Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 987 - 148 Turtle_2

Chapter 987: 148 Turtle_2

It turned out she had misread it all along. Xiao Linshuang blinked and giggled, "Haha, of course I knew, I was just joking with you, hehe."

Seeing the girl’s innocent charm, Zhao Hongyan was both fond of her and reluctant to let go, really wanting her to accompany him to the Capital City. However, the thought of her family being here made it even harder to ask her to leave her kin.

After pondering for a long while, he eventually refrained from asking her to go to the Capital City.

Eunuch Chang glanced at Xiao Linshuang with a meaningful look: "Is your old tabby cat blind and deaf? An old friend has left and it didn’t even come out to see them off?"

Xiao Linshuang blinked her eyes, continuing to feign ignorance: "An old friend? Eunuch, do you also have an old tabby cat? Where is it, I didn’t see it?"

"We don’t have one in our household, but we’ll have one very soon," Eunuch Chang’s mouth twitched. This girl was as difficult to deal with as that old codger.

"Let’s go!"

Following Eunuch Chang’s command, the guards hurried the carriages off majestically, of course, not without Li Chang leading the Yamen officials for the escort.

Just before leaving, Li Chang suddenly approached Xiao Linshuang with a sycophantic grin, revealing all his yellow teeth, "Miss Xiaolin, that Jade Pendant isn’t edible or drinkable, it’s no fun keeping it! How about this, sell it to me and I’ll give you silver, then you can buy some nice food and drink."

Taking advantage of Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng’s absence, Li Chang tried to trick Xiao Linshuang into giving up the Jade Pendant. If it came to it, he could just play the scoundrel when they came looking for it. This was the Prince’s item, after all—holding onto it would surely bring glory to his ancestors.

Seeing Li Chang’s calculating eyes, Xiao Linshuang was quite annoyed. Yet, she feigned enthusiasm on her face: "Sir Li makes a good point. So, how much silver are you planning to pay for this Jade Pendant?"

The big fish had bitten—Li Chang smiled even more joyously: "This Jade Pendant, it’s just ordinary material, not worth much. But since it’s your possession, I can’t offer you little. How about this, one tael of silver, how’s that? It’s the highest I can go. Anyone else wouldn’t give you even half a tael!"

One tael of silver! That Li Chang was too much!

Shopkeeper Liu on the side rolled his eyes hard, but the clever man didn’t utter a word to help. Xiao Linshuang’s head was full of cunning ideas; if Li Chang managed to deceive her, that would truly be shocking!

Xiao Linshuang looked at the Jade Pendant in her hand, raised her watery big eyes, and asked with reluctance, "A Jade Pendant as big as this is only worth one tael of silver?"

Li Chang steeled himself, "Well then, how about I add another half a tael to it, hm? I can’t go any higher, it wouldn’t be cost-effective."

As he spoke, Li Chang skillfully pretended to look distressed, earning Shopkeeper Liu’s admiration for his acting skills.

Xiao Linshuang hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing. She opened her small hand seriously and said, "Here is fifteen taels of silver, Sir Li. I want ten such Jade Pendants. That little noble was too stingy, only giving me one, but I have father, mother, big sister, second sister, and little brother at home. Oh, and I also have second sister’s three pigs, two sheep, and a whole cage of small rabbits. Gee, let me think, oh my, this isn’t even enough for ten! Sir Li, do you have enough of this item, do you have twenty? Hey, hey, Sir Li, what’s wrong with you? Why do you look so pale? Hey, don’t go, you haven’t agreed to sell me the Jade Pendants yet!"

Zhao Hongyan’s convoy had barely left Fuman Building when Lin Yi’s carriage arrived from the opposite direction.

Seeing Xia Zheng cheerfully hopping off the carriage, Xiao Linshuang snorted disdainfully, "Wow, brother-in-law, you sure are punctual! Your good friend has already left and you just arrived. Your speed is unbelievably slow, even turtles are faster than you!"

Xia Zheng glanced at her, the little girl was indirectly calling him a turtle who shrinks its head!

Lin Yuan then alighted from the carriage, raising her hand to knock on her little sister’s forehead in reproach, "What are you saying, show some respect!"

Xiao Linshuang pouted and lunged into Lin Yuan’s arms, "Big sister, how have you been? Does your stomach still hurt?"

Having not returned to the Lin family enclave for a few days, Xiao Linshuang naturally did not know Lin Yuan’s stomachache had already healed.

Lin Yuan affectionately touched her little face and smiled, "It’s okay now, big sister isn’t in pain anymore."