When Song Tan and Old Master Huo were chatting alone, Huo Yanlin approached Shen Yin.
Now, even if Shen Yin didn’t say much and just stood in the corner, Huo Yanlin couldn’t ignore Shen Yin like he used to.
“Shen Yin, I never thought about it before. You’ve been hiding very well.”
Shen Yin was a man, unlike the frail girl Song Tan, so Huo Yanlin wasn’t worried that he might scare Shen Yin into fainting by speaking a bit too forcefully.
Shen Yin met Huo Yanlin’s gaze calmly.
He calmly replied, “Young Master Huo, you usually look down on me and don’t pay much attention.”
“So, Project An No. 1 is related to you, right?”
Huo Yanlin still hadn’t figured out how Project An No. 1 disappeared.
When Project An No. 1 was established back in the day, Shen Yin’s mother was one of the key creators.
Although she passed away when Shen Yin was still a teenager, Shen Yin was always intelligent from a young age, and there was no guarantee that he didn’t learn something from his mother….
And use it for revenge.
Huo Yanlin was close to the mark.
But he didn’t have any evidence.
Shen Yin replied, “You guess.”
Huo Yanlin squinted at Shen Yin’s indifferent expression.
Before he could say anything else, Song Tan approached.
“Old Master is looking for you,” Song Tan said to Shen Yin.
Shen Yin asked Song Tan, “Were you treated unfairly?”
Song Tan shook her head and said, “No.”
Shen Yin nodded and then looked at Huo Yanlin, who had fallen silent, and said, “Don’t scare her; she’s not in good health.”
Huo Yanlin thought to himself, Who’s scaring whom here?
Huo Yanlin was quite frustrated by Shen Yin’s words, but he really wasn’t in the habit of getting physical with women.
After Shen Yin left, Huo Yanlin saw that Song Tan calmly found a chair and sat down.
It was clear that Song Tan didn’t take him seriously at all.
Huo Yanlin took a deep breath and then sat down in front of Song Tan.
“I’ve met Su Ran.”
Song Tan was not surprised at all.
It had been a few days since the male and female leads had seen each other, but it was just a few lines in the text.
Meeting each other wasn’t anything extraordinary.
“She said she signed a contract with you.”
Huo Yanlin had felt that Song Tan was targeting him from the beginning; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been so many coincidences.
Now, he was almost certain.
Song Tan was deliberately causing trouble for him.
“Is that not allowed?”
“You know about my relationship with her, and yet you signed her. What do you mean by that?”
When Song Tan heard his words, she looked up at him. “What’s your relationship with her? Signing her is my business; what does it have to do with you?”
“I…” What was their relationship?
What could their relationship be?
Huo Yanlin couldn’t say it, so he could only coldly order, “I want you to cancel the contract with her.”
Although he didn’t know why Song Tan was targeting him, signing a contract with Su Ran at this time definitely had a hidden agenda.
If she meant harm to Su Ran, then he…
Huo Yanlin narrowed his eyes.
“Do you want to pay the penalty for breaking the contract for her?”
Song Tan had known this day would come.
“If you’re willing to pay the penalty for her, that’s fine too.”
This was an effortless way to get millions.
This deal was definitely worth it.
Hearing this, Huo YanLlin frowned. “What do you mean by that?”
“My contract with Su Ran is legal and legitimate. If either party breaches the contract, they will have to pay an eight-figure penalty. If President Huo is willing to help her cover it, I’d be more than happy.”
Huo Yanlin : “…” An eight-figure penalty.
Now, he didn’t need to guess if she had ulterior motives.
She definitely did.
If he really paid this penalty, he would probably fall into her trap.
Song Tan saw Huo Yanlin’s hesitation, and a cold sneer formed in her heart.
This Huo Yanlin, truly there’s nothing worthy of her liking.
The content in the original plot is just pure fabrication for her.
It made her experience the apocalypse world for no reason.
It’s truly… punishment for a sin she didn’t commit.
So frustrating!
At this moment, Song Tan noticed that 007 seemed to be reacting a bit, not in its usual self-maintenance mode, but showing a loading message…
This display should be loading some data.
Even the retired version of 007 still has new data…
Song Tan never quite understood the things in their system world.
Let’s see what’s going on after it finishes loading.
Just as she finished thinking, Shen Yin came over.
He first glanced at Huo Yanlin, then walked over to Song Tan.
“What’s going on?”
Seeing Shen Yin’s strange expression, Song Tan timely asked.
“Old Master wants me to enter Huo’s company.”
Song Tan : ?
Huo Yanlin : ??
“He wants you to enter Huo’s company?” How is that possible? Huo Yanlin was the first to doubt.
Although, with Shen Yin’s intelligence and the shares he inherited from his mother, he could easily enter Huo’s company.
But the attitude of the board of directors towards Shen Yin was somewhat ambiguous.
Clearly, they didn’t want Shen Yin to get involved with Huo’s company. Otherwise, they would have brought him into the company when Shen Yin finished his doctorate studies.
But now, what’s going on with the old man? Why does he want Shen Yin to join Huo’s company?
Huo Yanlin furrowed his brows and went to find the old man.
Song Tan didn’t pay much attention to it. She looked at Shen Yin and asked, “Do you not want to go?”
Shen Yin looked at her and sighed.
“You should know the old man’s intentions.”
What else could it be?
It’s to pull Shen Yin into the Huo family, connecting his future with that of the Huo family.
This way, he can’t act as willfully as he did just now.
From Shen Yin’s perspective…
The old man’s move truly surprised him a bit.
He had no idea how to enter Huo’s company, but Old Master Huo took the initiative to let him in.
Isn’t this like letting him wait for a windfall?
However, it seems like Song Tan doesn’t want him to enter Huo’s company.
“If you don’t want to go, you can find a way not to.”
“You don’t want me to go?”
Song Tan pursed her lips slightly.
Naturally, she didn’t want him to.
She couldn’t be clearer about the old man’s intentions.
This kind of giving a piece of candy every day will make people addicted to sugar. If you quit sugar one day, you’ll feel uncomfortable.
Now Shen Yin is standing on her side, even though it’s highly likely to be a disguise. But as long as the people from the Huo family continue to treat him poorly, he can stand by her side.
Until she has enough ability to protect herself.
“I don’t want you to do things you don’t want to do too much,” Song Tan came up with a noble reason, “I’ve seen what you look like on the podium.”
She looked envious, “At that time, you seemed to shine.”
Shen Yin : “…” This statement has some artistry in it.
“I’ll think about it again.”
Shen Yin didn’t give Song Tan a definite answer. He was probably tempted. While Song Tan responded with a casual “Hmm,” in her heart, she began to hatch a plan.
Not long after, Huo Yanlin came back.
Judging from his expression, the outcome wasn’t as he had hoped.
But he still had a stern face and said, “You don’t need to move out of this house.”
Song Tan raised an eyebrow at his words.
This was what should have happened, and she wasn’t going to be overly grateful.
After Huo Yanlin finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Shen Yin.
“Come to the company tomorrow.”
Huo Yanlin seemed to think of something and smirked at Shen Yin.
Song Tan : “…” In novels, they always describe the domineering CEO smirking.
Is this what they mean?
It’s a bit amusing.
However, Song Tan didn’t laugh. She was still thinking about how to cause some trouble.
At that moment, the wind started blowing.
They were now standing in a corridor with ventilation on both sides. As the wind rushed in, Song Tan coughed subconsciously twice.
Shen Yin had been locking eyes with Huo Yanlin, but the next moment, he stood in front of Song Tan, blocking the wind entirely.
“It’s windy outside. Let’s go back inside.”
Song Tan had just covered her mouth to cough, and when Shen Yin stood in front of her, her hand accidentally touched his back.
Even through the fabric, she could feel the warmth of the man.
Why was this man as hot as a stove?
Song Tan was lost in thought about this question for a couple of seconds, so when Shen Yin finished speaking, she didn’t immediately respond.
Shen Yin turned to look at Song Tan.
“What’s wrong?”
Song Tan looked up at him. “Nothing.”
She couldn’t say that she didn’t react immediately because she felt the man’s warmth, right?
“Your health isn’t good. Don’t stay outside and get blown by the wind. Go inside first, and I’ll be back in a moment.”
“Alright.”
Song Tan walked back inside.
On the side, Huo Yanlin, seeing the interaction between the two, sneered coldly, “I thought you were a smart person, but I didn’t expect you to be really ensnared by a woman.”
Huo Yanlin initially believed that Shen Yin and Song Tan were just putting on an act.
They had an arranged marriage, and they hadn’t even met a few times before getting married. How could they be all lovey-dovey after getting married?
So, he guessed that Shen Yin was faking it.
Pretending to be deeply in love with Song Tan so that when Song Tan completely opened up to Shen Yin, Shen Yin could get the prescription from her.
In this way, Shen Yin can firmly establish his position in the Huo family and even in Huo’s company.
However, just now, Huo Yanlin suddenly became uncertain.
Isn’t Shen Yin just a real love brain?
With just a breeze blowing by, Shen Yin almost didn’t hesitate at all, directly standing in front of Song Tan to shield her from the wind…
Even when the old man asked Shen Yin to join the Huo Corporation, he didn’t seem that enthusiastic.
Seeing Huo Yanlin’s disdainful expression, Shen Yin shook his head and said, “When you talk about me, you might as well take a look at yourself. You almost ruined your future for a woman.”
How could Huo Yanlin say such a thing?
In Huo Yanlin’s mind, Su Ran’s face appeared, and his expression immediately darkened.
“I don’t care about what’s going on between you and Song Tan, as long as you’re still in the Huo family, you are part of the Huo family.”
Thinking of what the old man had said, Huo Yanlin could only force a smile and said to Shen Yin, “Although we don’t get along, our blood ties cannot be severed. We are still brothers.”
Shen Yin raised an eyebrow slightly.
“Brothers…?”
Shen Yin’s tone was so flat that Huo Yanlin didn’t catch that it was a question.
He thought Shen Yin was agreeing with him.
“You have shares from Aunt in your hands, so you are also a member of our Huo family and should contribute to the Huo family.”
He forced another insincere smile and said, “Although you may not have much business talent, you are definitely capable of handling the development of Project An No. 3.”
When Shen Yin heard the mention of the development of Project An No. 3, a slight smile appeared at the corner of Shen Yin’s lips.
He wasn’t surprised that Old Master Huo and Huo Yanlin asked him to be in charge of Project An No. 3.
Project An No. 1 failed, and Project An No. 2 was of utmost importance.
Now, with the addition of Song Zhiwen’s team and exclusive patents, everyone in Huo’s company was working hard to save the development of Project An No. 2. Naturally, they couldn’t allow an unstable factor like Shen Yin to join.
So, Project An No. 3 became a touchstone.
One was to test Shen Yin’s abilities, and the other was to test his loyalty.
It had to be said that the Huo family was very good when it came to business, and they all had a shrewdness deep down inside.
Looking at Huo Yanlin’s ugly appearance of not liking him but insisting on being brothers, Shen Yin smiled.
He agreed, “Sure.”
Then let’s speed up the demise of your hard work.
Hmm 🤔 Did HYL and OMH kill SY’s parents? From the clues so far, that’s the only reason I think enough to trigger him that much hostility against them. But, SY was a teenager when they died and HYL is a few years younger than him.
[From Shen Yin’s perspective…
The old man’s move truly surprised him a bit.
He had no idea how to enter Huo’s company, but Old Master Huo took the initiative to let him in.
Isn’t this like letting him wait for a windfall?
However, it seems like Song Tan doesn’t want him to enter Huo’s company.]
That’s a bit dissonance of narrative. Previously, it’s said that OMH had invited SY to join the company as soon as he graduated from university. But, he refused to avoid being in light and failing his revenge. He used the excuse of inheriting his father passion for education and became a teacher as his cover. His refusal also the reason OMH and the Huo put their guard down in front of him. Both of the narratives should be from SY’s p.o.v.
The invitation to join the company was probably a test to see what he was thinking. At the time, the answer they wanted was for him to say no. Now that he’s stronger and they’re wary of him, they want him under their eyes and offer him the carrot or the stick as needed. “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
It was also said that they couldn’t control him since he worked outside the company among other things. Offering him a job is definitive in order to control them and maybe get those drug recipes they want.
Thanks for the chapter!!!
Thank you!
Cannot wait for the downfall!!