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"Master, have you bought all of your books?"

Chen Ruoran asked caringly, and after asking twice, he still did not hear a response from Kong Linyuan, hence he raised his head and looked at him strangely.

She followed Kong Linyuan's gaze and saw Yuzhu Pavilion.

"Ruo'er, let's go to that pastry shop in front of us." Kong Linyuan came back to reality and said softly.

Hearing that, Chen Ruoran's expression became happy, he grabbed onto the man's arm and laughed: "Hubby truly has good taste. I heard that the new shop has exquisite and delicious pastries, I was just about to go and take a look."

"Yes." Kong Linyuan casually replied as he brought his men and headed back to the shop.

Shen Yao looked at Kong Linyuan with a complicated expression, and when he saw the joyous expression on Chen Ruoran's face, he could not help but sneer in his heart and follow the two into the shop.

"Yue Niang." Once Kong Linyuan entered the shop, he walked towards Shen Zhu's direction and stared fixedly at her.

"Master Kong." Shen Zhu politely replied.

"Welcome to Yuzhu Pavilion." She had a faint smile on her face. Receiving them was no different from receiving ordinary customers. "What would you like to buy?"

Shen Yao glanced at the two people who were conversing with her from afar, her face was gloomy and unsightly, but this time, she was not making trouble without reason like last time.

Now that she was fighting wisdom and courage with her concubines in the Kong Family, her personality had also calmed down a bit.

Kong Linyuan looked at the faintly smiling Shen Zhu, and the light in his eyes grew a little uneasy.

"Have you been recently …" He hesitated for a while, and then as if he had mustered up his courage, he asked about Shen Zhu's situation, and before he could finish, he was interrupted by Chen Ruoran who was behind him.

"Lady Boss, what's tasty in your restaurant?" Chen Ruoran looked around, and realized that all of the pastries on the shelves were all very exquisite, and he couldn't make up his mind at the moment.

"Madam, if you like sweet foods, you can take a look at this sweet cake. If you like it, this jujube cake tastes pretty good too. Also, you can try this egg cake first, if you like it …"

Shen Zhu went over to Chen Ruoran's side and introduced the popular pastries that were for sale, then picked up a plate of tasty pastries and placed it on his hands.

Seeing that, Kong Linyuan looked at her with a complicated gaze. Seeing that she was extremely serious about introducing the pastries in the shop, he swallowed his words back in the end.

"Elder sister can pick a few for us. You're so good at cooking, and none of the pastries in this restaurant are bad."

Shen Yao walked through the door with a smile on his gloomy face.

As she spoke, she walked towards Shen Zhu and leaned towards him while pretending to be intimate.

Shen Zhu was startled by Shen Yao's words, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

He thought to himself: When has this good sister of hers not called her by her name in public? Why did she obediently call him elder sister today?

"Speaking of which, elder sister hasn't been home for a long time. I'm worried about you, so if you're free in the next two days, why don't you come and stay with me for a few days?"

Shen Yao pretended not to notice and took the opportunity to push Chen Ruoran to the side.

Chen Ruoran did not expect this situation to happen, she stared fiercely at Shen Yao, and just as she was about to act coquettishly towards Kong Linyuan, she saw that his gaze was fixated on Shen Yao. To be more precise, the person he was looking at was not Shen Yao, but the Shen Zhu beside her!

Chen Ruoran sensed that something was amiss and her face suddenly changed, but she did not flare up on the spot. She pretended as if nothing had happened as she walked back to Kong Linyuan's side and grabbed his arm.

After all, she was born in the Shangguan Family and had seen many scenes where she fought for the throne. She intentionally kept an eye on the situation today and planned to investigate it when she got back.

Shen Zhu lowered his eyes slightly, glancing at Chen Ruoran who was standing next to Kong Linyuan, and instantly understood Shen Yao's abnormal behavior today.

"Yuzhu Pavilion just started, there's been a lot of things happening in the shop recently, I can't do anything either." Shen Zhu smiled lightly as he looked at Shen Yao, and said slowly: "Since little sister is so concerned about our father, then it's going to be hard on you to return home and take care of him."

Shen Zhu looked at her increasingly unsightly face, and slowly added. "In the recent battles outside the Brother Wen, there was no separation from our family. When Brother Wen returns, I will bring him to visit Father."

"You …" Shen Yao was angered to the point that his face turned purple.

Chen Ruoran stood at the side and had always had the mindset of watching a show. Sensing the strange atmosphere between the two, she hurriedly walked to Shen Yao's side and said with a tender smile: "My eyes are blind, I didn't realize that the Lady Boss and my mistress are actually sisters. Since the Lady Boss is the Empress Mother's sister, she is naturally Ruoran's sister as well."

"Elder sister is just a woman, yet she actually understands these business paths. This truly makes Ruoran fall in love with her endlessly." Chen Ruoran laughed and praised Shen Zhu, as if he was watching a good show. "In my opinion, since Big Sister is so smart and virtuous, and is so good-looking, whoever marries you would be blessed by the heavens for eight lifetimes."

Chen Ruoran praised Shen Zhu while sizing up her expression. Seeing that her expression was turning uglier, she felt more at ease in her heart.

"Since this pastry shop is owned by the sister of our mistress, then we should take care of the business even more." Chen Ruoran's smile became brighter and brighter, he pointed to the pastries in the cabinets in front of him and said: I think these pastries are pretty good, why not buy one too?

After Chen Ruoran finished speaking, he smiled and took a piece of pastry from the plate in Shen Zhu's hands. She broke off half and ate it herself, while handing the rest over to Kong Linyuan, "This egg is pretty good.

"If you like it, then buy it." Kong Linyuan received the remaining half of the pastries from Chen Ruoran.

The light in his eyes gradually dimmed as he looked at Shen Zhu, who had appeared so cold and indifferent in front of him.

"Thank you, my husband." Chen Ruoran pretended to be extremely happy and smiled sweetly as she thanked him.

Under Shen Zhu's guidance, the three of them strolled around the shop, and finally returned to their seats at the entrance.

"Sir, here are the pastries that you requested for a total of ten taels of silver." The waiter brought the bundled up pastries over and politely said.

"10 silver coins, just right." Kong Linyuan took out a silver ingot from his waist.

"Please take care, sir. Next time." The waiter accepted the silver and spoke with a smile.

"I still have a lot of things to do in my shop, so I won't send you off." Shen Zhu looked at the three of them and said indifferently.

"Mm, go and busy yourself." Kong Linyuan nodded his head, "Ruo'er, Yao'er, let's go."

Chen Ruoran pulled Shen Zhu's hand and tried to get close to her, then said some good words, acting as if they were extremely intimate. Seeing that Kong Linyuan was urging him, she finally walked over to his side and left.

Shen Yao was thrown to the side coldly, but his gaze never left Chen Ruoran and Shen Zhu. His eyes had almost opened two holes on their backs.

It wasn't easy for Shen Yao to get close to Shen Zhu after he had waited for her to leave with great difficulty, and he pretended to be reluctant to part with her.

Big sister, I didn't mean anything by that. It's just that dad's health has improved a lot recently, and he's worried about you. You and dad are very close, so you can't bear to let him worry about you all the time. That's why I wanted you to come home and visit …" Shen Yao spoke in a low voice and lingered at the door for a while before leaving.

Originally, she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and use Shen Chengjiu as an excuse, and let Shen Zhu go back to her mother's house to teach her a lesson.

Now that Su Zongwen was not in the capital, once he returned to the Shen family, wouldn't they be able to do whatever they want to them?

It was a pity that Shen Zhu did not fall for it.

Shen Yao left with them with difficulty.

Shen Zhu stood at the entrance of the shop, thinking about what Shen Yao had said …