This is terrible! My future prime minister keeps trying to kiss me forcibly.

When Manager Li saw He Jing looking over, he slammed the window shut.

"Ow—"

In the chaos, he accidentally pinched his own right little finger.

Manager Li looked down at his scraped finger. Oh no! This is a bad omen, a terrible omen!

Thinking of this, he quickly went to the table and hid the silver coins on it.

......

The two people sat leisurely in the lobby.

"Ah Jing, you'd better not look. Manager Li is almost scared to death. He probably thinks we came here specifically to see him."

He Jing picked up a piece of candied glutinous rice lotus root, held it to Ye Xiaoxiao's lips, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

“Xiao Xiao, I really did bring you here to eat at Yipinju. We’ve been in town for so long and haven’t been here before. It’s nice to try something different once in a while.”

Ye Xiaoxiao's lips curled up. Don't think she didn't know that the man in front of her was deliberately trying to scare Manager Li.

Make him think that the bad things he did have been discovered.

However, to be fair, this glutinous rice lotus root tastes pretty good.

However, compared to He Jing's cooking skills, there is still a gap.

After the two had eaten and drunk their fill, He Jing called over a waiter.

"Please pass on a message: I'm going to settle accounts with your manager."

Ye Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow; someone was about to do something naughty.

The waiter approached the table, bending slightly forward with a helpful air: "Young Master He, are you here to settle the bill? I've been learning arithmetic lately, so I can do the accounting too! There's no need for our manager to do it. Let me see—you ordered six dishes today, which is—"

The waiter stood to the side and started counting on his fingers.

Ye Xiaoxiao interrupted the waiter's thoughts: "Waiter, don't bother calculating anymore, let's go find Manager Li."

Xiao Er felt relieved. He had originally wanted to show off, but he ended up getting confused himself. Fortunately, Doctor Xiao Xiao came to his rescue.

He walked briskly and quickly arrived at the shopkeeper's room.

Knocked on the door.

At this moment, Manager Li was agitated and uneasy, pacing back and forth in the room.

Hearing a knock on the door suddenly made my heart leap into my throat.

He opened the door from the inside and caught a glimpse of He Jing downstairs staring at him with a half-smile.

The waiter relayed the message: "Manager, He Jing is looking for you."

Upon hearing He Jing specifically ask for him, Manager Li glanced downstairs again, thinking: Judging from He Jing's expression, he probably hasn't noticed.

He withdrew his gaze, straightened his expression, and asked the waiter as he walked out:

"What does he want from me?"

The waiter followed behind, saying exactly what he said: "He said he's here to settle accounts with you."

You want to settle scores with me?

Manager Li, who had been trying to appear calm, suddenly felt his legs go weak and almost tumbled down the stairs.

Fortunately, the waiter behind him reacted quickly and grabbed his belt.

"Shopkeeper, that was close! You almost fell down there."

The second-hand servant held onto Manager Li's belt without a second thought, grinning broadly as he waited for the manager to praise him and give him a raise.

Manager Li slipped, and was first startled, then felt a tightness around his waist, then a loosening, and finally a chill on his legs.

He looked down and roared in anger, "Tiger!! Look what you've done!"

That was a good taunt, but don't do it again! You might as well have told him to just roll downstairs!

Fortunately, there weren't many people dining in the lobby at that time, and the stair railings provided some privacy.

He Jing downstairs immediately covered Ye Xiaoxiao's eyes with his large hand, afraid that it would offend her eyes.

The waiter named Hu Zi looked at the still-warm waistband in his hand, and then at the shopkeeper's two legs, which were disheveled in the wind.

He screamed inwardly: It's over! This is it!

I was hoping for a raise, but now I'm probably packing my bags and leaving! Waaah—

Tiger scratched his head, trying to think of a way to remedy the situation.

Got it!

Next, he did something that surprised everyone.

He quickly took the rag he was using to wipe the table off his shoulder and covered Manager Li's face with it.

"Don't worry, shopkeeper, if you cover your face, no one will know who you are. All men look the same anyway! Hehehehehe—"

After he finished speaking, the waiter kindly helped Manager Li pull up his pants and tie his belt.

The smell of nausea emanating from the rag made Manager Li's anger flare up even more.

That clumsy waiter, he's definitely going to fire him today!

Incompetent bungler!

After he finished tidying up, the two continued downstairs.

Manager Li was a worldly man after all, and as if the little incident had never happened, he walked towards He Jing and the other man with a normal expression.

"Brother He Jing, what brings you here?" Manager Li said with a forced smile, using the usual polite business talk.

He Jing raised his eyes, his dark eyes looking at the person standing by the table: "Manager Li, there's a score I need to settle with you."

When Manager Li heard that the other party wanted to settle accounts, he was initially a little uneasy, but after thinking it over, he figured they had no evidence, so he became more assertive.

He smiled and said, "I wonder what kind of debt it is. I hope Brother He Jing can explain it to me."

He Jing pointed to several dishes on the table, his meaning clear.

"Hey! Brother He Jing, don't be so polite with me, this meal is on me!" Manager Li suddenly realized that when He Jing said he was settling accounts, he really meant just settling accounts.

This time, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was terrified, thinking they were coming to settle scores with him.

"Manager Li, your shop must be doing well today," Ye Xiaoxiao said.

Manager Li waved his hand modestly, saying, "No, no."

But his mouth was practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

He thought of the money he had just hidden upstairs and silently recited its location in his mind, lest he forget it.

Ye Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows, a knowing glint in her eyes, and said softly:

"Manager Li, you just put the money you earned into the short vase in the second drawer of the cabinet on the right side of your table, right?"

Upon hearing this, Manager Li felt a sudden shock, as if a thunderbolt had struck his head.

How...how...how did she know?

She was clearly downstairs when she hid the money.

Damn it!

Manager Li wiped his sweat with his sleeve, not daring to look Ye Xiaoxiao in the eye, and stammered, "No...nothing like that."

He suddenly remembered something.

The town was abuzz with rumors a while ago that Ye Xiaoxiao could summon gods and exorcise evil spirits, that she was omniscient and omnipotent, and that she could tell what you were thinking just by looking at you.

Is it true?

"Manager Li, would you like to sit down and have something to eat with us?" Ye Xiaoxiao invited.

Manager Li happened to burp, for stinky tofu was truly a delicacy!

"Oh, I forgot. You were eating stinky tofu all by yourself in your room just now. It tasted pretty good, didn't it?" Ye Xiaoxiao looked at Manager Li with a smile, continuing to play mind games with him.

Good heavens! This is unbelievable—no, it's like seeing a god!

Manager Li's mind went blank, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face turned pale.