After the failed attempt to pretend to be dead, the sickly child was favored by the treacherous mini

When Xie Nanxing brought Lu Bai to the top floor of Shuangxing Building, Xun Zhan was sitting in the main seat of the study room in a very familiar manner, holding a book in one hand and copying on paper with a pen in the other.

Judging from his serious look, even people who don't know the inside story would have to praise Shang Xun Zhan for his diligence and hard work.

Xie Nanxing frowned, and his face looked a little more gloomy.

This look made him feel this way not because he minded Xun Zhan sitting in the seat that belonged to his master, but because he felt that Xun Zhan was being too pretentious.

"Master, the Ninth Prince is not here, you don't have to pretend."

Xun Zhan looked up at Xie Nanxing, the pen in his hand still writing on the paper: "Then when you see Xiaojiu tomorrow, you must tell her how hard I work."

Xie Nanxing pursed her lips and asked, "Isn't the imperial examination nearly two months away? Aren't you tired of performing so early?"

Xun Zhan curled his lips and smiled: "If your Lord Shen could get a chance to earn your heartache, he might be even more exaggerated than me."

Xie Nanxing knew the answer in his heart: no.

The next moment, Xie Nanxing caught a different message: "Have the Master and His Highness confessed their feelings?"

Xun Zhan frowned slightly: "He already knows how I feel about him, why should I be frank?"

Xie Nanxing suddenly realized that he and Xun Zhan should not be communicating at the same frequency. Judging from their confused looks, there must be no breakthrough in their current state.

But even if there is no breakthrough, Xun Zhan will still subconsciously do things that will make Xia Yu remember him.

But matters of the heart vary from person to person. Xun Zhan and Xia Yu are in a situation where one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten. Xie Nanxing has no intention of getting involved in this mess.

"Master, your acting is quite time-consuming. I'm a little short of money recently. I'll help you keep an eye on your business."

Before Xia Che was exiled from Luoan, all the safe people and things in his hands must have been handed over to Xun Zhan.

Combined with the arrangements Xun Zhan had made for Xia Yu before, Xun Zhan must now have a very large business empire in his hands.

Xun Zhan’s focus in the future cannot be placed on making money. He has been sorting out this area recently and is preparing to hand it over to Xie Nanxing.

But Xie Nanxing was more anxious than him, so this was extremely abnormal.

"Xie Nanxing, where did you spend all your money?"

Instead of answering, he asked, "Master, just ask if you want my help?"

Xun Zhan stood up from his chair and slowly stroked his chin with one hand: "You have opened so many branches of Shuangxing Building, you must be making money."

"Shen Jinmo now only has bribes from others. He doesn't need to spend money to smooth over relationships with people."

Xun Zhan pointed at Xie Nanxing and smiled wickedly: "Xie Nanxing, do you have hundreds of male lovers outside?"

Xie Nanxing glared at Xun Zhan but didn't say anything.

As for the fighting style that Xun Zhan is currently displaying, all those outside the Xia domain are enemies, Xie Nanxing cannot possibly tell Xun Zhan the reason.

If it were just shipbuilding, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

But if we involve the Loyal and Diligent Marquis Mansion in building the ship together, we will be easily accused of plotting treason.

Putting away the frivolous expression on his face, Xun Zhan asked, "Xie Nanxing, what are you and Han Zhou planning?"

Xie Nanxing still didn't answer, so Xun Zhan continued to ask: "I saw a lot of sailboat albums from my brother. Why are you planning to build a ship?"

After hearing this, Xie Nanxing's expression showed a little strange.

He really didn't expect that Xun Lan would be so trusted by the Zhongqin Marquis' Mansion.

After sorting out the past, Xie Nanxing knew that the person who trusted Xun Lan was Han Shu, who rescued Xun Lan on Hutou Mountain.

Xie Nanxing knew that the shipbuilding matter could not be hidden from Xun Zhan, so he took the initiative to explain:

"My Shuangxing Building sells a wide range of things. If I want to make this business better and better, I have to look for them everywhere."

"I am a lowly person in Luoan, and there are not many people I can trust. Han Zhou is one of them, so I could only ask him to help me plan. I didn't expect that he would find the princess and then ask Lord Xunlan for help."

What they are building now is of course a sailboat, but no matter how Xie Nanxing explains, Xun Zhan will not believe that their ultimate goal is a sailboat.

Anything worthy of the deployment of the Zhongqin Marquis' Mansion must be related to guarding the border.

"Xie Nanxing, are you going to build a warship?"

Xie Nanxing acted as if "believe it if you want, forget it if you don't", and there was no way he could answer Xun Zhan's question.

In short, Xie Nanxing did not trust Xun Zhan's character.

Xie Nanxing's cold treatment did not dispel Xun Zhan's speculation: "You and Shen Jinmo have been getting closer and closer to Han Zhou since you came back from the south, so you saw that something strange happened to Dongwo?"

Xun Zhan's sense of touch was too sharp, so sharp that Xie Nanxing could no longer gloss over the situation.

Subconsciously, he looked up at Lu Bai who was guarding the door.

Xie Nanxing planned to kill Xun Zhan to silence him.

Xie Nanxing actually planned to kill someone to silence them?

This discovery made Xun Zhan extremely excited. Although these days had been uneventful, Xie Nanxing had undergone such a transformation.

It is not only adversity that can cause a person to transform rapidly. The desire to protect a person can also make him constantly break through his limits.

And every big step forward taken by Xie Nanxing was related to Shen Jinmo.

Not afraid of the murderous aura revealed by Xie Nanxing, Xun Zhan said with interest: "Xie Nanxing, your Shen Jinmo is really good at taking care of people."

"Master, you must have misjudged me from the beginning." Xie Nanxing showed his edge to Xun Zhan for the first time: "The day Shen Jinmo and I first met, I was killing people with tiles."

After entering Luoan City, Shen Jinmo had to bear the bloody storm alone, and he was so weak that he had to gasp after walking a few steps. Naturally, everyone thought that Xie Nanxing could not lift the butcher knife and could not learn to kill.

But the fact is, if anything happens that endangers the lives of Xie Nanxing and Shen Jinmo, Xie Nanxing will fight to the death, even if it means risking his life.

Xun Zhan imagined the sight of Xie Nanxing fighting in desperation with tiles in his hands, and naturally thought of Xia Yu's back as he dragged his frail body and threw the corpse into a dry well in the heavy rain.

Their eyes met, and Xun Zhan was the first to give in: "Ten days later, I will hand over all the business and manpower I have sorted out to you."

"Most of the shopkeepers in the open are easy to deal with, but I haven't had time to deal with the ones in the dark. You have to do it yourself."

Xun Zhan's words clearly showed his intention to test him.

He needed to see Xie Nanxing's methods.