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[Have you eaten?]

Song Tan looked at these three words, and her lips curled slightly.

This Shen Yin, really treats her like raising a pig.

Now, he even has the leisure to ask her if she’s eaten.

Song Tan thought for a moment and replied with an emoticon.

On the other side, after scanning his phone a few times, Shen Yin finally received a message.

It was from Song Tan.

The emoticon she replied with: [Patting belly/Hungry.gif]

Shen Yin’s lips curved up instantly.

He stood up, took his suit jacket.

“Hey, where are you going?”

Fu Ling turned around and saw Shen Yin picking up his clothes to leave.

“Going to eat.”

“Take me with you, I haven’t eaten either.”

Fu Ling followed along, and Shen Yin glanced at him, “There’s a restaurant downstairs, go eat by yourself.”

“No.” Fu Ling instinctively retorted, then realized, “You’re going to have meals with Sister-in-law¹, aren’t you?”

Fu Ling had been wanting to meet Song Tan for a long time.

“I also want to have meals with Sister-in-law!”

Shen Yin : “…”

Just as the food was being served on the table, Shen Yin came back.

He brought someone with him.

“Hi, Sister-in-law.”

Song Tan’s eyes flickered.

Fu Ling.

In the original plot, he died miserably.

Huo Yanlin found out that Fu Ling had colluded with another company and planned to send him to the police station for selling company secrets.

As a result, he fled abroad that night, accidentally fell into the sea, and his body was discovered by fishermen a month later.

“Sister-in-law?”

Fu Ling saw Song Tan staring at him in a daze, while Shen Yin beside Fu Ling looked like he wanted to dig Fu Ling up with his eyes.

Too scary…

“Sorry, I zoned out just now.” Song Tan snapped out of it and smiled faintly at Fu Ling.

“It’s okay.” Fu Ling had just finished speaking when he felt a chill down his spine.

“Sister-in-law, I’m Fu Ling. I’ve been good friends with Shen Yin for many years. I’m shamelessly coming to freeload a meal today.”

This was indeed shameless.

And very presumptuous, he even went to the kitchen to instruct to add two more dishes he liked.

While Fu Ling was in the kitchen, Song Tan glanced at Shen Yin.

Shen Yin frowned slightly, “He insisted on following. If you mind, you can kick him out.”

“Mind? Why would I mind?”

After saying this, Shen Yin’s face darkened even more.

It seems she really has a way to adapt easily.

Whether it’s towards him or others, she uses the same tactics.

Can’t she just use them only towards him?

“He is your friend, and this is the first time you’ve brought a friend home, so of course we must treat him well,” said Song Tan.

After saying this, Song Tan could clearly see Shen Yin’s furrowed brow relax.

Song Tan smiled.

Shen Yin, this person, sometimes seems inscrutable, but at other times, he’s surprisingly transparent.

Just like a child.

He gets jealous over anything.

But, he’s easily appeased.

Just a couple of words, and his expression immediately brightens.

“His skin is thick, you don’t need to worry about him.”

That’s what’s said, but seeing Song Tan greet Fu Ling as a hostess, Shen Yin’s feelings are quite different.

Fu Ling came specifically to see Song Tan, his Sister-in-law.

He’s not unfamiliar with Song Tan.

Initially, when Song Tan appeared, she directly disrupted their original plans.

They all thought she would choose to marry Huo Yanlin, and then hand over her Grandpa’s efforts to the Huo family, allowing them to contribute to the Huo family’s medical research.

However, Song Tan unexpectedly turned to Shen Yin.

She wanted to marry Shen Yin.

Shen Yin has been low-key for these years, although living under the eyes of the Huo family, he has been planning revenge since he was very young.

In full view of everyone on Shen Yin’s side, Song Tan choosing Shen Yin made them hesitant to act rashly.

They were forced to suspend their plans.

Originally, they thought Song Tan’s choice to marry Shen Yin was a conspiracy of the Huo family, but later they found out that Song Tan did not intend to hand over the prescriptions in her hands to the Huo family.

Afterward, when Shen Yin confirmed that Song Tan was not on Huo family’s side, they continued to advance their plans.

During this period, Shen Yin has always played the role of a good husband.

But who knew, he seemed to have gotten too deep into the act and couldn’t get out.

Fu Ling came over just to see what kind of charm this woman had to seduce a man like Shen Yin.

Contrary to his expectations, Song Tan isn’t clingy.

In fact, she’s a bit… ‘aloof’?

To say aloof doesn’t quite fit.

Because her features are gentle, she appears very soft, not cold at all.

But she gives off an aura that’s not very approachable.

This feeling is also present in Shen Yin.

Despite Shen Yin’s seemingly gentle and cultured appearance, it’s not that easy to become his friend.

So, are these two attracted to each other because of their ‘like-mindedness,’ thus falling in love with each other?

Fu Ling feels like his guess is correct!

Song Tan knows Fu Ling is sizing her up.

He’s Shen Yin’s brother, so the original plot of colluding with other companies probably refers to the two of them teaming up.

In the original plot, one died from falling into the sea, and the other died away from home.

Both of their endings were very tragic.

“Eat more,” Song Tan called out again.

Fu Ling’s movements with his meal paused.

At first, he thought Song Tan was just being polite, inviting him to eat.

But now, he felt like he was a pig in a pigpen, eating a little more just to await slaughter.

Especially under Shen Yin’s gaze, that feeling was intensified.

He put down his bowl and said, “I’m full.”

“Eat and leave,” Shen Yin ruthlessly drove the guest away.

“I’m not leaving. If I leave after Sister-in-law’s hospitality, it wouldn’t be very polite.”

Hearing this, Song Tan innocently blinked.

“He’s a guest, yet you’re always thinking about driving him away,” Song Tan said to Shen Yin, then turned to Fu Ling, “Feel free to play around, no need to be polite, just treat it like your own home.”

Shen Yin frowned and glared at Fu Ling.

Fu Ling smiled back at Shen Yin playfully, then said to Song Tan, “Sister-in-law is still the best.”

With that, he stayed and surveyed the Song family’s old mansion.

Shen Yin had specifically instructed Fu Ling to go through several channels to buy half of its ownership.

The process was very troublesome and tedious.

But Shen Yin insisted on putting in the effort to obtain half ownership of the mansion.

Now, taking a look, it seemed quite worthwhile.

Fu Ling walked around the mansion. As he turned, he saw Shen Yin and Song Tan sitting in the courtyard with a teapot on the table.

The sky was getting dark, the light around dimming, and the lights inside the mansion were lit. Under the dim yellow light, the steam from the tea rose, making the two of them appear somewhat ethereal, like immortals in a fairyland.

These two, whether in appearance or temperament, were quite compatible.

But…

He wonders if Shen Yin’s sincere heart can receive the same sincerity in return.

After eating his fill of dog food, Fu Ling left, leaving only Shen Yin and Song Tan in the courtyard.

As for the people protecting them, they were stationed outside.

The tea in front of the two began to emit steam. Just as Song Tan was about to reach for it, Shen Yin snatched it first.

“I’ll do it.”

Shen Yin’s movements in making tea were elegant. Watching his actions, Song Tan suddenly sighed.

Shen Yin paused in his tea-making.

“What?”

Does she finally have something to complain to him?

“Your posture in making tea is so elegant.”

Shen Yin : “…”

The boiling water brewed the tea leaves, causing them to unfurl in the tea water. The water turned into tea, while the tea leaves returned to their original appearance, floating in the tea.

Shen Yin passed the tea to Song Tan.

“This tea smells great, but it’s still too hot right now. If you drink it, you’ll definitely get burned.”

She lifted the tea lid and gently blew on it.

“Wait until it cools down a bit, then it won’t burn.”

Shen Yin could easily tell that she was teasing him.

He reached out and ‘snatched’ the tea that Song Tan had just blown on, bringing it to his lips.

“It’s cooled down after being blown on, and now it’s been snatched away.”

Song Tan looked at his ‘domineering’ yet somewhat childish move and chuckled.

“If it’s snatched away, there’s always a second cup of tea.”

“But I like this cup.”

Song Tan was momentarily stunned by Shen Yin’s words.

If it were her, she would choose the next cup if this one spilled.

But Shen Yin’s choice seemed different from hers.

“I like this cup. I will hold onto it firmly.”

“Even if it’s hot?”

“Even if it’s hot, I’ll hold onto it.”

Song Tan : “…” She suddenly realized that Shen Yin was somewhat crazy.

Author’s note:

Shen Yin : You’re the water, I’m the tea leaves.

Song Tan : Are you saying you want to brew me?

¹ as Fu Ling considers Shen Yin as his brother, he refers to Song Tan, Shen Yin’s wife, as Sister-in-law ↩︎