Song Tan’s health is not good, and she needs someone to take care of her.
Originally, the Huo family could have arranged someone for her directly, but Song Tan’s requirements are too high.
She wants someone who has a bit of medical knowledge.
Just this requirement eliminated most of the candidates.
Finally, Shen Yin suggested bringing someone in from outside for her.
Song Tan agreed.
Then, ‘coincidentally,’ she happened to meet Su Ran looking for part-time work.
After that, both parties signed an employment contract, and Su Ran came to the Huo family.
On her first day here, she discovered that Huo Yanlin had lied to her.
He was married… he really was married…
It’s not a rumor, it’s true.
Su Ran bit her lip, not looking at that liar, and forcefully held back her tears.
Song Tan saw Su Ran’s reaction.
Song Tan clicked her tongue inwardly.
Although Song Tan had only seen this female lead in the original plot, Song Tan had to admit that her resilience was truly impressive.
In the original plot, when Huo Yanlin was ‘forced into a marriage,’ her love-hate relationship with him never stopped.
Now, she had only just discovered Huo Yanlin’s lie; there were still many interesting scenes to come.
A smile played on Song Tan’s lips as she watched the drama between the male and female leads.
Sitting beside Song Tan, Shen Yin watched Song Tan.
He naturally recognized this Su Ran. She was the waitress who had caused a scandal with Song Jiaojiao and Huo Yanlin that day.
Because of her humble status, the focus of the scandal became Song Jiaojiao and Huo Yanlin.
As for this waitress, she lost her name.
But who could have thought that this waitress was the one who had been haunting the great Young Master Huo’s dreams?
However… how did Song Tan know?
Although he had gone to interview this Su Ran, Song Tan’s reaction seemed as if he had known Su Ran’s identity for a long time.
Huo Yanlin had hidden Su Ran quite well. If Huo Yanlin hadn’t been caught by Huo Zhaoran on the day Shen Yin married Song Tan, Shen Yin wouldn’t have noticed this person named Su Ran.
He had only guessed at the relationship between Su Ran and Huo Yanlin, but Song Tan seemed to have confirmed it.
Could it be…
Was it because she found out about the special relationship between Huo Yanlin and Su Ran that she abandoned Huo Yanlin and chose Shen Yin instead?
Shen Yin’s eyes deepened.
Naturally, he didn’t know that he had already guessed most of it.
At this time, Su Ran’s appearance had directly unsettled Huo Yanlin.
Originally, he was supposed to serve tea to the elders with Song Jiaojiao, but now he couldn’t bring himself to pick up the teacup.
“Brother Yanlin, what’s wrong with you?” Song Jiaojiao felt that Huo Yanlin’s reaction was a bit strange.
But she didn’t think much of it.
After all, she was also nervous. She thought that Huo Yanlin might be nervous too, so nervous that he forgot about the teacups.
“Here, you. take this.”
In a considerate manner, Song Jiaojiao handed the tea cup in her hand to Huo Yanlin and prepared to get another one.
Just at that moment, the tea cup in Huo Yanlin’s hand flipped over.
It happened to land right in Song Jiaojiao’s hand.
Song Jiaojiao’s hand was already somewhat numb due to nervousness, and now, it was scalded by the hot tea, causing her to exclaim, “It’s so hot.”
Old Master Huo sitting at the top could clearly see that Huo Yanlin was absent-minded. His face darkened, but he didn’t say anything. He gestured for Uncle Liu beside him to take Song Jiaojiao downstairs to treat the burn.
After Song Jiaojiao left the hall, he began to reprimand Huo Yanlin aloud, “Yanlin, you told me yourself that you wanted to marry Jiaojiao. Now, you look like this, what exactly do you want to do?”
After Old Master Huo finished this sentence, Song Tan saw Su Ran’s body seemed like a piece of paper, swaying in the air.
Looking at this Su Ran… tsk tsk, it’s really a bit pitiful.
In the original plot, Huo Yanlin married her, Song Tan, but he swore to Su Ran that he was forced into it. Even if he married Song Tan, they would only be a superficial couple and wouldn’t do anything together.
But now, he couldn’t swear to Su Ran that he was forced to marry someone, right?
Moreover, he had just been holding Song Jiaojiao’s hand.
Song Tan was worried for Huo Yanlin.
How should he explain this to Su Ran?
Huo Yanlin’s gaze occasionally swept towards Su Ran.
Then, his eyes fell on Song Tan.
Song Tan seemed like she was waiting to see him embarrassed.
He clenched his teeth to prevent himself from losing control in front of so many people.
“Grandpa, I…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Ran, who was beside Song Tan, made a move.
He had no idea what Song Tan had just said, but Su Ran looked at him with tears in her eyes, and she quietly left.
Huo Yanlin felt a sense of panic.
“Grandpa, I’ll step out for a moment.”
With that, he turned and walked away.
No matter how loudly Old Master Huo called for him, he didn’t stop.
Song Tan, observing the situation, raised an eyebrow slightly.
This Huo Yanlin… a warrior of love, indeed.
“What did you just ask Su Ran to do?”
When Huo Yanlin was about to speak to Old Master Huo, Song Tan and Su Ran had a conversation, but Shen Yin couldn’t hear it, and Su Ran just left with tears in her eyes.
“I forgot to take a medicine this morning, so I asked her to fetch it for me.”
Fetching medicine was nothing out of the ordinary, and it wasn’t something that would make Su Ran cry.
Song Tan felt that she was being considerate by giving Su Ran a reason to leave since she could see that Su Ran was suffering here.
As for Huo Yanlin chasing after Su Ran…
Well, that had nothing to do with Song Tan.
It wasn’t her who asked Huo Yanlin to leave.
The expression on Song Tan’s face was innocent.
Shen Yin stared at her face for a few seconds, then smiled at her and said, “Taking medicine is something you shouldn’t forget.”
Since two of three days after Shen Yin married Song Tan, he had noticed that Song Tan wasn’t very proactive when it came to taking medicine.
Several times before, he had to watch Song Tan take her medicine.
Now, she had missed her medicine again and didn’t want to take it.
“I haven’t forgotten, I just…” don’t want to take it.
It was really too bitter.
She felt that since returning from the apocalypse, her sensitivity to taste had increased.
Her medicines were all made from Chinese herbal medicine, and they tasted extremely bitter. She really needed a lot of courage to swallow them.
“In that case, I’ll have to supervise you.”
Song Tan : “…”
While they were having this private conversation, a love-hate drama was unfolding outside.
“Ranran, things aren’t what you think.”
Huo Yanlin chased after Su Ran for quite a distance before catching up to her.
Su Ran was crying hard, and he had to explain aloud.
But no matter how he explained it, it sounded feeble and weak.
“It’s not what I think, it’s what I saw and heard.”
Tears welled up in Su Ran’s eyes.
“Huo Yanlin, we were never meant to be from the same world, let go.”
Su Ran’s words made Huo Yanlin furrow his brow.
“Ranran, I, Huo Yanlin, don’t care about those things.”
“But I do.”
Song Jiaojiao’s hand was red from the scald. After the family doctor applied ointment to her hand, she didn’t want to delay and quickly returned to the front hall.
However, when she returned, she did not see Huo Yanlin.
Although she knew everything about the Huo family’s gossip, she didn’t actually know many people from the Huo family.
Now, the front hall was filled with unfamiliar faces, and Song Jiaojiao didn’t have the courage to approach them, so she had no choice but to run to the only person she knew.
“Song Tan.”
Song Tan raised his gaze to look at her.
“Do you know where Brother Yanlin went?”
Song Tan kindly pointed in a direction, “He seemed to have gone towards the garden.”
Towards the garden…
Song Jiaojiao had only been to the Huo family once when Song Tan and Shen Yin got married, so she wasn’t very familiar with the layout of the house.
She didn’t dare to go look for him alone.
“Will you accompany me?”
Song Jiaojiao asked boldly.
“No,” Shen Yin spoke up, directly preventing Song Jiaojiao, “Your cousin isn’t feeling well, and it’s windy outside. She shouldn’t be exposed to the cold.”
“I…”
Even though she looked down on Shen Yin, when she actually faced him, it felt like seeing a teacher at school, and she inexplicably lost her confidence.
“Cousin, please take me there.”
Song Jiaojiao had to lower her posture and plead with Song Tan.
Song Tan glanced at Shen Yin and said, “It’s fine, it looks like the sun is out.”
Shen Yin glanced outside.
The autumn sunlight wasn’t scorching, but when it fell on the ground, it was golden.
“Alright, but you should wear this.”
Shen Yin carried a scarf with him, which could be unfolded into a shawl, making it very convenient.
Song Tan took the scarf, wrapped it around her neck, and immediately broke into a smile.
“It’s very beautiful.”
“As long as you like it.”
Song Jiaojiao on the side was speechless.
Why are these two still showing affection in front of her?
Though Song Jiaojiao was unhappy, there was actually a hint of envy in her heart.
Shen Yin, despite his unimpressive background, turned out to be so considerate.
Song Tan had indeed stumbled upon a treasure.
However, thinking of Huo Yanlin immediately brightened Song Jiaojiao’s mood.
Today, she was going to marry Huo Yanlin!
After paying respects with tea, she and Huo Yanlin would go to obtain the marriage certificate.
By then, she and Huo Yanlin would be legally wedded.
From then on, the Huo family would belong to Huo Yanlin, and Shen Yin and Song Tan would have to listen to her.
Song Jiaojiao found some confidence again, proudly lifting her chin and walking ahead of Song Tan.
Song Tan didn’t mind Song Jiaojiao’s need for showing off.
Song Tan held the cashmere scarf draped over her shoulder and thought, what comes next will be interesting.
Song Tan’s expectations were fulfilled. At this very moment, a love drama was indeed unfolding : Huo Yanlin was hugging Su Ran, who was crying uncontrollably.
If there were cameras capturing this scene, it would be a hugging scene from an idol drama with twelve cameras shooting from different angles.
However, unfortunately, they weren’t part of an idol drama.
Except for the victim beside Song Tan, everyone else was just watching the show.
A few members of the Huo family followed behind them.
Seeing that there was a good show to watch, those Huo family members were more proactive than Song Tan, immediately contacted the people still waiting in the front hall to come and watch the show.
Song Jiaojiao, who no one paid attention to, was first shocked in place, then yelled and ran toward the two of them crying, separating them.
“What are you two doing?”
When Huo Yanlin saw Song Jiaojiao, he frowned and wanted to scold her, but he unexpectedly found that Song Tan was here, Shen Yin was here, Huo Zhaoran was here, and Huo…
The people who were originally in the front hall had all come to this garden.
At this moment, they were all looking at him and the person in his arms, Su Ran.
Su Ran was originally crying, but now she noticed so many people looking at her, and her body immediately stiffened.
Huo Yanlin instinctively let her go.
The two of them now looked like a pair of couple caught in an affair.
Oh no, it’s not like, it is.
Although Huo Yanlin hadn’t registered with Song Jiaojiao yet, though he had already brought her to the Huo family, but now he was here, entangled with another woman.
Song Tan clicked her tongue twice and shook her head.
Morally corrupt, vulgar, this is immoral!
But the show is good.
Song Tan watched with relish, and actually forgot that there was someone beside her.
Shen Yin was very good at fading into the background in a crowd, making people forget his presence.
But now he realized that he had been completely ignored by Song Tan…
She was watching the show and completely forgot about him.
He raised his eyebrows slightly.
After scanning between Song Tan and Huo Yanlin for a few moments, he understood one thing : Song Tan wasn’t simply an audience in today’s show.
It is most likely that… she was the director.
Today is the day when Huo Yanlin and Song Jiaojiao serve tea, but Song Tan brought Su Ran with her, directly affecting Huo Yanlin’s emotions.
Later, when Song Jiaojiao was sent out to deal with a scald, she asked Su Ran to go out and help her get something.
Then, as if as expected, Huo Yanlin came out directly.
But that’s not all.
She came out with Song Jiaojiao, and when they came out, they also attracted several curious members of the Huo family…
If there are too many coincidences, then it’s not a coincidence.
It was Song Tan who arranged this drama.
rokumi’s note : the translation of this novel restarts today! I will post three chapters today (or three parts, actually, since the amount of words in this chapter is three times of the other chapters so I split it into three parts), then it will be updated one chapter every Friday just like before.
Thank you!
I am so happy!
Great directing from Songe Tan 😉