For two consecutive days, it rained. Song Tan didn’t even step out of the house and stayed inside every day.
Fortunately, on the third day, the rain stopped and it was slightly warmer outside. Song Tan wrapped herself in a cashmere blanket and went to the small courtyard to bask in the sun.
The place they currently live in was a villa assigned to Shen Yin next to the Huo family’s old mansion.
According to Shen Yin, he used to only have a guest room in the Huo’s house, but considering his marriage, they allocated a two-story small villa next to the old mansion for him. This small villa also came with a small garden.
However, this place is a bit far from Shen Yin’s school, so usually he stays in the small villa assigned to him by the school.
But now, the two of them are newlyweds, and Old Master Huo wants them to spend more time at home, so they are temporarily living here.
Shen Yin didn’t say it, but Song Tan has seen the original plot and knows why Old Master Huo wants her to stay in the old mansion.
In the original plot, the old master asked her to stay in the old mansion not because she is Huo Yanlin’s wife, but because she has prescriptions in her hands.
One prescription cured the old master’s chronic illness for many years, and as for the other prescriptions… their value is immeasurable.
Therefore, many people in the Huo family have their eyes on the prescriptions in her hands.
However, the Huo family members are quite clever.
They won’t force her to give it; instead, they will try every means to make her willingly hand it over.
In the original plot, Huo Yanlin becomes cold and violent after marriage, and the old master plays the role of the mediator.
That old master really resembles her Grandpa.
She didn’t pay attention and fell into a gentle trap designed by the other party.
Song Tan reviewed it and felt that her performance in the original plot was indeed bad.
If she were both shrewd and ruthless, how could she lose so thoroughly?
With her eyes closed, Song Tan lay on the recliner, feeling the warmth of the sun, while thinking about things.
At this moment, she felt someone blocking the sun.
She gently opened her eyes and saw Huo Yanlin’s angry face.
She raised her eyebrows and said, “Yanlin, is there something you need from your Biao Sao?”
Upon hearing her calling herself Biao Sao, Huo Yanlin’s mouth twitched.
“You’re quite skilled at playing the role of Biao Sao.”
“That’s a strange thing for you to say.” Faced with Huo Yanlin’s strange tone, Song Tan remained calm and said, “Shen Yin is your Biao Ge, I married your Biao Ge, objectively speaking, I am your Biao Sao.”
After speaking, she seemed to remember something and said, “By the way, are you going to marry Jiaojiao? Or if you follow Jiaojiao, you can call me ‘Sister,’ and I can agree to it.”
“Song Tan,” Huo Yanlin clenched his teeth to keep himself from losing his composure due to anger. He looked at Song Tan’s delicate appearance and coldly sneered, saying, “Do you think you’ve married some pure and innocent thing?”
Seeing Song Tan lost in thought for a moment, Huo Yanlin felt he had struck a chord with her. He continued, “Shen Yin is not as simple as you think. Miss Song, don’t be too picky and choose a wolf that you can’t tame.”
Seeing Huo Yanlin’s suggestive expression, she looked at him and pointed behind him, saying, “Why don’t you explain it to him in person?”
Huo Yanlin frowned and turned around upon hearing her words.
Shen Yin stood there behind him, holding a plate of fruit.
Huo Yanlin didn’t know how long Shen Yin had been listening.
These days, Song Tan had read quite a few novels on LuJiang.
Among them, there was a genre that Song Tan quite liked, which was the Shura Field1.
It was thrilling.
Just like the current situation between Huo Yanlin and Shen Yin.
Although neither of them made any moves or said anything, she could see sparks flying between them.
This… is the Shura Field, right?
Song Tan walked up to Shen Yin’s side, took the fruit platter from his hand, and said to him, “You, jiayou2.”
Song Tan was a bit curious to see what Shen Yin would look like in a fight.
It was hard to imagine how someone like Shen Yin, who appeared weak, would fight.
Could he really beat Huo Yanlin?
Song Tan sincerely anticipated it for a moment, but both of them were adults now, and they were both in the Huo family.
Fighting… It was unlikely that they would actually fight.
Shen Yin looked at Huo Yanlin, but his attention was focused on Song Tan.
Did she have no thoughts or feelings when she heard Huo Yanlin’s assessment of him?
Or was she just pretending?
If she was acting, her acting skills were pretty good.
As she sat on the cushioned stone bench, holding the fruit platter and looking at him with encouraging eyes…
“Shen Yin, stop pretending. Project An No. 1… is it related to you?”
The Project An No. 1 had completely failed, and even if Huo Yanlin wanted to keep the information hidden, he couldn’t anymore.
So now everyone knows that Huo’s flagship project has encountered problems.
But when Shen Yin listened to his accusation, he pushed his glasses and said, “You’re blaming me too much.”
Huo Yanlin has no evidence.
If he had evidence, he wouldn’t be asking like this; he would directly come to settle the score with Shen Yin.
Huo Yanlin had an intuition that Shen Yin was up to something, not as simple as he appeared on the surface, so Huo Yanlin spoke up to test him.
However, Shen Yin remained unfazed.
He frowned and looked at him, saying, “Did you come all the way here just to say these things to me?”
Shen Yin’s attitude was as if he had witnessed a younger brother who wasn’t very obedient doing something stupid. He completely disregarded Huo Yanlin’s words, making Huo Yanlin seem extremely foolish.
Originally, Huo Yanlin didn’t feel embarrassed.
To him, Shen Yin was just a cousin with some blood relation, posing no threat. Even if he spoke ill of Shen Yin, so what?
But being treated so lightly by Shen Yin made him appear insignificant.
Huo Yanlin, who was accustomed to being proud, couldn’t bear this feeling.
“Do you think I’m secretly trying to tarnish your reputation behind your back?” Huo Yanlin’s lips curled as he took out his phone. “Do you really think I have no evidence at all?”
Shen Yin looked at him in silence.
On the side, Song Tan put a grape in his mouth and also looked at Huo Yanlin.
Both Shen Yin and Song Tan seemed like spectators enjoying the spectacle.
Huo Yanlin : “…”
Suddenly, Huo Yanlin felt like a clown jumping around.
“Song Tan, I won’t present it now, but you better open your eyes and see clearly for yourself.”
After saying that, Huo Yanlin glanced deeply at Shen Yin and turned to leave.
Once he left, Shen Yin looked at Song Tan.
Song Tan handed him a grape and said, “It’s pretty sweet, want one?”
Shen Yin glanced at the grape in her hand, then looked at her.
From beginning to end, it seemed like she hadn’t paid any attention to what Huo Yanlin said.
Did she truly trust him so much, or… did she have other thoughts but didn’t express them?
Shen Yin took the grapes she handed over and asked aloud, “What do you think about what Huo Yanlin just said?”
“My thoughts?” Song Tan pondered for a moment and said, “He was talking bad about you. In theory, even if you don’t hit him, you should criticize him properly.”
However, Shen Yin’s personality was too gentle, and she completely regarded those words spoken by Huo Yanlin as a child’s nonsense.
As a result, that idiot Huo Yanlin actually thought Shen Yin didn’t care about him and wanted to produce something to prove that he didn’t talk behind people’s backs.
Truly… it’s somewhat amusing.
Song Tan’s reaction and response made Shen Yin smile.
Within that smile, various emotions were hidden.
This Song Tan is indeed interesting.
He enjoys the feeling of encountering an equal opponent.
Regarding what Huo Yanlin said, Song Tan didn’t completely disregard it.
Although she tested Shen Yin several times and his reactions were in line with her expectations, she couldn’t be sure if he was pretending.
Song Tan wasn’t naïve enough to trust someone completely after only a few interactions.
However, even if Song Tan knew that Shen Yin is pretending, she had no intention of exposing it.
The way they were now…
She felt it was wonderful.
Song Tan stuffed a grape into her mouth again.
But then, the fruit platter was turned in a different direction by Shen Yin…
Song Tan : ?
“Grapes have a high fructose content. Have something else.”
Song Tan glanced down at the fruit platter.
She had been too engrossed in watching the show earlier and hadn’t noticed the arrangement of the fruit platter.
The fruit platter was also accompanied by fruits such as cherry tomatoes, kiwis, and snow lotus, which have different nutritional values.
At a glance, it was clearly carefully arranged.
“Did you carefully arrange this fruit platter?”
“It can’t be considered carefully, I just didn’t know your taste, so I added a few more varieties for you.”
“Thank you.”
Whether it was done intentionally or not, it was easy to see at a glance.
This Shen Yin gives people a feeling of gentle influence, quietly showing his goodness to others.
Compared to Huo Yanlin, who is foolishly infatuated, Shen Yin is obviously of a higher caliber.
However, Song Tan is not in a hurry.
For now, Shen Yin still meets her requirements.
Song Jiaojiao and Huo Yanlin have obtained their marriage certificates.
They didn’t have a wedding ceremony, but the tea-serving ritual was still preserved.
In the Huo family, Huo Yanlin’s marriage is a big deal.
Although they didn’t have a wedding ceremony, bringing the bride home for the tea-serving ritual was also a significant event.
All the people who could come back to Huo’s old mansion have returned.
They gathered in the front hall of Huo’s old mansion, with a defiant and unruly expression on their faces, characteristic of the Huo family members.
At this moment, Song Tan and Shen Yin appeared.
As soon as the two of them arrived, all the members of the Huo family turned their gaze towards the two.
It was as if… the two of them were the protagonists of the day.
Song Tan remained unchanged, coldly sweeping her eyes over them.
Huo family members : “…”
This Song Tan, her attitude was still so arrogant, still not placing them all in her eyes.
Since the last time Song Tan launched an indiscriminate attack on them, they had become somewhat apprehensive of her.
It wasn’t that they were truly afraid of her, but rather, they suddenly realized that this sick child who married into the Huo family wasn’t a pushover.
If they wanted to provoke her, they had to consider their own strength.
The old master clearly held gratitude towards Song Tan, so they couldn’t afford to offend her at this time.
Therefore, they could only show their respectful gaze towards Song Tan.
However, when Song Jiaojiao accompanied Huo Yanlin and entered, the gazes of the Huo family members were no longer as polite.
They looked at Song Jiaojiao with a slightly aggressive gaze, examining her.
Song Jiaojiao didn’t have the same psychological resilience as Song Tan. When she saw so many people looking at her, she nervously grabbed onto Huo Yanlin’s arm.
Huo Yanlin winced in pain.
Furrowing his brow, he looked at Song Jiaojiao and opened his mouth as if he wanted to reprimand her. However, considering that it was a critical moment for further cooperation between the Song and Huo families, he couldn’t afford any mistakes.
He forcefully suppressed his discontent.
He held onto Song Jiaojiao’s hand that was gripping his arm and was about to shake it off when he saw a familiar figure.
It was Su Ran.
Su Ran glanced at him and then at Song Jiaojiao next to him. She realized something, and tears welled up in her eyes all of a sudden.
As the tears threatened to fall, Su Ran bit her lip tightly, refusing to let the tears flow.
She turned around, pretending not to recognize Huo Yanlin, and walked straight towards Song Tan’s direction.
Huo Yanlin was confused.
Song Tan had a playful smile at the corner of her mouth as she looked at Huo Yanlin.
—Hey, are you surprised? You are surprised, right?
rokumi’s note : sorry, but for those who hasn’t seen my Temporary Hiatus Notice, please check it out.
- when two men fighting over one woman, or, two women fighting over one man ↩︎
- come on/fighting/ganbatte ↩︎
Thanks for the chapter !!!