Chapter 74 Like

Ning Yuan felt that Shen Yan secretly left this plum branch, not only to flirt with her, but also with some inexplicable possessiveness.

He seemed reluctant to let her go out, and didn't want her to meet anyone again. He wanted to keep her by his side forever.

But according to etiquette, tomorrow was the day she would return home, and she had to go out no matter what and prepare some gifts to bring back.

She and Shen Yan were different from ordinary couples after all.

Even though he was very reliable, they would break up one day, and she couldn't entrust everything to him with peace of mind.

It was about her own family affairs, so she had better worry about it herself.

She asked Zhuxing to dress her up, and before changing into the dress, she specially copied the pattern on paper, thinking that even if it was accidentally rubbed off, it could be repaired.

After all, she never liked to argue with others, not to mention that she was living under the same roof with Shen Yan, and she wanted to live in peace for a day.

She took a carriage to Hanmozhai.

Her father's only hobby was collecting calligraphy and paintings.

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. In fact, the collection of Shen's house is more valuable, but those are not her things after all, so she can't just take them and give them away. She might as well buy a few paintings in person and take them with him.

Ning Yuan chose in the house calmly. She didn't feel happy about her daughter returning home, but she felt a little tired of having to go to social events.

Although she had just left Ning's house for a few days, she didn't miss that place. After all, for her, the word "mother's home" was very unfamiliar, and it was more like a place she rented.

Since they were all staying there temporarily, it didn't make much difference whether they lived in the Shen Mansion or the Ning Mansion.

She should even get along better with the people in the Shen Mansion. She

could never respect her father like Ning Li, nor could she accept the various faces of her relatives like Ning Ze, especially since she agreed to the marriage with the Shen family, the attitude of the Ning Guogong towards her changed a lot, and even his words became polite.

Ning Yuan knew that this was just because she did something that the "daughter of the Ning Guogong Mansion" should do, so she hated this politeness, just as she used to hate his indifference to her.

But there was no tit-for-tat between them like Ming Wei, nor was there the usual love and respect between father and daughter, so Ning Yuan's only hope was to be able to get along harmoniously on the surface.

She was thinking about something and didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment. She only heard a voice from the front saying, "Miss Ning."

Ning Yuan came to her senses and looked in the direction of the voice. It was Pei Zixing.

He was walking towards her and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since I last saw you. The last time was on your wedding day. It's a pity that you were covered with a veil, so I didn't have the chance to say congratulations to you in person."

As he spoke, he took out some paper-wrapped candies and said, "This is another gift for you."

In fact, Brother Pei had already sent a valuable gift to the Shen Mansion that day, so there was no need to give her a separate one.

Ning Yuan waved her hands and said, "How can I accept your candy cakes when I am getting married? I should give them to you."

"Just accept them." He said, "Don't you always like this? I see that you always like to eat some sweet cakes with milk flavor at every banquet."

Ning Yuan never thought that he would pay attention to these details. The candy cakes in front of her really suit her preferences. They have a slightly sweet milk flavor and are not too sweet.

But after all, this gift is not excessive. It is just a candy cake. It is polite to refuse it appropriately, but it would be awkward to refuse it too much.

She smiled at him gratefully and thanked him.

After that, he accompanied her to pick some calligraphy and paintings, helped her and Zhuxing get on the carriage, and then said goodbye.

Ning Yuan strolled around and returned to the Shen Mansion before the sun set.

As soon as she entered the house, she hurriedly found lip balm and wolf hair brush, and just before Shen Yan returned home, she repaired the smudged red plum blossoms, and changed into a thin shirt with a slightly lower neckline, which she would never wear when going out on weekdays.

The moment he stepped into the yard, she exhaled softly.

Fortunately, she had time to cover it up, just pretend that she had never gone out.

The Shen family did not have the habit of the whole family gathering together for meals all day. If there was no major event or festival, each courtyard almost had its own days.

So tonight only Shen Yan accompanied Ning Yuan for dinner.

After dinner, the maid came in to clear the dishes and chopsticks, and then fish came in and brought several plates of cakes.

Ning Yuan asked casually, "Didn't we just have dinner? Why are the snacks served so soon?"

Shen Yan waited calmly for the maid to put the snacks on the round table and then went back outside.

Each of the cakes in front of him was quite delicate, smelling of a light milky fragrance, and looked very good.

Ning Yuan had already eaten her fill, and even though her eyes were greedy, she really had no appetite. However, this did not prevent her from carefully looking at each plate, and then she noticed a portion of inconspicuous sugar crisps, which was almost exactly the same as the one Pei Zixing gave her today.

Does it taste the same?

Ning Yuan picked up a piece.

Shen Yan frowned unhappily.

There were so many more exquisite pastries, but she chose the one Pei Zixing gave her.

Ning Yuanqian took a bite and said, "Not bad."

The taste was still slightly different.

Shen Yan's had a stronger milky aroma, while Brother Pei's had a stronger burnt aroma from the oven.

"So which is better, mine or Zixing's?" he asked suddenly.

...

Ning Yuan put the pastry back on the plate and said rather dissatisfiedly, "You sent someone to follow me?"

In fact, he didn't follow her, but he couldn't help but think that the Shen family had a wide variety of industries, and she went to his shop,

so it was normal for someone to come and inform him of the news. But what he didn't understand was that since she had already met him, why did she pretend that she had never left the house when she came back?

Was she afraid that he would get angry if he knew?

But if she had nothing to hide, why would he be angry?

He didn't know why, but he seemed to no longer be able to hear her inner voice these days. But because of this, he felt a little uneasy when he couldn't figure out her thoughts.

He snorted coldly, "Who followed you? I just want to tell you that a small plate of snacks is nothing."

He raised his hand and pointed at the dazzling array of snacks in front of him.

"There are many snacks that are more delicious than this. What you cherish is just a drop in the ocean of pastries. Don't be moved by the small favors in front of you. Look further ahead."

"Do you mean that I should take all the pastries?" she asked tentatively.

"...I mean, I want you to see the person who can provide you with all the pastries." He stared at her and replied, "I hope you can understand that I can give you more than he can."

Ning Yuan paused: "Are you jealous of Brother Pei?"

"I won't be jealous." He said coldly.

Ning Yuan said disdainfully: "Just deny it, you've always been very stubborn."

"But Brother Pei and I really just met by chance, and there's no need for you to be jealous, there's really nothing between us."

"Just met by chance? Let me ask you, you don't usually like those paintings and calligraphy, why are you going to Hanmozhai?"

"I'm going to go back to my parents' home tomorrow, and I have to prepare some gifts." She said truthfully.

"... You prepare gifts? Why, is the storehouse of the Shen Mansion so poor that it can't afford the gifts? Do you need to go out and buy them yourself?"

Shen Yan didn't seem to believe her words.

Is this possible?

There are so many priceless items that you don't take, but you have to go out and look for gold in Feijinsha.

Ning Yuan explained patiently: "This is my business, I don't want to bother you."

"You don't want to bother me, so you bother him?" He glanced at her. This book is exclusively compiled by LK team for you. And what is her business? Aren't she and he from the same family?

"...I didn't bother him either. He just helped me get it out of kindness."

"You are so clear about the distinction." He said sarcastically.

"Does he know that you are so clear about the distinction in private?"

"Or, you say one thing to me and another to him."

His heart was a little blocked.

Obviously, he was on wedding leave and could accompany her to do anything, but she never asked him for anything.

He had to investigate what happened to her mother in the past. This book is exclusively compiled by LK team for you. Today's trip is for this.

After finally getting some clues, she told him: That's her business, she doesn't want to bother her.

Ning Yuan looked at him, blinked, and was a little tired of explaining: "Forget it, if you insist on thinking so, then I can't help it."

What did he think?

He couldn't possibly misunderstand them again, right?

He was also a man, and he knew very well whether Pei Zixing had a good impression of her or not.

He couldn't hear her voice now, otherwise he wouldn't know if he would have to listen to her calling him "little star" a few times.

Shen Yan sneered, with a little red at the corners of his eyes: "Am I wrong? You used to call me Little Star, and

you even remembered it in your dreams." "Think about how you usually call me that?"

"Yes, I am jealous, but can't you just coax me?"

"Can't I just continue to pretend not to see it if you say a few nice words to me?"

Ning Yuan rarely heard him say so many words, and she was a little confused for a moment.

"What did you say? What does my calling you Little Star have to do with Brother Pei?"

She is still playing dumb.

Shen Yan decided not to talk to her tonight.

He half-closed his eyes, with a mixture of incredulity and anger, as if she had done something bad that she didn't even know about.

But she just gave Star a nickname?

"...You wouldn't be jealous of Chuxing, would you?"

Ning Yuan's bewilderment gradually turned into speechlessness.

"Shen Yan, don't be so ridiculous."

Shen Yan raised his head and looked at her for a moment. After a long while, he slowly asked her, "Who is Chuxing?"

"She is my personal maid. Don't you see her often?"

"She and I grew up together and we are like sisters. Is there anything wrong with me calling her like that?"

...

He has too many things to care about, so it is impossible for him to be so detailed as to remember even the name of a maid.

But if she said so, he did have some impression that there was indeed a person named Chuxing in the list of people who entered the Shen Mansion with her.

Shen Yan looked at her for a moment, then lowered his head and drank a sip of water and said, "No problem."

The atmosphere was silent for a moment.

Ning Yuan then realized that he was not jealous of Zhuo Xing, but thought that the "little star" she was calling was Brother Pei.

It was also her negligence. She called Brother Pei all day long and forgot his name.

Ning Yuan pursed her lips and was furious: "So just because of such a nickname, you misunderstood that I liked someone else? Then what does it mean that I still like you? Water-loving poplar flower?"

Her words came out of her mouth, and even Ning Yuan herself was stunned.

After a long silence, Shen Yan thought for a moment that he had heard it wrong.

What did she say?

Did she mean that she only liked herself?

His eyes were slightly startled, his Adam's apple was rolling, his heart was beating very fast, he held her in his arms and said, "What did you just say?"