Noticing Shen Qiyin's gaze, Huo Xiaoyue asked her, "Sister Qi, what do you think?"

"I sit and watch."

"...That's not what I meant." Huo Xiaoyue smiled awkwardly and explained, "I wanted to ask you, do you think Sister Qing should move out of the General's Mansion?"

"Do I think it will be useful? I'm not from your general's mansion."

"I'm just afraid that I'm young and don't think things through. What if I said something wrong and Sister Qing misunderstood that I didn't treat her as a family member, and made Sister Qing unhappy? That would be bad."

"That's easy. You just need to pay for Qing'er's house."

Huo Xiaoyue was stunned immediately.

Shen Qiyin continued, "In this way, not only will Qing'er not think too much, but others will also be impressed by your deep sisterly love. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"

"But, buying a house requires a lot of money."

"Of course I ask you for it because I need a lot. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth it if it was only one or two taels, right?"

"Sister Qi..." Huo Xiaoyue frowned slightly, looking at a loss: "Did Yue'er do something wrong to upset you? Why do I feel like you've become a different person?"

"No, I've always been so sarcastic."

Huo Xiaoyue was speechless.

She had never seen someone like Shen Qiyin, who would even scold himself when he got mad.

She stood there for a long while, then said, "Sister Qi, you are joking. How can you be such a sarcastic person?"

"If you are really bad, Sister Qing will not make friends with you."

"Don't you agree? Sister Qing."

This is a very difficult thing to say.

If you say yes, it would be equivalent to talking against what Shen Qiyin said.

But if you say no, it would be like pointing at Shen Qiyin's nose and saying that she is picky, stubborn and difficult to get along with.

Whether it is or not, it is not appropriate.

Therefore, just as Huo Xiaoyue finished speaking and Huo Wanqing hadn't replied yet, Shen Qiyin spoke first and said, "You are so weird. Why do you have to ask others whether everything is right or wrong?"

"At this age, don't you have the most basic judgment on some things?"

"You asked me just now, and now you're asking Qing'er. If there's no one around you, who are you going to ask? Are you going to ask the flowers and grass? How is that different from the concubine who went crazy in the cold palace?"

"You, you..." Huo Xiaoyue looked embarrassed: "How can you say such harsh words?"

"I just told you that I am a sarcastic person. It's you who don't believe me. Who can you blame?"

Huo Xiaoyue was left speechless by what she said. With red eyes, she snorted and ran away.

After she left, the room suddenly became quiet.

After a moment, a light laugh was heard.

It’s Huo Wanqing.

She covered her lips, her smile shy: "I know I shouldn't laugh, but I can't help it."

Finally, she slowly stopped laughing and said seriously, "Qiyin, thank you."

Shen Qiyin looked confused: "Hmm?"

Thank her for what?

Huo Wanqing lowered her eyes and said with a slightly lonely tone: "I don't know if you have heard anything about the General's Mansion. Xiaoyue has not been with her parents since she was young. She was only found later."

"I knew she had been stranded outside and had suffered a lot, so I tried very hard to be good to her."

"But you know what? That kind of kindness is based on the fact that she is my parents' daughter. I think I should do that, not because I like her as a person."

Sometimes, she even felt a little disgusted with Huo Xiaoyue.

Just like just now.

She felt that the purpose of her saying those words was not because she was reluctant to leave, but because she was eager to leave as soon as possible.

But she had no evidence, everything was just based on her feelings.

As time went by, Huo Wanqing began to doubt whether she was a dark person and judged others by her own standards.

But Shen Qiyin's reaction made her realize that she was not the one with the problem.

After listening to what she said, Shen Qiyin thought for a moment and said, "You have to consider Huo Chenzhou's feelings because he is caught in the middle. You will naturally be timid in your actions. Next time she tries to be mean to you, tell me and I will help you bully her back."

"How can that be done!"

Huo Wanqing immediately refused: "I am not making friends with you to use you to help me out."

"When friends help each other out, it's not called exploitation."

"What's that called?"

"Protecting one's shortcomings."

Hearing this, Huo Wanqing was stunned for a moment and then burst out laughing.

She took Shen Qiyin's hand and said softly, "Thank you, Qiyin, but I can handle it myself. If I really encounter a problem that I can't solve one day, I will take the initiative to ask you for help."

Since she treated her with sincerity, how could she bear to let her face the evilness of human nature again.

Those messy people in the Shen family have hurt her deeply enough.

The two talked for a while, and when Huo Chenzhou sent someone to invite them, Shen Qiyin brought Xianglan over again.

It was not known whether the couple had another quarrel later, but when they went there, Su Mengdie was gone. Shen Qiyin did not ask anything. As long as the two arms did not dance towards her, she could ignore it.

After giving Huo Chenzhou acupuncture, she went to Guangrentang as usual to see patients. When she had nothing to do, she went to the bookstore with Xianglan.

Xianglan refused to go to the academy and preferred to study at home.

Shen Qiyin thought that Xianglan would look for some poems and songs to read, but when he arrived at the bookstore, he found that Xianglan had only picked out some romantic novels.

She didn't feel embarrassed at all, but was afraid that Shen Qiyin would think she was not making progress, so she felt a little guilty: "Hey, hey hey... Miss, the purpose of studying is to understand the truth. There are many truths in it..."

"for example?"

"For example, this one." Xianglan held up a book called "The Story of the Jade Hairpin" and said confidently, "A lady from a noble family eloped with an actor, and had to eat coarse food all day long. In the end, she fell ill and died in bed."

"This story teaches us that staying away from men means staying away from suffering."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sweet female voice suddenly came from the side: "This girl's insights are very unique!"

Shen Qiyin and Xianglan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young woman with a veil on her face, standing between bookshelves filled with the scent of ink.

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