Wasn't This Ruining My Plans?

His classmates looked at him with envy and said, "That's a win-win situation. I just don't know if Dean Zhu would be willing to accept you as a classmate."

Shen Zhiyu snorted coldly and said:

"If he's willing to take someone like Zhou Wanwan, how could he not want to take me?"

I'm much better than Zhou Wanwan; I'm one of the four great talents of the capital.

Everyone quickly flattered, "You really are amazing! I heard you're number one in the capital this time!"

Shen Zhiyu laughed heartily:

"That's natural. Even that Gu Sinian guy is nothing special."

I didn't participate in the White Deer Academy's assessment this time, otherwise, what would he be?

However, our Yingtian Academy is also very powerful.

Shen Zhiyu didn't go to the White Deer Academy, but went directly to the Yingtian Academy.

Yingtian Academy is also one of the three major academies, and it is quite powerful.

Therefore, he naturally looked down on Gu Sinian.

Someone said:

"Gu Sinian is from the White Deer Academy, Shen Zhiyu is from the Yingtian Academy, and I heard that Jiang Xu from the Songshan Academy is also incredibly talented."

However, in terms of talent, Young Master Shen is still the most outstanding.

"Young Master Shen is a genius of unparalleled talent, naturally extraordinary. Even without Dean Zhu, you will still make a name for yourself in the future."

"Who is Young Master Shen? He's not just making a name for himself now, he'll probably be famous throughout the land in the future."

The more they blew, the more intoxicating it became, and before long, a dozen women came swaying their hips as they swaggered in.

Shen Zhiyu stared at the women, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Someone said with a smile, "Let's do something different today. These are all dancers from the Western Regions, incredibly alluring!"

Shen Zhiyu was completely captivated. He touched the hand of a dancer from the Western Regions and said, "The women from the Western Regions are really different; their eyes are so big."

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "What a scumbag! He falls in love with every girl he sees. This Yongning Earl's Manor isn't lively enough. Actually, I think it could be even more lively."

Shen Zhiyu was so engrossed in the night that he forgot all about home. Ten dancers swarmed around him, and in the end, he got carried away and bought them all.

Early in the morning, Shen Zhiyu was woken up by a servant who kept nudging him, saying, "Young master, something terrible has happened! Our house is gone!"

Shen Zhiyu mumbled sleepily, "Don't bother me. Don't you know I didn't sleep a wink last night?"

The servant was so anxious he was scratching his head and pleading, "Young master, please wake up! Madam is frantic at home. The promised 88-bundle betrothal gifts are nowhere to be found!"

Shen Zhiyu then opened her eyes and said, "88 betrothal gifts? The betrothal gifts for Zhou Wanwan are gone?"

The servant nodded repeatedly. Shen Zhiyu jolted awake, scrambled to her feet, and said:

"Isn't this ruining my plans?"

"Last night all those young masters knew that I was coming to propose marriage today, but we don't even have any betrothal gifts. How can we go?"

As Shen Zhiyu grumbled, he hurried home with his servant, followed by his ten female confidantes.

The women whispered among themselves in Western Regions language:

"This time we've landed a big financial backer."

I've heard that this is the young master of the Yongning Earl's Manor, from a very distinguished family.

"Really? Then our family must be rolling in gold and silver! Surely we could at least get a concubine?"

"Who knows? If we could become a concubine, it would be like living in a golden palace for the rest of our lives."

The dancers were overjoyed, but when they reached the entrance, they were dumbfounded. "Where... where is this? How did we get brought here?"

Shen Zhiyu's expression changed as well. "Where's my house? Where's my house?"

The servant forgot to mention:

"Young master, last night, our house and estate were all gone, along with all your treasures."

Your aunt is making a huge fuss inside, you should go check on her right away!

Shen Zhiyu's room was filled with beautiful women, who immediately surrounded him upon seeing him. "Young Master, you're finally back! We've emptied the house, all the cosmetics and face powder are gone, what are we going to do?"

"My gold and silver jewelry is gone too, young master! You must avenge me!"

"Our house has been broken into..."

Shen Zhiyu's face turned pale with anger. "What's going on in Dongshan Prefecture? Are all those officials incompetent? Go report this to the authorities right now!"

"Young master, we've already reported it to the authorities. The officials came to investigate, but they said they couldn't figure out the cause."

Shen Zhiyu was furious. "Can't you figure out the reason? Making such a commotion all night, and not a single clue?"

The servant shook his head.

This time, they even invited Chen Ankang, but unfortunately, it was completely useless.

Chen Ankang, with his hands behind his back, searched the place again, inside and out, and said, "We really can't find any footprints. Logically speaking, with such a commotion, there should be footprints. This case is not easy to solve."

The Countess of Yongning was so angry that she stomped her feet.

"My eighty-eight betrothal gifts were all genuine, including a lot of gold and silver jewelry."

Now that everything is gone, how am I supposed to propose marriage?

Chen Ankang looked at her and said:

"You mean your family has prepared betrothal gifts and you're going to propose marriage today?"

Which family proposed marriage?

"It's Zhou Wanwan! We were supposed to go to present the betrothal gifts today, but now they've been stolen. What are we going to do?"

Chen Ankang coughed and said:

You should take good care of your belongings!

It won't be found anytime soon, so I think we should probably postpone the betrothal gifts!

Countess of Yongning looked at Chen Ankang and said:

"Ankang! I've watched you grow up since you were little, I know your abilities."

There's no case you can't investigate; please help me find it!

The bandits of Dongshan Prefecture are truly monstrous; don't you find it terrifying?

And it wasn't just my family; I heard that this gang of thieves has already taken things from several other families.

Moving things is fine, but you can't move our house like this, can you?

Chen Ankang's lips twitched. That's really ruthless!

Everything that needed to be moved out of the house has been moved, except for the outhouse.

What could he say?

If someone still doesn't know who moved these things, then they're a fool.

He nervously approached Zhou Wanwan and said, "Things have been stolen from the Yongning Earl's Manor's mansion, and they're currently searching the whole city for the culprit!"

Zhou Wanwan put down the book on her desk and said, "Oh! In your opinion, who did this?"

Chen Ankang immediately knelt down on the ground. "Anyway, we didn't do it. This case is difficult to investigate, and we won't find anything."

Zhou Wanwan laughed heartily:

"So what if we did it? The Yongning Earl's Manor's Mansion is bullying us. Don't they like sending me betrothal gifts?"

Let them send as many as they want, but you've worked hard, this is a reward for you."

Zheng Xing'an, who was standing next to her, immediately took a pile of gold and silver jewelry and handed it over.

Chen Ankang was extremely panicked.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

"Here you go, just take it!"

Since you're working for me, just do your job well. I don't need you to wait on me hand and foot; just do what you're supposed to do!