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That night, Yang Lie quickly sent away the lingering guests and, after closing the shop, headed to the main house at the back to find Su Jiao Jiao.
The door to Su Jiao Jiao's room was tightly shut. Yang Lie, disregarding any sense of politeness, pushed it open with force. The door creaked as he stepped inside and called out loudly, "Su Jiao Jiao, let's talk about..."
"Who—who told you to come in?" Su Jiao Jiao was crouched in a bathtub, and upon hearing his voice, she was startled. She instinctively covered her chest with her hands.
Yang Lie couldn't help but whistle in surprise at the sight. A teasing smile spread across his face as he joked, "So this is what you meant by talking, Boss Lady?"
"What do you mean by 'this'?" Su Jiao Jiao's face turned crimson, resembling a ripe tomato. If she hadn't been afraid of scalding herself with hot water, she wouldn't have been bathing at all! "You need to leave!" she shouted, both embarrassed and angry.
"Alright," Yang Lie replied casually, turning his back to her. However, his footsteps slowly moved closer instead.
Seeing this, Su Jiao Jiao hurriedly grabbed a nearby garment to wrap around herself. But as she noticed Yang Lie approaching even closer, it was already too late for her to escape.
In her panic, she stepped on her skirt and leaned forward uncontrollably, crashing heavily onto the ground.
Just when she thought she would hit the floor hard and end up bruised, the next moment brought no pain.
She found herself safely falling into the man's embrace and instinctively said, "Uh, thanks..."
But just as the words were about to leave her lips, they halted abruptly. Su Jiao Jiao's face turned even redder as she felt Yang Lie's hand resting in an inappropriate place!
"Yang Lie, you..." She was both embarrassed and furious but didn't know what to say.
"Yeah, it really is," Yang Lie said with a mischievous grin as he lifted her effortlessly and headed toward the bed in the inner room.
Su Jiao Jiao struggled desperately, gripping the bed railing with all her might as she shouted in fear, "What do you think you're doing?"
"There's no need to waste your good intentions," Yang Lie said with a smile. "I'm your partner, so of course I have to meet all your needs." He emphasized the word "all" quite heavily.
"I don't have those kinds of needs!" Su Jiao Jiao retorted, both angry and flustered.
"How would you know if you don't give it a try?" Yang Lie replied, having come to the realization that dealing with this establishment was no easy task. It would be much more convenient to handle the owner directly...
Besides, Su Jiao Jiao was indeed quite to his liking.
Su Jiao Jiao wanted to cry for help, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Yang Lie sealed it with his own... He grabbed her struggling hands and placed them in certain places... In short, that night, she suffered a complete defeat.
As dawn broke, Su Jiao Jiao woke up, looking at the sleeping Yang Lie beside her, filled with sorrow as she mourned her lost innocence.
Yang Lie also woke up, stretching lazily and asking, "I heard you're a widow?"
"Hmph!" Su Jiao Jiao was so exhausted that she didn't even have the strength to respond and had no desire to acknowledge him.
Yang Lie lifted the bedcovers and saw the evidence of their night together, his face filled with confusion as he asked, "So what happened here?"
"Uh, being out in the world like this is dangerous. I ended up being taken advantage of by you!" Su Jiao Jiao explained irritably.
Those who came to eat at the "black shop" noticed that both Yang Lie and Su Jiao Jiao were acting strangely!
For instance, Su Jiao Jiao would zone out while calculating on her abacus, a faint blush occasionally appearing on her face; meanwhile, Yang Lie would be caught grinning foolishly at thin air!
All of this was truly terrifying!
One customer was nervously eating when he suddenly noticed something inappropriate stuck to his chopsticks.
His face instantly turned pale, and his eyes were filled with terror as he trembled and raised his hand, shouting loudly to the staff inside the shop, "Someone come!"
To his surprise, it was Yang Lie who responded.
He swallowed hard, steeling himself as he stammered, "Uh... there are bugs in your dishes."
Yang Lie remained unfazed and replied seriously, "No, that's a special herb provided by our establishment; it has unique nourishing properties."
Su Jiao Jiao, listening nearby, couldn't help but scoff internally at how this guy could spin such nonsense!
Before long, Yang Lie turned around with a sly smile on his face and said to Su Jiao Jiao, "The table of Lao Zhang will be charged two taels of silver."
"Huh?" Su Jiao Jiao looked at the account book in confusion and said, "It clearly says one tael..."
"They added precious Chinese herbs to their dishes, so naturally, the price has to go up," Yang Lie winked, looking as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
As the proprietress, having such a money-making partner was a good thing. However, thinking about how Lao Zhang had been "calculated" this way made Su Jiao Jiao feel a twinge of sympathy.
In fact, Yang Lie's methods of "making money" were far more sophisticated than hers. In less than ten days, he had recouped all the losses the shop had previously incurred.
However, his tactics also successfully attracted the attention of the county officials.
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