in his stall at once.

"Here, this is your share." Chen Xing smiled as he handed the packed box to the page boy who had come to make the purchase, calculating in his heart how much was left.

That page boy took the box depicting beautiful flower patterns handed over by Chen Xing, and looking at the smiling and gentle little boss in front of him, he still couldn't help but ask, "Little Boss, this stuff of yours is very popular, so why don't you make more of it,so you can also make money?"

Chen Xing raised his head, smiled with arched eyebrows, and said gently, "This stuff is not easy to make. If you make a lot of it and make it in such a hurry, it will affect the flavor. If that's the case, the loss will outweigh the gain, so for now, it can only be like this first." Furthermore, he also understood the reasoning that things were cheaper when there were more of them, so, it would be good to be like this for now.

That young male servant stared at Chen Xing's smiling face, in fact, he didn't understand what he was saying at all, he only felt that what this little boss said was very reasonable and after nodding his head carelessly, he left, bringing the goods.

After he left, from the back, immediately a small maid ran and hurriedly said: "Today, is there more peach flavor's one?"

Chen Xing looked at the sweat dripping out of her forehead, handed her a bowl of chinese herbal tea, and said in a warm voice, "Yes, there are three more."

That maid took the Chinese herbal tea handed over by Chen Xing, and a few struggles appeared on her face. In the end, she could not resist that ice-cold temptation and drank a clean one in one gulp, and when she looked at the completely empty bowl, a few embarrassments appeared on her face. When she looked at Chen Xing, she felt awkward; why did she drink it like that, like she hadn't drank at all in several lifetimes!?

As if Chen Xing did not see the embarrassment on her face, he continued to ask: "How many portions do you want, and what flavors do you want?"

Hearing this, that maid couldn't care less about the embarrassment, she didn't buy this dessert last time, and was punished by her young lady when she went back. The reason was that when her young lady and other young ladies had a party, the other young ladies had bought it and her young lady didn't have it. If she couldn't buy it this time, her family's young lady would definitely punish her severely!

Thinking of this, this little maid immediately and anxiously said, "I want six portions, three peaches and for the rest each flavor one portion."

"Okay." After hearing the words of the little maid, Chen Xing then helped her pack up with nimble hands and feet, and when he finally handed her the two boxes, he also said, "This is a bit heavy, this lady, please be careful."

The maid looked at Chen Xing's gentle face and couldn't help but blush, carrying the two boxes and leaving in a hurry.

Only after that maid left did Chen Xing look at the soon to be empty boxes and said happily, "We're almost sold out again today, looks like we can go back early again."

Qiu Jiu who was next to him glanced at the maid who had just left, and then looked at Chen Xing beside him who started calculating when they could go back. He was silently sighed in his heart while at the same time being a little glad that his family's young master was not here, or else he felt that there were some chances that Chen Xing would not be able to come out to do business.

That maid carried the jelly she just bought all the way to the mansion. Along the way, there were people constantly looking at her, more accurately towards the box in her hand with the exquisite star pattern, at the same time, envy and jealousy constantly surfaced in their eyes. It seemed that what she was carrying was not a dessert, but two boxes of golden treasures.

Bathed in such eyes, the maid, who originally still had a few moments of panic, gradually calmed down, and even her steps were much calmer. She straightened her back just like that, and in the envious tone of the crowd's comments, she slowly walked towards the mansion.

Waiting until the maid carried the box out of their sight, the person sitting there drinking tea only said with some admiration, "I don't know which family bought this again, what's the flavor of that thing, I still really want to try it."

The man next to him looked at him and snorted. His tone carried a bit of 'detest the world and its ways' or be cynical: "That thing is basically those rich and noble people who can afford to eat it, I heard that it's expensive! Can someone like you afford to eat it?"

The man who had just started to speak, heard his sarcastic irony so he couldn't help but retort, "I don't eat it every day, I only eat it once. I don't believe that I can't afford it."

Hearing the man's words, his companion raised an eyebrow and continued to mock, "Really? But I've heard that that stuff is fifty wen for one portion, and if you want to pack it for takeaway, you need to add 'ten wen' more."

The man immediately widened his eyes and looked at his companion in horror, "That expensive?"

The companion snorted and continued, "Moreover, I've heard that that stuff, even for an ordinary woman, is gone after a few bites. A rough man like us, doesn't even need two or three bites to finish it off. So, do you still want to buy it?"

In the companion's like a smile yet not a smiling gaze, the man's face gradually surfaced a few annoyed looks, and said noisily, "That thing is too expensive, not as much as if I were to buy back home two pieces of meat. Really, don't buy it, better not buy it."

The companion looked at the way he saved his honor for him and didn't continue to laugh at him. He just looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "If you aren't going to buy it, then it's fine. Originally, that thing wasn't something we could afford to eat either."

When the two of them said this, all of them did not notice that not far behind them, a still attractive, aging woman was standing there listening to their words. After they had finished speaking, she again turned her gaze to the pedestrians who hurriedly walked by on the street, looking at the underlings who carried one or two boxes painted with that star pattern over with their heads held high, a few moments of jealousy surfaced on her pretty face.

This woman was none other than Boss Qiao who was warned by Chen Xing last time. She was once frightened by Chen Xing last time, although her heart was still unwilling, she still rested for some moments before she messed with him again. However, who knows, that ger not only made his original business a success or prosperous (a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water), but also came up with an expensive dessert, which seemed to make quite a lot of money. Thinking of this, Boss Qiao's nails gradually embedded into her flesh, and her face became more and more hideous.

Just when she was about to lose control of the irritability in her heart, the shop's junior waiter suddenly came over and whispered, "Boss?"

Boss Qiao subconsciously looked over, "What is it?!"

The sinister on her face that she hadn't had time to put away startled the waiter, who looked at her warily and said in a low voice, "That, the debt collector is here."

Boss Qiao's ugly face became uglier and uglier, only for that originally rosy face to pale a few points in an instant. However, very quickly, amidst that young waiter's worried gaze, she adjusted herself and returned to her usual haughty and arrogant appearance.

Boss Qiao looked at the trembling young waiter next to him and faintly asked, "Where are they?"

The young waiter very carefully observed the look on her face, reached out and pointed in the direction of the outside, and softly said, "Outside."

Boss Qiao took a deep breath and slowly walked over in the direction he was pointing in, waiting until she reached the doorway but instead of seeing the creditor that the young waiter was talking about, she saw the recent madam instead who had come to find her in trouble some time ago. Looking at the woman's smug look, Boss Qiao's heart gave birth to a few not-so-good premonitions.

As expected, under Boss Qiao's vigilant gaze, the woman pulled out a pile of paper from her arms, then looked at Boss Qiao with ill intention and said, "What? Looking for that debtor of yours? Too bad ah, he won't be coming today."

Boss Qiao pursed her lips and didn't say anything, just looked at the things in her hand and felt that she was going to be forced here today.

The woman slowly walked over with the stack of paper, coming close to her so that she could see what it was.

Boss Qiao also did as she wished, seeing clearly what that fold paper really was, it was all the IOUs she had signed before, all for her to pay off her gambling debts.

After she took a good look at the thing, a proud look immediately appeared on the woman's face as she looked at her and said, "What? Now, did you see it clearly?"

Boss Qiao looked at her without saying anything.

The woman immediately became angry and raised her hand to slap her.

Boss Qiao was caught off guard and was staggered by this madam's slap, almost falling to the ground, and when she steadied herself, she immediately turned her head, looking at the person who had just slapped her with a furious expression.

That madam looked at her appearance like this, but her mood seemed to have changed for the better by a few points as she continued, "What? You, this little whore still wants to hit me? Let me tell you, I have this in my hands, and you are still beyond the time to pay back the money. Do you think that if my deadbeat husband doesn't pursue the matter, you'll be fine? It's just that if I take this to the authorities and sue you, you'll still be imprisoned!"

When Boss Qiao heard these threatening words from her, the expression on his face immediately softened as he looked at the madam and said, "What do you want?"

That married woman looked at her pitiful appearance and secretly sighed in her heart, no wonder his deadbeat husband was charmed, infatuated and head over heels in love with this little slut. But soon, thinking of the purpose of her coming here, she immediately came back to her senses.

The madam glanced at Boss Qiao's shop not far away, and a greedy expression appeared on her face, "I know, this shop is yours, as long as you give me this shop, I'll return your IOUs (certificate of indebtedness) to you, what do you think?"

When Boss Qiao heard this, the expression on her face that was still a bit wildly arrogant or presumptuous, immediately became fearful. This shop was the last thing she had to stand on. If she gave it to this woman, how was she going to live in the future?

Seeing the expression of refusal on Boss Qiao's face, the madam hooked her lips and smiled, sarcastically saying, "What, can't give it up? Then I'll give this IOU (a bill signed in acknowledgement of debt) to the county elder and see what he says. At that time, no matter what, this shop will be mine." After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave.

Boss Qiao immediately panicked, she did not have Lai Jiu to back her up, if she went to jail, she'd be in deep shit (the worst situation ever where the sky is not responding and the earth is not functioning properly). She doesn't know how bad she would be treated. She looked at the woman who was about to leave and fell on her knees as she panicked and said: "Jie, Big sister (Da Jie), listen to me. You give me a little more time, I promise to return the money to you. I'll be honest with you, although this shop is mine, the land deed is not with me, even if you catch me and put me in jail, I have no way to sell it and to pay it back to you. By then, you won't have the money and you won't even get the shop, so for what?"

Hearing that, the madam turned her head, looking at the woman kneeling on the ground who was in a sorry state, a few suspicious looks emerged on her face, "Are you telling the truth?"

Seeing her stopping her steps, Boss Qiao immediately said, "What I said is true, a thousand times true, if you arrest me, this shop will immediately go to its original owner. I only have the right to use this shop, I don't have any right to sell it."

That madam heard this and only felt ridiculous, thinking that Boss Qiao was lying to her, but looking at Boss Qiao's eager appearance, she still asked curiously, "Then tell me, who is actually the person who owns this shop?"

That madam looked at woefully kneeling on the floor, not longer like her previous kind of gorgeous woman. She was somewhat disgusted and said: "Then you first tell me, where is the land deed?"

When she said these words, her eyes were like hawks and falcons(brutal or fierce people) staring at Boss Qiao, as if Boss Qiao only had to say one false word, she would immediately pounce on her and tear her to shreds.

Boss Qiao pursed her lips which had started to dry up at some point, and after hesitating for a moment, she still spoke directly, "The land deed is in the Gu family!"

The madam frowned at her words, a puzzled expression all over her face, seemingly somewhat unable to recall which Gu family was that. But soon she didn't want to try to remember it, she stretched out her foot and kicked the woman on the ground. She asked with a disdainful face, "You're talking about that Gu family?"

Boss Qiao didn't know what she remembered, her face was unpleasant for a moment, but she still answered her honestly, "That Gu family that was wiped out ten years ago."

Hearing that the shop was actually owned by the Gu family, the madam l's face also became ugly for a few minutes, she stared at the woman on the ground and asked suspiciously, "Since it's owned by the Gu family, how did it get into your hands?"

Boss Qiao's eyes flickered a bit, obviously not very eager to talk about it.

That madam, however, had already been evoked by her, where there was still room for her to hide, and immediately grabbed her hair to make her look directly at herself, and said roughly, "Speak!"

Boss Qiao was pulled and her scalp became numb. Looking at that madam who has several fierce faces, she said the origin of this shop, "I got it from the Chen family."

The Madam: ?

She looked down at the woman at her feet yet she was a little confused why this shop is involved with so many connection, at the same time, she also began to get impatient, "Damn it, what the hell! You have something to say, then say it. Do not say a little bit at once, I, this old lady, do not have so much time to waste it on you here."

Boss Qiao looked at that madam's gradually furious face, gently licked her own lips, and finally told the matter as it was, "Back then, when the Gu family was in trouble, there were quite a few properties under their name that were divided up, and this shop was the one that the Chen family was divided up into at that time. It's just that at that time, because Gu family was completely destroyed, they didn't find the deed of this shop. Master Chen and I had a little friendship, and then after we separated, he gave me this shop as compensation."

When the madam heard her words, she could not help but know that there was something fishy going on, it must be that this little slut seduced Chen Old Master, wanting to use it to enter the Chen family's door, who knew that it didn't work out the way she wanted it to, and she got this shop as compensation.

That madam laughed pfft, looking at that keep silent woman, and sarcastically said, "You do have guts, a shop without a land deed, you still dare to open it for so many years."

A few moments of embarrassment surfaced on Boss Qiao's face, she muttered in a low voice, "Originally, no one would have thought that the Gu Family brat would even show up alive!"

Both Boss Qiao and Chen Old Master had thought that people from Gu family had died out, thinking that no one would ever show up again, so what did it matter if there was a land deed or not, no one would come to grab it anyway. If not for this woman who had pushed her so hard today, she wouldn't have told the truth.

After Boss Qiao said these words, he quietly looked at the madam's expression and when she saw that the anger on her face gradually dissipated by a few points, she make persistent efforts and said, "If you ask for this shop, it's likely that chronic invalid man will come to your door on that day."

That madam snorted, as if mocking her naivety, "Am I still afraid of a short-lived ghost like that that captures on love affairs?"

Boss Qiao looked at her and complimented, "You're naturally not afraid of him, but it will just be a bit of a hassle after all. In case I give you the shop on one end, and then he looks for the land deed and asks me to return the shop to him, then you'll lose more than you gain. Moreover, what I'm returning is real money, isn't it much safer than this shop which may be taken away at any time?"

That madam looked at her with a few more scrutinizing eyes, as if she was thinking about how credible or reliable what she said was, and finally, as if she had weighed up the results, she kicked the person who was picking at her legs away with a cold snort, and said perfunctorily, "If that's the case, then you'll have to think of way to return the money to me. If I don't see the money in ten days, you should know the consequences."

"Hn, I understand."

Hearing that madam say this, Boss Qiao knew that her shop was saved for the time being, and with a sigh of relief, she agreed to her terms.

That madam looked at her and laughed softly, then left with a few household servants behind her.

Only until that madam had gone far away, the young waiter who had been quietly watching from the side, nimbly ran over and helped Boss Qiao stand up. Looking at her worriedly, he then asked, "Boss, what should we do next?"

Boss Qiao stood up from the ground. The expression of weakness in front of the madam just now had disappeared, replaced by a coldness that ignored everyone as she softly said, "What should we do? There must be a way."

Boss Qiao just had a moment when she suddenly figured out what she want to do. The moment that good for nothing from the Gu family came back, she had investigated him and knew that he was still living in his previous mansion that looked like a haunted house. Then by chance, she also had learnt that the ger who made her incredibly jealous was the one the Chen family had stuffed into Gu Lang as his wife in order to put him off.

In the flash of light just now, when she knelt down at that madam's feet, Boss Qiao suddenly came up with a great idea, which was that she could totally go to the Gu family's mansion, tie Gu Lang up while he was alone, and force him to ask from Chen Xing's recipe for making desserts before getting him killed.

Boss Qiao felt that as long as she did it cleanly, no one would find out about this, and then she wouldn't have to worry about any trouble. When the time comes, she would not only be able to keep her shop permanently, but she would also be able to sell that recipe to make another large sum of money.

"B, boss, what do you want to do?"

The shop assistant looked at the smile on Boss Qiao's face from the side and suddenly shivered, he always felt that she was planning something terrible.

Boss Qiao looked at the waiter's shivering appearance and smacked his head in displeasure as she was ashamed of him. Not satisfied, then she said, "Look at your disgraceful appearance. Your boss, I'm going to do something big. If you hold me back then, see how I'll punish you!"

The young waiter swallowed his saliva and nodded with 'alarming heart and leaping body'.

Boss Qiao looked at his wimpy face and hooked up half of her lips. She had to go back and devise a complete plan, lest something slip up when the time came. She had to make sure her plan was no danger of anything going wrong.

Chen Xing and Gu Lang, who were completely unaware that someone was going to harm them soon, were busy in the kitchen at this time, although in order to implement 'starvation marketing', Chen Xing didn't have the intention to increase the production.

However, in order to match the increasingly day by day hobby or the preference of the descendants of the noble families, Chen Xing still continuously made innovations in the style of the jelly, he customized some new moulds, wanting to make the jelly come out a little bit more nicely shaped, to make them feel that it was worth the money they spent on it.

While Chen Xing was doing this kind of thing, Gu Lang came to help Chen Xing on the grounds that he had been sitting for too long every day and needed to move around or exercise.

Chen Xing thought for a moment and felt that what Gu Lang said was right, so he did not stop him from doing so, except that when he did the work, he still picked some idle chores for him to do. For example, he configured the different flavors of the basic liquid, and Gu Lang helped pour it into the moulds, that sort of thing.

Gu Lang's comprehension was very good, and he quickly got the hang of it after Chen Xing said it once, gradually doing a good job under Chen Xing's command.

Just as Chen Xing and Gu Lang mixing the basic liquid. One person poured it into the mould according to a fixed ratio and portion, the two of them working together with incomparable mutual understanding, suddenly an incomparably mournful cat's cry came from the courtyard.

"Meowow~"

Seeking the sound, he looked over, only to see that not far away under the porch, a white kitten was being led by a rope and tied to a pillar. At this time, two big blue eyes were gleaming and staring at their direction, to be precise, it was Chen Xing's direction. With a look of wanting to go over but couldn't get over, showing its grievance look. It looked extremely pitiful.

Looking at it like this, Chen Xing actually did not want to tie it up. He also wanted to go over to touch its cat head, but because he was now making food, it will come over to rub against him once the kitten is released. Since kittens are prone to losing their hair, he finally resisted the urge to go over. He could only show the cat his slightly apologetic look while in his heart, he thought that after he was done here, he would prepare a little bit of its favorite food for it, as a way of making amends for it.

Seeing that Chen Xing turned his head away and did not look at himself again, the kitten seemed to know that it could not let go of him, so the cat meowed again in a small and mournful voice, staring at Chen Xing with round eyes and with the expression of being abandoned.

Chen Xing felt like a scum man who had ruthlessly abandoned his little lover as he listened to its purr, his heart was too weak to look over in that direction.

As for Gu Lang, after hearing those cries he slowly shifted his gaze to that white kitten, with a bit more sternness in his eyes. Soon he saw the hairs on that kitten's body standing, and heard its cries become smaller and smaller, gradually turning from loud at the beginning to completely silent.

Looking at this cat's sensible appearance, Gu Lang raised an eyebrow in satisfaction and gently raised the corner of his lips.

Chen Xing over there, who was still thinking about completing the work at hand as soon as possible, completely failed to notice this one-person-one-cat interaction, and after getting what he previously adjust liquid out and handing it over to Gu Lang, he happily said, "Another one hour, and we'll be able to complete today's task."

Gu Lang turned his head to look at Chen Xing's bright smile and followed with a gentle smile, gently nodding his head, "Hmm."

Saying that it's okay, Gu Lang was about to take the container in Chen Xing's hand, only that their hands accidentally touched each other the moment they handed over and took over the container.

Chen Xing's hand subconsciously shook, but it was Gu Lang who steadied his hand, so that the container in his hand did not fall to the ground.

Gu Lang steadily took the container, looked at the red-faced Chen Xing, and lowered his voice, "Be more careful!"

Chen Xing's face flushed as he held his own hand, only feeling as if the area touched by Gu Lang just now was burning, leaving him somewhat didn't know what he should do. After hearing Gu Lang's words, he gently nodded, "Hn, I'll be careful."

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's flushed cheeks and reddened ear tips. He didn't continue to say anything, but instead took the container in his hand and continued to fiddled with the mould.

Chen Xing, who was behind him, looked at Gu Lang's sturdy back, touched his cheeks somewhat shyly, yet he didn't continue to say anything, lowering his head and continuing to do his work.

Not far away, the little kitten watched the interaction between its pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop") and that scary human being. The cat gave a small hum from her nose, then turned around and pointed her buttocks in their direction. What were those two doing for most of the day nah, it was annoying (too much)!

For the rest of the day, both of them were quietly making jelly without saying anything else. Only the air occasionally fluttered with a few not-so-unusual atmosphere, like an ambiguous rose fragrance, straightly suffocating with seven points of intoxication.

Gu Lang now seemed to have developed a habit, that is, when Chen Xing and Qiu Jiu went out to do business, he would send them off at the door.

Today was no exception, Gu Lang saw Chen Xing off at the door and promised to take care of Xue Qiu, only after that he would slowly close the door of the Gu Mansion and enter into the courtyard.

However, what both Gu Lang and Chen Xing didn't know was that after they were separated and after Gu Lang closed the Gu Family's front gate, not far away from them at the corner, a few people were furtively looking at the direction of the Gu Family's gate, still discussing something with each other. It seemed that after they were quite sure, they discussed with each other for a bit before turning around and leaving.

Not long after, this group of people appeared in Boss Qiao's shop again, looking at the seated Boss Qiao inside the closed shop, and reporting all the things they had just seen.

"Boss Qiao, we've investigated it all clearly. That Ger will take their family servant out to do business every day before noon, and only at that time, that good for nothing will be left alone in the courtyard."

Hearing the man's report, Boss Qiao nodded with satisfaction, "You guys did a good job. In a few days, we'll find a chance to sneak in and kidnap that man."

Hearing Boss Qiao's words, the leader, on the contrary somewhat uncertain, looked at her suspiciously as he said, "All we need to do is to help you kidnap the person, then you're going to give us that much money?"

Boss Qiao's red lips slightly hooked, her bewitching eyes like silk, gently drifting towards the man, softly saying, "So what? I just want to go get my things back. Do you think I'll let you guys kill the person and set the fire?"

The man was first tickled by Boss Qiao's appearance, and immediately let out a sigh of relief after he came back to his senses, "That's good." If they were just kidnapping someone, it wouldn't be a big deal even if they were caught, but to kill someone would be different. Since they would be accomplices and would be punished with the death penalty.

As Boss Qiao watched him relax, the curve of her mouth widened, and she secretly mocking in her heart, 'These fools'. What she wanted wasn't just that.

Today's Chen Xing's stall also went very smoothly, only what he didn't expect was that he met with an unexpected person.

At first, when he saw the person who had suddenly appeared at the stall, Chen Xing only felt that he looked somewhat familiar, but for a moment, he did not recognise who he actually was.