allonlinenovel Chapter 201 Uncle and Nephew Meet for the First Time
Chapter 201 Uncle and Nephew Meet for the First Time
After returning to Taihe County, Qin Ruo and his party went straight to Ganzhou the next day.
Apart from Qin Tiaotiao and Song Shiqi, she finally only brought Banxia and Yiqiu with her.
Not long after Qin Ruo's carriage left the city, Shen Junxing entered the city gate in a carriage without any markings and which looked extremely low-key.
He almost brushed past Qin Ruo and his group.
Shen Junxing, sitting in the carriage, was full of things on his mind. Thinking about the person he would meet soon, he actually felt a little nervous.
After entering the city, Shen Junxing and his two accompanying guards first found an inn to stay in, and then asked the guards to call up the inn's waiter who looked very smart.
It was almost evening when the waiter happily left his room with the reward.
He and the guards walked out of the inn and went straight to Qin Ruo's Xunyuji Restaurant.
It was dinner time and the lobby on the first floor was packed.
Shen Junxing thought for a moment and took his men straight to the second floor.
Just as he led a table of guests to the private room to celebrate the birthday, he walked out of the room and saw Shen Junxing and others.
"Sir, which private room have you reserved?" Qingsheng greeted him enthusiastically.
Shen Junxing stopped and looked at Qingsheng deeply: "Is the owner of this restaurant here today?"
"Sir, is this your first time here? Your accent doesn't sound like a local. My surname is Lin, and I'm the owner of this restaurant. Please forgive me if we haven't treated you well enough." Qingsheng stood in front of Shen Junxing calmly, secretly sizing him up.
Now Qingsheng has been promoted to the manager of Xunyu Ji, so there is nothing wrong with answering this way.
The man went looking for the shopkeeper right away. He didn't look like he came here just to eat, so he might be here to cause trouble.
Having worked in the restaurant for so long, what kind of guests celebrating their birthdays have you not seen?
However, I am not afraid even if someone comes to celebrate my birthday to cause trouble.
Everyone in Taihe County knew that the owner of Xunyuji was conferred the title of Princess a few days ago? Who would dare to offend her?
"Then please trouble the shopkeeper to open a private room for us." Since we are already here, we can just ask slowly after entering the private room. Shen Junxing gestured to the guards behind him.
One of the guards nodded, took out a silver ingot from the silver bag on his waist and handed it to Qingsheng.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen. The private rooms in the restaurant are full today and we can't vacate any rooms. If you don't mind, you can dine in the lobby on the first floor. But there are many people here, so I'm afraid you'll have to wait for a while..." Qingsheng smiled and pushed the silver ingot back.
The guard wanted to say something but was stopped by Shen Junxing. He turned around and took his men downstairs and out of Xunyu Ji.
It was almost closing time when Shen Junxing stepped into the restaurant again.
Qingsheng, who was sitting at the counter counting the bills, showed a hint of surprise on his face when he saw Shen Junxing.
He still stood up and said to Shen Junxing in a good-tempered manner: "Sir, our restaurant is closing today, and the dishes prepared in the kitchen are all used up. If you want to eat, please come back tomorrow."
"I'm not here to eat. Please ask your shopkeeper Qin to come out and see me."
"So you're here to see our boss? I wonder what this guest's name is? Is there anything important that you want to talk to our boss about?"
When Qingsheng heard that he came to find Qin Ruo, he immediately became alert.
In the past, restaurants also had owners who came to discuss business.
The boss has now handed Xunyu Ji over to him to manage, so he still has a say even when it comes to business negotiations.
But these people in front of me don’t look like they are looking for business.
"My last name is Shen, and I'm from the capital. Please inform Manager Qin." Shen Junxing didn't say much, but insisted on meeting Qin Ruo to Qingsheng.
"Mr. Shen, you..."
"It's Lord Shen. I've long heard of your name! Qingsheng, bring the guests up." Qin Ziyan stood at the railing on the second floor and shouted to Qingsheng.
Shen Junxing looked up and saw Qin Ziyan, who was dressed as a scholar, and leaned over to look down.
The two of them were quite far apart, and Shen Junyuan did not see clearly the expression of the person upstairs.
"Okay, young master." Qingsheng responded and took Shen Junxing and others upstairs and entered the room that Qin Ruo reserved for his office.
When they reached the door, Shen Junxing waved to the two guards, and the guards turned around and left quietly.
Inside the room, Qin Ziyan sat in front of the tea table, lowered his brows, and made a gesture of invitation to Shen Junxing.
Today, because he wanted to see Qin Ruo off and Qin Ruo asked him to take care of some matters, he asked for half a day off from the academy and stayed in this room all night.
After the incident with Nanny Tian, Si Heng got Qin Ruo some portraits of the Shen family.
Qin Ziyan naturally recognized Shen Junxing. He was here today specifically waiting for Shen Junxing.
Shen Junxing walked into the house silently and sat opposite Qin Ziyan.
He still remembered the first time they met, in the secluded little village of Changhe Village. Qin Ziyan, who was only four or five years old at the time, was wearing tattered clothes and playing in the mud in the yard with a little girl of the same age.
In the blink of an eye, the child who was timid when seeing strangers has now grown into a handsome young man.
If Qin Ziyan looked carefully, he could see a hint of Shen Ruyi's shadow between her eyebrows.
Thinking of his sister Shen Ruyi who was still lying in Guangning Temple, Shen Junxing felt bitter.
He asked tentatively: "You...you are the eldest son of the Qin family? Is everything...at home okay?"
"Lord Shen has come from afar, so I'm sure you're not here to ask about my well-being. If you have anything to say, just speak frankly." Ever since Lord Shen entered the room, Qin Ziyan's eyes had not been on him.
"I'm sorry..." Shen Junxing's eyes were sore, and there were some things he really didn't know how to say.
The words went around in circles on my lips, and in the end I just said these three words.
Ever since he had a falling out with Tang Qingmei, he had ordered Madam Shen and Tang Qingmei to be kept under house arrest in the backyard.
After Shen Ruyi was sent to Guangning Temple, he was temporarily dismissed from his official position by the emperor. Shen Junxing had to deal with the affairs of the mansion and worry about Shen Ruyi's illness.
He no longer had any intention of caring about the affairs of the court.
After learning about Tang Qingmei's treatment of the Qin family, out of guilt for his sister, Shen Junxing thought about going to Taihe County in person to do something to save the Qin family.
However, Shen Ruyi's condition was sometimes good and sometimes bad at that time, and he didn't dare to leave the capital at all, for fear that something bad might happen to her.
Later, he had no choice but to send his own people to Taihe County to find out the situation there first.
The people who were sent out were in contact at the beginning of the journey, but lost contact when they arrived in Ganzhou.
Several groups of people were sent out, but there was no news from them at all.
Shen Junxing realized that something was wrong. Not only were there no news from the people he sent out, but even the people his mother and Tang Qingmei had sent out previously had not returned either.
Including that Nanny Tian, she neither returned to Beijing nor sent any messages to Beijing.
Shen Junxing felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, and thought that perhaps there was something else going on in the Qin family's affairs, and it was not as bad as Nanny Tian and the others said.
As Shen Ruyi's condition had gradually stabilized in recent days, he decided to bring people here in person.
"Child, come to think of it, you should call me uncle..."
"Shut up!" Qin Ziyan suddenly stood up and punched Shen Junxing in the face.