"Hmm?"
Wang Yu Yan suddenly stopped what she was doing, her beautiful eyes fixed intently on her younger sister, her gaze filled with confusion.
Seeing this, Wang Yuqi felt immensely proud and arrogantly said, "Brother Zhi Qin told me yesterday. Since we can't continue with the perfume business, he's decided to round up the numbers, as a compensation for the two of us."
Wang Yu Yan shook her head, "I don't want his compensation! Besides, I still want to make a few more deals."
Wang Yuqi's face changed dramatically, and she shouted in shock and anger, "Are you out of your mind! Brother Zhi Qin said that we've already exposed our wealth, continuing would put our lives in danger."
"Brother Zhi Qin, Brother Zhi Qin! You can't say three sentences without bringing up Brother Zhi Qin. You might as well marry him."
At these words, Wang Yuqi's face turned red with embarrassment. She stomped her foot and protested coyly, "Hmph, blinded by greed! I'm not talking to you anymore!"
At that moment, Zhao Sheng walked into the room from outside, just in time to hear this sentence, and he couldn't help but laugh, "What's gotten into you two now?"
As he spoke, he casually placed the food box he was carrying onto the table.
"Brother Zhi Qin, what delicious food have you made this time?"
Upon seeing Zhao Sheng, Wang Yuqi immediately ran up to him joyfully, both asking and curiously opening the food box.
"This one took quite a bit of effort. I call it 'cake.' Try it, isn't it delicious?"
As he spoke, Zhao Sheng took out a piece of soft pale-yellow cake from the food box and brought it to Wang Yuqi's mouth.
Facing the offered treat, Wang Yuqi showed no resistance. Her face was full of infatuation and love, and she obediently opened her mouth and took a bite.
"Oh, it's so delicious! Sister Yu Yan, you should try some too."
Compared to her overjoyed sister, Wang Yu Yan's expression remained calm.
She gracefully took a piece of cake out of the food box and began to taste it.
While eating, Wang Yuqi suddenly tattled to Zhao Sheng, "Brother Zhi Qin, Sister Yu Yan is not giving up, she wants to go back to the workshop again."
Zhao Sheng's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
He turned his head to look at Wang Yu Yan and asked sternly, "Is what she's saying true? Don't you know that it's too dangerous?"
"I... I just want to earn a little bit more," Wang Yu Yan said, her face unwilling, but her voice growing fainter in protest.
Blinded by greed!
Seeing this situation, Zhao Sheng shook his head helplessly and said, "Even if you want to, we can't continue anymore. If I'm not mistaken, Fragrant Swallow Valley has already discovered us."
"This is bad!"
"Oh no!"
Upon hearing those words, the sisters immediately exclaimed in shock, becoming flustered.
They didn't doubt Zhao Sheng's words at all.
After several months together, their perception of Zhao Sheng as a man capable of sophisticated strategy was deeply ingrained.
Seeing the sisters panic like this, Zhao Sheng oddly smiled.
He suddenly said with unnatural calmness, "Don't panic! This is a good thing. I was actually planning to visit Fragrant Swallow Valley."
Wang Yuqi became terrified, her face losing color as she quickly advised, "Brother Zhi Qin, you mustn't go to my house! My grandfather is very fierce. Be careful, or he might kill you in a fit of anger. You need to escape quickly!"
Zhao Sheng listened and replied with an even expression, "Why should I run? Have I done something wrong?"
Hearing him say this, the Wang sisters suddenly realized, "Right, we haven't done anything wrong. All we did was conceal the perfume matter and incidentally made a bit of Spirit Stone profit."
Seeing them calm down, Zhao Sheng's face suddenly revealed a mischievously playful smile, "Moreover, if I don't go to Fragrant Swallow Valley, how could I... propose to the Wang Family?"
This earth-shattering statement instantly petrified Wang Yu Yan and Wang Yuqi.
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After waiting for quite some time, Wang Yuqi finally mustered up the courage to ask with a face full of anticipation, "Brother Zhi Qin, are you... are you saying you want to go... propose?"
Zhao Sheng surveyed the two sisters before his gaze decisively fell on Wang Yuqi and he said in a deep voice, "Yuqi, I want to take you as my wife. Will you have me?"
"You... you! I won't talk to you anymore."
Wang Yuqi, mid-sentence, ran out of the room, her face covered in embarrassment.
Only two people were left in the room, and at this moment, Wang Yu Yan by the side was exceptionally quiet. She lowered her head in silence, her eyes betraying traces of loss.
Zhao Sheng, seeing her like this, silently sighed.
If there was a chance, he would marry both sisters.
It's just a pity that Wang Yu Yan had a Spirit Root, and it would be impossible for her to marry a mortal.
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Two days later, a carriage stopped in front of Fragrant Swallow Valley. The driver, Wang Si, quietly lifted the carriage curtain to let Zhao Sheng and the Wang sisters disembark.
He was a witness, having seen firsthand how a mortal effortlessly captured the heart of the miss in a matter of months.
As for Zhao Sheng, Wang Si didn't want to say much but could only express his admiration!
Stepping out of the carriage, Wang Yu Yan handed Zhao Sheng a Storage Talisman containing five hundred Spirit Stones.
These Spirit Stones were prepared by Zhao Sheng for the proposal gift. The extra hundred and sixty Spirit Stones represented the willingness of the younger sister, Wang Yuqi.
Wang Yu Yan took out a bronze token and infused a thread of Spiritual Power into it.
A beam of light shot out from the bronze token, piercing the dense fog and opening up a narrow path through it.
Walking along the path for several dozen steps, Zhao Sheng emerged into the open. What came into view was a narrow valley, spanning roughly a few hundred acres.
The visitors approached an area shaded with green trees and covered with fragrant grass. Further away, neatly arranged spirit fields appeared like stars in the sky, and seven or eight wooden towers with courtyards were faintly visible in the shade of the trees.
But Zhao Sheng couldn't afford to admire these sights. A few steps away was a group of expressionless middle-aged and older persons, staring at him fiercely.
"Dad, Uncle, Third Uncle..."
Wang Yuqi became flustered as she saw these people, especially when her gaze landed on the square-faced middle-aged man in the center.
Wang Yu Yan, in contrast, remained unusually calm as she greeted her elders one by one.
The square-faced middle-aged man was named Wang Yigong, the father of Wang Yu Yan and Wang Yuqi.
Half a month ago, he received the Thousand-mile Talisman from his family. After reading the content, he was furious and dropped everything to hurry back to Fragrant Swallow Valley without a second thought.
Nothing was more urgent than the prospect of his 'little cotton jacket' being snatched away!
Wang Yigong glanced at Zhao Sheng and couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
His face was exceptionally gloomy as he motioned to the sisters with a wave of his hand and said coldly, "Follow me!"
With that, he ignored Zhao Sheng and turned to walk towards the Wang Family Hall.
The Wang sisters obediently followed behind, and the rest of the party also turned and left.
Zhao Sheng silently chuckled bitterly, then quietly followed.
They walked about three to four miles and passed through two groves of trees before arriving in front of a spacious and majestic hall.
The entire hall was constructed from pieces of blue steel giant stone, incredibly hard and covering nearly an acre. Despite having only one layer, the walls were tall, and the roof was as high as the third layer of the adjacent wooden buildings.
Wang Yigong and the other Wang Family members stepped over the stone steps and entered the hall.
As Zhao Sheng was about to enter through the doorway, a burly arm suddenly stretched out beside him, blocking his path.
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