"Pregnant animals about to give birth?"
The tea Doctor looked somewhat astonished, but Chen Shi had given so much that he hid the silver note under the teapot and whispered, "When does the guest need them? A dozen is not easy to prepare."
Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "Would the morning after next do?"
After pondering for a while, the tea Doctor replied, "The morning after next, in the backyard of my shop. The guest simply needs to come and lead them away."
Chen Shi drank tea to sober up; he was indeed quite dizzy, having never really drunk much in his life, and this was the first time he had drunk so much.
"Yan Jingsi is a man of unfathomable depth, he had not probed me at all at the banquet, and Yan Rong's strategizing is just like his. They won't act against me, but what about others?"
As Chen Shi sipped his tea, he looked out onto the street and silently thought, "Would others miss out on this fine opportunity?"
