CHAPTER 540: CHAPTER 529: AS LONG AS YOU’RE NOT BLIND, LIKING HER ISN’T WRONG

On this side, Ni Kang had written the prescription, and the old woman was about to fetch it, but someone beat her to it.

"I’ll do it."

"I just happen to be going out, and I can stop by the pharmacy on the way."

Shen Wei’s eyes brimmed with endless joy. Holding the prescription with both hands: "Mama and I ask for nothing more than for her to be healthy. Even if it costs me my own life, it’s worth it if Yangyang can truly get better. Doctor Ni and Young Master Cui would indeed be the saviors of the Shen Family."

He showered them with warm words, and then added.

"Since acupuncture is needed daily, may I know where Doctor Ni resides? If it’s convenient, you could stay at the Shen Residence."

Before Ni Kang could respond, Cui Yun finally snapped out of it, awkwardly shifting his gaze away from the little girl.

"Kindly arrange a quiet place for him to stay, Mrs. Shen."

Ms. Shen Chun readily agreed.

"And what about Young Master Cui?"

"You came to Fengzhou to shop for wedding clothes, judging by the time, you probably won’t make it back to the wedding banquet. Isn’t this a delay..."

Cui Yun understood her concern.

"Madam is overthinking it, my stay in Fengzhou is due to personal matters."

Upon hearing these words, Ms. Shen Chun felt relieved. Her gaze at Cui Yun softened.

Such a good boy.

Going about his business, and upon learning of Yangyang’s illness, he even specially invited a doctor.

How admirable!

"Where are you staying?"

"The inn."

"How can that be!"

Ms. Shen Chun was anxious.

"Since we have enough spare rooms at home, how can we let you stay at an inn?"

No matter how good the inn, how can it compare to the thoughtful care of a home?

Cui Yun, however, glanced lightly at Shen Wei and no longer declined.

"Then I’ll appreciate the hospitality."

"Of course."

Ms. Shen Chun quickly led the old woman to prepare the spare room.

Shen Wei exchanged a few more pleasantries and then cheerfully went out to get the medicine. He had just boarded the carriage, and as the carriage curtain closed, his face suddenly became grim.

Clenching the prescription tightly in his hand.

If Ms. Shen Chun’s headache is cured, wouldn’t she start running to the embroidery workshop every day again?

This wife of his, just attending to the affairs of the inner courtyard is enough, why doesn’t she ever listen, always having to reach so far?

And his own Yangyang.

Once she’s fully recovered, how will she become a constraint for Ms. Shen Chun.

Shen Wei’s gaze slowly drifted downwards, finally setting into a fierce determination.

Unbeknownst to him, as he left the Shen Residence, Ji Qing quietly followed.

With the two of them gone, the hall was left with three people.

Shen Hua sat upright, overcome with sorrow.

Cui Yun sipped his tea, staring at her intently, his emotions visibly unsettled.

He even couldn’t help but comfort himself, perhaps Shen Hua was just immature at her age, causing some trouble due to not knowing right from wrong. In a few years’ time, once she grows sensible, she’ll surely become more gentle.

Just like her mother, as gentle as water.

She will... learn a bit after all.

Ni Kang sat opposite the two of them, his eyes shifting from Shen Hua to Cui Yun, and then back from Cui Yun to Shen Hua.

The atmosphere turned stagnant.

"Can the needles be taken out?"

"It’s too soon."

Shen Hua continued her sorrowful state. After a while.

"Hey."

It was the milky voice of a girl.

"Have you had your fill of looking?"

Shen Hua met Cui Yun’s eyes.

She stared at him fiercely, her eyes turning from anger to confusion, then from confusion to understanding.

Her black eyes spun around.

"I advise you not to be shameless like He Chu, trying to get close to me over and over again."

Cui Yun heavily closed his eyes.

He must be crazy.

At this time, not only did he not get mad, but even asked a question.

"Who is He Chu?"

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Because of acupuncture, Shen Hua had as well bothered Ms. Shen Chun for quite a while, and only then was she able to avoid going to school.

Zheng Qianyu felt extremely frustrated because of this.

"He asked you who He Chu is? Strange, why did he ask you about He Chu?"

She kept pulling Shen Hua and wouldn’t stop talking.

"Finding a doctor for you and even staying at your house, such fortuitous events don’t just fall from the sky, obviously his intentions are not good!"

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.

In his eyes, He Chu is top-notch, incomparable to anyone else!

Then look at Shen Hua.

Being sick like this, even with her poor temper, there are indeed quite a few gentlemen vying for her attention. If the Shen Family weren’t watching her so closely, there would probably be a mountain of love letters piled up for her.

"Is that man handsome?"

Shen Hua, eating roasted sweet potatoes lazily, found the thought of acupuncture annoying and said irritably, "Just so-so."

"Nowadays there are many rascals lying in wait, employing a myriad of tactics. Remember the one from the Wang Family, who sent you candied hawthorns and all sorts of strange toys, fawning over you endlessly."

"And then there’s Tong Zhou from school, who even wanted to teach you how to read, deliberately getting close to you."

Zheng Qianyu suddenly slapped her thigh in high spirits.

"This is bad!"

"That Cui Yun, he’s much more sophisticated than the others."

She organized her thoughts, which were usually quite scattered, and presented her analysis clearly to Shen Hua.

"Think about it, those young masters in the past, they just hovered around you and never truly won your affection."

"And look at him, he directly got to your parents, how could you run away from that?"

"There are many who get betrothed at eight years old, and some even have arranged infant betrothals. You have to be careful not to be deceived by such a sly and cunning person."

The sweet potato in her mouth, usually so delicious and soft, didn’t taste good anymore.

If it were any other girl, she would certainly reject these words.

After all, since Cui Yun moved in, he hadn’t hung around Shen Hua anymore.

It’s been almost half a month now, and they hadn’t met again.

But this is Shen Hua.

She felt that what Zheng Qianyu was saying was right.

Ignoring everything else, she went straight to the point.

As long as one isn’t blind, fancying her, there’s nothing wrong with that.

"Hey! Where are you going? Aren’t you going to watch the play anymore?"

Shen Hua walked outside.

Zheng Qianyu said, "I heard they just recruited a group of youngsters for the roles of young males in opera, didn’t you say you’d come to see them?"

"Next time."

Shen Hua hurried back to the Shen Residence.

She went straight to a quiet and elegant courtyard.

Here, Cui Yun was lying on a wooden chair, annoyed by the glare of the light, so he covered his face with a water-ink plum blossom folding fan.

Ji Qing was reporting to his side.

"Ni Kang has changed the prescription this time, and Shen Wei personally went to get it. Just like last time, he sneaked something in. Your subordinate has switched it out."

"What did Ni Kang say?"

"It’s just a prescription for regulating the body, it won’t harm the health."

He spoke in a lower voice, "Sir, about the matter you had your subordinate investigate, we have some information now."

Cui Yun finally sat up partially, not bothering about the falling fan.

"Something that takes you half a month to investigate must mean Shen Wei has been up to something shady. Mention any unusual findings."

"I’ve been following him these past few days, and Shen Wei has been to the second branch of the Shen Family five times."

At first, he didn’t find it odd because Shen Wei and Shen He Wen were famously respectful as brothers.

When visiting the second branch, Shen Wei did not attempt to conceal his whereabouts.

"But yesterday when Shen Wei went there, Shen He Wen was not at home. Yet he stayed there for more than two hours. When he came out, he had changed clothes. Yet as your subordinate does not know martial arts, I couldn’t enter the residence."

All the descendants of that branch were at school.

Could it be that Shen Wei enjoyed such a long and delightful conversation with his sister-in-law?

Cui Yun lifted his eyelids, about to give orders, but then he saw a figure wrapped in pink approaching sneakily.

Locking eyes with him, the girl showed no embarrassment; instead, she straightened her back and strode over with her short legs, looking quite fierce.