The Supporting Female Character Enters the Game, the Crazy Crown Prince Slowly Falls Deeply in Love - Chapter 58

Seeing her accept the token, Manager Xu  spoke again, “What else do the esteemed guests require? I will go and prepare it immediately.”

Xie Yunian  glanced down at his blood-stained clothes and said, “Manager, do you sell new clothes here?”

Jiang Yao  couldn’t help but interject, “This Pavilion of Immortal Gathering is a restaurant. How would it have new clothes? You…” Asking so abruptly might raise suspicion.

Before she could finish, Manager Xu nodded and said with a smile, “What a coincidence, we happen to have a newly made set of clothes in the building. If the Young Master doesn’t mind, you can try it on.”

Jiang Yao was dumbfounded, muttering in her heart, This Pavilion of Immortal Gathering really does have everything.

Xie Yunian seemed unsurprised and simply nodded faintly. “Manager, rest assured, I won’t take this clothing for free.” With that, his gaze shifted towards Jiang Yao.

?

Jiang Yao was puzzled by his look. She only agreed to treat him to dinner, right? Why did she have to pay for his clothes now?

But then she considered that if he were discovered, she might also be implicated. Fine, it’s just a piece of clothing. How much could it be worth? Maybe she could even use the token to offset the cost.

Jiang Yao gritted her teeth. “Then, thank you for your trouble, Manager.”

Manager Xu’s eyes scanned the two before him. He smiled in response, turned to instruct an assistant to fetch the clothes, and then said to Xie Yunian, “Young Master, please follow me. You can change behind the screen.”

Xie Yunian stood up and glanced at Jiang Yao. However, Jiang Yao was currently focused on examining the token in her hand and didn’t notice.

Behind the screen, Manager Xu handed a brand-new set of clothes to Xie Yunian and whispered, “Master, this was newly tailored to your size. Please try it on to see if it fits.”

Xie Yunian took the clothes and gave a faint acknowledgment. The clothes prepared by the building, knowing his measurements, would naturally fit. He had planned to come here to change clothes after his mission today anyway. Who knew he would run into Jiang Yao at the entrance?

Manager Xu hesitated, then asked in a low voice, “Master, the guards are still searching outside. Do you need your subordinates to arrange an escort for you and Miss Jiang to leave?” He had long heard that the Master’s good news was imminent. He hadn’t expected them to already be appearing together as a pair.

Xie Yunian shook his head. “No need. I have my own plans. You only need to pretend you don’t know me.” Then, as if recalling something, he added, “Why did the first prize today fall into Jiang Ying’s hands?”

A flash of light crossed Manager Xu’s eyes. “We followed the Master’s instructions and arranged for Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu to participate in the contest in advance. However, I saw Miss Jiang the Third, and thought I might as well go with the flow and deliver the token for you. I didn’t let the siblings answer the last riddle.” The dishes at the Pavilion of Immortal Gathering were not cheap. The reason for holding the riddle contest today was to create a buzz at the entrance. Naturally, they couldn’t genuinely give away the token. The pair of siblings were “shills” arranged in advance. Manager Xu’s face beamed with pride, as if awaiting Xie Yunian’s praise.

“Very good,” Xie Yunian ground his back teeth.

He finished changing and stepped out from behind the screen. Jiang Yao looked up, her eyes instantly brightening. Xie Yunian was wearing a moon-white long robe. Delicate, subtle patterns were embroidered on the cuffs and lapels, making him appear even more refined and tall.

Jiang Yao couldn’t help but praise him. “These clothes… they fit quite well.”

Xie Yunian glanced at her, a faint smile playing on his lips. “Is that so? The manager said this outfit is worth ten taels of gold. I didn’t quite believe it at first. If A’yao thinks it looks good, then keep it.”

“How, how much!?”

Jiang Yao abruptly looked up, her eyes wide, staring disbelievingly at Manager Xu, and then at the moon-white long robe on Xie Yunian. A wave of resentment surged in her heart.

Manager Xu gave an awkward smile, taking back the ten taels of gold that had been placed on the table. “Young Lady is unaware. This set of clothes is made from the finest cloud brocade, and the embroiderer’s needlework is the best in the capital.” There was no helping it. Although he didn’t know why the Master had given such an order, as a subordinate, he could only obey.

Even so, it couldn’t possibly be worth ten taels of gold! That was the prize her sister had painstakingly won at the riddle contest, and before it even touched her hand, it just flew away?

Jiang Yao gnashed her teeth, secretly cursing in her heart. This Pavilion of Immortal Gathering must be a black market business. They must have prepared many such outfits, just waiting to swindle people. The boss behind the scenes is probably not a decent person either!

Xie Yunian gave her a faint look. “A’yao, what’s wrong? Are you unwilling to buy this outfit for me?”

Jiang Yao forcefully suppressed the anger in her heart, managing to squeeze out a smile. “H-How could that be? It looks good. Buy it.” The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She decided to convert her frustration into appetite, raising her hand with a grand gesture. “Manager, bring us all of the Pavilion of Immortal Gathering’s signature dishes! I want to properly taste just how amazing this Pavilion of Immortal Gathering’s black… cough, cuisine is!” With the token in hand, they couldn’t possibly charge her for these things again, right?

Xie Yunian looked at Jiang Yao, his tone slightly teasing. “If you order so much, can the two of us finish it?”

Jiang Yao glanced at the ten taels of gold worth of clothing he was wearing. “If we can’t finish it, we’ll pack it up and take it away.”

Xie Yunian said no more, only giving Manager Xu a faint glance. Manager Xu nodded, indicating he understood, and smiled. “Miss Jiang is unaware. Our token only allows for dining in here. If you wish to take it away, there will be an extra charge.”

Although Jiang Yao was annoyed, she understood that if take-out was allowed, the Pavilion of Immortal Gathering would probably go bankrupt.

“Fine. Then this one, this one, and this one. And a pot of Drunken Immortal Brew.” The Drunken Immortal Brew was the Pavilion of Immortal Gathering’s signature drink. Since she was here, she had to try it.

While waiting for the dishes, Jiang Yao reached out and took a piece of pastry from the table. After running around for so long, she was genuinely hungry. She lowered her head and bit into the pastry, but her mind was elsewhere.

Jiang Yao looked up at Xie Yunian sitting opposite her, her heart full of questions. Did he know or not that she knew he didn’t have amnesia?

It didn’t make sense. If he knew, why would he still call her “A’yao” and play along with her charade?

But if he didn’t know, that was even stranger. Jiang Yao noticed that Xie Yunian seemed very curious about their “past.” Every time he saw her, he would ask about something. And the way he looked at her was like looking at a… fool.

Was he trying to add some fun to his life?

Also, every time she saw the servant beside him, the one named Yuanzheng (元正), his eyes always held a slight… sympathy towards her.

Yes, sympathy.

She originally thought it was because he knew she had been poisoned by Xie Yunian and didn’t have long to live. But now it seemed the poisoning was a misunderstanding on her part.

Suddenly, something clicked in Jiang Yao’s mind. That day, she had asked her sister why Xie Yunian suddenly appeared by the pond. Her sister had said, “I told Young Master Xie that you were sick with longing for him and had a high fever all night. Young Master Xie was very concerned, and then he went to look for you.”

High fever, fool, sympathy.

It all connected.

Did the master and servant duo think she had burned her brain out?

“Cough! Cough!”