Shen Haoxuan bit his lips, reached his hands into Shang Zhiqing's sleeves, tightly grasped her hands, and silently consoled her. He didn't know why she was scared, but the only thing he could do was stay by her side.
Xie Qingrong and Xuanyuan Chen also noticed that Shang Zhiqing's emotions were abnormal, and the source of the abnormality was Shang Wuying. Xie Qingrong raised her eyebrows. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Shang Wuying's clear and bright voice.
"Even though Miss Xie is the princess consort, she is the blood sister of Yi'er's mother. As a merchant family member, it is only right for you and Su'er to call me little brother. What does Miss Xie think? "
"Puchi — —" Xie Qingrong could not help but laugh out loud. Her raised eyebrows revealed a bit of a provocative expression, "Young Master Shang sure likes to joke around. Although I am the older sister of love, but I have never met the merchant, have never known each other. Even as a merchant, for me to accept it so recklessly is a little heartless. "
She did not want to have another big brother for no reason. This man did not come with good intentions, he was not easy to deal with, Shang Zhiqing had a faint sense of fear and respect for him, maybe his position in the Shang Clan was higher than Shang Zhiqing's.
Hearing Xie Qingrong's ambiguous words, Shang Wuying did not seem to be displeased at all. He was only joking with Xie Qingrong, before he saw Xie Qingrong, he had already known everything that had happened to Xie Qingrong since Xie Qingrong was young.
Something extremely interesting seemed to have happened between the two. It could cause a person's temperament to change drastically, but this change in personality was more suitable for merchants.
It was also hard for those few old guys to not make a move even though they knew what was going on in the merchant house.
Although Shang Wuying had reached the point of breaking away from the Shang clan all these years, he was still a spy in the Shang clan. There were some things that she wanted to know, and there was nothing that he could not know.
"Miss Xie is right." Shang Wuying said with a smile, but her gentle looking face made Shang Zhiqing even more worried.
He forcefully gathered his energy and suppressed the fear he had for Shang Wuying for all these years. He took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Little big brother, if you have no other matters, I and big sister will take my leave first."
"There really is nothing else." Shang Wuying said indifferently, her squinted eyes had already loosened, seeing Shang Zhiqing's relieved look, she sneered in her heart.
Do not think that he did not see the tight grip of Shen Haoxuan's hands under his sleeves.
Shang Zhiqing brought Xie Qingrong and bid farewell. Just as she stepped out of the doorstep, she heard a voice from behind him.
"Sis, don't blame little big brother for not reminding you. I think you know better than I do what you can and what you can't do. "Since Aunt put you on the surface, you should understand what responsibilities you have."
Her voice was very faint, but it was also very cold.
It was clearly about to enter summer, yet Shang Zhiqing felt a chill entering into her limbs and bones, freezing her to the point that her entire body became stiff and cold.
Shen Haoxuan saw a faint trace of struggle and pain between Shang Zhiqing's brows, and he tightly held Shang Zhiqing's hand in his own palm.
As he turned around, the corners of his mouth raised to form an impeccable smile, his indifferent appearance seemed to be as if he did not care about anything, but the deep background in his eyes clearly showed his concern for Shang Zhiqing.
"I know that you are the little brother of love, and I also know that the responsibility she bears may be even greater than I thought. But I just want to have sex with her at her age when she can be willful and happy. Be it willful or unreasonable, she should grow up like this, and should not carry those heavy responsibilities and expectations with her, and stay in her shell like a tortoise for the rest of her life. "
Hearing Shen Haoxuan's words, which sounded as if he was taking an oath, Shang Zhiqing was startled, but he still held onto Shen Haoxuan's hand tightly.
"Heh." Shang Wuying chuckled, and then took the teacup placed beside her. The blue and white porcelain color of the teacup set off a pair of white hands, making it seem even more beautiful, unspeakably beautiful.
His eyes lightly glanced at Shang Zhiqing and Shen Haoxuan, then said with a slightly raised voice, "It is my good fortune to be able to obtain Young Master Shen's favor. I hope that Young Master Shen will be able to persevere on this line of thought and not disappoint me. "
The moment Shang Wuying's words fell, Shen Haoxuan had already crossed the threshold ahead of them.
He did not respond to Shang Wuying's words, even though he knew that Shang Wuying had already acknowledged him. However, he did not need to promise anyone that he could take care of Shang Zhiqing, protect him, and care for him.
The only thing he needed to guarantee was that the girl who made the promise already trusted him deeply.
"Shen Haoxuan, thank you."
Thank you, I have never given up on her. Even when she wants to give up on her, you will always soften your heart and never give up on her.
Thank you, always stand by her side, take care of her, love her, constantly support her, even if always have to endure separation without complaint.
Shang Zhiqing's expression was too serious, to the point that the casual smile on Shen Haoxuan's face instantly collapsed and was replaced with an equally serious and sincere expression.
Shaking her head, Shen Haoxuan laughed and scratched her nose: "Idiot."
After calming himself down, Shang Zhiqing seemed to have returned to being a proud and willful little girl in front of Shen Haoxuan.
"Big sister, little big brother has long since cut off all contact with the Shang family. However, little big brother will definitely not take us to him for no reason and listen to his nonsense. He must have meant something else. "
Shang Zhiqing moved closer to Xie Qingrong and said softly.
It was just that Shang Wuying's influence on her was too deep, disturbing her state of mind, to the point where she did not care what Shang Wuying had said at all.
However, Xie Qingrong and Xuanyuan Chen had already reached the desired conclusion from Shang Wuying's words.
Shang Wuying reminded Xie Qingrong. Even someone like him who did not participate in the Shang clan's business already knew of Xie Qingrong's existence, so the merchants that were in the valley had long known of Xie Qingrong's existence.
As for why they had yet to find Xie Qingrong, it was because Shang Zhiqing still had the position of Holy Maiden, so they did not need him at the moment.
However, if the metazoan flower had never blossomed, and if Mo Yun teamed up with one of them, they would probably have to take action.
On the other hand, Shang Wuying was also reminding Shang Zhiqing that the Shang Clan members were ready to make a move. If Shang Zhiqing did not do anything that would let the Shang Clan down, they would naturally consider letting Shang Zhiqing abdicate at their discretion.
If Shang Zhiqing really did something that let the Shang clan down, it would not be as simple as abdicating the throne.