Chapter 103: Mr. Xie’s New Business

Xie Yuduo walked in quietly, intending to scare her, but he saw no one around. He turned around the screen and entered the inner room, where she was indeed sleeping on the bed.

He originally thought that Shen Qi was pretending to be asleep, but after looking at her carefully at the bedside for a long time, he was sure that she was really asleep.

She has been feeling very sleepy lately and wishes she could fall asleep anytime and anywhere.

In order not to disturb her sleep, Xie Yuduo sat at the desk outside, dealing with the documents and letters handed over today while waiting for her to wake up.

After reviewing all the documents in one breath, he went to the inner room two or three times to check on her - she was still sleeping.

She was in a deep sleep, lying on her side, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Xie Yuduo calculated the time and thought that she should have had enough sleep by now. He couldn't wait any longer, so he went over and gently unbuttoned her clothes.

Chen Qi was already half awake when she suddenly felt someone rubbing her and she sat up suddenly.

Xie Yuduo quickly took her into his arms and held her in his arms until she lay down again.

"What are you afraid of? Who else could it be besides me?"

Chen Qi's voice was hoarse from sleep, and she pushed him away in an angry tone.

"You are such a weirdo! I was sleeping soundly, but you scared me so much."

Xie Yuduo kissed her and smiled.

"I've been waiting for you here for a long time, but you just slept and ignored me. I missed you so much."

Seeing his kiss coming again, Chen Qi knew what she was thinking. She covered his mouth and stood up to look around.

"This is the study, please stop making noise."

Xie Yuduo pulled her hand away.

"It's not like we haven't made a scene in the study before."

Chen Qi blushed.

"That's different. That's my hometown, this is the provincial capital."

Xie Yuduo smiled softly.

"What's the matter? Is Xiaoyue more cheerful when there are so many people back home? But when you get to our own house, you start to squirm and tremble?"

In this matter, this guy is the most diligent in learning and trying new things, and he is good at reviewing what he has learned and learning new things. He always puts her first in everything. Chen Qi has never been a shy person. She is quick to accept good advice and is happy to enjoy it. She rarely refuses his kindness.

While the man was talking, his hands were not idle.

"My dear, you seem to have gained some weight recently. It would be really nice if I could rub you."

Shen Qi dodged his hand by moving sideways.

"I can't go out for a banquet these days. It's tiring and troublesome. I don't eat much, but I gain weight."

"If you don't like it, then don't go. Just run rampant at home."

Chen Qi smiled and spat at him, then turned over and put on her clothes.

Xie Yuduo raised his eyebrows when he saw her resolute action.

"Are you really not coming?"

"I'm really not coming. I'm here to bring you food, not... humph!"

Xie Yuduo sighed.

"How can our family live without me? Second Grandma loves me too much!"

Chen Qi touched her hair to see if it was messed up by him. This was the style the maid had taken great pains to comb her hair into today, and she had never seen it before.

"As for the rules, I must serve my husband well!"

Xie Yuduo was used to her arrogant behavior in front of him, and he couldn't stand her calling herself a slave or a concubine. He was very excited and couldn't help but pester her again.

"Then let me teach you how to serve you properly..."

…

After arguing for a while, he finally stopped talking after being given a little bit of sweetness.

Shen Qi blamed him while tying her clothes.

"If it weren't for you, I would have gone back long ago. Yujing brought Xiujieer home to play, and if I didn't go back, they would come looking for me."

Xie Yuduo never succeeded, and he looked gloomy. He helped her adjust her clothes with his hands, and spoke in a bad mood.

"Didn't we just see it a few days ago? Why are you so eager to take it?"

"It's the nature of children to always want to play with others."

"Oh, you're such a grown-up girl, and all you do is play all day long."

After Xie Yuduo finished speaking, he tilted his head and glanced at her.

"Were you this playful when you were this old?"

Chen Qi slapped away his hand that was intentionally making things worse and rolled her eyes at him, but she was thinking in her heart, when I was her age, I was about to become a daughter-in-law of the Xu family!

If I tell him, he will get angry again.

Xie Yuduo didn't think of this and just started talking to himself.

"I've met a lot of friends these days. When they heard that I have a daughter at home, they all expressed their desire to get married. I just pretended not to understand and didn't respond."

Chen Qi also nodded.

"Yujing is still young, about fourteen or fifteen years old, so let's wait for two more years."

Xie Yuduo sighed.

"This girl was quite sensible when she was little, but she loves to play more and more as she grows older. She doesn't understand the ways of the world. You taught her everything, so how come she hasn't learned even a little bit of your cleverness?"

Chen Qi thought to himself, from ancient times to the present, smart people have not been taught.

But she said: "With a smart brother like you, choose a suitable husband for her and take good care of her, so that she won't suffer any great loss in the future."

Xie Yuduo helped her up, checked her clothes and hair, and repeatedly assured her that he had not messed them up. Only then did Shen Qi nod in satisfaction, looked around the study again, sat in his chair, and looked through the documents he had approved.

I had just arrived and was running two shops at the same time. There were a lot of things to do and a lot of documents to be handed in from all directions.

"I was walking along Kangle Street in front of our house the other day and saw the shop signs were grand and the street was wide, but there weren't many people or cars passing by. Mr. Xie, is business good here?"

Xie Yuduo leaned against the desk, looking at her carefully reviewing the documents, feeling very pleased.

"Second Madam is truly wise and intelligent. She even figured this out! Our new shop is different from our old one. Our old shop sells bulk goods and needs customers to come and go. The busier the better. Now, I only do bulk business. Small businesses like you wouldn't find your way to our shop."

Shen Qi understood and nodded.

"Then our guests won't come easily, and if they do, they're a large group. That's why we need a place like Kangle Street, which is convenient for transportation, rather than a densely populated area."

Xie Yuduo smiled and nodded.

Chen Qi stood up and stretched slowly, then walked up to Xie Yuduo and patted him on the shoulder.

"Duo'er, work hard and earn more money. Second Mistress will reward you well in the future."

"Good for you, Xiaoyue..."

Xie Yuduo smiled and tried to grab her waist, but he couldn't. She turned around and ran away. Smiling, he went to the back door and then went to the back house.

Xie Yuduo looked at her back and laughed to himself for a long time before asking the servant to call Xiaowu over to continue arranging matters.

Xiao Wu came running over eagerly: "Second Master, didn't you say you can only come here before dinner?"

Xie Yuduo: "...you kid, why are you so talkative!"

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Chen Qi returned to the backyard. Xiu Jie'er had already arrived and was playing jump rope with Yu Jing and two little maids.

When they saw Chen Qi coming, they all pulled her over to play with them.

Shen Qi waved her hands repeatedly.

"My waist has been sore lately, so I really can't dance anymore. Once I've rested, I'll play with you guys again."

Chen Qi told them to have fun and went to her room, but Xiu Jie called her again.

"Auntie, my mother asked me to bring you a letter, and she also told you to go."

Chen Qi was puzzled when she heard this, and then a maid handed it to her. She opened it and saw that it was an invitation.

An invitation to the birthday party of the wife of a sixth-rank official.

Chen Qi secretly groaned. She was most afraid of rules, and now she happened to be attending a banquet that strictly followed rules!