Shen Zhixi told Cui's mother about the "golden house hiding the beauty", and Cui's mother couldn't come to her senses for a long time.
"Ancestor, you are too courageous."
"If I am not courageous, where will the child come from? This matter is settled like this. No one can persuade me. I must have a child with Tang Zhou. Nowadays, except Tang Zhou, I can't look down on anyone. Mother Cui, you feel sorry for me, if you don’t want me to be lonely in my later years, then help me get Tang Zhou.”
"God!"
Cui's mother grabbed Shen Zhixi's arm and looked up and down.
"You are a girl, but you want to have a baby with a man. Are you ashamed?"
"Why should I be ashamed? Why, only men can say this, not women? I just fell in love with Tang Zhou's face. He will definitely give me a beautiful child, and I'm going to marry him."
"you……"
Just as he was talking, Butler Feng suddenly came to deliver a message.
It was said that Mr. Fang Shuo was leaving Yanzhou tomorrow and wanted to have dinner with Shen Zhixi tonight.
Shen Zhixi agreed.
"Mother Cui, I'm going to the shop first. There are still a lot of accounts to be reconciled. You must remember that you will come to the bamboo hut tomorrow morning to see if we can capture Tang Zhou. Mother Cui, you are a very important one. ring."
"Oh, go ahead. I'm ashamed to hear whether you can take it or not."
"...Then I'll be waiting for you to come over at the bamboo hut tomorrow morning."
"Come on, you, hurry up."
……
After checking the accounts, it was almost evening again.
Shen Zhixi stretched and asked Yuanyang who brought tea in, "Is Qin Mu here today?"
"Strange to say, when Miss you stayed behind closed doors before, he came to inquire about you every day. Now that Miss is finally willing to go out, he doesn't come anymore."
"He's just trying to figure out some bad idea."
"Is it possible that he wants to harm the lady?"
"Don't worry about hurting anyone. Anyway, Mr. Fang and I were intimate and had dinner together yesterday. He won't let it go just like that. I don't think about it anymore. Let's go and keep the appointment."
Fang Shuo arrived early again.
As soon as Shen Zhixi sat down, he locked his eyebrows and stared at her, "Qin Mu, that mangy dog, has been inquiring about me since last night. Boss Shen, he seems to really regard me as his love rival." . After loading the goods today, I will set off back to Yuejing City tomorrow, but why do I feel that it will not go so smoothly? "
"Master Fang, do you want me to be responsible for you?"
Shen Zhixi knew that Fang Shuo was a girl, so he didn't have too many scruples about his words and actions.
"Boss Shen, how are you responsible for me?"
"Hmm..." Shen Zhixi pushed back the hair around his ears and said with a smile, "How about I tie Qin Mu up and give you a good beating to vent your anger?"
"ah?"
Just as he was wondering, someone suddenly rushed in from outside the restaurant's wing and shouted to Fang Shuo with an anxious look: "Sir, the warehouse over there is on fire. It can't be put out even if you put it out. We collected it from Boss Shen this time." All the goods are inside. Rouge, gouache, spices and incense, they will all be destroyed when burned!"
Fang Shuo stood up suddenly, and the chairs behind him fell over.
He was about to run out, but was stopped by Shen Zhixi, "Don't be nervous. Didn't I tell you to tie him up and beat him up to vent your anger?"
pier.
The raging fire is particularly eye-catching in the dark night. The fire is so big that even if it is close to the Yangtze River and the water source, it cannot be extinguished in time. The warehouse that caught fire belonged to the Shen family, and it was temporarily lent to Fang Shuo to store goods. It was close to the dock so they could load it tomorrow morning.
Two streets away, Qin Mu stood furtively behind the wall, sticking his head out to look at the fire place in front of him.
The fire was indeed very strong, but it was not as strong as the fire in his eyes. The excitement almost burned him.
"Shen Zhixi, I said before, you won't get rid of me so easily. Whoever dares to rob the Shen family from me, I will not make it easy for him. You are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."
The only thing that worried him was why the boy who went to set the fire next to him hadn't come back yet?
The fire has already burned so big, it's time to come back after setting the fire.
Suddenly.
There were footsteps behind him. His first reaction was that his servant was back, but then he thought something was wrong. Even if he came back, he should have come from the front. Why did he appear behind him?
Suddenly, my heart tightened.
Turning around suddenly, a smelly sack was pulled into him from the head down.
"Ah!" he shouted, using both hands to free himself, "Who? Who, who?"
No one responded to him, only that the sack was very long, and it first covered half of his body. Finally, a hemp rope was tightened around his waist and abdomen, and he was tied inside.
Then, he was carried on his back.
He didn't know where he was being carried. The person carrying him ran for a while before putting him down. Before he could lie still on the ground, several sticks fell heavily on him.
"ah--!"
His screams were miserable, even when killing a pig.
"No, no, what are you doing? Stop, stop! Do you know who I am? I am the fiancé of Shen Zhixi, the richest man in Yanzhou. You dare to hit me?!"
It would be okay if I didn't say that, but if I did, I would be beaten even harder.
On the second floor of the alley, Shen Zhixi and Fang Shuo leaned on the window sill together, looking at the activities downstairs in amusement.
"As expected of Boss Shen, I really underestimated you. When I saw you like that yesterday, I thought you would be merciful to him in the name of your two elders. But if you hit him well, you need a heavy stick to deal with such a shameless mangy dog. Attack. Just Boss Shen, when did you know that he was going to set fire to the warehouse? "
Shen Zhixi smiled softly, left from the window and returned to the house, sat down and poured a cup of tea.
"After returning from the restaurant yesterday, I sent people to keep an eye on him. After you delivered the goods to the warehouse this morning, my people said they saw him near the warehouse. I guessed that he would set a fire, so I quietly let him go in the afternoon. People moved all the goods inside."
Fang Shuo followed and sat down beside her.
"Then since you knew it already, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"If I told you, you would definitely send someone to guard or move the goods, and Qin Mu would definitely notice your movements if he kept an eye on you. In this case, wouldn't the big drama at night be gone?"
"Wonderful."
Fang Shuo grinned, looked at Shen Zhixi with a smile and said, "But why didn't Boss Shen take advantage of his scheme? He didn't take the initiative to let my goods be burned. Anyway, the money and goods have been cleared. If my goods are gone, I will definitely have to pay for it." In addition, if I buy goods from you again, won’t you be able to make another profit?”
"What are you talking about, Miss Fang? Yesterday you did not hesitate to offend that villain Qin Mu just to vent your anger for me. How can I live up to your friendship?"
"Fang Xiao..."
Fang Shuo was stunned, astonished as to why Shen Zhixi knew that she was a girl.
Unexpectedly, Shen Zhixi suddenly came closer to her, touched her neck with his index finger and said, "I have never seen a man without an Adam's apple. I knew the first time I saw you that you are not a man."
Fang Shuo shrank back and blushed.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
*
After returning to Shen's house, Shen Zhixi calmly took a bath.
Yuanyang was a little anxious, and kept asking when he would return to the bamboo hut.
"Don't worry, we'll go back later in the night."
"The second half of the night?" Yuanyang opened his eyes wide, not knowing why, "Why, what about Tang Zhou? Didn't the lady say that she would take care of him so that his injury could recover as soon as possible? He must be hungry right now, and he hasn't taken any medicine. There is no one to apply the ointment for him, isn’t he..."
"What are you worried about? But you won't die if you don't take medicine for a day. I'm doing this to prepare for the drama tomorrow morning. Since I'm going to act, I have to act more realistically, otherwise I won't be able to deceive him easily."
