Chapter 137 New Home Progress Bar - Two Guards

"I'm full, aunt." Shen Yuan put down his chopsticks and touched his round belly.

"I'm really full. I'm not being polite to my aunt, am I?"

"Really, really, if you eat more it will come out."

Shen Yuan's words made the other three laugh. The princess hugged her and said, "Take a rest after you're full. I'll let Youqi take you home."

After dinner, the four of them moved to the side hall, where a maid brought them scented tea for rinsing their mouths, and then served them some clear tea for moistening their mouths.

"This is Manman's first time eating at my home. I hope you can come often in the future. You don't need to send me a message. You can come whenever you want."

Shen Yuan nodded obediently, and the hairpin on her head moved up and down, which made Princess Kangle happy. She was thinking in her heart that the many jewellery she had kept in her private store would have someone to wear in the future.

It was getting late, and after sitting for a while, it was time for Shen Yuan to go back. The two houses were not far away, and Shen Yuan had eaten a lot in the evening, so he said he might as well walk back, which would help him digest the food.

"Drive slowly, come and play next time—"

Princess Kang Le and Xie Yuan walked the two men to the door and watched them turn the corner and disappear before going in.

The sun was about to set and the lanterns outside the shops on the street had just been lit. People were pushing carts on the road. On the carts were all kinds of things, such as steamed buns, steamed cakes, and mutton soup. Even after the carts were pushed far away, the fragrance could still be smelled along the way.

"Fourth Miss Shen!"

"Second Mother! Long time no see. Are you just closing up your stall or are you going to open another one?"

Shen Yuan saw Er Niang and the young man pushing the cart beside her. He was also with Er Niang the last time she saw her on the street.

"It's time to close the stall. We won't be open tonight." Er Niang also saw Xie Hui. She still remembered the guy who asked her about the fourth girl last time.

Now seeing the two of them together, and looking very close, Er Niang was worried that Shen Yuan didn't know what happened, so she wanted to borrow her space to talk.

"Fourth Miss, that person...? I'm not trying to find out anything, I just told you that he came to my stall and asked you about it."

"Don't worry, I already know that. Thank you for keeping it in mind."

"That's good." Second Lady also breathed a sigh of relief. She could see that the way the handsome young man looked at the Fourth Lady now, it was clear that he had feelings for her. And the way they looked just now... Second Lady was very happy for Shen Yuan and felt that they couldn't be a better match.

"How have you been lately?"

"I'm married." Speaking of this, Er Niang smiled, turned around to look at her husband, and said to Shen Xi, "He is a scholar, without a father or a mother, and he is the only one in the family. He opened a private school to teach the children in the neighborhood. My brother and sister also studied with him. Now I still sell steamed buns as usual. He will come with me to the stall every day, and then he will go back to the private school. In the afternoon, after the private school is closed, he will come to help me sell for a while."

"Great! You two look like a perfect match!"

"Thank you, Fourth Miss. If it weren't for you, I might have..."

Shen Yuan smiled and said, "No need to say that, I just said a few words casually, it is you who will live a good life."

"You and that young man are a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman."

After saying goodbye to Er Niang, Shen Yuan told Xie Hui about how he first met Er Niang and asked him, "You suspected me then, right? Where were you then?"

"It's not suspicion, just curiosity. I heard you talking at the window of the restaurant across the street." Talking about that time, Xie Hui felt embarrassed because he went to find out out of curiosity. Although he didn't find out anything, he did it.

"Manman, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked about you at the beginning."

"Don't make this an exception!"

Xie Hui immediately assured, "Okay, there won't be a next time."

"How come you have such good hearing that you can hear things from across the street? Are you a clairaudient?"

"Everyone who practices martial arts has practiced this. My situation is nothing. The Emperor's shadow guards can hear even farther."

"They are so powerful. Did they know when I pretended to faint in the cell last time? I told you that you should just knock me out. That way it would be more realistic."

"I can hear it, but it doesn't matter. They are only responsible for guarding. The first rule of the Shadow Guard is not to talk too much. If the emperor doesn't ask, they won't say anything. Even if he asks, you were dizzy after leaving the cell. You were just tired at first. What's wrong with that?"

"Youqi brother."

"What's wrong?"

"You are so cunning."

Xie replied: ...Can he take this as a compliment? I think so.

There was one more thing that Xie Hui had forgotten about. When Shadow Guard was mentioned, he remembered that he had not told Shen Yuan about it yet.

"When the emperor gave me the house, he also gave me Dark Night Shadow as guards. Let them follow you in the future. When we are engaged, let them go to the Shen Mansion first."

Shen Yuan was a little confused. "Can't a shadow guard only follow the emperor? And the salary in the palace should be very high, isn't it a waste of talent for him to come to our house?"

"Dark Night Shadow is probably not the most confidential one among Shadow Guards, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to borrow it last time. And they have also shown their faces in public, so they may not be able to be Shadow Guards anymore."

"Ah? Then I'm affecting his career."

"It doesn't matter. Just give them more salary. Besides, maybe they will prefer being guards."

"Full—"

The two were talking when Shen Yuan heard the voice and looked up, and saw Shen Su walking towards him hurriedly.

"Brother, why are you here?"

"I'm here to pick you up. It's dark now and it's dangerous outside." Shen Xu said while glancing at Xie Hui, his meaning was self-evident.

"I have met Brother Shen before."

Shen Xu snorted, "Forget about Brother Shen. It's not certain who is older between the two of us!"

"Brother, you are older. He was born in September and you in February."

"Girl, how can you ruin the show?"

"It's not good that you are older than him, he has to call you brother."

"I'm not older than him, but he still has to call me brother!"

"So what are you planning?"

Once the brother and sister started arguing, it would go on and on, and they only stopped when they both said they were tired.

Shen Yuan replied to Xie: "Brother Youqi, you can just send me here, and I will go back with you."

Shen Xu continued in a sarcastic tone, "Just send it here! I'll wait! For! a! long! time! Brother!"

Then I was pushed by my sister again...

"Okay, then go back slowly."

"Let's go home, it's getting dark." Shen Xu took his sister and left.

Shen Yuan walked a long way and turned back to wave goodbye to Xie Hui, then his head was pressed down and he was turned back again. This action was repeated four or five times.

Xie Hui kept watching the brother and sister fighting with a smile on his face from behind, until he could no longer see their figures, then he turned around and left.

"Shen Manman, you are a little girl, can you be more reserved?"

"Shen Su! You are a little man, but you are not so reserved! Who was it that wanted to see my sister-in-law every day in various ways, and even asked me to pass a message to you? How can you only allow yourself to set a fire and not allow your sister to light a lamp?"

"I……"

"Don't say you're different because you're a man. The law doesn't say that girls have to be reserved, but men don't."

"You're so sharp-tongued." Shen Su stretched out his hand, ruffled his sister's hair, and then ran away quickly.

"Shen Su——! You wait for me!"

--night

"Yingniang, why is the door locked? I haven't even entered yet."

"Manman sleeps with me tonight, and you sleep in the study."

Shen Yuan: Smirking...

Shen Su: Crying...