Although her best friend is a bit arrogant, she is smart. She doesn't believe that she can't see Xiao Zhan's intentions.
"My Ba family can't help much in the current situation of the Xiao family. In comparison, the Wang family is indeed a good choice. Besides...in fact, I have always regarded him as my brother."
Ba Xiaoman smiled, and Xiao Wenwen sighed in her heart and said: "I understand, but some people are destined to be sad."
Ba Xiaoman pretended not to hear, rolled her eyes, she stepped forward and took Xiao Wenwen's arm, smiling and said: "Wenwen, you are not young anymore, do you want me to find one for you, how about Ba City?"
"
"You...you are messed up, and I can't even get along with him. Don't trick me."
Xiao Wenwen looked wary, Ba Cheng, the young master of the Ba family, Ba Xiaoman's brother, he is definitely a real muscular man, and he is currently studying in the martial arts academy.
"Hehe, my brother is so good. Is it possible that you really like thin skin and tender meat?"
"You...you are not allowed to talk nonsense!"
Xiao Wenwen was furious, Ba Xiaoman showed a smile on his lips, put his little hands behind his back, and jumped out of the Women's Pavilion.
Bell Mansion.
After returning to the mansion, Luo Chen had a depressed look on his face. "Xiaoman," he muttered, "As expected, he lived up to his name. He thought that the last time he met was just an accident. The Tiandou Empire is so big, but he didn't want to meet him again today, and
Judging from her appearance, that little barbarian girl seemed to be very prejudiced against him, and her gnashing of teeth still gave him a headache even when he thought about it now.
He had a feeling that this little girl was definitely a trouble!
"What are you mumbling over there? Why don't you come over and help?"
In the kitchen, Li Ruotong's voice sounded. The City Lord's Mansion has been very quiet recently. Even she, the commander, took a few days off for nothing. The Chinese New Year is about to come. The Zhong Mansion has prepared a lot of annual goods, including the meals for the past few days.
Much richer.
Li Ruotong is very good at her craftsmanship. At this time, she is wearing a white kitchen skirt and is busy in the kitchen. At this time, she is less heroic and more gentle.
"What are you looking at? Help me shave off the fish scales."
"Oh, okay, Sister Ruotong, what are you going to do with this fish?"
Luo Chen rolled up his sleeves, held down the big carp in the basin, and caught it. The fish was very lively, swinging its tail and splashing water all over Li Ruotong.
"You've got it."
"That's it!"
Luo Chen responded by placing the fish on the chopping board, knocking it unconscious with a wooden stick, and then skillfully scraped off the fish scales.
"This carp is quite big. How about... it's usually half spicy and half sweet and sour?"
"Sister Ruotong, why don't we just make it all sweet and sour."
"Then it's up to you."
"Sister Ruotong is so kind."
Luo Chen was overjoyed and started scraping even more vigorously.
"By the way, Sister Ruotong, hasn't the City Lord's Mansion been busy with the royal city's grand competition recently? Why is sister so free?"
Luo Chen was curious. People from the nine royal cities were here. At this time, the city lord's palace actually gave them a vacation. Are they planning to give up?
Li Ruotong shrugged: "I don't know, I am just a nominal commander of the Black Armored Guards now. I am not even qualified to enter the inner palace. How can I know the meaning above."
"nominal?"
"Yes, it's very leisurely. It's all thanks to you."
Li Ruotong looked at Luo Chen with a half-smile, and as he spoke, put the shredded pork into the pot and stir-fried.
Luo Chen was suspicious and showed confusion.
"Yes, thanks to you taking away my sister's black armor order, I saved myself so much trouble."
"Forehead?"
Luo Chen was embarrassed. He had entered the city lord's palace with the black armor order in hand. Just in case, he handed the black armor order to He Xu. Afterwards, due to the merits of the alliance, the city lord's palace successively dealt with several rebels.
Commander, the position of commander was vacant, and he happened to be holding Li Ruotong's Black Armor Order, so he became the new commander of the City Lord's Mansion inexplicably.
Afterwards, Li Ruotong asked him to return her Black Armor Order, but what she didn't expect was that He Xu, who had always obeyed her words, went out of his way and rejected her request.
Li Ruotong was not angry and took the matter to the Commander-in-Chief, but now the Commander-in-Chief of the City Lord's Mansion had been replaced by Commander Shang. The latter was interested in her and had hinted that Li Ruotong would make her his ban, but Li Ruotong was
He, of course, would not agree.
In anger, he retorted and argued a few words on the spot, but was retaliated by the commander of the Shang Dynasty. He was directly kicked out of the inner palace and became a nominal commander with no real power outside the outer palace.
Although he still had the commander's salary to receive, all the black armored guards under his command were transferred to He Xu.
She has never told Luo Chen about this matter, just because she doesn't want him to blame himself. Moreover, the current City Lord's Mansion is no longer the former City Lord's Mansion. It's good to be able to relax and not get involved in the troubles of the inner palace.
Got hit.
Moreover, there is such a generous monthly salary available every month, so there is no need to worry about it.
Although she didn't say it, Luo Chen still sensed something with his intelligence.
"Sister Ruotong, is it true that He Xu never returned the black armor order?"
Luo Chen was suspicious, with a hint of coldness in his eyes. At first, he saw that He Xu was quite honest and was a loyal subordinate of Li Ruotong, so he handed over the Black Armor Order to him. But now it seems that it is still him.
Too reckless.
"It's not your fault. People's hearts are inherently greedy. How can you just give up the leadership position that you climbed up to with so much difficulty?
And even without He Xu, my position as commander has come to an end. In fact, isn't it pretty good now? I still get a hundred gold every month, and now I have much more freedom.
As he spoke, the shredded pork in the pot was already half-ripe.
"It's almost done."
Looking at the color of the shredded meat, Li Ruotong added the vegetables, stir-fried for a few minutes, and then took it out.
“Very fragrant.”
"Little greedy cat, use chopsticks."
Knocking off Luo Chen's claws from eating, he handed over the bowls and chopsticks and started to cook the fish. Soon, the sweet and sour fish was ready. Luo Chen helped bring the bowls, chopsticks and vegetables to the room, eight dishes and one dish.
Yagyu's eyes lit up when he smelled the soup. At this time, this guy would run the fastest.
"Woooo... Yes, yes, Miss Li's craftsmanship is really amazing. With such skills, being a small commander in the city lord's mansion is really overkill. If you come to my Liu Mansion to be a chief chef, just with this skill, your monthly salary will be a thousand gold."
They are all few."
"You are not allowed to have any ideas about Sister Ruotong."
Luo Chen warned, but Liu Sheng was disdainful. The two of them stared at each other, while Zhong Xianer was speechless. One person had an ear, and soon the two of them became honest.
"Luo Chen Nao, that's just a child. You are so old, why are you still acting like a child?"
Zhong Xian'er scolded, Liu Sheng raised his hands in surrender, Luo Chen chuckled and watched the fun, but was also scolded. Li Ruotong had a smile in his eyes, and the atmosphere was very pleasant. At this time, Manager Wei wandered in.
, Luo Chen shouted: "Grandpa Wei, please sit down and eat together."
Manager Wei smiled and shook his head, showing a kind smile, looking at Luo Chen and laughing non-stop.
"What's wrong?"
Zhong Xian'er spoke, and Manager Wei smiled and said, "We have guests, and they seem to be acquaintances."
"Guest? Acquaintance?"
"Yes, and there are two beautiful noble ladies. They seem to be here to see Mr. Luo."
As he said that, Manager Wei showed a weird smile.
As if he thought of something, the smile on Luo Chen's face suddenly froze, and he shook his head quickly: "No, no!"
"That's not right! Based on my many years of experience, there must be something going on here! Tsk tsk...that's amazing! The two noble ladies are much stronger than I was back then."
Liu Sheng marveled, looked at Luo Chen, and gave a thumbs up. The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit strange. Luo Chen stood up and clasped the rice in his hand towards Liu Sheng's head. The latter reacted quickly and steadily put the rice on the table.
He caught it with his hand and played with the taste: "Are you angry because of embarrassment?"
"Fart! Experience? Sister Xian'er, did you hear that? This guy has a criminal record."
Luo Chen counterattacked, Zhong Xianer nodded and said: "I remember."
"Uh? I was wrong..."
Yagyu admitted his mistake and cursed in his mind, blaming himself for talking too much.
"Then I'm going to chase people away now?"
Manager Wei smiled and Luo Chen nodded repeatedly: "Let's drive them away."
"Forget it, everyone who comes is a guest. It doesn't hurt to meet after dinner."
When Zhong Li spoke, Luo Chen's face suddenly turned bitter.
"Sister Zhong Li, do you know who it is? Can you just meet me casually?"
"I'm looking for you, how do I know?"
These words sounded sour. Zhong Xian'er looked at her sister in surprise. Zhong Li blushed and knew she was speechless. She lowered her head and continued to eat rice.
Luo Chen smiled bitterly, rubbed his head and said, "Sister Zhong Li, do you recognize her?"
Zhong Li raised his head with confusion on his face, so Luo Chen explained the previous story in general. After everyone listened to the explanation, Liu Sheng was the first to give a thumbs up.
"Is it her?"
Luo Chen nodded helplessly and looked at Manager Wei: "It was Manager Wei who took action in the first place."
"I'm just following orders."
Manager Wei's face stiffened, with a rare hint of embarrassment on his face.
"So, are you here to cause trouble?"
Zhong Xianer said with a faint smile.
"Yeah? I met her on the street before, but I fooled her. But it seems that the little barbarian girl heard me when Sister Zhong Li called my name."
As he said this, Luo Chen looked helpless, and Zhong Li blushed, not expecting that it was his fault.
"Then...he's gone?"
Zhong Li glanced at Luo Chen apologetically and said tentatively.
"Forget it, let's go and take a look after dinner later. That girl seems to be of quite a high profile. Since we have chased her home, if we don't see her today, we might as well make a fuss."
After thinking about it, Luo Chen decided to meet in person first. As he said that, he looked at Zhong Li and said, "How about... Sister Zhong Li will accompany me later?"
"Ah? I will go to the Women's Pavilion with my sister and Ruotong later."
Luo Chen: "..."
"Manager Wei?"
"I'm getting old and I'll have to catch up on my sleep soon."
"Rub~"
Luo Chen was dumbfounded, what does this mean? Could it be that he wants to see it alone? (To be continued)