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Chapter 232: Venomous Junior Sister

In the following days, Zhou You had another item on his itinerary and had to report to Zeng's house every day.

Zeng Ruyu got the rubbing and studied it day and night, staying up all night with the light on until his eyes were red.

Even so, her natural beauty was not diminished at all. Instead, she looked like a rabbit spirit that had descended from Guanghan Palace.

She exchanged ideas with Zhou You, listed possible interpretations of the rubbings one by one, and cited classics in an attempt to find the corresponding school of writing that evolved in later generations.

The more Zhou You interacted with her and the deeper he understood her, he realized that this junior sister was a genius and beautiful girl.

Not only is she beautiful, she is also intelligent. Her ideas in studying seal script are clear and detailed, and she has exhausted all possibilities.

During Zhou You's communication with her, his seal script level improved from lv8 to lv11, reaching 3 levels in a row, and his experience value increased by more than 2000.

This is also due to the rubbings, because they are too profound and difficult to understand, forcing them to use all they have learned and work hard to improve.

"Brother Zhou, I estimate that this writing originated before the Nine Cauldrons of Heaven and Man disappeared."

After Zeng Ruyu's research, the approximate dating standard of ancient seal characters was finally deduced.

The end of the ancient era was marked by the disappearance of the Nine Cauldrons of Heaven and Man from the world.

Since then, the only benchmark of retro heaven and earth disappeared, and various factions sprang up like mushrooms after rain, with a hundred schools of thought contending with each other.

The Buddhism and the Golden Immortal Sect were both born in that period, and their root cause was the difference in the interpretation of heaven and man.

To this day, many noble families and sects have been collecting rubbings of the Nine Cauldrons of Heaven and Man in an attempt to prove that their own interpretation is the only truth in the world.

The rubbing is divided into two parts, one is the carrier and the other is the text.

Zeng Ruyu has deduced that the characters existed before the Nine Cauldrons of Heaven and Man, and most likely came from the Nine Cauldrons of Heaven and Man.

Even if there is only a fragment and the text is not complete, it is still a priceless treasure.

"Brother Zhou, I promise that only the three of us will know about the rubbings. You must not leak it to anyone."

Zeng Ruyu looked solemn, fearing that Zhou You didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

If the two major families in the city knew about this, Zhou You's family would be in immediate danger of destruction.

Zhou Youdan certainly knew this truth. He had copied the rubbings five or six times to erase all suspicious clues.

However, Zeng Ruyu was still worried...

"Brother Zhou, accompany me for a while. I will prepare something to transform the rubbings into real objects."

Zhou You subconsciously asked, "Can you go out?"

"Brother, please accompany me. Please keep it a secret for me and don't let father know."

Oh, so he was sneaking out. That’s quite exciting to think about!

Zeng Ruyu went out wearing a veil. The veil was so thick and heavy that it looked like a door curtain. It was impossible to see her appearance clearly, not even whether she was a man or a woman.

TV dramas are all lies. The thin and transparent veils are basically sex toys.

On the way, she explained to Zhou You that for his safety, this rubbing could not be kept. To be on the safe side, she would use the techniques of stone carving to reproduce all the details of the rubbing on the real object.

This technique is called epigraphic transcription and requires a lot of tools and manpower.

The target is a tool store to purchase the necessary seal carving tools.

"That shop was opened by one of my senior brothers. He opened the shop to make a living and continued to study bronze and stone."

The owner of the shop is a scholar. Because the expenses of studying gold and stone are too high, he embarks on the path of selling to support his life.

He was somewhat flattered to see Zeng Ruyu coming to his house. When he heard her introduce Zhou You, he looked at her a few more times with a shocked expression.

"Please come in and wait a moment."

After inviting the two to the compartment, he personally gathered the tools Zeng Ruyu needed.

Outside the store, a little girl about eleven or twelve years old walked into the store and trotted out.

She returned to the Shen family breathlessly, entered through the side door, and found Shen Siying who was sulking. "Miss, I found Zhou You, he's shopping."

Shen Siying thought that she had finally caught him, and she must come clean and make things clear today.

Her father and brother were determined to marry her to Zhou You, and no matter how much she cried and made a fuss, there was nothing they could do. The only way left was to make Zhou You give up and refuse it themselves.

We finally found Zhou You's whereabouts, and this time we had final say.

"Come on, take me there quickly."

The little maid nodded excitedly, "Miss, go through the side door, there's no one watching there."

The two of them secretly escaped from the Shen family one after the other. A moment later, the maid discovered that the young lady was missing, and she screamed and fainted on the spot.

While the Shen family was in complete chaos...

"Everything is ready, you should go home as soon as possible!"

The shop owner couldn't believe that his junior sister, who had been a lady since childhood, dared to go out privately with a man.

He was a little terrified. If the Master knew...

Zeng Ruyu smiled faintly through her veil and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother. We will go back now."

When they arrived at the store door, Shen Siying and the little girl had hurried over. She was a little out of breath from jogging, her delicate hands pressed on her knees, and she kept gasping for breath, her porcelain-like face flushed like an apple.

"Zhou You, I finally found you, huhuhu!"

It was only after Zhou You took a third look that he recognized the girl in front of him was Shen Siying.

Well, my physical condition is too weak. I’m out of breath after running just a few steps. Will I be able to do housework in the future?
Covered by the veil, Zeng Ruyu showed a playful smile. As expected, there was a surprise when she went out. Didn’t she run into Brother Zhou’s love affair?

Well, it seems that the girl opposite is the daughter of the Shen family, a businesswoman!

"Zhou You, I came here to warn you, don't dream of marrying into my family."

"Even if I, Shen Siying, cannot get married for the rest of my life, I will never marry you."

"You'd better take the initiative to talk to my father and stop dreaming of this marriage. Otherwise, your father won't be able to work in my family anymore."

Zhou You found it somewhat funny to see her making such threatening gestures and saying what she thought were vicious and hurtful words.

This marriage was arranged at your family's request, not my initiative.

He smiled and shook his head, and was about to say something...

Zeng Ruyu on the side was not happy. The merchant girl was so arrogant. Zhou You was Master Zeng’s disciple. How dare you say that about him?

She lifted her veil and questioned, "Are you from a merchant family without manners?"

The shop owner standing by the side, when he saw her without makeup, his eyes became dazed on the spot.

Shen Siying was originally furious, but when she saw Zeng Ruyu's appearance, she subconsciously lowered her head and felt ashamed.

The little girl behind him opened her mouth wide. How could there be someone more beautiful than the young lady in the world?
"Master Shen begged for three years before my father wrote him a plaque. Miss Shen, let me tell you, Zhou You is now studying literature with my father."

"So, this marriage is not about him marrying above his station, but about you marrying above your station."

"With your frail character, if you weren't born into a merchant family, you would never get married in this lifetime."

Shen Siying screamed, covered her face, rushed out of the store, and ran home madly. The little girl chased her so hard that even her shoes fell off.

A genius and beautiful girl with a sharp tongue, but I like it!
Zhou You gave Zeng Ruyu a thumbs up and then reminded her to put down her veil.

More and more passers-by outside the store were attracted by her beauty and stopped to stand on tiptoe to watch, seeing that something was about to happen.

Zeng Ruyu stuck out her tongue, lowered her veil, and then let out a sigh of disappointment.

"You two go out the back door!"

The shop owner sighed and invited them in. What if they continued to go through the front door and caused a stampede?
(End of this chapter)