20

Huo’s project ran into trouble, Old Master Huo fell ill, and Huo Yanlin is about to get married.

When these three things happened together, it kept the entire Huo family extremely busy.

Even Song Tan was called back to her natal house to help.

On the contrary, Shen Yin became the most relaxed person.

His school project was nearing completion, and he could delegate the remaining work to others.

His teaching duties were also coming to an end, with just some exam papers to prepare.

In one day, he finished the tasks that Song Tan asked for his help with.

Having completed all these tasks, Shen Yin looked around his room and felt that it was somewhat empty.

Especially at night, he stared at the ceiling, beginning to suffer from insomnia all night long.

Before, when Song Tan was lying beside him, he rarely had trouble sleeping.

Could it be that Song Tan was actually the remedy for his insomnia?

Shen Yin didn’t believe in such superstitious claims.

However, after experiencing another sleepless night, he headed straight for Song family’s old mansion.

Song Tan had been resting at the Song family’s old mansion for the past two days.

The main reason was to ensure that Song Jiaojiao could obtain half of the property rights of the estate and complete the transfer.

Once that half of the estate was officially transferred to Song Tan’s name, she would have no more worries.

The progress of this matter had been quite smooth, but perhaps due to the tension over the past few days, her insomnia had become somewhat severe.

And she lay in bed all night, and the beddings were all very cold.

Without Shen Yin, the temperature of the beddings had dropped.

Song Tan felt like her illness was about to relapse.

Song Tan took out her medicine and placed it in a row on the stone table.

But she didn’t want to take the medicine.

She had gotten used to having a piece of candy from Shen Yin’s hand after taking her medicine.

Now that Shen Yin was not there, there was naturally no candy.

Without candy, taking medicine became a painful ordeal.

Although it was already a painful task to begin with, without candy, it became even more unbearable.

Song Tan hesitated, staring at the medicine.

At this moment, she felt someone behind her.

Song Tan had just turned around, and a fluffy blanket was draped over her.

She looked up.

It was Shen Yin.

Song Tan’s eyes instinctively softened. “How did you come here?”

Just a moment ago, she was still thinking about him, and now he appeared in front of her. Could this be called… telepathy?

“I’ve completed the tasks you assigned to me, so I came to update you on the progress.”

However, he glanced at her and disapproved. “You shouldn’t be sitting on the stone bench.”

Even though there was a cushion on the stone bench, it would still feel cold.

“Let’s go inside the room?”

After saying that, he noticed the medicine on the stone table.

He checked his watch and said, “It’s been more than two hours past lunchtime now, and you haven’t taken your medicine yet?”

Song Tan : “…”

Although Shen Yin’s tone was gentle and soft, Song Tan always felt like she was facing a strict teacher and inexplicably nervous.

“I… It’s too bitter.”

Song Tan wore a pained expression, looking at Shen Yin.

Shen Yin had intended to say something more, but upon seeing her expression, he sighed helplessly and took out a piece of candy from his pocket.

“It’s orange-flavored.” Song Tan glanced at the packaging, then back at Shen Yin.

“Do you like it?”

Song Tan : “I do.”

However, she felt that things might not be so coincidental.

Every time Shen Yin took out candy, it seemed to surprisingly match her taste.

Could it be that coincidental?

Impossible.

Either he had deliberately observed what she liked to eat, or he had investigated it.

Song Tan’s eyes curved.

When Shen Yin brought the medicine to her lips, her smile disappeared in an instant.

Shen Yin’s voice remained gentle, but to Song Tan’s ears, it sounded like a devil’s voice.

“Take your medicine.”

Song Tan : “…”

After hesitating for a while, Song Tan finally took the medicine, used warm water to deliver it into her mouth, and instinctively opened her mouth to receive candy from Shen Yin’s hand.

When Shen Yin’s candy was placed in her mouth, his finger touched her lips.

Although it was only a brief two-second touch, it caused a slight change in the complexion of both of them.

However, both of them were skilled actors and played it off without anyone noticing the momentary anomaly in each other.

After taking the medicine and eating the candy, Song Tan picked up the document bag that Shen Yin had given her and examined the contents.

Shen Yin was quite efficient in handling things. There were a lot of procedures to complete, but Shen Yin had managed to finish them all in such a short time.

Moreover, he had done it very thoroughly.

Song Tan looked at the materials and didn’t notice that Shen Yin had come to sit by her wheelchair.

When she finished reading the materials, she discovered that Shen Yin had already leaned on her wheelchair and fallen asleep.

Shen Yin’s body was much taller than hers, so he sat on her wheelchair, extending quite a bit beyond it.

But he seemed not to feel uncomfortable; instead, he slept soundly.

Song Tan glanced at him a few times and, after confirming that he was truly asleep, covered him with the plush blanket he had just given her and then took off his glasses.

Song Tan had only seen him without his glasses once.

It was on the first day after their wedding, right after they had woken up in bed.

At that time, she saw him without his glasses.

When he didn’t wear glasses, he seemed to lose some of his scholarly air and gain a touch of coldness.

Song Tan looked at the sleeping Shen Yin and then raised his glasses to take a closer look.

Hmm… these glasses were surprisingly not for nearsightedness.

Song Tan didn’t have nearsightedness, so if she wore nearsighted glasses, she would feel dizzy.

But when she put on Shen Yin’s glasses, she didn’t experience any dizziness.

So, Shen Yin’s glasses should not have any prescription.

No wonder she thought Shen Yin’s eyes looked quite normal, without any signs of nearsightedness.

So, he’s not nearsighted… but he wears glasses for what reason?

To look good?

Indeed, Shen Yin looked good in glasses, but he probably didn’t wear them just for fashion.

It might be to make himself look more like a teacher, perhaps?

After all, he wasn’t much older than his students, and if he didn’t have any semblance of a teacher’s authority, it would be difficult to establish his credibility as an educator.

Song Tan took off the glasses and then went to push Shen Yin.

As soon as she pushed, Shen Yin woke up.

As he opened his eyes, Song Tan handed the glasses to him.

Shen Yin hesitated for a moment, then took the glasses and put them on.

“You don’t have nearsightedness, why do you still wear glasses?” Song Tan’s question made Shen Yin pause.

Then he explained, “Because my father wore glasses.”

Song Tan was also surprised by the explanation.

He continued, “My parents died in a car accident when I was ten years old, and I can’t remember what they looked like, but I remember that my father wore glasses.”

To remember his father, even though he didn’t have vision problems, he wore glasses like him.

Song Tan didn’t expect this reason.

After listening, she said, “My parents also passed away when I was very young, and I never got to see them. I’ve only seen them in a few old photos.”

Her mother was a gentle person, and her father, inheriting her Grandpa’s legacy, was a young and very handsome traditional Chinese medicine doctor.

It’s just a pity that she could only learn about them from photos and bits of information from her Grandpa.

When it came to this topic, the two of them indeed had a common subject to discuss.

However, both of them tacitly avoided delving deeper into this topic.

Everyone has a scar in their heart, a scar that can be touched occasionally but shouldn’t be opened all at once.

Fortunately, they both understood each other’s boundaries and only briefly mentioned it before moving on to a new topic.

“Did you not sleep well?”

Shen Yin’s complexion didn’t look too good, it was clear that he hadn’t rested well that night, otherwise, he wouldn’t have fallen asleep in her wheelchair.

“Hmm.” Shen Yin didn’t say that because she wasn’t there, he stayed awake until morning.

If he were to say this, she might not remain so composed.

He just said, “I’ve been quite busy these past couple of days.”

After speaking, he lowered his head, his hand covering his forehead, and he pressed his temples with his thumb and middle finger. “Maybe I didn’t sleep well. I’ll drive back and take a rest in a while.”

Song Yan : Hmm?

He said so.

If she couldn’t understand what he meant, that would be quite outrageous.

“Fatigue while driving is dangerous. Why don’t you rest here at my place before heading back?”

“Here?”

The Song family’s mansion was quite large, but only half of it belonged to Song Tan, and the only place to sleep was Song Tan’s bedroom.

Song Tan also realized this.

As she felt her face getting redder, she turned around, lifted her dress, and walked towards the bedroom. As she walked, she said to him, “Hmm, but my place here is not like the Huo family’s old mansion.”

Shen Yin watched Song Tan’s retreating figure, listened to her gradually fading voice, and curved his lips slightly.

“Your place… is quite nice.”

It wasn’t an intentional compliment; it was genuinely nice.

The Huo family’s old mansion, despite its prime location and dedicated maintenance, always gave people a suffocating feeling.

But the Song family mansion was different.

He took a deep breath and said, “I smell the scent of medicinal herbs.”

Upon hearing his words, Song Yan explained to him, “There’s a medicinal herb garden behind my room.”

They can see it by opening the window.

However, this medicinal herb garden had been abandoned since her Grandpa passed away. Song Tan wanted to replant it, but her health wouldn’t allow it. Moreover, Song Zhiwen and his wife didn’t allow her to cultivate the herb garden, so she could only postpone it and not hire anyone to do it.

Wait for her to get back the half property rights, and it will be fine.

At that time, she can do whatever she wants.

Song Tan withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at her bed.

“My bed might be a bit small, would you… like to lie down?”

Everything in Song Tan’s room was custom-made from solid wood, reminiscent of the boudoir of ancient wealthy young ladies.

Especially after he came in, he could still smell a faint scent of incense in the room.

He looked even more like a man who had suddenly intruded into the boudoir of a wealthy young lady.

If Shen Yin were a gentleman, he should leave at this moment.

But he wasn’t.

Moreover, he was the legitimate husband of the owner of this boudoir.

So, he could rightfully sit on Young Lady Song’s bed.

Then he stretched out… and curled up his legs to take a nap.

His eyelids had never been so heavy.

As if he wanted to sleep back all the sleep he had missed before.

In less than a minute, Shen Yin fell asleep.

Song Tan : ???

He fell asleep so quickly?

Song Tan was a bit stunned.

To be honest, just now, she was testing him.

She wanted to see if Shen Yin had any ulterior motives for staying overnight, so she could plan accordingly.

But it seemed like he really just wanted to take a nap.

And because the bed was shorter than his body, he ended up curling his legs while sleeping.

It was just… actually, kind of funny.