In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

In the end, it was Su Zhizhi who chose to break the deadlock. "Brother Yamen Runner, weren't you going to tell us about finding the person behind this? Why are you so quiet now that you're here?"

Su Zhizhi asked back.

The yamen runner sighed helplessly upon hearing this. "We've found out who's behind this, but..."

"Who is it? Huh? But what?" Su Zhizhi suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"The person who instigated the waiter to put laxatives in your food was Mr. Liu. He was dissatisfied because your family opened a restaurant in town and stole their business, so he resorted to this desperate measure. However, we were unable to arrest him."

The constable answered truthfully.

As soon as these words came out, Su Zhizhi was stunned.

Now that the evidence is available, why can't we arrest him?

Su Zhizhi didn't understand the interests involved, but Xie Chengjin next to her immediately understood the yamen runner's implied words.

Xie Chengjin quickly said to the yamen runner, "Thank you for the reminder, yamen runner. We will be more careful next time."

The yamen runner nodded in satisfaction after hearing Xie Chengjin's words. "Okay, in that case, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Sir, please take care." Xie Chengjin said respectfully.

Su Zhizhi was still confused until the bailiff left.

"What is the situation now? Why can't the bailiffs arrest Mr. Liu?" Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin with a puzzled look and asked.

"What the yamen runner just said was that the mastermind behind this was actually Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu probably bribed the county magistrate to stop the government from arresting him, and the county magistrate turned a blind eye because of the bribe. This yamen runner couldn't stand it anymore and came to remind us to keep an eye on Mr. Liu."

Xie Chengjin patiently explained to Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi was slightly stunned when she heard the voice. She really didn't expect that things would turn out like this.

After learning about this, Su Zhizhi sat blankly on a bench on the second floor of the restaurant for the entire afternoon. She felt very uneasy. She was afraid that if Mr. Liu failed to succeed this time, he would resort to other shameful means to bully her next time.

Thinking of this, Su Zhizhi felt overwhelmed.

Xie Chengjin observed Su Zhizhi's condition. He noticed that Su Zhizhi seemed a little listless today, so he quickly asked, "What are you thinking about? You look worried all day long?"

"Isn't it Mr. Liu's business?" Su Zhizhi answered truthfully.

"Are you worried about his revenge?" Xie Chengjin asked.

"Yeah." Su Zhizhi nodded truthfully. Mr. Liu was rich and powerful. If she offended him, she would probably have a hard time in the future.

"It's okay. Now that things have come to this, we can't change anything. Relax, we will just fight against the enemy with our own soldiers and block the water with earth!" Xie Chengjin comforted Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi thought about it and realized that what Xie Chengjin said was indeed true. She would not change anything if she kept worrying about it for a long time. Mr. Liu would still do what he wanted to her.

After thinking it over, Su Zhizhi decided that instead of letting her mind wander here, it would be better for her to do something meaningful to enrich herself. This would divert her attention and she would feel less frightened.

"Okay, I understand." Su Zhizhi nodded.

After saying that, she thought for a while and finally said to Xie Chengjin, "Are the vegetables in the kitchen going to be gone? I'll go find the vegetable wholesaler and buy some! Otherwise, the customers will have nothing to eat tomorrow."

Xie Chengjin nodded in agreement, "Okay."

In this way, Su Zhizhi got on a horse-drawn carriage and rushed to the wholesaler of vegetables.

In the wholesale market, Su Zhizhi looked at the vegetable seller, Sister Sun, enthusiastically and said, "Sister Sun, I'm here to buy vegetables. As usual, please give me a portion of all the vegetables!"

When Sister Sun heard the voice, she smiled awkwardly. Su Zhizhi immediately had a bad feeling in her heart. Sure enough, the next second, Sister Sun's words made Su Zhizhi stunned and she didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry! Miss Su, I have sold out all the vegetables today." Sister Sun said helplessly.

Su Zhizhi was very surprised by this. "Ah? Aren't there still so many vegetables on this stall that haven't been sold out?"

Su Zhizhi asked with a puzzled look.

Seeing this, Sister Sun could only pull her aside and whispered, "Hey, sister, don't blame me. Someone has said that I can't sell you vegetables even if I have them. If it weren't for me, I don't think you would be able to buy vegetables in the whole town."

After hearing this, Su Zhizhi suddenly understood everything. It must be Mr. Liu who ordered them not to sell the vegetables to her.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, big sister." Seeing this, Su Zhizhi did not embarrass Big Sister Sun anymore, but turned around and left silently.

Just like that, Su Zhizhi returned to the restaurant empty-handed.

Seeing Su Zhizhi come back without buying any vegetables and looking distraught, Xie Chengjin was very surprised and quickly asked, "What happened to you? Why didn't you buy any vegetables?"

Su Zhizhi gave a wry smile and answered truthfully, "Mr. Liu has told all vegetable wholesalers not to sell to me. At this rate, our restaurant will go bankrupt sooner or later!"

When Su Zhizhi thought of the restaurant she had worked so hard to run, she felt heartbroken.

Xie Chengjin sighed helplessly upon hearing this. "How about this! How about we buy some gifts and go visit Mr. Liu to apologize to him and ask him to spare our lives?"

Xie Chengjin suggested.

"Ah? Is this appropriate? Will he let us go?" Su Zhizhi asked doubtfully.

"It's hard to say whether to let it go or not, but we have to give it a try. How can we know if we don't try?" Xie Chengjin said helplessly.

"Okay, let's try it!" Su Zhizhi nodded.

In this way, the two of them bought a lot of expensive gifts and took them to Liu's house.

As soon as they arrived at the Liu residence, the guard stopped Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin and said, "Stop, what are you two doing?"

This time the guard's attitude was very bad, and he no longer had the respectful look he had before.

Faced with the guard's question, Su Zhizhi had no choice but to explain, "We want to see Mr. Liu. Please pass the message."

The guard glanced at Su Zhizhi in confusion, then answered without hesitation, "Our master went out for something today and is not at home."

Su Zhizhi was slightly startled when she heard the voice, but she continued to ask, "When will your master come back? I can come and visit him."

The guard shook his head helplessly when he heard this. "I don't know. How can a gatekeeper like me know the master's arrangements? You guys shouldn't stand stupidly at the door of our Liu Mansion. It's not good to be seen like this. You should go back quickly!"

Just like that, Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin were driven out by the security guard.