diskusbooks Chapter 237 is also similar to a catalyst.
Chapter 237 is also similar to a catalyst.
Pretending to fall to the ground, Xia Mo cried out in pain, facing the ground to avoid everyone's gaze, and then unabashedly revealed a triumphant smile.
When she threw herself at the head of the You family, she was prepared and did not intend to actually fall into his arms. She also used her divine sense to observe Huangfu Qian's reaction.
Finally, we saw emotion in Huangfu Qian's eyes, which had been expressionless!
The head of the You family was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he would not dodge. He hurriedly grabbed his clothes to cover his exposed shoulders and arms.
Huangfu Qian, disguised as a maid, got off the carriage, helped Xia Mo to her feet, and remained silent.
Huangfu Qian could imitate the voices of various men, but he couldn't speak a woman's voice, so he simply pretended to be mute.
As Xia Mo was helped up by Huangfu Qian, who was disguised as a maid, she winked playfully at Huangfu Qian when no one was paying attention to her.
The head of the You family looked at Xia Mo with a dark expression.
Xia Mo deliberately glanced at the head of the You family with teary eyes, signaling to the head maid beside her that she could let go. She then gracefully performed a lady's curtsy to the head of the You family.
She deliberately said, "Thank you for avoiding me just now, thank you."
A look of surprise flashed across the head of the You family. He couldn't help but suspect that Xia Mo was playing hard to get.
Disguised as a maid, Huangfu Qian took out a cotton handkerchief and handed it to her.
Xia Mo wiped away the tears in her eyes and said to the head of the You family again, "I'm sorry for what happened earlier, I tore your clothes."
Huangfu Qian, disguised as a maid, immediately understood and took out a silver note.
Xia Mo gestured to Huangfu Qian, who was disguised as a maid, to hand it over.
The head of the You family did not answer.
“I’ll compensate you for your clothes. The clothes you’re wearing are made of a dark-patterned fabric. A bolt of cloth costs ten taels of gold, so this is one hundred taels,” Xia Mo explained.
The head of the You family glanced at the people around him, but instead of accepting the silver notes, he maintained his composure, nodded, said "No need," and left.
As Xia Mo watched the departing figure of the You family head, she said, "There are still many good people in Haozhou Prefecture. Xiang'er, let's go into the restaurant."
As summer drew to a close, Xia Mo whispered to Huangfu Qian, who was disguised as a maid, "I've heard that this restaurant makes exceptionally delicious dishes like squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, stir-fried river shrimp, braised duck, Tibetan mutton, stir-fried eel, pan-fried buns, Suzhou-style soup noodles, and hairy crabs. What should I do? I want to try them all. Maybe... I should order them all?"
Huangfu Qian nodded and took out a silver note.
Xia Mo then recited the names of the dishes that he had just announced again.
Xia Mo whispered to Huangfu Qian, "I heard that the singer is also exceptionally good... I want to hear it too, what do you think..."
Huangfu Qian: "..."
He glanced at Xia Mo. Xia Mo wanted to hear it, so what should she do? He met her gaze and didn't want to refuse, so... he decided to grant her request.
We chose a private room and started eating while listening to music.
After leaving the Drunken Village Restaurant, the head of the You family ordered an investigation into Xia Mo. They found out Xia Mo's true identity but discovered that Xia Mo was currently staying at the Liang family's estate. They also found nothing wrong with Xia Mo, except that Xia Mo had indeed gone there to enjoy the food.
The head of the You family still felt that there was something wrong with Xia Mo's appearance. Since his own subordinates could not find anything amiss, he simply spent money to ask others to help investigate.
* * *
Inside a private room at Zuixiang Restaurant—
After the singer left, Huangfu Qian sat down next to Xia Mo and took out the information on the head of the You family. In addition to the information on the head of the You family, Huangfu Qian also had information on Aunt Fen, who was the head of the You family's concubine.
During Huangfu Qian's investigation, including himself, everyone felt that Aunt Fen was the one who plundered Lady Yu's luck. After all, it was Aunt Fen who was targeting Lady Yu in every way. Therefore, the focus of the investigation was Aunt Fen, but the head of the You family was not overlooked.
According to the information, the head of the You family is a man who is not obsessed with women.
The head of the You family had great ambitions; he wanted to expand his embroidery business to the capital, make it a tribute item, and become the best embroidery shop in the country.
For the head of the You family, women served only two purposes: to relieve stress and to be exploited.
The reason why Aunt Fen was chosen by the head of the You family was primarily because of her exceptional embroidery skills, and only secondarily because of her appearance.
A man like that is unlikely to stay for the sake of beauty; he will only stay for the sake of profit.
Xia Mo looked at Huangfu Qian, pointed to the information on the You family head, and raised an eyebrow.
The investigation into the head of the You family revealed very little information, but the investigation into Aunt Fen uncovered details about how she stopped wetting the bed at a very young age.
At first, Xia Mo thought that Aunt Fen, who was targeting Lady Yu, was the one chosen by the live-streaming system to plunder Lady Yu's luck, but who would have thought...
"That's the key point."
Huangfu Qian was also somewhat surprised.
“This time the approach is different,” Xia Mo said with a slight smile.
“I need to open an embroidery shop. The Liang family’s shop is probably no longer viable. How about we buy one?” Xia Mo said, resting her chin on her hand, as she pondered how to “fish” for customers.
“Fine,” Huangfu Qian frowned, “Can’t we change to someone else?”
“Apart from Lady Yu waking up, there is no one else besides me,” Xia Mo said, shrugging.
Huangfu Qian understood.
* * *
Early the next morning—
A new piece of news has broken in Haozhou Prefecture.
The Qiao Family Embroidery Shop has changed hands. It was bought by a girl surnamed Xia, along with the embroiderers, spinning wheels, and other equipment.
Huangfu Qian deliberately had someone leak the information without leaving a trace.
The head of the You family naturally received the news as well.
The head of the You family smiled disdainfully, thinking that the embroidery shop was so easy to run, that anyone could run it well just by wanting to.
ridiculous.
When the head of the You family didn't take it seriously...
With the blueprints in hand at the end of summer, and Huangfu Qian and Jiang Che both being highly capable with their hands, they managed to build the water-powered automatic textile machine in just one day.
Xia Mo brought over the mechanical arts of the Immortal Realm and combined them with the current textile machine, adding water flow to successfully create a water-powered automatic textile machine.
This is also why Huangfu Qian spent a lot of money to buy the Qiao Family Embroidery Shop.
Beside the Qiao Family Embroidery Shop, there is a river whose flow is not swift, but its current is quite fast.
Xia Mo sat in front of the water-flow automatic loom and gestured to Jiang Che that the bolt could be pulled out.
When the plug is pulled out, the water-powered automatic loom starts to drive the gears, and the water-powered loom begins to operate, making a soft "squeaking" sound.
In just a quarter of an hour, half a foot of cloth, which would normally take half a day to weave by hand, was woven.
Jiang Che, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded.
This...this is a bit too fast!
"Do you think the lure of this water-powered automatic loom will attract fish?" Xia Mo turned to Huangfu Qian and gave him a bright and confident smile.
Huangfu Qian thought about the personality of the You family head he had found in the information, and the enormous profits from the water-powered automatic loom. Even he was momentarily tempted to get involved in this business. The You family head would probably be eager to get involved once he found out!
Huangfu Qian remained silent.
Next, he had to watch Xia Mo flirt with another man in front of him.
As this thought crossed his mind, his expression became even more serious and tense, and his eyes grew even more profound.
Xia Mo's lips curled up imperceptibly. The presence of the You family head was also like a catalyst, catalyzing the relationship between her and Huangfu Qian.