I have to say that Lily of the Valley's apricot preserved food inspired Shen Qiaochen a lot.

Originally, Shen Qiaochen was still thinking about finding an opportunity to ask her third brother if he could help find a good cook.

After all, Shen Qiaoran is not good at anything else, but he is very good at eating, drinking and having fun.

But then I thought about it, Shen Qiaoran has never been able to hide things in his heart. If he was asked to find it, he would be discovered by his second brother and grandmother soon.

Mrs. Shen has always been partial to Shen Qiaochen, but she doesn't think much about it.

But my fox-like second brother...

In the end, Shen Qiaochen gave up this idea, and that would be fine if it were done at other times. But the third prince had just lost power, and this matter was more or less caused by her.

If Shen Qiaoqi discovers her again at this time, she will be involved with Zui Jiangyue, who was targeted by Jin Zhuxuan.

So based on Shen Qiaoqi's paranoia, I'm afraid that Shen Qiaoqi won't even be able to live a peaceful life for a while.

After all, it is not a secret that the third prince is behind Jinzhuxuan.

At least that's the case on the surface.

As for who the real master of Jinzhuxuan is, Shen Qiaochen naturally knows it well.

But the most important thing now is to make Zui Jiangyue a unique presence among restaurants in the capital.

Now that Xiao Li is in the light and Shen Qiao is in the dark, the situation is obviously very favorable to her.

If Xiao Li was alerted because of Shen Qiaoqi, but he followed the clues and found out about Shen Qiaoqi, it would be more of a loss than a gain.

Picking up another apricot and putting it into his mouth, Shen Qiao thought:

It seems that we need to have a serious discussion with Mr. Ji.

…

"Fourth girl, do you want to freshen up?"

Shen Qiaochen raised her head when the soft voice of Lily of the Valley rang in her ears.

I saw Suzuran standing on the edge of the collapse, her almond-shaped eyes clear and full of concern.

Seeing the sincerity in her eyes, Shen Qiao subconsciously raised the corners of her lips slightly, but there was still a trace of scrutiny in her twinkling eyes.

Needless to say, Shen Qiaochen also knew what he looked like at this time.

A noble lady should be cautious in words and deeds, dignified and polite.

But when he appeared in front of Suzulan for the first time today, he was dressed in men's clothes, disheveled, and with his hair disheveled.

Coupled with the rumors that Shen Qiao and Shen Su were in Beijing...

If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid they would have been displeased with me for the first time and would have made other assumptions.

After reviving his life, Shen Qiaochen made up his mind from the moment he opened his eyes that he would never trust others again in this life.

In this life, she only lives to protect the Shen family.

As for the people around her, she had no time to care about them.

Linglan is a child raised by Mr. Ji himself. Since Shen Qiaochen regards Mr. Ji as his teacher, it stands to reason that he can trust his only daughter.

But for Shen Qiaochen, even though Linglan behaved very gently and sincerely from beginning to end, she was still subconsciously wary of the kindness from the stranger she met for the first time.

After all, she has suffered losses in this regard and has experienced the consequences.

…

After carefully looking at Linglan for a while, Shen Qiaochen softened her expression.

The corners of her lips were slightly raised, and just when she was about to speak, a gust of cold wind drifted in from the slightly opened corner of the window.

It was a cool night, and Shen Qiaochen's clothes were already half dry and slightly damp. In addition, she had continued to have a fever just now, and now she was sweating again.

So she couldn't help but shudder and knocked over the plate of preserved apricots that Su was holding.

"Fourth girl, what's wrong with you?"

Ling Lan, who was standing by the bed, was startled, thinking that Shen Qiaochen's condition was getting worse again, so she couldn't help but exclaimed, and quickly planned to go forward to check.

But he felt relieved when he saw that although Shen Qiaochen's face still looked a little weak, there was no sign of pain.

She frowned and thought for a moment, then walked straight to the window and closed the window carefully.

Then he turned around and said to Shen Qiaochen in annoyance:

"Fourth girl, it's all my fault. I didn't close the window, and you were exposed to the wind again."

Shen Qiao was leaning on the cave, looking at the little girl's depressed face, and smiled slightly:

"It's okay. I just had a fever. It's normal to feel cold now."

Seeing that Shen Qiaochen still had a faint smile on her face, Ling Lan still felt very guilty in her heart, so she still lowered her head.

But Shen Qiao's regretful voice was heard faintly.

"It's just a pity that there was half a plate of preserved apricots. Linglan's craftsmanship is indeed the best."

Linglan raised her head suddenly and saw Shen Qiaochen looking towards the corner of the cave, so she also turned her head and followed Shen Qiaochen's gaze and saw the white porcelain bone dish that fell to the ground. .

The plate fell to the ground empty, but the preserved apricots inside were gone.

Linglan hurriedly stepped forward, bent down to pick up the empty bone dish on the ground, then looked around at the ground for a moment, found the fallen apricots, took out the handkerchief she carried with her, and picked them up one by one.

Naturally, the dirty preserved apricots could not be put back into the dish. Suzuran could only temporarily put the preserved apricots she picked up into the handkerchief in her hand.

But the handkerchief that my daughter carried with her was not that big, so when Suzuran picked it up, as more and more preserved apricots were in her hands, the handkerchief could no longer hold any more.

So when Suzuran tried to put the picked apricots into the veil again, one of the preserved apricots fell out from the already full veil.

Linglan could only stare at the round apricot breast in stunned silence as she walked towards the door of the room.

"Pfft..."

Only a soft laugh was heard.

But Shen Qiaochen looked at Ling Lan's movements and found them so cute that she couldn't help laughing.

Linglan was stunned. She looked at the apricots not far away and finally stopped by the door. She then looked back at Shen Qiaochen who was covering her mouth and smiling happily. She couldn't help being infected by his smile and pursed her lips. stand up.

…

At the same time, Xiao Jue and his group happened to reach the seventh floor.

All of them were highly skilled in martial arts, and they deliberately avoided others along the way.

Xiao Jue originally thought that even though Shen Qiaochen seemed to have left voluntarily, because she had been held hostage tonight, he had finally made preparations that Shen Qiaochen might be in danger again.

Who would have expected that when he made several guesses in his mind and led people all the way to the seventh floor of Zuijiangyue, he would hear a slight sound coming from the room not far away.

Xiao Jue paused, raised his hand to make a gesture, and then walked towards the room first.

Jiang Fengmian, Nan Xing, and Nan Zhu, who were following behind, looked at each other and followed.

The four people seemed to be walking casually, but they didn't make the slightest sound.

When Xiao Jue walked to the door of the room, he happened to hear a burst of laughter from a young woman inside.

The laughter was light and sweet, very pleasant to the ear.

And that voice happened to sound very familiar.

Xiao Jue's originally tense nerves instantly relaxed.
Chapter completed!