They soon arrived at Shen Zhiyan's house.

Ye Caiping got off the carriage and watched the workers install the furniture.

But because there were so many, it took a while to pack them.

After watching for a while, Ye Caiping felt a little bored, so Shen Zhiyan took her out shopping.

Unexpectedly, as he walked, he suddenly encountered a girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The girl's eyes lit up when she saw Shen Zhiyan, and she stepped forward shyly, saying, "Young Master Shen."

Ye Caiping immediately sensed something was amiss, and stared at him with a half-smile: "Mr. Shen, you're in the prime of your life today."

Shen Zhiyan looked at the girl coldly: "Who are you, young lady?"

The young woman was taken aback: "I am the daughter of the Marquis of Beiyang, and my surname is Ji."

Shen Zhiyan: "I don't know him. Please move aside and don't block the way."

Miss Ji's eyes reddened, and she ran away crying.

Ye Caiping exclaimed in shock, "You've scared the little girl half to death!"

Shen Zhiyan said innocently, "I usually ignore them. But just now in the village, you asked me to deal with them."

Ye Caiping: "......"

After a moment of silence, she said, "How exactly did you ignore me before?"

Shen Zhiyan: "Just walk right past them, they won't see you."

Ye Caiping's lips twitched slightly. You really aren't going to pay any attention to this?

After thinking for a moment, she said, "The way we did it before was good, let's continue!"

Shen Zhiyan, with his hands behind his back, said, "Mm."

......

When Ye Caiping and Shen Zhiyan returned to the Shen family home, all the furniture had been installed.

When Ye Caiping first entered Shen Zhiyan's bedroom, it was large and spacious.

The original decor was elegant and pleasant, and after replacing it with a room full of new rosewood furniture, it became even more calm and serene.

Shen Zhiyan stood in front of the six-foot-wide canopy bed and nodded: "It's beautiful. It's so big, you can sleep however you want."

Ye Caiping coughed lightly: "That's right."

Shen Zhiyan called out again, "Granny Feng."

Granny Feng was tidying up the newly furnished side room when she heard the noise and quickly came in: "Master, please give your orders."

"Have someone move the bedding and all the belongings from the bed to the east wing."

"Master, you'll be sleeping in the east wing starting tonight? That's true, with the new bed and new furniture, it's time to make room for the master bedroom."

As she spoke, Granny Feng glanced at Ye Caiping with a smile before turning and leaving.

Ye Caiping was stunned for a moment before she realized that the master and servant were... teasing her!

Ye Caiping blushed slightly and glared at him, embarrassed and annoyed.

A hint of a smile appeared in Shen Zhiyan's eyes; it was time to prepare the new house.

"Wow, all the furniture has been replaced with new furniture! Daddy—" Shen Manman's excited voice rang out from outside.

Ye Caiping quickly came out of Shen Zhiyan's room.

As soon as Shen Manman entered the courtyard, she saw Ye Caiping and exclaimed with delight, "Auntie!"

Then he pounced on it.

Ye Caiping touched her little face: "Where did you go to play?"

"Hehe, Jin'er, Huan'er, and I went to Jin Hua's embroidery shop! We sold embroidery all afternoon! Selling things was so much fun."

Shen Manman was very happy to see Ye Caiping touch her face, and even grabbed Ye Caiping's hand and rubbed it against her. Ye Caiping's heart melted as she watched her jump around.

He couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhiyan. How did this fisherman raise such an adorable daughter?

Seeing their intimacy, Shen Zhiyan's eyes filled with a gentle smile: "What about Jin'er and Huan'er?"

"Oh, they've gone home. If I'd known you were here, I would have called them over. Auntie, it's getting late, why don't you stay for dinner? I'll have Dad take you home tonight."

As she spoke, Shen Manman's eyes lit up, feeling incredibly clever!

They found another opportunity for their father and aunt to develop their relationship.

Ye Caiping nodded: "Okay!"

Shen Manman smiled, but turned around and glared at Shen Zhiyan.

Let's give that bad dad one last chance!

My father has been becoming increasingly unreliable lately.

She used to be able to guess what he was thinking and where he was going.

Now I can't figure him out; I just feel like something's off about him! Something's really off about him!

He hides in his room all day, sneaking around doing who-knows-what bad things, and he's even stopped fishing.

She even suspected that he was keeping a mistress and having a son with her without her knowledge.

Thinking about it, she shook her head violently again. No way! Even if he's a bad person, he shouldn't do such a thing.

Probably...

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Have you gone back to your room to see the new bed and the new dressing table?"

"I've seen them, thank you Auntie, I like them all."

“I designed all the furniture in your house myself, especially in your room. I put a lot of thought into it. Let me tell you about the clever uses of that new dressing table and vanity.”

"OK!"

Shen Manman took Ye Caiping's hand, and the two left together.

The two arrived at Shen Manman's room and stayed there for a full quarter of an hour.

The two did not go out until a servant brought them food.

But as soon as they stepped out of the hospital gate, Xiao Qiu approached with a strange expression and tugged at Chen Manman: "Miss..."

"What's wrong?"

When Shen Manman saw Xiao Qiu giving her a meaningful look, she frowned slightly and turned around to say, "Auntie, you go to the dining room first, I want to talk to Xiao Qiu."

"Okay, I'll be going now."

Ye Caiping turned and left.

She was already familiar with the Shen family's place and could walk to the dining room by herself.

Seeing Ye Caiping's figure disappear around the corner, Xiao Qiu pulled Shen Manman aside and whispered, "Miss, Ji Qing sent someone to deliver a message to you."

"Is it Ji Qing, the one who wants to be my stepmother?" Shen Manman snorted.

Xiao Qiu nodded: "Yes, it's her."

Shen Manman frowned: "Why are you paying attention to her?"

The Beiyang Marquis's family was only considered a middle-class noble family among the capital's aristocracy. Ji Qing was the daughter of the Beiyang Marquis's second wife; her father was a fifth-rank military officer in Nanzhou.

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