After finishing the meal, Li Chen said he still had something to do. They agreed to meet at the appointed time tomorrow, and he prepared to leave first.
When the maid came over, however, Wu Nanzhi took the initiative to stand up and settle the bill.
"Wasn't this supposed to be my treat?" Li Chen had thought she had ordered so much food to "bleed him dry."
"How could I let you pay? You did help me yesterday, after all. Treating you to a meal isn't too much, is it?" Wu Nanzhi had wanted to embarrass Li Chen too, but one matter was one matter, and another was another.
"You really won't consider repaying me by giving yourself to me?"
"Y-you, what on earth goes on in that head of yours?"
Wu Nanzhi really couldn't keep up with Li Chen's train of thought.
You wouldn't even climb the tree to get my clothes yesterday, yet you have the nerve to ask me to give myself to you!
Then again, even if you had helped me get my clothes, that wouldn't warrant giving myself to you, would it?
After leaving the restaurant, the two said goodbye at the entrance.
Watching Li Chen walk away, Wu Nanzhi thought, Did this man really come just to have a meal with me? Wasn't there supposed to be something afterward?
Had Li Chen known what she was thinking, he would certainly have said, "If I offered to take you to an inn, you wouldn't come anyway."
Wu Nanzhi's mood had improved considerably since seeing Li Chen.
It wasn't dark yet, so she planned to visit her family's shop and see whether that brat Wu Qi was doing his job properly.
The Wu Family's shop stood on Cloudveil Street, the busiest stretch in the southern Imperial