Little Xin'er finished compiling the accounts and presented the results. The ten veteran accountants, who had been caught off guard by her last time, remained stubbornly unconvinced. Without so much as lifting an eyelid, Little Xin'er gave a wave of her small hand and swept out with Peilan and Chonglou in tow, leaving the ten old men behind in the top-tier private room at Jingshang to enjoy their food and drink while their abacuses clicked away frantically. They spent another five days and nights, without sleep or rest, re-verifying every figure.
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After Little Xin'er finished auditing him, Li Genlu took a river boat to Huainan Prefecture City that same day. The matter of the courtesan at Fragrant Wind Pavilion weighed heavily on his mind, robbing him of his appetite and sleep. Two days later, Li Genlu stepped ashore at the Huainan Prefecture City docks.
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