"I wonder why you, the guest officer, are so unreasonable. This dish is not yours. This dish has been specially reserved by the guests. Moreover, even the ingredients were prepared by the guests themselves. What do you think of snatching them away like this?

What's going on? Sir, please don't embarrass our shop."

The person who heard the voice speaking was the store clerk who had just gone down to pick up the wine.

Zhong Jiuchou glanced at Su Lun, who immediately stood up, opened the door and went downstairs.

The moment he opened the door, Ran Shaotang, who was facing the private room door, quickly caught a glimpse of the man standing at the corner of the stairs on the second floor. He looked very familiar.

Before she could recognize who that person was, the door was closed again.

The noise from downstairs still came. Not only did it not stop, it got louder.

Shaotang heard someone say: "I'm going to order this dish today. Go tell the guests at that table and I'll pay double the price for it."

"Why? Who do you think you are? Do you deserve to eat this dish?" This was Su Lun's voice.

It seemed that he couldn't bear it any longer, and his tone sounded like gunpowder, ready to blow the other person to pieces at any time.

"Hehe, you have a good tone. I can eat whatever I want. I come to Yipinzhai just to eat. Do you still care about it, Master?"

Zhong Jiuchou didn't seem to hear anything going on outside. He sat motionless in his position, still eating his food slowly and elegantly. From time to time, he would put pieces of fish or tofu that he thought were delicious into Ran Shaotang's plate.

Ran Shaotang felt uneasy in his heart, wondering what the intentions of such an arrogant person outside were.

But after seeing that Jiuchou had no intention of intervening, he calmed down and poured a cup of hot tea and sipped it slowly.

Only Qin Xiaoyue looked curiously and excitedly at Zhong Jiuchou and then at Ran Shaotang. Unable to sit still, she stood up and said, "I'll go out and have a look too."

Shaotang didn't stop her, he just brought her out to see the world.

This kind of thing is rare, so it's just right for her to experience it.

He only reminded: "Stay away from the bad guys, be careful not to hurt yourself."

Qin Xiaoyue's eyes flashed and she nodded in agreement: "I understand, sir, don't worry. I'll come back as soon as you go."

When she opened the door, Shaotang took a special look outside, but the scene outside was blocked by Su Lun's figure. The door closed again, leaving only Zhong Jiuchou and Ran Shaotang in the room.

Shaotang asked deliberately: "What is your dish?"

Zhong Jiuchou raised his eyes and looked at her: "Guess."

Shaotang smiled: "Steamed bear paws with honey juice."

Do you need to guess?

She knew from the moment she got on the carriage that the black bear must have been skinned and cramped by Zhong Jiuchou.

If you guessed correctly, the black blanket under your feet was made of black bear skin. Because the drying time was too short, even if incense was burning in the carriage, there was still a vague smell of blood that penetrated your nose from time to time.

Zhong Jiuchou was not surprised that Shaotang could guess it.

For a smart kid like her, it's not difficult to guess this.

However, he still didn't want her to be too proud, so he drank the tea in the cup and teased her: "Guessed wrong."

"Wrong? It's not honey bear's paw? What is that?" Shaotang didn't believe it.

The corner of Zhong Jiuchou's lips slightly raised: "Crane stews bear's paw."

Ran Shaotang: Tsk, it’s not a bear’s paw.

The two were bickering inside the house when a sudden cry came from outside: "Brother Su, be careful." It was Qin Xiaoyue's voice.

Listen to the sound of fists and kicks everywhere in the stairwell, the tiger and the wind, and the crackle.

Ran Shaotang put down his chopsticks helplessly: "It seems that your crane and bear paw stew will turn into fists and feet and burnt soup."

Finally, Jiuchou stood up and opened the window facing the street, looking towards the market, as if he couldn't hear Ran Shaotang's taunts.

At the end of the market, smoke was everywhere, and a dozen black horses galloped through the dust.

At the other end of the market, dozens of guards in white armor carried scimitars and faced the cavalry with flying feet.

Suddenly, pedestrians on the road and vendors on both sides fled in all directions, shouting.

Ran Shaotang knew something was wrong when he heard the sound, so he walked to another window, lowered his head and glanced at the market, held his hands on the window frame, and marveled, as if watching the excitement was not a big deal.

"If you don't go out and take a look, Su Lun will be as cold as your plate of bear paws."

Finally, Jiuchou closed the window again, leaned against the window, and stared at Ran Shaotang with interest: "You must know who is causing trouble outside."

Ran Shaotang smiled and said nothing.

If she said she didn't know, Zhong Jiuchou wouldn't believe it.

In fact, from the moment she heard the other party's voice, she knew that the person competing with them was not someone else, but Meng De, whom she had always wanted to take advantage of.

Presumably Zong Zhengshen is also nearby. This guy has always been cunning, and he must be trying to trick Jiu Chou again.

Seeing that Shaotang didn't answer, Zhong Jiuchou simply pulled her to his side and closed the window where she was lying.

Then, without saying a word, he grabbed her arm, opened the door, and walked out.

His movements were so coherent and smooth that before Shaotang showed any resistance, he was already half dragged, half held, and stood at the door of the private room.

As if he was afraid that she would be hurt by the eyeless fists and kicks, the moment she stepped out of the door, Zhong Jiuchou's whole body covered her, blocking her behind. She could only listen to the fierce fight between Meng De and Su Lun at close range.

The shopkeeper's sharp eyes saw the distinguished guest who had the final say in the VIP room and alarmed him. He immediately and fearfully tried to bypass the two fighting men and came forward to appease the distinguished guest and apologize, but was forced to do so by Zhong Jiuchou with a "Do Not Disturb" gesture.

Return to original position.

Sure enough, as Zhong Jiuchou expected, the window in the room was suddenly opened from the outside, and Zong Zhengshen behaved generously and jumped in calmly.

Seeing that there was no one in the room, his calmness turned into confusion, followed immediately by anger.

Finally Jiuchou was not fooled!

Did he take Ran Yatou out? But why didn't he see it? Could it be that the cunning little girl was hiding?

Just as Zong Zhengshen was about to bend down and lift the tablecloth, the door to the private room was pushed open, and Ran Shaotang's nose almost hit the door. "Hey, hey, hey," he reminded Zhong Jiuchou, who suddenly returned to the room, to be careful about the people behind him.

"Your Highness, are you looking for her?" Zhong Jiuchou's words were full of certainty.

Ran Shaotang was caught off guard and met Zong Zhengshen's eyes. He laughed awkwardly for him and asked for words: "Zong, long time no see. You seem to have lost a lot of weight?"

Zong Zhengshen knew that he was being played by Zhong Jiuchou, and he was holding back his anger, but he didn't want to show it, so he forced himself to smile calmly at Zhong Jiuchou.

"I heard that Young Master Zhong is hosting a banquet in Zipizhai, so I came here to join in the fun. I believe Young Master Zhong won't mind adding a pair of chopsticks."

His plan was perfect, and he used a trick to lure Jiuchou out of the room. Without a strong enemy, he would come in and kidnap Ran Shaotang. When the time comes, he could avenge the little girl for teasing him however he wanted. It all depended on his own mood.

I never expected that Zhong Jiuchou would take Ran Shaotang wherever he went.

Before he jumped out of the window, spies came to report, but they saw only Zhong Jiuchou standing outside the door.

The person named Zhong is indeed a difficult person to deal with.

Zhong Jiuchou still remembered that he was feinted by Zong Zhengshen before. Today, he was left here, and the bad breath in his heart was relieved a lot.

Since Zong Zhengshen proposed to stay, he agreed.
Chapter completed!