The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

When Xie Shuting learned that her identity might be exposed, she tossed and turned all night and couldn't fall asleep. Compared to her uneasiness, Xie Weiyuan slept quite comfortably.

As the roosters crowed and the morning glow cast golden rays, Lian Xi walked into the boudoir carrying a basin of water. Normally, Xie Shuting would have woken up long ago, but she had insomnia last night.

It was not until the middle of the night that I felt a little sleepy. This was the first time I stayed in bed too long. I didn't even notice Lian Xi entering the room.

Looking at his young lady's haggard face, Lian Xi put down the copper basin and slowly stepped back, respectfully guarding the door of the boudoir.

Breakfast had already begun in the front hall. Xie Tingwen was drinking porridge and frowned as he asked, "Why isn't Shu Ting up?"

"I didn't know, Lian Xi didn't come to report this morning. I guess he was delayed by something!" Lian Qiao said softly.

Xie Tingwen was noncommittal and had a trace of doubt. Then he looked at the handsome man sitting opposite him and said, "Ningzhi! Aren't you worried that your sister hasn't gotten up?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Ningzhi put down his chopsticks, wiped the leftovers from the corner of his mouth, and said with a slightly playful smile: "Father! My little sister may be unwell. I'll go and see her."

"Well! Go ahead." Xie Tingwen waved his hand and drank his porridge.

"Then enjoy your meal, father." Xie Ningzhi bowed his head and saluted, then walked out of the front hall with Lian Qiao and went to the back hall.

The government office was not big. It took Xie Ningzhi only half a cup of tea to arrive outside Xie Shuting's door. He looked at Lian Xi at the door and understood everything.

Lian Xi naturally saw Xie Ningzhi, and when she saw him coming over here, she hurried forward and said, "This servant greets you, sir."

"Little sister, haven't you gotten up yet?" Xie Ningzhi asked softly.

"No! Miss went to bed late last night. I wanted her to rest for a while, so I didn't bother her. Sir, do you have something to talk to Miss about?"

"I came back yesterday, but some things delayed me too late, so I thought of coming over to see you today." Xie Ningzhi said, leaning against the window.

The screen window made of silk cloth was not soundproof, and Xie Ningzhi had a loud voice. Xie Shuting, who was originally having a sweet dream, was instantly disturbed. She opened her hazy eyes and glanced at the mosquito net.

"Xi'er! Who is outside?" Xie Shuting asked sleepily.

Xie Ningzhi pointed to the stone table next to him and led Lian Qiao over. Lian Xi quickly returned to the room and bowed to Xie Shuting on the bed, saying, "Miss! It's the young master outside."

"Brother!"

Xie Shuting was startled and stood up hurriedly, saying, "Xi'er! Change my clothes quickly."

Lian Xi did not dare to delay and hurriedly found clothes for Xie Shuting to wear today. While combing her hair, Xie Shuting put on rouge and powder for the first time.

After all, she didn't get a good rest last night, and now she was forced to wake up from her dream. She didn't want to go out to see Xie Ningzhi with two panda eyes.

After washing up, Xie Shuting glanced at her makeup in the dressing mirror, and then walked out of the boudoir with the demeanor of a lady from an official family.

The stone table outside the door was already filled with breakfast. Xie Shuting felt warm in her heart, and she walked forward lightly, bowed and said, "Little sister greets brother."

"You! You're such a grown-up, why don't you eat breakfast? Sit down quickly, here are all your favorite dishes." Xie Ningzhi said softly.

"Thank you for your concern, brother. I will remember it in the future." Xie Shuting responded.

Lian Xi was quick to serve the dishes to his young lady. Xie Shuting took a few bites, looked at Xie Ningzhi in panic and asked, "Brother, don't you want to eat?"

"I just had dinner with my father in the front hall. He was afraid that you would be hungry so he asked me to bring it here. Come and eat!"

Xie Shuting nodded silently and ate her breakfast. This meal was quite painful.

Fortunately, Xie Shuting was really hungry and didn't have too many thoughts in her mind. She just focused on eating.

After half a cup of tea, Xie Shuting wiped her mouth with satisfaction, while Lian Qiao quickly packed up the food box and led Lian Xi out of the courtyard.

Now there were only the brother and sister left in the yard. Xie Shuting twisted her handkerchief in her hands, looking shy and a little uneasy, and her eyes involuntarily avoided Xie Ningzhi.

Xie Ningzhi smiled without saying a word, tapping the table rhythmically with his fingers. As the "bang bang bang" sound rang out, Xie Shuting's expression showed a hint of panic again.

Xie Shuting swallowed her saliva, suppressed the fear in her heart, and asked in a mosquito-like voice: "Brother! I heard that you went to see the Leshan Giant Buddha and Chang'an."

"Yeah!" Xie Ningzhi responded expressionlessly.

"You've been to Jianmen Pass and Qingcheng Mountain?"

"Yeah!~" Xie Ningzhi responded calmly.

"I heard that Dujiangyan is not very impressive..."

"Don't you plan to tell me something that interests me?" Xie Ningzhi asked without comment.

"for example......"

Xie Shuting was speechless for a moment. She raised her eyes and glanced at Xie Ningzhi. Seeing that the other party was looking at her straight, her heart instantly became confused.

"Hey!~"

Xie Ningzhi sighed helplessly, rolled up his sleeves and said, "When did this matter start, or when did you take over?"

"Start? Take over?"

Xie Shuting looked at Xie Ningzhi with a puzzled look on her face. She naturally didn't understand the meaning of her brother's words.

Seeing Xie Shuting's puzzled expression, Xie Ningzhi calmly took out a letter from his arms. It was the letter that Lian Qiao gave him when he left for his study tour.

Xie Ningzhi originally thought that the letter contained some words of concern, but when he opened it, he was shocked. It was not until the two of them entered Chengdu Prefecture that he digested the contents of the letter.

The moment Xie Shuting saw the letter, she knew she couldn't hide it. Her heart sank and she took a deep breath and said, "Since my brother has already guessed it, I won't hide it either. It started from the twelfth year of Jingyun, and now..."

"wait."

Xie Ningzhi interrupted Xie Shuting's words with an incredulous look on his face, and then a look of surprise appeared between his brows, and he asked softly: "In the twelfth year of Jingyun, you are two years old, are you sure?"

"Of course! That year I had my first cloth pile shop, in my hometown, Xunyang City." When Xie Shuting said this, she looked at Xie Ningzhi with a suspicious look on her face.

At this time, Xie Ningzhi's mentality was completely blown away. He originally thought that his younger sister was just the owner of a Lian family merchant and had just taken over part of the business.

But Xie Shuting's words just now clearly showed that the Lian family merchants had a close relationship with her, which was far from what he had guessed.

Thinking of this, Xie Ningzhi swallowed his saliva, his eyes widened like copper bells, and asked with a tone of inquiry: "What is your status in the Lian family merchant?"

"Ah!~" Xie Shuting was also shocked.

Realizing that her brother had not yet discovered her background, Xie Shuting hurriedly made a few excuses, wanting to follow Xie Ningzhi's words and admit her identity as the shopkeeper and cover up the matter.