After she finished speaking, all that followed was silence.
Shen Qiyin looked up in confusion.
Xiao Yan had his usual cold face, but she felt that his aloofness was different from usual.
After a moment, he replied, "I have never heard of such a thing."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qiyin's eyes showed deep thought.
If Xiao Yan doesn't know this, am I just overthinking it?
Or is it...?
Was he too young to know at the time?
Xiao Yan: "Why do you ask that?"
Since he asked, Shen Qiyin naturally wouldn't hide anything, and she repeated to him all the questions that Old Madam Wei had asked her, and at the end she added her own speculation about the matter: "Judging from the old lady's attitude, it seems that she has mistaken me for someone else."
That's why I guessed that a child had been lost from the Marquis's residence.
Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and said, "In this generation, the Marquis of Wu'an's family only has three children."
"The eldest son, Wei Xuan, was born to the first wife of the Marquis of Wu'an."
"After her death, the Marquis of Wu'an married his current wife, and they had twins, a boy and a girl, a daughter named Wei Qianxing and a son named Wei Heng."
Shen Qiyin nodded and said, "If that's what you say, then I must have misunderstood."
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan suddenly changed the subject: "However..."
"but?"
"The Marquis of Wu'an also had a younger sister, who was said to have married far away to Ganzhou and had a daughter, but unfortunately she died young."
"Since she died young, Madam Wei had no reason to recognize me as her."
More importantly, she clearly has parents!
It would be better if there were none at all.
Since nothing seemed to make sense, Shen Qiyin realized she had been overthinking things and stopped worrying about it.
Xiao Yan had no intention of bringing it up again, and instead said, "The second question."
Miss Shen thought to herself, "Huh? Why does this person seem even more enthusiastic than I am?"
Meeting Xiao Yan's slightly bright eyes, Shen Qiyin suddenly felt the pressure increase.
After much deliberation, he hesitated before asking, "It seems that you are collecting flutes of all kinds. I'm a little curious, did the owners of those flutes all agree to sell them so readily?"
"Is there anyone who would rather give up a thousand pieces of gold than sell their flute?"
“You…” Xiao Yan frowned, seemingly hesitant to speak.
"Um?"
Is that all you wanted to ask me?
"No, is it not allowed?" She suddenly became a little uncertain.
“…Okay.” Xiao Yan lowered his eyelashes, concealing his disappointment, but still answered, “That has happened before, what happened?”
"So what did the adult do?"
"No matter what, if he doesn't sell, then so be it."
Just as Shen Qiyin was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard him say meaningfully, "It's just a flute, not a person."
She sensed a hidden meaning in his words, and unconsciously gripped her sleeve, asking casually, "If it's a human, then what?"
"If they're human, they'll stop at nothing." There's no one the Thousand Eagle Guards can't capture!
Shen Xiyin was somewhat alarmed upon hearing this.
Xiao Yan gently rubbed his hands on his knees a few times. Seeing that she remained silent, he tightened his grip and asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask me?"
"It's gone."
"……oh."
After a moment of silence, Xiao Yan opened the drawer and took out a few sheets of paper: "Take a look at this."
Shen Qiyin took it and saw that it was a drawing of several mansions.
Xiao Yan then said, "I heard from Xiong Lu that you want to buy a house."
"These residences are all quite nice, in good locations, reasonably priced, and the houses are very new, requiring no renovation. They can be moved in as soon as they are cleaned."
Shen Xiyin flipped through the pages one by one, her eyes growing brighter with each reading.
The houses that Xiao Yan helped her choose perfectly suited her tastes, but the prices...
"How much silver do these cost?"
"One hundred taels."
"One hundred taels?!" Shen Qiyin was shocked.
"Too expensive?" Xiao Yan quickly changed his mind: "Then fifty taels."
"..."
Does she look as stupid as Wei Xuan?
Such a large house, located in a bustling area, should cost at least four or five hundred taels of silver. How could it possibly be sold for only one hundred taels!
Xiao Yan explained this by saying, "The homeowner was in a hurry to sell."
Shen Qiyin unfolded the few sheets of paper in her hand: "Are the owners of all five houses in such a hurry to make a move?"
“Hmm…” Xiao Yan blinked and said seriously, “No coincidence is more than a story.”
Shen Qiyin: "..."
Although, how does this person manage to spout nonsense with such a straight face?
"Thank you for your trouble, sir. I'll go back and discuss it with Ren Dong to see which one she prefers." Since Xiao Yan was so eager to curry favor, she would accept his kindness.
From the moment she decided to cling to him, there could never be a clear distinction between them.
The two sat facing each other, and remained silent for a moment.
Shen Qiyin originally thought that Xiao Yan would continue yesterday's topic. His earlier words "by any means necessary" had already made her decision and she had thought of a way to deal with it. But after waiting for a long time, he just looked at her without saying a word.
Seeing this, she took her leave, saying, "I suppose you have other official business to attend to, so I won't disturb you any longer."
Xiao Yan's thin lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
He remained silent until Shen Qiyin got up to leave, his brow furrowed slightly.
Didn't he already tell her his courtesy name?
Why is she still calling me "adult"? It sounds so distant...
He doesn't like it.
Shen Qiyin had no idea about Xiao Yan's complicated and awkward thoughts. After carefully putting away the blueprints of those houses, she got into the carriage and returned to Guangrentang.
As she entered the clinic, she unexpectedly encountered an old friend.
He was an old man nearing sixty, with graying temples and a thin build, but still quite handsome; one could imagine he must have been rather good-looking in his youth.
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