Villain Lady

Yang Xian played with the cup in his hands. "Obtaining over a restaurant is not a bad idea. However, you should understand that you won't be able to take care of the restaurant from such a distance."

"I don't mind."

"You're an irresponsible owner."

Wei Liuying's lips curled up. "Besides, all I need to do is to take care of that gang. I don't think that you're going to let me have proper business in the capital city when I'm going to the north later too."

Hearing that, Yang Xian merely smiled and didn't say more. He knew very well that Wei Liuying understood that they wouldn't stay in the capital city for long. What she wanted was simply to have a small backup in case things turned to the worst.

There were many other women who usually took care of stores while their husband was the officials. It was quite common and some of the young women didn't even take care of their business and simply let it be.

"You should eat more. Shall I order more dishes?" Yang Xian changed the conversation.

"I can't eat anymore."

"Your portion is still too little."

After staying with Wei Liuying, Yang Xian realized that Wei Liuying truly needed to eat more. It was no wonder that she was so small with the portion that she was eating right now.

"It's already more than what I usually eat," Wei Liuying protested. Her small stomach couldn't endure it if she had to eat a lot. It would take time for her to get used with eating more portions of food.

"What do you like to eat?"

"Huh?"

"Don't you have any preferences?"

Wei Liuying tilted her head to the side. In her opinion, as long as it was edible, she didn't really mind eating anything. Besides, she never had the chance to be picky in Wei Family Residence. If she was picky, she wouldn't be able to eat anything.

Looking at the girl's face, Yang Xian realized that she must have not thought about it before. He raised his hand and poked her forehead.

"Try to think about it. I'll try to prepare something for you tonight."

"You can cook?"

"Are you doubting my abilities now?" Yang Xian arched his eyebrows. He used to live as a normal commoner who had to do chores and so on in the past. Cooking was certainly included in them.

Wei Liuying blinked her eyes. "No. I'm just surprised."

"I'm not a 'real' young master." Laughing lightly, Yang Xian glanced to the side and saw that some customers have returned back in. Without that gang creating problem, this restaurant was quite lively.

Wei Liuying could see that as well. Rumors about Yang Xian was plenty and it was not like he hid the fact that he used to be a commoner. Probably, in the past, his status made it hard for him because some people wouldn't like a commoner to get close with His Highness.

"I know."

There were some waiters who took the order from new customers. Even without the owner here, the restaurant was still working properly.

Wei Liuying put down her chopstick. It was time for her to do her work. "I'm going now."

"Now?" Yang Xian placed his cup and watched as Wei Liuying stood up. Her small figure, that was usually overlooked, looked enchanting this time. Without hiding her feature and no longer acting submissive, it was hard to connect the current Wei Liuying with the past her.

"Yes. I still have some unfinished business with them." Walking to the door, Wei Liuying looked around then walked in certain direction.

Yang Xian thought for a moment then followed Wei Liuying. It didn't take long before they reached the nearby hospital where there were several men already on the verge of death there. The leader, Master You, was busy threatening the doctor there to heal his men as fast as possible.

"Boss, should we still continue this work?" one of his subordinate, who didn't follow him to the restaurant back then, asked in timid voice.

Master You turned around and glared. "Of course! We can't earn anything if we don't use our fists!"

"Yes, Boss."

"Don't worry, Boss! We'll follow you until the end!"

Listening to the bandits, Wei Liuying rubbed her chin. "Is the requirement to become soldier strict?"

"Depends on which platoon you want to be in, the requirement can be different. But if there's a war, usually it'll be open requirement with no specific criteria," Yang Xian explained unhurriedly.

"How about those men?"

"They must have been kicked out for misbehavior or running away in the midst of a campaign," Yang Xian replied. It was not that uncommon for some soldiers to become deserters when they thought that the army would lose. Not many people have unending faith to their generals.

As for those who were kicked out, they were usually put on black list and would not be able to join the army anymore. 

"I see."

"Do you want to have a talk with them?"

"Yes."

"I'll wait for you here."

Wei Liuying glanced at Yang Xian and nodded lightly. Afterwards, she walked towards the men from the gang.

In the meantime, Yang Xian stayed still in his place as he watched Wei Liuying talked to the men with calm expression. No one knew their conversation aside from them, but from that day on, the gang disappeared as if it had never existed in the first place.

…

Wei Liuying returned with Yang Xian to the restaurant. Manager Xin had already finished talking with Manager Xia. "Young Master Liu, this is the restaurant's deeds. From now on, this restaurant belongs to you."

"Thank you very much for your hard work, Manager Xin."

"It's nothing much," Manager Xin replied. He rubbed his palm together with a goofy smile on his lips. "So, will you start making your new book? I'm curious about the continuation of your view regarding the North's history."

Wei Liuying was stunned for a moment. Her very first reader was Manager Xin, who was interested with her point of view regarding the history at the north. The way she analyzed the battles and everything was accurate and gave clear description, which was very intriguing for Manager Xin.

"As I said before, I'll continue after a while."

"Don't take too long, Young Master Liu. A lot of people are waiting for your new book," Manager Xin reminded. Of course, he was included in the list of people who were waiting for the new one. As for the others… they were some other people who liked to read this type of book.

"Don't worry. I don't have any plan to make it that long." Wei Liuying looked at the restaurant. "Since the matter is finished, shall we head back?"

"Ah wait, I want to take you to a place," Yang Xian interrupted. He smirked. "I'm sure that you'll like it."

Seeing the smile on Yang Xian's face, Manager Xin shook his head. He chose not to bother with these two and returned back. His old body couldn't catch up with their pace anymore. He wanted to have more rest and peace back in his old bookstore.

Besides, his objective in going out today was to help Wei Liuying to select a store. Since it was done, it was time for him to relax a bit.

"Where do you want to go?" Wei Liuying asked.

"You'll know later. Let's go."

Even though Wei Liuying didn't understand where Yang Xian wanted her to go, she still followed him. They passed by several streets until they reached the east area of the Capital City. Along the way, there were several people who glanced in their direction for a moment.

Probably, they recognized Yang Xian, yet they were not totally sure about it.

Soon, the famous 'ghost forest' could be seen from a distance away.

Wei Liuying looked at the forest and blinked her eyes. "Yang Xian, we're not going here to see ghost, right?"

It was almost evening as the sky was darkening, which was the perfect time for them to see ghost. However, Wei Liuying felt that it was impossible for Yang Xian to come here because of that ghost rumor.

Yang Xian let out a chuckle. "Of course not."

"Then…"

"There's a place that I want you to see here."

Glancing at that annoying strategist for a moment, Wei Liuying shook her head lightly. Why couldn't he just say clearly the reason why they were here? Acting mysterious just made him annoying in her eyes.

However, she stayed silent and followed after Yang Xian. 

Yang Xian continued to walk into the forest. He didn't stop there and proceeded until they were close to the wall. Looking around, he pointed to the nearby tree. "Can you climb tree?"

"I can." Wei Liuying looked at the tree with suspicious gaze. "But why do you want me to head there?"

"There's something I want to show you."

"Up there?"

"Yes."