Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

Lu Fengnian's first thought: Du Sanqiu must be up to something bad!

So he replied, "She has been punished. This matter ends here. Goodbye."

After saying that, he picked up his load and prepared to leave with Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu.

Du Sanqiu quickly ran to the front of the three people, cupped his hands repeatedly, and said, "Gentlemen, I was not joking, nor did I have any other intentions. I sincerely want to express my apologies."

As he spoke, he shouted towards the back room, "Where is everyone? In broad daylight, not a single person is to be seen! Where have they all gone dead?"

After the roar, about four breaths later, a flurry of footsteps sounded, and four people rushed out from the back hall—two men and two women, all young people.

All four of them looked sleepy, clearly having been sleeping or taking a nap.

"Young manager, what are your orders?"

"Young manager, we just finished eating and are taking a nap."

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The four of them quickly stepped forward to inquire.

Du Sanqiu waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and take the measurements of these three customers. Use the best fabric in our store to make two sets of clothes for each of them."

Upon hearing this, the four of them quickly found measuring tapes, chalk, charcoal pencils, and other tools, and strode toward Lu Fengnian and the other two, ready to take their measurements without further ado.

"Wait!"

Lu Fengnian waved the four away, then looked coldly at Du Sanqiu, "What exactly do you want?"

Du Sanqiu responded with a forced smile, "Brother, please don't be so wary. I'm just sincerely apologizing, I don't mean anything else."

If you really don't believe me, I can write this down in black and white right now.

The more he spoke like this, the less Lu Fengnian believed him. He waved his hand and said, "I've said it before, this matter ends here."

Du Sanqiu still had a smile on her face, "Since you don't want it made to order, then you'll want it as a ready-made garment."

At this point, he quickly ordered the four shop assistants, "Hurry up and lead these three customers to pick out clothes. All clothes will be 30% off—no, 10% off!"

Upon hearing this, all four shop assistants were stunned.

One-tenth of the price?

What's the difference between this and giving it away for free?

That's a good thing, he's even lost his underwear now.

What's wrong with the young manager today? He's drunk in the middle of the day.

What surprised people even more was that the three customers, who looked like they came from the countryside, actually ignored their young manager and walked straight towards the door.

Du Sanqiu still wanted to block the doorway to prevent Lu Fengnian and the other two from leaving.

However, Lu Feng waved his hand and pushed him aside, then left Du's Clothing Store with Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu.

"Dare to lay a hand on our young master? They're asking for trouble!"

One of the male employees immediately rolled up his sleeves and was about to chase after him.

"What are you doing?"

Du Sanqiu gave a cold shout and waved the waiter away.

Then, with a slight smirk, he watched the backs of Lu Fengnian and the other two, and said in a low voice, "This is our family matter, it's none of your business."

"Housework?"

The guy blinked, completely bewildered.

Du Sanqiu glared at him. "What are you standing there for? Get to work!"

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Lu Xiaoyu only dared to turn around after walking a full twenty paces away from Du's clothing store, and was shocked to see that Du Sanqiu was still leaning against the door.

When he saw Lu Xiaoyu turn around, he waved repeatedly with a bright smile on his face.

Lu Xiaoyu quickly turned around and moved a few steps closer to Lu Fengnian. "Big brother, that Du Sanqiu's eyes are so strange."

Lu Fengnian hummed in agreement and chuckled, "These纨绔 (sons of rich kids) in the county can't stand pretty women."

Our little Yu is so beautiful, it's no wonder he looks at her strangely.

Lu Xiaoyu blushed and said coquettishly, "Big brother, you're not allowed to make fun of me like that."

Liu Yunjuan left Du's Clothing Store, visibly relieved, and added with a smile, "Fengnian is right. Of all the women I've seen coming and going in the county, apart from their nicer clothes, none of them can compare to our Xiaoyu in terms of looks and figure."

"Mother, you're making fun of me too!"

Lu Xiaoyu pouted, "If you keep making fun of me, I won't talk to you anymore."

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more, brother."

Lu Fengnian's smile remained unchanged. He then glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late. Let's go eat first, and then go shopping."

As he spoke, he led Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu toward a nearby restaurant.

Liu Yunjuan grabbed Lu Fengnian's arm. "Fengnian, let's just find a small stall and grab something to eat. Why go to a restaurant?"

Judging from their size and decor, the price must be incredibly high.

While speaking, he kept tidying up his worn-out clothes.

Lu Xiaoyu added, "Big brother, listen to Mom, let's just eat whatever we want."

Let's save the money and buy more things to take home.

After a moment's thought, Lu Fengnian stopped pressuring them and finally managed to persuade the mother and daughter to go to a beef noodle restaurant.

Upon hearing that a bowl of beef noodles cost twenty coins, Liu Yunjuan immediately prepared to get up and leave.

Lu Fengnian had anticipated this, and he grabbed her, saying, "Mother, I've already paid. If you leave, my money will have been wasted."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunjuan sat up straight, her face full of pain, and sighed repeatedly.

A bowl of beef noodles costs twenty coins; there's not much beef, but you get plenty of noodles.

As soon as the waiter brought the noodles over, Liu Yunjuan habitually put the meat from her bowl into Lu Fengnian's bowl.

Lu Xiaoyu did the same; she gave all of the few slices of beef to Lu Fengnian, leaving none for herself.

Seeing Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu's habitual actions, Lu Fengnian couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.

A scene from his past life immediately flashed into his mind:

In his previous life, Lu Fengnian came from an ordinary family and his academic performance was a complete mess.

During high school, I was on the verge of being expelled from school due to repeated violations of discipline.

As a result, he repeatedly failed to correct his behavior and was caught smoking at school by the teacher.

The teacher immediately made a phone call and invited his father to the school.

Finally, his father said a lot of nice things in the dean's office and paid a deposit of 1,000 yuan before he was allowed to stay in school.

That day, his father took him to a restaurant outside the school for a meal.

He remembered it clearly: the father and son each ordered a plate of fried rice. The father had a dark face the whole time, but when it came time to pick up his chopsticks, he picked up every last piece of meat from his plate and put it into his son's plate...

"Fengnian, what are you standing there for? Eat up, it'll get cold soon." Liu Yunjuan urged Lu Fengnian when she saw him looking a little dazed.

Lu Xiaoyu placed the last piece of beef into Lu Fengnian's bowl, then took a sip of the beef soup and said with shining eyes, "Big brother, the soup is so delicious! No wonder it costs twenty coins a bowl. You should try some."

Lu Fengnian nodded, then quickly buried his head in his hands, shoveling large mouthfuls of noodles and beef into his bowl.

He didn't lift his head until he had finished the entire bowl of beef noodles...