Jiaojiao is getting married, and the male leads fall for her and fight over her.

Chapter 112 The Crown Prince is just like a playboy

Pei Dongzhou looked at Shen Shuyi's rosy cheeks and couldn't help but pinch them.

Shen Shuyi stared at Pei Shizi as if he were a monster: "What does cousin want to do?"

A-Jian, who was standing to the side, had the same question: How could the young master lay hands on a girl?
“My cousin’s face is dirty.” Pei Dongzhou touched his fingertip as if there was actually something dirty on it.

Shen Shuyi didn't believe his nonsense; she always felt that Prince Pei seemed a bit abnormal.

He's never done anything so frivolous before. What's gotten into him today? He's acting just like a playboy.

However, remembering that she still needed him to complete her task, she didn't want to offend him: "Cousin, are you free tomorrow? I'd like to go for a blind date tomorrow."

"I'm too busy," Pei Dongzhou replied curtly.

Shen Shuyi patiently asked again, "And the day after tomorrow?"

“Cousin, you need to know that excellent men don’t just appear out of thin air. You have to take your time to choose the right one before taking her to meet potential partners,” Pei Dongzhou said leisurely.

Shen Shuyi knew the problem was serious when she heard "take your time choosing".

Prince Pei spoke lightly, but she was in a hurry to go on blind dates, needing to find ten potential partners every month. If she waited for Prince Pei to take his time choosing, things would get too late.

“Alright then, I’ll wait until my cousin, the young master, has chosen a suitable person before taking me to meet her.” Shen Shuyi said, then looked at A-Jian, “You see my cousin off.”

Pei Dongzhou was very satisfied with Shen Shuyi's obedient and sensible nature.

Little did he know that after he left, Shen Shuyi was already planning how to go and find a match herself.

Since Pei Dongzhou is busy, he can't keep an eye on her all the time, so it's always right for her to outwardly comply but inwardly defy him.

Just as she was calculating, Pei Xizhou walked over quickly and told her that the old lady had asked him to come over for questioning.

"Grandmother also told me to stop interfering in my cousin's matchmaking, but I'm not convinced. Why can my older brother take you to find a partner, but I can't?" Pei Xizhou looked intently at Shen Shuyi. "Does my cousin trust me?"

"Of course I believe you! My third cousin has the best character. It would be great if he could continue to take me to meet potential partners. If I can marry into a good family in the future, everyone will know that my cousin has excellent taste, right?"

This was the same thought that Pei Xizhou had.

"So, will you secretly take your cousin to meet potential partners from now on?" Pei Xizhou asked with a smile.

Shen Shuyi nodded vigorously, and she and Pei Xizhou hit it off immediately.

Overjoyed, Shen Shuyi even invited Pei Xizhou to have lunch at Fusang Courtyard. Pei Xizhou ate to his heart's content, feeling even more that he had misjudged her before; his cousin Shen was clearly excellent in every way.

To avoid attracting attention, Shen Shuyi stayed obediently at the Marquis's residence for the next two days.

On the third day, she and Pei Xizhou went their separate ways, but when they arrived at the agreed location, she successfully met the person Pei Xizhou had found for a blind date.

For several days in a row, she visited the place every day, and everything went smoothly.

Until that day, she remembered the man she had been set up with who had broken his leg; it seemed to be Wan Feng, the eldest son of Wanli Money Shop.

Accompanied by Pei Xizhou, she went to Wanli Money Shop and met Wan Feng. Wan Feng was indeed good-looking and had a decent temperament. Upon seeing Shen Shuyi, he was also amazed by her beauty. However, when he remembered the person he had met that day, he immediately lost his composure: "Miss Shen is too outstanding. I am not worthy of her. Please, Miss Shen, I still want to live."

"Wanfeng, what kind of relationship do we have? Why say such hurtful things? Is there some misunderstanding?" Pei Xizhou quickly tried to smooth things over.

“After I fell that day, Young Master Pei appeared. He told me that Miss Shen didn’t like me and that I shouldn’t make a fool of myself.” Wan Feng added angrily, “If I wasn’t seeing things that day, I also saw Young Master Pei’s attendants watching the commotion nearby.”

Even though Miss Shen is beautiful, if she doesn't like him, she can just tell him directly. Why bother toying with him like this?

“I even suspect that I was injured by someone from your manor,” Wan Feng said, expressing his doubts again.

Shen Shuyi and Pei Xizhou exchanged a glance, both with the same question in their eyes.

Pei Xizhou was even more puzzled, unable to understand why Pei Beizhou would ruin Shen Shuyi's reputation behind her back. If his elder brother's men were nearby at the time, there was no reason why they wouldn't intervene when they saw this scene.

Shen Shuyi couldn't understand it at first, but later she felt that Pei Beizhou might want to ruin her reputation and was doing this to stand up for the female lead.

As for why Prince Pei's men were nearby but did not stop it, could it be because Prince Pei did not want to meddle in other people's business?

Why did she feel that this was going in a wrong direction?
She even considered another possibility: could Pei Beizhou's poisoning of Wan Feng be due to Pei Shizi's tacit approval?

In addition, what Prince Pei said at the Fusang Courtyard that day was that Pei Xizhou would no longer take her to see potential partners, and that he would take her to see potential partners himself...

"In the end, I'm the one who dragged you down with this, but it was never my intention. Rest assured, I will not disturb your peace again." Shen Shuyi said, taking out a silver ingot. "This is my compensation to you. I'm sorry."

Wan Feng had a good impression of this Miss Shen, so he reminded her, "Young Master Pei seems to have ill intentions towards you. And the young master Pei's men saw what happened but didn't stop it, which may be due to the young master Pei's tacit approval. Miss Shen should be careful of these two."

After thanking Wan Feng, Shen Shuyi left Wanli Money Shop.

On the way back to the Marquis's residence, Pei Xizhou wanted to find Pei Beizhou to ask him what was going on, but Shen Shuyi stopped him: "Fourth Cousin has always disliked me, so it's not surprising that he would smear me. Third Cousin, there's no need for you to go and argue with Fourth Cousin. If things get out of hand, it will affect your relationship as brothers."

"What about the eldest brother? Since his men saw what the fourth brother did, doesn't that mean that nothing escaped the eldest brother's eyes? If that's the case, why didn't the eldest brother stop it? Could it be that the eldest brother doesn't want his cousin to get married?" Pei Xizhou spoke without thinking.

Shen Shuyi was taken aback, thinking to herself that it couldn't be as Pei Xizhou had said.

But what if? Wouldn't that give Pei Dongzhou a reason not to let Pei Xizhou take her to the matchmaker?
After returning to Fusangin, she specifically asked the system what the current situation was, but the system completely ignored her.

Anyway, this system is completely useless. All it does is cause trouble all day long and never answers her questions.

Ultimately, her priority right now is to complete the task of finding a match.

The subsequent matchmaking proceeded smoothly without alerting Pei Dongzhou. When it came to the last person to be matched, Shen Shuyi suddenly felt the urge to test Pei Dongzhou's reaction, so she made a special trip to the East Garden.

"I'm going to meet someone tomorrow. My third cousin found him for me. I've heard he's not only handsome but also comes from a respectable family. He's a good match for me. I've come specifically to ask my cousin, the young master, for his opinion."

Pei Dongzhou replied, "We don't need to pay attention to the cousin that Xizhou introduced us to."

"When will you take me to meet the young master? If you don't have time, I'll meet the one my third cousin introduced me to tomorrow." Shen Shuyi secretly observed the young master Pei's reaction.

　It seems you guys still like the Crown Prince the most.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)