Chapter 325: Your Son is Stealing Things

The others in the shop, watching Bai Wei's table drinking iced beverages, eating Mountain Delicacies, and eating Tribute Fruit, were all so envious they couldn't stand it.

Bai Wei looked up and saw the shop assistant also licking his lips in envy.

This shop assistant was very young, looking to be about thirteen or fourteen, not much older than Xiao Lujing; he was still just a child.

She smiled, took a paper cup, poured a full cup of fruit juice, and passed it toward the shop assistant.

"Here, have a taste."

The shop assistant was startled, then looked around in disbelief, pointing at his own nose.

"Customer, is this cup for me?"

"Yes," Bai Wei said with a smile, "You've been busy helping me serve dishes and fetch things just now; this cup is a reward for you."

"Really?" The shop assistant walked forward with a look of pleasant surprise, hesitated for a moment, then took the cup from Bai Wei's hand, "Thank you, customer, then I won't stand on ceremony."

After saying this, he couldn't wait to bring the cup to his lips and took a sip.

As soon as he drank it, a look of pleasant surprise immediately appeared on the shop assistant's face.

"Delicious, this drink is fragrant and sweet; it's simply the best sweet water I've ever had."

Bai Wei smiled.

What she had poured was fruit juice from Farmer's Spring; a blend of several types of juice, it was the kind of good stuff that people in ancient times couldn't buy even with silver.

The shop assistant drank a few mouthfuls, then couldn't bear to drink any more, quickly covering the paper cup carefully for fear of spilling even a drop.

"Why aren't you drinking it?" Bai Wei asked, surprised.

The shop assistant scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "To tell you the truth, I have a little sister at home who is only three years old. She usually loves eating fruits and candies. This drink is sweet, so she will definitely like it."

Bai Wei suddenly understood; it turned out the child was saving the juice for his sister.

She picked up the remaining half-bottle of juice on the table and also took a mango, handing them to the shop assistant.

"Take it all, take it back and have it with your sister."

The shop assistant was stunned, "This... is this all for me?"

"Yes."

Bai Wei nodded.

The few people at the table could no longer eat, and the opened juice couldn't be stored or it would spoil and go bad, so it was better to give it to the shop assistant.

"Thank you, customer, you really are a good person." The shop assistant was extremely moved and kept thanking Bai Wei.

This Western Regions fruit juice, along with the mango, looked very expensive at a glance.

She never expected that Bai Wei would just give them to him so casually.

The Bai Family Grocery Store was truly wealthy.

Just then, a little fatty of about twelve or thirteen years old ran in from outside.

As soon as he entered, he saw the dishes and the mango on Bai Wei's table and immediately started clamoring.

"Dad, I want to eat that."

At this moment, the young master of the Fuji Trading Firm stood up, frowned, and said, "Hu Er, come over here. We have wine and food here; we aren't lacking anything to eat."

Only then did the people in the shop realize that this little fatty was the son of the young master of the Fuji Trading Firm.

"I want to eat it!" The little fatty refused to listen and clamored without any restraint, "I smelled the fragrance from the kitchen just now. These dishes are things I've never eaten before, and that fruit, I want to eat it."

The young master of the Fuji Trading Firm's face sank, "Stop making a scene. Once we get to Yannan City, there will be good food for you to try. Come here to Dad quickly."

"I won't." The little fatty twisted his body and simply refused to go over.

Bai Wei's veil was too long and somewhat inconvenient, so Xiao Moting, who was sitting beside her, helped her pick up a piece of food with his chopsticks.

"You're tired from the journey, eat a bit more."

Bai Wei turned her head and smiled at him.

She hadn't expected Xiao Moting to have such a thoughtful side.

Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw Xiao Moting reach out abruptly and strike toward her face.

Bai Wei hadn't expected this at all and let out a startled cry.

"What are you doing—"

Before she could finish her cry, she saw Xiao Moting's arm blocking in front of her, firmly grabbing someone's wrist.

Only then did Bai Wei see that the little fatty from before had snuck up to her side without her knowing, and he was holding a mango in his hand.

The hand Xiao Moting had just reached out was to grab the little fatty's arm.

With his arm grabbed, the little fatty's fingers involuntarily loosened, the mango in his hand dropped onto the table, and he immediately began to struggle.

"Let go of me!"

Xiao Moting's face was cold, "Did your parents never teach you that you can't just take other people's things?"

"I don't need you to worry about it!" The little fatty shouted rudely, "My dad said you are all poor ghosts; us taking things from poor ghosts is doing you a favor!"

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the crowd around them changed instantly.

Xiao Moting turned his head and glanced at the young master of the Fuji Trading Firm.

"The young master of the Fuji Trading Firm really knows how to teach his child."

The young master of the Fuji Trading Firm stood up angrily and shouted loudly, "Manager Xiao, let go of my son! You are bullying a child, is this appropriate?"

The little fatty also yelled along, "Let go! My family has money and power, and we are Imperial Merchants! If you hurt me, my dad will make you pay dearly."

"Imperial Merchants? That is truly very powerful," Xiao Moting said, and with a flick of his hand, he tossed him aside.

The little fatty stumbled back a few steps and sat on the ground, unable to keep his balance.

"Hu Er!" The young master of the Fuji Trading Firm walked forward nervously, then immediately looked up and shouted angrily at Xiao Moting, "You dare to hurt my son, I will definitely not spare you."

At this time, the members of the Northern Frontier Army sitting at the table also stood up one after another.

"You surnamed Li, it was you who failed to teach your son well; he was trying to steal things just now."

"Exactly, is the son of the young master of Fuji Trading Firm really so ill-bred?"

"Using an imperial merchant to scare people? You really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth."

Imperial merchant?

What kind of nonsense is that?

If it weren't for the fact that they were in Yannan in disguise and didn't want to alert the enemy, they would have revealed their identities long ago.

What imperial merchant? Xiao Moting is a prince!

Just as the commotion was happening, the little fatty quietly climbed up, shuffled a few steps toward Bai Wei, and then suddenly let out a shout, grabbed the chicken soup on the table, and fiercely splashed it at Bai Wei.

Bai Wei was eating, and caught off guard by the little fatty splashing chicken soup at her, her expression changed instantly.

No sooner said than done, a figure blocked in front of her.

"Splash!"

The scalding chicken soup splashed onto him all at once.

"Steward Xiao!" Bai Wei's expression changed drastically, and she stood up immediately.

Xiao Moting's tall figure blocked in front of her.

The scalding chicken soup had all splashed onto him.

The surrounding crowd all went quiet.

The incident happened too quickly; no one had expected that a ten-year-old child could have such a vicious heart!

"Are you alright?" Bai Wei was frantic and hurried around to the front of Xiao Moting to check him up and down.

"I am fine." Xiao Moting shook his head calmly.

He raised his hand, signaling for Bai Wei to look.

Only then did Bai Wei see that he was holding a folding fan, which had blocked most of the chicken soup.

The merchant at the next table was stunned for a moment, only then realizing that his vision had seemed to blur just a moment ago, and then the folding fan he had placed on the table had disappeared.

His expression changed slightly, "This Steward Xiao, he truly has such swift reflexes."

Xiao Moting looked at Bai Wei with deep, piercing eyes, as if he could see right through her.

【83】 Xiao Moting looked at Bai Wei, his gaze deep, as if he wanted to see right through her.