CH 86

Shen Zhonghua said: “Liu Yue, no one can mention what happened today.”

“Yes.” Liu Yue took the command. This order that no one could divulge naturally included anyone over there with Princess Anning. Liu Yue nodded and left the cabin to handle what Shen Zhonghua said.

On Qiqi and Cui Yanran’s side, because their boat was broken by Princess Anning’s decorated pleasure boat, Shen Zhonghua invited a few of their masters and servants to rest on their big boat. In addition, he told Leng Xing on the riverbank to buy some women’s clothes for them to change into.

Shen Zhonghua naturally knew the size of Qiqi’s clothes. After all, he knew every inch of Qiqi’s body. Cui Yanran’s figure was similar to Qiqi’s. She was thin and small. Therefore, Leng Xing bought the clothes according to Shen Zhonghua’s instructions.

After changing clothes and coming out of the cabin, Qiqi didn’t know how to face Shen Zhonghua, so she went to comfort Cui Yanran. Cui Yanran couldn’t swim. She was rescued by a strange man from the water and the terror she received wasn’t small, even if the person who rescued her was Prince Rong she had intended.

Because the reputation of a family’s daughter was important, so they waited for Qiqi and others to change their clothes properly. Shen Zhonghua only then let Young Master Wang, the accompanying god doctor and divine hands, diagnose the pulse for her and a few people through the veil and confirmed that it was no big problem. After letting them drink ginger soup, they pulled the boat toward the shore.

Watching as Qiqi sent Cui Yanran home first and then Qiqi and the servant girls returned home, Leng Xing eventually couldn’t help and asked Shen Zhonghua who was hiding in the dark with him: “Wangye, what does this mean?”

Since he was worried about Qiqi, why didn’t he just send her back openly?

Shen Zhonghua smiled. Leng Xing rarely saw Wangye smile. Shen Zhonghua said: “You don’t understand?”

Leng Xing nodded: “This subordinate doesn’t know. Please forgive my sin, Wangye.”

“What’s there to sin?” It seemed like since Wangye intended to get better with Qiqi, his temperament had improved a lot. He just heard Shen Zhonghua say: “The family daughter’s reputation is important. If Liu Yue didn’t manage today’s affair well, and the matter was spread that they were rescued by this prince and the thirteenth younger brother and sent home, wouldn’t it be true to harm their innocence?”

Now that wangye was waiting for Qiqi, he was really considerate. Leng Xing secretly smacked his tongue.

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Returning to the residence, Qiqi didn’t mention falling into the water. Shen Zhonghua was out of character today, acting as if he was unfamiliar with her, but he was also warm and polite, and his movements also didn’t exceed.

“It’s better this way...... this is the best......” Although Qiqi was a little unexpected, she also felt more relaxed. She soaked in hot water in the bath barrel, but she couldn’t control her thoughts of Shen Zhonghua. She thought of him while he was in the water and lifted her up. He gave her a trace of life.

“What are you doing, thinking of these?!” Qiqi shook her head, shattering his face in her mind. She took a deep breath and buried her head in the water.

It was just that Qiqi didn’t expect Shen Zhonghua would come again tonight.

“...” Qiqi originally wanted to ask him, what was he doing coming again? But the words spoken from her mouth became: “Many thanks Wangye, for your life-saving grace a while ago.”

“Do you feel uncomfortable?” Shen Zhonghua asked her this. Qiqi shook her head and thought to herself. Could it be that Shen Zhonghua came in the middle of the night, merely because he was worried about her? But didn’t he let Young Master Wang check her during the day?

“That’s good if you’re fine.” Shen Zhonghua’s words showed concern inside and then he put down a small lacquered wooden box on the dressing table. He opened the cover and took out a tureen and a small bowl from inside. He poured the soup in the tureen into the small bowl and held it up in front of her.

Qiqi’s expression was very strange. To be precise, it was this move of Shen Zhonghua that made her feel very strange because what Shen Zhonghua handed her was actually a bowl of ginger soup.

“Still, one must pay a little attention and be careful of catching a cold.” Shen Zhonghua said so, but he didn’t hand the ginger soup to Qiqi. He obviously intended to feed her personally.

“Many thanks, Wangye.” This scene was really strange. Qiqi didn’t know what medicine Shen Zhonghua sold in the gourd. She took a step back. She obviously showed refusal.

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhonghua actually said: “This bowl of ginger soup...... I personally made it......”

“...” Not only did Qiqi feel misgiving, but she also felt horrified. Was she dreaming or was Shen Zhonghua taking the wrong medicine?!

Shen Zhonghua probably saw the resistance in Qiqi’s eyes, so he said bluntly: “Qiqi, are you afraid I put poison in it?”

“I-it’s not.” Qiqi obviously had a guilty conscience.

But right? Shen Zhonghua came over in the middle of the night and just sent her a bowl of ginger soup. It was indeed too strange.

Qiqi suspected Shen Zhonghua had impure motives but she didn’t know, now, what reason did Shen Zhonghua have to harm her? There was no need to harm her.

“Don’t be afraid, Qiqi. I’ll drink it to show you.” It wasn’t an angry tone. Shen Zhonghua’s words were gentle and soft. Not waiting for Qiqi to open her mouth, Shen Zhonghua had already taken a spoonful to show Qiqi proof that he didn’t poison her.

“I don’t mean that......” Qiqi obviously mouthed that but her heart wasn’t. In any case, she still felt a little apologetic. After all, she had also been misunderstood by Shen Zhonghua before. She clearly understood the feeling of being misunderstood and not being trusted by someone.

Therefore, when Shen Zhonghua handed the soup to her again, it wasn’t good for Qiqi to shirk. But she couldn’t let Shen Zhonghua feed her, so she had to take the bowl herself and no longer used the spoon Shen Zhonghua had just used. She awkwardly took a mouthful of the bowl.

“Mm......” Qiqi believed this ginger soup was made by Shen Zhonghua himself.

Because this wasn’t ginger soup at all. Did Shen Zhonghua kill the selling brown sugar? Or did the brown sugar not charge? This was simply a bowl of syrup. Qiqi frowned because it was too sweet. Shen Zhonghua at this time actually took out an oil paper bag from his arms, opened the oil paper bag, and picked up a brown sugar candy from inside.

He said to Qiqi: “Bitter? Eat candy if it is bitter.”

Qiqi tried hard to smile and shook her head: “Not bitter, really not bitter at all......”

Qiqi thought to herself: Please, don’t give me any more candy to eat!