But Qin Yu's attitude surprised her.

After all, based on her understanding of him, he would not let this matter go easily. He would probably retaliate no matter what, but he did not make any move. She guessed that he was either waiting for an opportunity, or had really let it go?

But she thinks the first possibility is more likely.

Gradually, Shen Li no longer thought about this matter. Every day, he and Qin Yu were like a couple in love. They either ate delicious food together or went to places she had never been to.

That day, when she was checking the accounts in the store, an unexpected person came.

"You...why are you here?" Shen Li asked.

"I have something to talk to you about." Xie Liangrui said.

Shen Li really didn't expect that after that incident, he would still come to find her: "Then sit over here." As she said that, she led him to the waiting area of ​​the massage parlor on the side. There was no one here at the moment.

Xie Liangrui looked at Shen Li with complicated eyes: "I'm sorry about what happened last time."

"It's all in the past." Shen Li only said that it was in the past, but she didn't say that she didn't mind or had forgotten it. She looked at Xie Liangrui in front of her, who seemed to be thinner and more stable, without the arrogance and arrogance he had when they first met.

What happened last time wasn’t actually his fault. She really didn’t know why he had changed so much?

"Shen Li, let me be frank. I know you have someone running a water transport route. You know water transport, my Xie family is good at it. I can help you."

"Help me? How?" Shen Li and the Xie family were now at odds with each other. She had given up on the idea of ​​cooperating with them before. Now Xie Liangrui actually took the initiative to bring it up. What did this mean? How could Xie Ziling agree?

"No matter which waterway your people want to take, I will send people and boats to help you drive them. After the route is determined, I will also provide you with boats and people free of charge."

Shen Li was shocked. Sometimes, free things might not be a good thing. She smiled and said, "Are you kidding?"

"Couldn't be more serious."

"Why? You know about the relationship between your second sister and me. There is no way we can reconcile. Isn't she the one who makes the decisions about your family's business? Will she agree to this? Or is this just your idea and she is unaware of it?"

Xie Liangrui showed a complicated expression again: "She is no longer the person in charge of my Xie family. Now I can make the decision for the Xie family."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't know?" Xie Liangrui asked in surprise.

Shen Li shook his head, but he had countless guesses in his mind.

Seeing that Shen Li was not lying, Xie Liangrui pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly: "My sister not only resigned from the position of the person in power, but also attempted suicide once, but was rescued, and is now locked in a room waiting to get married. I came here today to say... Forget it, if you want to know the details, go back and ask Prefect Qin. You can think about what I said today, and come back to me when you have made a decision."

After Xie Liangrui left, Shen Li sat there thinking for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what was going on. She and Qin Yu met every day, but she had no idea what he was doing.

Since you can't figure it out, just go and ask.

The study room of the government office.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Qin Yu asked.

"I want to ask you something. Are you done with your work?"

Qin Yu walked out from behind the desk in his office, came to Shen Li, took her hand, and sat down at the tea table: "Sit down and talk slowly."

Shen Li sat down with him: "You don't seem to be curious at all about what I want to ask, did you guess it?"

"Maybe. So what exactly do you want to ask?"

"Xie Liangrui came to me today and told me that he would provide boats and people for free, and it seemed that he was at my disposal. This is too strange. He also said that Xie Ziling no longer cared about the matter and even attempted suicide. This is even stranger. She is such a smart person, she would not be so desperate. Something must have happened."

"Did Xie Liangrui say anything to you?"

"No, he asked me to come back and ask you."

Qin Yu said with a sour tone: "You really listened to him. He asked you to ask, so you came to ask."

Shen Li was speechless: "Since he said so, then these things must be related to you. What did you do?"

Qin Yu picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip.

Shen Li was so anxious when she saw how slow he was. She was too curious, and she didn't even notice what he had done. She couldn't figure it out. The most important thing was that the original book didn't say what secrets the Xie family had. "Hurry up and tell me."

Qin Yu laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you if you promise me one thing."

At this time, he actually threatened her, but she really couldn't refuse: "I agree, tell me quickly."

"Why don't you ask what's going on?"

"Will you harm me again? If not, I will naturally agree." Shen Li said as a matter of course.

Qin Yu felt very comfortable because of her trust: "During this period, I didn't take any action because I was investigating the Xie family. With such a large family business, it is impossible that the Xie family doesn't have some private things. Sure enough, I found some things and naturally used them."

Shen Li still believed in Qin Yu's Baizhi Pavilion. It seemed that he needed to investigate now, which meant that he didn't know about it before. This matter should be really secretive and not small, and it might affect the survival of the Xie family.

"You used this to threaten the Xie family, so Xie Ziling lost her power, but why did she commit suicide? Xie Liangrui also said that she was waiting to get married. Could it be that she didn't want to live because she didn't want to marry the other party?"

Qin Yu listened to Shen Li's words and nodded in appreciation. As expected of someone he liked, he could guess the general idea with just a few clues: "I didn't threaten them. I just gave them a choice."

"Oh! Can you explain it clearly at once?" Shen Li started to act coquettishly unconsciously.

Qin Yu was naturally very pleased and squeezed her hand lovingly: "Okay, isn't that what I was going to say? My people found out that ten years ago, the master of the Xie family was just a manager at the dock. It didn't take long for him to develop to his current position. What means did he use to do this? Do you know?"

"It's definitely not a glorious thing, otherwise he wouldn't have risen so quickly. I wonder if this method is enough to destroy the Xie family?"

"That's right. Master Xie colluded with pirates at sea and sold information about other fleets, especially about the goods being transported. Almost all valuable items were robbed by the pirates. In the end, he got the money from the pirates and started his water transport business."

"But if the pirates were so rampant, didn't the government do anything about it?" Shen Li wondered.

"Of course we did, and we defeated them all in one strike."

Shen Li frowned: "Could it be that the Xie family betrayed the pirates?"

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