Chapter 80: Splendid Lanterns

  Lan Shengyan's face revealed a faint smile: "Today's meal was very enjoyable, it's been a long time since I've had so much fun," after saying that he didn't wait for Tian Nuanyu to respond and turned his head to follow Duan Liuyun and the others downstairs.

  Tian Nuoyu was stunned for two seconds before she came back to her senses. She locked the door of the package room and followed them downstairs.

  There are more guests downstairs than before, all the tables are full of people, and every table is filled with tearful laughter.

  Although they had personally experienced and tasted it, Mu Yu Xin and Qiu Nian Wei were still very curious about how others would react when they couldn't handle the spiciness. The two of them looked around at every table, and whenever they saw someone being extremely flustered from the spice, they would burst out laughing.

  Tian Nuoyu walked up to the cashier and took out her wallet from her bag to pay.

  "How dare you compete with me? I said I'd pay," Duan Liuyun walked to Tian Nuanyu's side, a displeased expression on his face.

  "We don't accept cards here, only cash," Tian Nuoyu said as she took out the money from her wallet and handed it to the cashier.

  "What?" Duan Liuyun was stunned for a moment, he had long been accustomed to swiping his card for consumption, and he didn't have any cash on him. Tian Nanyu seemed to have anticipated this situation.

  Duan Liu Yun cast his gaze towards Lan Sheng Yan and Qiu Nian Bai, both of whom shrugged their shoulders in a helpless manner.

  They all paid by card! Duan Liuyun's expression became helpless and embarrassed.

  "You can invite everyone to eat again next time with cash," Tian Nuanyu said with a light smile, looking at Duan Liuyun. The cashier found the change and handed it to her, she put the change and wallet back into her bag, then:

  "That old man is really something, he foresaw that I would come again," Duan Liuyun thought back to when he first entered the private room and Yan Shu had said that this time they wouldn't compete, but next time he'd treat him. Duan Liuyun shook his head and smiled.

  "Otherwise, how can you be 'Yan Luo Wang'?" Lan Shengyan patted Duan Liuyun's shoulder and chuckled.

  Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives.

  "Has everyone eaten well?" Yan Shu came out of the kitchen and smiled at Duan Liuyun and Lan Shengyan.

  "Really, Uncle Yan, the dishes here are delicious!" Mu Yu Xing saw Uncle Yan's smiling face and felt especially good, she also affectionately called him "Uncle Yan" just like Tian Nuan Yu.

  "If you like it, come back next time!" Yan Shu's eyes had already narrowed into a slit.

  "Hmm! Next time I'll definitely come again, but Uncle Yan, you just said that next time we come, you're treating us!" Qiu Nianwei also started joking with Uncle Yan.

  "Alright, alright, I'm inviting you, feel free to come anytime!"

  "Why does it only accept cash here?" Duan Liuyun frowned.

  "Matters in life should be settled promptly," said Yan Shu with a smile, uttering a very profound phrase.

  Duan Liu Yun and Lan Sheng Yan nodded in unison after some thought, while Qiu Nian Bai beside them seemed to be deep in thought.

  "Yan Shu, then we'll take our leave first and come back to visit you in a few days!" Tian Nuan Yu said with a smile.

  "Alright, you guys go slowly, I won't see you off then."

  A few people said hello to Yan Shu one by one, and then they all left the store together.

  As soon as they walked out of the store, Duan Liu Yun unexpectedly said that he would send Tian Nuan Yu and Mu Yu Xin back, and Lan Sheng Yan seemed to have known that Duan Liu Yun would do this, not feeling surprised at all.

  Everyone bid each other farewell, Lan Shengyan drove his own car, Qiu Nianbai drove with Qiu Nianwei, Mu Yuxin and Tian Nuanyu got into Duan Liuyun's car, and they all drove off in different directions away from the store.

  Duan Liuyun drove Mu Yuxin and Tian Nuanyu to the gate of Jingxue Mountain Villa, saying that it was too late and he wouldn't go in. Mu Yuxin asked Duan Liuyun to come in and sit another day, and Duan Liuyun smiled and agreed.

  Mu Yu Xin and Duan Liu Yun said their goodbyes and got off the car, Tian Nuan Yu nodded at Duan Liu Yun and also followed Mu Yu Xin to get off the car. Just as she was about to exit the car door, she suddenly heard Duan Liu Yun turn his head and say to her: "Thank you!"

  Tian Nuoyu was stunned again.

  Lan Shengyan saying "thank you" already made her feel quite surprised, and she didn't expect Duan Liuyun to say "thank you" to her as well.

  "I really enjoyed this meal today, it's been a long time since I've had such a good time, and thank you for helping me pay the bill," said Duan Liuyun with a smile on his face.

  "It's fine as long as we eat happily, it doesn't matter who pays the bill," Tian Nuanyu said with a gentle smile.

  Duan Liu Yun lightly said "Hmm" and didn't say anything else, but the smile on his face deepened a bit.

  "Dragonfly, get off the bus! Why are you still on the bus?"

  Mu Yu Xian thought that Tian Nuan Yu got off the car with her, but when she walked a few steps into the villa without hearing any footsteps behind her, she turned back to see Tian Nuan Yu still sitting in the car.

  "I'm going in, you drive safely," Tian Nuanyu said softly to Duan Liuyun before getting out of the car.

  Duan Liu Yun glanced at Tian Nuan Yu, a hint of unusual color flashing in his eyes. After seeing Mu Yu Xing wave at him, he started the car and left Jing Xue Mountain Villa.

  Tian Nuanyu and Mu Yuxin returned to the villa, but didn't see Mu Aoyun. Mu Yuxin said she was going back to her room to take a bath and sleep, telling Tian Nuanyu to go to bed early too. The two went upstairs together and each returned to their own rooms.

  Tian Nuoyu entered the room and closed the door, standing inside for a moment in a daze. A few seconds later, she threw the bag on her shoulder onto the bed, walked to the window, and gazed out.

  Outside the window, the dark night sky is dotted with stars, and in the distance, a piece of dazzling lights is reflecting the stars, shining with brilliant light points.

  Everything is as usual, as if nothing had happened last night, but some things seem to be quietly changing.

  At this moment, Tian Nuanyu just thought that maybe in the next long period of time she would live here, but she didn't think that a different life chapter had opened in her life...