Side Story 4 : Teacher Shen Turns Thirty
It was Song Tan who insisted on signing the contract with Su Ran.
Shen Yin didn’t stop Song Tan at the time, but he also had doubts in his heart.
Su Ran was Huo Yanlin’s sweetheart, but just an ordinary student.
What’s the point of signing a contract with her?
After seeing the original plot, he understood, oh… so, his wife was guarding against this.
“Foresight.”
“Thank you for the compliment, Teacher Shen.”
Song Tan felt : It’s really nice to have someone who will do naughty things secretly with her.
Su Ran naturally understood now that Song Tan had signed a contract with her just to trap her.
Naturally, she couldn’t fulfill the contract with Song Tan anymore.
But as for compensation…
Naturally, she didn’t want to compensate.
“I can understand why you don’t want to compensate, but I don’t quite understand why you’re still meddling with Huo Yanlin now.”
Song Tan couldn’t figure it out: “Don’t you know that the patent used in his new project is a prescription from his wife?”
When Su Ran heard the word ‘wife,’ her expression was obviously unnatural.
It seemed like she knew that what she was doing wasn’t quite honorable, so she felt a bit ashamed, but not much.
“His wife’s family is having some trouble now. Tell me, would he help you pay the compensation, or help his wife solve the financial crisis?”
Su Ran bit her lip.
From the moment she appeared in front of Song Tan alone, without Huo Yanlin by her side, she already knew the answer.
“Su Ran, when you signed this contract initially, you should have been clear in your heart what you were doing it for.”
It was for her future.
And now, she was ready to abandon her own future to gamble on something unknown.
Although Song Tan knew that if Su Ran really gambled, the result might not necessarily be a failure.
After all, Su Ran was someone with a female lead’s halo.
But how could Song Tan, being so kind-hearted, just watch a girl go astray?
“Are you really going to be a saint now and save someone who doesn’t deserve your love at all?”
Su Ran’s gaze became less determined.
In the end, her relationship with Huo Yanlin was unequal.
He was the young master of the Huo family, and she was just a common girl.
He couldn’t give up his identity as a young master, and she couldn’t disregard everything for him.
Their relationship simply couldn’t withstand the test.
Su Ran understood this very well.
She just never dared to admit it.
“The contract still stands, and if you agree, I can add another clause to send you abroad for further studies.”
Song Tan felt like a great philanthropist.
“I’ll cover the expenses.”
Gotta make money.
Since Song Tan had already spoken the words, she couldn’t go back on them.
So now, Song Tan’s thoughts on making money were very strong.
While Shen Yin was doing research with his students, Song Tan was immersed in writing novels.
From time to time, she would ask Shen Yin to play the male lead for her.
“Come on, let me give you a big slicked-back hairstyle.”
Shen Yin never liked using hair gel.
In Shen Yin’s view, it was inconvenient and a waste of time, not to mention it gave off a pretentious vibe.
“Are you sure you want me to put this on?”
Song Tan nodded.
She hadn’t seen Shen Yin with a slicked-back hairstyle before, so it should be…
Quite stylish.
After all, Shen Yin usually looked refined, but when they conspired to do mischief together, he was anything but refined.
Such a person, with a slicked-back hairstyle, should look super cool!
Song Tan looked very serious.
After confirming multiple times with Shen Yin, she finally let her hands roam through his hair.
Song Tony1‘s technique looked very skillful, but the result was somewhat disastrous.
Originally, she wanted to slick all of Shen Yin’s hair back and make it neat.
But whether it was because Shen Yin’s hair was too stubborn or what, the hair at the front simply couldn’t be fixed at the back and instead stood up towards the sky.
Song Tan continued spraying hair gel on top, trying to fix it, but instead of slicking back, it just kept shooting straight up.
Standing in front of Shen Yin, Song Tan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
It was too… too funny.
Song Tan usually laughed in a reserved manner, but now her laughter was anything but reserved.
Shen Yin : “…”
He found a mirror and glanced at himself.
Then he looked at Song Tan helplessly.
“I didn’t mean to, hahaha.”
Although it was true that she didn’t mean to, her smug look was really asking for trouble.
Shen Yin pulled her into his arms.
“So this is how the overbearing CEO from your family looks?”
Song Tan laughed and nodded, “Yes, that’s the overbearing CEO from my family.”
Shen Yin thought for a moment, and it seemed to be true.
He reached out and flicked her nose, “Mischievous.”
“Let me mess with it a bit more.”
Song Tan struggled out of his arms and tried to figure out a way to fix Shen Yin’s hair.
But before she could come up with a solution, Shen Yin’s students came over.
As soon as they entered, they saw Shen Yin and his wife messing with his hair.
“Wow, am I seeing things?”
“As expected of Shimu, daring to mess with the big boss.”
“Teacher Shen, that hairstyle is quite unique.” One brave student shouted loudly, prompting the rest of the students to laugh along.
Shen Yin glanced at them indifferently and then said, “Indeed, it’s unique, not something everyone can possess.”
The students : “…”
Teacher Shen continued to pierce : “You guys don’t have this much hair.”
The balding students : “…”
Now, do they have a good chance of murdering Teacher Shen?
After Song Tan struggled for a long time, she finally managed to somewhat flatten Shen Yin’s hair.
After flattening his hair, she followed Shen Yin to the living room.
“Why did you come today? Didn’t I give you a day off?”
Today was not a seminar day, but these students…
Shen Yin saw the cake in the corner.
He raised an eyebrow slightly.
“Congratulations on turning thirty, Teacher Shen.”
“Entering your thirties, you’re not a young’un anymore.”
“Yeah, you have to mature a bit.”
Shen Yin : “…”
These guys were waiting for revenge.
Shen Yin wasn’t much older than them, although he was serious at work, privately, he had helped them a lot.
If it weren’t for these students finding her, she wouldn’t have known that Shen Yin was still a warm-hearted person who liked to do good deeds in private.
Because he was warm-hearted, the students knew it was his birthday today and wanted to send their blessings.
But Shen Yin, in private, only liked to be with his wife, and the students didn’t want to disturb their private life, so they asked their Shimu first.
And their Shimu invited them over for a meal together.
But who knew that as soon as they came in, they saw Teacher Shen being ravaged mercilessly by his wife.
Today, without discussing seminars or projects, the atmosphere was more lively.
Shen Yin let them be noisy.
Song Tan sat on the side, with a smile on her face, watching them talk back and forth.
Shen Yin wasn’t actually a very dull person.
When chatting, you’d find that he knew a little about everything, even some internet slang, he understood a little bit.
But in the past, he never revealed this side of himself.
In front of the Huo family, he played the role of a bookish nerd who only knew how to study.
The Huo family really were blind.
But on second thought, Shen Yin was really impressive.
To completely transform himself into another person under the noses of those old foxes.
While admiring him, there was also a pang of heartache in Song Tan’s heart.
After so many years, living under the same roof as enemies, having to conceal his true nature, how did he manage to get through it all?
There was a hint of something strange in Song Tan’s eyes.
She was lost in thought and didn’t notice that Shen Yin, who was originally sitting, had stood up.
Then, he walked behind Song Tan.
And his finger brushed against her cheek.
Song Tan : ?
As she turned around, she saw that Shen Yin’s fingers were smeared with cream.
She touched her own cheek and found it also smeared with cream.
“Shen Yin, how old are you? Acting so childish?”
Shen Yin, who had already reached the age of thirty, couldn’t stand this.
“You think I’m too old.”
Song Tan : “Are you Shen Sansui2?”
With such a childish look, he really looks no older than three years old.
The students watching : (⊙O⊙)…
What’s the difference between this and watching a soap opera?
It’s like a live version.
They didn’t want to waste this prime VIP viewing opportunity, so during this rare moment of relaxation, they took quite a few photos with their phones.
“I just posted the video of them messing around in the class group chat, and everyone is calling it magical.”
“Hahaha, who would have thought that Teacher Shen is like this in private?”
“Hey, only Shimu gets this treatment.”
Shen Yin wasn’t much older than them, and with his good looks, many regarded him as a dreamy male god. However, he was often too aloof and strict, which hurt the hearts of many students who secretly admired him.
Now that they saw this side of Teacher Shen in private, they exclaimed in disbelief at the magic of it all.
[More, more, a little more, I love watching magical love stories like this!]
[This is way sweeter than a soap opera.]
[If I knew I could watch soap operas with Teacher Shen, I wouldn’t have chosen the old professor.]
[Agreed, the old professor keeps threatening us with his bald head every day.]
When choosing mentors, many people chose older professors because Shen Yin seemed young. While the old professor had teaching experience, he was conservative. Shen Yin was younger, but the projects he led had already produced several core journal publications for the group.
Not only that!
The atmosphere of their study group was something they truly envied.
“Were you little rascals taking pictures just now?”
After Shen Yin had finished joking with Song Tan, he came to trouble them.
The students trembled with their phones in hand.
Shen Yin had a serious expression at first, but seeing their faces, he couldn’t help but smile. “Show me what you’ve got.”
Students : “…”
“Teacher Shen, we took some really good pictures, you’re not going to punish us later, right?”
After sending the photos to Shen Yin, the young students started to worry again.
“Of course, there will be consequences later.”
Students : ???
“Eat all of this.”
Song Tan had prepared a large table of delicious food to celebrate his birthday.
The students realized it and immediately assured happily, “Yes!”
A few little rabbits went to eat, while Shen Yin saved the photos they took one by one.
Looking at the two people in the photos, he couldn’t help but smile.
Then he put away his phone and came behind Song Tan.
He wrapped his arms around her from behind.
“Wife.”
Song Tan had just wiped off the cream on her face. When she heard Shen Yin’s slightly coquettish voice, she suddenly felt a mesmerizing sensation.
“Come on, just use the voice you just used, call me again.”
Shen Yin : “…”
Author’s note :
Shen Yin : I’m getting older, can’t handle this anymore.
- Tony is kinda like a slang/nickname for hairdressers in China ↩︎
- Sansui literally means three years old, but Song Tan said it as if “Sansui” was his name. Basically, Song Tan is mocking Shen Yin for being childish like a three years old kid. ↩︎
SR is… How do I say it? 🤔 She’s not straight out evil on assumption that as an FL, I believe she has a bottom line of refusing to officially be a little lover of married man. But, she choose to linger around, stay, then help HYL when she fully know they love each other while he has a wife. She can pay his past favor/help in another way without staying close by his side.
When they have to leave an entanglement with a scum man/family, the other MC/FL wouldn’t hesitate to resign or asking from transfer from their workplace and/or university. So far, ST has little to no bad intention toward SR. As it can trouble HYL, I think ST would agree to sponsor her study in another city, province, or even aboard… As long as SR asked her. HYL has his halo as ML, but SR also has he own halo as FL. If someone can stay hidden from the ML’s crazy search, the FL is definitely one of them. So, it’s not like SR’s unable to stay away from HYL. She lacks conviction and will to cut her entanglement with the married man (HYL).
Other than about SR, I’m glad that the rest of this chapter is full of sweetness. 😃😄😃