I Gave Birth to a Cub without Telling the Head Assistant - Chapter 12.1

Chapter 12.1
“You can’t rest anywhere else, but here, girl, you can be free to do as you please.”
Judging from the literal meaning of this sentence, it was particularly relevant. But the man’s tone did not contain any warmth but instead contained a hint of charity from a superior.
It was just like looking at kittens and puppies that were soaked by a storm and feeling pity for them, so I held an umbrella.
But no matter what his motives were, Ruan Longling understood this comfort.
Socialising was indeed tiring, but now that the man said that she didn’t want to take it seriously, Ruan Longling was happy to let go of those distracting thoughts.
Dishes were served one by one: there were not many dishes, only three dishes and one soup: steamed silver carp, white chopped chicken with pearl floating clouds, stewed rare vegetables with hibiscus, and jade shrimp and tofu soup.
Ruan Longling held chopsticks and ate the foods one by one to taste them. She felt that every dish was extremely delicious; even the supplementary side dishes were made with a lot of effort.
‘ Yes, it is indeed a restaurant that specialises in cooking for dignitaries. The chef’s skills are indeed good! The taste is indeed several times better than that of any high-end restaurant here.
Ruan Longling didn’t have any appetite in the past few days, but after tasting those dishes, the taste buds in her mouth were aroused, and she kept using her chopsticks without taking a break.
You don’t talk when you eat, and you don’t talk when you sleep. Among the aristocratic families, there was such a rule.
But Ruan Longling’s chopsticks had now picked up a piece of chicken before she opened her mouth to talk.
“Master, this chicken is really delicious! I have never eaten such delicious chicken!”
She not only ate but also praised him for choosing a good place.
The Li family had strict rules. Even if it was a family banquet, his cousins would not dare to laugh loudly when they were gathered together. If they behaved like this at the dinner table, they would definitely be reprimanded by the elders for not knowing the rules.
Ruan Longling’s extraordinarily relaxed look, enjoying her meal, actually made Li Zhulin find it somewhat interesting.
Perhaps because she ate well, Li Zhulin also ate half a bowl of rice more than usual.
After the two finished eating, they had a few pieces of delicate pastries, chatted a few words about Yangzhou and customs, and then got ready to leave.
At this time, the woman in blue who was outside the door smiled and handed the bill to Ruan Longling.
“Ms. Linglong, three dishes and one soup, reservation of the private room, cleaning—the total is 8,690 taels of silver.”
Ruan Longling: ‘What? Stealing money? Eight thousand sixty-nine taels?’
If she hadn’t known that Wang Chulin’s family was extremely wealthy and this restaurant was expensive, she would have thought that this person was specialising in colluding with restaurants and taverns to extort money!
[Tl:- Just a reminder: Li Zhulin and Wang Chulin are the same person.
Ruan Longling was shocked by the bill. She took the bill and took a look at it suspiciously, only to realise that the prices of the dishes and private rooms were almost three or four times more expensive than regular restaurants.
For a restaurant that specialises in catering to high-class customers or above, this price was barely reasonable. Counting all of this, it was only about 800 taels of silver! The rest were actually the cost of clearing the venue?
‘But this is really unfair.’
Ruan Longling cleared her throat. “I agree with the prices of the dishes and the reservation. But the money for clearing the room is really unfair!” She then winked at Li Zhulin and said, “We did not ask to clear the room! Master Wang? When you made a reservation for this elegant room, you didn’t ask to clear the place, right? Oh, by the way, Mr. Wang mentioned before that he had done a great favour for
Owner of the restaurant. I guess it was the owner of the restaurant who voluntarily cleared the place in order to repay his kindness, right? Then this… How can more than 7,000 taels of money for clearing the house be counted on us?”
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