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The boat lady quickly shut her mouth, her intentions to strike up an amicable chat shattered almost instantly. She went back quietly to row her boat and heard the young lady call over an honest and sincere man. ”Tie Cheng, please hurry up. I didn't say that you can't look, why are you turning away?”

She comfortably settled down on the boat floor without many qualms, occupying much space in the already tiny boat. With her hands behind her head, she laid down with satisfaction. ”Ah, such days are life's enjoyment,” she commented.

The boat lady eyed at this weird, witty girl oddly. After a while, she couldn't help but ask, ”There is something I must ask.”

That man smiled. ”Don't listen to her, go on.”

”Are you guys siblings or a couple?”

”Siblings.”

”Couple.”

The two different voices gave two different answers. That girl sat up and kicked the man. ”You talk too much,” she spat and turned to the boat lady. ”Why are you asking about this? I'm really going to give you fewer taels.”

”There are different kinds of good food that a pair of siblings and a couple can indulge in.” The boat lady smiled cheerily and continued, ”If it is a pair of siblings, I will cook for you, but if it is a pair of loving couple, there is someone new from the capital that is a great chef on Wu family's boat. But I've heard that he has many rules and every day, he only cooks a maximum of three dishes, and only married couples can eat. If the two of you are not a couple, I will not waste the effort to row over.”

”Delicious….” That young girl sat there as she salivated, desperately reining in her impulses to give into temptation. The boat lady looked at her, wreathed in smiles. Then, her pupils dilated as she noticed something wriggling in Meng Fuyao's sleeves. Whatever that was moving vanished, miraculously reappeared on Meng Fuyao's shoulder and scurried to her collar. With its claws, it grabbed her earlobes and tugged and tugged…

'What in the world… is that…'