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28: Beautiful Man

Of all the three cities and seven counties, Ye Yin liked Yue city the best because Yue city had Cloud-wave Crest mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a spring that Yue city was renowned for, Clear Melody.

To Ye Yin's knowledge, Clear Melody was the best mountain spring in the entire continent. Its spring water was completely transparent and clean, carrying a tinge of sweetness. It was best steeped in tea.

Actually, Ye Yin wasn't really a tea person, but when he drank tea, he always drank the best of the best. A good cup of tea did not only need good tea leaves, but also high quality water. Because of Clear Melody, visiting Yue city had always been on the back of his mind. Now, today he was going to enter Yue city.

The carriage slowly ambled along. Ye Yin lifted the carriage curtain slightly and peeked out. The outside appeared chaotic, yet within the chaos, there was order. Various kinds of people were on the street, yet everyone was cautious, but this seemed to be... fear of outsiders! Ye Yin smiled, intrigued. This would be a headache!

These people had not become poor or destitute from the chaos of war, nor lost any faith. They only seemed to have lost trust in outsiders....

What a terrible phenomenon!

Ye Yin sighed. Seeing Yue city this way, Lequan and Jiangyou were most likely this way too. The circumstances in the south of West Zhi were far worse than he had imagined. It would be difficult to regain their trust when reuniting with East Zhi, but... There was nothing you couldn't do if you put your mind to it. Taking care of them would be easy; they only needed to take control of their leader.

The carriage slowly advanced. As she drove the carriage, Dong Chen looked back and said, "Young master, are we first visiting the Fusheng base?"

Inside the carriage, his eyes still closed, Ye Yin contemplated, then said, "No, first go to the biggest restaurant in Yue city, "Jufeng". Around noon, there will be many people there eating. We will also join in on the ruckus."

Join in on the ruckus?! Dong Chen curled her lip. Young master's words sure were...

Inside Jufeng, just when Ye Yin and the two girls entered, a small water welcomed them. "Customers, please come!"

The moment Qiu Xing entered, she was shocked. There were so many people! "Water, are there any private rooms?"

"Oh, customer, all the private rooms have already been booked. If you feel the lobby is too noisy, you can go to the second floor. There are fewer people there, but the prices are..."

"Hmm? Do the lobby and second floor have different prices but the same menu?" Ye Yin asked faintly.

"Before, they were the same, but these days, there have been too many people in Yue city. Every day, we are packed with people and there are often fights with tables being knocked over and the like, so the owner added a new rule: the prices on the lobby remain the same, but the prices upstairs increase twofold. The private rooms are even more..." The waiter suddenly lowered his voice. "Dear customer, there is no other way. The recent influx of customers are all a little... They are all unwilling to eat with crude, boorish people, so the owner set up this rule in order to prevent such people from disturbing young masters of status. Heehee, by the way you are dressed, you must also be a young master and wouldn't want to eat with these people in the lobby, but the private rooms have already been long reserved. Would you like to eat on the second floor?"

Seeing the water cautiously present their opinion, Ye Yin smiled. With a nod, he started his way to the second floor. He hadn't planned on going to a private room in the first place. Going to the second floor was perfect for listening to idle gossip. This Jufeng owner seemed interesting, thinking to devise such a rule. Truthfully, the people in the lobby were as crude as bandits. He was indeed a little unwilling to eat with them.