Mistakenly recognized as a cousin, thousands of pampered

In the evening, Tao Jiuxi returned to Xie's house happily, carrying a heavy ingot of silver and a thick stack of banknotes.

After returning home, Tao Jiuxi was so excited that he didn't even have time to eat. He just wanted to quickly put the silver away. Then he couldn't wait to find Shen Zhiyi with the banknote.

In the study, Shen Zhiyi saw Tao Jiuxi coming, raised his hand slightly, and sent Jiang Shun and Jiang Qu away.

"Are you tired from opening today?"

As he spoke, Shen Zhiyi took Tao Jiuxi's hand and sat down on the Arhat couch together. He then personally poured her a cup of warm water and handed it to her.

Tao Jiuxi took the warm water and drank it all.

"Not tired. If business is this prosperous every day, I will live across the street. I won't feel tired watching it every day. It won't close, it will be open twelve hours a day." Her eyes were shining with excitement, as if she could see banknotes flying towards her.

Shen Zhiyi frowned slightly: "Then I can only tear down your shop."

Tao Jiuxi quickly waved his hands, "No, you can have fun, but you can't joke about my shop. But thank you for coming today, cousin. I guess so many people are sitting down to eat. Is that your advice?"

She tilted her head and stared at Shen Zhiyi's face, hoping to get a positive answer from Shen Zhiyi.

Shen Zhiyi shook his head slightly: "That's not the case."

He just mentioned it to a few prominent people, saying that this pastry shop had some connection with him.

Tao Jiuxi opened a shop with such a grand fanfare. In the capital, many larger shops were controlled by powerful people, who just hired shopkeepers to run them.

He did this just to protect Tao Jiuxi's shop from opening smoothly in the future and avoid attracting troublemakers.

"Anyway, thank you, cousin." Tao Jiuxi's face was sincere and his eyes were full of gratitude.

"Why should we thank each other?"

"I should thank you. I borrowed this thousand taels from you before, and this hundred taels is the interest." Tao Jiuxi said as he took out two silver bills and placed them on the table.

"What do you mean?" The corners of Shen Zhiyi's mouth, which had been smiling, were no longer raised, and were replaced by a hint of doubt and slight displeasure.

"I'll return your money." Tao Jiuxi answered as a matter of course.

"You want to redeem the jade pendant? The first thing you do after you make money is to come to me to get the jade pendant back?" Tao Jiuxi's heart tightened when he saw Shen Zhiyi's face change.

She quickly explained, "I just wanted to return the money to you. I didn't mention the jade pendant at all."

Tao Jiuxi was eager to distance himself from the matter, fearing that Shen Zhiyi would misunderstand him.

Then, she handed the cup of water in her hand to Shen Zhiyi, hoping to help him calm down.

I secretly muttered in my heart: "Dad! He's so hard to please."

"I told you, you don't need to be so formal with me." Shen Zhiyi frowned slightly, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"I'm not being polite. My cousin has done us a favor. He took us in when we sisters were in trouble. I will always remember this great kindness in my heart. Now that I have the ability to repay him, I will naturally repay my cousin first." Tao Jiuxi's tone was extremely serious, but Shen Zhiyi always felt that there was a bit of distance between her words.

On the contrary, he preferred Tao Jiuxi's thick-skinned look in the past, and always felt that she was more real that way.

Seeing her determination, Shen Zhiyi stopped talking. This one thousand taels was really nothing compared to the income of Tao Jiuxi's shop.

Tao Jiuxi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Shen Zhiyi no longer refused.

She thought that if she could tell the difference now, she would be able to leave more easily in the future.

After Tao Jiuxi put down the banknote, she did not mention taking back the jade pendant. After returning to the house, she began to count the money over and over again before she washed up and went to sleep in satisfaction.

However, just as she fell asleep, the uninvited guest quietly slipped into her room.

Shen Zhiyi was very familiar with the place this time. He walked in quietly in his pajamas, came to the bed and without saying a word, he got into Tao Jiuxi's quilt naturally as if he was returning to his own bed.

Tao Jiuxi was awakened by the sudden warmth and his eyes widened instantly, filled with astonishment and anger.

"Shen Zhiyi, you're going a bit too far."

She twisted her body hard, trying to push him away, pressing her hands hard against Shen Zhiyi's chest.

"I have to go on a long journey tomorrow." Shen Zhiyi seemed not to hear her protest, and turned a deaf ear to it. He just hugged Tao Jiuxi even tighter in his arms, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.

"How far?"

"I'll try to come back before the New Year." Shen Zhiyi still refused to let go of Tao Jiuxi, resting his chin lightly on the top of her head, his breath gently falling on her hair.

"What's taking so long?"

Tao Jiuxi suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart, and the action of pushing Shen Zhiyi stopped involuntarily.

"After I leave, don't go out all day like you do now. When you have nothing to do, just stay in the mansion. I will be back as soon as possible." Shen Zhiyi always traveled decisively and never dragged his feet.

However, today, he learned that the conspirator of the plague case had been found and he needed to interrogate him personally. For the first time, he had the thought of not wanting to leave the capital.

But this matter is of great importance and he is the only one who can do it.

He hugged Tao Jiuxi tightly, his tone full of worry and reluctance.

"I understand. It's freezing cold now, so take care of yourself outside." When Tao Jiuxi thought about the fact that the only means of transportation nowadays was riding a horse, she felt that traveling was really tiring.

Shen Zhiyi stared at Tao Jiuxi in the darkness, slowly lowered his head, and gave her a deep kiss on the forehead.

He thought to himself that his mother would return from Jiangnan in the spring of next year, and then he would take the girl in his arms home to marry her. That way, he wouldn't have to just hold her like this.

A few moments.

Tao Jiuxi suddenly asked, "Cousin, did you send someone to follow me?"

"That's just the secret guard protecting you."

"I'm not used to someone following me all the time. After you leave, I won't run around. Can you withdraw the people following me?" Tao Jiuxi frowned slightly, thinking secretly in his heart.

If I want to buy a house, Shen Zhiyi's people will always follow me, which is really inconvenient.

Moreover, seeing Shen Zhiyi becoming more and more attached to her, she felt an inexplicable panic in her heart.

Today, she learned that Shen Zhiyi held such a high official position that he must be from a distinguished family. How could a wealthy family in this dynasty marry only one person? She didn't want to be trapped in a large mansion for the rest of her life, and end up having to compete with countless women for their affection. She was also afraid that if she stayed with Shen Zhiyi for too long, she would become deeply trapped and unable to extricate herself.

"I will ask Jiang Shun to withdraw tomorrow." Shen Zhiyi thought for a moment and agreed to Tao Jiuxi's request.

"Thank you, cousin."

"Go to sleep. I'll just hold you like this." Shen Zhiyi's voice became more gentle.

The room fell into silence, with only the shallow breathing of the two people being heard.

However, a moment later, Tao Jiuxi suddenly angrily asked, "Shen Zhiyi, what are you doing with your hands?"

"I just touched it..." Shen Zhiyi's voice was a little guilty.

"If you move again, go back to your room." Tao Jiuxi raised his voice a few degrees, with unquestionable determination.

"..." Shen Zhiyi fell silent immediately, stopped what he was doing obediently, and hugged Tao Jiuxi tightly, not daring to do anything beyond the limit.