Free Web NovelChapter 40: 40. ’I want to meet your manager!’ gone wrong.
A few moments later, the waiter returned wearing an apologetic expression.
"I’m terribly sorry, honored guests but unfortunately, there are no private rooms available."
Lin Xuan smiled faintly.
"That’s perfectly fine, we can eat in the main hall."
Before the waiter could leave, Lin Zhaoyue suddenly spoke.
"Wait."
The waiter immediately turned around to see the little girl standing up and looked at him calmly.
"My master and I have traveled a long way to meet Lady Ruby. Would you kindly please relay a message to your manager that
"’The flower that never wilts has made its way home.’"
The waiter’s expression changed ever so slightly.
Lady Ruby.
That was supposed to be a name not known to the public.
The owner of the Blue Sea Restaurant was famous throughout the cultivation world as a mysterious fairy whose businesses stretched across countless kingdoms and sects.
Very few people knew her private nickname.
The fact that this little girl did...
The waiter no longer dared treat her as an ordinary customer.
He respectfully cupped his fists.
"Young Miss. May I ask... which manager should I deliver the message to?"
Lin Zhaoyue answered without thinking.
"Hong Shaoyun."
Clang!
The sound of a broom hitting the floor echoed through the dining hall.
Everyone instinctively looked toward the source to see a young girl, no older than Lin Zhaoyue herself, standing frozen in place.
Her face was filled with disbelief as she stared at Lin Zhaoyue.
The moment their eyes met Lin Zhaoyue’s mind went completely blank.
...Wait. Hong Shaoyun is still a child in this time!
She hasn’t become the manager yet!
Why did I say her name?!
No, no, no...
I just doomed her!
Her heart nearly stopped.
In her previous life, Hong Shaoyun had eventually become one of Lady Ruby’s most trusted managers.
However, that was years from now.
At this point in time, she was nothing more than an ordinary employee.
I’m finished...
He’s going to think she leaked the associations secret!
Hong Shaoyun is dead!
Meanwhile, the waiter’s expression gradually turned cold.
Their organization survived by keeping secrets.
Yet an outsider had just called out the name of one of their own.
There was only one explanation in his mind.
Someone within the organization had spoken when they should have remained silent.
His gaze slowly shifted toward Hong Shaoyun.
While Hong Shaoyun’s face had long since lost all color.
Her mind was in complete disaster.
What is happening...? I’ve never met that girl before.
Then how does she know my name?
Did someone sell me out?
But why? I’m still just a child...
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.
She wanted to run.
Unfortunately, her trembling legs refused to move.
Just then, a small figure hurried over to her.
Lin Zhaoxi crouched down and looked at her with concern.
"Are you alright?"
"Hello?"
"Can you hear me?"
"Are you feeling sick?"
Hong Shaoyun looked at the worried little girl before her vision gradually blurred.
The next moment, she collapsed.
Lin Zhaoyue’s heart nearly leaped out of her chest.
Seeing Lin Zhaoxi rush over to check on Hong Shaoyun only made the guilt in her heart grow even stronger.
Had it been anyone else, she would have run over as well.
But...
She was the one who had caused all of this.
Taking a deep breath, she secretly sent a voice transmission to Lin Xuan.
"Help me."
That was all she said.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly.
He still had no idea what was happening.
Help her? With what?
Was she asking him to continue pretending that they truly knew Lady Ruby?
He couldn’t make sense of the situation.
Still...
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If Lin Zhaoyue had acted this way, then she probably had her reasons.
Without asking another question, Lin Xuan calmly stepped forward.
"Young man, take us to meet Elder Su Qingci."
The waiter’s pupils contracted slightly.
Lin Xuan had addressed the manager by name without the slightest hesitation.
As the Patriarch of one of Azure Willow City’s three great clans, Lin Xuan had naturally investigated influential figures within the city long ago.
Although he had never personally visited the Blue Sea Restaurant before today, he already knew who managed it.
The waiter’s expression immediately became respectful.
"Please follow me."
Without another word, he turned around and personally led the three of them upstairs.
As the waiter led the way upstairs, Lin Zhaoyue couldn’t help but glance back again and again.
Her heart refused to settle.
To outsiders, the Blue Sea Restaurant was nothing more than the finest restaurant in Azure Willow City.
Only a select few knew the truth.
Hidden beneath its prosperous exterior was one of the largest intelligence organizations on the continent.
Every member guarded their identity with absolute secrecy.
Until someone rose to the position of manager, their name remained known only to those within the organization.
Only then were they permitted to openly reveal their identity.
Yet just moments ago...
She had blurted out Hong Shaoyun’s name in front of everyone.
Lin Zhaoyue clenched her fists.
...I doomed her.
If the organization believed Hong Shaoyun had leaked information to an outsider...
She would be fortunate if they merely spared her life.
Only now did Lin Zhaoyue truly understand why, in her previous life, Hong Shaoyun had always reminded her to keep her mouth shut whenever they met.
Back then, she had thought the warnings were excessive.
Now she finally understood.
Those words had never been jokes, they had been rules she lived by.
Just then, Lin Zhaoxi gently tugged on her sleeve.
"Xiao Yue... will that big sister be okay?"
Lin Zhaoyue bit her lower lip.
She remained silent for a brief moment before forcing a reassuring smile.
"...She’ll be fine."
Whether she was comforting Lin Zhaoxi or trying to convince herself, she no longer knew.
By the time the conversation ended, the group arrived at the fourth floor.
The waiter stopped before an elegant wooden door and respectfully bowed.
"We’ve arrived."
He gently knocked twice before waiting quietly for permission to enter.
