My Arrogant Young Lady

This is the most famous Manchu-Han Imperial Feast in Northern China. The Manchu-Han Imperial Feast was a grand banquet held in the Qing Dynasty imperial court. It combines the characteristics of imperial cuisine with the essence of local flavors. Before the banquet begins, two sticks of incense are offered to refresh the guests' minds, followed by the finest Longjing tea to adjust their palates, and then exquisitely decorated plates with dragon patterns are placed on the table. Even before the meal starts, four kinds of fresh fruit, four kinds of dried fruit, four kinds of ornamental fruit, and four kinds of candied fruit are laid out, followed by the formal cold dishes, hot dishes, main courses, and desserts.

Today, the banquet that Xi'er is hosting for Zhang Xuan is one of the 108 dishes of the Manchu Han Imperial Feast, namely roast duck. The side dishes are common dishes such as deep-fried pork tenderloin, sliced ​​meat, Mapo tofu, and baby bok choy in broth. They are not considered main dishes, but each side dish is enough to carry the weight of the meal.

Compared to the impossibly wealthy Xi'er, Zhang Xuan felt increasingly overshadowed. Looking at the table laden with delicious food, she nervously fidgeted with her fingers, appearing quite restrained.

"This banquet must be very expensive..." Zhang Xuan thought for a moment and said.

"It's free," Xi'er smiled.

"You ordered so much food, how can it be free? Do you have free meal vouchers?" Zhang Xuan asked in surprise.

“Yes, and it’ll expire if we don’t use it soon. Xi’er originally planned to bring everyone here before it expired, but with the enemy at hand, Wang Xi and the others probably won’t have the chance to eat this. Eat up, it’s Xi’er’s first time eating this too…” Slightly surprised, Xi’er smiled and picked up a slice of roast duck, placing it on Zhang Xuan’s plate. Then, as if remembering something, she added, “If we can’t finish it, we can pack it up!”

"Uncle Yehe, the young master just said he wants to pack it up again!" A young man downstairs said angrily.

"How can this be? The young master actually wants to pack up his belongings? If the young master does this, wouldn't that be a loss of face for our royal family?" Hearing the young man's words, a middle-aged man was also horrified. He paced back and forth downstairs, then thought for a moment and immediately took out his phone and said, "Old Ye, I heard that the young master came to your Marriott Hotel before, is that right?"

"What, the young master has come to your Manhanlou again?" the person on the other end asked in surprise.

"That's right, and the young master won't let us pay our respects, and even told us to pretend we don't know her. Good heavens, if we lose our manners, won't the rules passed down from our ancestors be thrown into chaos? Moreover, the young master even wants to get takeout from our own restaurant!"

"Sigh, the young master has been corrupted by that wild brat from the Wang family. It's over, it's over. I opposed the marriage alliance between our Ye family and the Wang family from the beginning. It seems that the last pure bloodline of our Yehenara family is going to be ruined by the Wang family..." Ye Wuji on the other end of the phone hung up, looking utterly dejected...

Chapter 120 White Robes, Pure Heart

The place was bustling with noise and people jostling shoulder to shoulder. Following behind three young men and women, Centipede had just been about to release the centipede in his hand when he pulled it back. In the blink of an eye, he had been following these three for a full hour. The three of them said everything they saw looked delicious, but after a while they wouldn't eat anything, then they would move on to the next stall, linger there for a while, and then leave.

Centipedes have many ways to poison people. Take this little centipede in his hand, for example. He's raised centipedes for years and can now command them to do his bidding. If they choose a particular food, he can make the centipede crawl to that food. Then, when no one's looking, he can make the centipede release some venom. This way, he can poison them silently.

However, these three seemed to have selective bias. They said everything they saw was delicious, but then they were drawn to other stalls. Their constant back and forth gave the speaker no opportunity to poison them, but that was one thing. The main problem was that he came from abroad. He had grown up overseas. In his hometown, a tropical rainforest, he had no idea what winter was. But the winters in the north were so cold they could freeze your ears off. These three were so ignorant. Saying everything was delicious was one thing, but it caused him a lot of suffering; in the blink of an eye, his hands were almost numb from the cold.

"Wah-la-wah-la." Centipede muttered a few words in Burmese to himself, getting impatient with the three of them.

If this continues, I'm afraid I'll freeze to death on the street before I even poison them.

At that very moment, the centipede's eyes suddenly lit up. He saw them taking out money! They were taking out money, which meant they finally wanted something. Excited, the centipede quickly took out the small insect from its body. But soon, the centipede froze, clutching the insect in its hand.

Because he saw that the three of them had each bought a simple boxed lunch that they could easily find anywhere else. On this food street, there were countless mouthwatering local delicacies. And yet, they had only bought a plain boxed lunch—two meat dishes and one vegetable dish—for only seven yuan.

Seeing that the vendor had already quickly served them their boxed meals, the centipede knew he had no chance to act. At that moment, he felt a sharp pain in his index finger. He realized the little insect was protesting; after being repeatedly taken out and put back, and with its body whipped by the cold wind, the insect finally became enraged and bit its owner hard.

"Beast!" the centipede muttered under its breath, putting the worm back into its pocket. Then it noticed its index finger had turned black and was bleeding dark blood. After a moment's thought, the centipede immediately swallowed an antidote and slowly withdrew from the crowd. Tonight, there would be no more chances to deal with them…

Meanwhile, Xia'er, Dong'er, and I were starving. We spent ages looking at different stalls, and every single one seemed incredibly delicious. But some stalls looked even better. This food street had so many amazing things; the three of us couldn't decide which one to choose.

I really didn't know what to eat, so I saw a stall with ready-made boxed lunches and said to them, "I'm so hungry I'm dizzy, why don't we eat a boxed lunch first, and then have some big skewers together, and try all the good food on this street!"

"Okay." Dong'er nodded vigorously.

Holding the three boxed lunches we bought, we saw a small stall and went inside. Then I said to the owner, "Boss, give me ten yuan's worth of fried chicken skewers, ten yuan's worth of fried beef skewers, five yuan's worth of steak, and three bottles of soda." After saying that, I asked Dong'er and Xia'er, "What else do you want to eat?"

"We're starving, we don't care what we eat. Your Highness, you decide." After saying that, Dong'er and Xia'er picked up their boxed lunches and wolfed them down.

At this point, the centipede thought it had no chance to poison anyone and left. I, on the other hand, sat there thinking, "There are five groups of us in total, while Wang Huan and his group only have three. I shouldn't be so unlucky as to be targeted and poisoned by them."

I was so hungry I didn't care if it was poisonous or not. I ate even though I was feeling toxic, because I was really starving and couldn't take it anymore.

"We were lucky; none of the three of us got poisoned." Dong'er tossed aside her empty skewer, took the last sip of her soda, and contentedly patted her tummy, saying, "Young Master, the place you brought us here is still the best. Let's come again next time!"

"Haha, I've also heard there's a lot of good food here. This is my first time here. There's just so much delicious food, it's dazzling!" I said.

"Young Master, do you think fried stinky tofu is delicious? Dong'er has always wanted to eat it, but we are never allowed to eat these things at home," Dong'er said expectantly.

"Try it first. If it's good, I'll eat it," I said to Dong'er.

Nodding, the three of us went outside. After a while, Dong'er immediately shouted happily, "Young Master, it smells so good! It smells awful, but it tastes delicious!"

"Shall I try some?" I said.

"Dong'er is feeding you!" Dong'er picked up a piece of tofu with a small skewer and happily fed it into my mouth. After eating it, I gave it a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Delicious!"

"Sister, have a piece too." Dong'er picked up another piece and fed it to Xia'er.

"I won't eat it, the smell makes me nauseous." Xia'er frowned, her face full of disgust.

"If you won't eat it, I will." Dong'er smiled and put it in her mouth.

Xi'er's four maids include Dong'er, the youngest. She's lively and adorable. Compared to Xia'er, who has a bad temper, Dong'er and I are much better. Right now, we're like siblings, hugging her petite body and ordering everything we see. We've already agreed to eat our way through the entire food street.

We kept getting fried chicken strips, grilled cold noodles, and huge fried squid. Dong'er and I sat close together, eating and laughing. Xia'er glared at us, but her hands were full of all sorts of snacks.

"Another skewer of fried sausage, please," I said, handing the vendor a dollar.

After hearing what I said, the vendor immediately and skillfully applied chili and brought it to us. I took a bite and immediately held it to Dong'er's lips, saying, "Try it, it's delicious."

"It's delicious. You should try mine too!" Dong'er handed me a skewer of fried meatballs.

"Haha, delicious!"

Laughing and strolling through the streets, we had completely forgotten that we were being chased. Just then, a pale-faced thug walked up to us. He sniffed hard, gave a slight shudder, and said, "Wang Xi, right? You've come with me."

"Who are you?" I asked him, frowning, with a wary look in my eyes.

He chuckled. The thug sniffed hard and said, "Don't worry about who I am, you'll find out when you get here. Hurry up, we're all freezing to death."

"Oh?" I frowned and looked around after hearing what the thug said.

Seeing the visitor's ill intentions, Xia'er and Dong'er both frowned. Putting down their snacks, Dong'er said with a frown, "Who is looking for us? We're not going unless you tell us!"

"Heh, come if you want, or don't come if you don't. You'll have to bear the consequences if you don't!" With that, the thug walked into a dark alley and then glanced back at us.

"Your Highness, has the Poison King sent his men to lure us over and ambush us?" Xia'er asked me.

"It doesn't seem like it; it's probably some other enemy. Why don't we go check it out? If things look bad, we'll run," I said.

"can."

The three of us exchanged glances, then walked towards the thug. Seeing us approach, the thug gave a cold smile. He then walked into the alley, glancing back at us once more. Looking at the quiet neighborhood, I became even more wary. I lost my appetite and, holding the hands of the two girls, Dong'er and Xia'er, followed him deeper into the alley.

As we walked deeper into the alley, the thug immediately whistled. At that moment, a rustling sound came from around us, and dark figures appeared from all directions, surrounding us.

Then, a large group of teenagers walked out from the front. The leader was dressed in white, his face filled with cold arrogance. Beside him stood a familiar face, whose eyes immediately flashed with hatred upon seeing us. Two black holes appeared from his mouth as the young man glared at us and said hatefully, "Today, your death is nigh!"

"Li, you're not done yet?" I looked at the young man in surprise, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't Wang Huan who had come looking for me, but a group of ordinary thugs. Now, I was confident I could take down a few of them.

"I'm not done yet? Of course I'm not done yet! You knocked out two of my front teeth in front of everyone, and then you brought in some 'goody-two-shoes' to humiliate my parents. I hate you to the core, and our hatred is irreconcilable. Tell me, how can this ever end?" Li Dacai roared.

"So what do you want?" I asked.

Upon hearing my words, Li the Great immediately revealed a sinister grin. Then he pointed to a boy beside him and said, "This is my cousin, the biggest boss among the thirteen schools in our South City! He'll avenge me, he'll break your legs to vent my anger!"

"Oh?" I frowned as I looked at the boy in white.

The boy was also looking at me, then glanced at me and the two girls beside me and smiled disdainfully. He picked up a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and snapped his fingers.

Upon hearing the snap of his fingers, a tall young man next to the boy immediately nodded. Then, looking at us, he said loudly and seriously, "The biggest boss among the thirteen schools in the South City has arrived! Aren't you going to kneel down when you see our boss?"

"Why should I kneel?" I asked the young man with a helpless smile.

"You must kneel, because his name is Baiyi Bingxin!" the young man said proudly.

"Then why doesn't he speak? Is he mute?" Dong'er asked.

"Of course he's not mute. He doesn't speak simply because you're not qualified to speak to him..."

Chapter 121 I'm sorry, you have no right to know

I was completely shocked after hearing the young man's words. Even before he moved, I could feel the overwhelming aura of arrogance emanating from him.

This young man in white, his swagger is incredibly impressive. I've encountered many opponents before, but this is the first time I've seen an enemy who can display the art of swagger so thoroughly.

His pretentious act was so classy, ​​so sophisticated.

Although he didn't say a word, I could already sense that with a flick of his finger, this place would be reduced to ashes. With a flick of his finger, the entire building around us would collapse.

Fortunately, he was only the leader of thirteen schools in the southern part of the city. If he were the leader of sixty-five schools in the five major districts, the earth would probably be destroyed if he stomped his foot.

I stared at the white-clad youth in terror. I decided to light a cigarette to calm my turbulent emotions. Taking a deep drag, I coldly said, "So what?"

"What did you say?!" The tall young man was shocked to see the disdain in my eyes.

"Even if he is Bai Yibingxin, so what? I am Wang Xi, the fourth most important person in the Zhang family, unit 4, room 302, building 13 in Chengnan Garden. Why should I kneel down to you?" I asked coldly.

"Pfft..." Xia'er, who was next to me, covered her mouth and laughed.

"How dare you!" Upon hearing my words, the tall young man turned pale. Then, the twenty-odd thugs surrounding us all moved.

Pointing at me, the tall young man, his face pale, said, "Kid, what kind of thing are you! How dare you compare yourself to our eldest brother, Baiyi Bingxin? Do you know that if our eldest brother gets angry, he won't just break one of your legs, but both your arms and legs? There was once someone just as arrogant as you, but he has disappeared from this city!"

"And our eldest brother, Bai Yi Bing Xin, is not only the leader of thirteen schools, but his family background is also among the best in the thirteen schools. The Qianhao Hotel, which ranks seventeenth among the most luxurious hotels in our provincial capital, is owned by his family!"

"How terrifying..." Upon hearing the young man's words, Dong'er couldn't help but take a half step back.

"Arrogant fool, kneel down before my young master right now!!!" the young man shouted, his face filled with undisguised rage.

"I won't kneel." After finishing my cigarette, I picked up a skewer of fried meatballs and started eating.

Seeing my calm expression, Bai Yibingxin narrowed her eyes. Then, she glanced at the young man beside her and snapped her fingers.

Nodding immediately, the young man looked at us angrily and said, "Fine, since that's the case, we'll have no choice but to break your arms and legs! It's my young master who's being merciful, so don't blame us for being impolite!"

Standing in front of them, I completely ignored them. Instead, I looked at Dong'er and Xia'er and said, "This place is sheltered from the wind, which is perfect for us to finish eating. After we're done, let's go back. I guess everyone else has finished eating and is worried about us now."

"Okay." Dong'er nodded.

Dong'er and I quickly finished our snacks, and the three of us turned to go home. Just then, a thug immediately came over and blocked our way. "You little brat, how dare you disrespect Bai Yi Bing Xin!"

"Get away!" Dong'er quickly grabbed the thug by the collar and threw him away with a little force.

With a thud, the thug landed heavily on the ground, letting out a muffled groan of pain. At that moment, I saw the white-clad Ice Hearts frown, and the thugs surrounding us were all dumbfounded.

When I saw the white-clad Bingxin, I already knew he was just an ordinary thug. Dong'er and Xia'er, on the other hand, were both martial arts masters, and now, thanks to Leng Yan's training, I could defeat quite a few thugs. I had no desire to associate with such an ordinary person. However, what truly frightened me was his underling's words: "We are not qualified to speak to him."

Since he said we have no right to talk to him, I think we'd better go home as soon as possible.

Bai Yibing and her friends were shocked to see the thug so easily thrown away by Dong'er. That thug was ranked eighth in their gang, and in terms of strength, he was considered one of the top students in the thirteen schools. Yet, he was defeated without even a single move by Dong'er.

Seeing this, Baiyi Bingxin finally couldn't help but speak up, "It seems he has a decent accomplice. All of you attack together and wipe him out!"

Hearing Bai Yi Bingxin's words, the other twenty-odd thugs quickly made their move. These twenty-odd thugs were all top students from the thirteen schools, and each of them was larger than the average person.

Upon seeing them make their move, Xia'er's eyes turned cold, and she instantly brandished a leather whip. A black shadow flashed, and a sharp crack echoed through the air; a young man immediately screamed and collapsed to the ground.

Dong'er saw the thugs rushing towards her and immediately ran towards a nearby trash can. The trash can was huge and filled with a lot of garbage.