Chapter 188 A Show of Power
Shen Ning's carriage stopped in front of the Shen's Silk Shop. She turned to Xiao Nanchen and said, "I need to take care of some chores for the silk shop. I'm afraid it will take a long time. You should go back and do your thing first."
His Royal Highness Prince Ding remained calm and carefully observed Shen Ning's expression, then tentatively said, "I don't have anything to do these days, so why don't I wait..."
Facing Chen Ning's scrutinizing and suspicious gaze, he suddenly changed the subject: "Why don't I wait until you're done and then come find you."
His Royal Highness Prince Ding looked normal: "A Diao missed you. I'll take you to the palace to see it."
Thinking of that stupid bird of prey, Shen Ning's expression softened a bit, and then she nodded, "Okay."
After saying that, she got off the carriage first.
Xiao Nanchen also got out of the car and stood aside with Chengying, watching Chen Ning enter the silk shop.
After a moment, Xiao Nanchen asked, "Did she notice it?"
Chengying hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to say, "Your Highness was... a little careless just now."
Xiao Nanchen fell silent.
In fact, he already knew that Chengying's words were very cautious: he was not careless just now, he was simply dizzy.
I felt dizzy when I saw Shen Ning talking to that guy surnamed Pei.
It’s not that His Royal Highness Prince Ding has no confidence in himself, but because he knows that before meeting him, Chen Ning was indeed interested in Pei Yuanzhou... That hypocritical scholar looked like a person who could deceive people, so it’s no wonder that Chen Ning had misjudged him before.
But now, he is already Shen Ning's fiancé... although only in name.
In the past, I could still endure it when there was no hope, but now that I finally see the light of day, it is especially difficult to suppress my anxiety.
He couldn't bear to see Chen Ning looking at others, nor could he bear to see others looking at Chen Ning, especially the man surnamed Pei.
She was just overwhelmed by jealousy, and that's when Shen Ning realized something was wrong.
Or maybe she just had some doubts...
His Royal Highness Prince Ding comforted himself silently.
Shen Ning walked in with July and February, and said faintly: "Am I being tricked?"
July exclaimed, "What are you talking about, Miss?"
February was also full of suspicion.
Chen Ning said slowly, "I suspect Anan was trying to trick me by pretending to be married to him... I saw that he even thought about who to invite to the wedding banquet. Is there really such a thing as acting?"
The two little ones looked at her blankly, and Shen Ning laughed: "What am I telling you kids? Let's go and do business first. July, follow me, and February, go see if everyone has arrived."
"yes."
When Shen Ning entered the Shen's Silk Shop, she saw several shop assistants lazily leaning on the counter in the lobby. She walked around the shop, and only one person asked her lazily, "What are you doing?"
Shen Ning smiled: "Talk about business."
"Oh, the shopkeeper is not here at the moment."
No one showed any sign of calling the shopkeeper.
The Shen's Silk Shop originally belonged to the Xie family. Backed by the General's Mansion, they basically had some fixed orders every year, so they hardly needed to find ways to find business. This is why these people developed this lazy appearance.
Shen Ning glanced at her and walked towards the backyard without saying a word...and no one actually stopped her.
The yard at the back is not small, with dormitories for temporary stay of shop assistants, warehouse for storing raw silk, warehouse for keeping account books, study for office work and business talks, etc. ... everything is available.
At the door of the study opposite, three women were eating melon seeds and chatting.
"It seems that the new owner will be Princess Ding in the future, tsk tsk."
"What? This is a forced marriage. How could a figure like Prince Ding marry a widow?... Our silk line was given to the widow as an apology because Master Xie refused to marry her."
"Without the Xie family, what will happen to our business in the future?"
"Who knows? Just muddle through."
On the other side of the warehouse, a man and a woman walked out. The man was still not satisfied and patted the woman on the buttocks, which made the woman curse.
The whole yard was in chaos and had no order at all.
Shen Ning stood there for a long time before someone finally noticed her. A woman who was eating melon seeds stood up and clapped her hands on her dress: "Madam, what can I do for you?"
Shen Ning glanced at those people and said calmly: "I am Shen Ning, your new boss."
The crowd, who had just been happily chatting and cracking melon seeds, suddenly fell silent. Then, one person hurriedly said, "Oh, it's the boss who's here. Boss, please come in and have a seat. Hurry up and call the shopkeeper."
Chen Ning walked into the study calmly, stepped over the melon seed shells scattered on the floor, and sat on the chair.
"First, bring me the account books from the beginning of the year." Shen Ning took out the shop's transfer documents and other items, shook them, and put them on the table: "Then go call your shopkeeper."
"Okay, okay, sir, please wait a moment."
The two men went out immediately. When they reached the door, they winked at each other. One walked towards the warehouse where the accounts were stored, and the other ran to the other side, obviously to call for help.
Shen Ning sat there, waiting for a long while. After a while, she saw a wealthy and beautifully dressed woman walk in from outside with a smile: "Oh, I've been looking forward to our new owner coming to see us all day, and today I finally see you."
The woman entered the study and smiled at Shen Ning while sitting on the chair next to her. She faced Shen Ning and said, "My name is Xie, the owner of Xie's Silk Shop, oh no, Shen's Silk Shop. I finally get to meet the boss today."
Shen Ning smiled and raised her eyes: "Did the person who took the account book get lost?"
There was some noise outside, and then Shopkeeper Xie turned around and shouted, "Who is this clumsy fool? Hurry up and bring the account book to the boss for review."
As soon as those words fell, the account book that Shen Ning had been waiting for for a long time was brought in and respectfully placed on the table in front of her.
Shen Ning glanced at it and didn't touch the account book. Instead, she asked the shopkeeper Xie: "Are these all the employees of Shen's Silk Shop?"
Two more people ran in from outside. Shopkeeper Xie glanced back and said with a smile, "If you want to go back to the boss, everyone is here... You tactless people, you haven't met the new boss yet."
As soon as Shopkeeper Xie spoke, the guys greeted him loudly and proudly.
"Greetings, Master..."
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