Su Wan's expression froze. She obviously didn't expect to get such a response from Ye Qingluo. She clenched her hands hidden in her sleeves suddenly.

This bitch is deliberately making fun of herself!

How dare she!

Su Wan looked at Chu Beiyu in panic, "My Lord, that's not what I meant..."

Chu Beiyu stood up, and after comforting Su Wan, he shouted at Ye Qingluo in a harsh voice.

"Ye Qingluo, you'd better pay attention to your attitude!"

Ye Qingluo was disdainful and asked Chu Beiyu, "Am I wrong?"

"It's getting late, sir. You should take everyone away early, lest some people start crying again."

Ye Qingluo left these words and turned to leave, closing the door with a bang.

Chu Beiyu and Su Wan were left alone. Su Wan was furious but could only pretend to be strong in front of Chu Beiyu.

"My Lord, my sister doesn't seem to like me very much. It's all my fault. I'd better leave..."

Chu Beiyu took Su Wan's hand and said seriously, "Don't worry about her. It doesn't matter whether Ye Qingluo likes it or not."

"What's important is that no matter what happens, I will stand by you."

"My Lord, you are so kind~"

Even with the door closed, it still didn't stop the two people's words from entering the room.

The next morning, Ye Qingluo took Cuizhu out of the house, but not long after they left, a maid came back.

"County Lady, the Madam has already gone out. Judging from the situation, she should be going to the restaurant."

Su Wan nodded, looking smug and increasingly vicious, and said to Qiao'er beside her, "Go tell the people over there to act as soon as possible."

Although she has not yet entered the house, she must have absolute say in this mansion.

There is no room for two wives in one house. As long as she is around, Ye Qingluo will never be allowed to have a good life!

The carriage stopped not far from the restaurant. Caiyue, who was waiting there, saw Ye Qingluo coming out of the carriage and hurried forward.

"lady!"

"Sister Cuizhu is here too."

Cuizhu nodded in a signal. Ye Qingluo looked in the direction of the restaurant and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside.

I saw a man in tattered clothes and with messy hair lying on the ground in the crowd, while the person standing on the other side had a red face, and it was obvious that he was helpless and angry about this scene.

Caiyue and Cuizhu were on the left and right. Seeing this, Cuizhu murmured, "Madam, why do I feel like the people on the ground are playing rogue?"

"It's more than just a rogue. I know this guy. He's a well-known rogue in this area. His name is Zhang Jiu. He usually makes a living by begging and is addicted to alcohol. I don't know why he's here?"

Although Ximen Ao was a useless person, his presence did stop many ruffians from coming.

I'm afraid that the news of his detention has spread, which has led many people to have evil thoughts and want to take the opportunity to cause trouble in order to make some money.

The man standing nearby saw Zhang Jiu rolling on the ground, holding his stomach, shaking with anger, and shouted angrily, "Zhang Jiu! I gave you food out of pity for you just now, but I didn't expect you to use it as a bargaining chip to slander me!"

"You'd better not go too far!"

Zhang Jiu held his stomach and groaned even more vigorously, "What do you mean by that? It's obvious that you just wanted to feed me some problematic food because you saw how miserable I was!"

"I don't care. If you don't solve this problem for me today, it's not over!"

Ye Qingluo narrowed his eyes slightly and roughly understood something from the conversation between the two.

"What happened?"

The waiter, who was anxious and about to cry, felt like he saw a savior when he saw Ye Qingluo coming despite Zhang Jiu's nonsense.

"Madam, when we opened the restaurant this morning, I saw this man lying at the door, almost dying, so I kindly gave him some food and water. But who would have thought that after he had eaten and drunk his fill, he would slander the food in our restaurant and demand two thousand taels right away!"

"After I rejected him, he started pretending to have a stomachache..."

"What nonsense are you talking about! It was obviously you who started to find out where I live. Why is this happening? And now you are turning the tables on me!"

Zhang Jiu immediately became furious, holding his stomach while angrily yelling, "Or are you like this to everyone? Do you have to interrogate everyone who comes into the restaurant?"

"If not, then you are just taking advantage of me and thinking that I am down and out, so you are just giving me some rotten vegetables and leaves to kill me!"

"I never thought that your Wangyue Restaurant would have such a style!"

"Ma'am, I really just saw that he was about to die. I definitely didn't give him anything tainted as he said."

The waiter was extremely anxious, fearing that Ye Qingluo would misunderstand him because of Zhang Jiu's words.

"Have you consulted the authorities about this matter?"

"I have looked for him, but because of Master Ximen's incident, the official in charge of this area was dismissed and investigated, and the new official is unwilling to come, so I have no choice."

"How could this happen?" Cuizhu said angrily. In her opinion, the man named Zhang Jiu on the ground was clearly taking advantage of other people's kindness!

"Madam, do you need me to help you?"

Zhang Jiu saw something was wrong and raised his voice and shouted, "What are you thinking about?"

"Could it be that you have done something wrong and you are not going to let anyone say anything about me being like this?"

The onlookers who did not know the truth also talked about it after hearing these words.

"Yeah, you have to give an explanation no matter what. I heard that this restaurant often passed off some stale food as good food."

“This has happened before, and it’s not impossible that it will continue now.”

Ye Qingluo looked coldly at the people who were making a lot of noise on the ground and asked, "Zhang Jiu, do you really need these two thousand taels to stop?"

"Madam, what do you mean by that? It makes me sound like I'm here just for the money!"

"That silver is just what I deserve."

"Bah!" Caiyue was furious. It was the first time that someone could say shameless words so confidently!

"Madam, you shouldn't be polite to such a person!"

Ye Qingluo stopped Caiyue and Cuizhu who were about to take action. She had just observed that apart from Zhang Jiu on the ground, there were many people in the crowd who helped to speak up.

Even a scoundrel wouldn't dare to ask for five thousand taels right away, unless there was a premeditated organization...

In this case, she must get to the bottom of this matter!

"What do you want to do!"

"Look everyone, they're beating people up over a disagreement, is there any law or order?"

Zhang Jiu started holding his stomach and rolling around on the ground.

"It's not impossible to give this silver."

When Zhang Jiu heard this, he instantly became quiet and asked with a skeptical look on his face, "Are you serious?"

"lady?"

Cuizhu and Caiyue were a little anxious, and Ye Qingluo winked at them, signaling them to stay calm.

"Of course it's true, but I have to make sure that your illness is caused by the food you ate in the restaurant."

Zhang Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was just something else, but it turned out to be so simple.

This lady is so easy to deceive!

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