The Dean of the Grain Academy held a small banquet to celebrate the harvest, and Shopkeeper He Zhanggui naturally didn't qualify to attend, so he came back.
Upon learning that Qiao Xiaomai and Tong Sanlang were there, he immediately went upstairs.
After hearing He Zhanggui, Qiao Xiaomai responded casually while still sipping her soup, "I know."
"You knew?!" He Zhanggui was taken aback.
Xiaomai nodded, "I'm not a fool."
She endured being stared at with a chilling gaze for a long time, a gaze filled with almost naked desire to strip her bare.
If she couldn't understand such intent in those eyes, she would've lived her two lives in vain.
"Aren't you worried?" He Zhanggui's face still held a shocked expression.
"Why worry? With Prince Wei present, can he forcibly take me? I am officially recognized by the Emperor now." Qiao Xiaomai continued to sip her soup while talking.
"But... he is, after all, a powerful prince."
"I'm not afraid." Qiao Xiaomai's demeanor remained calm.