Chapter 330 (1/2)

His master and the Yu Family's siblings spent the whole journey there playing cards. For lunch, they only ate a few bites of the snacks that were in the carriage to whet their hunger. Everyone was in the midst of having fun, so Head Steward Liu directed the driver to go to the Zhenxiu Restaurant branch that had just opened recently in the prefectural city.

The prefectural city's branch had only been open for ten days, so business was booming. Currently it was past the usual time to eat lunch, but when they entered to look, the restaurant was still completely full of diners. Luckily, the manager of this branch was the old head manager of the Tanggu Town branch. The new manager at Tanggu Town was now Qian Xiaoduo.

The head manager had long been informed by his master that the Yu Family's siblings were going to the prefectural city. If they came to Zhenxiu Restaurant, they could use the reserved private room to dine. Thus, the whole group of people went up to the third floor's private room under the envious gazes of all of the other customers.

Yu Bo had long heard about Tanggu Town's Zhenxiu Restaurant's exquisite food. The food was known to be incredibly delicious but the prices were also very high. In addition, getting a table there was very hard. He naturally never had the chance to even try one of the dishes there. However, he would not have expected that he would have the opportunity to dine at Zhenxiu Restaurant after b.u.mming a ride off of the royal prince.

Under the warm reception of the head manager, the group of people entered the private room. Yu Bo had originally thought that the head manager was only treating them so politely because the royal prince was with them. However, after silently observing for a bit, he discovered that the head manager's demeanor towards his niece was even more warm and welcoming than his demeanor towards the prince.

He had also heard rumors that the young master of Zhenxiu Restaurant had a pretty good relations.h.i.+p with his second older brother's family. Perhaps...the Zhou Family's young master fancied his niece, so the head manager was being welcoming and polite to his future mistress? That couldn't be true, right? Although his second older brother's family now had some a.s.sets, they were still very far from the wealth and status of the Zhou Family. If the family backgrounds were not the same, how could the Zhou Family permit this marriage?

Yu Bo, ah Yu Bo, your thoughts are going in the completely wrong direction!

The meal consisted of both meat and vegetable dishes, and all of them were pleasing to the eye while tasting incredible. Yu Xiaocao took a single bite and could tell this was the product of Chef w.a.n.g's hands. She was pretty sure that the Zhenxiu Restaurant in the capital was now stable and had been taken over by one of Chef w.a.n.g's disciples. Thus, he could personally come over here and supervise the prefectural city's branch!

After they finished the meal, before Yu Bo left the group, he first asked whether Yu Xiaocao and her brother had a place to stay. Once he found out they did, he left with a lightened heart to meet up with his schoolmate.

”Older Brother Xiaowen, did you already make arrangements for your stay?” Little s.h.i.+tou asked.

Qian Wen lightly shook his head, ”I was planning on finding an inn near the prefectural city's testing facility to rest in tonight. Then tomorrow I was going to go search for a more suitable living s.p.a.ce…”

Little s.h.i.+tou somewhat excitedly replied, ”His Royal Highness helped us rent out a small residence. I heard that it's pretty close to the examination area. How about you live with us ah?”

Qian Wen glanced at Yu Xiaocao, who was currently talking to Royal Prince Yang. He hesitated for a second before he said, ”Let's first get you two settled and then we can talk about me ah!”

Behind the two youths were Yu Xiaocao and Royal Prince Yang. They were currently discussing that residence. Yu Xiaocao looked at the deed that was given to her and it also had a transaction certificate with it. She was shocked beyond words and didn't quite dare believe what was in front of her as she said, ”The houses in the prefectural city are really this inexpensive? A three-sectioned residence only costs a hundred taels?”

What she didn't say was this: 'Such a big residence must be broken beyond repair if it only cost a hundred taels ah! Is it even livable at this point?'

Royal Prince Yang's eyes seemed to be able to see into her heart as he resentfully said, ”This residence used to belong to someone I know. The family had to return back to the capital in a hurry and knew I was out looking for a residence. Thus, they went with the flow and half-sold it half-gave it to me. What, you have a problem with that?”

Yu Xiaocao replied with a bit of embarra.s.sment, ”You didn't need to do this. As long as the location was good, we would be able to take out the money to buy it at market price.”

”If you can get it for cheaper, what's wrong with that?” What Royal Prince Yang didn't mention was that the prefectural magistrate was planning on giving him this residence and the land around it. However, he refused the gift. There wasn't really a difference between him receiving it as a present and him buying it. This residence was worth at least seven hundred to eight hundred taels. By buying it for one hundred taels, it was pretty much the same as getting it for free.

Yu Xiaocao gave him a cold glare and stated, ”I'm only thinking of you and the debt you might have incurred ah! It's easy to repay a debt of money but it's hard to return a debt of grat.i.tude. I was concerned that he might have ulterior motives and want you to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable!”

When Zhu Junyang heard her explanation, a cool refres.h.i.+ng feeling fell into his heart, as if he had just taken a sip of iced water on the hottest day of the year. This little la.s.s had improved and knew how to think about him!

He proudly replied, ”Not a problem! I know what he wants and it's nothing difficult. Not a big deal at all!”

Yu Xiaocao finally relaxed. However, she still had to exhort him a bit, ”Problems that can be resolved with money are all not a big deal. I advise you to rely less on using connections. It's hard to fathom a person's mind. Who knows what other people are thinking!”

”So long-winded! Do you really need to state the obvious? However, if you have absolute power, you will have countless people coming up to fawn over you. At that point, even if you take their things, they will take it as the ultimate honor! This is what power is!!” Royal Prince Yang was giving Yu Xiaocao a lesson on how 'a society that relied on hierarchy' worked.

Only now did Yu Xiaocao remember that the person in front of her was a royal prince who was born into the imperial family. He was also someone the emperor himself looked highly upon. So, how could he be afraid of anyone?