There is a happy inn in the capital.

Chapter 4 Ziying, the Beautiful Girl

Li Shuchen sighed, "Then let's close down for three days. I'll go back and organize the plans, and we'll discuss it together in the shop's reception hall tomorrow morning. Everyone who works in the shop needs to come. Manager Xu, please inform them."

Manager Xu cupped his hands in apology and assured her, "I will obey your orders, Miss."

As Li Shuchen walked home, he racked his brains for a solution. At the intersection two alleys from his house, five or six children, about eleven or twelve years old, suddenly rushed out, each shouting...

"You big idiot, Li Shuchen."

"You big idiot, you big idiot!"

"Li Shuchen is a complete idiot."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"

Some of them held grass, some held twigs, and others held something they had picked up from the ground, all looking at Li Shuchen with wicked grins.

The one standing at the very front was a chubby boy, probably thirteen or fourteen years old, about 1.5 meters tall and weighing 180 pounds. He was carrying a large rock, which he was hefting up and down.

His flesh jiggled with every step he took, and there was still grease around his mouth.

Li Shuchen looked closely and realized it was Hu Zi, an old acquaintance he'd known for bullying in the past.

Tiger looked at Li Shuchen and commanded in a domineering manner, "Go! Beat that big idiot Li Shuchen!"

"Whoa~" A group of people rushed forward, throwing the things they were holding at Li Shuchen.

Li Shuchen, his face dark, nimbly dodged the attacks. Before, when he encountered them, he only knew to run home; now, he'd just get a beating.

They're just bullying the weak and taking advantage of others.

To catch a thief, first catch the king. Li Shuchen dodged the large rock in Fatty's hand, grabbed him by the back of the neck, and kicked him in the back of the calf.

With a thud, he fell to his knees. Li Shuchen picked up the vines from the ground and tied his hands together.

Li Shuchen tied him up and stood aside. Hu Zi tried to stand up, but failed five or six times. He was too fat and couldn't get up without the help of his hands.

Everyone else who saw this had already run away.

Li Shuchen crossed his arms and looked at him with a mischievous grin, at which point the chubby guy finally showed a hint of fear on his face (?﹏?).

Li Shuchen said casually but with a fierce edge, "Who's the big idiot, huh?"

The chubby guy was completely stunned. It was probably the first time he'd seen Li Shuchen like this. When did she change for the better? Why wasn't she stupid anymore? How was he going to maintain his authority in front of his followers now?

But she was too frightening now, so she stammered, "I am, I am a big idiot."

Li Shuchen picked up the stone that Fatty had thrown at her from the ground and, imitating him, weighed it in her hand and played with it.

Li Shuchen: "If you dare to mess with me again, I'll not only make you feel like you're being hit by these stones, grass, and branches, but I'll also make sure those kids despise you and refuse to play with you anymore."

From now on, you'll be all alone, with no friends left.

"Wow, ahhh!" The moment Li Shuchen finished speaking, Fatty burst into tears. He was sobbing uncontrollably, what a pathetic sight!

Li Shuchen looked up and saw a few small heads peeking out from the corner of the wall. He laughed and said, "Don't cry. They're watching you from around the corner. Do you want to embarrass yourself?"

Upon hearing this, the chubby boy immediately stopped crying; he was quite concerned about saving face.

Seeing that he had stopped crying, Li Shuchen continued, "Do you still dare to bully people?"

Tiger: "I won't do it again, I'll never do it again, please let me go."

Li Shuchen continued to warn him, "Remember what I said. If this happens to me again, I mean it."

Li Shuchen untied the vines, and Fatty stood up without hesitation, turned around and ran.

Li Shuchen watched Hu Zi run away. He thought, "He shouldn't bully me anymore, and he won't bully the weak so recklessly." That's good.

"Miss, what are you looking at here?" Grape arrived late, carrying a small bag.

Li Shuchen turned to look at what Grape was carrying: "Nothing, did you buy the rice?"

Li Shuchen had Grape pawn her wooden hairpin and earrings. Her hair was only tied up with a hairband; these pieces of jewelry were worthless, enough to buy only a small bag of rice.

But Grape smiled happily: "I've bought it."

Li Shuchen was in a good mood, humming a song: "Going home."

Back home, Li Shuchen opened the system panel and carefully reviewed the requirements again.

She understood profit margin; it was simply how much money she made.

She understood the importance of popularity; the more people came, the higher her popularity score would be.

But how was the happiness stat calculated? So Li Shuchen asked, "Little Jizi, I understand everything else, but how is the happiness stat calculated?"

Auspiciousness System: "As long as a guest feels happy in the inn, they will receive happiness points."

Li Shuchen nodded: "I see."

I looked at the system panel again and saw a handbag icon. I clicked on it out of curiosity, and a string of text popped up.

"Should I spend 100 taels of silver to unlock the shopping mall?"

The mall requires silver to unlock, but she has no silver right now. The system is a real rip-off! Furious, Li Shuchen waved and logged out.

Li Shuchen calculated that increasing profits from 52 taels to 1000 taels, nearly twenty times, would be difficult, but for Li Shuchen, it wasn't difficult; she had a way.

Just as she was brainstorming ideas for modifications to the inn, Grape entered, beaming, and said, "Miss, Miss Gu is here!"

Li Shuchen immediately stood up and looked up to see a woman with her hair styled in a flying bun, wearing a purple-gold hairpin with a purple jasper and a purple jasper hair ornament.

Wearing a purple brocade top with mandarin duck collar, a purple silk skirt with green patterns, and a brocade cape.

She wore light purple brocade pointed shoes

A fairy with bright eyes and white teeth, a beautiful face, and an aura of gentle elegance walked in.

Li Shuchen's eyes widened in disbelief. Beautiful, so beautiful, too beautiful!

Li Shuchen quickly walked over and hugged Gu Ziying tightly, calling out, "Ziying, I missed you so much!" (*^▽^*)

Gu Ziying's face lit up with a hint of doting affection, and she was also delighted: "Shu Chen, I heard you've become even smarter, so I came to see for myself, and it's just as I heard."

Gu Ziying looked Li Shuchen up and down.

"I'm so happy for you! I brought you your favorite roast duck, braised pork belly, braised pork knuckle, cold beef salad, and some dessert—coconut milk jam cake. Try it!" Gu Ziying's eyes sparkled, making her look even more beautiful.

As he spoke, he picked up dishes from the table, and with each dish he took out, Li Shuchen's eyes lit up even more.

Li Shu felt a warmth in her heart. Ziying meant that she had become smarter, not that she was cured. Ziying had never thought she was stupid; she had always treated her like a normal person.

And over the years, every time she came to visit, she would bring her delicious food, which made her like Ziying even more now.

Li Shuchen pulled Gu Ziying to sit down, poured her a cup of tea, and instructed Grape to bring a bowl and chopsticks.

Li Shuchen's mouth was practically watering: "Ziying, let's eat together."

Gu Ziying smiled indulgently: "I've already eaten, this is all for you."

Gu Ziying placed a piece of braised pork on Li Shuchen's plate: "Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Li Shuchen picked up the piece of braised pork from the bowl and put it in his mouth, chewing it a couple of times.