Chapter 145 (1/2)

“Hehe… Brother Zhang.”

Seeing that he pushed open the door and came in, Ling Jingxuan who was standing by the window overlooking the scenes in the streets boringly moved forward with a smile. With his subtle observation, apparently he noticed his abnormality. But he didn’t mean to dig into it, for their relationship was not that close. But even if they were that close, even he didn’t take the initiative to tell him, he wouldn’t ask.

“Brother Ling, Sorry to have kept you waiting.”

Sitting across from him, Shopkeeper Zhang was still a little uncomfortable. That was a huge blow from the boss.

Seeing that he was kind of spaced out, Ling Jingxuan didn’t push him, but poured a cup of warm boiled water for each of them. He took up his own and sipped lightly now and then, but in his head was all Yan Shengrui who got a cold, wondering if he was better now, whether he had taken the medicine and rested well. He really didn’t understand. Apparently his physical condition was apparently much better than him. And they both played in water. Why he caught a cold? Is it possible that his man looks strong, but…hollow inside?

Thinking of this, Ling Jingxuan laughed in spite of himself. If he knows what he was thinking, would he directly find a random place and sleep with him? If it was him, he’d definitely do that!

“Ah… Almost forgot the important thing, brother Ling, do you have anything else to do later?”

After quite a while, Shopkeeper Zhang suddenly said so, then looked at him nervously. Ling Jingxuan put down his cup, picking his eyebrow, “What is it? Just shoot. As long as it’s something within my ability, I’ll do it for you.”

He was a little unaccustomed to his probing.

“Then I won’t stand on ceremony. Here is the thing. The boss Lord Liu of our restaurant suddenly came today. And he heard things about you and means to see you in person. So, what do you say?”

The big boss behind Xinyuan Restaurant wants to see him? Just a cold dish. He shouldn’t have been disturbed by this, right?”

Compared with Shopkeeper Zhang’s innocence, Ling Jingxuan apparently thought more. Xinyuan Restaurants had branches all through the whole Qing Kingdom. Of course the boss behind should be a bigwig, or he would even be possible to be one of the top figures in the imperial city! He didn’t think that only a cold dish deserved his sudden interest. But, if it was not that case, why would he want to see him, someone who was so distant from him?

“Brother Zhang, tell me the truth. What is this Lord Liu’s background?”

“It’s not some kind of big secret, actually. Master Liu is the youngest son of Duke Zeng and Princess Mingshang, since he ranks sixth of his siblings, so people all call him Lord Liu (Liu means six in English).”

Thinking he might ask something, Shopkeeper Zhang already told him so. Ling Jingxuan’s eyes sank, “Duke Zeng? You mean that famous Duke Weiyuan who has outstanding military exploit all his life who trained Prince Sheng into a new god of war at his last days?”

Regardless of who he was, he must make sure that he was harmless to Yan Shengrui first.

“Yeah, it is Duke Weiyuan. It’s said that Prince Sheng grew up with Lord Liu. They were quite close. Some people even said they are lovers.”

At the end of his words, Shopkeeper Zhang even showed a bit gossipy feeling, totally did not notice that Ling Jingxuan’s smile grew bigger, “Lovers! Then I’d like to see him.”

Clearly at this time his smile was as bright as flowers, but it gave people some kind of depressed feeling, which made Shopkeeper Zhang who only noticed something not right about his smile after a while have a shiver. Did he say something wrong?

“If so, Brother Ling, please come with me.”

Not knowing why, he already felt today’s Ling Jingxuan was indescribably strange. But Lord Liu was still waiting, he had no time to waste on that.