When Shen Qiyin heard this, his eyes darkened slightly.

On that day, someone from the Feng family came to propose marriage. After the two families reached an agreement, her mother took the initiative to have someone take the purse she had just embroidered and give it to the Feng family as a token of her love to Feng Heng.

But that purse was originally a Dragon Boat Festival sachet she made for her mother.

It contains medicinal herbs such as mugwort, realgar, magnolia, and patchouli, which she carefully prepared for her to use to repel insects and ward off evil spirits.

The pattern embroidered on the purse is a crabapple flower under the moon.

The petals are crystal clear, like white jade carvings.

The stamens are bright red, like the blood of a beauty crying to the moon.

She had only seen descriptions of this kind of crabapple flower in storybooks and had never seen it in real life. Just like the mother she imagined to be caring and loving towards her, she didn't exist at all.

She always liked to use this crabapple pattern. She embroidered this on her purses, sachets, handkerchiefs... everything.

So, if Feng Heng really just forgot where he kept it and couldn't find it for a while, it would not be a big deal.

If not...

Mrs. Feng knew very well that Feng Heng was in the habit of giving away the things he carried with him as rewards. If he really got drunk one day and asked a servant to give him the reward, and then showed it off in the streets, that would be bad.

So he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, young lady. I will definitely find the purse for you and send someone to send it back to you quietly."

Since she and Feng Heng have already broken off their engagement, it would be inappropriate for the matter to be made public. Otherwise, someone with ulterior motives might take advantage of it, which would damage her reputation.

The other party had already said this, and Shen Qiyin didn't know what to say.

"In that case, I would like to thank you, Madam."

"It's my duty." Mrs. Feng said, glancing at the maid behind her. The latter understood and presented a small box to Shen Qiyin.

Madam Feng curved her lips and smiled apologetically, "In the final analysis, it is Heng'er who has let you down. This is a small token of my appreciation, please don't despise it, young lady."

Shen Qiyin lowered his eyes and took a glance, his gaze suddenly lit up, and even the smile in his eyes seemed more genuine.

There were several pieces of jewellery in the box, including pearls, jade, agate and gemstones.

Although those hairpins, rings, and earrings are far from being priceless, they can still be sold for a few taels of silver each.

Fly legs are also meat.

If you want food, you can't complain about it being bad.

After all, if Mrs. Feng didn't express her opinion, she couldn't force it.

"I can't accept this." Shen Qiyin said no, but his body was honest: "I'm sorry to have let Madam spend money."

"I wanted to be more practical and give you some silver directly, but I was afraid that gold and silver were too vulgar and I was afraid that you would mistakenly think that I looked down on you."

"How could it be..." She is just a vulgar person.

Shen Qiyin was not worried about whether she would be looked down upon by the people in the Feng residence after she received the things. She only knew that these heavy items could be exchanged for silver, which could be used to buy some beautiful clothes and pearl flowers for her daughter Rendong.

It can also pave the way for them to leave the Shen family in the future, and that's enough.

She successfully broke off the engagement, dug a big trap for Shen Ruyin, and got a lot of jewelry for free, so much so that when Shen Ruyin left Feng Mansion, her steps were lighter.

Just as he was approaching the gate of Feng Mansion, Shen Qiyin was suddenly stopped by someone.

Behind him, Feng Ruoying came jogging.

"You...you stop!" She was running panting, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her smooth forehead.

Shen Qiyin looked at her warily, and silently held the box tighter in his arms.

If she chased after me and wanted me to return the things, then she was really crazy.

Not even a bit left to pay back!

Feng Ruoying finally caught her breath, but when she met Shen Qiyin's gaze, she instantly exploded: "Hey! What's that look in your eyes? It's as if I want to steal your box of broken things!"

Shen Qiyin raised his eyebrows: "Broken thing?"

"The Feng family is a wealthy family, how could they have such broken things?"

"...No, no! I just slipped my tongue." Feng Ruoying couldn't stand Shen Qiyin's sarcasm, so she changed the subject abruptly: "I came here to ask you, what exactly did you want to say before?"

"What did you say?" This time Shen Qiyin was confused.

"Before my mother went to the flower hall, when we were alone, you said something like 'you won't tell me what others haven't told me'. What exactly are you not telling me?!"

"Oh..." Shen Qiyin suddenly realized: "You are talking about that."

"Uh-huh!"

"forget."

"Forgot?!" Feng Ruoying didn't believe it and kept insisting, "You're lying! You obviously didn't want to tell me on purpose."

Shen Qiyin admitted it openly: "Well, I just don't want to tell you, what can you do to me?"

I just like to see others dislike her but can't get rid of her.

Slightly——

Feng Ruoying was so angry that her eyes turned red and she looked like she was about to cry.

When Shen Qiyin saw this, instead of feeling any sympathy for her, he added with a malicious look, "Or maybe, if you praise me and make me happy, I might tell you."

"You want me to praise you? You're dreaming!"

After a moment of silence, she nodded very seriously: "...Alright, then remember to tell me in your dream."

"Farewell."

After she finished speaking, she turned and left, without taking a cloud with her.

Behind him, Feng Ruoying was running away crying.

After leaving the Feng Mansion, Shen Qiyin took Rendong and headed straight for the most prosperous main street in Shangjing City.

On the way, even Rendong couldn't help asking her, "Miss, what did you hide from Miss Feng?" It made people feel itchy.

"The only thing I hid from her was that I had something to hide from her. I made it up."

"what?!"

"Speaking halfway is like eating rice mixed with arsenic for the listener. It is very uncomfortable."

"so smart?"

"Of course, I'll tell you..." Shen Qiyin turned around with great interest to explain it to Rendong in detail, but after seeing something, he suddenly lost his enthusiasm and said disappointedly: "Forget it, I won't say it anymore."

"Why?!" Jin Dong looked in the direction she was looking at, full of doubt, and couldn't figure it out: "Miss, what did you see? Why did you suddenly stop talking?"

"nothing."

"But you clearly had something to say just now."

"Yeah, but I won't say it now. Just tell me if it's hard or not, okay?"

“……”Oh my god, I fell into the trap.

Seeing the speechless expression on Ren Dong's face after being teased, Shen Qiyin smiled softly and asked her, "Just now, not only do you want to know what I have to say, but also what I saw, so you suddenly kept silent?"

Honeysuckle nodded obediently.

miss you.

It’s quite painful to think about it.

"So, Honeysuckle, now that you have learned this, you can use this trick to disgust the people you hate in the future."

"…I have learned your lesson."

She doesn’t quite understand. Do other maids learn the same things?

The master and servant talked as they walked. Shen Qiyin first took Rendong to the pawnshop and pawned all the things that Madam Feng had given her, even the box that contained the things.

After counting, there were a total of thirty-six taels of silver.

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