Have some professional integrity--Refuse!

[player] If you're trustworthy, then I'm Fuuka Minami--Yowch!!
[-] Yuan Xiao pulls at my hair the way I pulled at Noah's, making me yelp with pain.
[Yuan Xiao] Are you wearing a mask too? Are you really Ms. Minami?
[player] ...It was a figure of speech!
[Yuan Xiao] Sigh... I can't keep up with your city people's games. My head's spinning.
[-] Kutsuji is an expert at psychological warfare. After turning him down, I cautiously pull Yuan Xiao back a few steps just in case he has any more tricks up his sleeve.
[-] Kutsuji's hand flies to his heart as a hurt expression forms on his face.
[Kutsuji] When one side loses trust, it can never again be recovered.
[player] Feelings are bad for business.
[-] Just then, I see Noah pass her phone to Kutsuji. Apparently, she wants him to see something. Kutsuji clicks his tongue and smiles meaningfully.
[Kutsuji] Well... It would seem you're getting more tightfisted with your intel. Fortunately, we've gotten what we needed through another channel.
[Kutsuji] To strengthen the trust between us, I'll let you in on a little secret--free of charge.
[Kutsuji] Be wary of everyone you meet on this street. Information on which tea was chosen for Bamboo Cloud's anniversary banquet is an extremely hot commodity right now.
[-] After watching Kutsuji and Noah leave, Yuan Xiao and I heave long sighs.
[player] ...Is it really a good idea for us to be responsible for such an important trade secret?
[Yuan Xiao] There's nothing to worry about, kind soul! If that's the case... Hehe!
[player] What do you plan to do?
[Yuan Xiao] If our adversaries won't listen to reason, maybe they'll listen to my fists.
[player] Just promise me you won't be too rough on them. We've never had a bloodletting in One Han City before.
Anyway... this tea delivery is far more than we bargained for.
[Eliisa] Bad Shaun! No chewing on Mr. Wolf's cases!
[Yuan Xiao] Tea-marinated lamb...
[player] Bad Yuan Xiao! No thinking about eating Shaun!
[Haruna Igarashi] No, kitty! Spit that out! That's not catnip!
[player] ...Can we see again how that cat opened up my case with its paw pads?
[Yuan Xiao] Wow! Such a chubby orange cat! C'mere kitty, pspsps.
[player] Don't just stop and play with it!
[Eve Krist] Relax, no one touched this case when you two went running off just now.
[player] Thank you so much! Huh? This case... smells a little funny.
[Eve Krist] Oh! I was looking everywhere for the stinky tofu daifuku I just bought. It was flattened under the box!
[Yuan Xiao] I guess we were in such a rush, we didn't look where we put it.
[player] Oh no! The smell got into the tea leaves too...
[Yuan Xiao] No matter how unique a tea is... somebody will always enjoy it...
Half a day passes by in the blink of an eye
[-] Exhausted, Yuan Xiao and I are finally outside Bamboo Cloud. But then we hear a familiar voice.
[???] There you are! Ms. Fuuka asked me to meet you guys.
[player] A-Yuan again! {var:ShakeScene}
[Yuan Xiao] It's Miss A-Yuan again!{var:Shake}
[A-Yuan] Again?
[player] Hold it right there--I have some questions for you!
[A-Yuan] Huh? Okay then, shoot.
[player] What color do you usually wear?
[A-Yuan] Hm... Red, I guess.
[Yuan Xiao] (whisper) Really?
[player] (whisper) I don't know, but anything goes right now!
[player] Next question: What do you usually eat?
[A-Yuan] Asking me this question in a place Ms. Fuuka can see... How are you expecting me to answer? Heh! Heh!
[player] You may have a point there...
[A-Yuan] ...You're acting really strange. Did something happen?
[Yuan Xiao] It's a long story, but long story short, you're the third Miss A-Yuan we've run into today!
[A-Yuan] I see... So, you suspect that I may not be the real A-Yuan?
[-] A-Yuan looks helplessly at us, then lowers her head in serious thought.
[-] Yuan Xiao and I look at each other--We can't get complacent now! We keep holding on tight to the boxes.
[A-Yuan] Ms. Fuuka has been with me all day. Looks like she's the only one that can prove that I'm the real A-Yuan.
[-] Muttering something like, "Why do I have to prove that I'm me?" A-Yuan leaves. Yuan Xiao and I sigh, then wait for her to return.
A short while later, Ume appears and takes Yuan Xiao and me to see Fuuka Minami.
Yuan Xiao and I take turns filling Fuuka Minami in on everything that happened to us on our way to Bamboo Cloud.
[Fuuka Minami] You have not had an easy time of it. Thank you both for your hard work.
[Fuuka Minami] A-Yuan, take Yuan Xiao back to Mr. Fei Ming and report the situation to him.
[-] Looking at me with a smile, Fuuka Minami closes her fan and stands up.
[Fuuka Minami] As for you... come with me.
[-] When I enter her office, several wooden boxes with the words "Magical Dream" stamped on them greet me from her desk.
[player] Huh? That doesn't look like the tea Yuan Xiao and I delivered...
[Fuuka Minami] It's not. These are the real tea samples. You two just transported some of their signature teas.
[player] Then why--
[Fuuka Minami] The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
[-] Fuuka Minami's smile recedes. She looks out the window and taps her palm with her fan.
[Fuuka Minami] Yesterday, Ume found out that someone's been spreading rumors. She traced them back to the source, and...
[player] The tea association?
[Fuuka Minami] That's right.
[Fuuka Minami] More and more people want to get a piece of the business on Champion Street... I wonder if the last few years of marketing Bamboo Cloud as a friendly, accessible brand has given them the wrong impression?
[-] Fuuka Minami pauses for a moment, and her mouth curls into a faint sneer. She turns her head back to me and continues speaking nonchalantly.
[Fuuka Minami] When the little ants realized they'd been found out, they were so rattled that they actually planned to steal the tea from us.
[player] You mean, they wanted to flood the market before Bamboo Cloud's anniversary banquet?
[Fuuka Minami] Not bad, you're getting the hang of this. It was a brilliant idea, really. It would have turned Bamboo Cloud's anniversary celebration into a complete joke... but they overestimated their abilities.
[Fuuka Minami] Thanks to you and the girl from the tea house serving as our decoy today, and to the people Ume put on the task, I believe our ant problem has been taken care of.
[player] If they fell for that, they're no match for you. But... who am I to say anything? After all, I was also completely in the dark until now.
[Fuuka Minami] You're upset.
[player] I'm not.
[-] Fuuka Minami leans in and pokes the corner of my mouth with her finger.
[Fuuka Minami] You're frowning.
[Fuuka Minami] Ume told me you'd get angry if I didn't tell you first. Looks like she was right...
[-] Fuuka Minami takes out a gorgeous wine goblet inlaid with precious stones and hands it to me with a smile.
[Fuuka Minami] Fortunately, I prepared an apology gift.
[Fuuka Minami] This goblet is one of a pair that I've had for many years. I'll give you this one in exchange for your forgiveness. Deal?
[player] Do you think I'm the kind of person that can be bought with gifts?
[Fuuka Minami] Not good enough? What if I also treat you to dinner for a week?
[player] Uh... You're not planning on giving me a Bamboo Cloud weekly buffet pass or something like that, are you?
[Fuuka Minami] Sigh... Ume was right--People are easier to anger than they are to placate.
[Fuuka Minami] I won't just be covering your dinner costs--I'll be turning down several meetings each day so that I can take you to dinner myself. You wouldn't turn down my invitation, would you, MY DEAR SECRETARY?
[-] Fuuka Minami is smiling, but this last sentence seems to be forced through gritted teeth. Being the honest worker that I am, I...
[player] I-I wouldn't dream of it. You're getting... quite close to me...
[Fuuka Minami] Okay, it's settled then. We'll begin tonight.
Memento Received: Precious Goblet