Chapter 626: Maybe You Should Stop Asking "Wonderful!"
The girl was so excited she almost jumped, her delicate little face brimming with joy.
She carried her load on a shoulder pole, yet her steps were as light as a butterfly's as she led the way.
Her home was in a cluster of poor alleys by the river on the west side of town.
Several crooked thatched huts were crammed together, their walls plastered with mud and their roofs covered in straw. Whenever it rained, the ground turned to sludge.
The alley was so narrow that even two people walking abreast would struggle. At the end stood her home-a half-collapsed shack with a lean-to outside for making tofu.
The sight made the girl's face flush crimson.
Asking such a noble young gentleman to visit a run-down place like hers was rather unfair to him.
But she had no other choice. This was simply how her family lived.
Fortunately, she noticed no trace of disgust on Lu Xingyuan's face.
That made her feel a little better.
"Dad."
Lu Xingyuan and the others had barely sat down when an old man slowly approached from outside, carrying a shoulder pole.
Teemo's eyes widened in surprise.
"Boss... no, sir, isn't that the old man who sells flatbread? They're actually family! What an amazing coincidence."
Lu Xingyuan nodded.
It really was a coincidence.
Perhaps this was what people called fate.
The Old Man also remembered Lu Xingyuan and his companions vividly.
When he heard that Lu Xingyuan had saved his daughter, he was so grateful that he brought out the aged liquor he had treasured for years.
A plate of peanuts, two or three dishes made by Yiyi, and the glow of an oil lamp gave the meal a charm of its own.
Under Yiyi's expectant