eurekapd Chapter 289 Sudden Changes
Chapter 289 Sudden Changes
"Dear guests, please take a rest first. I will be here later."
Qiu Niang placed Jiang Tunan in a room and went out with a gloomy face.
"I'm going to the hut."
After Qiu Niang left, Xiao Mingxu suddenly stood up.
"I'm with you!"
Ji Yichen followed Xiao Mingxu and stood up, but was hit on the head by Xiao Mingxu.
"Why are you following me when I go to the toilet, you pervert!"
Ji Yichen:?
"I...I'm going to the toilet too."
Although Ji Yichen said this, he still sat back in his seat obediently.
Xiao Mingrui picked up the teacup and pretended to drink water, but in fact he was hiding the smile on his face.
"Just wait until he comes back."
Although Ji Yichen didn't understand, he did as he was told, but he was still muttering,
"This place looks so big, but why is there only one toilet? This boss is really stingy."
Xiao Mingxu, who was just about to go out, said: (staring fiercely) You little bastard!
Ji Yichen: Hmm? There is murderous intent!
Jiang Tunan, who witnessed everything, just smiled. Looking at Qiu Niang's expression, he thought that something must have happened to the people in Nazhe Garden. The Hundred Flowers Festival was about to begin, and if something happened at this point, it would be hard not to have conspiracy theories.
"What are you thinking about?"
Jiang Tunan looked up in surprise and found Xiao Mingrui staring at him.
"Cousin Mingrui, you just looked like a friend I know for a moment."
Xiao Mingrui became interested.
"Who is it that allows you to see through me and see him?"
Although this sounded strange, Jiang Tunan did not think much about it.
"A friend from the underworld. That buddy is a gangster!"
Xiao Mingrui: It’s hard to imagine what Jiang Tunan usually does...
"Dear guests, please enjoy your meal."
Xing'er brought over some tea and snacks, but she kept looking at Jiang Tunan out of the corner of her eye. She felt that the more she looked at Jiang Tunan, the more he looked like that person.
"What are you looking at?"
Xiao Mingrui keenly noticed Xing'er's gaze, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes when he looked at Xing'er.
"No...no, it's my fault that I don't know the rules. Please forgive me, sir."
Jiang Tunan looked over when he heard the voice.
"Cousin Mingrui, what's wrong?"
Xiao Mingrui answered Jiang Tunan's question, but his eyes were always on Xing'er.
"It's nothing serious. I just saw this guy looking around, so I asked him one more question."
"So that's how it is. Well, it's normal for little girls to be curious about unknown things."
Xiao Mingrui felt a little strange.
"You seem younger than her, right?"
Speaking of which, Xing'er is eighteen this year, while Jiang Tunan is only sixteen. She is indeed younger, but in modern times she is already in her twenties!
"It seems like that, hahaha."
Jiang Tunan tried to hide his embarrassment with a smile, and Xiao Mingrui didn't take it to heart. After all, Jiang Tunan had always been like this and he was used to it.
"But don't you really need to rest at home?"
Xiao Mingrui's attention shifted to the thick cushion on Jiang Tunan's seat. Although the cushion looked very comfortable, Jiang Tunan had just been punished in the morning. Could he sit on it in the afternoon?
Xiao Mingrui sighed in his heart that this woman's ability to endure was so terrifying.
"Ahem, cousin Mingrui, if God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart suffer, his muscles and bones tired, and his body hungry. This little injury is nothing to me."
Jiang Tunan talked nonsense seriously.
"I am a woman from Daxing who can't hold up the sky but can stand on the ground!"
Xiao Mingrui nodded solemnly.
"I didn't expect my cousin to have such ambitions. Recently, a foreign merchant caravan came to Kyoto. I heard that there was a pair of beautiful amber earrings among them. I wanted to buy them for you, but now it seems better to forget it. Don't let the stench of money corrupt your noble soul."
Jiang Tunan: You are so cruel!
"Cousin Mingrui is really considerate."
Jiang Tunan was smiling on the surface, but she was actually frowning inside. She had discovered that Xiao Mingrui looked very cold and unapproachable on the outside, but he was actually a sultry man at heart.
After hearing what Xiao Mingrui said, Ye Ruzhen fell into deep thought. As far as she knew, there was no amber in Daxing. Most of the amber used by the royal family and nobles came from tributes from foreign countries. There was very little amber from the people, and even if there was any, it was very expensive.
But judging from Xiao Mingrui's tone, it seemed that amber was not a very valuable thing that could be bought and given to others.
Is the Xiao family so rich?
Suppressing the doubts in her heart, Ye Ruzhen spoke softly,
"Xiao Nan, so what exactly is this place? It doesn't look like an ordinary restaurant to me."
"Zhenzhen, don't worry, just think of this as a teahouse for listening to music. We are all familiar with the owner here, so nothing will happen."
Jiang Tunan could see that Ye Ruzhen was a little anxious. She blushed and said,
“Does this cost a lot of money?”
Ye Ruzhen still remembers when she first met Jiang Tunan. She had just arrived in Kyoto and didn't have much money. When they went out to play together, they were often restricted by money. She didn't expect that their positions would be reversed so quickly.
"With my brother Mingxu here, there's nothing to worry about."
The one who took over the conversation was Ji Yichen. As a die-hard fan of Xiao Mingxu, he naturally seized the opportunity to praise Xiao Mingxu.
Jiang Tunan smiled and nodded, and together with Ji Lingyue, he comforted Ye Ruzhen for a few more words, which made Ye Ruzhen feel at ease.
"By the way, Xing'er, you were so anxious just now, did something happen?"
Xiao Mingxu just went out with Qiu Niang and must have gone to resolve something. Judging from Qiu Niang's expression, the matter seemed to be a bit serious.
"Miss Jiang, you may not know that after you left, Miss Mudan from Changgefang came and said that she had lost a very expensive pearl hairpin. She searched the entire Changgefang but couldn't find it, so she suspected that Miss Kikyo had secretly taken it away."
Xing Er's voice revealed a feeling of distress.
"There weren't many people in Nazhe Garden, and Miss Mudan brought some people with her. She broke into the room where we were rehearsing. At that time, she mistook the back of Sister Xiangyu for Sister Jiegeng. When she was about to rush forward, she was stopped by Sister Qiuniang."
"The two pushed each other and Miss Mudan accidentally pushed down the shelf next to her, and then the shelf fell on Sister Xiangyu."
Jiang Tunan frowned slightly. This accident seemed to be premeditated.
"Xing'er, is Miss Xiangyu a pipa player?"
Xing Er was slightly surprised.
"How did you know, young lady?"
As if she had thought of something, the emotion on Xing Er's face was replaced by sadness again.
"Although Sister Xiangyu is fine, she injured her hand and her pipa was also broken. The doctor said she needs to rest well for a month or two, but the Hundred Flowers Festival is coming soon. What should I do..."
"It would be better if someone else came on."
Ye Ruzhen didn't understand. The pipa was not a rare instrument. Generally, a music troupe would not have only one musician who could play the pipa. So she didn't understand why the girl named Xing'er was so worried.
"What the lady said makes sense, but we are short-staffed in Nazhe Garden, and we have been losing money for a while. How can we have extra money to buy a new pipa? Besides, we don't have anyone who plays the pipa better than Sister Xiangyu."
"Besides, it will take some time for the musicians to get used to the new instruments. There is simply no time left. Sister Qiu Niang originally planned to use this Hundred Flowers Festival competition as a last-ditch effort. Now..."
Ye Ruzhen and Ji Lingyue both felt sorry for Xing'er's words, but Jiang Tunan spoke at this time.
"Why is there no one here? Miss Kikyo is an expert at playing the pipa."