Kapitel 21: Chapter 21: Good Mood

Lingxiao was startled by his own thoughts.

His hand holding the teacup trembled, and he choked, coughing several times.

"Are you sick?" Xiangning leaned away from him and said in a low voice, "I've been unwell recently; don't pass your illness on to me."

Lingxiao's mood, which had just improved, vanished without a trace because of the woman in front of him.

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly healthy!" Lingxiao took out a small stack of silver notes from his bosom and handed them to her, "Here!"

"Why so much?" Xiangning, grinning, took it from him, moved to the window, and looked at the denomination by the moonlight, "How much is this? Ten... ten taels? Your money isn't just scraped together and still not enough, is it?"