To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 184 Enraged

  The restaurant opened on time, but no drinkers came.

  The rain is still falling, and the view from the window is gray and continuous.

  The lanterns of the shops facing the street that should have been lit at this time were also extinguished in the squall.

   Such weather naturally dispels the idea of ​​many old customers coming to drink.

   After all, it’s not cheap, and it’s rare that there is an external difficulty to help reason to stop the yamen who can’t help but run to a wine shop.

   "Cousin, why don't we close early." This is Sheng Saburo who came to the restaurant in the afternoon despite the wind and rain.

  No way, just be so conscientious, just be so rain or shine.

  Luo Sheng casually looked at the rain outside the window, and dispelled Sheng Saburo's fantasy with one sentence: "The rules can't be changed randomly."

  In the rain, a cyan umbrella is moving.

   "Girl, it seems that you came to our restaurant." Hongdou pointed at the green umbrella approaching with excitement.

   Just an umbrella, proving that there is only one person.

   When a drinker comes, he is still not afraid of eating. It's boring to just wait until closing time.

  Sheng Saburo looked with his head, and said in shock, "Who is it? It's raining so much and you come here to drink."

  Hong Dou pursed her lips and smiled: "Biao Gongzi, let's guess, whoever guesses correctly will eat the other party's wishful fish roll tonight."

   "Just guess, I guess it's King Kaiyang."

  Hongdou's face was broken: "Then what to do, I guess it's King Kaiyang."

   Everyone guessed King Kaiyang, so whose Ruyi fish rolls are we going to eat?

  Ruyi Fish Roll is a new dish.

  Mandarin fish is deboned and peeled to make minced fish, rolled up with egg skin and shredded pepper, steamed, cooled and then cut into small equal pieces, it becomes a wishful roll with good meaning.

   It looks delicious, and one serving is definitely not enough.

   "Shi Sanhuo, who do you think is it?" Hong Dou squinted at Shi Yan.

  Shi Yan let out a heck.

   It’s still a guess, it’s raining so much, if only one guest comes, who else can there be except their master.

  Who else can hold the umbrella so steady, and who else walks leisurely in the courtyard in the pouring rain?

  The cyan umbrella flower finally floated to the front in the wind and rain.

  Wearing all black, Wei Han stood under the eaves and closed his umbrella, wiped the muddy water on his feet, and walked into the restaurant.

   "Master, you can count yourself here." Shi Yan went up early and took the bamboo umbrella dripping from Wei Han's hand.

   Wei Han glanced at him expressionlessly.

   If I remember correctly, he just didn't come yesterday.

  The lobby is brightly lit, intertwined with the aroma of food, and it feels like a different world when you walk in.

   Wei Han saw the familiar plain figure at a glance.

  She didn't sit at the counter as usual, but sat at the table by the window, looking over indifferently.

   Wei Han nodded in greeting: "Miss Luo."

  Luo Sheng nodded in return, polite and cold.

   Wei Han walked towards the seat he was accustomed to sitting without changing his face, but there was a thought in his mind: Miss Luo seemed to be alienating him.

   Was it because that night... he shook her hand?

  The behavior that night was indeed abrupt.

  He didn't come yesterday, he just wanted to be quiet and think about why such a mistake happened.

  At that time, he focused all his attention on the fact that Miss Luo was angry, thinking that she might not be angry after receiving the 10,000 taels of silver.

  But he forgot that he grabbed her hand.

   It was impossible to forget.

   Wei Han thought about it for a long time, and made sure of one thing: Miss Luo is different to him.

  How can it be different?

Is it because Miss Luo pulled his belt, smashed him on the back of the head, sprinkled chili powder in his eyes, or because Miss Luo made a series of delicacies that he will never forget, and quietly did such a big thing as assassinating King Pingnan Come?

  I wanted to come back after I figured it out, but my stomach refused.

   Then come here, if you still can't figure it out, you can't stop coming for dinner.

   After eating, I have to apologize to Miss Luo.

   "Master, today there is a new dish, Ruyi Fish Roll, do you want to try it?"

"Um."

   Not long after, several dishes and a pot of soju were served.

   Wei Han was the only drinker in the lobby, Hong Dou and the others surrounded the table, and Baba watched him eat new dishes.

   Wei Han turned a blind eye to this.

  However, after the food and wine were finished and the crowd dispersed, they realized that the familiar figure had disappeared.

   "Where's Miss Luo?" Wei Han asked Hongdou.

  Hongdou laughed and said, "Our girl went back to the house to rest."

   "Can you ask Miss Luo to come out, I have something to say to her."

   "Then just wait." Hongdou turned around and went to the back.

  In the room, Luo Sheng was reading a book.

  Hongdou was taken aback: "Girl, why are you reading at this time, it hurts your eyes carefully."

   "Take a look to pass the time." Luo Sheng put down the scroll casually, "What's the matter?"

   "King Kaiyang finished his meal and said he has something to tell you."

  Luo Sheng frowned: "Just say that I'm a little tired, if I have anything to say, I'll let you pass it on."

  Hongdou blinked: "Girl, aren't you bored and want to pass the time? Rather than reading a book, why don't you ask King Kaiyang to come and talk with you?"

  King Kaiyang is good-looking, no matter what he looks better than a book.

  Luo Sheng glanced at Hong Dou: "Don't talk too much."

   "Okay, the servant girl will go and talk." Hongdou ran back to the lobby to pass the message, but she was a little confused.

  The girl has really changed, she would rather read books than look at beautiful men.

  Looking at Wei Han carefully, he was even more confused.

   She hasn't become ugly. With her vision honed over the years, her beauty is one of the best among men.

   But I have been watching this handsome girl for several months, and I am probably tired of watching it.

   Thinking of the reason, the little girl immediately felt relieved.

   "If the prince has something to say, the servant girl can convey it. If there is nothing else, please go slowly."

   Wei Han was silent for a moment, then said, "No need."

   A face-to-face apology is the only way to show sincerity, and that’s all.

   Wei Han took Shi Yan's open umbrella and stepped into the rain curtain.

  The rain didn't stop until the restaurant closed.

  Wei Qiang thought that Miss Luo came to the East Palace as a guest today without any headaches, so he came to the Crown Princess to have dinner here to express his affirmation.

  The princess brought up something bad after the meal.

   "I heard from Miss Luo that His Highness had a meal at the restaurant opened by her."

   Wei Qiang had blue veins on his forehead: "Miss Luo told you?"

  The Crown Princess stroked the flowers on her temples: "Yes, it is said that His Highness invites people to drink and has no money to settle the bill."

   "Crown Princess, are you kidding me?" Wei Qiang stood up abruptly, his face turning blue.

  Princess Concubine was stunned: "Husband and wife are one body, why would I see Your Highness making jokes? Didn't His Highness pay two thousand taels of silver from me—"

   "Enough!" Wei Qiang gritted his teeth and interrupted the Crown Princess, "Prince Princess, I gave you the right to be the hostess of the Eastern Palace, not for you to dictate to me."

   Watching His Royal Highness the crown prince walk away in a huff, the princess curled her lips and sneered.

  She did intend to provoke the prince on purpose. After all, this man is so concerned about face, it is impossible to bring up this topic without being ashamed.

  Based on what she knew about this man, whenever he was in a bad mood, he would go to Yu Xuanshi.

   Rainy day, guest day.

   How nice.

  The princess took down the flowers from her sideburns, opened the window and threw them into the wind and rain.

Good morning.

  (end of this chapter)