Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 203 Merchant's Daughter
"No, there's also Shen Mengwu!"

When her eyes fell on Shen Mengwu, Meng Yuan felt as if she had found a confidant. She couldn't help but step forward and give Shen Mengwu a hug.

"Shen Mengwu, I'm glad you're with me."

"Shen Mengwu, you must promise me that you will never work hard behind my back, otherwise I will feel inferior. For the sake of a sister's good mentality, you must not work hard secretly, understand?"

Meng Yuan has never liked reading, or rather, compared to reading, Meng Yuan's attention is often tempted by all kinds of strange things.

Shen Mengwu seemed to have found a kindred spirit, her eyes welling with tears, "What a coincidence, me too."

"Meng Yuan, you don't know how sad I am when I'm with Shen Fuyu and my sister. They often drag me to study. If there were someone to play with me, how could I study?"

Shen Mengwu glanced at Shen Fuyu secretly, and deliberately lowered her voice to complain to Meng Yuan.

Looking at the round little heads huddled together whispering, Shen Fuyu felt helpless and amused.

"Shen Mengning."

Li Xinrong, wearing a veil, appeared in front of Shen Mengning at some point.

Li Xinrong, Princess Murong's lackey, and Princess Murong fell out after Li Xinrong was bitten by a wolf.

She hadn't stood up and jumped around for a long time. Shen Fuyu looked at Li Xinrong with vigilance, always feeling that this person had bad intentions.

"Is there a problem?"

Shen Mengning was distant and didn't have a good impression of Li Xinrong.

In the early years, Li Xinrong often bullied people together with Murong Yue, and the Shen sisters were also bullied.

Therefore, the relationship between the Shen sisters and Li Xinrong is not good, and the wolf pack incident has brought the conflict to the surface. Even if they meet on the street, the Shen sisters may not say hello to Li Xinrong, and the same is true for Li Xinrong.

In response to Li Xinrong's sudden gesture of goodwill, a few big words popped up in Shen Mengning's mind inexplicably.

The weasel paid New Year greetings to the rooster and was uneasy and kind-hearted.

"Shen Mengning, congratulations! You've cleared your reputation as an idiot. If we'd known you were playing dumb, no one would have bothered you. You've been carrying this stigma for so many years, Shen Mengning. You must be very sad."

Li Xinrong had a gloomy look in his eyes and spoke in an unpleasant way.

Shen Mengning frowned, "I don't understand what Miss Li is saying."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand." Li Xinrong fixed his gloomy gaze on Shen Mengning. "All you need to know is that I'm here to congratulate you. However, I don't have a gift with me, so I can give it to you later."

After leaving behind a few incomprehensible words, Li Xinrong and the sisters around him left.

"Li Xinrong's reputation is terrible, but there are still people willing to get along with her. Aren't they afraid that Li Xinrong will suddenly go crazy?" Meng Yuan muttered softly.

Shen Mengwu curled the corners of her lips and said mischievously, "Yuanyuan, my sister and I don't have a good reputation, but you still have to play with us."

Meng Yuan waved her hand and said matter-of-factly, "Shen Mengwu, you are different from Li Xinrong."

"You and Shen Mengning have good personalities and are kind-hearted, unlike Li Xinrong who has evil intentions."

As he spoke, Meng Yuan suddenly sighed.

"If I had known you better before, I wouldn't have been led around by Li Xinrong and Murong Yue into thinking you were bad people."

"It's okay, at least we are friends now."

Shen Mengwu and Meng Yuan stood in the corner, whispering to each other.

Cheng Ziqi shamelessly approached Shen Mengwu.

"What are you guys talking about? Do you mind if I join in the conversation?"

A fair, round face came into view. A hint of disgust flashed in Shen Mengwu's eyes, and she poked Cheng Ziqi's cheek with her slender fingers.

"Cheng Ziqi, look at how fat you are now. For the sake of your health, you really should lose weight. Otherwise, you won't be able to get married in the future." "Shen Mengwu, do you dislike me?"

Cheng Ziqi subconsciously covered his chest and looked at Shen Mengwu with a hurt look in his eyes.

"I don't mind it. Being white and chubby is quite cute. But your future wife might dislike it."

Shen Mengwu's eyes were clear, without any impure thoughts between men and women, and she had no idea what Cheng Ziqi meant. Meng Yuan stood aside, covering her lips and laughing. It was really interesting.

Shen Mengwu's mind is full of messy things, and there is no love between men and women at all.

I'm afraid Cheng Ziqi is destined not to get what he wants.

Shen Fuyu glanced at her and then looked away. Shen Mengwu has been practicing martial arts for many years, and ordinary people cannot hurt Shen Mengwu. Shen Fuyu only needs to protect Shen Mengning.

Lu Mingtang calmly approached Shen Fuyu, stood beside her and said, "The person who first proposed holding the flower viewing banquet seems to have a special relationship with Li Xinrong."

The conversation stopped there and Shen Fuyu could understand what Lu Mingtang meant.

At the same time, Shen Mengning was also surrounded by the crowd, and the sound of their chattering could be heard in her ears. Perhaps it was because of Shen Fuyu's reminder that Shen Mengning was not at a loss as she was at the beginning. Instead, she started to talk to everyone with ease.

People always have to grow step by step.

Communicating with more people is the fastest way to grow.

After her soul returned to its place, Shen Fuyu specially checked Shen Mengning's learning ability. Things that used to take a long time to understand, Shen Mengning could now understand most of them just by reading them once.

Therefore, Shen Fuyu feels that compared to reading, writing essays, and understanding current affairs, etc.

Shen Mengning lacks interpersonal relationship training.

Time passed quickly and people came up one after another.

They all fell into their seats.

Shang Qingyan stood out holding a teacup. The girl's slim figure covered by her robe looked particularly attractive.

"Everyone present here has just passed the Tongsheng exam. Next up is the Yuan exam, also known as the Xiucai exam."

"It's a rare opportunity to relax, so Qingyan organized a flower viewing banquet for everyone and invited several scholars to come and share their experience in the imperial examinations. Thank you all for coming to the flower viewing banquet."

"In order to express my gratitude, I specially prepared a dance."

As she spoke, Shang Qingyan drank the tea in one gulp and bowed to everyone with a generous and enthusiastic attitude.

"who is she?"

Shen Fuyu asked Lu Mingtang in a low voice.

"The merchant's youngest daughter is very much loved at home and quite talented, but unfortunately she is just the daughter of a merchant. Now the family is waiting for her to change her family."

Lu Mingtang briefly and concisely pointed out Shang Qingyan's identity.

Shen Fuyu understood that the people of the Murong Dynasty were relatively open-minded.

People are very accepting of women dancing at banquets. Therefore, when Shang Qingyan performs a dance in public, she will only gain everyone's favor. They think she is generous and not at all stage-frightened.

"Shang Qingyan often hosts banquets. Her family is the richest in South City. Money is like water, and she can't spend it all. She is also very generous, so everyone is very willing to attend the banquets hosted by Shang Qingyan."

Meng Yuan quietly added a few more words.

"It is said that Shang Qingyan is getting engaged to Brother Li Xinrong."

"Of course it's just a rumor, there's no concrete evidence."

Shen Fuyu and the Shen sisters rarely attend banquets, so it is normal that they don't understand the relationship between them.

(End of this chapter)