In the afternoon.
Everyone gathered at the entrance of the Imperial Academy.
Hong Qinghe, Li Tingtao, and Bai Muyan quickly got to know one another well. Soon, An Yuzhi and An Shaoning also arrived.
“Where do you all want to eat?” Lou Xiaoxiao asked everyone with a smile.
Lou Qianxue looked at her with a complicated gaze. Then she looked at An Shaoning.
One of them was smiling candidly, whereas the other one was smiling warmly. They did not exude any displeasure at all.
However, Lou Qianxue had discovered that there was indeed a problem with An Shaoning’s body…
“Qianxue, why are you in a daze? Where do you want to go?”
“Huh?” Lou Qianxue came back to her senses. “Sorry, I was distracted just now. What did you all say?”
“Nothing. We were discussing where to eat. Do you have any suggestions?”
“Oh, it’s rare for us to have a gathering. Let’s go to a good place.”
“Good place…” An Shaoning looked at An Yuzhi. “Cousin, do you have any recommendation?”
“How about Baicao Garden?” An Yuzhi muttered. “Baicao Garden is the best place to have a meal. However, it’s hard to get a seat there. I wonder if it has any table available for us today. Let’s go and try our luck!”
“Baicao Garden?” Strange expressions appeared on the faces of Li Tingtao, Bai Muyan, and An Shaoning, who were at the side.
“Why are your expressions like that?”
“Oh, it was the Baicao Garden of Liuyun Prefecture where we met Miss Qianxue for the first time two years ago.”
“So coincidental? Then, let’s go there today.”
An Yuzhi led everyone and headed toward Baicao Garden.
Soon, they reached the place.
Baicao Garden was the most luxurious place in the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. Patriarchs, high ranking officials, and nobles from various areas of Tian Zhao were honored to enter Baicao Garden.
It was just that…
“There’s only one empty space in the garden, but a customer has already reserved it. Please be earlier next time.” The female receptionist politely rejected them.
Lou Xiaoxiao was somewhat disappointed. She looked at the customer who had reserved the last space in the yard.
That man looked ugly, and he had a short and stout figure, but he was magnificently dressed. His neck and fingers were embellished with gold and jade ornaments. Only the word ‘bejeweled’ could describe him.
When the man sensed their gazes, he glanced at them with a proud expression. He arrogantly walked over and said, “Judging from your dresses, you should be students from the academy! Why? Did you all come to Baicao Garden to enrich your knowledge?”
After he chuckled, he stretched his hand out and pointed at Lou Qianxue and Lou Xiaoxiao. “If you let these two little beauties accompany me to have fun, I can bring you all in.”
“!!!”
Gasps instantly rang in the surroundings.
The people who came with Lou Xiaoxiao and Lou Qianxue pitifully looked at that fatty.
An Yuzhi frowned. He was about to go forward when…
Clang!
“D*mn you, fatty! Try saying it once again!” Lou Xiaoxiao frowned and took out her Frost Sword on the spot.
Lou Qianxue also looked at the man with a cold gaze. “Get lost!”
“You! You all! Is it a big deal to study in the Imperial city? You actually dare to bully me, a foreigner? Let me tell you, although I just reached the Imperial city, I have money! And people! If you all dare to touch me, I’ll…”
Pa!
A wooden palm ruthlessly slapped his face.
“Ah-h!” The fatty pitifully cried, and he stopped talking.
The crowd froze. They followed the direction of the wooden palm, which led to An Shaoning.
An Shaoning withdrew the smile on his face. With a gloomy gaze, he said, “Someone really dares to say that they have people in the Imperial city in front of our An family members!”
Then he snorted. “I’ll touch you and see what you can do!”
However…
“Ah! Someone’s beating others! Someone’s killing! You all from Baicao Garden, why are you still standing there? I’m your customer! Don’t you all care that someone has beaten your customer here?” The bejeweled fatty screamed and created a scene. He arrogantly questioned the receptionist from Baicao Garden.