After waiting for three hours, their poetry reading finally ended.

Murong Yunlang waved to the waiter to settle the bill, and Su Wanyue finally let out a sigh of relief. This mental torture was finally over.

The waiter came up quickly with the bill.

"Mr. Murong, your total spending today is eighty-two taels and three cents. Since you're a regular customer, the shopkeeper has rounded off the difference, so you only need to pay eighty-two taels."

Murong Yunlang said, "Bring the bill."

"Master Murong..." the servant said with a smile, "You'd better pay in cash. Our boss said you can't sign the bill yet."

As he spoke, the servant bowed respectfully and made a gesture of invitation, saying, "Murong Yunlang, please come this way. I will take you to the accounting office."

Where would Murong Yunlang get eighty-two taels?

After Su Wanyue kicked him and his mother out, he had no choice but to sell the valuables that Su Wanyue had given him before.

Then I rented a small house and settled down there.

My mother has been sick these days and the money she has on her body has almost run out.

He originally thought that they only needed to sign a document when they came to the restaurant, so he brought them here.

Murong Yunlang's face instantly turned the color of liver. He walked straight to Su Wanyue and asked her, "Did you do this?"

Su Wanyue looked at him with amusement: "Master Murong, this was your plan, how come it became my fault?"

As she spoke, she pretended to think and guessed, "Master Murong, you don't have no money to pay, do you?"

"If that's the case..." Su Wanyue pulled out five taels of silver from her purse. "Why don't we all chip in? Even though I'm just sitting here and not drinking your tea or eating your fruit, I'll still pay for the venue. Five taels of silver, is that enough?"

"You pay first." Murong Yunlang lowered his voice, "I can forgive you for everything you did before."

At the moment, he just wanted to settle this matter first and never let his classmates know that he was just a poor scholar.

These people flatter the powerful and look down on the weak.

Murong Yunlang knew very well that once they knew his true identity, they would definitely not continue to associate with him.

All the identity he had painstakingly built over the years was destroyed.

Su Wanyue smiled. "In today's situation, you, Master Murong, are the host, but I'm the one paying. How can this be justified? Besides, what is my relationship with Master Murong? Why should I pay for this?"

On weekdays, Murong Yunlang liked to entertain his good classmates, drinking wine, arranging flowers, reciting poems and writing couplets together, just to show off his elegance.

However, all the expenses for these interpersonal interactions were paid by her.

Although most of these classmates were either rich or noble, their families were strict and they did not have much money to spend on entertainment.

It just so happened that Murong Yunlang liked to take them out, so these classmates always followed Murong Yunlang's lead.

Naturally, Su Wanyue, who disliked Murong Yunlang, had no good face.

Murong Yunlang compromised, "I can agree to be engaged to you. After we get married, everything that's yours will be mine. You just pay the money first, and I'll go home tonight and discuss it with my mother."

Su Wanyue said, "Murong Yunlang, I think you shouldn't take the imperial examination. You should become an accountant. What a brilliant calculation! The abacus beads are about to fly into my face. Not to mention that I won't be engaged to you, the fact that you think everything I own will be yours after marriage is enough to prove your inferior character. Since ancient times, a woman's dowry belongs to her. Even after death, it is taken back by her parents' family. Not a single cent remains with her husband's family."

Not far away, Su Wanyue clearly felt that Murong Yunlang was suppressing his emotions, and his chest was heaving with anger.

Su Wanyue's words hit the nail on the head, and they all pierced Murong Yunlang's heart. It would be strange if he wasn't angry.

"But..." Su Wanyue changed the subject, her gaze falling on the red line on Liu Qingran's neck, her tone dropping suddenly, "If you return my ancestral blood jade to me, I can help you solve this urgent problem."

Now everyone's eyes are on Murong Yunlang, and at this moment, he is in a difficult situation.

"Okay." Murong Yunlang gritted his teeth and said

"Things." Su Wanyue stretched out her hand and said, "Give me the blood jade first."

Murong Yunlang glanced at Su Wanyue, then turned and came to Liu Qingran and said to her, "Qingran, give me the jade pendant I gave you before. I will find you a better one later."

Liu Qingran naturally couldn't bear to do that.

Although she was born into a family of officials, she had never seen such fine jade.

Because she likes this jade pendant so much, she wears it around her neck every day and never takes it off.

However, this jade pendant was given to her by Murong Yunlang after all. Now that he wants it back, although it may not be very authentic, she can't refuse to give it to him.

So, Liu Qingran reluctantly took off the jade pendant and handed it to Murong Yunlang.

After getting the jade pendant, Murong Yunlang returned to Su Wanyue and handed the jade pendant back to her.

After getting the jade pendant, Su Wanyue deliberately wore it around her neck, in the same place where Liu Qingran had worn it just now.

Just now, these people were still mocking her.

Now, everyone has a gloomy face, like a dog that has lost its home.

After all, they are all children of wealthy families. It is really embarrassing to tell others that they are trapped here because of eighty taels of silver.

Su Wanyue smiled and said, "Although I don't like your sour poems, we are all classmates, and I can't bear to see you all being detained in Zhaixing Tower because of a mere 82 taels. Wait for someone to notify their parents to come and pick them up. I will pay for the banquet for today's poetry gathering."

The waiter immediately handed over the bill: "Miss Su, our boss has said that if Miss Su is dining, she only needs to sign."

Everyone watched Su Wanyue sign the bill smoothly, their expressions became complicated, and they looked at Murong Yunlang in confusion.

Murong Yunlang always signed in the past, why did Su Wanyue suddenly sign today?

Moreover, why is Murong Yunlang not qualified to sign, but Su Wanyue is qualified?

All of this is really too unbelievable.

After signing, Su Wanyue didn't even glance at the group of people. She turned around and left gracefully.

The others also found excuses and followed Su Wanyue away.

In the end, only Murong Yunlang and Liu Qingran were left in the room.

Liu Qingran stepped forward and asked Murong Yunlang with concern, "Are you okay?"

She actually wanted to know why this happened.

Murong Yunlang shook his head, but his red eyes betrayed him.

He knew what Liu Qingran wanted to ask, and after brewing his emotions for a while, he slowly began to explain.

"Qingran, what happened today was actually because I was deceived by Su Wanyue."

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