Liu Jinyuan always had a smile on his face, holding a folding fan with a graceful demeanor. He bowed to Ji Shaoyu, Zhao Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao and said, "I don't know their names?"
Even if he didn't like the person in front of him, Li Xiaoyao was too embarrassed to pretend not to hear when others asked him politely. Li Xiaoyao couldn't wait for Ji Shaoyu to introduce him. He was sitting upright, playing with chopsticks in his hands, and said without even looking at Liu Jinyuan, "Listen up, my name is Li Xiaoyao. This is my master, Ji Shaoyu, this is..."
Before Li Xiaoyao could finish speaking, out of politeness, Zhao Ling'er had already spoken, "My name is Zhao Ling'er."
Zhao Ling'er's appearance and temperament attracted many people. Perhaps because they were optimistic about Liu Jinyuan, or perhaps because they were trying to curry favor, there was appreciation from the crowd, but it touched the bottom line of Ji Shaoyu and Li Xiaoyao.
"This girl is so beautiful and has an extraordinary temperament!"
"What a perfect match for the No. 1 Scholar!"
"Pa!" Li Xiaoyao slammed the table, stood up directly, and said to the people who were watching who didn't know what was going on, "Shut your mouths! She is my mistress. If anyone dares to talk nonsense again, be careful I will beat him up." .”
Liu Jinyuan was also a little upset by the noise from these people. When he heard the words of those people and Li Xiaoyao's anger, Liu Jinyuan's expression changed, and he quickly and sincerely apologized to Ji Shaoyu and Zhao Ling'er, "I was rude, Wansheng is here Here, I apologize to Mr. Ji and Madam."
"Brother Xiaoyao, sit down." Zhao Linger pulled Li Xiaoyao's sleeve and said.
"You don't have to be like this, No. 1 Scholar. It's not your fault. It's Ling'er who didn't explain clearly and made everyone misunderstood." Zhao Ling'er's simplicity and kindness prevented her from being angry about it.
"It's such a pity." There were some ungrateful people in the crowd who continued to say.
Li Xiaoyao was about to get angry, but when he saw Zhao Linger shaking his head at him, he had to give up and swallowed his breath. As for Ji Shaoyu, although his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, Ji Shaoyu knew Zhao Ling'er's character and didn't care too much about these ignorant mortals. Moreover, Zhao Ling'er's simplicity and kindness are what Ji Shaoyu likes about her.
"Thank you for your understanding, miss." Liu Jinyuan bowed again and said, "Wan Sheng has no other intentions. He just saw that the three of you are extraordinary and wanted to get to know them and make friends. By the way, why not just have this meal? I’ll invite you.”
"No need and not interested." Li Xiaoyao said with an "I'm very unhappy" look on his face without even looking at Liu Jinyuan.
"Brother Xiaoyao." Zhao Ling'er called out to Li Xiaoyao and then said to Liu Jinyuan, "The gentle and generous image of the Number One Scholar really resembles a friend I met ten years ago."
"Wait a minute, Master Ling'er, who do you think he looks like?" Li Xiaoyao listened and wondered why something was so wrong.
"Brother Xiaoyao in my heart." Zhao Ling'er turned around and said matter-of-factly. Zhao Ling'er said this not only as a fact, but also because he wanted to eliminate Li Xiaoyao's prejudice against Liu Jinyuan.
Li Xiaoyao pointed at Liu Jinyuan with a look of disbelief on his face, "Him?"
Liu Jinyuan, on the other hand, was unfazed and still smiled and said to Zhao Ling'er, "Thank you, girl, for your compliment!"
At this time, the waiter of the inn brought the food for Ji Shaoyu and the others. Seeing this, Liu Jinyuan said to Ji Shaoyu, Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao, "I won't hinder the three of you from eating. If we are destined, we will meet again next time."
Liu Jinyuan's performance from beginning to end was nothing out of the ordinary. He was completely personable and polite. But for Liu Jinyuan, Ji Shaoyu had nothing to say to him. The distance between the two people was too far. If it weren't for this encounter, they would be two people from completely different worlds.
Li Xiaoyao still couldn't swallow this breath, and even the food couldn't taste delicious. Looking at Liu Jinyuan who was chatting and laughing over there, Li Xiaoyao put down the bowl and chopsticks and said to Ji Shaoyu and Zhao Ling'er, "Master Shaoyu, Master Ling'er , I’m full. I’ll go for a walk and be back soon.”
Ji Shaoyu knew what Li Xiaoyao was thinking, but did not stop him.
Li Xiaoyao went outside the inn and found two ruffians. He told them that Liu Jinyuan was pretending to be the number one scholar and taught them how to blackmail Liu Jinyuan for 10 taels of silver. He only asked them to teach Liu Jinyuan a lesson after the incident was completed.
Unexpectedly, when Liu Jinyuan left the inn, two ruffians followed Liu Jinyuan sneakily, and Zhao Ling'er saw them.
"Brother Shaoyu, the number one scholar seems to be in danger." Zhao Ling'er took Ji Shaoyu's arm and said to Ji Shaoyu.
Ji Shaoyu turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I saw two very fierce-looking people quietly following the champion." Zhao Ling'er told Ji Shaoyu what he saw.
"Could those two people be his bodyguards?" Ji Shaoyu just asked the most likely scenario, and Ji Shaoyu also asked this deliberately.
"No!" Zhao Ling'er thought for a while and felt that the man didn't look like a guard at all, so he took Ji Shaoyu's arm and said, "Brother Shaoyu, just accompany me to have a look. I'm afraid they will hurt that person." The champion."
"You seem to be very concerned about that scholar?" When Ji Shaoyu said this, he pretended to be jealous and said. Ji Shaoyu didn't doubt her. Ji Shaoyu naturally believed in Zhao Ling'er and was just teasing her.
"No! That champion is a good man, brother Shaoyu, just help him once!" Zhao Ling'er seemed to like how Ji Shaoyu cared about her, and didn't care that it was in public. He whispered coquettishly in his ear, "Just go with me!"
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Zhao Ling'er's coquettish voice made Ji Shaoyu completely unable to resist and compromised directly.
"Well, thank you, brother Shaoyu." Zhao Ling'er said, leaning her head on Ji Shaoyu's shoulder, a happy smile appeared on her delicate and fair face. But he soon remembered that now was not the time to be intoxicated, so he pulled Ji Shaoyu up and said, "Let's go, brother Shaoyu!"
As soon as Ji Shaoyu and Zhao Linger walked out of the inn, they met Li Xiaoyao, who was walking back with a proud look on his face. Zhao Ling'er explained the matter again, but Li Xiaoyao couldn't evade it in every possible way, and Ji Shaoyu had already agreed, so he could only agree reluctantly.
Due to some delay, Ji Shaoyu, Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao chased them all the way into an alley. At this time, Liu Jinyuan was surrounded by the two ruffians. They played a game of porcelain, and they only extorted ten taels of silver. Liu Jinyuan But he generously took out one hundred taels of silver. As a result, the promised ten taels turned into a hundred taels, and the two ruffians decided to hit him harder. (To be continued.)