However, after lowering the carriage curtain, his face suddenly burned.

Shu Zhan gritted his teeth and pounded his chest in frustration. This was so incredibly embarrassing!

The coachman, seeing him like this, was puzzled: "Young master, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Shu Zhan froze, looking up at him in disbelief. "Ada, what are you doing here?"

The coachman was even more confused. He pointed to the character "Shu" on the curtain and said, "Young master, didn't you know that Miss came out in a carriage today? I am the driver. The carriage is here, so of course I am here. You see, our Shu Family logo is right here."

“But this…” Shu Zhan pointed to the carriage.

The driver gave a knowing "Oh," scratched his head, and said in a simple and honest manner, "That's the young lady that Miss Qin brought out just now. I don't know whose young lady she is."

So that's how it is.

Shu Zhan awkwardly touched the tip of his nose and coughed twice. "Not bad, Ada, you have successfully passed this young master's test."

Coachman: "What kind of test?"

"I pretended not to know just now to test you, understand? Now that you have passed the test, take my words back to the manor and find the steward to collect your ten taels of silver reward."

"Oh, oh." The coachman seemed quite pleased. "So that's how it is. I was just thinking that the young master couldn't be so stupid as to not even recognize his own carriage. I was right."

Shu Zhan: "..."

The driver chuckled a few times, then suddenly became dejected.

He glanced at Shu Zhan with a frustrated expression. "Young Master, I'm very happy that you're willing to reward me with so much money. But... everyone in the manor knows that your finances are restricted by Madam. I'm afraid even you yourself can't get this much money, let alone me..."

Listening to his incessant chatter, the veins on his forehead throbbed, and he said fiercely, "Shut up!"

"..." After being yelled at, the driver reluctantly shut his mouth, but his eyes still looked at him with a pitiful expression.

Shu Zhan glared at him fiercely, then climbed onto the carriage and forcefully flung the curtain, successfully blocking the driver's view from outside the carriage.

He snorted, his gaze inadvertently falling on the little girl beside him, and Shu Zhan was slightly taken aback.

She's so young, she looks no more than sixteen. Shu Zhan stroked his chin, scrutinizing her closely. But she is quite pretty, with a round face, extremely cute.

His gaze moved down, from her curled eyelashes to her plump, red lips. For some reason, he felt that her lips were incredibly moist, like ripe persimmons, and looked very sweet.

For some reason, Shu Zhan swallowed and subconsciously moved closer. He got closer and closer... What was he doing when her sweet breath sprayed onto his nose?

Shu Zhan quickly shrank back and sat motionless in his previous spot. He... he almost took advantage of her! And it was just a little girl he'd never met before!

Shu Zhan slapped himself in regret. If he hadn't pulled back from the brink, his first kiss, which he had kept for over ten years, would have been given to this girl.

Fortunately, he stopped in time, not giving her a chance to succeed. Shu Zhan touched his handsome cheek, thinking to himself with satisfaction.

He glanced smugly at the unconscious girl and secretly pursed his lips. He opened the carriage drawer, took out a thin blanket, and covered the girl with it.

"Don't overthink it... I'm just helping my sister..."

He wanted to get out of the car for some fresh air when he heard Shu Hua's voice outside, which meant the poetry gathering must have ended. Shu Zhan quickly lifted the carriage curtain, and sure enough, it was his reliable younger sister. So the group went their separate ways home.

During his conversation with Shu Hua, he learned that the girl's name was Xu Zi, and she was the youngest daughter of the old playboy Doctor Xu.

Having been in this circle for a while, Shu Zhan was confident in his understanding of the various playboys in the capital. From Old Li from the Li family in the east of the city, who was on his deathbed but still wanted to go to the gambling den, to Little Erwa from the north of the city, whose teeth hadn't even fully grown yet but who knew how to catch crickets, these were all admirable figures in the playboy circle.

Therefore, he was well aware that Doctor Xu was a playboy in his youth.

But he never expected that Dr. Xu could actually give birth to such a sweet and lovely little girl. Shu Zhan stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Of course, Doctor Xu couldn't have given birth to a child, since he was a man. Xu Zi was actually born to Doctor Xu's wife.

This is a secret that everyone knows, except for the fact that it's easy to stretch.

Looking at Xu Zi's round face, Shu Zhan suddenly had an absurd idea—he also wanted a daughter, a daughter like her.

So when his mother pressed him about his feelings for Xu Zi later, he made up a dream to deceive her. He told his mother that Xu Zi was his long-lost daughter from his previous life.

To be honest, this was utterly absurd; even he himself wasn't sure he was telling the truth, and his mother had definitely seen through it long ago. Unexpectedly, not only did his mother not expose him, but she also agreed with his assessment, saying that Xu Zi did indeed resemble his future daughter.

Shu Zhan was completely bewildered by his mother's attitude. He swallowed hard and nodded guiltily. In any case, he managed to get away with it.

It has to be said that his mother was absolutely right; Xu Zi does indeed look a lot like his future daughter. However, it's not that she looks like his daughter, but rather that his daughter looks like her.

Why, you ask?

Because his daughter is her biological child, who else would she resemble if she didn't look like her?

After Shu Hua went to the Kingdom of Qing for a political marriage, he felt empty inside. Xu Zi, however, changed his playful nature and came to his residence every day to find him, disregarding all propriety and shame, only wanting to make him happy.

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