Chapter 225: Two Similar Flowers

Xiaolongnü stopped the shopkeeper from reaching out to grab a steamed bun for her.

"Hey, alright, alright, you do it!"

Looking at the exquisitely beautiful woman before him who possessed an ethereal temperament, the shopkeeper felt somewhat ashamed of his own appearance; he withdrew his hand and wiped it on his clothes.

Xiaolongnü reached out and grabbed a steamed bun shaped like a tiger, examined it for a moment, said, "What a handsome bun," and began to eat it in small bites.

As she ate, she slowly walked away. The shopkeeper hurriedly chased after her, "Hey, Miss, you haven't paid yet!"

"Pay?"

"Yes, for the bun, two wen each!"

"I don't have any money."

Xiaolongnü's expression was innocent; having descended the mountain for the first time, she did not know what money was.

"If you don't have money, why are you eating buns?"

Although Xiaolongnü was as beautiful as a celestial being, the shopkeeper was more concerned with making a living. Thus, he ignored her beauty; even if a celestial being had descended to earth, she still had to pay if she ate his buns.

"You didn't say I had to pay!"

Xiaolongnü looked at the shopkeeper thoughtfully.

"Paying for buns is only natural; everyone in the world knows this. You're quite a pretty young lady, yet I didn't expect you to eat without paying!"

"I'll return it to you, then!"

Xiaolongnü handed the bun back to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper felt that since she had touched it, he couldn't sell it anymore, so he didn't want to take it back; he only wanted her to pay. Xiaolongnü turned a deaf ear and prepared to leave.

Two ruffians wanted to take advantage of the situation. While they spoke of standing up for the shopkeeper, their hands had already reached for Xiaolongnü's shoulders.

Xiaolongnü's expression changed. She immediately flicked her arms and knocked the two ruffians to the ground, and the nearby bun stall also suffered collateral damage and was overturned.

Buns rolled all over the ground, and the beggars nearby immediately swarmed forward to scramble for them.

"Ouch, my buns! You eat without paying and then hit people; I've truly had the worst luck. You beggars, get away from me!"

Xiaolongnü looked at the chaotic scene, feeling it was too noisy and unpleasant. She turned around, preparing to use her lightness skill to leave.

"Shopkeeper, I will pay for her share. You don't need to make things difficult for these beggars!"

Suddenly, a gentle female voice came, catching Xiaolongnü's attention.

She turned her head and discovered a woman with her back to her, speaking to the shopkeeper.

The woman stopped the shopkeeper from driving away the beggars and then handed over a ten-tael silver ingot.

The shopkeeper, beaming with joy as he took the silver, hurriedly bowed in thanks. He no longer felt pained about the buns on the ground; after all, a bun was only two wen—how many buns would he have to sell to earn these ten taels?

When the woman turned around, Xiaolongnü was surprised to find that she looked eighty percent like her, as if they were twin sisters.

"Hello, my name is Wuqing. You seem unversed in the ways of the world—is this your first time down the mountain?"

The woman spoke with a smile. She was none other than Wuqing, who had come out to look for Lin Fan after her legs were healed.

"Hello, Miss Wuqing. I am Xiaolongnü; you can call me Long Er!"

The two women introduced themselves and were momentarily stunned; both names sounded familiar.

"She is Wuqing, the person that Young Master Lin intends to go to Jingcheng to find!"

"She is Xiaolongnü, Li Mo Chou's junior sister; Lin Fan's diary just mentioned her!"

Both women had these thoughts in their minds simultaneously, recognizing who the other was.

"Long Er, come with me!"

Wuqing took Xiaolongnü's hand and went to a restaurant, where they opened a private room and began to chat.

"Long Er, do you have a diary copy?"

Wuqing stared at Xiaolongnü earnestly. Although Xiaolongnü had not yet answered, Wuqing already had the answer in her heart, because when she spoke of the diary copy, no invisible force stopped her. ===== CHAPTER 227 =====