Bu Kutu recalled the look on Ye Tong's face when he had questioned him earlier and immediately gave a bitter smile. "He asked whether I wanted to keep buying, and he was even willing to give me a twenty-percent discount, claiming he had as much as I wanted."
"Ha ha ha..." Mu Xiaochen threw back his head and laughed, then said loudly, "That's right, it's that money-grubbing brat. Everyone, carry on chatting. I'm going to see him."
Bu Kutu froze, then hurriedly said, "How can you lower yourself to see him? I'll go next door right away and call him over."
Mu Xiaochen rolled his eyes and said irritably, "If you want bad luck, then go ahead. That brat... isn't someone to be trifled with."
"Then... then Brother Mu should go instead..."
Bu Kutu was no fool. Once he realized Mu Xiaochen was not making empty boasts, and thought of the Jin family's Second Master and Dongfang Xia in the neighboring room, he immediately fell silent.
"A young lad capable of casually writing two peerless poems—I would like to meet him as well."
A strange light flickered in Cheng Siya's eyes. She understood Mu Xiaochen's character. Arrogance ran in his bones, and anyone who could make him lower himself to pay a visit was certainly no ordinary youth. She, too, felt the urge to meet Ye Tong.
Lan Zhuoyue smiled faintly. "Then let's go together."
The dozen or so gifted young people around them all chimed in. Yet their hearts were shaken beyond measure. Every person present wielded considerable influence in the county city, yet they were now collectively lowering themselves to meet a young lad. Perhaps only the Crown Prince of the Sky Net Empire would receive such treatment.
"What are all of you doing here?"
Ye Tong looked