Bo Yi picked up some juicy gossip.
For instance, the young man with a secret crush on Miss Wang from the rice shop was surnamed Wen, and he and Miss Wang could just about be considered childhood sweethearts. But Miss Wang's father had never liked the young man much and had always interfered even with their ordinary interactions. According to Mr. Wen's indignant account, he thought Boss Wang looked down on his family for being poor and considered him unworthy of Miss Wang.
For instance, Boss Wang had originally planned to send Miss Wang to the neighboring town to become some wealthy man's umpteenth concubine. Apparently, they had already settled the betrothal gifts, but as luck would have it, Miss Wang ran into Master Kang of the Kang Residence while she was out, and he took a fancy to her. The moment her father, who despised the poor and fawned over the rich, heard that the Kang Residence had taken an interest in the Wang Family's daughter, he broke off the engagement with the wealthy man in the neighboring town.
Apparently, the wealthy man had refused to accept this and brought a whole crowd of servants over to make trouble. Master Kang had brought his own people to stop them, then invited the man into his home for a talk. No one knew what Master Kang had promised him, but when the wealthy man left, he was nowhere near as angry as when he had arrived.
Tsk, tsk...
Bo Yi returned to the Kang Residence, sorting through all the clues he had heard. He had only just reached his room when a voice suddenly called out behind him, "Hey!"
Bo Yi turned. Three players stood there, with two of them giving the distinct impression that the man in front was