Chapter 107 Inquiry
What have you been doing?
Shen Yuanzhu stood up and reached out to take the things from Xie Qi's hands.
Xie Qi turned to the side: "Chen, I'll take care of it."
He placed the oil paper packages strung together on the table and then unwrapped them one by one.
Before long, the room was filled with the aroma of pastries.
“I passed by a pastry shop and, knowing you like them, I bought some.”
Shen Yuanzhu raised an eyebrow as she looked at the pastries labeled with different shop names such as Zhang Family, Li Family, and Huang Family on the oil paper.
These three places, how could they possibly be on the same route?
Taking out the handkerchief, Shen Yuanzhu handed it to Xie Qi: "Did my husband go out of his way to buy this? You've gone through a lot of trouble."
Her handkerchief carried a familiar, warm fragrance, not a pungent powdery scent, nor a floral fragrance.
Xie Qi couldn't describe the smell, but it smelled very nice, and he liked it very much.
But he only stared down at the handkerchief and never reached out to take it.
He was tall and had long legs, making him appear quite robust standing in front of Shen Yuanzhu. As if afraid that she wouldn't understand his meaning, Xie Qi suppressed his embarrassment and bent down slightly to lean closer.
"..."
Shen Yuanzhu was confused for a moment, but quickly came to her senses.
She raised her hand and pressed the handkerchief to Xie Qi's forehead.
Xie Qi pursed his lips, his face tense, looking as if he was unhappy.
Shen Yuanzhu looked him up and down, and paused for a moment as he pondered.
The faint fragrance became clearer when she came closer, but for some reason, Xie Qi always felt that the scent on her body was different from his own.
Just as he was wondering about this, he saw Shen Yuanzhu stop what she was doing.
Helpless, Xie Qi could only snort in dissatisfaction.
Shen Yuanzhu looked up and saw that his eyes were slightly lowered, and his bright eyes, half-hidden behind his eyelids, were bright and dazzling, with a strange, pleading look.
"You've been to so many shops, aren't you hot?"
Xie Qi hummed in response, but didn't say anything. He just leaned closer and closer, almost burying his face in Chen Yuanzhu's arms.
She smells so good.
Xie Qi didn't understand either. How could Shen Yuanzhu smell so good and make people feel so at ease?
He moved closer and closer, but Shen Yuanzhu didn't flinch. She simply wiped the thin layer of sweat from his forehead little by little.
"Do you want to go wash up?"
Xie Qi shook his head, his voice carrying an unreadable hint of probing: "Yuanzhu."
"Um."
"Marry me..."
"Um."
Xie Qi half-closed his eyelids, wanting to ask her if she had ever regretted it.
I wonder if, in the future, she knew that Xie Xuchuan had his reasons for marrying Jiang Wansu, would she abandon him?
Will she go back to Xie Xuchuan's side, wipe his sweat, and ask him if he's hot or thirsty?
But he dared not ask, much less speak out.
I dare not, and do not want Shen Yuanzhu to know anything about Xie Xuchuan.
It would be best if Shen Yuanzhu never knew about that messy affair with Jiang Wansu.
After a long pause, Xie Qi said, word by word, "Yuanzhu, if you marry me, I'll earn you lots of money in the future, okay?"
"I'll give you countless amounts of silver."
"In a few days, I will receive a sum of money, and I will buy you jewelry and new clothes."
"You like pastries, so I'll open a pastry shop for you..."
Xie Qi was relieved, relieved that Shen Yuanzhu liked silver.
Fortunately, every copper coin Xie Xuchuan earned had to be handed over to the Xie family patriarch.
But he won't.
He would only give it to Shen Yuanzhu.
"silver?"
Shen Yuanzhu blinked and became even more attentive in wiping Xie Qi's sweat.
Her fingertips lightly brushed against Xie Qi's earlobe, and Xie Qi's waist went limp, and he tried to pull away.
But at this moment he had made a lot of progress, and he actually stood still in place, even bringing his face close and unconsciously rubbing it gently.
"Your ears are very red, you must be really hot."
Xie Qi kept his eyes closed and let out a soft "hmm" through his nose.
Shen Yuanzhu reached out and fanned him before pushing him toward the bathhouse.
"Wash up and cool off, and I'll have Xiaozhi serve you a bowl of refreshing soup."
Xie Qi reluctantly entered the bathroom and quickly finished washing up.
Night had fallen, and by the time he dried his hair and came out, Shen Yuanzhu was already asleep.
On the table was a bowl of cooling soup, still slightly chilled, which must have been chilled with well water.
Xie Qi sipped the soup slowly, feeling that today's cooling soup was both sweet and astringent.
Perhaps it was because Shen Yuanzhu was still young, but she always seemed to be sleepy. She was so sleepy and slept so soundly that she didn't even notice when Xie Qi lifted the gauze curtain and walked into the canopy bed.
“Yuanzhu…”
Xie Qi reached out and gently scratched Chen Yuanzhu's fingertips.
"You don't want to..."
Don't abandon me.
Xie Qi murmured softly as he leaned close to Chen Yuanzhu and gently sniffed her neck.
Only when he smelled that comforting, warm fragrance could he stop feeling like he was walking on a cliff, constantly on edge, afraid that he might slip and fall back into the dark abyss...
"What are you doing?"
Shen Yuanzhu was half asleep when she opened her eyes and saw Xie Qi standing right in front of her.
Xie Qi leaned back slightly and said softly, "I forgot to tell you earlier that my brother asked us to come back to the Shen family for dinner tomorrow."
"He said that after you got married, your sister-in-law missed you very much and often talked about you at home, so she asked us to go back and reunite with you tomorrow."
"..."
After a long silence, Shen Yuanzhu pursed her lips and nodded gently: "I understand. I'll go back tomorrow."
Would Ye Yunyi talk about her?
It's more likely that they'll be cursing loudly every day.
But it didn't matter; she enjoyed watching Ye Yunyi and Shen Yuanqiong go crazy.
Especially now that Xie Qi is at the height of her fame, even if Shen Yanhuai doesn't look for her, she will still find a way to go back to the Shen family.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuanzhu decided that tomorrow she would wear the clothes and jewelry that her sister-in-law and her husband had saved up.
Their unhappiness is her happiness!
After agreeing to return to the Shen family, Shen Yuanzhu turned over and fell asleep again.
Xie Qi remained seated by the bed, clutching the end of Shen Yuanzhu's hair and playing with it for a long, long time.
“Miss, I have already begun to carry out the instructions you gave me yesterday. I had Xiaozhi deliver a message to Granny Liang, and she will go to see Madam Jiang today.”
As Luo styled Shen Yuanzhu's hair, she said, "Miss, why is there a piece missing from the end of your hair?"
"Um?"
Brushing the hair to the front, I could see a tuft of hair about the length of a finger at the end.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it."
She had no time for such trivial matters. Today, she was going to the Shen family to show off her power.
I selected several fine items made of agarwood, and wore each of them in a prominent position.
Sure enough, upon arriving at the Shen family home, Shen Yuanqiong's eyes seemed to bleed when she saw her.
Shen Yuanzhu ignored all of this and quietly listened to Shen Yanhuai and Xie Qi talking about Yuan Xu's private banquet.
After pouring wine for Xie Qi, Shen Yanhuai said, "Since you're here today, I'd like to ask you about two people."
Xie Qi said, "Please speak, elder brother."
Shen Yanhuai smiled faintly: "Are you familiar with Jixia Manor and Xiecui Workshop?"
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Xie Qi: Activate the Ghost Mode.
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