Shen Qiaochen's smile made Nan Xing a little stunned.
He took off the hood on his head, his soft hair fell down, and his whole body was wrapped in a big crane cloak, revealing only a small face as big as a palm.
The girl in front of her is about thirteen or fourteen years old. Although she is dressed as a man, her hair is long and disheveled, and her appearance is uneven, Shen Qiaochen's face is soft when she smiles, her eyes are pure, and the sincerity in her eyes seems to be seen through. human heart.
Nan Xing is an orphan who was trained to follow his master.
People like them know from an early age that they exist for their master.
But it is not that easy to stand out among countless peers, even men.
They have undergone all kinds of arduous training since childhood, and have made many helpless choices in order to survive.
They have always existed as shadows, and their lives have never been cared about.
But Xiao Jue is not such a person. Nan Xing thinks that he is lucky to be able to follow a master like Xiao Jue.
But he didn't expect that besides his master, there would be people like Shen Qiaochen in this world. Just because he said a word of comfort, a rich lady like her could say "thank you" to him.
Over the years, Nanxing has seen many noble ladies during missions, but they all turned a blind eye to people like her.
Those noble ladies usually look dignified and polite, but the more noble their status is, the worse their attitude towards their servants is in private, leaving them with nothing but beautiful skin.
But this is different for the fourth girl of the Shen Mansion. What happened at the palace banquet yesterday has long been spread among their secret guards. Thanks to Jiang Fengmian's gossipy nature, Shen Qiaochen's life information has been collected early. Very detailed.
Everyone in the secret guard was very curious about this legitimate daughter of the Shen family who could make their master treat her differently.
Today, precisely because of Nan Xing's identity as a woman, she had the opportunity to stay with Shen Qiaochen and get up close and personal with the legendary fourth girl of the Shen family.
It has to be said that Nan Xing's cold heart softened for the first time in front of her, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family who was different from what the intelligence revealed.
Lowering his head in embarrassment, Nan Xing murmured softly: "No...it's nothing."
Shen Qiaochen was still looking at her with a smile. Her smile at the moment was not the deliberately harmless one in front of others. I wonder if it was because Nan Xing was Xiao Jue's person.
Shen Qiaochen suddenly realized that Xiao Jue seemed to be able to see through his disguise easily from the first meeting...
Thinking of something, Shen Qiaochen asked blankly: "Since your master asked you to accompany me upstairs, who will get the clothes?"
Could it be Xiao Jue...
Nan Xing was a little puzzled and said casually: "It should be someone else. I am not the only one following the master tonight."
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After he finished speaking, he saw Shen Qiaochen's expression, and suddenly thought of something, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
After being silent for a while, Nan Xing hesitated and said: "Fourth girl, otherwise, I'd better go and take a look."
After saying that, before Shen Qiaochen nodded, she turned around, opened the door and left in a hurry.
But the next second, there were knocks on the door. Shen Qiaochen came back to her senses and went to open the door, only to find that Nan Xing was leaving and returning.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing... Miss Fourth, I'll go downstairs to take a look and I'll be back soon. You must stay in the room and don't wander around. I'll ask the guy to take care of you."
Seeing Shen Qiaochen nodded, Nan Xing turned around again and strode away.
Shen Qiaochen closed the door and returned to the room. She just wanted to see if there was anything edible. After the whole night, she already felt hungry.
Before she could find it, she heard someone knocking on the door again.
So soon... Could it be that Nan Xing is back?
Shen Qiaochen walked to the door, but did not open the door in a hurry. She asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
The person outside the door paused for a moment before whispering: "Is this Miss Shen in the room?" The last four words were spoken so softly that if Shen Qiaochen hadn't been so close, he might not have been able to hear them clearly.
"Who are you?"
"The younger one is with Mr. Ji. Mr. Ji knows that the girl is here and would like to ask you to come over and talk."
Shen Qiao was also happy when she heard this. She was looking for a chance to meet Ji Qingyuan today, and it happened to be a coincidence.
"Where is Mr. Ji?"
The person outside the room responded: "It's on the seventh floor."
Zuijiangyue has seven floors in total. The first floor is the lobby, the second and third floors are private rooms, and the fourth to sixth floors are guest-only rooms.
The seventh floor is the shopkeeper's private space and is never open to the public.
During this period of time, although Shen Qiaochen did not come to Zuijiangyue in person, she had been in contact with Ji Qingyuan through letters.
She naturally knows these things too.
But thinking of Nan Xing who had just left, Shen Qiaochen hesitated. After thinking for a moment, she had an idea, so she whispered to the person outside the door: "Wait a moment."
Then he went back to the house...
Soon Shen Qiaochen opened the door and saw a young child waiting outside.
The boy looked to be eight or nine years old, not as tall as Shen Qiao Shen, with delicate features, but very smart.
Seeing Shen Qiaochen, who was wrapped in a big cloak, he just glanced at her and lowered his head, saying softly and quickly: "Baizhu has met the fourth girl, please come with me."
After speaking, he looked around, turned around and motioned for Shen Qiaochen to follow him.
The two of them avoided the guests and went all the way to Zui Jiangyue's seventh floor.
As soon as he arrived on the seventh floor, the boy named Baizhu breathed a long sigh of relief. Seeing Shen Qiao looking at him curiously, he showed a naughty smile,
"We're finally here. Sir, please tell me to bring the girl up quietly. Don't alert anyone else."
Shen Qiaochen looked amused and joked, "Oh? Why?"
Baizhu scratched his head and said distressedly: "I don't know. Sir, I just said that if the girl is recognized by others, Baizhu will be punished by copying the medicinal scripture ten times. If she cannot finish the copy, she will not be allowed to eat."
The "Medicine Classic" has a total of more than 7,000 words. Ten times is 80,000 words. At Baizhu's young age, it is not certain whether he can fully recognize the words in it, let alone copying it verbatim ten times...
Touching Bai Shu's little head, Shen Qiaochen comforted: "It's okay, don't you think we came up well?"
Looking at Bai Shu's confused face, Shen Qiaochen put down her hand with a smile. She seemed to understand why everyone liked touching her head so much.
Knowing that he would not be punished for copying books, the Baishu boy became happy. He waved his little hand and still led the way. He led Shen Qiaochen to the door of a room, opened the door and invited her in.
"This is sir's study. Sir, he will be here soon. Please wait a moment, girl."
After saying that, he trotted to the tea table on the side and wanted to pour tea for Shen Qiaochen.
But his calves are short and his stature is not as tall as the tea table. He can only try to put his feet up and reach for the tea cup on it.
Worried that he would be scalded by the hot water, Shen Qiaochen quickly walked over to stop him.
"I'll do it."
