The shop assistant nearly cried the day Zhao Yan left. He had never encountered a Juren as grounded and approachable as Zhao Yan. Most men changed their attitudes at least a little after achieving such a rank; even those who didn't look down their noses at others usually didn't remain exactly the same as they were before.
As someone who waited on guests all day, the assistant was an expert at reading people, and he could tell that Zhao Yan’s sincerity was genuine. Naturally, he was deeply reluctant to see him go.
Zhao Yan had intended to slip out the back way. The fervor surrounding his success was still running high, and some locals had even begun trying to act as matchmakers—some had nearly gone so far as to drag their own daughters to him for an introduction. It terrified Zhao Yan so much that he was desperate to flee home in the middle of the night. The people of the Prefecture City were simply too enthusiastic; he truly couldn't handle it.
Chapter 303