Cheng Ji glanced at Zhou Shaojin with a cold face and said, "I've been grounded, and you still want me to continue talking to you about me and Li Jing? No way!"
Zhou Shaojin took Cheng Ji's hand and said softly, "Good sister, just tell me!"
Cheng Ji ignored her.
Zhou Shaojin said, "Well, if you don't tell me about you and Li Jing, I won't help you find Li Jing!"
"You stupid girl!" Cheng Ji blushed and pinched Zhou Shaojin's cheek. "Who did you learn this from? How dare you threaten others? I think you don't take me, your sister, seriously. I'll pinch you today!"
"Help! Help!" Zhou Shaojin rolled on the bed, and the two of them were fighting again.
But Cheng Ji is not the kind of person who only knows that he has no sense of propriety.
Seeing that Zhou Shaojin was laughing so hard, she stopped and lay on the bed with her, saying in a light tone: "How can you be so stupid! If someone likes you, how can you not know? He will look at you differently, treat you more intimately than others, and he will take every word you say to heart, and he will remember everything he likes... As long as you pay attention, you will know it naturally."
Is that so
Zhou Shaojin pondered in his mind.
Uncle Chi always looked at her with disdain, but after that he would take good care of her and help her with whatever she wanted. Whatever she liked... She thought of the furnishings in Fucui Pavilion... She said nothing, but the furnishings there were all the same as those in Wanxiangju where she usually lived.
As for treating her closer to others than others... She really couldn't tell!
Uncle Chi doesn't seem to be particularly close to anyone.
Even Mrs. Guo!
But he definitely treats me closer than Jiying.
But Jiying is a maid! How can they be compared? If a man gets close to a maid, it usually means he wants to take her in as his concubine...
Ouch!
So annoying!
It would be nice if there was someone I could talk to.
She looked a little lonely.
Cheng Ji screamed as if frightened, and said: "Shao Jin, tell me the truth, are you in love with someone?"
Zhou Shaojin's thoughts were suddenly exposed, and she panicked and said hurriedly: "No, no! What are you talking about? How could I fall in love with someone!"
Cheng Ji stared at her with eyes wide open, and said, "Is it a bad thing to like someone? You don't steal or rob, so why can't you like someone else?"
Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought of Cheng Ji and Li Jing.
Cheng Ji must have thought that she was disgusted with Cheng Ji's behavior of liking Li Jing!
She had no choice but to say, "I really don't like anyone! I'm not talking about you!"
"You're still lying to me!" Cheng Ji snorted, "Look at the way you look."
As she spoke, she dragged Zhou Shaojin to the mirror and said, "One moment you look distraught, the next you look overjoyed, and you stutter when you speak. This means you have someone you like secretly. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to ask me. Tell me the truth, aren't you in love with Cheng Yi?"
"Don't try to match people up here!" Zhou Shaojin shouted, "I don't like cousin Yi. He's like a child, and we grew up together. I treat him as my own brother, so how could I like him?"
Grandmother had originally wanted to gather them together, and if Cheng Ji yelled them out, she wouldn't be able to escape.
However, Uncle Chi promised her that he would not marry her to Cheng Yi, and she would definitely not marry Cheng Yi... In this case, Uncle Chi should like her a little, right
She bit her lip and was a little distracted again.
"Then who do you like?" Cheng Ji looked at her and didn't believe her at all. "I thought about it. Among the men of their 'Yan' generation, the one you know, Brother Shi is married, Brother Gao and Brother Nuo are both engaged, and only Brother Yi is left... No, there's also my brother..." She suddenly jumped up, "Shao Jin, you are not in love with my brother, are you? So you want me to be the matchmaker for you?"
Zhou Shaojin was shocked by Cheng Ji's wild imagination.
"Did you take your medicine today?" She couldn't help but glance at Cheng Ji and said, "How could I like your elder brother? Your elder brother and I have never said a word to each other, okay?"
"That's right!" Cheng Ji touched his head sheepishly and said, "Who do you like then?"
"No one!" Zhou Shaojin insisted, "I'm just a little curious."
Cheng Ji still had some doubts.
Zhou Shaojin said, "You want me to help you deliver a letter to Li Jing, but you tell me where Li Jing lives? How can the people I send gain his trust?"
This is Cheng Ji’s top priority.
She didn't care about Zhou Shaojin anymore and said hurriedly, "Wait a minute, I'll write you an address."
Zhou Shaojin had suffered from this in his previous life, so he reminded her, "You'd better ask someone to come in and help you write it. Otherwise, it will fall into the hands of others and cause trouble."
Cheng Ji was stunned for a moment, then he smiled happily and hugged Zhou Shaojin and was about to kiss her cheek.
Zhou Shaojin dodged with some disgust.
Cheng Ji didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "Shao Jin is really thoughtful and treats me like her own sister. Don't worry, if Li Jing and I are successful, I will ask Li Jing to give you a big gift, and I will buy all the clothes for you and your son and daughter for all four seasons."
Zhou Shaojin blushed at her shameless words. On the one hand, he thought she was shameless, but on the other hand, he admired her a little - it was a kind of happiness to be able to say someone you like so loudly.
After a while, Cheng Ji had someone write the note.
Zhou Shaojin put the note into his arms, and then he felt cold sweat all over his body. He felt so grim that he felt stars in his eyes even when he stood there motionless.
She secretly said "Oh no" in her heart.
I hope that what Madam Guo said will happen to me and my illness will relapse.
Zhou Shaojin asked Cuihuan to make her a cup of hot brown sugar water. She felt much better and forced herself to go back to Fucui Pavilion.
But as soon as he returned to Fucui Pavilion, he collapsed.
This time she forced herself to wait for Madam Zhou to come for the consultation, and she apologized repeatedly before Madam Zhou even opened her mouth.
Madam Zhou was originally most afraid of those who didn't follow the doctor's advice. Now, seeing Zhou Shaojin apologetically apologizing with his clear almond eyes, the dissatisfaction in her heart had long disappeared. She smiled and said, "Since Second Cousin knows, I won't say much. I will prescribe five more doses of medicine for Second Cousin. I will come back for a follow-up visit after you finish taking them."
Zhou Shaojin thanked him again and again and asked Fan Liu to accompany Madam Zhou to get a prescription.
Mrs. Guo heard this and said, "Don't talk too much in front of my second cousin. She went out to play without permission, and she must feel guilty because she is not strong enough. Let her pretend that I don't know. I will pretend to find out by accident when I go over there in the evening."
Cheng Chi knew about it but frowned.
This little girl cares about every little thing, afraid of stepping on an ant to death. But when it comes to herself, she doesn't care at all. She obviously can't bear it, but she still goes to Cheng Ji.
She was afraid that the visit to Cheng Ji was fake. She knew that Cheng Ji was under house arrest because of her, so the real purpose was to comfort Cheng Ji.
At that time, he was discussing business with Wu Santuan, another big boss of the Cao Gang. Wu Santuan asked him twice, "Is it okay?", and he finally calmed down and said what he really meant: "… I was the middleman in the beginning, helping you and the Pai Gang to carve out the territory, and I never planned to get involved in the water business again. I don't care what you do. But now I have to transport a batch of tobacco from Jinling City to the capital regularly, and you just have to make sure that my things are delivered to the person I designate on time."
Wu Santuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Fourth Master Cheng cut off the arm of the Jiao family kid and killed Jiang Qin. Now the only family that has no grudge against him is the Wu family. He is still counting on Fourth Master Cheng to make more trouble and completely destroy the Jiao and Jiang families. Not to mention sending tobacco, he will even send contraband salt!
"Look at what you said," he patted his chest and said, "It's just a small matter, leave it to me. I will sign a military order for you right now. If there is any mistake, you will be beheaded."
Cheng Chi said with a half-smile, "Don't mention the head. Just don't tell them that my tobacco is missing and it's the Jiao or Jiang family who did it. Then you are unworthy of the title of the Cao Gang's boss and are not worth trusting."
Wu Santuan's heart trembled, and he laughed, "How is that possible! What the Jiao and Jiang families did was a grudge against our Wu family, how can it be linked to you, the Fourth Master!"
Cheng Chi nodded with satisfaction.
Wu Santuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The two talked for a few more words, and when Wu Sanduan saw that Cheng Chi looked a little tired, he stood up and said goodbye.
Cheng Chi sat in the private room of the teahouse for a while before slowly going downstairs.
A group of children at the door were chattering and chasing a peddler carrying colorful windmills on his shoulder pole. In order to avoid the group of children, the peddler almost bumped into Cheng Chi.
Cheng Chi's followers shouted loudly.
The peddler was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kept bowing and apologizing.
Cheng Chi walked over and pointed to the windmill on his shoulder pole: "How much is each one?" Then he told Huaishan, "Buy all of them and send them to Fucui Pavilion."
Now that the little girl has this, she should be able to stay at home and recuperate, right
The corners of Huaishan's mouth twitched, and he responded "yes" after a long while.
The peddler was very grateful, and Cheng Chi's mind had already turned to what he had just discussed with Wu Santuan.
A cunning rabbit has three burrows.
With the help of the imperial court's post stations, the beggars of the Beggar Gang, and the shipping services of the Cao Gang, news from the capital to Nanjing can be transmitted to each other at the first opportunity.
The next step is to conquer a few gangs in the capital and use them for your own purposes. When there is something to do, they can help run errands and act as thugs.
Cheng Chi was thinking about several gangs that he remembered were quite powerful.
Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but be happy when he received the windmill.
So many windmills, so beautiful!
She was about to get out of bed despite Chunwan's dissuasion.
Mrs. Fan Liu, who came in with the medicine, walked over in two steps and begged bitterly, "My little ancestor, just lie down on the bed peacefully. If you need anything, just tell me - if you want to see the windmill, I will ask them to bring it over right away."
Upon hearing this, Bitao and the others took the windmill over.
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Sisters and brothers, thank you Kinka, Tianwaixianxian, 44xixi, Zixiao1, Qingtianmoyun for the spirit beast eggs. I will add more spirit beast eggs starting tomorrow... O(∩_∩)O~
※(To be continued)