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Although he had only spent a short two hours with Xiao Ruo, Shen Cong had seen that she was much more outstanding than he had imagined, and there indeed was a gap between them.
After coming to this realization, the sullenness in Shen Cong's heart swept away in an instant.
"Father, rest assured, Miss Xiao Ruo and I are purely business partners. I won't harbor any other thoughts towards her," Shen Cong promised his father.
Father Shen nodded with relief, "It's good that you've come to understand."
Meanwhile, Fu Hanwen had driven the ox cart back into town, buying rice and meat. Xiao Ruo, clutching the two taels of silver she had won from the herbal medicine recognition contest, felt that she would disappoint Changer if she did not buy him something.
Thinking that she had not been to the bookshop for a few days, Xiao Ruo asked Fu Hanwen to drop her off at the entrance to Desheng Street, and she went in alone.
