Chapter Five: Big Miss

  Young lady

  "Is this the First Detective Agency? Get your boss Su Jing out here!"

  Chen Zhan raised his head and saw a woman standing in front of him, holding a sword in her hand and wearing a red tight dress, looking like a female knight. The woman's skin was as white as jade, delicate and vulnerable, with a few strands of hair flying about, and eyes as clear as autumn water, which didn't match her female knight attire at all.

  "Oh, so it's Miss Xie after all. I'll go and inform her right away." On the same day, Chen Zhan also saw Xie Peiying's face, such a beautiful appearance, how could he not remember it at a glance!

  The woman drew out her sword and placed it across Chen Zhan's neck, her eyes cold: "I'm not Miss Xie the Eldest, I'm Miss Xie the Second! Go quickly and call your boss out!"

  Chen was startled and broke out in a cold sweat, but the woman in front of him looked exactly like Xie Pei Niang's older sister, could it be that the two Miss Xies from the Xie family looked identical?

  "What are you still staring at? I'll kill you!"

  "Boss... boss... something's happened, something's happened! Miss Xie has come to provoke us!" Chen Zhan yelled at the top of his lungs as he fled for his life.

  Inside, Su Jing was discussing something with a middle-aged man when Chen Zhan rushed in, looking dispirited and said somewhat irritably: "What's the big deal? Are we supposed to investigate a murder case or something?"

  "Outside, a female knight has arrived, claiming to be Miss Xie Er. She looks exactly like Miss Xie Da! It's too scary, I almost died at her hands! Boss, you'd better go out and take a look!"

  The middle-aged man sitting opposite Su Jing's expression suddenly tightened when he heard that it was Miss Xie outside.

  "What? Do you know the young lady outside, Boss Jin?"

  Jin Wanquan said with some trepidation, "The reputation of the Second Missus Xie is known to all! I advise you not to provoke this young lady, or else you will find it difficult to stay in Jianye City!"

  Su Jing was puzzled in her heart. The young lady of the Xie family was so gentle and elegant, beautiful and soft-spoken. How could this second miss be so different?

  "Hey, someone, pour me a glass of water!" Xie Er Miss looked at the silly-looking bookworm with a bitter melon face beside her.

  Lin Yun had never seen such a generous woman before, and smiled: "Okay, I don't know if you're also here to catch our boss Su in the act of infidelity?"

  Xie Peishan's beautiful eyes swept horizontally, "Put away your sour face! Does Miss look like she's here to catch an adulterer? On the contrary, you're so silly and stupid, your boss must be no better."

  "Don't you dare speak ill of our boss!" Lin Yun's smile was reined in,

  Xie Peishan took a glance at Lin Yun's face and said, "Now that looks much better. When you smile, it's like a bitter melon face. Be more serious in the future, or else you'll scare away customers!"

  "I..."

  "What's wrong with you! Why hasn't that Su guy come yet? If he doesn't come out, I'll kick him out of the house!" Xie Peishan was very impatient. She then carelessly pushed Lin Yun with her hand, directly knocking him to the ground.

  Lin Yun was filled with indignation, but as a useless bookworm facing such a ferocious female knight, he really had no way out.

  "Miss Xie, have mercy on me, our detective agency can't afford your destruction." Su Jing walked out calmly, "I'm Su Jing, I don't know what business you have with me?"

  Xie Peishan looked up and down at Su Jing, laughing: "I thought the famous person who would lead hundreds of women to build Ye City and make it a sensation throughout the city would be what kind of person, but I didn't expect him to be so ordinary!"

  Su Jing helped Lin Yun up, his face unchanged: "I'm just an ordinary person, please ask Miss what exactly do you want me to do? If not, I still have other things to attend to."

  "How dare you speak to me in such a tone for the first time! I really don't know what my sister appreciates about you. Here, this is the letter from my sister to you. She can't come out conveniently, so she dragged me to deliver it to you! And, let this servant of yours laugh less in the future, or his bitter melon face will surely scare away a large number of customers!" The female hero said casually and then sat down on the chair, "My sister also asked me to wait for your reply, I don't know what she wrote inside the letter!"

  "Is that a letter from Miss Xie? Boss, hurry up and open it! Who knows, maybe it's filled with silver notes!" Lin Yun's eyes sparkled.

  Xie Peishan let out a snort of laughter and immediately regained her cold composure.

  "You're a money slave! Do you remember what that female knight just said? From now on, smile less, I don't want to see your bitter melon face again." With that, Su Jing opened the letter.

  Today is a fine day, Pei Rong wants to invite Su Gongzi to have tea and enjoy the scenery at Xuanwu Lake. She specially asks her sister Pei Shan to deliver this letter, I wonder what Gongzi's intention is?

  Su Jing smiled, "It seems that this young lady is interested in me, a beautiful woman's invitation, I will naturally accept!"

  "Boss? Boss?" Lin Yun poked Su Jing because he couldn't bear to look at him anymore. At this moment, Su Jing was holding the letter and laughing uncontrollably, with saliva almost dripping from his mouth.

  Su Jing reacted and, with an unchanging expression, said to the curious Xie Second Miss: "Second Miss, please wait a moment, I'll write a reply letter right away!"

  Looking at Xie Peishan leaving, Lin Yun and Chen Zhan curiously gathered around Su Jing's side, "Boss, what did the young lady of the Xie family write in the letter? It made you laugh so happily?"

  "That's not happiness, that's YD!" Chen Zhan corrected.

  "What's YD? What does it mean?" The scholar was quite perplexed.

  "YD means daydreaming, it's a language from our boss's hometown, called British."

  Su Jing smiled and said nothing, putting the letter into his pocket. He smiled and said: "The boss is in a good mood today, let's go to Taibai Building for drinks at noon!"

  Chen Zhan and Lin Yun secretly felt that something was fishy, their boss had never been so generous before. Lin Yun whispered: "Could it be that the letter actually contained silver tickets?"

  Taibai Building is the largest restaurant in Jianye City, with a constant stream of customers every day. Located in the most prosperous area of Jianye City, it is surrounded by shops on all sides. The convenient transportation makes this four-story building crowded with people every day.

  "You just order, I'll pay the bill!" Su Jing was in a great mood, thinking about the beautiful and lovely Miss Xie who would be throwing herself into his arms that afternoon, he felt his blood boiling with excitement.

  Chen Zhan and Lin Yun hesitantly ordered their dishes, nervously looking at the boss who was acting very abnormally today.

  Suddenly, a loud shout from downstairs attracted everyone's attention. Su Jing looked down and saw a woman in red tight clothing holding a sword, kicking over the goods of a fabric store, and placing the sword on the neck of the shopkeeper. Since they were on the second floor, Su Jing and his two companions had a clear view.

  Lin Yun looked extremely surprised, her jaw almost dropping to the table: "Th-thank you... Miss Jia Er?!"

  "Isn't that too arrogant?" Chen Zhan also couldn't help but raise his thumb, "That's Qian Laoban's fabric store! She dares to provoke her?"

  "Boss Qian?" Su Jing asked somewhat puzzled, "Is this Boss Qian some kind of heinous villain?"

  Chen Zhan explained: "Boss Qian is not a particularly heinous villain, but because he relies on his sworn brotherhood with Governor Shi and Prefect Yi to monopolize the silk business in Jianye City, even the richest man in Jiangnan, Mr. Xie Linshen, can't do anything about him. It seems that Miss is quite displeased with Boss Qian's business, which is why she took drastic action."

  Under the Taibai Building, Xie Peishan had almost beaten the display cabinet to the point where his mother wouldn't recognize it. It was only then that officials arrived to mediate. Second Miss Xie was still eloquently arguing with those yamen runners and catchers, displaying quite a heroic demeanor.

  The people around nodded in agreement with Xie's point of view. The officials from the government office couldn't reason with the numerous residents. All they saw were the bailiffs constantly nodding and bowing to Xie Peishan, and the matter was dropped.

  "It's too powerful, but who made her have a richest father? Lin Yun was somewhat envious, "If I could be Mr. Xie's son-in-law, it would be great, ah..."

  Su Jing's mind was racing with excitement, as long as he could get his hands on Xie Peirong, wouldn't the entire Xie family fortune be within his grasp? The petty-minded Su Jing still had a strong desire for wealth.

  "The two young ladies of the Xie family have personalities that are worlds apart, one is gentle and refined, while the other is heroic and passionate! You three guests shouldn't look at them like that, people from wealthy families like theirs can cause trouble on the streets and there will be someone behind the scenes to help them smooth things over. But for us common folk, it's not the same. Gentlemen, the dishes are ready, shall we serve them now?" The shopkeeper withdrew his long-stretched neck.

  "Alright, bring the dishes quickly." Chen Zhan looked at his boss, "Boss, what are you going to do this afternoon? Why did you leave all the detective agency's matters to me and Sha Shu-sheng?"

  "Really? Boss, you're not going on a date with Miss Xie, are you?" Lin Yun asked tentatively.

  Su Jing watched as Xie Peishan's lovely figure disappeared into the crowd, and smiled: "Anyway, I have something to do this afternoon, you guys don't need to worry about it, just take care of the detective agency's business!"

  "Serve the dishes......" Meanwhile, the shopkeeper has already shouted out.