The Huo family didn’t expect that after Shen Yin took Song Tan away, he would come back by himself.

He appeared calm and walked straight in, finding a seat for himself.

The Huo family members exchanged puzzled glances.

Has Shen Yin become too arrogant now?

They hadn’t paid much attention to Shen Yin before.

In the Huo family, he seemed like an invisible person, to the extent that now, upon reflection, they realized they didn’t really know Shen Yin.

Those who are close in age to Shen Yin might pay a bit more attention to him.

Shen Yin is a genius, his studies is one of the best among them.

His outstanding performance naturally caught the attention of many.

Although he doesn’t bear the surname Huo, his mother held shares in the Huo’s company, which were all transferred to him after her passing.

If he had any intentions towards the Huo’s company…

However, they later discovered that Shen Yin, just like his father, was simply a person who enjoyed scholarly pursuits.

Like the business courses conducted by the Huo family, he performed mediocrely and lacked enthusiasm.

Later on, they gradually let go of their guard against him.

After all, an academic genius who only knows how to study poses a lesser threat to them compared to a business prodigy.

Afterward, Shen Yin obtained his Ph.D. and, upon graduation, the old man originally intended to have him join the company and lead a research team. However, Shen Yin chose to stay at the university as a teacher.

By not joining the Huo’s company, he simply ceased to be a threat.

If it weren’t for this incident, that Song Tan chose him, they would have almost forgotten that there was still such a person in the Huo family.

People whispered among themselves in private, but considering the prescription in Song Tan’s hands, if it truly saved the old man, then Song Tan would be a great contributor… So, nobody wanted to stand out at this moment.

Without someone making a fuss, Shen Yin was able to enjoy peace and quiet.

He raised his hand and adjusted his glasses.

These bunch of useless people from the Huo family.

Shen Yin didn’t pay any attention to them at all.

They are only concerned about their own interests, but very few of them have any intelligence.

On the other hand…

At this moment, a commotion could be heard from outside.

It was Huo Yanlin returning.

As soon as Huo Yanlin entered, everyone turned their gaze towards him.

Huo Yanlin’s eyes fell upon the isolated Shen Yin.

His gaze darkened.

The failure of Project An No. 1 had a direct impact on other projects’ research.

Currently, the most effective solution was to borrow the team and technology from the Song family to resolve this crisis.

The Song family’s business was not doing well, but their core technology was considered relatively advanced in the industry.

After the complete failure of Project An No. 1, he attempted to contact Song Zhiwen.

However, Song Zhiwen’s conditions were…

These people from the Song family truly had unrealistic ideas.

Huo Yanlin did not agree.

After returning from the Huo family, the face of Song Tan kept appearing in Huo Yanlin’s mind involuntarily.

If he had married Song Tan, and the company encountered this crisis, would she…

This idea was indeed somewhat absurd, but it strangely felt like something that had actually happened.

To the extent that when he saw Shen Yin now, what appeared in his mind was Song Tan standing beside him, speaking up to help him.

He collected himself, ignoring everyone, and went straight past that door to find the old man.

“We’re not allowed in, but he just went in directly.”

“Can you compare to him? That’s Huo Yanlin.”

Huo Yanlin.

Although no one said it aloud, they all knew it in their hearts. If things went as expected, Huo Yanlin would become the next leader of the Huo family’.

All of them would have to make a living under his control in the future.

Therefore, even though nothing had been finalized yet, they couldn’t offend this future leader.

Shen Yin looked at them, their unwillingness to offend and their resentful expressions, and it was truly ironic.

Under their incredulous gazes, Shen Yin also stepped past that door.

Huo family members : ???

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When Shen Yin entered, Huo Yanlin looked at him with a slightly furrowed brow.

“Young Master Shen Yin, Doctor Chen has examined the prescription, and it is indeed suitable for the illness. They are currently decocting the medicine.”

Uncle Liu saw Shen Yin come in and his attitude improved quite a bit. He took the initiative to update him on the progress.

Shen Yin nodded and said, “As long as Grandfather is fine.”

Upon hearing this, Huo Yanlin looked at Shen Yin.

“Why is it only you here? Where is Song Tan?”

Upon hearing Huo Yanlin’s question, Shen Yin narrowed his eyes.

“You should address her as Biao Sao.”

Huo Yanlin furrowed his brows.

He didn’t want to.

That woman played him, and now she wants him to call her Biao Sao?

“Fine, Biao Sao. I’d like to ask, with Grandpa being seriously ill, where is she?”

Huo Yanlin’s use of the term Biao Sao could be described as through gritted teeth.

Shen Yin looked at him like this, not only was he not angry, but he also smiled.

“She came to see Grandpa. Grandpa is seriously ill, and she is also very worried. It’s just that her health is not good, so I sent her back.”

Huo Yanlin listened to his words and snorted.

Don’t think that he is outside and doesn’t know what happened at home.

Shen Yin is truly hypocritical.

Why didn’t Huo Yanlin notice his hypocrisy before?

Huo Yanlin wanted to say something more, but at this moment, the doctor who was treating the old master brought the medicine over.

At present, the most important thing is naturally the old man’s illness.

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The medicine was administered to Old Master Huo, and now it’s a matter of waiting for the medicine to take effect and see the results.

“If this prescription from Biao Sao is really so effective, it should have been brought out earlier, and Grandpa wouldn’t have suffered so much.”

This remark is in line with the style of the Huo family.

Domineering and self-centered.

“The prescription is her private property. She can bring it out, and you should be grateful to her. Why are you still complaining that she brought it out late?”

Although everyone knows what the Huo and Song families had their own schemes with the marriage alliance, the Huo family still has face to maintain.

They are not straightforward about what they are after, the prescription in Song Tan’s hands. Moreover, it’s not just this one prescription, but all the prescriptions left behind by Old Master Song.

What Huo Yanlin said now is truly shameless. It’s incredible that he can say such things.

“Biao Ge has become quite eloquent after getting married.”

Huo Yanlin didn’t pay much attention to Shen Yin before. It was only when Song Tan chose Shen Yin during the selection process that he couldn’t help but pay more attention to Shen Yin.

The current Shen Yin is different from what he knew before.

Has Shen Yin started revealing his ambition?

“What I’m doing is not being eloquent. It’s about protecting my other half.”

Of course, Shen Yin’s original plan wasn’t like this.

But Song Tan’s performance today forced him to change his plan.

“Now, Song Tan is my wife. I hope you will show some respect to my wife, your Biao Sao, in the future.”

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Song Tan has no idea that Shen Yin is standing up for her like this.

It was rare for her to have someone comment on her book, which has encouraged her and made her look at other novels.

And then she discovered that in other people’s novels, there really were male protagonists who were zombies.

From being shocked to disgusted, and then… she found it somewhat intriguing.

It seemed that it wasn’t so hard to accept after all.

But… Song Tan couldn’t write romantic scenes.

Perhaps…

Song Tan blinked.

Although she had no experience with emotions right now, she had a husband.

At this moment, her husband, Shen Yin, was waiting until Old Master Huo woke up.

Shen Yin lowered his gaze, concealing the resentment in his eyes.

“Grandpa.”

Huo Yanlin called out to the old man and then glanced at Shen Yin.

What Huo Yanlin was about to say involved the company’s secrets.

Therefore, his gaze was a signal for Shen Yin to step aside.

Shen Yin smiled at him in response.

In that smile, there was a hint of provocation.

Huo Yanlin furrowed his brow.

Without waiting for Huo Yanlin to say anything, Shen Yin directly spoke to the old man, “Grandfather, it’s good to see you awake. Please take care and rest. Shen Yin will come to see you again tomorrow.”

This time, Old Master Huo had a close call with death, and he was still very grateful for Song Tan’s prescription.

“Alright, you should go back and spend more time with Song Tan. Today is your wedding night, you should spend more time with her in the room.”

As soon as the old man spoke, Huo Yanlin’s eyebrows furrowed tightly, sensing a feeling of crisis.

He had an undeniable responsibility for the failure of Project An No. 1.

If he couldn’t find a way to save the other projects, the Huo’s company, which was about to be given to him, would have to be handed over to someone else.

He would never allow that.

But… would he use his own marriage as a bargaining chip?

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Huo Yanlin would use his own marriage as a bargaining chip.

Shen Yin knew this cousin of his too well.

He only needed to stimulate Huo Yanlin a little, and Huo Yanlin would choose the path he had already arranged.

Huo Yanlin would make his choice.

Choose to join forces with the Song family.

In due time…

Shen Yin thought of Song Tan.

His eyebrows slightly furrowed, then relaxed.

Whether Song Tan married him with ulterior motives or…

Regardless, she had already married him.

This is something that cannot be easily changed.

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Author’s note:

Shen Yin : Inciting hatred against me? Huh?

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Song Tan doesn’t know what Shen Yin is thinking deep inside.

The prescription in her hand must be given out, and since she has to give it anyway, it’s better to find a suitable time to do so.

Just like now.

She handed over the prescription, expecting to gain more than she would on an ordinary day.

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“You’re so confident in your prescription?”

After handing over the prescription, the medical team of Old Master Huo will conduct research, and it no longer concerned Shen Yin and Song Tan.

As they walked out of Old Master Huo’s room, Shen Yin spoke up.

“It’s not that I’m confident in the prescription, I’m confident in my grandfather.”

Old Master Song’s medical skills were definitely remarkable.

If he wasstill here…

Song Tan concealed her emotions and said, “Don’t worry, your Grandfather will be fine.”

Shen Yin : “…”

Song Tan : ?

Song Tanke couldn’t quite understand Shen Yin’s emotions, but she guessed that he was probably more worried about his Grandfather, which is why he was particularly silent at this moment.

She didn’t care either.

After all, that Old Master Huo was his Grandfather.

Even if his Grandfather was somewhat hard to handle, the old man was still his relative.

Although Song Tan had some complaints about Old Master Huo, in front of Shen Yin, even if she was pretending, she had to pretend to be a good granddaughter-in-law.

The two of them walked outside.

There were more people outside now than when they went in. It seemed that some people outside had received the news and hurried back.

When Song Tan and Shen Yin came out, immediately someone came up to ask about the situation.

“How is Old Master?”

“Did your prescription work?”

A group of people crowded around, and Song Tan felt a heaviness in her chest.

As she was about to cover her chest, Shen Yin immediately held her and protected her in his arms.

“Whether the prescription works or not depends on the team’s opinion. My wife is not in good health, so please don’t crowd around her.”

Shen Yin protected her, startling the others.

“This Shen Yin…”

“When did Shen Yin become so tough?”

“Tsk tsk, ever since he married his wife, he’s become so arrogant.”

“If it weren’t for Song Tan’s prescription, he wouldn’t even have the qualification to stand here.”

Although these people spoke in lowered voices, their voices were not low at all, as if they were deliberately speaking for Shen Yin to hear.

Song Tan turned her head slightly. From her angle, she saw Shen Yin’s profile. At this moment, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his lips were slightly pursed, indicating that he often suffered such grievances.

Song Tan pondered for a moment and felt that this was a good opportunity.

A good opportunity to win over Shen Yin.

“All of you standing here can’t be of any help, yet you still come to blame me and Shen Yin. What audacity you have.”

Song Tan spoke in a gentle voice, but she didn’t control the volume, so everyone present should have heard it.

Because… Originally, there were some whispers in the room, but now everyone fell silent, and the whole room was quiet. They all looked at Shen Yin and Song Tan.

This is much more attention than they received when they got married.

However, Song Tan is not afraid of the scrutiny.

During the apocalypse, she wasn’t afraid even when being stared at by a group of zombies. Why would she be afraid of their gazes now?

The only thing she doesn’t know is how Shen Yin will react.

Song Tan looked up at Shen Yin.

From Shen Yin’s eyes, she saw a hint of surprise. He probably didn’t expect her to be so indiscriminate in her attack, right?

Song Tan is also testing Shen Yin’s reaction.

If Shen Yin stands on the side of the Huo family, then she would have to make plans in advance.

But if Shen Yin stands on her side…

At this moment, Shen Yin loosened the hand that was holding Song Tan.

Just when Song Tan thought he was going to stand with the Huo family, he reached out and held her hand.

“Feel free to ask anything you want, just ask Uncle Liu.”

Afterwards, he no longer explained anything and directly took Song Tan’s hand, leaving under the gaze of everyone.

Everyone : ??

“Song Tan, she…”

“Did she just scold us?”

“Is she crazy?”

“Shen Yin doesn’t even say a word to her. This is really…”

These people are all “arrogant geniuses” and have never been scolded like this before.

The words Song Tan just said truly shocked them, to the point that they forgot to react.

Now that they have reacted, they have started to blame Song Tan for her outrageous behavior, as well as Shen Yin.

However, the two can no longer hear these words.

Shen Yin pulled Song Tan outside and the two walked into the Huo family’s garden. Along the way, neither of them spoke.

But at this moment, a gust of wind blew, and Shen Yin stopped in his tracks, turning to look at Song Tan.

Because they rushed out in a hurry, Song Tan was only wearing a jacket and didn’t bring a scarf. Her neck was bare, which made her long and slender neck stand out, but it caused Shen Yin to furrow his brow.

“What’s wrong?”

Song Tan saw him staring at her neck, and immediately thought of those zombies. She couldn’t help but touch her neck.

As she straightened her body, Shen Yin averted his gaze and said, “It’s getting cold at night, and it looks like it’s going to rain. You should go back to your room and rest.”

“What about you?”

The old man was still unconscious, and as his grandson… of course, Shen Yin had to stay.

It’s just a pity that he won’t be able to see the old man die tonight.

“I have to go back again.”

Song Tan saw that he didn’t blame her for offending the Huo family, and was even concerned about her being blown by the wind. She felt a rare sense of guilt in her heart.

“I just spoke to them like that. They shouldn’t let you off, right?”

Song Tan has seen the plot related to her. In the original plot, the people from the Huo family either believed they were superior because of their surname or they sided with Huo Yanlin and humiliated her, knowing that Huo Yanlin didn’t like her.

She didn’t confront them today because she valued her life.

As for Shen Yin…

She was straightforward, but she still felt somewhat guilty about letting Shen Yin clean up the mess.

After all, in all the times she tested Shen Yin, he always stood by her side.

Since he’s standing on her side, she won’t consider him as part of the Huo family anymore.

“Don’t worry, they won’t do anything to me.”

Seeing Shen Yin’s calm expression, Song Tan gave up on persuading him to go back together.

“Well then, if you need anything, you can message me.”

“And then you’ll come to rescue me?”

This script feels familiar, as if it’s been seen in some popular novel.

“Is it not allowed?”

Although they seemed to have reversed the script, Shen Yin was still pleased with Song Tan’s words.

A smile curved his lips as he nodded in agreement, “Hmm, alright.”

However, as he turned away, the smile in Shen Yin’s eyes completely vanished.

He was about to face the bunch of scoundrels from the Huo family again.

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The wind picked up at night.

Song Tan stayed inside the house, although the wind couldn’t reach her, she still felt a bit cold listening to the howling wind outside.

Her physical condition is really poor.

[007? Still under maintenance?]

Song Tan called out 007 twice, but the display showed that it was still undergoing self-maintenance.

[Your retired version is really useless. Just because you scanned Shen Yin’s micro-expressions, you’ve been stuck for so long.]

The system is a technology surpassing this era. It can not only take people to different time and space, but also has various medicines that modern technology cannot match.

She was able to survive in the apocalypse world only by relying on various rewards obtained after completing missions.

Now the reward pool is not as abundant as before, but there are still some medicines that can help improve her physical condition.

But with 007 in self-maintenance mode, she can’t even exchange for a bit of medicine.

Song Tan called several times, but there was no response from 007. She cursed under her breath, then gently lay down on the bed, trying to think about other things to distract herself.

After all, this Huo family is the home ground of the male lead, Huo Yanlin. If she and Shen Yin continue to stay in the Huo family, conflicts are inevitable.

Huo Yanlin holds the male lead script, and everyone’s fate revolves around him.

Song Tan doesn’t want to revolve around him.

She has known since childhood that her life might not be very long.

Before, she wanted to make her relatively short life more exciting.

But after experiencing the apocalypse world, she felt like she had gone off track.

Nothing is more important than life itself, and as for other things, she shouldn’t force them.

Song Tan’s current goal is not big, just to reclaim the old mansion of the Song family and make the people who bullied her miserable in passing.

Just the thought of coming back from the apocalypse world and causing trouble for both the Song and Huo families makes her feel satisfied.

With these thoughts, Song Tan finally feels somewhat at ease.

However, she still needs to work harder.

She wonders if the partner she recently selected will become her long-term support.

She couldn’t help but think of Shen Yin’s reaction when facing the people from the Huo family.

Even though the Huo family treated him poorly and spoke harshly to him, he protected her in front of so many people.

Just based on this, he has already surpassed Huo Yanlin.

However, how long he will stay this way is still an unknown variable.

Song Tan doesn’t have the habit of putting all her cards on one person.

So, even though Shen Yin seems reliable at the moment, she still needs to leave herself with two possible retreats.

One of these retreats is…

Writing a novel.

Song Tan propped herself up and glanced at her dashboard area.

These days, she had figured out some of the rules of the LuJiang platform. The words she sent out were no longer repetitive throughout, but now a new problem emerged… In her comment section, everyone was focused on who the male lead was.

Clearly, in these two chapters, the female lead only encountered zombies…

Readers were guessing which zombie was the male lead.

Sun Tan: “…” How outrageous.

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Author’s note:

Song Tan : I want him to separate from the Huo family.

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You can play however you want, I won’t interfere with you.

The meaning of this statement… it contains a lot of meaning.

Including, if he has someone else outside.

When the Huo family was about to form a marriage alliance with the Song family, Song Tan directly stated that she wanted to marry the most outstanding man from the Huo family.

At that time, the people of the Huo family all thought she was referring to Huo Yanlin.

The people of the Huo family said that Song Tan was full of lofty ambitions and unrealistic ideas, actually wanting to marry Huo Yanlin.

However, the truth is that if Song Tan had really opened her mouth, if Huo Yanlin resisted, Old Master Huo would still make him marry Song Tan, even if if he has to be tied up.

Furthermore, the prescription in Song Tan’s hand is the old man’s life-saver.

Even if the Song family’s situation is not as good as the Huo family’s, if that prescription can save the old man’s life, Song Tan would be his savior.

Exchanging a grandson’s marriage for the old man’s life, no matter how you look at it, the Huo family has taken advantage.

As for Song Tan, although she has a long-term vision, she was blind due to her young age, so at that time, Shen Yin did not stop this marriage alliance and chose to watch coldly.

On the day Song Tan chose a husband, Shen Yin went to the scene to see if the Song family was trying to please the Huo family by signing their core team over to the Huo family. Unexpectedly, Song Tan’s hand turned and landed on him.

Song Tan wanted to marry him.

At once, everyone’s gaze focused on him, and he had to postpone his plan. He didn’t take action that day but waited until today.

Today is the day he marries Song Tan, and causing the Huo family’s proudest “Project An No. 1” to go bankrupt is a gift he presents to them.

But as for Song Tan, he still hasn’t figured her out.

Before, she asked him to give the prescription to that old man Huo.

At that time, she was probably testing him, so he refused.

Now, she speaks these words again…

Is she testing him, or does she have ulterior motives?

Shen Yin looked at Song Tan without speaking, while Song Tan looked back at him, contemplating in her heart.

Although what she said was a rare heartfelt statement in her life, she had put on a facade too many times, to the point where she couldn’t even distinguish if what she said was true or false.

Even the system previously said she had a brain of a villainous supporting character, which is why she needed to spend three years in the apocalypse to complete the supporting character transformation task.

Song Tan didn’t know if she had truly changed, but she always felt that her choices were not wrong.

No matter who stood in her shoes, it was impossible to maintain the qualities of purity and kindness that a female lead should possess.

Even if she made the wrong choice in the original plot, it was because Huo Yanlin wasn’t worth it. Her vision was wrong, and she chose the wrong person to cooperate with.

However, she would never admit that she had made a mistake.

People are naturally inclined to choose what benefits them.

But now, knowing the original plot and enduring the torment of the apocalypse, some of her thoughts have truly changed.

For example… in the face of life and death, everything else is trivial.

Whether Shen Yin loves her or not, she doesn’t care.

However, she has already said this to him, and he must not treat her as an obstacle to his feelings like the male lead in the original book.

Seeing Shen Yin’s silence, she added, “If someone wants to take Mrs. Shen’s position, just let me know in advance. I won’t hold onto it stubbornly.”

Song Tan felt that she was just one step away from swearing that what she said was sincere.

She didn’t know if Shen Yin believed her or not.

“Do you like to joke?”

After contemplating for a while, Shen Yin asked with a hint of doubt.

Upon hearing this response, Song Tan couldn’t help but fall silent for a moment.

From the looks of it, he must have regarded her previous words as a probe.

Song Tan wasn’t angry, considering that if she were in his shoes, she would also perceive it as a test.

After all, it was their wedding night today, and if her husband said something like that to her, her initial reaction wouldn’t be happiness but suspicion.

However…

Song Tan noticed a slight peculiarity in Shen Yin’s eyes.

Shen Yin, on the other hand, seemed quite quick in his response.

By asking back like this, he neither made her think that he genuinely considered her words nor revealed his own thoughts.

This Shen Yin, leaving aside everything else, truly had a high level of intelligence.

If he joins the Huo Group, then it should be…

There would be nothing for Huo Yanlin, right?

However, this Huo Yanlin is the protagonist, while others, no matter how outstanding, are just supporting characters.

It’s actually quite smart for Shen Yin to choose to teach at a university instead of joining the Huo Group.

She just doesn’t know whether…

He is doing it on purpose, or he genuinely likes teaching.

Currently, Song Tan’s impression of Shen Yin is still good. As for whether he’s pretending or genuinely gentle, Song Tan isn’t considering it for now.

“Am I joking? When you really find a girl you like in the future, come and ask me again, then you’ll know.”

After saying this, Song Tan met Shen Yin’s gaze.

Shen Yin’s gaze remained as gentle as ever, giving Song Tan the feeling that she had said something very offensive.

Clearly… what she said was a great benefit to Shen Yin himself.

Maybe Shen Yin getting married to her doesn’t really mean they’ll live happily together?

While Song Tan was still contemplating, the servants of the Huo family came to knock on their room.

“Old Master has fainted.”

Old Master Huo fainting was a big deal.

The two exchanged a glance, without the need for further words, they immediately grabbed their clothes and headed towards the old man’s residence.

On the way, neither of them spoke, each lost in their own thoughts.

They arrived at Old Master Huo’s residence.

Song Tan stood outside the room, looking at the people inside, feeling a slight daze.

She knew that there were many people in the Huo family, but she didn’t expect there to be so many.

During her wedding with Shen Yin, at least half of these people did not appear.

But now that the old man had fainted, they all showed up.

It seemed that Shen Yin’s position in the Huo family was truly not good.

After scanning the room with her eyes, Song Tan’s gaze fell on Shen Yin.

Shen Yin’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

Looking at him like this, he must be very worried about the old man, right?

Song Tan hesitated for a moment and called out to Uncle Liu, who was walking away: “Uncle Liu.”

Uncle Liu was the person closest to Old Master Huo.

When she called out, Uncle Liu stopped, and everyone’s gaze fell on her.

“Who is this?”

“Song Tan, the one Shen Yin married today.”

Some people truly didn’t recognize her, while others…

“Shen Yin… Oh, who is it again?”

Among the numerous members of the Huo family, Shen Yin, the son of an outsider, could only be considered half a member of the Huo family. He held no significant position in their hearts.

There was even some disdain.

From a young age, Song Tan was highly sensitive to other people’s gazes. She didn’t need to look, but she could feel the contempt in their eyes.

“I heard that Grandfather collapsed. Is the situation serious?”

“The doctor is already attending to Old Master. I’m not sure about the current situation either.”

Uncle Liu appeared rushed, as he had other things to attend to. He was about to leave when Song Tan called out, “Uncle Liu.”

At that moment, someone stepped forward and spoke, “You, Shen Yin’s family, you might have just married into the family and are unaware of the rules in our Huo family.”

In the current situation, when is it appropriate for Shen Yin and his family to interrupt?

Song Tan furrowed her brow and looked at the person who spoke to her.

“Huo Zhaoxu, I remember your name.”

Huo Zhaoxu : “…”

“Among the people who visited my house that day, you were one of them.”

Huo Zhaoxu didn’t quite understand her meaning and furrowed his brow, asking, “So what?”

“I just glanced at your information and remembered your name. But when you came to my house, you couldn’t even remember my name. Perhaps you need to treat your brain.”

Song Tan appeared gentle and soft, speaking in a gentle and soft voice. No one expected that as soon as she spoke up, she confronted Huo Zhaoxu and even asked him to treat his brain…

How could this woman…

“My name is Song Tan. I don’t know what rules your Huo family has, but I hope you can have some basic manners,” she said.

Before Huo Zhaoxu could react, Song Tan turned to Uncle Liu and said, “Sorry, Uncle Liu, can I go in and see Grandfather?”

“Song Tan, we’re still here. When is it your turn?”

Everyone wanted to go in and show their presence by the old man’s sickbed, but it wasn’t practical for everyone to go in, so they all waited outside.

But now, Song Tan shamelessly told Uncle Liu that she wanted to go in?

Who does she think she is?

Upon hearing Huo Zhaoxu’s words, Song Tan sneered in her heart.

He truly lived up to his status as the male lead’s lackey; just looking at him was annoying.

However, while she sneered inwardly, she maintained a gentle smile on her face and asked, “Do you also have a prescription in your hand?”

With this question, she caught Huo Zhaoxu off guard.

Everyone present knew that the Huo family wanted to marry Song Tan because of the prescription she held in her hands.

As soon as Huo Zhaoxu realized this, he was about to accuse Song Tan when she preempted him, saying, “Grandfather is currently in a coma, and the situation is not good. Delaying his treatment would be a responsibility none of you can bear.”

This matter concerned the safety of the Old Master, and Uncle Liu didn’t dare to delay. Initially, he was going to go out and find Huo Yanlin, but now he turned around and brought Song Tan and Shen Yin inside.

On the way in, Song Tan glanced at Shen Yin and said, “Don’t worry, Grandfather will be fine.”

Although the main plot had changed because she had chosen a different marriage partner, the subplot of the old man falling into a coma had also occurred in the original story.

Although the current plot had some differences, the outcome should be more or less the same.

In the original book, her prescription had played a significant role and directly brought the old man back from the brink of death.

After the old man woke up, he was very happy and regarded her as a lifesaver. He acknowledged her great contribution and asked her what she wanted.

In the original story, she “pleased” Huo Yanlin and attributed all the credit to him.

According to reason, Huo Yanlin should have been grateful for such a significant contribution and thanked her. However, Huo Yanlin believed she had ulterior motives, so he took the credit for himself.

Moreover, because of her, Su Ran had a disagreement with him.

Therefore, Huo Yanlin naturally felt that Song Tan was quite cunning.

Song Tan thought Huo Yanlin was an idiot.

It’s because he was an idiot that her efforts seemed so idiotic.

Based on her understanding of herself, she knew that she and Huo Yanlin were already married. Her health wasn’t great, and even if she gained any benefits, they wouldn’t be significant. It would be better to give them to Huo Yanlin, so they could both share the glory.

But Huo Yanlin was just an idiot, obsessed with love.

Now, of course, she wouldn’t do something idiotic like that.

She wants to make it known to everyone in a high-profile manner that when Mr. Huo was critically ill, she provided a precious prescription to save his life.

After saving him, she becomes Old Master Huo’s savior.

And…

After saving Old Master Huo, Shen Yin should be very happy, right?

Shen Yin’s mouth carries a smile, but there is a hidden coldness in the smile.

This old man was directly knocked unconscious by anger because of the failure of Huo’s “Project An No. 1”. Combined with his pre-existing illness, whether he can wake up after this coma is unknown.

Although letting him die like that was really too easy for him.

However, he truly deserves to die.

If he were dead, it would save Shen Yin a lot of trouble.

Shen Yin just didn’t expect Song Tan to show up at this moment.

He should have just pushed Song Tan to the bed earlier, so she couldn’t get up.

That way, she wouldn’t have the energy to show off at this moment and save this old man.

Shen Yin smiled.

A smile mixed with a knife.

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Author’s note:

Song Tan : I saved his Grandfather, so he will definitely love me very much.

Shen Yin : …My wife is right.

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At this moment, in the lounge, the scene was very exciting.

Song Jiaojiao and a waitress were fighting without caring about their image. Huo Yanlin was originally trying to stop them, but accidentally pulled Song Jiaojiao’s skirt.

When Song Jiaojiao saw that her skirt was ruined, she went to pull the waitress’ clothes. Huo Yanlin stepped forward to stop her, but accidentally, the three of them ended up falling to the ground together.

Unfortunately, at this moment, Huo Zhaoran came with people to the lounge.

Huo Zhaoran was not easy to deal with. Especially for Huo Yanlin, and Huo Zhaoran loved to stir up trouble.

With Huo Zhaoran’s involvement, the situation changed.

By the time Old Master Huo came, many people already knew that Huo Yanlin was fooling around with two women in the lounge.

If this happened outside, it wouldn’t matter how Huo Yanlin behaved.

But now, this was happening in the old Huo family mansion, with many guests outside. Huo Yanlin’s behavior in the lounge made the Huo family’s reputation look bad.

And Old Master Huo valued family reputation the most.

“What nonsense!”

As soon as Old Master Huo arrived, he shouted, and everyone present was startled.

“Grandpa, things are not what you think,” Huo Yanlin said.

Huo Yanlin frowned, wanting to explain.

But Old Master Huo looked at the two women behind Huo Yanlin, who were lowering their heads, with messy hair and clothes. Outside the door stood a group of guests who came to watch the show.

In this situation, what else did Old Master Huo need to think about?

“Old Liu, stay and handle this,” Old Master Huo didn’t want to hear Huo Yanlin’s explanation and didn’t want to make a scene with him in front of the guests. After instructing the butler, Uncle Liu, to deal with this matter, he looked at Huo Yanlin again, his eyes filled with anger and said, “You, come with me.”

Compared with the embarrassing incident of Huo Yanlin and two women tussling in the lounge, what Old Master Huo wanted to discuss with Huo Yanlin was much more important.

Huo Yanlin followed Old Master Huo to an empty lounge and heard him ask, “What happened to Project An No. 1? Why did it go wrong as soon as you took over?”

“What happened to Project An No. 1?” Huo Yanlin didn’t know this news until Old Master Huo asked him, which made Old Master Huo even more furious.

“As the President of the Huo Group, you don’t even know about your most important project going wrong? What have you been eating? Are you only thinking about women all the time?”

Huo Yanlin’s face became gloomy.

Old Master Huo’s words left him speechless and unable to refute.

He didn’t say anything but quickly took out his phone and called his secretary.

This Project An No. 1 is their Huo family’s flagship project. He has only taken over for less than a month. If Project An No. 1 goes wrong, it will be a disaster!

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After Huo Yanlin was called away by Old Master Huo, Uncle Liu came to deal with the two women in the lounge.

Shen Yin took a glance at the two women.

One of them is Song Tan’s cousin, Song Jiaojiao.

“I warn you, you better put away your thoughts. If I catch you seducing Yanlin again, I won’t spare you.”

Song Jiaojiao was speaking to the waitress.

Today’s wedding banquet directly invited the team under the hotel owned by Huo’s family to work.

The waitress was wearing the hotel waitress uniform.

A hotel waitress with Huo family’s young master?

If Song Tan were here, she would definitely recognize the waitress. This is the female lead and the male lead Huo Yanlin’s official partner in the novel, Su Ran.

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At that time, although Song Tan could not go out, she also witnessed a lot of excitement.

Someone posted a photo of Huo Yanlin pulling and tugging with two women in the lounge to the group chat.

Song Tan had known about this group for a long time, but she didn’t like to waste time on these messy things, so she didn’t join.

But since she came back from the apocalypse, she found someone to invite her and joined this A City gossip group.

After joining, Song Tan watched a lot of gossips.

Of course, including her own.

If it were her before, she would probably find these people annoying. But now, she figured that she had watched too many zombies, so she found these people cute.

Today is her and Shen Yin’s wedding day. After they gossiped about her and Shen Yin, the topic turned to Huo Yanlin.

In the novel, Huo Yanlin is the man that all the women in A City want to marry, so he naturally attracts the most attention.

At first, there was a photo about how Huo Yanlin had a black face standing next to Shen Yin, and they had a lot to say about it.

Song Tan saw it while climbing the stairs.

But she didn’t care about Huo Yanlin’s face. She thought the picture of Shen Yin holding her looked better.

She downloaded the picture while climbing the stairs and then cut out Huo Yanlin.

After that, they talked about Huo Yanlin’s entanglement with the two girls in the lounge of the Huo family.

The photo was very blurry, but from the blurry photo, Song Tan could still recognize… Wasn’t that the female lead Su Ran and her cousin Song Jiaojiao?

Interesting.

Very interesting.

She didn’t expect these two to meet so soon.

Well, not completely unexpected.

According to the original novel’s plot, the female lead Su Ran was also supposed to appear at this wedding.

It’s just that according to the original plot, the groom was Huo Yanlin.

Huo Yanlin was on stage getting married to Song Tan, but his heart was wandering towards Su Ran sitting in the audience. Then they both went through a period of torturous and deep love.

And this plot was absolutely disgusting to Song Tan.

Fortunately, she had avoided this plot.

But now, Song Tan clutched her chest and wondering what would happen next… Why hasn’t it happened yet?

According to the plot in the book, she was supposed to fall seriously ill today and be bedridden for several days, naturally unable to spend her wedding night with Huo Yanlin.

However, Song Tan’s condition has been pretty good all day, especially when Shen Yin noticed that her hands were icy cold and kept using his own hands to warm her up, her cold body had some warmth.

So if she still hasn’t gotten sick now, does that mean…

Uh.

For her, this situation is not entirely unacceptable, but…

This Shen Yin is usually gentle, but can he still be gentle in bed?

Song Tan’s fingers clutched the quilt, and the soft fabric was wrinkled by her grip.

But soon, she let go of the quilt.

She seems to be thinking too far now.

This wasn’t her original plan.

Song Tan took a deep breath and waited for Shen Yin to come back.

He didn’t make her wait long before he came back.

Although Shen Yin carried her in earlier, the atmosphere in the room was still a bit strange now that they were together in the same room.

Song Tan spoke first, “Why did you come back so early? Didn’t you need to accompany the guests?”

Shen Yin smiled at her question and replied, “They don’t need me to accompany them.”

Because all the guests who came today were guests of the Huo family.

And he, is just an insignificant person in the Huo family.

Even though it’s his wedding day today.

Hearing his response, Song Tan pondered for a moment and felt that it was necessary to talk to Shen Yin according to her original plan.

“Can we talk?” she asked.

Shen Yin looked at her for a moment and nodded. “Sure.”

After agreeing, Shen Yin poured a cup of hot water for Song Tan and placed it in front of her.

Song Tan looked at the hot water and couldn’t help but say, “Shen Yin, you are really a good person.”

When Shen Yin heard this, he was stunned for moment.

Was she giving her new husband a good person card on their wedding night just for a cup of hot water?

“It’s just a cup of hot water. You don’t have to be so polite,” Shen Yin replied.

Song Tan held the cup of hot water and felt its warmth, shaking her head. “It’s not just about the hot water.”

Giving a cup of hot water was indeed an easy thing to do, but not everyone would be thoughtful enough to do it.

Shen Yin was forced to marry her. He could have just completed the task assigned to him by his family and get the marriage over with.

Just like what Huo Yanlin did in the original plot.

However, Shen Yin did not do that.

Today, on their wedding day, Shen Yin took good care of her.

Plus this cup of hot water at night.

Song Tan naturally knew that it was not because Shen Yin loved her, she wasn’t that narcissistic.

The reason why Shen Yin did so much for her was simply because he was a good-hearted and responsible person.

Since he was such a good person, Song Tan decided to be honest with him.

“Marrying me is a bit wronging you.”

When Song Tan said this, Shen Yin just stared into her eyes without saying a word.

She didn’t mind though.

After all, this was not something that could be responded to.

If Shen Yin said he wasn’t wronged at all, then he would seem hypocritical.

But if he admitted it directly, he would appear too cold-hearted.

Song Tan didn’t expect him to respond and continued to say, “Although we haven’t met many times, I can feel that you are a very good person.”

Shen Yin, who was described as “a very good person,” curved his mouth upward slightly at her words.

He was smiling.

His smile made Song Tan slightly dazed.

Then, she blinked her eyes, “?”

He said, “No one has ever praised me like this before.”

Song Tan remembered Shen Yin’s experiences and his invisible status in the Huo family.

“People haven’t praised you before because they are blind,” she said.

Hearing Song Tan’s words, Shen Yin’s smile grew even wider.

She wasn’t sure if her words were praising him or herself.

“Don’t laugh,” Song Tan said, feeling at a loss for what to say next because of his smile.

Shen Yin restrained his smile and continued to listen to her.

She said, “You’re a good person, so what I’m about to say next is sincere.

“My physical condition is not very good, and marrying me may be quite burdensome for you in many ways.”

For example, the physical matter between husband and wife.

And the issue of having children.

She couldn’t do things like a normal wife would.

She continued, “And if it weren’t for me dragging you down, you wouldn’t have to marry me.”

Being chosen by her meant losing his freedom in marriage.

Although Song Tan knew she was not a naïve and kind person, but for this time, Shen Yin was just implicated, and he was really innocent.

She said again, “You’re innocent, but I had no choice at the time.”

At that time, she was forced by both the Huo and Song families, and her own health was also a concern. She had no choice but to find someone to marry.

Then Song Tan added, “But don’t worry, I don’t have high expectations for this marriage. If you want to play around after we get married, feel free to do so. I won’t interfere.”

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Author’s note:

Shen Yin : ?

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In order to match with Song Tan’s wedding dress, Shen Yin also wore a Song-style wedding suit¹ today.

The Song-style wedding suit is relatively loose, and most people would feel like they can’t fill out the clothes when they wear it. However, Shen Yin managed to do so.

When he wears modern clothes, because he always wears a pair of glasses, and his scholarly demeanor is quite strong, people subconsciously ignore his tall figure.

But today, when he put on the Song-style wedding suit, his advantage in figure was revealed.

Coupled with him taking off his gold-rimmed glasses, his gentle temperament was reduced by a few points, and his handsome appearance was increased by a few points.

The Song family guests who came to attend the wedding banquet outside began to discuss after seeing this groom:

“This Song Tan’s husband is so handsome.”

“He is gentle and handsome, and matches well with Song Tan’s appearance.”

Although everyone usually talks privately about how Song Tan is a sickly person, today is after all her big day, and this groom looks truly gentle and handsome. So everyone speaks kind words about him. As for what they truly think in their hearts, only they themselves know.

At this moment, the gentle and handsome Shen Yin pushed open the door and saw the bride.

Song Tan had put on slightly heavier makeup today, which made her complexion look much better.

But her spirits were indeed good today, coupled with the bright red wedding dress she was wearing, which made people unable to help but be dazzled.

What a beautiful bride.

Shen Yin looked deeply into Song Tan’s eyes, and then stepped into her chamber.

Song Tan’s chamber was decorated very elegantly, just like the room of an ancient noblewoman.

For a moment, Shen Yin had a feeling of crossing time and space.

However, when he held Song Tan’s hand, he was brought back to reality by the temperature.

Song Tan’s hand was very cold.

Even though she was wearing quite a lot of clothing today, her hand was as cold as ice.

Shen Yin’s palm was very warm.

Originally, he intended to hold Song Tan’s hand, but now he changed his mind and covered her hand, enveloping it entirely.

Song Tan felt the warmth of his palm and was a little surprised.

Shen Yin smiled at her.

Song Tan immediately understood what he meant.

He was helping her warm up her hands.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yin was quite thoughtful.

The two of them didn’t say much, following the procedure, but their eyes communicated a lot.

After completing the necessary steps, it was time for Shen Yin to carry Song Tan out the door.

This princess carry was really a test of arm strength.

Shen Yin looked like a scholar through and through, but when he picked up Song Tan in his arms, it didn’t require any effort at all.

She…was too light.

Although her wedding dress was quite heavy today, with the weight of the dress, her whole person weighed only about 100 pounds.

Song Tan was one meter and sixty-seven centimeters tall.

Shen Yin lowered his head and looked at Song Tan.

Her hand hung on Shen Yin’s neck, and she had just taken the opportunity to touch his arm.

What she didn’t expect was that Shen Yin actually had muscles.

Unexpectedly, there was quite a bit of material under his clothes.

The two were thinking about their own things, but it didn’t stop them from going through the wedding process.

Most of the wedding process was carried out with Song Tan in Shen Yin’s arms, so it didn’t tire Song Tan out, but it would tire Shen Yin out.

Shen Yin cooperated throughout the entire process, wearing a smile on his face, leaving a good impression on the guests.

However, Huo Yanlin, who had been stern-looking by his side all the time, became a more vivid contrast.

Huo Yanlin is usually very stern, but that’s when he’s facing work. Being stern in work can make people feel more awe-inspiring. But now that he is a groomsman, he still looks stern, which is a bit off-putting.

However, Huo Yanlin doesn’t care about that.

The reason why he agreed to be a groomsman today was just to make his Grandpa happy.

It’s not because he had a deep brotherly relationship with Shen Yin.

His eyes occasionally fell on the bride, Song Tan.

This Song Tan’s means are truly profound. With just a few glances, she hooked Shen Yin’s eyes and couldn’t move them away.

Shen Yin really has no backbone, he couldn’t even move his eyes away from a sickly woman.

Throughout the event, Shen Yin cooperated with everyone and had a smile on his face, leaving a good impression on the guests. However, the contrast between him and Huo Yanlin, who had been serious-looking the whole time, was quite stark.

Huo Yanlin is usually serious-looking, but that’s only when he’s at work. If he’s serious-looking, it will make him seem more imposing. But now, as a groomsman, he’s still wearing that same frown, which is a bit off-putting.

But Huo Yanlin doesn’t care about any of that. The only reason he agreed to be a groomsman today was to make his grandfather happy. It’s not like he and Shen Yin are really close.

Every so often, his eyes would fall on the bride, Song Tan, who was quite skilled in her ways. Just a few glances from her and Shen Yin couldn’t take his eyes off her.

Huo Yanlin was very disdainful of Shen Yin’s unimpressive behavior.

However, neither the groom nor the bride said anything about Huo Yanlin’s ugly expression.

For Song Tan, once today is over, she’ll be saying goodbye to the plot of the novel.

What happens next is entirely up to people.

As for Shen Yin, he glanced at Huo Yanlin’s eyes and raised the curve of his eyes upward.

Today, there would still be some good drama from Huo Yanlin.

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The wedding process was simple, and after both of them said “I do” with affectionate tones under the host’s direction, all the formalities were completed.

Next, it was time for their “performance.”

Shen Yin took Song Tan’s hand and returned to their room.

“How was it? Are you tired?”

Song Tan shook her head and said, “I’m fine.”

She felt that perhaps it was because Shen Yin had taken good care of her today that she didn’t feel tired or cold at all.

Even her hands were warmer now.

“You go ahead and take care of your business. Don’t worry about me.”

Although today was a day for the Huo family to socialize, Shen Yin was still the groom and it would be better for him to attend the event.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to stay with you?”

Song Tan shook her head again and said, “No, by the way, please give this to Old Master Huo.”

The most precious thing in Song Tan’s hand was the prescription that Old Man Huo valued the most. But now, she asked Shen Yin to give it to Old Master Huo alone?

Shen Yin looked at the prescription, a little stunned, “Do you want me to give it to him now?”

In fact, when she visits the old man tomorrow, she could show him the prescription and gain some favor in his eyes. But now she was asking Shen Yin to deliver it to the old man alone.

Does she really want to do this?

“The old man must be anxious to see this prescription.”

When they served tea to the old man earlier, he mentioned her Grandpa several times, almost telling her about the prescription.

However, she pretended not to understand. But now, she still wanted to take out the prescription.

She wanted to give it to Shen Yin to deliver to Old Master Huo, so that Shen Yin could gain some favor in the old man’s eyes.

Song Tan doesn’t like Old Master Huo.

The reason for this marriage alliance was Old Master Huo. According to the original novel, the old man favored his grandson and suppressed her a lot. She also didn’t like the old man.

So she didn’t want to please him with the prescription. But it was okay to show her presence in front of Shen Yin.

“In fact, when we visit Grandfather tomorrow, you should take the lead in presenting this prescription. Such a precious item should not be given away casually.”

Shen Yin said while pushing the prescription back to her.

“Tomorrow, we will give him the prescription together when we serve tea to Grandfather,” he continued.

Looking at the prescription back in her hand, Song Tan felt a bit conflicted.

“Okay, then we’ll give it to Grandfather together tomorrow,” she finally agreed.

Shen Yin nodded at her and said a few more words before opening the door and leaving.

As soon as he stepped out, the warmth on his face disappeared.

He lowered his head to adjust his glasses on his nose. Within a few seconds, he transformed back into the gentle and polite Professor Shen.

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Today was Shen Yin’s wedding, which was held at Huo’s old mansion. As a result, many guests from the Huo family were in attendance, making it quite lively.

However, Shen Yin had little to do with this bustle.

Although he was the groom, the guests were not there for him, but for the Huo family.

As he walked among the guests, Shen Yin was like an invisible person, and only a few recognized him as the groom today.

However, even those who recognized him just nodded and congratulated him at most.

After all, they all knew that Shen Yin was just the grandson of Old Master Huo, an orphan without parents, and… the least noticeable person in the Huo family.

He was the person with the least value to network with.

Everyone here carried their own value, and they wouldn’t waste time on a person with no value.

Shen Yin made his way smoothly to the side of Old Master Huo.

Old Master Huo’s health was good today, still sitting in a wheelchair, chatting with his old friends.

Seeing Shen Yin coming over, Mr. Huo asked, “Did Song Tan give you the prescription?”

Shen Yin heard the question, and without changing his expression, said, “She said that she will give it to you when she serves tea tomorrow.”

The old man showed a displeased expression.

For him, only with the prescription, would he feel safe.

But thinking that he would get the prescription tomorrow, and he had waited so long for it, he thought that a little delay wouldn’t make a difference.

He impatiently nodded his head, about to motion for him to leave, when he thought of something else. “Oh, by the way, Song Tan’s health is not good. Although today is your special day, there are some things that can be delayed.”

Shen Yin’s eyes under his glasses showed no reaction to his words.

He knew that the old man wasn’t concerned about him when the old man gave him these reminders. The old man was just afraid that if something happened to Song Tan and the prescription was lost, the old man would be left with nothing.

He lowered his head and concealed his emotions.

At this moment, Uncle Liu hurriedly came over to Old Master Huo’s side.

He glanced at Shen Yin and whispered a few words into Old Master Huo’s ear.

Old Master Huo’s brow furrowed and he slapped his hand on the armrest of his wheelchair, angry as he said, “Where is Huo Yanlin?”

As soon as he finished speaking, another assistant, Uncle An, rushed over to him, panting and saying, “Master, something happened to Young Master Yanlin. He was entangled with two women in his room and almost got into a fight.”

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1. The wedding suit of Song dynasty era. This is what I found :
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“This prescription is extremely precious, and if it is developed, its value would be immeasurable.”

Song Zhiwen came with Song Jiaojiao to ask Song Tan for the prescription, and Song Tan asked for five million yuan as soon as he spoke.

Five million yuan…

Why didn’t she just rob a bank?

“If a prescription can be worth so much money, how could our Song family be struggling like this?”

Although the Song family is a medical family, because Old Master Song was generous and often did good deeds, the family’s wealth is not very deep despite having some assets.

Song Zhiwen didn’t like living in poverty, so he abandoned medicine and went into business, while Song Zhiwu, the other son whom the Old Master did not expect to achieve much since young, studied medicine.

Song Zhiwen, who did not study medicine, naturally did not know how precious the prescriptions and notes in his father’s hands were. When Old Master wrote his will, Song Zhiwen considered these things as waste paper and sohe asked for half of the old house.

Song Tan, on the other hand, received the other half of the house and the prescriptions and notes left by her Grandpa.

Song Zhiwen always thought he had taken advantage of the situation until the Huo family came knocking on his door, and he realized the importance of these prescriptions.

However, he felt that only the prescription for Mr. Huo was valuable, and the other prescriptions were not worth much.

Now they come asking for other prescriptions from Song Tan, but when she opens her mouth, it’s a price of five million, which is simply outrageous.

“Whether a prescription is valuable or not depends on whose hands it’s in and how it’s used,” Song Tan looked at Song Jiaojiao and said, “If Jiaojiao can use it to find a good husband, and they can develop products together and sell them hot on the market, the money they make won’t just be five million, but it could be fifty million, or more.”

Song Tan’s words directly hit home for the family of three.

They wanted to use this prescription to get Huo Yanlin to marry Song Jiaojiao.

Although Song Tan was related to them by blood, she had always been strong-willed and not very close to them, especially since they hadn’t treated her well when she was younger.

So, after Song Tan married Shen Yin, their relationship with the Huo family wasn’t very close.

But if Huo Yanlin were to marry their daughter Jiaojiao, the situation would be different.

Huo Yanlin was the future successor of the Huo family, and if they became his in-laws, wouldn’t they have no need to worry about their future?

After thinking it through, the couple came to Song Tan to “negotiate.” Originally, they wanted to use their kinship to ask for two or three prescriptions, but who knew that Song Tan would ask for such a high price of five million for one prescription.

“Uncle, Aunt, you should think carefully whether this five million is worth it or not.”

Song Tan said with a friendly smile, which actually made Song Zhiwen and his wife a little intimidated by her words.

However, five million is really not a small amount, and the couple still had some common sense left, so they didn’t immediately agree to Song Tan’s proposal.

But Song Jiaojiao was immediately dazzled.

After leaving Song Tan’s room, she immediately talked to her parents about what Song Tan had said about her future.

“If I marry Huo Yanlin, won’t there be a lot of five million in the future?

“Mom and Dad, you need to think long-term and not just focus on this five million. Your business has been lukewarm because you lack the spirit of adventure.”

……

Song Tan had no idea how Song Jiaojiao had talked to her parents.

After painting them such a rosy picture, Song Tan didn’t bother to follow up.

Knowing the couple’s character, she was sure they were tempted by her proposal just now.

However, for the couple, the five million that Song Tan mentioned was indeed something that required careful consideration.

Anyway, she was not in a hurry about this matter.

What she was more urgent about now was…why was it so difficult to write a novel on Little LuJiang?

She wrote 3,000 words for one chapter, but around half of them were repetitive words.

What would readers do when they read this? Do reading comprehension?

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Song Tan waited for three days, and Song Jiaojiao came to Song Tan with her pocket money.

“This is all the money I could gather.”

Song Jiaojiao’s pocket money was not much, and most of it was spent on buying luxury goods to show off to her girlfriends.

This time, in order to buy a prescription from Song Tan, she even sold her beloved bag and raised three million.

“I can give you an IOU for the remaining two million.”

Song Tan shook her head.

“Song Tan, we are sisters after all. It’s fine if you don’t give me a penny for the prescription, but I can’t come up with five million all at once.”

Song Tan blinked when she heard this.

“Okay, since you put it that way, as an older sister, of course I have to help my younger sister.”

She took out a prescription from the book.

“This prescription is for beauty and anti-aging, and it’s worth more than other prescriptions with different effects. I only took it out for you because you’re my sister.”

Song Jiaojiao tried to take the prescription to take a closer look, but Song Tan shook it in front of her and then took it back.

“Are you trying to deceive me?”

Song Jiaojiao looked at Song Tan skeptically.

Although Song Tan never lied, the amount of money was not trivial, so she felt she needed to be cautious.

“What are you thinking? I have registered the copyright for this prescription.”

Song Tan is indeed not inclined to lie.

However…since this is a transaction, there are still some procedures that need to be followed.

“Here’s the contract.”

Song Jiaojiao glanced at the contract and then at Song Tan, “Are you not setting me up?”

“If you think I’m setting you up, you can go find a lawyer to look at the contract. If you don’t think it’s good, don’t sign it.”

Song Tan’s straightforwardness made Song Jiaojiao let go of some of her guard.

However, she really didn’t understand the matter of the contract.

She decided to go find a lawyer first, and then do business with Song Tan.

Song Tan didn’t mind and let Song Jiaojiao go find a lawyer.

Song Tan really didn’t do anything to manipulate the situation.

Of course, she did not tamper with the prescription either.

This prescription was created by her Grandpa, and her Grandpa’s reputation was at stake. She couldn’t possibly give a fake one to Song Jiaojiao.

The reason she chose this prescription for Song Jiaojiao was that it was originally developed by her Grandpa to treat Song Jiaojiao’s acne scars.

At that time, Song Jiaojiao was in her adolescence and had acne breakouts, and she foolishly squeezed the pimples, leaving many scars on her face.

Song Jiaojiao cared about her appearance very much, and the numerous scars on her face almost caused her depression.

Grandpa didn’t focus on beauty and health, but he specially researched and developed a cream to treat scars for Song Jiaojiao. He treated Song Jiaojiao’s acne scars with the cream and cured them.

Now, by selling this prescription to Song Jiaojiao, she is “returning the property to the original owner”.

This time, Song Jiaojiao didn’t keep Song Tan waiting for long and came back to sign the contract with Song Tan.

Song Jiaojiao consulted a lawyer and found that there were no problems with the contract, and it was completely formal.

She originally thought that Song Tan might have set a trap for her.

Unexpectedly, Song Tan did nothing.

It was Song Jiaojiao who unreasonably suspected her.

So Song Jiaojiao immediately came to Song Tan to sign the contract.

While signing the contract, Song Tan asked, “You seem to be in a good mood lately. Are you in love?”

Recently, Song Jiaojiao had been in contact with Huo Yanlin. Although they didn’t chat much, Song Jiaojiao could clearly feel that Huo Yanlin was interested in her.

“Yes, my boyfriend treats me very well.” She raised her chin, feeling a bit proud.

Compared to Shen Yin, Huo Yanlin was definitely better.

However, Song Jiaojiao wouldn’t tell Song Tan that she was dating Huo Yanlin now, in case Song Tan changed her mind and didn’t want to marry Shen Yin, but wanted to marry Huo Yanlin instead.

Listening to Song Jiaojiao’s proud words, Song Tan understood clearly in her heart.

“Then I wish you and your boyfriend all the best.”

Song JiaoJiao felt comforted by Song Tan’s words. It was rare for her not to argue with Song Tan, so she spoke up, “Song Tan, you will be marrying Shen Yin in a few days. Don’t worry, I promise not to cause trouble at your wedding.”

Song Tan : “……”

—So, she had originally planned to make trouble.

How could Song Tan not know her?

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The wedding day arrived in the blink of an eye.

It was time to get married.

Song Tan put on her wedding dress and sat in front of the dressing table, allowing others to help her with her hair and makeup.

Her health was not very good and couldn’t handle too much fuss, so many of the processes were simplified, but this was one step that Song Tan did not skip.

Her Grandpa had once told her that her parents’ biggest regret before they passed away was not being able to see her get married.

Before her Grandpa passed away, this was also his biggest regret.

Although they could not be with her on her wedding day, she still did not skip this process.

Although they were all gone, she felt that today, they were all with her, watching her get ready and accompanying her out.

As she stared at herself in the mirror, she was lost in thought when a knocking sound came from outside.

Then came Shen Yin’s gentle voice, “Song Tan, I’m here to pick you up.”

Song Tan felt that this voice…

was really like an angel’s.

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Author’s note:

Shen Yin : She praised me as an angel…

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Song Tan’s physical condition was not good, and Shen Yin drove her back to the Song family.

“Thank you,” she said.

Today’s outing was worth it for Song Tan.

Not only did it increase Shen Yin’s favorable impression of her, but she also learned more about his character.

“Don’t be so polite,” Shen Yin said, looking at her pale face with concern. “Your complexion doesn’t look good. You should go back and rest.”

“Okay, then… see you at the wedding?”

Perhaps there are not many couples who have only met each other once before their wedding. Song Tan felt that her words were a bit ridiculous.

But Shen Yin was quite accommodating and nodded in agreement, saying, “Okay, see you at the wedding.”

After the two of them exchanged polite greetings, Song Tan waved goodbye to him, and Shen Yin nodded before driving away.

As soon as Shen Yin’s car left, Song JiaoJiao ran out from the door.

She looked at Shen Yin’s departing car, then turned to Song Tan and snorted, “It seems like this Shen Yin isn’t doing too well. He drives this kind of car.”

Song Tan glanced at Song Jiaojiao when she heard what Song Jiaojiao said.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong? He’s at least half a member of the Huo family, yet he drives a car worth only 300 or 400 thousand… So shabby. Song Tan, what do you see in him?”

Song JiaoJiao still couldn’t believe that Song Tan had not chosen Huo Yanlin.

Song Tan has always been someone who always wakes up early to seize any opportunities for personal gain. How could she pass up such a good opportunity to marry into the Huo family and choose a peripheral figure of the Huo family instead?

“I see something in him… his intelligence,” Song Tan said and walked straight into the house after finishing her sentence.

Upon hearing Song Tan’s words, Song JiaoJiao was stunned for a moment before realizing that Song Tan was indirectly saying that she lacked intelligence!

“Song Tan, you’re the one who lacks intelligence. That Shen Yin is just a bookworm. What big prospects does he have in the future?”

“So, are you suggesting that I should choose Huo Yanlin?”

“No way,” Song JiaoJiao said. She liked Huo Yanlin, and she had been eagerly waiting for the day when Song Tan would not be able to marry him. She couldn’t let Song Tan have any relationship with Huo Yanlin now.

As Song Tan listened to Song Jiaojiao’s words, a smile appeared on her lips, and she suggested an idea, “Since you like Huo Yanlin, why don’t you ask your parents to figure out a way? They seem to be close to the Huo family lately. Maybe they can come up with a plan, and then we can be still be cousins-in-law.”

Song Jiaojiao listened to this and was immediately moved, but then she realized and said angrily, “What can they do?”

The reason why the Huo family and the Song family could form a marriage alliance was because of the prescription in Song Tan’s hand. If it weren’t for this prescription, the Song family would never have been able to form a relationship with the Huo family in this lifetime.

It was all Grandpa’s fault. He passed on such a precious prescription to Song Tan. If he had passed it on to Song Jiaojiao, wouldn’t she be the one in this marriage alliance?

Song Jiaojiao looked at Song Tan with jealousy in her eyes.

Song Tan was already used to Song Jiaojiao’s gaze and didn’t care. She gave Song Jiaojiao an idea, “You are also a member of the Song family and Grandpa’s granddaughter. You know what good things you have in your hands.”

“What good things do I have in my hands? Of course, only I know that.”

For a moment, Song Jiaojiao didn’t understand Song Tan’s meaning and stood there, speaking confidently.

Song Tan shook her head and walked straight into the house.

However, after she had walked a distance, Song Jiaojiao suddenly realized.

“Right, I am also Grandpa’s granddaughter.”

Song Jiaojiao had been worrying about how to establish a relationship with Huo Yanlin these days, and now Song Tan gave her a new idea!

Listening to Song JiaoJiao’s self-talk, Song Tan curled her lips.

But then, she was stunned for a moment and thought of something: If Song JiaoJiao found a way to marry Huo Yanlin, would Song Jiaojiao also be caught and taken to the apocalypse world for transformation?

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After returning to her room, Song Tan called 007 several times, but the system did not respond and displayed that it was under maintenance.

Song Tan frowned.

Although this system was sometimes annoying, when she was in the apocalypse world, this system was her only companion.

Although they often bickered with each other, Song Tan still had some feelings for the system.

If this system was broken like this, Song Tan would still feel a little regretful.

007 was still under maintenance, and she couldn’t access the rewards pool.

Song Tan half-lay on the chair, covered with a cashmere blanket, and after her body warmed up a bit, she turned on the computer.

During this month since she returned, although she stayed at home every day, she was not entirely resting.

She registered a reader account on LuJiang¹ website and spent a month reading novels there.

The system had told her when taking her to the apocalypse that the world she lived in was like a novel.

She wanted to see what could be written in such novels.

After taking a look, she became hooked and had a new idea: she wanted to write a novel.

Since she was young, Song Tan had understood a principle: relying on others is like running up a mountain only to fall down, or leaning on a tree that might topple over, only by relying on oneself can one have true confidence.

However, her health was not good, and although her Grandpa had taught her a lot of medical skills and she had attended medical school, she had not yet taken the medical qualification exam due to her current physical condition.

Furthermore, even if she passed the exam, her physical condition would make it useless.

She couldn’t afford to overwork herself, and being a physician was a very tiring job.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Song Tan decided not to pursue a career in medicine.

Writing a novel was a new path that she had discovered after returning from the apocalypse world. It could be done at home, and the time was relatively flexible, so she could tailor it according to her physical condition.

After a month of exploration, she finally made up her mind and registered for an author account on LuJiang website.

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Lately, the weather had been good and Old Master Huo’s health had improved somewhat, allowing him to sit in a wheelchair and go out for a walk with someone pushing him.

However, not just anyone could push the old man’s wheelchair.

Normally, if Huo Yanlin was around, he would be the one to push the old man.

But today, the old man had summoned Shen Yin.

“Xiao Yin, come over here,” he said.

Although Shen Yin had also grown up in the Huo family’s old mansion, he had always avoided the spotlight and kept to himself in the corner.

This time, because of the marriage with Song Tan, people had paid a bit more attention to him.

However, it is true that Shen Yin is a bookworm. Marrying Song Tan is such a great opportunity, but he didn’t seize it and continued to teach at school every day as before. It was simply unreasonable.

However, seeing his reaction, everyone’s guard against Shen Yin has decreased a lot.

But now, when the old man called him, everyone’s eyes on Shen Yin changed again.

The old man’s illness is a big deal.

If the prescription in Song Tan’s hand can really cure the old man’s illness, Shen Yin will have made a great contribution.

Even if he doesn’t work in the Huo family’s company, the benefits the old man will give him will not be small.

Several younger generations of the Huo family are extremely envious.

If only they could marry Song Tan.

But they can only think about it.

From beginning to end, Song Tan never considered them.

As for Huo Yanlin…

When the old man brought up the idea of a marriage alliance, there was quite a commotion, and in compensation, the old man gave him quite a few benefits.

As a result…

Song Tan didn’t choose him at all.

The whole situation made Huo Yanlin look like a joke.

The old man didn’t mention it, but he still had some dissatisfaction with Huo Yanlin in his heart.

So, even though Huo Yanlin had been here for so long, the old man didn’t pay any attention to him and instead called on Shen Yin to help push his wheelchair.

The onlookers’ eyes on Huo Yanlin were somewhat gloating.

Huo Yanlin naturally felt the gloating gazes of the onlookers.

He frowned unhappily and weighed his options in his heart.

For the old man, the prescription was crucial.

This opportunity… would Huo Yanlin give it to Shen Yin for free?

Everyone’s thoughts were wavering, but only Shen Yin greeted the butler to bring a blanket.

“Although it’s a bit warmer today, Grandfather still needs to keep warm.”

The old master looked at Shen Yin thoughtfully covering the cashmere blanket over his legs, and smiled, “Xiao Yin is quite good at taking care of people now.”

Shen Yin paused when he heard this.

“Is it because of taking care of the future Sao Sao² that you have become so attentive and considerate?”

Huo Zhaoran loved to tease, and his teasing caused other Huo family juniors to laugh.

Their laughter immediately lightened the mood.

Old Master Huo was old now, and he most enjoyed seeing everyone getting along happily.

Seeing several grandchildren gathered around him, chatting and laughing, the old man felt the joy of family warmth.

“Xiao Yin is going to marry Song Tan in a couple of days. As his cousins, you all should help him more,” the old master said, and everyone except for Huo Yanlin responded quickly, showing their willingness to help.

“Huo Yanlin, do you have any thoughts?” The old man’s tone was clearly getting angry.

Huo Yanlin’s expression changed, and he shook his head, “I have no thoughts. My Biao Ge is going to marry, of course, I will help him.”

Huo Yanlin’s face showed a hint of a smile, and his eyes met Shen Yin’s.

The two had some unpleasant fight at school earlier, but now, Huo Yanlin’s eyes were full of hidden emotions, while Shen Yin smiled back at him behind his glasses.

“Thank you, Yanlin, and thank you to all my cousins,” Shen Yin said with his usual good temper and attitude, and everyone looked at him and then at Huo Yanlin.

Hmm… compared to Huo Yanlin, they still prefer Shen Yin more.

Everyone started talking to Shen Yin about the wedding, and Huo Yanlin couldn’t get a word in.

At this time, he received a message from his subordinate on his phone.

Song Jiaojiao has a prescription in her hand.

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Author’s note:

Song Tan : I didn’t say anything (innocent face)

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1. a pun for JinJiang (jjwxc), a popular webnovel platform in China, usually targeted for female readers ↩︎
2. 嫂嫂 (Sǎosǎo) is similar to Biao Sao but Sao Sao is a more general way to call the wife of a brother (could be older or younger). Presumably, Huo Zhaoran, the speaker, is older than Shen Yin hence the use of Sao Sao. ↩︎

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Why does she want to give him a gift?

Song Tan blinked her eyes and said, “Wedding gift?”

After Song Tan uttered these words, she saw that Shen Yin’s eyes trembled slightly, as if her words had left him speechless.

She smiled faintly.

“We’re about to get married, so I’m borrowing the power of the book to build a good relationship with you.”

It had been almost a month since she proposed to marry Shen Yin, and during this time, he hadn’t suggested her to replace him with someone else.

So, the marriage proposal seemed to be settled.

Now that it was settled…

Naturally, she wanted to build a good relationship with him.

Shen Yin heard her response and turned his head to ask again, “Build a good relationship with me?”

“Yes, my health is not very good, so after we get married, I may need to trouble you a lot.”

What Song Tan spoke was sincere.

Although their marriage was a business marriage, Song Tan believed that even in a business marriage, it was important to build a good relationship with the marriage partner.

She was afraid of death.

Especially considering her current poor health, if she didn’t establish good relationships with the people around her, she wouldn’t have anyone to turn to in case of unexpected situations.

So, for now, she wanted to cultivate a good relationship with Shen Yin.

Shen Yin understood her meaning upon hearing her words.

“You’re being too polite, it’s something I should do.”

“Sending good books to those who need them is also something I should do.”

With these words, Shen Yin also smiled.

Shen Yin’s smile was truly charming.

He looks good, not just in appearance, but also in his inner temperament.

A knowledgeable and refined scholar is much more attractive than a businessman.

She tilted her head slightly, with a smile on her lips, and asked, “Professor Shen, I have liked your school for a long time. Can you show me around?”

Shen Yin regained his senses and replied, “Of course.”

Shen Yin walked with Song Tan on the tree-lined path of the school, unaware that they had been photographed and the pictures were now on the headlines of the school’s forum.

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“Mr. Huo, Song Tan went to A University today.”

The secretary brought a tablet, and the interface of the tablet was on A University’s forum.

There were several popular posts on the homepage.

—[Professor Shen Yin’s fiancée came to the school! They are currently taking a walk on the park!]

—[Such a talented and beautiful couple, they are really eye-catching.]

Huo Yanlin frowned and casually clicked on the post.

There were several photos in the post, although they were a bit blurry, it could still be vaguely discerned that they were Shen Yin and Song Tan.

Are they having a romantic relationship?

Huo Yanlin couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart.

He wasn’t interested in Song Tan.

But when the decision was made for the Huo and Song families to form a marriage alliance, everyone assumed that Song Tan would marry to him.

Although he didn’t like it, he had already prepared to sacrifice for the prescription…

But unexpectedly, Song Tan chose Shen Yin?

Is she playing him?

Huo Yanlin always felt that things were not that simple.

He had someone monitor the movements of Song Tan and Shen Yin.

During the month of their engagement, Song Tan stayed home all the time and didn’t go out.

Shen Yin, on the other hand, continued with his teaching and research tasks at school.

Both of them were busy with their own things, and didn’t seem like a couple about to get married.

Huo Yanlin was waiting.

Waiting for Song Tan to be unable to bear it anymore and come to him.

But now, she was actually dating Shen Yin at school?

Did he miscalculate?

Song Tan, though physically weak, had ambitions that were definitely not small.

Would she really be willing to marry Shen Yin, who only knew how to teach?

Huo Yanlin tapped his fingers on the high-quality sandalwood table, then stood up.

Since Song Tan didn’t take the initiative to come to him, he decided to go and personally find out what tricks she was playing.

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Song Tan hadn’t been strolling for long before she started feeling a bit exhausted.

Her body was really weak, and even a little exertion would make her face turn pale. It was Shen Yin who noticed her discomfort and quickly found a place for her to sit.

“You sit here for a moment, I’ll go buy you a bottle of water.”

Song Tan nodded in response, “Okay, thank you.”

As Shen Yin went to buy water, Song Tan sat on a chair in the park to rest.

Even with such little physical activity, her forehead was already glistening with a thin layer of sweat, and her heart rate had increased.

As she covered her chest, she suddenly felt a shadow blocking her sunlight.

She looked up.

It was Huo Yanlin.

Huo Yanlin was tall and well-groomed, with meticulously combed hair. He looked down at her with a serious expression, exuding a strong sense of intimidation.

“Song Tan.”

Song Tan looked at him and raised her eyebrows slightly, “You’re Huo, Huo what was it?”

Upon hearing her words, Huo Yanlin’s face darkened.

Did Song Tan not know his name?

She was definitely pretending.

“Miss Song’s methods are quite impressive.”

First, she used a prescription to force the Huo family to propose a marriage alliance, and then she used a selection process to choose a marriage partner. If she chose him directly, he would marry her but wouldn’t really care about her.

However, if she chose Shen Yin first… it caught him off guard, then his attention would definitely be focused on her.

“You have successfully caught my attention.”

Song Tan: “…” This line sounded oddly familiar.

Isn’t this the special line that the overbearing CEO male lead uses on the female lead? How did he use it on her?

This Huo Yanlin… seems to have some issues.

He clearly doesn’t like her and doesn’t want to marry her, but now he’s coming to her and saying these things, what does he want?

Could it be that he’s trying to poach her?

“What do you mean, Mr. Huo? I don’t understand.”

Song Tan’s face was pale, but her eyes were bright.

At a glance, it was obvious she was pretending to be ignorant.

“Miss Song is a smart person.” Huo Yanlin didn’t have time to play along with her charade, so he went straight to the point, “You should know what I want.”

“What should I know?” Song Tan asked seriously, “Although you are Shen Yin’s Biao Di¹ and should call me Biao Sao² in the future, Shen Yin and I haven’t gotten married yet, and you’re already coming to me asking for things, isn’t that a bit…” shameless?

“Song Tan, you…”

Huo Yanlin was infuriated by Song Tan’s misinterpretation, and was about to sternly question her when Shen Yin returned from buying water.

“Why did you come to school, Yanlin?”

Huo Yanlin pursed his thin lips when he saw Shen Yin.

Although Shen Yin didn’t have much presence in the Huo family, Shen Yin was still his Biao Ge³ after all.

It seemed inappropriate for him to come to find his Biao Ge’s fiancée behind his Biao Ge’s back.

He was about to speak when Song Tan, who had been sitting in the chair, spoke up.

“It’s okay, he… he has nothing to do with me.”

Song Tan’s face turned even paler as she covered her chest, avoiding eye contact with Huo Yanlin.

At a glance, it seemed like Huo Yanlin was bullying her, and Song Tan didn’t want to offend him.

Huo Yanlin had never seen such a cunning woman like Song Tan!

His face immediately darkened, and his voice grew heavier. “Miss Song.”

The tone carried a threatening meaning.

Song Tan then looked at Shen Yin with a pitiful look in her eyes.

Upon hearing the tone with which Huo Yanlin called Song Tan, Shen Yin frowned.

Now that he saw Song Tan looking at him like this, he couldn’t just sit by and ignore it.

“Yanlin, Song Tan is my fiancée.”

His fiancée.

Regardless of how little presence he had in the Huo family, he was still Huo Yanlin’s Biao Ge.

Respect towards a Biao Ge’s fiancée was necessary.

Shen Yin didn’t say everything explicitly, but he had conveyed his message.

“Shen Yin, things are not as you think.”

Huo Yanlin didn’t want to explain, but he found Song Tan too cunning, pretending to be innocent, which was quite despicable.

He looked at Song Tan with a disdainful gaze, and said again, “This woman is not simple.”

Song Tan : Tsk… of course I’m not simple. But what are you trying to say, Huo Yanlin?

Song Tan looked down on Huo Yanlin in her heart, but she didn’t show it on her face.

She wanted to see how Shen Yin would react.

This Shen Yin doesn’t have much presence in the Huo family, and Huo Yanlin is younger than him, but Huo Yanlin doesn’t even call him “Biao Ge”, just called his name directly.

And now, he even talked about Shen Yin’s fiancée in front of Shen Yin’s face…

What’s the difference between this and sh*tting on Shen Yin’s neck?

It seems that Shen Yin’s temper is very gentle, so will he not be able to protect her at all?

Song Tan was secretly planning something in her heart, but at this moment, Shen Yin raised his hand and gently blocked Song Tan, protecting her behind him. He then spoke to Huo Yanlin, “Yanlin, she is my fiancée, and your future Biao Sao. I hope you can show her some respect.”

Song Tan, who was being protected by Shen Yin, blinked her eyes slightly.

Although Shen Yin’s voice was not as imposing as Huo Yanlin’s, it was gentle and tender. But Song Tan felt that Shen Yin’s image in her heart had become much taller.

With Shen Yin’s attitude, at least she wouldn’t have to worry about him siding with the Huo family to bully her after they got married.

She had indeed chosen the right person to marry.

Song Tan felt secretly delighted in her heart, while Huo Yanlin was infuriated.

He didn’t expect Shen Yin to value a marriage alliance partner so much and protect her like this.

It must be that Song Tan’s methods were extraordinary, and she had blinded Shen Yin’s eyes.

Huo Yanlin also had his own dignity to consider. Since Shen Yin had spoken like this, if he continued to insist, he would appear petty.

“Fine.” Huo Yanlin clenched his teeth and said, then his gaze fell on Song Tan.

Song Tan exchanged a glance with him, then gave him a provocative smile.

Huo Yanlin : “…” Song Tan, just you wait.

Huo Yanlin left in anger, and Shen Yin turned around, asking with concern, “Did he trouble you?”

Song Tan looked at his caring gaze and felt a little embarrassed.

Shen Yin was really good to her.

“I’m fine,” Song Tan smiled and shook her head. “But, you protected me so much just now, won’t it make it difficult for you in the Huo family?”

Shen Yin listened to her words and smiled. “No.”

After all, he intended to make things difficult for the Huo family.

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Author’s note:

Song Tan & Shen Yin : Although we both have our own little plans, we love each other deeply.

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rokumi’s note : as far as I know, the Chinese pays a lot of attention to seniority, especially in a family relationships, where the younger respects the older and the older takes care of the younger (traditionally, even just one day older might make a difference). For the wives or husbands of one’s siblings or cousins, the seniority will follow the siblings or cousins. For example, in this case, Huo Yanlin is younger than Shen Yin and should be older than Song Tan, but when Song Tan marries Shen Yin, her seniority would follow Shen Yin and would be higher than Huo Yanlin.

There will be some conflicts in the future chapters revolving this seniority relationship, so I decided to retain the original way of calling.

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1. 表弟 (biǎo dì) is younger male cousin from mother’s siblings or father’s sister ↩︎
2. 表嫂 (biǎo sǎo) is the wife of older male cousin from mother’s siblings or father’s sister ↩︎
3. 表哥 (biǎo gē) is older male cousin from mother’s siblings or father’s sister ↩︎

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Song Tan not only picked a husband, but she also has a lot of demands for this marriage, asking for this and that.

If they are not satisfied, Song Tan would speak halfway and ‘threaten’ them.

So, Song Zhiwen and An Yue had to follow her wishes.

However, this also concerns the face of the Song family, so even if they didn’t want to give in to her, they had to save their face.

As for Song Tan, she wraps herself in a cashmere blanket and waves her hand whenever something comes up.

Her health is not good now, and she shouldn’t be bothered with these things.

“Do you feel like Song Tan… has changed a bit?”

Song Jiaojiao’s best friend, Lin Jiao, came to play with Song Jiaojiao. Lin Jiao passed by Song Tan’s yard and saw Song Tan basking in the sun wrapped in a cashmere blanket, looking content.

In the past, even when she was sick, Song Tan would never be idle. She would be diligently reading a book.

But now, Song Tan…

“Hmph, now that she has found a marriage partner, she doesn’t plan to pretend anymore.”

Song Jiaojiao scoffed.

These past few days, Song Jiaojiao’s parents were busy with Song Tan’s wedding. Song Tan was not their daughter, so why should her parents be busy preparing dowry and arranging the marriage for Song Tan?

That was one thing.

But what really bothered her was that even though it was Song Tan’s own wedding, Song Tan acted like an outsider, staying comfortably at home every day, treating her parents like servants.

Why?

Song Jiaojiao was very angry.

Seeing Song Jiaojiao getting angry, Lin Jiao wanted to say something, but considering that Song Jiaojiao never liked her cousin Song Tan, she would explode at the mention of her. So Lin Jiao decided not to say anything.

She changed the topic to Huo Yanlin.

“Jiaojiao, now that your cousin didn’t choose Huo Yanlin, does that mean you have a chance?”

When Song Tan had the chance to choose Huo Yanlin before, Song Jiaojiao scolded Song Tan fiercely.

Song Jiaojia’s claim was, “If it wasn’t for the fact that I had to consider Song Tan’s poor health and be lenient with her, Huo Yanlin would have married me.”

Now that Song Tan didn’t choose Huo Yanlin, does that mean Song Jiaojiao can marry him?

Upon hearing her best friend’s words, Song Jiaojiao immediately raised her chin proudly, “Of course.”

“Wow, I envy you so much.”

Song Tan happened to pass by the courtyard where Song Jiaojiao and Lin Jiao were talking, and overheard their conversation.

She sighed in her heart.

She couldn’t tell if Song Jiaojiao was naive or simply ignorant of the world.

Did the Huo family propose a marriage alliance with their family because of the Song family’s lucrative business?

Nonsense.

What they were after was the prescription in her hands.

The Huo family only pursued profit, and once they obtained the prescription from her, they wouldn’t bother with the Song family’s people anymore.

As for letting Song Jiaojiao marry Huo Yanlin…

That’s just wishful thinking.

Song Tan remembered the novel plot that the system told her about, where Huo Yanlin’s mother highly valued social status.

After marrying Huo Yanlin, she would be looked down upon by Huo Yanlin’s mother, who would want her to learn the rules like ancient times.

But screw learning the rules.

As for Song Tan, she would never lose to anyone in terms of etiquette.

In the original plot of the book, Huo Yanlin’s mother was just nauseating.

[*Ding Ding Ding—*]

System 007 (retired version) : [Host, detected that your heart rate is too fast, please be mindful of controlling your emotions.]

007 finally fixed its data system and came online again.

As soon as it came online, it detected a surge of anger in Song Tan’s heart, and her heart rate started to rise.

The system quickly reminded her.

Now it’s not like in the apocalypse world, when her body was healthy. But now, her current body was like a thin piece of paper. If she gets too excited, the system is afraid she might pass out.

[Oh, you’re online, I thought you were dead.] Song Tan said.

After all, now it’s just a retired version of the system that immediately has data system errors after casually scanning others’ micro expressions. She felt that this system is better off being scrapped.

System 007 (retired version) : [This System doesn’t die as easily as you humans.]

After stating the objective fact, 007, out of concern for the host’s safety, couldn’t help but issue a reminder: [Are you sure you want to marry Shen Yin?]

[Is it not possible?]

System 007 (retired version) : [My database only contains plotlines related to you, and this Shen Yin… has no involvement in any plotline related to you.]

No involvement at all, which means that in the book, they are two individuals who have nothing to do with each other.

System 007 (retired version) : [He doesn’t exist in my database, so I can’t do data analysis on him.]

Upon hearing this, Song Tan raised her eyebrows slightly : [I like him.]

This Shen Yin seems to fit her criteria for selection.

In the book, they have little interaction, which proves that he is not associated with the main leads. At least, in the original book, he didn’t bully her.

Although the events in the original plothaven’t happened yet, it doesn’t mean that Song Tan has forgotten past grievances.

As for him not being in the system’s database… Song Tan doesn’t really care.

This indicates that Shen Yin is just an ordinary passerby.

In 007’s data system, only key characters related to her are entered, and Shen Yin has no connection with her in the original plot, so it’s normal for him not to be in the system’s database.

It’s just… she may have dragged an innocent person into this mess.

So… she needs to find a way to make it up to him.

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Getting married should be a troublesome affair, but because both the Huo family and the Song family are more concerned about the wedding than the couple themselves, they are taking care of all the expenses and arrangements, busy from start to finish.

On the contrary, the bride and groom are relaxed.

Shen Yin is still attending classes at the school according to his original work schedule.

Song Tan originally wanted to join the class to wait for him in the classroom, but Professor Shen’s class was extremely popular. The entire lecture hall was filled with people, even standing room at the back was full. She couldn’t squeeze in, so she had to wait outside the classroom.

“Look, look, there’s a fairy-like Sister.”

“Do we have such a beautiful person in our school?”

“Maybe she’s a senior?”

“Should we go up and ask for her WeChat?”

A few male college students were excited, not realizing that their voices were loud enough for Song Tan to hear what they were saying.

She smiled.

The real world is so nice, full of liveliness of people everywhere.

It’s not like in the apocalypse world.

The person you see who looks like a human may not be human anymore, but a zombie who could bite you at any moment.

So, the first rule of survival in the apocalypse is: do not get close to anyone.

Song Tan still enjoys this kind of liveliness around her now.

“Miss, you’re so beautiful, can I get your WeChat?”

After struggling for a while, one bold college student finally approached Song Tan and asked for her WeChat.

Song Tan smiled at the male student.

“I’m waiting for my fiancé to finish work.”

The male classmate was mesmerized by Song Tan’s smile, looking at her in a daze : Huh?

Fiancé, finish work…

While the male classmate was still processing these two words, the bell for class dismissal rang.

Shen Yin walked out of the classroom through the front door, holding a book in his hand.

As soon as he came out, he saw Song Tan.

She wasn’t in her wheelchair today, and her complexion looked much better than before.

Shen Yin took a step forward, nodded at Song Tan, and then looked at the male classmate next to her.

“Wu Dian, you skipped class today.”

The male classmate called Wu Dian replied hesitantly, “Professor Shen.”

“If you skipped class, why are you outside the classroom?”

Wu Dian stuttered, “…”

He wanted to tell Shen Yin that he was just asking for the WeChat of Professor Shen’s future wife, would Professor Shen go easy on him in the final exams?

Song Tan saw that student Wu Dian was about to cry.

She smiled and said, “Class is already over now.”

Shen Yin nodded and said to Wu Dian, “This time skipping class will result in a deduction of corresponding participation points. Don’t skip class again next time.”

Wu Dian quickly promised.

Shen Yin was known as a smiling tiger in their school. He appeared gentle, but when it came to deducting participation points for skipping class, he would never show mercy.

Wu Dian didn’t dare to plead for leniency when his participation points were deducted. He fled like a rabbit and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Shen Yin frowned and shook his head when he saw this, then turned to look at Song Tan.

“You’ve been waiting for a long time.”

Song Tan shook her head and said, “No, your class is very popular.”

For such a big class, there would be many students who would skip classes, but Shen Yin’s class had many students who didn’t even take this course coming over.

Now that class was over, some students who had left their seats were still standing nearby, secretly observing them.

Faintly, you could hear words like “Professor’s future wife”, “Professor Shen”, and “perfect match”.

“Maybe they are interested in the content of this course,” Shen Yin said.

Song Tan couldn’t help but feel skeptical.

After all, Shen Yin was a highly popular professor at A University, and these students were here for him.

Seeing how excellent he was, Song Tan felt even more guilty in her heart.

“Miss Song, why did you come to find me?” Shen Yin asked.

Today, Song Tan had sent Shen Yin a message on WeChat and took the initiative to come find him.

“Actually, I have something I want to give you,” Song Tan said.

Shen Yin was slightly surprised at her words.

“Something to give me?” he asked.

“Yes, a small gift as a token of appreciation,” Song Tan replied.

Song Tan handed the gift to Shen Yin.

Shen Yin glanced at Song Tan and opened the gift box.

Inside the box was an old book, and Shen Yin’s expression changed slightly as his gaze fell on the title.

“This is…” he said.

“I saw the article you shared on your Moments and knew that you’re studying paleontology recently. I remembered that my Grandpa left me a rare and out-of-print illustrated handbook of ancient creatures. I thought you might like it, so I dug it out and decided to give it to you,” Song Tan explained.

After hearing Song Tan’s words, Shen Yin’s eyes flickered, and he expressed his gratitude, “Thank you, I really like it. This gift is also very precious.”

Afterward, he looked at her hesitantly.

“What’s wrong?” Song Tan asked.

After a moment of hesitation, Shen Yin asked, “Why did you give me a gift?”

Could it be… that she really liked him?

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Author’s Note:

Song Tan : I found a little sheep, of course, I have to feed it some grass.

Shen Yin : Hmm… Little sheep? (Puts on a sheepskin)

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Song Tan has made up her mind, she would only marry Shen Yin.

If it’s not Shen Yin, then she would choose not to get married.

“How… how could it be Shen Yin?”

Shouldn’t it be… Huo Yanlin?

The members of the Huo family secretly observed Huo Yanlin’s expression.

Huo Yanlin was originally forced into this marriage alliance, so his expression was not good.

Now, Song Tan didn’t choose him, and his expression became even worse.

There were some who took pleasure in his misfortune.

This Huo Yanlin has always been the favored grandson of Old Master Huo, he have never lost before, but now he lost to Shen Yin.

Tut tut tut¹…

There were also those who looked down on him in their hearts.

After Song Tan’s words were spoken, everyone speculated that Song Tan was interested in him, so she staged this drama. Some people congratulated him in advance, but he was still unhappy.

Now, if he was originally unhappy, whose face does he show his displeasure to?

Does he really think he’s the center of the universe and everyone should revolve around him?

The thoughts of the members of the Huo family varied.

As for Shen Yin, who is only half a member of the Huo family, he rarely received two phone calls from the Old Master within one day.

“Song Tan must be married.”

The prescription in Song Tan’s hand is related to the Old Master’s life, so even if Song Tan makes unreasonable demands, the Huo family will still satisfy her.

However, the Huo family never expected that the marriage proposed by Song Tan would be with Shen Yin.

Old Master Huo said, “Although your surname is Shen, you are still considered a member of our Huo family.”

After saying this, he sighed and said, “Although I let you go this time to help me keep an eye on Yanlin and prevent him from making mistakes, if Song Tan insists on marrying you… you still need to prioritize the overall situation.”

—Prioritize the overall situation.

Shen Yin lowered his gaze, his half-lidded eyes hiding his expression, and with the addition of his gold-rimmed glasses, it was hard to guess his thoughts at the moment.

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, then sighed.

“I will follow Grandfather’s arrangement.”

Upon hearing his response, the old man nodded in satisfaction.

After handing the phone back to Uncle Liu, Shen Yin’s gaze met with Huo Yanlin’s.

Although they were cousins and not much different in age, they didn’t have much interaction in their daily lives.

This time… they unintentionally locked eyes.

Shen Yin smiled faintly.

Huo Yanlin pulled the corners of his mouth into a smirk, which carried a hint of unwillingness.

Then he turned towards the direction where Song Tan was sitting.

After expressing her thoughts, Song Tan sat quietly without participating in any further conversation.

She appeared gentle and delicate, but her attitude was resolute.

Huo Yanlin furrowed his brows.

He indeed didn’t want to marry her, but when he thought about the possibility of her choosing someone else, he felt a strange sensation in his heart.

Could it be that he actually started to like her?

Huo Yanlin quickly dismissed this thought.

He didn’t like Song Tan, but he had to obtain the prescription in her hands.

As soon as his thoughts shifted, he saw Shen Yin walking towards Song Tan.

“Miss Song.”

“Mr. Shen.”

The two of them were very polite, and didn’t seem like a couple about to discuss marriage.

Shen Yin nodded at Song Tan, then said, “Shall we take a walk together?”

“Sure.”

The matters to be discussed next would be handled by Song Zhiwen and Uncle Liu, as it involved the interests of both parties, and they had no say in it.

So, they could temporarily leave for a while.

Shen Yin walked behind Song Tan and placed his hand on her wheelchair.

“Like this?”

Shen Yin tried pushing, and the wheelchair under Song Tan moved.

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

Shen Yin pushed Song Tan’s wheelchair as they walked along the corridor of the Song family’s mansion.

The Song family’s house was still a traditional courtyard building, with a strong antique flavor.

Along the way, neither of them spoke, just walking silently.

Song Tan was waiting for Shen Yin to speak up.

She was the one who pulled him into this situation today, and if he took this opportunity to make a request, the probability of her agreeing was quite high.

They kept walking until they reached the end of the corridor, where Shen Yin finally stopped.

“Is this the button to stop it?”

Shen Yin asked about the wheelchair’s braking mechanism.

He was indeed a careful person, even noticing such small details as stopping the wheelchair.

“Yes, that’s right,” Song Tan replied, and Shen Yin pressed the button to stop Song Tan’s wheelchair.

“Feeling cold?” Shen Yin asked.

Song Tan was wrapped in a cashmere blanket, but her complexion was still pale.

“I’m okay.”

She tightened the blanket around her, then looked at the place where Shen Yin had stopped.

He stopped her wheelchair in the middle of the corridor.

It was drizzling outside today.

The fine raindrops drifted into the corridor.

If they moved a little further forward, Song Tan would be touched by the raindrops.

Shen Yin… is quite considerate.

“Mr. Shen, do you have anything to say to me?”

It was him who suggested taking a walk together.

But he hadn’t said anything along the way.

“Well, there’s something I want to ask.”

Shen Yin’s voice was very gentle, and Song Tan quite liked his voice.

“I want to ask, if we get married, how should I take care of you?”

Shen Yin’s unexpected question left Song Tan momentarily stunned.

Why would he ask such a question?

Shen Yin continued, “I don’t have much experience taking care of others, and I’m worried I won’t be able to take good care of you.”

Song Tan looked delicate.

Like a fragile flower that needed to be nurtured in a greenhouse.

“Take care of me.” Song Tan regained her senses and looked at the raindrops falling outside as she spoke. “I haven’t heard that word much since my Grandpa passed away.”

Shen Yin lowered his gaze and looked at Song Tan sitting in the wheelchair.

Her parents passed away when she was very young, and she grew up with her Grandpa.

They… do seem quite similar.

“I’m not very good at taking care of others, but I’m a quick learner, so I can learn how to do it,” Shen Yin said.

Song Tan smiled at his response.

“You’re such a gentle person,” she said.

Although she chose Shen Yin because of his gentle personality, so that if she wants to do something in the future, she could discuss with him.

But, his offer to learn how to take care of her made her feel guilty.

“Mr. Shen is a good man,” Song Tan said sincerely.

Shen Yin, who received the compliment, raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at her.

“I have no choice but to marry into the Huo family,” Song Tan continued.

Both the Huo family and the Song family have arranged this marriage for her.

Given her current physical condition, she couldn’t afford to stand up for herself.

So, choosing to get married is easier than choosing to resist marriage.

But Shen Yin’s words…

If he really refused to marry her no matter what, she wouldn’t insist on making things difficult for him.

“I understand.”

Shen Yin finally spoke, but just these two words.

[007, how can there be such a gentle person in this world?]

In the past three years, Song Tan had seen either zombies or warriors fighting zombies.

She had never seen someone as gentle as Shen Yin.

She was eager to gossip with 007 about it.

However, maybe because it has retired, it hasn’t recovered since its data analysis had a problem, so she couldn’t gossip with it anymore.

“I will learn how to take good care of you.”

After Shen Yin said “I understand,” he followed up with this other sentence.

Song Tan looked into his eyes and said, “Then, I will rely on Mr. Shen to take care of me in the future.”

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Although Song Tan’s decision to marry Shen Yin was unexpected, it wasn’t difficult to handle.

With Song Tan’s agreement, Shen Yin’s agreement, and the approval of Old Master Huo, the matter was basically settled.

However, through this marriage alliance, both parties signed several agreements to achieve a “win-win” situation.

Song Tan smiled and found Song Zhiwen.

There was only one thing she wanted: dowry.

As soon as Song Zhiwen heard her request, his face immediately turned sour.

He had never liked Song Tan in the first place, so he certainly didn’t want to provide dowry for her marriage.

“Well, since that’s the case, then this marriage…”

Song Zhiwen didn’t need Song Tan to finish her sentence, he already knew what she meant.

This little girl, he didn’t know where she learned it from, always used this as a threat against him.

“Song Tan, you need to understand that the Song family will be your support in the future.”

—If she married into the Huo family, the Song family would still be her natal family.

—As long as her natal family protected her, she wouldn’t be bullied.

Song Tan’s Aunt and Song Zhiwen’s wife, An Yue, reminded Song Tan with a smirk.

Of course, Song Tan understood the meaning behind her Aunt’s words.

“Aunt, you’re absolutely right. The Song family is my natal family.” Song Tan continued while still smiling, “The natal family should provide dowry for the bride when she gets married. Otherwise, not only would the Huo family look down on the Song family, but outsiders would also gossip, right?”

Song Tan noticed that her Aunt’s expression changed, and her smile grew wider.

In the past, she used to be proud and wouldn’t have taken the initiative to ask for these things.

But after her three-year journey in the apocalypse world, she knew very well that everything else was imaginary. The resources she could control were the most important guarantee.

She wasn’t asking them for things now, she was just taking back what belonged to her.

After all, they had benefited a lot from her. What’s wrong with her asking for dowry?

“Oh, by the way,” Song Tan directly named her pick, “I want Grandpa’s medicinal field. Thank you in advance, Uncle and Aunt.”

Song Zhiwen and An Yue : “…”

—Did she just make demands to them?

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Author’s note:

Song Tan : I picked a good husband.

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