By the end of the day, the restaurant had purchased almost everything it needed, even faster than Shen Yuan had imagined.

This is all thanks to Jiang Yuchen.

Shen Yuan was very grateful to him, "Not only did we buy so many things today, but the prices were also much lower than I had budgeted, saving us more than a hundred taels of silver. This is all thanks to Young Master Jiang!"

"Thank you very much, Young Master Jiang! If you ever need my help in the future, please feel free to ask. As long as it is within my power, I will certainly not refuse."

"It's nothing, no need to mention it!" Jiang Yuchen raised his lips smugly.

Shen Yuan curtsied and said, "It's getting late, so we won't bother Young Master Jiang any longer. Farewell!"

Shen Yuan turned to leave when she suddenly heard Jiang Yuchen ask, "You're also sixteen. What month were you born?"

Shen Yuan paused for a moment, then replied, "September 29th."

“I was born on the eighth day of the third lunar month, half a year older than you. From now on, you can call me Brother Jiang, and I will call you Sister Yuan. Let’s be sworn siblings, how about that?” Jiang Yuchen smiled and closed his fan.

Shen Yuan was stunned: "..."

Although she didn't understand why Jiang Yuchen would suddenly decide to adopt her as his god-sister, she didn't have the habit of casually adopting people as god-brothers.

So Shen Yuan declined, saying, "Young Master Jiang comes from a prestigious family and is of noble birth. I am just an ordinary village woman and am truly unworthy to be Young Master Jiang's god-sister!"

After saying that, Shen Yuan turned around and left with Chun Tao.

Jiang Yuchen was taken aback when Shen Yuan refused him. He stood there for a moment, then raised his fan and shouted at her, "Be my sister, and no one in Jinling City will dare to bully you! The benefits are greater than you can imagine. Don't you really want to consider it?"

Shen Yuan paused, turned to look at Jiang Yuchen, and smiled gently: "If I were to become your adopted sister with ulterior motives, hoping you would protect me, I'm sure you wouldn't want such a sister. In that case, I ask you to withdraw your good intentions!"

After saying that, Shen Yuan nodded to Jiang Yuchen and then left with Chun Tao.

Jiang Yuchen stared at Shen Yuan's retreating figure, unable to look away for a long time.

The servant following behind Jiang Yuchen couldn't help but mutter, "That Miss Shen is clearly using the young master. She'll use him and then kick him aside. How did the young master end up being hooked by her?"

"Our young master is still a virgin, too innocent, has never seen a woman before, and has no idea how many tricks women have up their sleeves! That's why he fell for it so easily!"

The servants following behind Jiang Yuchen were whispering amongst themselves and did not notice that Jiang Yuchen suddenly jumped up.

Jiang Yuchen jumped up and tapped them hard on the head with his fan.

"What are you muttering about? Do you really think I'm deaf and can't hear you?"

The Jiang family's servants hurriedly covered their heads and admitted their mistake: "Young Master! This servant knows he was wrong! He knows he was wrong!"

Jiang Yuchen snorted coldly: "Besides, when did she take advantage of me? It was my suggestion to bring her out to buy things, and it was also my choice to have her come to the Jiang family's shop. When did she take advantage of me?"

Upon hearing this, the servants felt that Jiang Yuchen's words made sense.

They mustered their courage and asked, "So, young master thinks that Miss Shen is a good person, which is why he wants to recognize her as his younger sister?"

"No, no!" Jiang Yuchen snapped his fan open and pondered, "I know she admires me, but I can't give her a home. That's why I want to adopt her as my god-sister. So that she can give up any improper thoughts she might have as soon as possible!"

"Admiration?" The Jiang family's servants stared at each other, both seeing a hint of confusion and bewilderment in the other's eyes.

Miss Shen's attitude was distant and polite, did she seem to admire their young master?

How did their young master figure out that Miss Shen admired him?

Seeing the incredulous look on the servants behind him, Jiang Yuchen coughed and said in a low voice, "Today, she smiled at me, and I could feel the affection in her eyes."

"..." The servants of the Jiang family were speechless.

Shen Yuan had just returned to the shop when she sneezed several times in a row.

"One 'thinking,' two 'cursing'!" Shen Yuan pinched the tip of her nose and muttered to herself, "Could someone be cursing me?"

"Miss Chen and Chun Tao are back!"

Upon seeing Shen Yuan and Chun Tao, Haitang and Shuixian immediately put down their work. "Why are you two so late? Have you had dinner? We bought some pre-packaged wontons. If you haven't eaten, I'll make you two bowls!"

Chun Tao said, "We haven't eaten yet!"

"Then I'll go make the wontons!" Shui Xian said, and went to the kitchen.

Seeing the shop piled high with goods, Shen Yuan said, "All the goods I ordered have been delivered? You're quite fast!"

Haitang: "Except for the carpenter's shop, which only delivered one counter and two sets of tables and chairs, the others have all been delivered. I've already checked their delivery slips! Shuixian and I are sorting these things out now!"

Thirty-six sets of tables and chairs would take nearly a month to complete, but Grandpa Li promised to deliver them all before her opening, so Shen Yuan wasn't in a hurry.

She walked over to the pile of vases on the floor and said with a smile, "Let's tidy up together!"

"Mmm." Haitang nodded, and the group carried the two large vases to the shop entrance, then wiped them with a rag.

While wiping, Haitang asked Shen Yuan, "You bought so many things today, it must have cost a lot of money! I think the tableware alone cost almost a hundred taels, and with the other things, you probably spent a thousand taels of silver today?"

“Not that much!” Chun Tao chimed in with a grin. “Our Miss Shen has the help of a benefactor. She got everything ready for less than five hundred taels of silver!”

Haitang looked surprised: "Five hundred taels? Didn't you say you ordered thirty-six sets of tables and chairs? Five hundred taels can only buy these tables, chairs, and tableware, right?"

Chun Tao laughed and said, "You don't know this! Miss Shen has many benefactors around her! She has done a favor for the owner of the table and chair shop, so we only spent 130 taels to buy all the tables and chairs, saving 70 taels just from that alone. Moreover, the cabinet, counter, and money box were all given to us for free by the owner!"

"Such a good thing?" Haitang turned to look at Shen Yuan and said, "That's right. Miss Shen is a very kind person. She has done so many good deeds. It's only natural that someone would want to repay her kindness."

"Miss Chen, didn't you just arrive in Jinling? When did you save Miss Li? Judging from her appearance, it's as if she's known you for a long time, or hasn't seen you in ages." Chun Tao asked curiously.

Although she was also a girl at Zuichunlou, she entertained guests in the front courtyard and was not familiar with the maids in the back courtyard.

Furthermore, Li Luoxue was rescued by Shen Yuan and Xiao Ling not long after being abducted to Zuichunlou, so Chun Tao had never met Li Luoxue and did not know that she had been abducted to Zuichunlou.

Shen Yuan smiled and said calmly, "It was just a small favor I did for her when we met by chance. I never thought that the good deed I did back then would bear good fruit today."

"Besides Miss Li, who else is there as a benefactor?" Haitang asked again.

Chun Tao winked at Hai Tang, "This important person is quite remarkable. He's the young master Jiang from the richest family in Jinling City, and he's also a royal merchant. The brocade worn by the empresses in the palace was woven by their cloth shop!"