I subtly leaned back, creating distance between us, forcing a calm smile, “Being my own boss is better than working for someone else, isn’t it?”
He drew back, his gaze soft, “Then win tomorrow’s competition and become the mistress of Xiliu Bao.”
By then, most of the industry will be yours!”
“You can’t be serious?” I could no longer remain calm, glaring at him, my voice betraying disbelief.
I’ll translate the text into English, maintaining the original style and structure:
I was walking with my head down when I suddenly bumped into someone. Before I could say anything, I heard a hoarse voice yell: “Damn it, who’s not looking where they’re going? Daring to bump into me, you want to die?”
This voice? I suddenly looked up and unexpectedly saw two familiar faces, immediately rolling my eyes and saying: “The one who wants to die is me!”
The person was stunned, then lowered his head to look at me, crying out in surprise: “Boss?”
I glared at him unhappily: “Boss? Wasn’t it you who just said I wasn’t looking where I was going?”
Xiaoshan chuckled awkwardly, fawning: “Hehe, it was Xiaoshan who wasn’t looking. Boss, are you okay?”
I couldn’t help but frown and ask: “I’m fine! Why aren’t you running your shop in Jiangcheng? Why did you come to Cangyu?”
“We came to find you, Boss!” Xiaoshan grinned foolishly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.
I dismissively curled my lips, “Find me? For what?”
Xiaoshan pulled out a small cloth bag and handed it to me: “We’ve come to bring you silver!
“Silver?” I opened the bag, revealing a thick stack of silver notes. “Where did you get so many silver notes? Did you go back to your old ways? Didn’t I tell you to settle down and run the barbecue shop properly?”
“Boss, don’t get angry, we didn’t steal this silver!” Xiaoshan explained.
“Then how did you get so much silver?” This was at least several hundred taels.
“We earned every bit of this silver through hard work!” Xiaoshan announced proudly.
Nan Gong Qin Xue bitterly smiled: “He almost destroyed the entire harem for me, can you believe it…” I was shocked – could there really be such a deeply affectionate emperor in this world?
