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"Yes!" Song Jiyun suppressed the astonishment in her heart and humbly said, "It is merely due to the elevation given by the elders and clansmen of my family that I am temporarily managing the business left by my father."

"Very good, very good!" the Dignified County Magistrate praised with clapping hands, "I have long heard that you are a woman who does not pale in comparison to men, and seeing you today, indeed your reputation is well deserved."

Though Song Jiyun had planned early on to have the new County Magistrate regard her in a different light, plans are nothing against changes. The information provided by Yuan Yunzhong might all be useless now; she also had to adapt as things unfolded. Nevertheless, the excessive praise from this County Magistrate left her bewildered.

"Your Excellency gives undue praise!" she kept her composure, bowed her head with modesty, and bent her knee to thank him.