After entering the book, he stole the heroine's charming attributes

"Then you deliberately made the matter so serious, don't you want to help her?"

"I am a prefect, how can I have my way with her? But this is a good thing, I will still carry it out, but I have to slow down and not let her think it is so easy, so that she will be grateful for my help."

"Well, the master is still thoughtful."

Shen Li didn't know what Ruan Mingde and Lan Xueyan talked about. If he knew, he could only say that Ruan Mingde was worthy of being an official, as he was beating around the bush too much.

She was being stopped by Ruan Heng at this moment.

"Mr. Ruan, do you have anything else to do?"

Ruan Heng looked at Shen Li, not knowing what to say for a moment, but he didn't want her to leave like that: "Where have you been for so long?"

"I went to Xizhou Prefecture. You know I'm in the perfume business. If I want to expand, I have to expand to other places, not just in Xizhou Prefecture."

"Yes, you are all very powerful." Ruan Heng said in a low voice.

Shen Li didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Shen Li, do you think I'm useless?"

"why do you say so?"

"Yanyan went to Kyoto and never came back. In fact, I knew she would not come back. She went to Kyoto just to leave me because she thought I was useless and could not give her the life she wanted."

Shen Li had always thought that he was an innocent young man, but she didn't expect that he had grown up because of Shen Yanyan: "If it is really what you said, will you still wait for her?"

"will not."

This surprised Shen Li. She thought Ruan Heng would always wait for Shen Yanyan. After all, he liked her so much. "That's right. There are so many good women in the world. There is no need for you to be sad for a woman who left you."

Ruan Heng's eyes lit up, and he looked at Shen Li and said, "Yes, I must study hard and pass the imperial examinations, so that I can be worthy of the woman I like."

"Well, I wish you success in the imperial examination soon."

Ruan Heng nodded, then said awkwardly: "Shen Li, will you wait for me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Just wait until I pass the imperial examination, then...propose to you."

Shen Li started to cough: "Ahem, what did you say? You're proposing marriage to me? Didn't your mother ask you to do this?"

"No, I thought of it myself."

"You...you like me?"

Ruan Heng blushed at Shen Li's directness: "I... I don't know, but I don't reject marrying you, and I... think it's good."

Shen Li actually didn't think that he really liked her, it was probably just a temporary affection. Ruan Heng herself was very ignorant, but since things had come to this, she should make things clear to avoid trouble in the future.

"I have someone I like, so I won't marry you. As for you, you should stop thinking about these messy things and concentrate on your studies."

Ruan Heng's eyes widened: "I don't believe it, you are lying to me, right?"

"Would I lie to you about something like this?"

"Who do you like, then?"

"You probably don't know him. If I have a chance to meet him in the future, I'll tell you."

Looking at Shen Li's determined eyes and confident words, Ruan Heng knew that what she said was true. He didn't know what happened, but his heart felt like someone had grabbed it, and it hurt so much that he wanted to struggle free.

Shen Li just asked him if he liked her, but he didn't answer because he didn't know whether he liked her or not.

Before, he thought she liked Shen Yanyan. Looking at her cute appearance, he was happy and wanted to do anything for her. But it was not the same with Shen Li. He would miss her when he couldn't see her, and he didn't know what to say when he saw her. In short, he felt awkward and tangled.

Sometimes, seeing how outstanding Shen Li was, he felt ashamed of himself and thought about working hard to be worthy of her.

But he never thought about how to be worthy of her.

It doesn't seem to matter now.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time and his face was getting paler, Shen Li asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"I will still try my best, you..." Can't you just wait for me? Why do I have someone I like so soon?

In the end, Ruan Heng could only ask the following questions in his heart.

"I see that you don't look well, you should go back and rest."

"Will we meet again in the future?" Ruan Heng asked hopefully.

"If there is a chance, I will probably do it. I will leave Xiezhou Prefecture in two days." After saying this, Shen Li thought for a while and said, "Everyone has something to do. We all have to work hard to make ourselves better people. Let's work hard together."

Although Ruan Heng didn't understand what "come on" meant, he could guess the general idea from the previous and subsequent words. He tried hard to grin and said, "I will."

Shen Li nodded, turned around and got on the carriage.

Ruan Heng looked at the carriage going farther and farther away, clenched his fists and said in his heart: I will be a better person when we meet next time.

Even though being worthy might be useless, he still wanted to do it.

After returning home, Shen Li thought about it and decided to write a letter to Shen Han.

Ruan Mingde's meaning was very clear, he wanted to go to Kyoto to be an official, and his implicit implication was that Shen Han's Ministry of Personnel had the right to do so.

Putting him aside, Lan Xueyan did help him a lot, and she still owed him a favor after all.

She didn't understand official affairs and didn't want to embarrass her elder brother, so after careful consideration, she only said in the letter that Ruan Mingde wanted to go to Beijing to be an official and asked her to ask him if he could help.

She did not mention that she wanted to repay the favor. In this way, Shen Han would think that Ruan Mingde wanted him to help, and he would look at the matter objectively. If it was embarrassing or against the principles, he would refuse it.

After writing the letter and having someone send it out, Shen Li sat at the table and thought about the current layout of the workshop. There were eight equipment rooms now, and if all the empty spaces were built up, about ten more could be built.

There is also the matter of collecting flowers. If possible, she would also need to build a special house at the entrance of the workshop to collect flowers. She would also need to build a warehouse to temporarily store flowers or prepared ointments and other items.

At dinner time, Shen Liang finished work and Shen Li went to discuss things with him.

"Brother, I want to turn all the empty space into an equipment room."

"The balm business has expanded across state capitals. It's time to build it up. I know how to do it. Leave it to me."

"I also want to build a warehouse. It doesn't have to be very big. Second brother, can you see if there is any suitable area in the workshop to build it? If not, we can wait. I have asked Meng Huaying to buy land nearby."

The houses and equipment rooms in the workshop were all built by Shen Liang. Besides, he was an expert in this area and he knew best what was suitable and what was not.