CHAPTER 261: CHAPTER 184: CAN I CUT YOUR MELON? (REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIPTION)_4

After speaking, Xun Xian curiously pricked up her ears and looked around.

Strange, am I having a hallucination? Why do I hear the sound of something breaking?

Not quite understanding what’s happening, Xun Xian searched around and ended up finding Changsun Mei, heartbroken all over the ground...

Changsun Mei had fallen into immense silence, directly impacted by Xun Xian’s few words.

Well, what’s so special about me anyway?

In the end, I’m just the eldest daughter of a family in the small town of Xufu Town,

What right do I have to make others concern themselves with me?

Yuchi isn’t my father, why would he inexplicably indulge me?

Yet I put on a face that demands his attention, how is this different from other women?

Since there’s no difference, why bother asking these questions?

And Xun Xian made a good point, asking her opinion about Yuchi, what’s the point?

A person like Yuchi, does he care about what others think of him?

If he doesn’t care, then why am I asking about these things?

Have I thought about the significance of these questions while I was asking them?

So, in Changsun Mei’s mind, three soul-searching questions arose.

"Who am I?"

"Where am I?"

"What am I doing?"

These three questions tangled in her mind, making it buzz constantly.

"Oh dear, have I really broken her? She looks dazed, exactly like someone who’s been broken?"

Xun Xian felt guilty, trying hard to think of some words to bring her back to reality.

The result?

She realized she shouldn’t have come out; she should have stayed at Lamp Flower Tower and eaten in peace.

This feeling of trying to please others is not what she wanted.

No help for it.

So, the two walked one behind the other down the street of Xufu Town in complete silence.

Passersby looked at these two in astonishment.

Xun Xian furrowed her eyebrows, walking at the front, her steps very steady.

While behind Xun Xian was Changsun Mei’er, head down, face dark, entirely like a broken marionette.

...

On the second floor of Lamp Flower Tower, Changsun Hao and the others had already figured out everything about Yuchi.

Although the entire process involved continuous persuasion, the outcome was quite gratifying.

First, the reason Yuchi behaved so carefree within ten days was his connection with a big figure in Jiangzhou City.

Second, the big figure Yuchi relied on was a fraudster selling fake goods.

Third, this fraudster had even casually claimed that Yuchi’s matter had been resolved.

With these three points, everything became easy to explain.

This made it easy to understand why Yuchi was fine when he arrived, but now he was hanging his head in silence.

"Poor handsome young man, ruined at such a young age."

Bai Rou placed big, snow-white papayas on the table before her, large enough that holding them was a bit sour on her arm.

Then she took out a knife, and chopped her papaya right open.

The papaya was sliced open, its fresh flesh placed in front of the dazed Yuchi.

"President Yuchi, calm down, have some fruit first."

Bai Rou was still Bai Rou, although no longer on Yuchi’s side, she still remembered the old days.

"Thank you." Yuchi gazed at Bai Rou with gratitude, "May I cut open your fruit?"

Bai Rou was momentarily stunned, "Of course, if President Yuchi wants to cut open my fruit, I’ll definitely agree."

Having said that, she handed the dainty little knife over to Yuchi.

Yuchi grasped the knife handle, slicing right through the papaya.

Seeing him like this, it was as if he were venting his anger on the papaya.

"Thank you for letting me cut your fruit." Yuchi said gratefully.

"You’re welcome, if you want to cut fruit, whatever fruit you wish to cut, it’s all right."

Bai Rou smiled and nodded as Changsun Hao, unable to suppress a smug smile, sat back down.

She already knew what would happen next.

Sure enough, Changsun Hao crossed his arms and began speaking slowly:

"So President Yuchi, you promised to resolve this matter within ten days, yet it’s still unresolved."

"You see, this sort of thing is quite troublesome."

Yuchi, eating the fruit, stubbornly said:

"I still believe they can get this matter done, and we just need to wait for news."

"I believe in a few days’ time, they’ll surely stop their attacks on our Xufu Town Commerce Association."

"By then, we’ll even be able to get compensation from them!"

Yuchi honestly stated this very earnest result.

He was about to write "I’m telling the truth" on his face.

However, in this situation, the more sincerely Yuchi acted, the more Changsun Hao and the others resented it.

They had already framed Yuchi, and any explanation from him now would be an excuse.

Moreover, the more he spoke, the more inwardly irritated they felt.

"All right, that’s enough; if it’s not doable, it’s not doable, why argue for nothing?"

Changsun Hao said impatiently.

Yuchi quietly ate the fruit, swallowed a retort, and fell silent.