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When Yang Jingxue stepped lightly into the small courtyard at the upper left of their lodgings, she found Chen Xiaojun leisurely drinking beneath the moon.
The corners of Yang Jingxue's lips lifted, and she chuckled. "Xiaojun, still indulging your refined pleasures out here?"
Hearing her voice, Chen Xiaojun immediately rose, straightened his clothes, and bowed respectfully. "Grandma Xue, did everything go smoothly?"
Yang Jingxue folded her arms and replied with complete confidence, "Naturally. With your Grandma Xue handling it herself, success was as easy as reaching out and taking it."
"But I risked ruining my friendship with my sisters to wade into these muddy waters."
"Don't go back on what you promised me."
Chen Xiaojun hurriedly offered an apologetic smile. "Grandma Xue, how could you say that? With the deep friendship between our families, of course my word cannot be chased down even by a team of four horses. Every word I spit out is a nail hammered home."
Yang Jingxue giggled at that, then said with playful reproach, "Good, then."
"Honestly, getting anything out of you people is so difficult. I'm starting to feel like a beggar."
Chen Xiaojun hastened to flatter her. "Grandma Xue, you're a natural beauty with an extraordinary bearing."
"If you became a beggar, wouldn't you shatter countless other people's rice bowls?"
Yang Jingxue rolled her eyes at him, her expression hovering between amusement and reproach. "Oh, such a honeyed tongue, and as crafty as a fox, too. No wonder you've charmed my Xiao Yi until she can't tell which way is up."
Then she abruptly changed the subject. "Was everything today part of a scheme you carefully laid?"
Chen Xiaojun waved his hands, looking utterly innocent. "Grandma Xue, how could that possibly be?"
Yang Jingxue fixed him with a