books44 Chapter 270: Making a Scene
Chapter 270: Making a Scene
Chapter 270: Making a Scene
Before her was a lion dance troupe, which caught Ji Meiqing's eye. Watching their spectacular performance, memories flooded back as if they were right before her eyes.
Lu Yu was walking ahead, but when he realized he had fallen behind Ji Meiqing, he led the two little ones back. After finding Ji Meiqing, Lu Yu asked, "What's wrong? Why did you stop?"
Ji Meiqing pointed to the lion dance troupe and said, "Look at them, it's as if the lion dance performance you took me to see that day happened just yesterday." Seeing that she was getting sentimental, Lu Yu simply found the most suitable teahouse to watch the performance.
Lu Yu poured her a cup of tea and said, "We watched from a seated position that day. How can we stand here today?"
Ji Meiqing took a sip of tea and said, "Yes, your injury hasn't fully healed yet, so sitting is naturally good."
After watching the performance for a while, Ji Meiqing said, "Even Mo Zhu, whom we rescued back then, is now considered a top student under a famous master. This proves that my judgment was correct. After he worked here for a few days, I found that he was good at martial arts, so I found him a very powerful master. It's better than staying here. It's like a modern vocational school. Learning a skill is not bad."
Lu Yu didn't quite understand Ji Meiqing's last few words. He hadn't paid much attention to the child they had saved back then. Ever since Ji Meiqing told him to stay, he hadn't heard from him again. Now he realized that Mo Zhu hadn't stayed and had been arranged to stay elsewhere by Ji Meiqing. He suddenly understood and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder I haven't seen him for about a year. I always wanted to ask him, but I always put it off."
While the two were talking, Yan Jin and Yan Shen had already devoured all the food Lu Yu had ordered. Ji Meiqing looked at them and said to Lu Yu, "Our lives haven't been as simple as they were when it was just the two of us since they came along. Although I quite like this kind of life, it can't go on like this for long. Don't we still have Tianci at home? We don't have the energy to take care of so many unruly kids. Let them have a good time in the capital for a few days, and then we'll discuss where they'll go after we're done with our work. Even if we send them to an academy, we'll have to carefully select them."
Lu Yu agreed, after all, he still had his own selfish desires; he still wanted a child of his own.
Days passed by, and before they knew it, it was time for the birthday celebration. The night before, Ji Meiqing lay on the bed with her hands crossed over her stomach and said excitedly, "I didn't expect things to go so smoothly this time. As long as there are no mistakes, we'll be one step closer to becoming the richest man."
Lu Yu said, "After all, these are wines for the Emperor and Empress Dowager, so they wouldn't dare to cause any major trouble." Although he didn't want to spoil Ji Meiqing's good mood, Lu Yu continued, "Actually, this isn't a good thing either. As the saying goes, the taller the tree, the more the wind will blow."
Ji Meiqing said nonchalantly, "These days, whether it's modern or ancient times, capable people are always at the forefront of the world. So why blame me when they're not as good as me? We'll be fine when we have more money and power than them. Alright, alright, we need to get up early tomorrow, let's go to bed early. Oh, right, there's one more thing. Yan Jin and the others don't like Granny Liu, so I found another Granny Ma. She'll be on duty for a few days, mainly to watch over those two kids. Granny Ma will leave when we come back."
Lu Yu responded, "Okay, that's fine. It's late, go to sleep!"
Although the celebration didn't start until noon, Ji Meiqing and the others had to get up very early to prepare. She yawned as she drank with Lu Yu as they went to the restaurant. Lu Yu looked at her with concern and said, "Actually, you don't need to get up so early. You can sleep a little longer. I can transport all this wine myself."
Ji Meiqing smiled. Perhaps because she was too sleepy, her eyes were almost closed. All she could hear was her saying, "How can this be? I have to stay with you. Besides, you'll definitely need my help with many things. I'm fine. I'll just go wash my face and wake myself up."
When she returned after washing her face, Lu Yu asked in confusion, "Logically speaking, we went to bed at the same time last night, and you're not usually a heavy sleeper, so why are you so tired today?"
Ji Meiqing said apologetically, "I was probably too excited last night, which caused me to have insomnia and fall asleep very late."
"Then why didn't you wake me up?"
"Why did I wake you up? To make you as listless as I am? Or to keep us chatting?" After saying that, Ji Meiqing realized that Lu Yu meant well and that her words might have been too harsh, so she added, "That's not what I meant, I meant..."
Lu Yu interrupted her, "It's okay, I understand. Let's go, see if they've packed up enough, let's go count the number."
Ji Meiqing nodded. "One, two... six hundred and sixty-four, six hundred and sixty-five." Ji Meiqing scratched her head and walked over to Lu Yu, who was also counting, and said, "How many jars are you counting?"
"Six hundred and sixty-five jars!"
“Me too. I thought I miscounted. But we clearly prepared 666 jars. How could there be one jar missing? Could someone have kept it for themselves?” Ji Meiqing casually suggested a possibility.
This reminded Lu Yu that "it's not impossible."
"But that's a capital offense! Who would have such a malicious intention? How many people will be implicated? What are we going to do now?" Ji Meiqing said indignantly.
"The only way right now is to find that jar of wine. I suspect it hasn't been drunk yet. I personally counted it yesterday to make sure there were no mistakes, and the person who found it must be a close associate," Lu Yu said at this crucial moment.
“Even if he didn’t drink it, we’re running out of time! Wait a minute, he’ll be beheaded if he steals that jar of wine, so he must have some ulterior motive to threaten us. So we don’t need to look for him at all; we can just wait for him to come to us.” Ji Meiqing suddenly realized.
“That’s right, exactly. Now we’ll get everything ready and then wait for the arrival of this last jar of wine.”
Ji Meiqing said angrily, "You're letting us down at the crucial moment. I'd like to see who it is."
Fortunately, they got up early and finished everything before it was time for breakfast. Ji Meiqing and Lu Yu ate in the peach grove to wait for their prey.
Just as they expected, they saw a person approaching from afar, carrying what appeared to be the missing jar of wine. Upon recognizing the person, Ji Meiqing stood up and said, "Li Ming, it really is you! Although I suspected you, I refused to believe it was really you. What exactly do you want? Now you're even playing with so many lives. Can you please stop being so unreasonable? You're an adult."