Chapter 321: The Villain Complains First

Manager Liu was trembling all over, shivering into a ball against his will.

Terrifying!

Too terrifying!

This child looked quiet and unassuming, but her strikes were exceptionally ruthless, and she was filled with killing intent—she was a ruthless person!

Out of fear, Manager Liu had no choice but to squeeze a sentence out of his mouth.

"Bai, Miss Bai, just now our firm's horses collided with you; please forgive us."

Bai Wei said with disgust, "Get lost."

Manager Liu scrambled up from the ground, ordered his servant to lead the horses, and scurried into the crowd in a sorry state.

Xiao Moting watched Manager Liu and his group leave, a cold light flashing in the depths of his eyes.

If there hadn't been government soldiers nearby and he hadn't wanted to cause a stir, he would never have let the other party off so easily.

He turned around and asked Qin Zhan in a low voice.

"Just now, the people from Fuji Trading Firm said that a steward handling official business for the palace is also in the city."

Qin Zhan thought for a moment, "It seems they did say something like that."

Xiao Moting narrowed his eyes, concealing the chill in his gaze.

"That means there is someone from the palace here. Go and investigate for me who exactly is meeting with Fuji Trading Firm."

Qin Zhan hurriedly cupped his hands, "Yes."

The several Northern Frontier Army soldiers behind him were also fully aware of the situation.

Fuji Trading Firm?

A tiny imperial merchant daring to act so arrogantly in front of the Prince.

It seems this imperial merchant's business with the palace has come to an end.

The sky was gradually darkening, and Xiao Moting turned to say to Bai Wei.

"Miss Bai, you were startled just now; let's enter the city first before we talk."

"That works."

Bai Wei nodded, not taking the small incident from earlier to heart.

They had important matters to attend to in Yannan; she had seen plenty of such people who used their connections to bully others back in the modern era.

The caravan, operating under the name of 'Bai's Grocery Store', drove toward the city.

Because the carts were loaded with fabric, the carriages moved slowly, so Xiao Moting sent a subordinate to ride ahead into the city to book rooms at the largest inn.

Bai Wei had specifically come from her side to accompany him to Yannan, disregarding her own safety; he wanted to provide the best for her in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation along the way, simply because he did not want her to suffer any grievances.

In less than half an hour, the caravan stopped in front of an inn.

Bai Wei lifted the carriage curtain and saw that the inn outside the window was very grand, clearly much more impressive than the inns they had stayed at along the way.

There was a stable next to the inn, and many horses were already tied there.

The horses were lowering their heads to eat grass, and there were special attendants responsible for caring for them.

She couldn't help but remark, "Oh, this inn is quite grand."

Xiao Moting, riding his horse alongside her carriage, turned his head upon hearing this and said.

"An City is a necessary town on the way to Yannan City; passing merchants all choose to rest here and set off the next day."

"This inn is clean and tidy, and they have even hired martial arts masters as guards, so merchants like to stay here."

Bai Wei also saw that many cargo carriages were parked next to the stable, all with people guarding them.

Xiao Moting jumped off his horse, walked to the side of the carriage, and reached out his hand.

Bai Wei took his hand and jumped down from the carriage.

"Everyone is tired; let's check in first and drop off our luggage before eating."

She had been wearing a veil the whole way and wanted to catch her breath once she was in the room.

Just as everyone was about to walk into the inn, a person who looked like a steward suddenly came out to meet them.

"Dear guests, all the rooms in our shop have been booked today."

"No rooms left?" Xiao Moting furrowed his brows and looked at Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan was also stunned for a moment and hurriedly stepped forward, "Steward, that's not right. When I came by just now, weren't there still several rooms? I spoke with you and asked you to hold the rooms for us, and we arrived immediately. How could they all be booked in this short amount of time?"

The steward apologized with a smile, "I am truly sorry. Just after you left, someone else came by and said they wanted to book all the rooms."

"Ten rooms, that's enough to house many people. They booked them all?" Qin Zhan didn't believe it, "Who exactly booked them? Can they even stay in all of them?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrogant voice suddenly came from the side.

"Even if we can't stay in them, we won't let you have the remaining empty rooms; we'll keep them for our goods."

This voice was extremely haughty, and Bai Wei couldn't help but turn her head to look.

When she saw who the other party was, she couldn't help but furrow her brows.

"This person again?"

Walking toward them was a young man with a fair complexion, followed by the fawning Manager Liu.

Manager Liu also saw them, a sneer appearing on his face.

He hurriedly said to the young man in a flattering manner.

"Young Master Li, it was this group of people who blocked our caravan and looked for trouble at the city gate just now."

"By the way, they are from Bai's Grocery Store, and they've snatched quite a bit of business from our firm."

Xiao Moting also recognized Manager Liu and let out a cold snort.

"So it was you. I let you leave just now because I didn't want to cause trouble, but I didn't expect you to be the villain who complains first."

Bai Wei sized these people up.

The young man in the middle was wearing a brocade robe and looked like a wealthy scion at first glance, but he gave off a very greasy vibe.

The few men behind him all looked like laborers from a merchant caravan.

Young Master Li also looked Xiao Moting up and down, then let out a scoff through his nostrils.

"Are you the owner of the Bai Family Grocery Store?"

Xiao Moting hesitated for a moment and looked at Bai Wei.

Bai Wei immediately said, "I am the owner of the Bai Family Grocery Store, as for this Young Master Xiao, he is the manager I hired."

Hearing Bai Wei claim to be the owner, the others in the inn turned their heads to look over, their eyes filled with surprise.

The Bai Family Grocery Store had recently become quite famous within the Daliang Kingdom, and the various goods sold there were all rare items from the Western Regions that others couldn't buy even if they wanted to.

The owners of other trading firms all envied the good eye and supply channels of the Bai Family Grocery Store's owner.

They hadn't expected the owner of this grocery store to be such a young girl.

The other trading firm owners in the inn all looked at Bai Wei.

Everyone's eyes were filled with astonishment, admiration, and surprise...

"What, she is the owner of the Bai Family Grocery Store?"

"The famous Bai Family Grocery Store, the owner is actually a woman, and so young?"

"This girl is the owner? Truly remarkable."

According to custom, women in the Daliang Kingdom stayed in their boudoirs before marriage and focused on raising their husbands and children after marriage; not many came out to show their faces and do business.

Yet Bai Wei not only built up the grocery store, but the business was also doing so well, and she had even... hired such a young and heroic Manager Xiao, as well as several shop assistants who looked capable; this woman was truly remarkable.

Seeing there were no rooms, Qin Zhan hurriedly said to the young master of the Fuji Trading Firm.

"Do you still have two vacant rooms? Could you yield these two rooms to us?"

"Why should I yield my vacant rooms to you?" Young Master Li said mockingly, "These are the rooms I booked."