Chapter 153: A Certain Hint

The nearby vendor seemed accustomed to it; upon hearing the sound, they immediately began rapidly packing up their goods.

Shen Chutang was stunned for a moment. "What's wrong? Is vending not allowed here?"

Lu Beiqin reassured her, "It's fine."

With that, he directly sent a message to Zhang Chuan at the end of the road.

Zhang Chuan, who had done nothing all evening and was bored enough to play two rounds of mobile games, finally saw Lu Beiqin's command. He immediately led some men out of the car, spotted the approaching urban management officers in the distance, and walked up with a smile. "Brother, let's discuss something."

Shen Chutang had been anxiously observing both sides of the road, but she hadn't seen anyone coming yet. "Should we make a run for it?"

Lu Beiqin remained calm. "The urban management might not actually come. It's fine."

That seemed to make sense. Not seeing any sign of them, Shen Chutang felt a bit more at ease.

The other people who had been preparing to retreat saw no urban management officers and also calmly resumed their stalls.

Shen Chutang sat down and said, "Next time, I'll do my research in advance and we'll go somewhere without urban management."

"Alright."

After all, both of them had to go to work during the day, so Shen Chutang decided that each vending session would be limited to three hours. If the three hours were up and the goods weren't sold out, they would still go home—she didn't want both of them dozing off at work tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, their business was quite good today. With a steady stream of customers, they sold most of their goods within two hours, leaving only one portion of lemon chicken feet and two cups of lemon water.

After packing up, Shen Chutang opened the last two cups of lemon water and handed one to Lu Beiqin. "Here, let's have some ourselves."

After bustling about for two hours, even simple lemon water tasted exceptionally delicious.

Once they got into the car, Lu Beiqin was driving and it was inconvenient for him to eat. Shen Chutang put on a disposable glove and picked up a chicken foot for him.

"No need, I'm driving."

"These are deboned, you can eat them safely. Just have one and try the flavor."

Lu Beiqin found that he seemed unable to refuse Shen Chutang when she acted spoiled.

He lowered his head and took a bite. Seeing the expectant look on her face, he immediately nodded. "Delicious."

"I knew it!"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Shen Chutang happily munched on the lemon chicken feet. They really did taste good, and after working busily for two hours, her appetite had been thoroughly piqued.

When they got home, Shen Chutang started counting the money.

After deducting the costs, they had made a little over five hundred yuan tonight.

If business remained good in the future, she could consider preparing a bit more inventory to increase their earnings.

She transferred three hundred yuan of the profits to Lu Beiqin's phone. "Don't you dare refuse it. This is the result of both of us working hard all day."

Lu Beiqin looked at the three hundred yuan and ultimately pressed accept.

"Let's just run the stall once a week from now on."

Seeing how Shen Chutang had been busy all afternoon and then spent two full hours of energy at night just to earn this little bit of money, Lu Beiqin couldn't help feeling a pang of heartache.

Shen Chutang looked at him in confusion. "Why?"

Lu Beiqin lied without skipping a beat. "The Shi family found out about my side gigs, and they gave me a raise. It's actually quite high."

A smile immediately bloomed on Shen Chutang's face. "That's wonderful! Why didn't you say so earlier? We definitely have to celebrate!"

After a moment of thought, Shen Chutang went to pour two glasses of alcohol, and then rummaged through the kitchen to retrieve the leftover braised duck feet from earlier. Because there wasn't a full portion left, she had originally planned to keep them for herself as a midnight snack, but now they were just right for a celebration.

"To Ah Bei's raise, cheers!"

This was Lu Beiqin's first time experiencing such a humble celebration ceremony, and gnawing on duck feet was something he had almost never done before.

Yet, watching Shen Chutang relish the duck feet with such evident enjoyment, Lu Beiqin inexplicably felt as though the duck feet were some rare and exquisite delicacy.

Because of the recent incident with getting drunk, Lu Beiqin didn't let Shen Chutang drink too much this time. Seeing that her two glasses were empty, he refused to pour her any more.

"Ah... Just two glasses."

Lu Beiqin pulled the bottle away and said, "It's getting late. You should take a shower and get some rest."

The man never joked around; if he said she couldn't drink, she couldn't drink.

Shen Chutang pouted, her gaze suddenly falling on Lu Beiqin's glass, which still had a small half-glass of alcohol left in it.

Taking advantage of the man's inattention, Shen Chutang quickly picked up the glass and drained it in one gulp. "Ha~ Good stuff!"

Lu Beiqin wore a rather complicated expression. Assuming that he was frozen in shock by her bold move, Shen Chutang triumphantly stuck out her tongue, made a funny face, and scurried away.

Hmph, that'll teach you not to let me drink!

It wasn't until the sound of the door closing echoed that Lu Beiqin snapped back to his senses. Looking at his empty glass, he silently shook his head.

Shen Chutang probably had no idea what it meant to finish the alcohol in a man's glass right in front of him.

In the eyes of a mature man, such an action represented a certain kind of hint.