Chapter 18: Just Watching

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

After the door of the Lantern and Flower Tower closed, the people’s state of mind almost collapsed.

Words could not describe their feelings.

One by one, they stood anxiously at various places on this long street, their clothes-making work temporarily stopped.

They were too eager to rush into the Lantern and Flower Tower to see the situation!

Please…

Don’t be so quiet inside.

The quieter it was, the more frightening it was.

But the more they wanted to enter the Lantern and Flower Tower, the more they realized that the security around the tower was very tight.

The people from the government, the people from the Twelve Chain Docks, and the people from the six great clans themselves…

These people probably had around three to four hundred people by their side. They indeed had the Lantern and Flower Tower sternly surrounded.

Not to mention the commoners.

Even the clan guards who were standing outside the Lantern and Flower Tower weren’t able to make sense of the situation.

However, none of them said anything. The clan guards were standing straight, and they were standing even straighter.

They were all trying to save face.

Were the six great clans truly going to talk about who would sincerely submit to whom? This was impossible.

“I wonder why this kind of gathering is happening? Who exactly initiated this kind of gathering?”

“God knows.”

“Even if the heavens say so, I don’t know either.”

From time to time, sounds of careful discussion could be heard from outside.

The Xufu Town had a different feel of silence.

…

Time passed with difficulty.

It was unbearable. Two hours had passed!

No matter how much they ate, after eating for two hours, they still couldn’t endure it.

No matter how good the food was, there would always come a day when the food would end.

In the hall of the Lantern and Flower Tower, everyone didn’t put down their chopsticks. They used their chopsticks to pick up peanuts from time to time to eat.

A peanut was placed in their mouths and slowly chewed.

Everyone tacitly said nothing, but in reality, they were sitting on pins and needles.

Almost everyone’s gaze had once drifted to the second floor. They were too eager to know what had happened upstairs.

“Father!”

“This was the first time I felt that eating was so difficult.”

“It had been two hours.”

“When will this end? I want to go home.”

“Wei Chi!”

“You’re simply going to kill someone!”

“What exactly are you thinking about!?”

“Can you please hurry up?”

“Give me a quick one.”

The thinking was just thoughts.

Everyone’s faces were filled with bitterness as they continued to eat.

Compared to the people outside the long street, the people in the hall of the Lantern and Flower Tower were truly in panic.

It was really like a year.

There were many male family members.

They thought that even if they were to sleep in a pigsty with a pig, they wouldn’t be able to sit in the Lantern and Flower Tower.

It was too worrying.

A few people from the Twelve Chain Docks quietly moved together.

They were talking about something very quietly.

“The longer the time, the deeper the conversation is.”

“Yes, so we just need to wait patiently.”

“At least, the most dangerous time for an incense stick has passed.”

Whether the matter could be done depends on the time for an incense stick to burn at the beginning of the conversation.

If Wei Chi didn’t have the confidence to stabilize the other party, then the time it took for an incense stick to burn would end immediately.

That would be an absolutely dangerous situation.

Qian Wensi looked at the food on the table with a sigh. “So, Wei Chi is truly powerful.”

“He’s so young, but he’s able to suppress these experienced people?”

“Yes, we don’t know how he did it, but from the current situation, he truly opened my eyes!”

“They are all competitors. To put it bluntly, no one dares to go out alone at night.”

“But, they can sit in the same room and eat. Don’t you think the world is strange?”

“Yes.”

“Then, look at these people from their families. It was obvious that they haven’t understood this logic and are still worried about what happened upstairs.”

“Yeah, but if it were you, you’d be panicking too.”

“Haha, luckily I’m not a member of these clans. I’m forced to eat in the same hall with a room full of competitors.”

“Eating for two hours at a time. That thought is truly ruthless.”

“You don’t say. Right now, the one who feels the most heartache is still the master chef of this Lantern and Flower Tower, right?”

“If you were the master chef now, what would you do?”

“Haha, I don’t know.”

…

The master chef of the Lantern and Flower Tower… He practically wanted to die.

Silver wasn’t easy to earn!

Although the Wei family directly took out a thousand taels of silver, they had to make sure that tonight’s banquet was grand.

This was a huge sum of money.

But they didn’t want to continue. They would rather earn some money from young masters and young ladies than have anything to do with the family.

However, if someone came to their door and said that, how could they refuse?

This was a foundation establishment realm aide, and it was a large family that made clothes.

There was no other way.

“I truly have sinned!”

“Little Ancestor Wei Chi, please bless me. Please, don’t let anything happen at this time.”

The master chef hid in the dark and secretly looked at the situation in the hall. He had a distressed look on his face, and he didn’t feel the pleasure of earning money at all.

“Master Chef, what should we do? Should we continue to serve the dishes, or should we say?”

“Serve the dishes? Serve my ass. Can’t you see that they can’t eat anymore? Take the chopsticks and stab them in the throat!”

“No… Then. what should we do? Just watch?”

“What should we do?”

Rubbing the bridge of his nose, the master chef smiled bitterly. “Serve more peanuts and fruits. Serve them slowly.”

“Serve them once every joss stick.”

“Tell the chefs in the kitchen to be careful. Don’t relax. The six people on the second floor haven’t eaten a single mouthful of rice.”

“They are the main characters of this banquet.”

“We’re just waiting for that door to open. We must serve all the dishes within the time it takes to brew a pot of tea!”

The cashier understood. He pinched his robe and moved his feet carefully.

At this moment, the situation suddenly changed.

The door on the second floor did not open, but a young man stood up.

He was a member of the Li family. His name was Li Minran.

He said to the crowd, “It has been two hours since the masters and leaders went up.”

“There is no news at this time. Should we go and take a look?”

His eyes looked at everyone present.

Everyone’s eyes were in agreement, but no one said anything.

Li Minran held back his profanity and said, “Why don’t we send someone up to take a look?”

Then, everyone remained silent.

Their thoughts were the same as Li Minran’s. They wanted to go up and take a look at the situation. At least, they wanted to see if they were alive or dead.

But, even if they wanted to, who would dare to do it?

No one would dare!

The six people in the room above were all very mysterious. If he went over to disturb them now, wouldn’t he be sending himself to his death?

Li Minran could not hold it in any longer.

“I’m relatively young.”

“I’ll do the wrong thing. I’ll knock on the door and ask if they need any help.”

“If the seniors don’t say anything, will this junior go up and ask?”

Everyone fell silent.

They pretended not to hear anything.

Li Minran was convinced.

He stood up and walked up the wooden steps, slowly, towards the stairs.

Zhangsun Mei propped her cheeks and looked at Li Minran’s aggressive appearance. He was truly helpless. “What a fool.”

He thought about it again.

“Wei Chi said that there would be a result in two hours.”

“It’s already been two hours.”

“What’s going on upstairs?”