Chapter 458: Chapter 458: Greatly Surprised Chapter 458: Chapter 458: Greatly Surprised “Master, I’m going up to the second floor to play.”
Xiao Taohong floated out from her space; it was the dead of night, her prime time for activity. Despite her age, she still had the heart of a child, always eager to play.
Xuexue was so hungry she could feel her stomach sticking to her back; she had no energy to care for her and listlessly waved her hand.
Xiao Taohong acknowledged and drifted upstairs with a face full of excitement. Unexpectedly, she soon hurried back down, anxiously saying to Xuexue, “Master, Master, something terrible has happened, we’ve walked into a den of wolves.”
“What’s going on? Be clear, after all, you’re a ghost! Stop fussing around, isn’t it embarrassing?”
“Hey, come on! I am just a ghost, what’s there to be embarrassed about? The problem is we’ve run into trouble,” Xiao Taohong said with an anxious face.
“What actually happened?”
“That…that dwarf, he’s on the second floor. Isn’t this an example of enemies often crossing paths? We’ve just escaped and now we’ve run into him again.”
Upon hearing this, Xuexue was shocked and asked hurriedly, “What did you say?”
“I’m saying the dwarf is up there in the private dining room, eating. That bastard is so domineering; he’s making the shopkeeper serve him like a grandson.”
Xuexue, knowing the dwarf was there and fearful of being captured by him again, had started to run away, but stopped in her tracks upon hearing this.
Right at that moment, the waiter came up with food and drinks.
He placed the dishes from the tray onto the table one by one: a plate of stir-fried bitter melon, a plate of steamed fish, a plate of soy-sauced beef, and a small bowl of rice.
Xuexue, with her keen eyes, noticed a large jug of liquor on the tray and asked, “Waiter, I didn’t order any liquor, so why is there a jug of it here?”
The waiter glanced at the jug of liquor on the tray and said, “Miss, please don’t misunderstand, this jug of liquor is meant for the second floor, the shopkeeper asked for it.”
This was top-quality Huadiao wine, usually too precious for the shopkeeper to indulge in, but tonight, faced with a tough customer, he had to offer it to save his life.
Xuexue nodded, said nothing further, picked up her chopsticks, and poked at the dishes that had just arrived. Suddenly, she screamed, “Oh my goodness! Waiter, there’s a problem!”
Hearing that, the waiter who was about to head back to the second floor stopped, puzzled, “Miss, what’s the matter?”
“Your tavern’s dishes are so dirty, you didn’t even see such a big fly in the food.” As she spoke, Xuexue picked up a fly from the dish with her chopsticks and presented it to the waiter, “Here, take a look for yourself, it’s disgusting, how can I eat this?”
The waiter, seeing this, was also stunned, unsure of what to do at the moment, as the shopkeeper was still waiting for him to deliver the wine upstairs.
“All right, all right, I know you’re just an employee, and I won’t make it difficult for you. Hurry and take it back and bring me a new plate of food,” Xuexue said considerately.
The waiter felt very grateful inside, thinking this young lady had such a good heart.
He glanced at the dishes on the table and then down at the wine on the tray, hesitantly saying, “Okay, that’s fine, but upstairs, the shopkeeper is still waiting for me to deliver the wine.”
“Change my dish first; I’m about to starve. Can’t they wait a little longer?”
“Miss, you don’t understand, the shopkeeper is upstairs serving an evildoer; if I’m late, I fear for the shopkeeper’s life.”
Xuexue’s face darkened, “Do you think because I’m a young lady, I’m easy to bully?”
The waiter panicked and hastily set down the tray, “Miss, it’s not that I won’t change it for you, just please wait a little longer, is that okay?”
Xuexue was very determined, “No, it’s not okay.”