Mistakenly recognized as a cousin, thousands of pampered

When Shen Zhiyi saw Tao Jiuxi's reaction, a trace of panic flashed through his heart.

He has no experience either!

He frowned slightly, and there was a hint of unnaturalness in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

He looked at Tao Jiuxi's shy appearance, but stubbornly believed in his heart that Tao Jiuxi was just pretending at the moment.

Shen Zhiyi's face darkened. He reached out and pinched Tao Jiuxi's chin tightly, applying a little force to force her to turn her head and look at him.

Tao Jiuxi's chin was pinched so hard that it hurt, but he couldn't resist.

The two looked at each other, and the air seemed to be filled with a tense and ambiguous atmosphere.

"What did you do during the ten days I was away from home?"

"Why should I tell you?" Tao Jiuxi raised his chin with stubbornness in his eyes.

"I think you have no choice now." Shen Zhiyi said, his eyes sweeping over Tao Jiuxi's upper body intentionally or unintentionally. At this moment, she was only wearing a thin bellyband.

Tao Jiuxi immediately understood what Shen Zhiyi meant, and a feeling of humiliation surged in his heart.

"Are you still human? I'm still so young!"

"It's indeed quite small." After Shen Zhiyi said this, his eyes swept over Tao Jiuxi's slightly flat chest.

Tao Jiuxi became furious when she heard this. She was talking about age, not figure.

She walked forward angrily, leaned on Shen Zhiyi's shoulder, and bit him hard until her mouth tasted blood.

"Relieved?"

Tao Jiuxi certainly didn't feel relieved, but he had no choice but to soften his tone: "Can we not talk about this in the bathtub?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyi looked down at the water in the bathtub and found that it was indeed gradually losing its temperature.

Looking at Tao Jiuxi again, with her small body, I was afraid that she might fall ill before I finished asking questions.

So, Shen Zhiyi reached out and picked up Tao Jiuxi. After stepping out of the bathtub, he placed Tao Jiuxi in front of the heater near the bathtub, and quickly took a bath towel and threw it to Tao Jiuxi.

Tao Jiuxi came out of the water and felt even colder. She wiped the water off her hair and body with trembling hands. However, her dress was wrapped tightly around her, making it difficult for her to move.

Shen Zhiyi moved very quickly. When Tao Jiuxi looked at him with an embarrassed expression, he had already put on his inner clothes.

"I don't have any clothes that suit you. Do you want to talk to me while wearing wet clothes, or do you want to talk to me under the quilt?" Shen Zhiyi's tone was flat.

Tao Jiuxi didn't want to freeze to death or die of discomfort, so she bit her lip.

"Turn around." Tao Jiuxi's voice trembled a little.

Shen Zhiyi did as he was told.

Tao Jiuxi quickly took off his wet clothes, wiped his body simply, ran barefoot to Shen Zhiyi's bed, and wrapped himself tightly with the quilt.

"Can you help me wring out the clothes and put them by the heater to dry?" Tao Jiuxi wrapped in the quilt, slightly poked his head out, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

When Shen Zhiyi heard this, his face was full of disbelief, as if he had heard it wrong.

Does she feel angry at this moment?

He frowned and looked at Tao Jiuxi, motionless.

Seeing that Shen Zhiyi didn't move, Tao Jiuxi repeated: "Wring out the clothes and dry them for a while." There was a bit more urgency in her tone.

but......

Shen Zhiyi actually did it!

He picked up Tao Jiuxi's wet clothes with some awkward movements and wrung them hard, but his heart was full of doubts.

After packing up his wet clothes, Shen Zhiyi poured a cup of hot tea and slowly walked to the bed and sat down.

"Do you know Xie Jinghuan?" Shen Zhiyi's voice was low, his eyes fixed on Tao Jiuxi.

"Are you like this today because of Xie Jinghuan?"

Shen Zhiyi handed the hot tea to Tao Jiuxi, but his tone was very cold: "Tao Jiuxi, are you really ignorant? Or are you bold enough to play tricks on me?"

Tao Jiuxi was naked, so naturally he wouldn't reach out to take the tea that Shen Zhiyi handed to him.

She looked at the cup of tea, feeling a little uneasy.

But Shen Zhiyi's words made her dare not disobey.

She hesitated for a moment, stretched out a lotus-white jade arm from under the quilt, took the cup, took a sip, and handed the cup to Shen Zhiyi.

"Drink it." Shen Zhiyi's order was concise and powerful.

Tao Jiuxi obeyed and drank it in one gulp before suddenly remembering, "Did you drug me?"

Otherwise why would he be so kind as to pour himself a cup of hot tea?

Her eyes were full of suspicion.

Shen Zhiyi ignored her and just put the cup on the tea table beside him.

"What medicine? Poison? Aphrodisiac?" Tao Jiuxi asked. She felt that Shen Zhiyi seemed to have taken the wrong medicine today and was not polite to her.

"If I have to kill you, it would be better for me to chop you off. If I want you, do I need an aphrodisiac?" Shen Zhiyi said slowly, with a hint of pride in his eyes.

The scene in the bathtub just now reappeared in Tao Jiuxi's mind. He was so powerless at that time and had no ability to fight back at all.

The feeling of humiliation came back like a tide, filling her heart with resentment.

"If you dare to touch me again, I will fight you." Tao Jiuxi glared at Shen Zhiyi, but there was a trembling in his voice.

"Oh, you're going to fight me?" Shen Zhiyi slowly turned around and inched forward. Tao Jiuxi looked at Shen Zhiyi, who was a head taller than her. His tall and broad figure pressed down like a mountain, almost blocking out all the candlelight. She couldn't help but feel a surge of fear in her heart, and subconsciously shrank back.

"Why are you doing that?" Tao Jiuxi's voice was full of questioning.

"You don't know?" Shen Zhiyi's tone was cold.

"Don't...don't move. Let's talk it over." Tao Jiuxi stretched out a hand in panic, trying to resist Shen Zhiyi's approach.

Shen Zhiyi stopped and stood at arm's length from her. Tao Jiuxi quickly tightened the quilt around her, as if this would give her a sense of security.

She gathered herself and said, "Could you please send someone to the hall to tell my eldest sister not to wait any longer? Tell her... tell her that I made a mistake and you're punishing me by making me copy books."

"You still care about your elder sister in your heart, but why don't you take her into consideration when taking action?" Shen Zhiyi's words were full of sarcasm.

Although Tao Jiuxi didn't understand why, she didn't want her elder sister to know her current situation.

So, she could only soften her tone and plead, "If there is any misunderstanding, we can talk slowly. Can you let my sister go back in peace first?"

Shen Zhiyi looked at her deeply and thought to himself.

He felt that Tao Jiuxi was just like that. He was extremely stubborn at heart, but he was also very eloquent and good at being humble and pitiful.

But he, who has always been calm and self-controlled, would be influenced by her.

Shen Zhiyi was silent for a moment, then stood up from the bed. His eyes fell on a tassel behind the door, which swayed slightly.

Just a moment later, a voice came from outside: "Master, please give your orders."

"Send someone to the flower hall to tell them that Second Miss Tao has made a mistake and is copying books in the study. She will not be returning today. Tell First Miss Tao not to disturb her." Shen Zhiyi ordered through the door.

"I obey your command." The person outside responded respectfully.

The room fell into silence again, but Tao Jiuxi's heart was still restless.

After saying that, Shen Zhiyi slowly returned to his original position.

He sat in front of Tao Jiuxi again, his tall figure like a solid barrier, blocking Tao Jiuxi firmly in the corner.