Chapter 49 Discovery

This red area is somewhat hidden, not even obvious. If you don't look at it deliberately, it is almost difficult to detect.

But precisely because it is not obvious, it is particularly ambiguous.

This explains two things at the same time.

First, although Xiaofen did not hurt her that night, it was coercive and she could not resist. Second, Shen Yan was observing her feet under her socks very carefully.

She is a person who goes with the flow, which means that she is sometimes evasive and passive, and rarely takes the initiative to beg others. If someone helps her take care of the details that she herself has not noticed, she will be very grateful.

Therefore, she does not dislike the other party forcibly taking care of her without hurting her.

She bent her legs and stared at her ankles.

They were both equally attentive, and they were both doing the same thing. One of them was concerned about her, while the other seemed to be laughing at her.

She didn't want anyone to know about the existence of the pinkie in black, so she simply played dumb and said, "It's a birthmark."

He said "Oh" meaningfully, "Then your birthmark looks quite unique."

Shen Yan used this red mark to test her just to know what she thought of his other side.

She never avoided talking about any man in front of him, and she was always very frank. Unexpectedly, she kept silent this time and even found an excuse to prevaricate.

He put on her shoes and socks and stood up.

"I'm here on official business. I don't bring any medicine to treat bruises and injuries. If you're still feeling uncomfortable, go home quickly and don't stay here for long."

"Did you do this?" She raised her eyes to look at him and lowered her voice. "I heard that your Shen's company was purchasing a large amount of medicinal materials some time ago, and the ship that capsized today belonged to the Princess's Mansion. In this way, she has been cut off from medicinal materials, and all the major hospitals and drugstores in the capital can only rely on you. As you are the only one in the business, the prices will naturally rise..."

"Miss Ning, why should I do this?" he asked back.

"For me." She said righteously, "You couldn't bear to see me being schemed against by her, so you wanted to take revenge--"

"You think too much." He interrupted her coldly, "I'm not that free yet."

"The boat capsizing was not my fault, and I came here this time just to get to the bottom of the matter."

From calculating the weather, to measuring the angle of the boat capsizing so as to destroy goods but not hurt people, and finally to finding someone to carry out the operation, everything was done with a clear mind.

He was just responsible for giving him orders.

And he didn't do it because he couldn't bear to see her being schemed against by the princess.

The princess has been making profits from medicinal materials for a long time. Since Zhaohui was confined to her house, she has almost replaced Zhaohui's role and became the eyes of Prince Xuan who was far away in his fiefdom and stayed in the capital. One of the conditions was that he would supply these medicinal materials at prices far below the market price.

In this way, even though she was a little cheaper than other drug dealers, she could still make a lot of money.

But once the fleet delivering medicines capsized this time, the princess's supply of medicines was cut off.

And his people had already stockpiled medicinal materials in the capital and its surrounding areas.

If the princess still wanted to continue the business, instead of guarding the empty shells that had lost their goods, she would only have two options -

either spend a lot of money to buy his medicines, or write to His Majesty to report him for his actions against her.

The former was a matter of swallowing one's anger, but if it was the latter... then it would not be as simple as spending money to avoid disaster.

He would expose the entanglement between her and Prince Xuan to others.

Now it depends on what she chooses.

As for helping Ning Yuan vent his anger, it was just a matter of convenience, so he didn't want to take credit for it.

Seeing that he denied it, Ning Yuan did not doubt Shen Yan's words.

She felt that if he had done it, he would not have had enough time to cover up the clues, so why would he bring several officials to this remote riverside.

Isn't this just opening up wounds?

After thinking about it, she attributed this matter to the retribution that the princess received. Thinking about it

carefully, except for her stepmother, all the others in her "Record of Revenge" were in trouble, which to some extent was another kind of mercy from God to her.

She had never used any dirty tricks on anyone since she was a child, but she was calculated by these people for no reason. However, if she really had to kill people and destroy their reputation like them, she really couldn't do it.

She always felt that if a woman really lost her reputation, the one who should be judged should be the man who forced her, rather than picking on the woman who is easier to bully to blame and humiliate her.

Just like that big stink bug Zhao Zhihuan!

His family's boat capsized, he must be very distressed at this moment, right?

Thinking of this, Ning Yuan felt very happy, but she felt that it was not happy enough.

It was nothing to destroy the boat for only a quarter, his family's shop should be completely collapsed.

"Shen Yan!" She suddenly raised her head and called him, "I have an idea."

The man's inquiring eyes swept over.

"Actually... when your family took action, Miss Yang also bought a lot. I wonder if you can hold on to the ones you have in stock and let us sell them to Zhao Zhihuan at three times the price first."

"In order to keep the store open, they will be willing to accept the losses in a short period of time. Then you can sell them at the current market price, and let the batch of medicine they bought at a high price rot in their hands." "

In order to stop the loss, they will definitely sell at a lower price, and then we will buy them back." "

If this cycle repeats several times, they will not be able to withstand it no matter how much money they have. I will split the difference with you, how about it?"

He looked at her puzzled: "If you don't interfere, you can make more."

"But if I don't intervene, the princess might choose to spend some money to keep things quiet!" She frowned and said, "After my intervention, she might go to His Majesty and accuse you, Shen, of bullying others with power, and then all her past affairs will be dragged out."

Her thoughts coincided with his.

Shen Yan didn't really care about the profit he could get from it. For him, stabilizing Shen's position in the court was more important than short-term benefits.

He was merciful and said, "Okay, I won't let my people sell it before you sell it to her at a high price."

The girl was obviously excited: "Thank you so much, you should hurry up, I also want to go find Miss Yang."

"How are you going like this?" He glanced at her injured foot.

She said with a stern face: "Such a big thing, of course we have to jump over it."

... This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. She was really persistent.

Forget it, he will go to see her in the evening.

*

Ning Yuan and Yang Zhiyi hit it off immediately, and after communicating everything with her smoothly, he returned to the mansion full of joy.

The previous rainstorm dispersed the clouds, and now the night sky is clear and the moon is high.

It's a pity that such a beautiful night, but her injured foot hindered her from going for a walk in the garden, and she could only sit in the rocking chair to kill time.

She looked at the moon, and on a whim, she asked the star to get the flute for her.

When the servants in the courtyard saw her flute, they were as if they were facing a powerful enemy. They immediately scattered like birds and beasts. In a short while, she was the only one left in the simple courtyard.

"...What a lack of taste!"

She clutched the flute and sighed angrily.

In fact, she had practiced for a long time, and it sounded much better than before. How could it be so exaggerated.

When she blew the first syllable, the banyan tree in front of her trembled, and then, a few leaves slowly fell from the sky.

Ning Yuan's flute music did not stop.

I thought to myself, she actually has such a great ability to make the wind and the tree stop.

While my thoughts were flying, I saw a vague black shadow falling down.

The flute music stopped abruptly.

"Why are you here?" She looked at the flute and then at the person who came.

"...It sounds terrible." Shen Yan pointed at the flute in her hand.

He usually took a nap under the banyan tree, but suddenly he heard a piercing sound, which frightened him so much that he sat up and accidentally stepped on several leaves.

He had not intended to get down.

But Ning Yuansi had no intention of stopping.

When he first heard her flute, although it sounded terrible, it was ultimately to resolve the crisis.

Now that there was no crisis, the sound of the flute seemed like a devil's sound.

After thinking about it, he felt that if he sat on the tree, he would not be able to survive a few songs she played, and would fall off the tree by then. It would be better for him to just jump off the tree.

"...Is it really so unpleasant to the ears?"

Ning Yuan put away the flute shyly and looked up at the treetop.

The treetop was much higher than the wall of her house.

He was a ghost, so it was reasonable for him to pass through the wall...but why did he climb the tree?

Shen Yan heard her thoughts and clenched his fists slightly.

She was actually very sensitive, so when he faced her in this identity, he should be very careful.

Ning Yuan stood up, jumped to his side on one foot, raised her eyes and asked: "What are you doing on the tree?"

Shen Yan was silent for a moment: "Do you know how to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and take the essence of the sun and moon?"

"Yes." She stood on one foot like a little crane, tilted her head and asked him, "But what's the use of this?"

He took out a small round box from his sleeve and stuffed it into her hand: "I'll help you make medicine to treat bruises and injuries."

The girl held the ointment and said "Oh" softly.

The box was warm in his hand, and she couldn't help but think of his warmth that night and the doubts that were buried in her heart at that time.

When he looked up again, a pair of clear eyes looked at him: "Aren't you going to apply medicine for me?"

Shen Yan stood at the junction of the warm yellow candlelight and the cold moonlight, and his usually stern face was smudged and unusually soft.

He stared at her for a moment, bent over and picked her up, and was about to put her back on the rocking chair, but heard her whisper in his ear: "Go back to the room, don't let anyone see you later."

The warm breath fell on his ears, giving him some warmth.

Obviously this was not an excessive presumption, why was her words so ambiguous, and why was he so guilty?

Shen Yan absentmindedly took off her socks and saw that her ankles, which were already slightly swollen, had become even more swollen after half a day of torment.

He scraped a piece of ointment with his fingertips, rubbed it gently on the swollen area, and the warmth that slowly came over was the same as hers.

Seeing the man's drooping eyelashes and a very focused expression, she tentatively called out: "...Shen Yan?"

The man stood still, even his eyelashes did not tremble a bit.

It is said that a person's name is the most unforgettable thing.

Whenever she hears her own name, she will respond subconsciously, unless she really doesn't want to pay attention to the other person, then she pretends not to hear it.

But even so, it is difficult to pretend to be perfect when doing things seriously.

He is so calm, is he pretending too well, or did she really guess wrong?

Ning Yuan is not an atheist. She believes that everything has a spirit. When she writes, the tip of the pen scratches the skin of the paper. When she sleeps, she sleeps with the pillow. When she was young, she even talked to the flowers and plants in the yard. The sound of the wind was their response to her.

She has always been a person with a rich imagination. Even though she has few true friends, she still lives very freely.

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. As for ghosts, gods and goblins, they may also exist in the world, but they don't show up easily in front of people. So, when he first told her that he was a ghost, she believed it.

But she gradually discovered that he had many things that didn't match the ghost.

He might be deceiving her. He is Shen Yan.

She must try him to feel at ease.

After he applied the medicine to her, she said softly, "Can you please help me bolt the door?"

"My legs and feet are inconvenient, and I don't want to get out of bed."

Shen Yan looked at the door, considering how to refuse -

if he bolted the door for her, how would he get out?

Ning Yuan seemed to know what was on his mind and said, "You are a ghost, it shouldn't be difficult for you to pass through the wall?"

Shen Yan lowered his eyes.

Forget it, in order to avoid her doubts, it is better to deal with it first.

He did as he was told, and then saw Ning Yuan smiling and waving at him.

Just as he turned back, he saw Ning Yuan grabbing his sleeve.

"What are you doing?" he frowned. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. She stared with a pair of innocent eyes: "Can ghosts be shy?"

...

Shen Yan pursed her lips, and in order to dispel his doubts, she had to let her slender fingers stroke across his palm, causing him to breathe.

When she stroked to his wrist, she grabbed it and pressed it on his pulse.

Steady and powerful.

"...So ghosts have pulses?"

She pulled up his collar, trying to lean against his chest and said, "Do you have a heartbeat? Let me listen."

"..." He held her restless hand and said, "...The transformation is for the sake of truth, so we should have everything, otherwise how can we blend into the crowd? We ghosts will also learn from our mistakes, and we are not as stupid as you wrote in your storybook."

Ning Yuan couldn't help but sigh, "...Xiaofen, you are really stubborn."

She knew Shen Yan's personality.

This man looks serious, but he is actually very wild inside, but the strange thing is that he will blush if you just tease him.

Since he refused to admit it, it's no wonder that she used her trump card.

The so-called teasing is best at the place of love and sex.

She tried to imitate the playboys in the storybooks, approached him and chuckled: "You are so stubborn, why not give it to me?"