I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Just as everyone was fighting, Su Banxia heard a familiar voice outside the door.

"stop!"

Upon recognizing the newcomer, the shopkeeper quickly ordered his men to stop.

"Oh dear, Young Master Lou is here! Stop it, all of you!"

Seeing that everyone had stopped, Lou Wangyue stepped forward and said coldly:

"Manager Li, isn't Lianxiang Restaurant a place for eating? When did it become like this?"

Upon hearing this, Manager Li glared fiercely at Su Banxia.

"I'm so sorry to have made you laugh, Young Master Lou. Well, my workers here sent some brat to help them collect their wages, and I got so angry that I thought I'd teach them a lesson!"

As he spoke, Manager Li quickly bowed and gestured for them to proceed.

"Young Master Lou, please don't take offense. Please have a seat in the private room upstairs. Once I've chased away these two peasants, I'll go up and serve you."

Lou Wangyue glanced coldly at Manager Li and said in a deep voice:

"Whom are you going to discipline, and who are you calling a peasant? And who are you going to drive away?"

Having said that, Lou Wangyue didn't wait for Manager Li's reply and went straight to Su Banxia's side, looking at her with heartache.

"Miss Banxia, ​​did those bastards hurt you?"

Su Banxia glanced at Lou Wangyue somewhat embarrassedly, then shook her head, slowly putting down the chair in her hands. She inwardly cursed him for coming at such an inopportune time; Lou Wangyue must have seen her wreaking havoc with that chair just now…

Lou Wangyue, seeing that Su Banxia seemed to be alright, finally relaxed and turned to stare at the guilty-looking Manager Li, saying in a deep voice:

"I'm asking you something."

Manager Li never expected that Su Banxia would know Lou Wangyue, the biggest patron of Lianxiang Tower. He had really bitten off more than he could chew this time. He bowed and scraped as he spoke:

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, Miss Banxia, ​​we were being presumptuous. By the way, we will settle Tie Niu's wages in full, and if he wants to continue working here, we will keep him..."

Tie Niu was already seething with anger because Manager Li was so unkind—not only had he been beaten, but he had also ordered people to beat his sister Banxia. He was still seething with resentment when Manager Li said this, so he just mumbled a reply.

"I don't care about working at your Lianxiang Restaurant, hurry up and give me my wages!"

Manager Li glanced at Lou Wangyue's sullen face, then quickly turned and went to the counter, took out one tael of silver, and handed it to Tie Niu.

"Tie Niu, although you didn't work a full month, please accept this tael of silver as an apology."

Without even glancing at Manager Li, Tie Niu snatched the silver from his hand and turned to Su Banxia, ​​saying:

"Banxia, ​​wait for me here. I'll go pack my things, and we'll go back to the village together!"

Su Banxia nodded.

Lou Wangyue looked at Su Banxia and said:

"Miss Banxia, ​​you were quite impressive just now..."

Upon hearing this, Su Banxia felt like the sky had fallen. Sure enough, Lou Wangyue had seen everything.

"Well, I'm not always this good..."

Lou Wangyue looked at the stray hairs on Su Banxia's forehead and finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Miss Banxia, ​​may I call you Banxia from now on? I've heard Brother Wei call you that too."

Su Banxia waved her hand.

"I don't care, just say whatever sounds good to you."

Lou Wangyue smiled faintly.

"Banxia, ​​have you eaten? How about I take you to visit my mansion today and have a meal there?"

Su Banxia hesitated:

"But I promised my mother I would go home early today so as not to worry her."

Upon hearing this, Lou Wangyue could only nod in disappointment.

"In that case, we'll just have to invite you over another time."

Manager Li, standing to the side, spoke up timidly:

"How about you two do us the honor of having a meal at our Lianxiang Restaurant today? It's on me."

Su Banxia glanced at Manager Li and said coldly:

"No need."

Seeing that Su Banxia was still angry, Lou Wangyue said to Manager Li:

"Since you don't respect my friends, I will never come to Lianxianglou again."

With that, he lifted his foot and followed Su Banxia out.

Seeing this, Manager Li hurriedly chased after them.

"Oh, Young Master Lou, it's not worth it, it's not worth it at all! I was wrong, I was wrong, okay?"

Just then, Tie Niu finished packing and came out. Manager Li quickly grabbed Tie Niu's arm and said urgently:

"Tie Niu, you should quickly ask your sister to persuade Young Master Lou. Lianxiang Restaurant can't afford to lose business with him!"

Seeing that Manager Li, who usually treated him so arrogantly, had come to this, Tie Niu felt extremely relieved. He shoved Li's arm away and said in a deep voice:

"Let me go, I don't care about your business!"

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Manager Li standing at the entrance of Lianxiang Restaurant, slapping his thigh in frustration.

Lou Wangyue escorted Su Banxia all the way to the city gate, watched her get into the carriage, and walked quite a distance before turning back.

Seeing this, Jixiang muttered to himself:

“Young master, if you ask me, you should just tell Miss Su your feelings clearly. You were busy preparing all morning this morning when you heard that Miss Su had come to the city, but she didn’t even go. Wasn’t all your work for nothing?”

Lou Wangyue sighed.

"It's all my fault for being late. She was bullied at Lianxianglou. Pass down my message: from now on, no shopkeeper in Wangyuelou is allowed to eat at Lianxianglou, and all our cooperation with Lianxianglou is canceled."

Jixiang watched Lou Wangyue's retreating figure, sighed helplessly, and then quickly followed after her.

Su Banxia and Tie Niu rode in an oxcart back to Sujia Village. When Uncle Niu heard that Su Banxia had helped Tie Niu so much, he insisted on driving the oxcart to take her home.

As soon as Su Banxia got out of the car, Wang Guihua came out to greet her.

"Banxia, ​​you're back. Have your father and older brother found work?"

Su Banxia carried the straw saddle for making candied hawthorns into the yard and said with a smile:

"Mother, don't worry. Father and eldest brother couldn't find work, so they must have come back today with the oxcart. If they haven't come back yet, they must have already found work at the dock. They'll be back in ten days or half a month."

Wang Guihua nodded helplessly.

"By the way, Xiao Wei came to see you today. I told him you went to the city to sell candied hawthorns and came back this afternoon. He seemed a little unhappy because you didn't take him with you."

Su Banxia waved her hand and laughed:

"Don't worry about him. I'll take him tomorrow. He's just a child."

As Wang Guihua swept the yard, she looked at Su Banxia and said:

"How did the candied hawthorns sell today? I think they're all sold out. How much silver did you make in total?"