Chapter 170
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It was a very delicate, good-looking young student, he stood outside for a long time, hesitating, before he took a step inside and shyly asked for the price.
Ming Zhu said, “Three cents for a piece of pastry.”
The young student seemed relieved. He bought ten pieces of sweet cakes. After paying, when he looked up, he froze for a long time.
Hong Ling saw that the look in his eyes was not right, like he had lost his soul in front of Ming Zhu. She silently stood in front of Ming Zhu to block his view and said: “Gongzi, be careful of your steps when you leave.”
The young student left in a trance.
Ming Zhu was very puzzled, “What’s wrong with him? I didn’t charge him extra money.”
Hong Ling looked at her with a complicated look. Rough clothes and mediocre hairpins could hardly hide her beauty.
Her appearance was extremely outstanding. They were both women, yet sometimes when Hong Ling looked at her face, she would also easily lose focus, not to mention a young student who had yet to see the world, he must have been overwhelmed by her beauty.
Hong Ling seriously told her, “Zhu Zhu, I think you should still wear a veil!”
Ming Zhu subconsciously touched her own face, “But wouldn’t that look strange?”
Hong Ling sighed, “Forget it, wearing a veil would be even more eye-catching.”
The pastry shop’s sales got better and better. Pastries that they were unable to sell in an entire day before were now sold out in less than an hour these past two days.
The fame of Ming Zhu’s shop gradually spread, people said that she not only made delicious cakes, but that she also looked even more beautiful and charming than the goddesses in paintings.
It was a coincidence but Ming Zhu’s shop was located just across the street where the antique shop that was losing money every day was located.
The young man was busy entertaining his former classmate these days. When he finally found the time to deign take a look at his shop, he found out that it had gotten much busier across the street, so he casually inquired about what was going on.
“Second Master, I heard that that pastry shop has good pastries, it’s winning universal praise, and as their reputation started to spread, there have been more and more customers.”
Duan Sui’s interest was raised, “I’ll go and take a look.”
Duan Sui was a famous second generation rich in Yangzhou, along with other fops he befriended, he had been running amok for many years. One casual word of his was enough to make the bookkeeper sweat.
The bookkeeper had also seen that miss’s face, she looked beautiful like a flower and was especially pretty. She was even more beautiful than the best girl in the brothel house. It could not be certain that his second master would not lust after her beauty and act like a scoundrel.
The bookkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, “Second master, that miss is pregnant with a child.”
Duan Sui’s eyes contained a slightly unpredictable smile, “Am I a beast?”
The bookkeeper laughed in embarrassment, “Your words are too serious.”
When Duan Sui reached the door of the small shop across the street, they were getting ready to close. When he saw the woman in pink who was making noise moving things, he instantly recognized her.
He took two steps forward, “Give me a sweet cake to take away.”
Ming Zhu lifted her face, as she said, “We’re already closed, you can come back tomorrow.”
Duan Sui lifted his eyelids, his pair of eyes were facing her, even the coarse dress made of hemp she was wearing couldn’t conceal the beauty of her face, her complexion was slightly reddened by the sun, the corners of her eyes were overflowing with a gentle charm, her white and smooth cheeks had been stained at some point with flour, but it added some kind of unexplainable candidness and loveliness to her beauty.
Duan Sui soundlessly swallowed his saliva, “So, it’s you.”
Ming Zhu also recognized him, and naturally the look on her face wasn’t kind.
The look in Duan Sui’s eyes as he swept a glance at her belly was unfathomable, he raised an eyebrow, “I want to order ten pastries in advance, deliver them to my residence tomorrow, I’m receiving a guest.”
As he said so, he took out an ingot of gold and put it on the table, “This is the deposit money.”
Ming Zhu wanted to refuse but then she swallowed back the words of refusal, she received the gold, lowered her eyes and blandly said “alright”.
Duan Sui did not give her a hard time, after paying the silver, he directly went back to his own residence.
There was a precious guest in his residence.
It was Lord Wei, who came from Changzhou.
The Duan family was in the boat business, they smuggled a lot of merchandises. Last month, his third brother’s boat capsized in the river, which made the prefect of Changzhou, a fourth-grade official, find out about a few things.
Duan Sui and the actual assistant commissioner in charge of transmitting reports to the capital, Wei Chiyu, were acquaintances. He asked him to act as a mediator, to make the lord prefect shut his mouth.
Back then, Duan Sui and Wei Chiyu had attended the same school for two years together, he knew Wei Chiyu’s character, his mind was scheming, but deeply hidden. He was a man with some ability.
Wei Chiyu did not say refuse to help, he just said: “He is not short of money.”
What Duan Sui did not expect was that his former silent classmate, without a sound, would kill the prefect of Changzhou just like that.
Killing people to silence them was indeed the best method.
But this kind of daring and ruthless methods even made Duan Sui feel very frightened.
This matter was now done and over. When Duan Sui was thinking about how to properly thank Wei Chiyu, he happened to hear that Wei Chiyu was not in a good mood, apparently someone close to him had recently passed away. So, he invited him to Yangzhou to be his guest, to brighten his mood.
“Where is Lord Wei?”
(TL’s note : Wei Chiyu is back!! As a reminder, that is Ming Zhu’s former fiancée, which we haven’t seen for a lot of chapters now.)
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It was a very delicate, good-looking young student, he stood outside for a long time, hesitating, before he took a step inside and shyly asked for the price.
Ming Zhu said, “Three cents for a piece of pastry.”
The young student seemed relieved. He bought ten pieces of sweet cakes. After paying, when he looked up, he froze for a long time.
Hong Ling saw that the look in his eyes was not right, like he had lost his soul in front of Ming Zhu. She silently stood in front of Ming Zhu to block his view and said: “Gongzi, be careful of your steps when you leave.”
The young student left in a trance.
Ming Zhu was very puzzled, “What’s wrong with him? I didn’t charge him extra money.”
Hong Ling looked at her with a complicated look. Rough clothes and mediocre hairpins could hardly hide her beauty.
Her appearance was extremely outstanding. They were both women, yet sometimes when Hong Ling looked at her face, she would also easily lose focus, not to mention a young student who had yet to see the world, he must have been overwhelmed by her beauty.
Hong Ling seriously told her, “Zhu Zhu, I think you should still wear a veil!”
Ming Zhu subconsciously touched her own face, “But wouldn’t that look strange?”
Hong Ling sighed, “Forget it, wearing a veil would be even more eye-catching.”
The pastry shop’s sales got better and better. Pastries that they were unable to sell in an entire day before were now sold out in less than an hour these past two days.
The fame of Ming Zhu’s shop gradually spread, people said that she not only made delicious cakes, but that she also looked even more beautiful and charming than the goddesses in paintings.
It was a coincidence but Ming Zhu’s shop was located just across the street where the antique shop that was losing money every day was located.
The young man was busy entertaining his former classmate these days. When he finally found the time to deign take a look at his shop, he found out that it had gotten much busier across the street, so he casually inquired about what was going on.
“Second Master, I heard that that pastry shop has good pastries, it’s winning universal praise, and as their reputation started to spread, there have been more and more customers.”
Duan Sui’s interest was raised, “I’ll go and take a look.”
Duan Sui was a famous second generation rich in Yangzhou, along with other fops he befriended, he had been running amok for many years. One casual word of his was enough to make the bookkeeper sweat.
The bookkeeper had also seen that miss’s face, she looked beautiful like a flower and was especially pretty. She was even more beautiful than the best girl in the brothel house. It could not be certain that his second master would not lust after her beauty and act like a scoundrel.
The bookkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, “Second master, that miss is pregnant with a child.”
Duan Sui’s eyes contained a slightly unpredictable smile, “Am I a beast?”
The bookkeeper laughed in embarrassment, “Your words are too serious.”
When Duan Sui reached the door of the small shop across the street, they were getting ready to close. When he saw the woman in pink who was making noise moving things, he instantly recognized her.
He took two steps forward, “Give me a sweet cake to take away.”
Ming Zhu lifted her face, as she said, “We’re already closed, you can come back tomorrow.”
Duan Sui lifted his eyelids, his pair of eyes were facing her, even the coarse dress made of hemp she was wearing couldn’t conceal the beauty of her face, her complexion was slightly reddened by the sun, the corners of her eyes were overflowing with a gentle charm, her white and smooth cheeks had been stained at some point with flour, but it added some kind of unexplainable candidness and loveliness to her beauty.
Duan Sui soundlessly swallowed his saliva, “So, it’s you.”
Ming Zhu also recognized him, and naturally the look on her face wasn’t kind.
The look in Duan Sui’s eyes as he swept a glance at her belly was unfathomable, he raised an eyebrow, “I want to order ten pastries in advance, deliver them to my residence tomorrow, I’m receiving a guest.”
As he said so, he took out an ingot of gold and put it on the table, “This is the deposit money.”
Ming Zhu wanted to refuse but then she swallowed back the words of refusal, she received the gold, lowered her eyes and blandly said “alright”.
Duan Sui did not give her a hard time, after paying the silver, he directly went back to his own residence.
There was a precious guest in his residence.
It was Lord Wei, who came from Changzhou.
The Duan family was in the boat business, they smuggled a lot of merchandises. Last month, his third brother’s boat capsized in the river, which made the prefect of Changzhou, a fourth-grade official, find out about a few things.
Duan Sui and the actual assistant commissioner in charge of transmitting reports to the capital, Wei Chiyu, were acquaintances. He asked him to act as a mediator, to make the lord prefect shut his mouth.
Back then, Duan Sui and Wei Chiyu had attended the same school for two years together, he knew Wei Chiyu’s character, his mind was scheming, but deeply hidden. He was a man with some ability.
Wei Chiyu did not say refuse to help, he just said: “He is not short of money.”
What Duan Sui did not expect was that his former silent classmate, without a sound, would kill the prefect of Changzhou just like that.
Killing people to silence them was indeed the best method.
But this kind of daring and ruthless methods even made Duan Sui feel very frightened.
This matter was now done and over. When Duan Sui was thinking about how to properly thank Wei Chiyu, he happened to hear that Wei Chiyu was not in a good mood, apparently someone close to him had recently passed away. So, he invited him to Yangzhou to be his guest, to brighten his mood.
“Where is Lord Wei?”
(TL’s note : Wei Chiyu is back!! As a reminder, that is Ming Zhu’s former fiancée, which we haven’t seen for a lot of chapters now.)
It was a very delicate, good-looking young student, he stood outside for a long time, hesitating, before he took a step inside and shyly asked for the price.Ming Zhu said, Three cents for a piece of pastry.The young student seemed relieved. He bought ten pieces of sweet cakes. After paying, when he looked up, he froze for a long time.Hong Ling saw that the look in his eyes was not right, like he had lost his soul in front of Ming Zhu. She silently stood in front of Ming Zhu to block his view and said: Gongzi, be careful of your steps when you leave.The young student left in a trance.Ming Zhu was very puzzled, What's wrong with him? I didn't charge him extra money.Hong Ling looked at her with a complicated look. Rough clothes and mediocre hairpins could hardly hide her beauty.Her appearance was extremely outstanding. They were both women, yet sometimes when Hong Ling looked at her face, she would also easily lose focus, not to mention a young student who had yet to see the world, he must have been overwhelmed by her beauty.Hong Ling seriously told her, Zhu Zhu, I think you should still wear a veil!Ming Zhu subconsciously touched her own face, But wouldn't that look strange?Hong Ling sighed, Forget it, wearing a veil would be even more eye-catching.The pastry shop's sales got better and better. Pastries that they were unable to sell in an entire day before were now sold out in less than an hour these past two days.The fame of Ming Zhu's shop gradually spread, people said that she not only made delicious cakes, but that she also looked even more beautiful and charming than the goddesses in paintings.It was a coincidence but Ming Zhu's shop was located just across the street where the antique shop that was losing money every day was located.The young man was busy entertaining his former classmate these days. When he finally found the time to deign take a look at his shop, he found out that it had gotten much busier across the street, so he casually inquired about what was going on.Second Master, I heard that that pastry shop has good pastries, it's winning universal praise, and as their reputation started to spread, there have been more and more customers.Duan Sui's interest was raised, I'll go and take a look.Duan Sui was a famous second generation rich in Yangzhou, along with other fops he befriended, he had been running amok for many years. One casual word of his was enough to make the bookkeeper sweat.The bookkeeper had also seen that miss's face, she looked beautiful like a flower and was especially pretty. She was even more beautiful than the best girl in the brothel house. It could not be certain that his second master would not lust after her beauty and act like a scoundrel.The bookkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, Second master, that miss is pregnant with a child.Duan Sui's eyes contained a slightly unpredictable smile, Am I a beast?The bookkeeper laughed in embarrassment, Your words are too serious.When Duan Sui reached the door of the small shop across the street, they were getting ready to close. When he saw the woman in pink who was making noise moving things, he instantly recognized her.He took two steps forward, Give me a sweet cake to take away.Ming Zhu lifted her face, as she said, We're already closed, you can come back tomorrow.Duan Sui lifted his eyelids, his pair of eyes were facing her, even the coarse dress made of hemp she was wearing couldn't conceal the beauty of her face, her complexion was slightly reddened by the sun, the corners of her eyes were overflowing with a gentle charm, her white and smooth cheeks had been stained at some point with flour, but it added some kind of unexplainable candidness and loveliness to her beauty.Duan Sui soundlessly swallowed his saliva, So, it's you.Ming Zhu also recognized him, and naturally the look on her face wasn't kind.The look in Duan Sui's eyes as he swept a glance at her belly was unfathomable, he raised an eyebrow, I want to order ten pastries in advance, deliver them to my residence tomorrow, I'm receiving a guest.As he said so, he took out an ingot of gold and put it on the table, This is the deposit money.Ming Zhu wanted to refuse but then she swallowed back the words of refusal, she received the gold, lowered her eyes and blandly said alright.Duan Sui did not give her a hard time, after paying the silver, he directly went back to his own residence.There was a precious guest in his residence.It was Lord Wei, who came from Changzhou.The Duan family was in the boat business, they smuggled a lot of merchandises. Last month, his third brother's boat capsized in the river, which made the prefect of Changzhou, a fourth-grade official, find out about a few things.Duan Sui and the actual assistant commissioner in charge of transmitting reports to the capital, Wei Chiyu, were acquaintances. He asked him to act as a mediator, to make the lord prefect shut his mouth.Back then, Duan Sui and Wei Chiyu had attended the same school for two years together, he knew Wei Chiyu's character, his mind was scheming, but deeply hidden. He was a man with some ability.Wei Chiyu did not say refuse to help, he just said: He is not short of money.What Duan Sui did not expect was that his former silent classmate, without a sound, would kill the prefect of Changzhou just like that.Killing people to silence them was indeed the best method.But this kind of daring and ruthless methods even made Duan Sui feel very frightened.This matter was now done and over. When Duan Sui was thinking about how to properly thank Wei Chiyu, he happened to hear that Wei Chiyu was not in a good mood, apparently someone close to him had recently passed away. So, he invited him to Yangzhou to be his guest, to brighten his mood.Where is Lord Wei?TL's note : Wei Chiyu is back!! As a reminder, that is Ming Zhu's former fiance, which we haven't seen for a lot of chapters now.
