Quick Transmigration: The Green Tea Mistress's Guide to Seduction - A Master's Handbook

They bumped into each other on the street during the day, but Qin Shenzhi didn't have time to find out anything before his colleague called him away.

I didn't expect Xie Qingyu to show up uninvited that evening.

Just like last time, Xie Qingyu came here from her own courtyard under Hongdou's guidance, without encountering a single person along the way.

Even this time, Hongdou led her along a shortcut, and Xie Qingyu realized that her courtyard was actually very close to Qin Shenzhi's courtyard. If you didn't go through the back gate, there was only a small garden separating them.

Perhaps because he was a son born out of wedlock, Qin Shenzhi had very few servants in his courtyard.

If Xie Qingyu came last time just after Gu Qinglian left, it's possible that the people in the courtyard were deliberately sent away.

This time, however, this situation will not exist.

Even so, Qin Shenzhi's courtyard had only one attendant besides the gatekeeper.

Qin Shenzhi must have just finished his shift and was having his meal.

Xie Qingyu was a little embarrassed because she hadn't expected him to have eaten so late.

But now that we're here, there's no reason to go back.

Xie Qingyu steadied herself and went inside.

Hongdou followed behind, placing the gifts Xie Qingyu had prepared aside as before, and then withdrew, along with the attendant who had just been talking to Qin Shenzhi.

Xie Qingyu's arrival this time was truly unexpected for Qin Shenzhi.

Thinking about what his attendant had only reported halfway through, he was still unsure of Xie Qingyu's purpose in coming.

Qin Shenzhi glanced outside before looking back at Xie Qingyu.

Xie Qingyu felt a little uneasy under his gaze and glanced outside, wondering if someone had followed her when she arrived.

"What are you looking at?" Xie Qingyu looked outside but saw nothing.

"Let's see what kind of wind blew my sister-in-law here."

"..."

Xie Qingyu was unaware that he had this side to him.

"I personally invited my sister-in-law to come last time. She tried to avoid me when she saw me on the street today. Why is she here again tonight?" Qin Shenzhi lowered his voice. "It might not be good if my brother finds out."

A sense of scrutiny and suspicion was hidden in Qin Shenzhi's seemingly joking words.

"I have come today to ask you some questions." This time, Xie Qingyu didn't beat around the bush and stated her purpose directly.

They even overlooked the malice in Qin Shenzhi's words.

Qin Shenzhi twitched his fingers slightly, lowered his head, and turned the ring on his left hand. When he spoke again, he sounded more normal. "I dare not ask for your advice. If my sister-in-law is in trouble, it is only right that I help her."

After Qin Shenzhi finished speaking, he stood still, waiting for Xie Qingyu to tell him what had happened on her own.

The scrutinizing look in his eyes never stopped the moment Xie Qingyu entered.

His sensitivity to details meant he didn't miss Xie Qingyu's uneasy, dreamy look, especially the handkerchief in her hand that was almost twisted into a ball.

Qin Shenzhi could almost feel Xie Qingyu's anxious and unease despite her forced composure.

Facing imminent disaster and with no one to rely on, they could only turn to him, who had shown them a little kindness, for advice.

Qin Shenzhi lowered his eyes, for the first time abandoning the scrutinizing gaze he had been giving Xie Qingyu.

However, like him, he was a pitiful person who had lost his mother and had no one to rely on.

In this vast mansion, Xie Qingyu was nothing more than an outcast.

Xie Qingyu was still immersed in her own emotions, and recounted intermittently the story of Qin Lingrong entering her courtyard this morning.

Even though Qin Shenzhi had just learned about this from his attendant, he still couldn't help but clench his fist.

No one knew better than him that Qin Lingrong was now severely corrupted and had no interest in ordinary men or women; he could only succeed when he was with his cronies.

Or rather, only when a more exciting way of playing comes along will it pique their interest.

With Qin Shenzhi's intelligence, he could already tell what Qin Lingrong was planning just from what his attendant and Xie Qingyu were saying. He didn't even need to know what Qin Lingrong had said at the time.

Xie Qingyu hadn't expected that Qin Lingrong would deduce what had happened so soon after she opened her mouth.

She continued speaking haltingly.

Qin Shenzhi did not interrupt her.

He could only listen as she tried to suppress the fear in her voice as she described Qin Lingrong's words to him.

"So you agreed to his request?" Qin Shenzhi asked after hearing the story.

Xie Qingyu nodded.

"Why?" Qin Shenzhi asked, his hand resting on the ring.

“If I don’t agree, he’ll get angry…” Xie Qingyu’s face still looked a little confused, as if she didn’t understand why Qin Shenzhi asked that question.

"You agree to his request just because he's angry?" Qin Shenzhi asked coldly.

"If... if he's angry, he'll be even less likely to come to my room." Xie Qingyu's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.

Qin Shenzhi sneered after hearing her words and turned his back. "Since you agreed to keep your appointment because you were afraid he would be angry and not come to your room, why did you come here? You could have just gone directly to my place."

After speaking for a long time without hearing any movement behind him, Qin Shenzhi finally turned around.

Xie Qingyu was seen with her head down, not saying a word.

His shoulders hunched up, but his back remained straight, conveying a defiant message.

Qin Shenzhi was truly taken aback by her somewhat shameless demeanor.

He had initially thought she was dignified-looking but actually somewhat timid and easily frightened. Just when he thought that, she pulled this stunt on him, making even someone as perceptive as Qin Shenzhi unable to figure out what she was thinking.

"So what do you want to do here now?" Qin Shenzhi finally asked, unable to bear it any longer.

Upon hearing his voice, Xie Qingyu immediately looked up, her face raised like a fawn, her eyes sparkling as if she were overjoyed or glistening with tears. "Was what you told me last time true?"

Qin Shenzhi stared at her without saying a word.

Xie Qingyu hesitated timidly but didn't look away. "If it's true, is the person he's taking me to meet the group of people he hangs out with? Is he...?"

A hint of fear appeared on Xie Qingyu's face. "I don't want to go. Can you help me think of a way?"

"I can help you find a solution," Qin Shenzhi replied, "but if you're looking for a way to make him not angry and still willing to go to your room, I don't have that."

"Anything that can prevent him from going, or even better, anything that will make him give up on the idea, is fine. It's okay if he gets angry."

"Aren't you afraid of making him angry now?" Qin Shenzhi asked her upon hearing this.

"It's actually better that he didn't come," Xie Qingyu said, touching her face with some worry.

Qin Shenzhi's eyes flickered. "There are many ways to stop you from going, but there's really no way to make him give up on the idea of ​​going with you."

Qin Shenzhi moved closer to Xie Qingyu and said, "Sister-in-law, I warned you before, if he's interested in you, it's really a bad sign."