Lin Yuxin took a moment to lift her head and carefully examine the two people in front of her, looking them up and down.

She shook her head—she definitely didn’t recognize them.

But not knowing them didn’t stop her from putting people in their place!

So, Lin Yuxin paused her meal, raised her head, and looked at the two, then turned to Xiao Hao with a curious expression and asked:

“Xiao Hao, do you think these two look like they’re worth around five hundred points—maybe just two hundred and fifty?”

Xiao Hao was confused. What did “two hundred and fifty” mean?

But he was a good little brother and couldn’t embarrass his sister, so he nodded in agreement.

“Yeah, they do!”

The two people standing across from them were stunned.

What did that mean?

What was “two hundred and fifty”?

But they could tell it definitely wasn’t something good.

Li Jiayi immediately flew into a rage.

She took a step forward, pointed at Lin Yuxin, and shouted:

“Do you even know who I am? How dare you mock me like this! Are you tired of living?”

“Oh? Then why don’t you tell me who you are? Let’s hear it—let’s see if I should be scared.”

Lin Yuxin glanced at the furious Li Jiayi with an uninterested expression, her tone full of amusement.

“I am the second young lady of the Qingyang Marquis Manor! You lowly commoners dare to oppose me? You must be tired of living!”

Li Jiayi arrogantly lifted her chin, announcing her identity with pride.

[Qingyang Marquis Manor? The one richer than the national treasury? The old marquis started embezzling wealth back in the previous dynasty, and after so many years, their fortune is probably even greater than Su Qianjin’s.]

[I’ve heard the floors of the manor are paved with gold! I should find a way to take a look and maybe dig up a piece or two! No wonder the young masters and ladies from the marquis’ household are so arrogant and flamboyant—it’s all thanks to their piles of silver!]

Lin Yuxin’s eyes sparkled as she looked at these two walking treasure chests.

She lost all interest in arguing with them—these two were mobile ATMs!

Xiao Hao caught on and nodded.

He turned to look at Li Jiayi and her brother as if they were two ingots of gold.

“Oh! So, you’re the second young lady of the marquis’ household! But if that’s the case, why are you here squeezing into this tiny, hidden corner with us commoners?”

Lin Yuxin smiled at them, her tone much gentler than before. In her heart, she reminded herself:

[Don’t scare away the walking gold mines! Be gentle, be gentle!]

Xiao Hao blinked at Lin Yuxin, a bit surprised. Is my sister really this greedy for money? She’s even willing to throw away her dignity?

Hmm, he learned something new today!

Lin Yuxin had no idea that she was leading a future wise ruler astray.

On the other side, Li Jiayi stiffened for a moment, a trace of awkwardness flashing through her eyes.

Then, she became enraged and snapped,

“That’s none of your business! I just like this spot, and I want your table!”

“Sure, since the lady of the marquis’ household likes it, I can give it to you. But we were here first, and we haven’t finished eating. If we leave now, wouldn’t that be a waste? Not to mention, all this food cost quite a bit of silver!”

Lin Yuxin looked regretfully at the table full of dishes.

In reality, most of the food was already eaten, but she still felt like it would be a waste.

Smack!

“Take this and leave!”

Li Jiayi suddenly pulled out a silver ingot from her sleeve, slammed it onto the table, and spoke arrogantly.

“Uh… this doesn’t seem like enough. I’m still hungry.”

Lin Yuxin rubbed her stomach, looking like she wanted more.

Smack!

“And now?”

Li Yuxuan, who had been silent, pulled out a stack of silver notes and slammed them onto the table.

Lin Yuxin’s eyes widened.

She quickly wiped her greasy hands, picked up the silver notes, and examined them carefully.

Each note was worth one hundred taels, and there were five in total.

She stared at them unblinkingly—this was her first time holding silver notes!

“You look like you’ve never seen silver before—so tacky!”

Li Jiayi sneered at Lin Yuxin’s greedy expression.

Lin Yuxin ignored her.

Although she wasn’t short on money—with the emperor’s thousand gold reward and all the treasures in her personal storage space—this was still her first time holding silver notes!

After admiring them for a moment, she tucked the five hundred taels into her pocket, patted the two little ones beside her, and said:

“Let’s go! I’ll take you to our next stop. This place has been bought by the young masters and ladies of the marquis’ household!”

[Hehe, I just made five hundred and fifty taels for nothing! These two fools have too much money and not enough brains. Next time I see them, I’ll squeeze even more out of them.]

“Alright!”

And so, the three of them happily left, leaving Li Jiayi and Li Yuxuan dumbfounded.

“Brother, why do I feel like she’s leaving really happily?”

Li Jiayi stared at Lin Yuxin’s back, feeling like she had just punched a pile of cotton.

“Remove the ‘feel like’—she definitely is. I didn’t expect the famous woman from the imperial banquet to be this interesting!”

Li Yuxuan’s eyes gleamed with amusement as he watched Lin Yuxin leave.

“Interesting, my foot! Look at how poor and petty she is—how could she have made a splash at the imperial banquet? She must have just gotten lucky. If I had been there, she wouldn’t have had any chance to shine!”

Li Jiayi was unconvinced.

She had heard from her brother that at the imperial banquet, there was a woman who could tame tigers and stole the show.

She refused to accept it.

Just now, outside the restaurant, her brother had spotted someone who looked like that woman, so they came in to take a look.

But all they saw was Lin Yuxin wolfing down her food in the most unrefined way.

Li Jiayi was disgusted and even more unwilling to accept it.

She had rushed over to see Lin Yuxin embarrassed and crying, but instead, she ended up feeling frustrated herself!

She stomped her foot angrily, glaring at Lin Yuxin’s disappearing figure.

…

Meanwhile, Lin Yuxin couldn’t care less about the two idiots behind her—she was in a great mood!

“Xiao Dengzi, at this hour, the Zhaixing Tower should be open, right?”

She eagerly asked Xiao Dengzi.

She had been waiting for this!

“Yes, it should be open now. If we go now, we should still catch Young Master Yanran’s performance!”

Xiao Dengzi nodded after checking the time.

He had thought his mistress had forgotten about this.

Oh no, his mistress was still an unmarried young lady. If Madam found out he had taken her to a brothel, would he be beaten to death?!

Xiao Dengzi was on the verge of tears—this was not going to end well!

Fifteen minutes later, the three of them stood at the entrance of Zhaixing Tower.

Lin Yuxin looked at the four beautifully dressed women at the entrance.

They wore sheer, revealing silk dresses, their figures tantalizingly visible. Their exposed cleavage was enough to make anyone’s head spin.

“Welcome, honored guests! Please, come in!”

The four women at the entrance called out in seductive voices, enticing passersby.

Lin Yuxin stared for a while, practically drooling. Such beauties!

From the side, she probably looked like a complete creep—a woman ogling other women so shamelessly.

Forcing herself to look away, she stepped inside.

“Miss, it’s your first time here, isn’t it? Why did you bring children? This place isn’t for kids!”

A woman in a red dress blocked Lin Yuxin’s path, kindly trying to dissuade her.