Chapter Twenty: Sneak Peek

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  Zhen Shining poured a cup of tea for Shen Zhongge with an air of nonchalance, "General, please sit down for a while." Turning her head to instruct Xi Que, "The kang has been wiped clean, go upstairs and bring down my and Qiuju's luggage, move it to the opposite house, and have this set prepared for the general." As she spoke, Zhen Shining secretly rejoiced in her heart, "Fortunately, Qiuju is small, otherwise, if he had discovered that the bedding was a large piece short, it would have been terrible."

  Jian Wu and Jian Wen shared a quilt that was almost as big as an adult's, but the mattress was much shorter.

  Jian Zhen didn't intend to stay in the house, and Shen Zhong's heart inexplicably felt much lighter, but he completely missed Jixiao's unusual behavior just now.

  The magpie winks mischievously, his young mistress is really clever.

  Because she had taken off her shoes and got on the kang, she spread out the borrowed luggage at the head of the kang, and then took out Zhen Shiniang's mother and daughter's bedding from the kang cabinet. Just as she was about to get down, she saw Zhen Shiniang come forward to carry the luggage, and hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Miss, please put it down, let me do it."

  "Hold on, you're carrying a heavy body, be careful not to stir up the fetus."

  Two men were in a hurry, Shen Zhongge stood up, "I'll do it." He picked up the two sets of luggage together, "...where to put them?" It wasn't that he was fond of Xiang Lianyu, but he didn't want to bully a sick person.

  These two women, one pregnant and the other weak and frail, neither of whom looked capable of taking care of anyone.

  "The general cannot be summoned!"

  "Against the house."

  The two cried out in unison.

  Zhen Shi Niang looked at Xi Que with a puzzled expression for a moment, then suddenly understood:

  It's okay, in her previous life, this should be a man's job, but here, how can the humble servant bother the high-ranking general? She also secretly regretted speaking too quickly and wanted to take it back, seeing Shen Zhongge had already picked up his luggage, she flashed to the side to help him open the door.

  "...How can it be so heavy?" It felt like she was holding a piece of iron in her hands, and Shen Zhongge furrowed his brow, involuntarily recalling the lightness of her body when he rescued her during the day.

  How can such a weak body withstand the pressure of this thick iron-like quilt?

  He changed his mind and turned back with the bedding again.

  "What is the general going to do?" Zhen Shining's heart skipped a beat.

  He can't be thinking of having her sleep in this room, can he?

  "Cover that bed..." Shen Zhongke said, rolling up the quilt that Jixiao had just spread out. Just by looking at it with his eyes, he also knew that this set was relatively new.

  "General, you can't!" The magpie hastily pressed down on the quilt.

  A chill emanated from Shen Zhong's body, and the magpie was so frightened that it immediately withdrew its hand and retreated far away, stuttering in explanation, "This set was only made when I got married, at least it's new."

  Shen Zhongge silently changed the bedding without saying a word.

  The magpie inexplicably looked at Zhen Shining.

  But it's just one night, let this jinxed star do whatever it wants.

  This is his home, even if he wants to uncover the house, she can't control it, as long as she doesn't let her fulfill her duties as a wife, thinking about this, Zhen Shiniang didn't make a sound, only using her eyes to hint at Jixiao to re-lay the bedding for Shen Zhongce, and followed Shen Zhongce to the opposite house.

  "How did it end up like this?" Shen Zhongke finally couldn't help but ask the doubts that had been accumulating all afternoon after putting down his luggage.

  The voice was very low, Zhen Shining didn't hear clearly, so she looked at him with inquiry.

  "Remember when you left the General's Mansion, your dowry was also several thousand taels." Behind it is also a half-acre lotus pond. With such a rich foundation, how did she become so destitute in just five years?

  The magpie that had followed the quilt heard this and chimed in, "Miss is..." but was immediately glared at by Zhen Shi Niang.

  The magpie pouted and retreated to one side with a wronged expression.

  His gaze shifted from Jixia's face to Zhen Shiniang's, and Shen Zhongjie suddenly understood. He realized he had asked a foolish question.

  Her illness is like a bottomless pit, no matter how much money you have, it's never enough.

  Thinking of this, his heart suddenly sank.

  Seeing that there seemed to be a flicker of inexplicable emotion in his eyes, Zhen Shiniang blinked and took another look, only to realize it was just her own eyes playing tricks on her. The cold gaze staring back at her was exactly the same as when they first met. Since he was still looking at her, she said lightly, "...... Those silvers were all spent by me in less than a year."

  This is not a lie either. Less than a year after coming here, she had a hemorrhage due to giving birth to Jianwen and spent almost all the silver.

  Shen Zhong's face suddenly fell, and he walked out with a dark face in big strides.

  He didn't know how he suddenly changed his face, and the magpie looked at Zhen Shiniang in shock. To tell the truth, she was afraid of Shen Zhongjie's anger, and the aura that emanated from her body unconsciously.

  Zhen Shiniang chased him to the door, "...... The hot water has been boiled, and the washing room is just around the corner from the kitchen."

  This is his home, he knows where the bathroom is better than anyone else. Shen Zhong didn't even turn his head and strode into the bathroom.

  "Miss, don't you need to go and attend to things?" Ji Kuai reminded Zhen Shi Niang in a low voice.

  I remember when I was at the champion's mansion, everyone rushed to serve him. This is a rare opportunity to get close to Shen Zhongge.

  Zhen Shining shook her head, saying uncertainly, "He didn't say, probably not needed?" Although she seemed to understand, Zhen Shining was also half-ignorant of the rules and etiquette in ancient large households. She only felt at ease after watching him enter the washing room without letting anyone serve him, then closed the door tightly, pulled Xi Que to the edge of the bed, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say let Wen Ge and Wu Ge stay with you? Why did you let Rong Sheng go instead?"

  Jian Wu's straightforwardness is just like Shen Zhongjie's, once Rong Sheng sees it, he will not do as he pleases.

  "Wen Ge Wu Ge refused to leave, making a fuss and wanting to follow the slave back home. They said they couldn't sleep without listening to stories, so the slave promised to return first and take care of the guests before going to pick them up, and only then did they reluctantly agree...". Ji Que pointed to the backyard, "At this time, Qiu Juan should have taken them to the backyard by now." There was a small side door behind the pond that led to Ji Que's house.

  "I was just saying... " Zhen Shi Nang suddenly realized, "You were so eager to let Rong Sheng go, fortunately I had planned to settle Rong Sheng in the backyard and have Qiu Ju light the fire."

  There were four rooms in the backyard, two of which were used to make donkey hide gelatin, one was a small kitchen, and the other had been occupied by Qiu Ju before she moved to the front house after Nainai left, so it had been vacant ever since.

  The magpie suddenly thought of something and lowered its voice, "Just now, General was strolling by the pond when Wen Ge and Wu Ge sneaked a peek."

  "What?" Zhen Shi Niang's eyes sparkled, "Didn't they say anything?" These two little guys were cunning and clever, once they discovered that Shen Zhongge looked exactly like them, who knows what they might think of.

  "Envy to death……” Ji Yu chuckled and shook his head, “Even the slaves were intimidated by saying that he was a general who killed people like flies, but they weren't afraid. They said that when they grew up, they wanted to be such a majestic general.” Shen Zhongge was handsome in appearance, but his expression was extremely cold, emitting a chilling aura that kept people at bay. Probably due to being a military commander, he naturally exuded an intimidating air when he wasn't smiling.

  Just like just now, he suddenly turned black in the face, and the magpie's whole body was trembling.

  "...to be so cold, yet there are still people who want to learn from him. It's indeed true that a son is like his father." Hearing the two little ones not rejecting Shen Zhongge at all, Zhen Shiniang suddenly felt a surge of jealousy in her heart, and her tone turned sour.