Though she had been turned down repeatedly, the girl's face was still full of sweet smiles as she spoke to Xu Taiping and the others.
"Very good, very good! Your grandfather told it very well."
Before Xu Taiping could speak, Little Monkey Ping'an leaped over to the table and nodded emphatically with great sincerity.
"Oh! Little monkey, you can actually talk?!"
Hearing the little monkey speak, Fang Lian'er first froze, then exclaimed in delighted surprise.
Though Spirit Beasts could often be seen around Heavenly Hero Ferry, an ordinary girl like her rarely had the chance to come into such close contact with one.
Her voice also drew the gazes of the other patrons in the teahouse to Xu Taiping's table.
"Eek, eek!"
Realizing he had caused trouble, Ping'an immediately turned and burrowed into Xu Taiping's sleeve, while transmitting his voice to him apologetically:
"Eldest Brother, this young lady is called Fang Lian'er. When Liu Cheng was bullying us earlier, she didn't say anything, but she was very angry inside and really wanted to help us. That's why I couldn't help myself just now."
Before coming to this teahouse, Xu Taiping had in fact warned him not to speak.
"It's all right. That mother and son from the Liu Clan already have their eyes on us anyway."
Xu Taiping sent a voice transmission to reassure Ping'an.
"I... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so loud."
At that moment, the old storyteller's granddaughter also realized she should not have shouted so loudly and immediately apologized.
"Ping'an was right. Miss, your grandfather told the story very well."
Xu Taiping smiled and shook his head, then took a dozen or so Gold Essence Coins from his sleeve and placed them in Fang Lian'er's Pottery Bowl.
It was not that he was stingy; for ordinary