Full level Black Heart Lotus, reborn to bully scumbags every day!

Hearing this, Shen Shuyi asked again: "Did he injure you?"

When she mentioned this, Hongying burst into tears out of grievance: "I argued with him for a few words, and he started to attack me. He pulled my hair and slapped me a few times, and when I fell, he kicked me a few more times."

"In that case, next time he comes to see you, I will go with you."

Seeing Shen Shuyi agreed, Hongying burst into tears of joy and kowtowed to Shen Shuyi several times: "Thank you, Miss. Thank you, Miss!"

After Hongying left, Shen Shuyi's eyes were dark, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

Yu Ping whispered: "Miss, I always feel that there is something wrong..."

Shen Shuyi looked at her with a smile: "Oh? What do you think is wrong?"

Yu Ping thought about it, and with Shen Shuyi's encouragement, she tried to say, "First, although the Jade Buddha Temple also accepts common people to kowtow, it will not allow common people to enter the backyard casually, let alone see Hongying. Second, she wants to ask the master to intimidate her father, but the young lady is still young and has no one to support her. Will her father really be afraid and uneasy?"

Shen Shuyi touched her head and said softly: "First, although it is difficult for him to enter the backyard, if he asks someone to pass a message to Hongying, it will not be difficult for Hongying to take the initiative to meet him. Second, although I am young, Hongying has no one to rely on in the Buddhist temple, so it is understandable that she places her hopes on me..."

Listening to Shen Shuyi's words, Yu Ping's face flushed slightly: "So, there is no problem with Hongying's words?"

Shen Shuyi smiled and shook his head: "I can only say that the lies she made up don't have too many loopholes, but your suspicion is actually very reasonable."

"But the most crucial point is that her father died of illness when she was young."

Yu Ping was stunned for a few seconds, obviously she didn't expect this: "So, everything she said is false!"

Shen Shuyi did not deny it. That’s right, after Yuping died in her previous life, she had carefully investigated the backgrounds of Hongying and Nanny Zhang.

Hongying's father died early, so her mother went to live with her brother from her mother's side. Nanny Zhang was her sister-in-law, but Nanny Zhang had no children in all these years, so she was quite nice to Hongying. She didn't treat her like her own daughter, but it was almost the same.

It was precisely because of this relationship that Nanny Zhang took great pains to bring Hongying into the Shen Mansion, trying every means to make her a capable maid beside Qin Xuerong.

Therefore, the sister and father are all fictitious!

Yu Ping was very angry: "She was crying so pitifully, and her body was covered with wounds. I really... I almost believed it!"

Shen Shuyi said softly: "Yuping, the most important thing when you are with me is not to trust others easily. You must carefully verify any news in the future."

Otherwise, if the initial information is wrong, no matter how wise the subsequent decisions are, it will be of no use.

It was just like when she met Xiao Tingshan. Because she was wrong from the beginning, she had a preconceived notion that Xiao Tingshan was gentle and kind, so even if she noticed some clues later, she would always unconsciously make excuses for him.

*

The next afternoon, Shen Shuyi felt that he was in good health recently, and since the monk had given him some writing brushes and ink, he devoted himself to practicing calligraphy.

Because I haven't written for a long time, I feel a little rusty, but fortunately the basics are still there. In less than half an hour, the feeling of my previous life was regained.

Knowing that too much is as bad as too little, Shen Shuyi did not practice for too long. He stretched his wrists, looked at Yuping who was sitting beside him embroidering sachets, and called her over.

"Miss?"

"I remember you can read too." Shen Shuyi spoke in a gentle voice. He remembered that when he was young, Yuping and Jinzhu followed him to study.

Yuping was gentle and steady. Although she was not as clever as Jinzhu, she was willing to work hard and had learned a lot.

Yu Ping was silent for a moment, then said softly, "I didn't learn much back then, and it's been a few years, so I'm afraid now..."

Shen Shuyi knew that she must have forgotten many things, but she was not in a hurry. There was still time to learn from scratch, and Yuping still had some basic knowledge.

"Starting today, you will learn Chinese characters with me every day, recognizing them first and then writing them."

Yuping was stunned for a few seconds: "Miss, Yuping will work hard!"

Shen Shuyi taught her for half an hour, and Yuping learned very seriously. After they finished learning, they had dinner together.

Then Yuping packed up her things and went to the kitchen to prepare medicinal herbs to boil medicine.

Not long after, Hongying stumbled in and said, "Miss, my father wants to meet me again! He said that if I can't pay the money today, he will sell my sister out immediately!"

Shen Shuyi put down the piece of cloth in his hand and asked gently, "Where is your father?"

"She asked me to meet her in a room on the east side of the firewood room." Hongying choked up and spoke, her heart pounding like a rocket in her throat.

Shen Shuyi didn't say anything, and Hongying didn't dare to speak rashly. She could only wait anxiously.

"Well, I'll change my clothes and go with you."

"Thank you, miss, thank you, miss!" Hongying thanked with red eyes, and lowered her head to hide the calculation in her eyes.

Hongying was waiting outside the door, feeling uneasy.

But thinking about his six hundred taels of silver, he gritted his teeth and calmed himself down.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and Hongying looked at Shen Shuyi who appeared in front of her in a daze.

The girl was wearing a sky blue double-breasted long skirt with a coat of the same color on the outside. The material was pretty good, but the style was not popular at the moment. The embroidery on it was just a simple Ruyi grass pattern, which was quite bland.

As for jewelry, she only casually inserted a jade hairpin of poor quality in her hair, which was not at all gorgeous.

But it was this plain outfit that made Hongying dazed for a long time.

After this period of recuperation, the yellowness and sickness on Shen Shuyi's face have almost faded. Although she is still pale, she looks like ice and snow.

Although he has a thin figure and his facial features have not yet fully developed, he somehow reminds people of the silent Bai Tan in the night, cold and holy, with a calm and quiet air that makes people dare not act recklessly.

Hongying subconsciously thought of the eldest daughter of the mansion, Shen Jingyu, who was now famous in the capital. She was gorgeous and beautiful, with flowers and brocade. All the things she used were precious treasures carefully carved by skilled craftsmen. Her every word and action were examples of famous masters. Not only was she talented, but she was also ranked first among the noble ladies in the capital at a young age.

But inexplicably, the dull and quiet Second Miss seemed to be no less impressive...

Hongying shook her head. What was she thinking about?

How can a second young lady like this compare with the eldest young lady?

Thinking of this, Hongying felt it was ridiculous again, but she still complimented him, "Young lady, you have an extraordinary demeanor. You can tell at a glance that you are a lady from a noble family. You will definitely be able to shock my father."

Shen Shuyi raised his eyes to look at her and said calmly, "Really?"

For some reason, when she met her eyes, Hongying felt a little guilty. After all, she knew very well that this was Shen Shuyi's best dress, and it was given to her by her aunt last time.

As for jewelry, Shen Shuyi had two silver hairpins and only this jade hairpin which had a bad color and was disliked by herself at first.