The second branch of the Beiyang Marquis's family both live in Nanzhou, but they return to the capital for the New Year.

Therefore, Ji Qing recognized Shen Zhiyan.

Several years ago, when Shen Manman first came to Nanzhou, she ran into Ji Qing on the street. The two were not acquainted at first. However, since Shen Manman rarely met a young lady from the capital, they chatted for a few minutes.

Ji Qing then frequently made excuses to visit the Shen family.

Gradually, Shen Manman discovered that Ji Qing's friendship with her was fake; her true intention was to covet her father.

Shen Manman and Ji Qing didn't get along in the first place, and after discovering Ji Qing's ulterior motives, she became even more annoyed and cut off all contact with her.

Xiao Qiu said, "This servant didn't want to pay any attention to her... It's just that when I came back from buying things outside, I saw Ji Qing's maid lingering at the door, so I asked her a question. The maid said..."

"say what?"

"She said that Miss Ji ran into the master on the street today. The master was actually shopping with a woman. She also said that the woman had a vixen-like face and didn't look like she came from a respectable family."

Shen Manman's vision went black: "What?"

Her father actually...

Seeing Shen Manman's strong reaction, Xiao Qiu's face also turned pale: "This matter... I don't want to believe it either, but... I feel I should tell you, Miss."

"Actually, besides that... this morning, my brother Duanwu went to take out the trash and accidentally dropped a crumpled piece of paper."

I picked it up and looked at it...it was actually a poem...

Shen Manman felt dizzy: "What poem? Give it to me!"

Xiao Qiu quickly took it out from her bosom.

Shen Manman unfolded it and saw that it contained Shen Zhiyan's handwriting.

Although it only has two lines, it's clear that it's a poem about longing...

Shen Manman gasped. He was out shopping with another woman, and even writing love poems...

He really... has someone else outside! He's keeping a mistress!

Shen Manman almost cried from anger, her body swaying precariously.

"Miss... calm down!" Xiao Qiu quickly supported her, saying anxiously, "Miss is the master's daughter... there's no need to react so strongly."

Don't act like your husband had an affair and was caught cheating by the wife!

Shen Manman's eyes were red: "How can this be the same? If it were before, I wouldn't care what he did outside, but now that someone wants Aunt Ye... it's over!"

Xiao Qiu asked timidly, "Will Miss also try to matchmake Master and Aunt Ye?"

"No, destroy them all!"

Shen Manman looked completely listless.

Upon arriving at the dining room, Ye Caiping and Shen Zhiyan were already seated and chatting.

With her broken heart, Shen Manman sat down next to Ye Caiping, pouting.

Ye Caiping looked at her: "Hey, why are your eyes so red? Your little lips are so pouty, where did you get upset?"

"No." Shen Manman said, then suddenly hugged Ye Caiping's arm: "Auntie, how about I recognize you as my godmother?"

Ye Caiping choked for a moment.

Shen Zhiyan almost spat out his tea: "Nonsense."

Shen Manman ignored him and looked at Ye Caiping earnestly: "Don't you want another lovely daughter like me, Auntie?"

Ye Caiping: "Uh... I'd like to. But a godmother or something, that's really unnecessary..."

She looked listless and dejected.

Ye Caiping pinched her cheek and said to Shen Zhiyan, "By the way, where is the Marquis?"

Shen Zhiyan said, "He's been investigating military affairs everywhere. Now that he's here, he wants to investigate all the military affairs in the south. He's been gone for several days."

After the meal, Shen Zhiyan personally escorted Ye Caiping home.

Shen Manman returned to her room, picked up a pen, and began to write a letter:

Grandmother's Note:

Manman felt that her father and Aunt Ye were completely over. Why didn't her grandmother adopt Aunt Ye as her goddaughter? If they couldn't be husband and wife, they could be siblings! If she couldn't call her mother, she could call her aunt.

......

The moon rises above the treetops.

A horse-drawn carriage stopped not far from Ye Caiping's house.

The two remained seated in the carriage without getting off.

Ye Caiping said, "Although our relationship hasn't been made public yet... how about we tell Manman first? She seems very worried."

Shen Zhiyan sat opposite her: "No. That girl has developed a serious air leak in the past year or two. We need to teach her a lesson so she'll remember it."

Ye Caiping sighed and looked at the moon outside the window: "We've been sitting here for a long time."

Shen Zhiyan: "Not long, only half an hour."

Ye Caiping: "......"

Then I sat for another 15 minutes.

Even Shanzi and Duanwu, who were driving horses, ran off to play with tree branches in the distance.

Ye Caiping looked at him by the moonlight and said, "Ahem, it's getting late."

Shen Zhiyan: "Then I'll leave?"

"Or what?"

Shen Zhiyan paused for a moment, then said, "Then I'll go."

Ye Caiping quickly lifted the car curtain.

Shen Zhiyan then got off the carriage, took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it to her.

Ye Caiping laughed: "What is this?"

"letter."

Ye Caiping tilted her head: "What can't you say? Write me a letter?"

Shen Zhiyan coughed lightly: "It's a letter I give you every day."

Ye Caiping snapped out of her reverie; this was a poem for her...

Ye Caiping lowered her eyes and chuckled softly, tucking a stray hair behind her ear: "Mr. Shen, don't you dislike romance and poetry?"

Shen Zhiyan's ears turned slightly red: "Yes, I really don't like it. But when I think of you... for some reason, I always have endless poems to write."

Ye Caiping felt a sweet warmth in her heart, her eyes crinkling with joy: "Mr. Shen is truly talented, I admire him greatly."

Shen Zhiyan looked at her. Under the pale moonlight, she was elegant and beautiful. Her smiling eyes seemed to hold a galaxy, dazzling and radiant.

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