Watching the commotion could bring trouble, which isn't surprising.
But he was just listening the whole time without saying a word, much less joining the commotion, so how did the trouble come to him?
Staring at the Female Shopkeeper holding a stack of silver notes, Xu Chang'an was stunned.
A gift?
He could understand if Qinling was giving him a gift and was willing to accept it... But what was the reason for this Shopkeeper to give him a gift, and from what position?
Xu Chang'an was bewildered, but Zhu Pingniang discerned something and her lips twitched.
It was unclear if it was an illusion, but the scene of the Female Shopkeeper giving Xu Chang'an money felt a bit like when a mother sees her daughter bringing a man home, giving a gift to the son-in-law.
Except... who is whose mother?
She raised the little girl from childhood to adulthood, perhaps she raised herself a mother?
