Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1272 - 164, toad with a skin disease_2

Chapter 1272: 164, toad with a skin disease_2

With a snort, Yan Ruchun, who had been sitting next to them eating sunflower seeds, suddenly burst into laughter.

Xu Muqing looked over at her curiously, swallowed the orange segment in her mouth, and asked, "Hey, stinker, what are you laughing at?"

"What am I laughing at? Of course, it’s how thick-faced some people are, as thick as the city walls!" Yan Ruchun casually threw the spent sunflower seed shells onto the plate, her lips curling into a scornful smile.

Everyone else had figured out whom she was talking about, except for Xu Muqing. She was still focused on her oranges, her bright eyes eagerly asking, "Who has skin as thick as a city wall? Wouldn’t that make them two-faced? No, no, even two skins wouldn’t be that thick. It must be a thousand, ten thousand!"

"Ha." Yan Ruchun looked at Xu Muqing as if she had discovered something novel, her eyes sparkling as she laughed out loud without any reservations, "Not bad, Fatty Xu—I hadn’t realized your mouth was even smellier than mine! That’s it, that’s it, don’t call me stinker anymore. You better call yourself that!"

The two of them bantered back and forth, and the face of the Concubine’s Daughter from Tian Mansion turned so red it was almost ripe, her hands nervously twisting a handkerchief, nearly snapping her long fingernails.

Lin Yuan and her friends pretended not to see the woman’s embarrassment. Even Tian Hui and her sister snorted coldly and turned their heads away. Previously, Lin Yuan and Tian Xuan hadn’t directly mentioned her, which was giving her face already. Yet, she had no self-awareness and insisted on throwing her face under others’ feet to be stepped on. Why bother giving face to such a despicable woman?

While everyone stopped paying attention to her, they at least knew that Lin Yuan didn’t just have one or two mirrors, and she wasn’t stingy, saying she’d give them away readily. Many started to feel tempted.

But thinking about their relationship with Lin Yuan and her sisters, which hadn’t reached the level where they could give each other mirrors, their little schemes deflated.

Of course, there were always those who were more scheming.

Unbeknownst to her, someone whispered something to Xu Muqing. Yan Ruchun looked up at the woman and was about to stop Xu Muqing from speaking, but the oblivious Fatty Xu had already blurted out, "Yuanyuan, this mirror of yours is so rare. Why don’t you open a shop and sell mirrors? You’d make a fortune!"

Hearing Xu Muqing’s words, Lin Yuan raised her eyebrows. Such a scheme didn’t seem like something this simple-minded person could think of.

Glancing behind Xu Muqing at several familiar faces with eager and smug expressions, Lin Yuan understood—Fatty Xu had been used as a pawn again!

And those few women next to her, Lin Yuan recognized them as the ones who, at Yao Hanai’s gathering, had been asked by Tian Hui for help but hadn’t stepped forward.

"Open a shop?" Lin Yuan pretended to contemplate, and just when everyone thought she might sell mirrors and brightened up, only to hear her suddenly shake her head, "No, no, this item is very rare. It’s not something ordinary people can just have."

Although Xu Muqing liked the mirror, she wasn’t desperate to own one, so she wasn’t too disappointed to hear Lin Yuan wouldn’t open a shop. However, the women behind her all looked visibly dejected.

"But, not opening a shop doesn’t mean I won’t give them away."

Hearing Lin Yuan say this, everyone perked up their ears, waiting to see which fortunate person would receive such a mirror from Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan scanned the room and finally set her eyes on Xu Muqing, who was still engrossed in her oranges, "Mu Qing, you’re the only friend I made in the Capital city after I arrived here. How could you not have one of these mirrors? I’ll tidy one up and send it over with my Maid to your house. You should dress up beautifully every day and go see your Brother Rong."

Originally not planning to accept such a costly gift, Xu Muqing immediately changed from shaking her head to nodding upon hearing "Brother Rong," jumping up happily, "Yes, yes, I want Brother Rong to see this amazing thing too! He’ll definitely love it!"

Su Qiuyu and Yao Hanai couldn’t help but click their tongues. To use such a fine object not for self-admiration but to show it off to a man was something only someone as silly as Xu Muqing could do.