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

Chapter 209 You're not qualified to buy me!
Pei Xizhou had no idea that the person he was looking for had just left the shop right under his nose, and right under his watchful eye.

Seeing that there was no way to hide anyone in the shop, he realized that the shopkeeper hadn't answered his question yet.

He asked the same question again, and the shopkeeper slowly replied, "There was indeed a loud-voiced girl just now, but didn't you see her, sir?"

Since this young master saw that young lady but did not recognize her, it means she is not the person he is looking for.

Pei Xizhou frowned after hearing this: "My cousin is very pretty. Although she has a loud voice, she is a very beautiful girl. I mean a pretty girl with a loud voice. Was there such a girl just now?"

The shopkeeper replied directly, "No!"

Pei Xizhou finally gave up and left the shop.

But he felt he hadn't misheard; he had indeed heard his cousin's voice. Could it be that he was hallucinating because he missed his cousin so much?

Little did he know that he had indeed heard correctly. What he couldn't have imagined was that Shen Shuyi had left right under his nose without him noticing.

Shen Shuyi was still a little shaken after bumping into Pei Xizhou, so she wanted to rush back to Ni Chang Pavilion.

As luck would have it, the women of the Marquis's mansion happened to come out of the Rainbow Pavilion, causing her to instinctively want to turn around and leave, because she felt guilty.

Xia Nianchu and Pei Xuexuan were really surprised to run into this ordinary woman again. Moreover, the woman turned away as soon as she saw them. Could it be that she had done something wrong?

Xia Nianchu found this woman extremely displeasing, so she raised her lips and said, "Hey you, stop right there!"

Shen Shuyi gritted her teeth inwardly, wondering how she had provoked the female lead again.

After regaining her composure, she turned around casually and asked Xia Nianchu, "Is there something you need, young lady?"

"I was just about to ask you if you did something wrong, that's why you ran away as soon as you saw us." Xia Nianchu looked Shen Shuyi up and down.

This woman looked ordinary, but she gave off a strange feeling; in short, she just couldn't stand her.

"Isn't it because I was afraid of offending you distinguished guests?" Shen Shuyi replied with her head down, feeling guilty.

She didn't want to be recognized by the female lead. She was living a comfortable life now and didn't want to go back to the Marquis's mansion.

Ultimately, it's because she herself lacks confidence; otherwise, she wouldn't have turned and left as soon as she saw the female lead and the other women of the Marquis's mansion.

"What have you done wrong that you dare not look at me?" The more Xia Nianchu looked at Shen Shuyi, the more suspicious she seemed.

She might have stolen their things.

With that thought in mind, she quickly said to the other young ladies in the Marquis's mansion, "Check if anything is missing. This person might be a thief!"

Shen Shuyi laughed in anger upon hearing this.

Perhaps the female lead and this supporting female character are just naturally at odds, otherwise why would she come up with such an outrageous hypothesis?

Pei Xuexuan also found it absurd: "Cousin, are you mistaken? How could she be a thief if she didn't get close to us?"

Although she didn't like the strange woman in front of her, she wasn't going to be so unreasonable.

“But she’s acting suspiciously; she might be a thief. Should we report her to the authorities and have her arrested?” Xia Nianchu said something surprising again.

Shen Shuyi thought the female lead was a weirdo. Although she could understand that the female lead and she, the supporting female character, were naturally incompatible, the female lead's persistent stalking of her like a mad dog was a bit bullying.

Could it be that her being alive also affected the female lead?
Not only Shen Shuyi herself thought it was outrageous, but Pei Xuexuan also couldn't stand Xia Nianchu: "Cousin, that's enough! She hasn't done anything wrong, so how are you going to report her to the authorities? Don't cause trouble, let's go."

Shen Shuyi thought to herself that Pei Xuexuan was at least relatively normal and didn't follow Xia Nianchu's nonsense. Otherwise, if the matter were reported to the authorities, she was afraid that her identity would be exposed.

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the matter was over, Xia Nianchu suddenly suggested to Pei Xuexuan, "I think this woman is perfect as a maid. Why don't I buy her and keep her by my side?"

Shen Shuyi: ...

Pei Xuexuan also found it unbelievable, and the more she looked at Xia Nianchu, the more she felt that something was wrong with her.

Pei Yuxuan was also getting impatient with Xia Nianchu and said irritably, "Cousin, that's enough. She hasn't sold herself to you. How are you going to turn her into your maid?"

How come she never noticed that her cousin Xia was acting strangely before?
Xia Nianchu thought it was simple. She looked at Shen Shuyi and said, "Name your price. How much silver would you sell it to me for? Five taels of silver should be enough, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Shuyi took out her money pouch and pulled out a stack of hundred-tael silver notes: "Sorry, this young lady is not short of money and has no bad habit of serving as a maid for Tom, Dick, or Harry. You are not qualified to buy me!"

No one present expected that Shen Shuyi was a hidden talent. Dressed simply, she was actually quite wealthy.

Shen Shuyi's original intention was to slap these people in the face, but Xia Nianchu had a peculiar way of thinking. Seeing so much silver, she became even more convinced that Shen Shuyi's source of wealth was illicit: "Where did you get so much silver? Did you steal it?!"

Just then, a young woman suddenly appeared in front of Shen Shuyi and said, "Miss, I've been looking for you everywhere. You disappeared in the blink of an eye. Madam is waiting for you over there. Please come home with me."

Shen Shuyi's eyes flickered slightly. She didn't know this girl at all. Someone must have asked the girl to run an errand for her to get out of trouble.

If there are no surprises, it will be Sun Wang.

"I ran into a crazy woman, wasting my time." Shen Shuyi said, then suddenly deliberately bumped into Xia Nianchu.

Xia Nianchu was caught off guard and bumped right into by Shen Shuyi, almost falling to the ground.

By the time she was about to explode, Shen Shuyi was no longer there, which infuriated her.

Shen Shuyi guessed correctly; it was Sun Wang who came to her rescue.

Only after all the women of the Marquis's mansion had gone far away did Shen Shuyi return to Ni Chang Pavilion.

She placed the trinkets and snacks she had bought in front of A-Jian: "Try them, these are all snacks that I think are delicious. After Brother Sun finishes making the human skin mask for you, I'll take you out to play."

A-Jian smiled and happily began to eat.

But she didn't want to go out with the girl. The girl could handle any unexpected situation on her own, but if she brought her along as a burden, it would only draw more attention.

The best solution is for her to stay in the Rainbow Pavilion and not go anywhere else. After all, the space here is large enough, and she is not one to like going out.

Pei Xizhou originally intended to leave the capital to search for Shen Shuyi's whereabouts after the Lantern Festival, but because of this "auditory hallucination" incident, he suddenly had the idea that his cousin might not have left the capital.

From that day on, he waited near the toy store, hoping to bump into the owner of that voice again.

Pei Dongzhou had all his movements under control. When he learned that Pei Xizhou had been near the toy shop for several days in a row, he became curious as well.

(End of this chapter)