Chapter 241 Make amends
"Madam Xie, after such a long journey, are you feeling tired?"
After traveling for several days, the group arrived at the post station today, where Yun Zheng walked over with a big smile on his face.
He was holding a bag of fragrant pears he had just bought from the post station. They were washed clean and looked very appetizing.
Shen Yuanzhu looked at him strangely, and suddenly became wary.
"The Yun Dong family..."
"Madam Xie, please don't call me that. Haven't I already told you? My Jixia Manor, like Xiecui Fang, has a boss behind it."
“I am just a lowly worker, running errands and helping out in the shop every day. I have no say in anything important.”
As Yun Zheng spoke, he winked at Chen Yuanzhu and then grinned warmly.
He felt a bitter taste in his mouth when he saw Luo looking at him as if he were facing a formidable enemy.
"This must be Madam Luo, right? You must be tired. Why don't you have some pears to quench your thirst? Every single one of them has been washed by my own hands and is absolutely clean."
As soon as Shen Yuanqiong came out of her room, she saw Yun Zheng in the courtyard, looking at Shen Yuanzhu with a very attentive expression.
They delivered water and food.
Throughout the entire journey, Yun Zheng didn't even glance at her.
However, he fawned over Shen Yuanzhu, a married woman, in every way.
Shen Yuanqiong watched, then angrily tore at the handkerchief in her hand.
When Ye Yunyi came out, she saw her sister-in-law staring at the courtyard with a resentful look on her face.
"I wonder if the owner of Jixia Manor has gone mad, because he keeps circling around Shen Yuanzhu."
Ye Yunyi's tone was also extremely sour. She wanted to cause trouble for Shen Yuanzhu several times along the way, but Shen Yanhuai stopped her each time.
Yesterday, she couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to say something, but Shen Yanhuai said something that startled her: "You treated her badly in your boudoir in the past, how dare you come up to her now?"
That little slut Shen Yuanzhu, I wonder what she said to her husband.
Ye Yunyi was terrified, afraid that Shen Yanhuai would find out her true colors. These past few days, she had no choice but to be extremely obedient, as soft as a dough ball, and always stayed by Shen Yanhuai's side.
Seeing this scene, no matter how indignant she was, she could only incite Shen Yuanqiong to go forward and fight.
"You're something else. People can only look at someone who's been married before, but they look down on you, who's still unmarried. I really feel sorry for you."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanqiong raised her eyelids slightly: "That Yun Zheng only likes married women, but treats you like you don't exist. It's clear that you are really mediocre."
“If I were the sister-in-law, I would take better care of myself so that my brother wouldn’t lose interest and have any other thoughts.”
After saying that, Shen Yuanqiong glanced at Yun Zheng and Shen Yuanzhu, then turned and went inside.
Seeing this, Ye Yunyi suppressed the urge to curse her and turned to leave.
Shen Yuanzhu was unaware that her actions with Yun Zheng had been observed, and she simply kept making excuses.
Seeing that she was wary of him, Yun Zheng used his trump card: "Madam Xie, don't be afraid, I have no bad intentions."
“Indeed, Jixia Manor and Xiecui Workshop had some conflicts in the past, but those were all misunderstandings. I can vouch for my boss; he had absolutely no intention of harming you.”
Seeing that Shen Yuanzhu's smile was not genuine, Yun Zheng couldn't help but say, "I'm here today to make amends to Madam Xie."
make up?
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanzhu finally looked up at Yun Zheng.
"Madam Xie, let's go inside... let's talk in the courtyard."
"Please, Manager Yun."
Shen Yuanzhu raised her hand and pointed to the stone table in the courtyard, inviting Yun Zheng to go first.
She wanted to see how Yunzheng intended to make amends.
Seeing Yun Zheng obediently carrying the pear over, Shen Yuanzhu felt very strange.
Yun Zheng's attitude towards her was too strange.
It's no wonder she overthinks things; this Yun man is known for his unconventional ways of doing things, so she has to be careful.
Especially at this critical juncture, in the Cui Cui Fang, where her scale pattern had just caught the eye of the inner court eunuch, she had to be extremely careful in everything she did.
Shen Yuanzhu's mind was filled with Yun Zheng's past "achievements," and she was afraid that he had his eye on the formula for the scale dye and wanted to harm her in the same way he had harmed the Xie family.
Therefore, when he saw Yun Zheng take out a thick stack of silver notes and push them in front of him, he didn't react for a long time.
She frowned slightly, her voice tinged with confusion: "What does Manager Yun mean by this?"
Yun Zheng smiled wryly: "To make up for Madam Xie's losses! I've calculated it, and the batch of goods that Xiecuifang lost back then was worth about this much."
"Madam, there is no need to worry. Didn't I say at the time that I would take out the goods and return them intact?"
"I was so busy that I forgot about it, which is why it's been delayed until now. Now that I've seen you, Madam, I immediately remembered."
Yun Zheng looked at Shen Yuanzhu with eager eyes and pushed the stack of silver notes forward again.
Seeing that she remained unmoved, Yun Zheng smiled wryly and said, "Madam, please keep them. They are all official notes, which can be exchanged for silver anywhere."
Shen Yuanzhu looked at Yun Zheng and tilted her head slightly: "Give me this silver note, and I don't need to sign any contract with you?"
Yun Zheng shook his head: "No need! There's no need for Madam to do anything. It's my Jixia Manor that owes Madam. Paying back debts is only right and proper. How can I ask Madam to sign any contract with me?"
Seeing that she was still hesitating, Yun Zheng said earnestly, "Madam, please accept it. After all, we..."
He wiped his face, his expression a grimace of bitterness: "After all, we, including Young Master Shen, are all family."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanzhu frowned suddenly.
She lowered her eyes for a long time before saying, "You said you're not the owner of Jixia Manor, so who is the owner behind you?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zheng almost shed two lines of tears.
Through his teary eyes, he looked at Shen Yuanzhu and said with pursed lips, "Madam Xie, you'll know when we get to the capital..."
Shen Yuanzhu lowered her head, took the silver notes in front of her, and turned to leave.
Watching her retreating figure, Yun Zheng clasped his hands together and bowed to the heavens.
"It's good that you've accepted it, it's good that you've accepted it."
If they accept it, it means there's still room for maneuver.
He gazed in the direction of the capital and muttered to himself, "Xie Qi, Xie Qi, this is all I can do to help you..."
Shen Yuanzhu took the silver notes and returned to the house, then handed them to Luo Qing.
"Miss, this is..."
She paused for a moment, her expression indifferent: "Yunzheng gave it to me, saying it was compensation for the goods from Songjiang that he had previously detained."
"Huh?"
Luo Qing looked surprised: "Why did he suddenly think of this now? Is he coveting the scale-patterned dye in Miss's possession?"
"..."
Shen Yuanzhu shook her head: "No."
"That is..."
"You'll know when you get to the capital."
After saying that, Shen Yuanzhu went back to her room to rest and did not show up again.
In the following days, she mostly stayed alone in her room or in the carriage.
Luo asked several times, but Shen Yuanzhu had no intention of answering.
Only Yun Zheng endured more than twenty days of fear before finally arriving in the capital.
Looking at the majestic city gates of the capital, he was so excited that he almost knelt down.
I wonder if Xie Qi has received his message...
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