Chapter 050 You Don’t Need Friends
After a long while, all the guests left one after another, and Shen Ning and Su Lianyi were finally able to take a breath.
There was a clerk looking after the store, so the two of them went home to rest.
Xiao Nanchen asked Yuanyue to tell him that he was going home early, so Chen Ning took Qiyue back in a carriage. When the carriage was halfway there, the curtain moved slightly.
It is an inconspicuous April.
"Miss, it's confirmed. It was Chen Xuan. She was the one who bribed those people in Lindou Street."
Shen Ning drank a few more glasses of wine and felt a little dizzy. Hearing this, he sneered: "Let Sanyue go... Start with Shen Qingsong."
Slightly tipsy, she lost her usual gentle and good temper, and a cold look flashed in her eyes: "This family is like mice, always showing up to annoy us. Tell them to stop jumping around."
April nodded, "Yes, Miss."
Just as he was about to leave, Qiyue took out a bag of snacks that Chen Ning had specially reserved for him and handed it to Siyue: "Fourth brother, this is what the young lady specially reserved for you. She said you were away and didn't eat it just now."
The young April paused slightly, pursed his lips, took the snack with both hands, whispered "Thank you, Miss", then turned and disappeared into the carriage...
The carriage was shaking, and when she got home, Shen Ning had already fallen asleep in a daze.
He was woken up by July's soft voice, got off the carriage and walked to the porch. Seeing the lounge chair in front of the porch, he walked over and lay down.
The wind was cool and her face was very hot, so it was just right for her to lie here and enjoy the breeze.
Just when Shen Ning was about to fall asleep again, she suddenly heard a sound coming from the door.
"The lady is resting."
Shen Ning opened her eyes and looked through the gap between the flowers, and saw that it was Pei Yuanzhou.
She slapped Pei Yuanzhou's mother two days ago. Is she here to call for punishment?
Shen Ning, who was drunk, was feeling bored. She stood up and walked straight to the door, lazily folding her arms and raising her chin: "Master Pei, what can I do for you?"
Very provocative.
Pei Yuanzhou paused slightly.
He could tell that Shen Ning must have been drinking and was a little drunk, with a pink cheek, raised eyes, and leaning against the door frame with his arms folded, looking lazy.
Pei Yuanzhou lowered his eyes and presented the gift box with both hands: "I heard that Madam Shen opened a new store today, so I came to congratulate her."
Shen Ning was slightly startled, and glanced at him up and down in surprise.
The look in her eyes was casual and uninhibited... It was neither as pretentious as when Pei Yuanzhou first saw her, nor as cold and distant as later on, revealing a sense of unbridled casualness.
For some unknown reason, Pei Yuanzhou actually felt a rare sense of discomfort.
"The thought is appreciated, so the gift is unnecessary."
After saying that, Shen Ning was about to turn around, but she heard Pei Yuanzhou suddenly speak: "In the past, I was the one who had preconceived notions and had many contempts and rudeness towards Madam Shen. Yuanzhou is here to apologize to Madam Shen."
After saying this, Pei Yuanzhou actually bowed his hands and saluted Chen Ning: "My lady, you saved my life twice without holding grudges. Your kindness is as heavy as a mountain. Pei Yuanzhou is extremely grateful."
Shen Ning raised her eyebrows in surprise: "You want to ask for something?"
Pei Yuanzhou shook his head: "I don't have anything to ask for, but thinking about the past, I feel uneasy. I came here to apologize and thank you. I hope my wife can forgive me... If we can turn enemies into friends..."
Shen Ning raised her hand to stop him: "That's not necessary."
She looked down at Pei Yuanzhou with a half-smile, "Mr. Pei doesn't need friends. For you, everything is based on profit. In the past, you could despise and exploit Chen Ning, but now she seems to be somewhat useful, so you want to make peace...
Just like Li Yushi, who had no background and was distant and indifferent to you, now she can help you and has become your fiancée."
Shen Ning thought of the description of the future powerful official in the book. Even though it was the heroine Xie Lingyue, Pei Yuanzhou had already planned for her first.
She tutted her lips. "You can exploit a widow you despise so you can concentrate on studying for the exam, or accept someone you dislike so you can enter the capital after the autumn exam. But if you meet someone more suitable who can give you more, you will still abandon the one around you without hesitation... You only need people who can help you move up, not close relatives, and certainly not friends."
Shen Ning's words were slightly drunk and full of sarcasm.
Pei Yuanzhou's pupils suddenly shrank... but it was only for a moment, and the next moment his expression returned to normal, with his eyes slightly lowered.
Others would feel embarrassed when their secrets were spoken about, but the strange thing was that Pei Yuanzhou was only stunned for a moment after being treated so harshly, and then he raised the corners of his mouth and showed a slight smile.
“I didn’t expect that Madam Shen actually understood me so well.”
There was no sign of embarrassment at being exposed by Shen Ning. Instead, he even looked strangely happy.
Shen Ning snorted and laughed: "So, Mr. Pei, stop pretending to be a gentleman and please go back."
After saying that, she turned around and went back.
Looking at the woman whose back was swaying slightly due to her tipsiness, Pei Yuanzhou was silent for a moment, then nodded politely. He still looked like a gentleman, placed the gift box at the door, and turned to leave...
Chen Ning went there intending to have a quarrel, but in the end she failed to do so, but at least she had a good argument.
But just as she staggered to the lounge chair in the corridor, she saw Xiao Nanchen, who had disappeared from Mi Ji before, sitting there.
There is still moisture in the hair. Did he just take a shower?
Why does your face look so sour?
"What is he doing here?" Xiao Nanchen frowned.
Shen Ning waved her hand and asked him to get up and move aside: "Congratulations on the opening of my new store."
Seeing that she seemed a little unsteady, Xiao Nanchen stood up and asked her to sit down. Then he saw her lying there lazily as if she had no bones, reaching out to pick up the teacup from the small table next to her and take a sip... Her lips were especially red from the alcohol.
Was this the look on her face when she went to meet Pei Yuanzhou just now?
Xiao Nanchen's face darkened even further: "Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?"
Shen Ning paused slightly, put down the teacup and turned back.
Thinking of what Su Lianyi said, and how this person always said in front of others that she would never be allowed to remarry, Shen Ning felt a little annoyed.
She leaned back in the recliner and spoke casually, "I already told you very clearly last time, Anan, there's really no need for you to act like you want me to be a member of the Zhao family in life and a ghost in death in front of outsiders."
Xiao Nanchen frowned immediately: "She wants to set you up with someone else... Could it be that you want to remarry now?"
Shen Ning got angry just by looking at him, so she just followed his words and irritated him: "Didn't you say last time that I'm still young, right?"
Xiao Nanchen's face turned pale. "Who are you going to marry? That old widower or that hypocrite?"
Shen Ning tutted her words: "There are so many men in the world, why do I have to find one between the two of them?"
Xiao Nanchen's expression had completely darkened. "So you're still planning on taking your time choosing?"
He spoke each word with emphasis: "Chen Ning, don't forget what you said at the beginning, that you would mourn for my eldest brother for three years..."
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