Flying Horse Mountain City, Heavenly Horse Circle, Shang Xiuxun's bedroom.
Shang Xiuxun sat alone at the dining table, staring blankly at the five exquisitely crafted pastries of different shapes in the food box before her.
She had earned this box of pastries only after painstakingly making a trip to Anlewo today to "catch an adulterer," selling out Lu Miaozi along the way, and agreeing to let Ye Weiming and Youyou enter and leave Anlewo freely.
The delicate pastries made by Ye Weiming, a master chef, were indeed beyond reproach. Their appearance, fragrance, texture, and flavor all pleased her immensely.
The only thing she found unsatisfying was probably the quantity in the box.
Of course, as a Hero Saint of the authorities who valued honesty, since Ye Weiming had obtained permission to freely enter and leave Anlewo, he naturally would not skimp on the payment. The box had been stuffed full of pastries, with absolutely no shortage in portion.
But... it still was not enough to eat!
As she ate, an entire box of pastries had dwindled to just these five pieces.
Now, every piece she ate meant one less.
To eat or not to eat—that was the question.
She picked up the plum blossom-shaped pastry that looked most appealing, then put it down, picked it up again, and put it down again. Just as she agonized over it repeatedly, the door was suddenly shoved open violently from outside.
Looking up, she saw that the intruder was Shang Zhen, Flying Horse Ranch's chief steward.
The moment she saw that the person who had barged in was a man, Shang Xiuxun's face immediately turned frosty.
Although Shang Zhen was highly respected in Flying Horse Ranch, and Shang Xiuxun had always treated him with great respect.
That did not give him the right