"We’re not picky," Sanni hurriedly shook her head and called out to the others, "We’re not fussy, right? Come on, let’s eat quickly."
Everyone started eating with a smile, especially the three little girls led by Sini, who were also amusingly glancing at Yang Ruxin while they ate.
Yang Ruxin felt somewhat bemused.
Xun Hui felt a pang of loss as she watched the children seem closer to their eldest sister than to herself, but she also felt reassured. In short, she was a tangled combination of contradictions.
Zhu Hengtai, who was outside the door, was somewhat frustrated. He had wanted to bring another tray of pastries to the room; after all, there were many children, and they typically loved sweets. But he overheard the children harshly criticizing the food from Taibai Building and didn’t know whether to enter. At the same time, he grew more astonished—was that girl truly a culinary expert?
"Big sister, I need to pee..." After eating for a while, Xiaofeng looked at Yang Ruxin with shy embarrassment.
"Let’s go, I’ll take you," Yang Ruxin quickly put down her chopsticks, "Anyone else need to go? Let’s go together."
Everyone shook their heads.
"Ruxin sister, let me accompany Xiaofeng," Zhou Xiao quickly stood up, "I need to go too," she said, glancing at Sanni, her face turning slightly red.
"That’s fine, do you know where the outhouse is?" Yang Ruxin nodded.
"I’ll go down and ask the waiter." Zhou Xiao took Xiaofeng’s hand, then pulled open the room’s door, only to stop short, "Shopkeeper?"
"Hehe..." Zhu Hengtai slightly cringed but quickly regained his composure and hurried in, "I was just about to bring you a tray of our newly made desserts." As he placed a small basket of sesame balls on the table, he really wanted to ask if they enjoyed the meal, but remembering what he had overheard, he couldn’t bring himself to ask. Instead, he turned to Zhou Xiao, "The outhouse is in the backyard. Take the stairs down, turn left, and you’ll see a door; it’s not far from there..."
Zhou Xiao thanked him and led Xiaofeng out.
"Thank you, shopkeeper," Yang Ruxin quickly nodded, "How can we let you spend more on us? You’ve already treated us to a beggar’s chicken, let’s just settle the cost for this..."
"If Miss Yang is that formal, then it’s too much," Zhu Hengtai hurriedly waved his hands, "Miss, you must be an expert in culinary arts, and I hope you can give us some valuable feedback."
Yang Ruxin immediately glared at Sanni. See, you let someone overhear.
Sanni stuck out her tongue and then lowered her head to continue eating.
"You are too kind, shopkeeper. I just like to ponder about these things that’s all," Yang Ruxin smiled, "Perhaps we can learn from each other sometime..."
"I just happened to overhear," Zhu Hengtai said, slightly embarrassed as he touched his nose, "I heard the young lady mention egg cake; I wonder if she would be willing to..."
Before he could finish, suddenly a young waiter rushed up in a panic: "Shopkeeper, something bad happened—the two young masters who went down just now got into a fight..."
Zhu Hengtai frowned upon hearing this: "Clarify what happened."
Yang Ruxin, however, stood up abruptly: "Who got hit?"
"It’s just that..." The waiter jumped with fright.
But Yang Ruxin didn’t wait for him to finish; she had already darted out.
Xun Hui and the others, upon hearing this, also hurried to run outside.
"None of you come out," Yang Ruxin suddenly turned back to Xun Hui who had reached the doorway, "Stay here and take care of the others. Don’t come out unless I call for you." Then she hopped down the stairs in two bounds.