1 533 - Damned Carpenter

Seeing him carrying two large buckets of hot water upstairs, the two didn't understand what's going on. Tao Yongchun asked: "Niu Er, what are you doing?"

"Bath water for Lady Boss", Miao Yi answered.

The two were shocked, finding out that this guy is very flexible. In their minds, Miao Yi is a headstrong and unyielding kind of guy. Unexpectedly he could do such a dishonorable thing like carrying bath water for women.

Thinking up to this point, the two felt that there were no grievances in this world that they couldn't endure. An upright man knows when to advance, and when to retreat. It's very encouraging.

Who knows Miao Yi turned his head and added another sentence "There's no choice, I didn't want to do it either. But for the two of you to stay here, taking a little loss for myself is nothing much."

The two were speechless and didn't know whether they're touched or not. "We'll help you to carry them in the future."

"Great! Let's do that." Miao Yi accepted, turned around and gave each of them a bucket. "Starting from tomorrow, two of you take turns carrying them."

Upstairs, Miao Yi knocked on the door "Lady Boss, I brought those two here."

The Lady Boss appeared behind the opened door. Seeing the water buckets in the hands of those two, she slightly knitted her brows and suddenly felt angry in her heart 'You're afraid of dirtying your hands carrying this lady's bath water?'

Bam! The door was closed. A voice came from the inside: "Change another two buckets of water."

Miao Yi was surprised: "Why?"

"It can only be delivered by yourself. What if somebody messes with the water?" The Lady Boss coldly asked: "Are you changing them or not?"

"Yes, change, I'll change immediately." There's no other choice when you're in need of others' favor. In front of the two's fearful eyes, Miao Yi picked up the buckets and flew directly downstairs.

Into the kitchen, Miao Yi dropped the buckets, picked up the chopsticks and tasted a few dishes, then chatted with the cook. He stayed there for a while, then picked up the buckets again and returned.

Who knows there was a sneering voice transmitted over: "Done changing the water?"

Miao Yi was thunderstruck, his body frozen. Slowly turning his head around, he saw the Lady Boss had appeared in the kitchen since who knows when, smirking at him. His scalp turned numb, he swore in his heart, 'This woman is so insidious, actually followed him here."

"Lady Boss, the water is really clean, there's no need to change. Getting water in the desert is not easy, pouring them out is a waste." Miao Yi smiled drily and said.

"Oh! Clean?" The Lady Boss rolled her sleeves, picked up the buckets and poured them over Miao Yi from head to toes.

Miao Yi was drenched, it was useless to cast defense against it. Her cultivation was better than his.

The cook opened the curtain and laughed loudly, other assistants also peeked and snickered.

"It's a great honor to share the bath water with the Lady Boss", Miao Yi laughed, wiped his face and used cultivation to dry his body.

"Only ghosts would share bath water with you!" The Lady Boss raised her hand, as if wanting to take action again.

"Lady Boss, I was wrong, I will change it for you." Miao Yi picked up the buckets and quickly ran away.

In this place there was a room dedicated to boiling the bath water for the Lady Boss. She followed Miao Yi and stared at him. "If you dare to play trick again, don't blame me for not being polite." She warned then left.

"Lady Boss please take your time." Miao Yi kissed up to her, but acted like he wanted to swear behind her back. He really wanted to add some stuff in the water, but was afraid that the Lady Boss would suddenly appear again. He looked around sheepishly, touched the storage ring, but still did not dare to poison the water.

Still standing politely outside of the Lady Boss' room, Pi Junzi and Tao Yongchun saw Miao Yi once again carrying two buckets of water, kicking on the closed door.

The door opened, Miao Yi brought the water inside, then came out together with the Lady Boss.

"Lady Boss, what do you think about these two? They will do a good job." Miao Yi pointed at Pi Junzi and Tao Yongchun and said.

The Lady Boss looked at them from head to toes and said:

"Both of you came out from the Sea of Constellation Crusade?"

"That's right, Lady Boss", the two respectfully answered.

The Lady Boss frowned slightly, then looked at Miao Yi, and felt a little strange. She could not see the same kind of heroic, murderous aura and the restrained calmness on them. An average person wouldn't dare to sit down, share a drink and chat with her. It showed that Miao Yi had been through some great situations.

In other words, even if Miao Yi wore the tavern waiter uniform, he didn't look like a waiter. If not used to it, people even found it funny. But if these two guys wore the uniforms, they would really become waiters. They didn't look like those who had experienced great encounters.

"Each of you tell your own history, this tavern doesn't recruit those with unknown origins. If anything is concealed, you will take the consequences when it's revealed."

The two immediately and fearfully retold their history.

Hearing that Pi Junzi is a rat demon with the surname Pi, the Lady Boss knitted her brows: "A long time ago, there was a rat demon, named Pi Taichong, one of the great cultivators in the world at the time. Did he have any relationship with you?"

Pi Junzi cusped his fists and replied "I don't dare to lie to the Lady Boss, I have heard of this name from my father, he seemed to be my ancestor. But it was such a long time ago, and there was no evidence, so I wouldn't dare to confirm."

"Oh", Miao Yi looked at Pi Junzi with surprise, who knows this guy has a great demon ancestor.

The Lady Boss nodded her head and said: "You two can try doing the job for a period of time, if it's suitable, then stay, otherwise tell me. Niu Er, brought them down and let the innkeeper arrange them.

"Thank you, Lady Boss", the three of them answered together.

The Lady Boss waved her hand for them to leave, then entered the room to bath.

Miao Yi passed those two to the scholar. The scholar sent Pi Junzi into the kitchen, while Tao Yongchun stayed in the lobby and changed into uniform. Now the Tempest Tavern has two more employees.

After arranging those two, Miao Yi counted it as paying the debt of friendship. Shortly after returning to his room, he heard a loud thud from upstairs.

Miao Yi, who had done it last night, knew that the person upstairs had finished bathing, asking him to come and clean up. In fact, even if there's no thud, he knew that anyway. He could see it from underneath, how could he not know.

The fragrant Lady Boss walked within the vapor mist outside of the room, while Miao Yi quickly cleaned up inside, perking his ears and listened to the footsteps outside. After confirming that the Lady Boss had walked away, he put his hands on the tub and suddenly pushed.

Boom! The floor slabs were destroyed and the floor collapsed. The debris fell into the room below.

The Lady Boss was shocked, ran to the door, only to see that her room had become a pit. Miao Yi was in his room, raised his head to look at the Lady Boss and laugh drily. Such a big commotion also startled others. The scholar, cook, carpenter and stonemason, with purple lotuses blooming, quickly flew upstairs with murderous intent and weapons in hands. After they saw that the Lady Boss was alright, and realized that it was not an attack like they imagined, all let out a sigh of relief.

Everybody entered the room, stood on the places that hadn't collapsed yet, looked down and asked: "What happened?"

The Lady Boss revealed a cold smile, appeared to be really angry, stared down and asked: "If you don't want to work here, just say so, why do you have to do this?"

Miao Yi quickly walked along the edge of the debris, continuously asking for forgiveness: "Lady Boss, I didn't do it on purpose, it's just that I was using a little bit too much force when cleaning up. Who knows the floor collapsed."

He took out a storage ring, "There are ten million Gold crystals in this, consider it my compensation."

Those daily living things didn't cost that much, all important stuff was in the Lady Boss' storage ring. If it were really on purpose, it is not worth the loss. Ten million Gold crystals were enough to buy thousands of those daily living things in the room. With such sincerity, not only the scholar and others believed in Miao Yi's words, but even the Lady Boss was appeased, maybe she had wrongly accused this guy.

The Lady Boss snorted, took the storage ring from Miao Yi and found that there were really ten million Gold crystals within. She turned around and said: "Carpenter, fix it as soon as possible."

The carpenter quickly nodded, squatted down to look for the reason of the collapse. After checking, he said strangely: "Where did the clay layer go?"

Miao Yi sighed: "You have to ask the Lady Boss, she's the one who knows it best."

"What?" They immediately turned to look at the Lady Boss.

Thinking about the scene of sand and dirt falling down like rain in Miao Yi's room, the Lady Boss felt funny but said sternly: "How should I know?"

Miao Yi let out a sigh of relief, thinking everything was over, who knows that damned carpenter poked: "I'm thinking, Miao Yi, did you dig the clay out to peek at the Lady Boss from underneath?"

The cook also nodded: "This brat is not a good person, it's possible, Lady Boss, you have to be careful."

The others lowered their weapons and snickered: "It's possible."

They wanted to joke around, since they didn't know the situation. But Miao Yi was guilty, sneaked a peek at the Lady Boss' reaction. Seeing the Lady Boss' expression suddenly changed as a result, he complained in his heart, 'this damned carpenter, would you die if you didn't say anything?'

But on the surface, he still shouted: "What nonsense are you spouting, it's ok if you want to smear my reputation, but why do you do so to the Lady Boss'?"

The Lady Boss' eyes flashed, silently biting her teeth.

If the carpenter didn't remind her, she wouldn't think about it. She thought that the beams had gone bad with time and broke. Now that the carpenter mentioned, it was strange that the floor collapsed, it's definitely Miao Yi's deliberate action. 'Why did this guy destroy my floor? Furthermore, after destroying it, he even wanted to compensate so generously? It's clear that he wanted to cover something up.'