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Chapter 146 – Liangqian’s side story

In the sunny spring of March.

At the gate of junior highschool, new students come and go, and a black car is parked on the side of the street.

Inside the car, Liang Qian, in blue and white school uniform, her skirt fell to knee-length, revealing two tender white calves, her face was bright, and her jet black hair was tied up in fluffy ponytail style. A girl who had just turned sixteen was like a peerless sprout, full of vibrant. 

“I’ll go in with you.” The boy who spoke was also in a school uniform. He’s tall, with a straight nose and deep eye sockets. Looking quite dashing and handsome.

Qian Qian shook her head: “I can go in by myself.”

He frowned: “Will you be able to find the registration office?”

“If you can’t find it, I’ll just ask someone.” Liang Qian didn’t want to look at him, so she took her bag and got out of the car.

Watching her walking away, Ouyang sighed heavily. 

Since Qian Qian grew up, the two became more and more estranged. She didn’t cling to him like she did when she was a child, and she didn’t want to share anything interesting with him anymore. On weekends, the people who spend time with her are a few girls, they are Qian Qian’s best friends, and their relationships are very good. 

He was a little sad but unable to speak.

“Young Master Ouyang, we’re going to be late.”

“Let’s go.”

The engine started, the car turned around and left. 

Standing at the gate, Qian Qian puffed her cheeks looking at the car driving away. 

“Good morning, Liang Qian.”

The girl who came to greet her had short hair. Her name is Zhou Ning. They had been friends since primary school. After graduating from lower secondary school, they entered unper secondary school together. 

“Good morning, Ning Ning.”

Zhou Ning took Liang Qian’s arm intimately: “Did your Brother Ouyang take you to school again?”

Liang Qian blushed: “Don’t talk nonsense, Brother Ouyang is not my….”

Seeing her shy appearance, Zhou Ning couldn’t help teasing her: “You used to always say you wanted to marry Brother Ouyang and did not let us play with him. You’re feeling shy now.”

“It was a joke!” Liang Qian hurriedly covered Zhou Ning’s mouth afraid that the people around would hear it, “Stop talking nonsense, it’s not good for others to hear.”

People will eventually grow up.

Before Qian Qian said she would marry Ouyang, and would have many children with him, but back then she was just a kid and did not understand anything. Now that she grew up, she realized how shameful and embarrassing those words were. 

“Okay, I won’t tease you anymore.” Zhou Ning was afraid that this little princess would get angry, so she changed the subject, “Let’s go report first.”

“En, let’s go.”

The two walked towards the registration office hand in hand. 

Although Qian Qian’s family has a lot of money, she has a very good personality and good looks. Not long after the school started,s he became a prominent figure in the school. She was like a beautiful landscape, wherever she went, she could always get the boys’ attention and discussion. 

The last class on Wednesday afternoon is physical education class. In addition to their class, there are several senior students. 

Qian Qian wore sky blue sportswear. After exercising, her face flushed and several strands of hair were wet with sweat, she casually tucked it to the side of her face. Liang Qian stood quietly in the shade to rest, holding half a bottle of mineral water in her hand. 

Suddenly, a gust of wind slid past her ear, Liang Qian didn’t react on time, and was hit by the shutterlock. 

She froze for a moment and then looked over.

Under the strong sunlight, several boys standing not far away were laughing at her.

The young man in the lead has a sturdy figure and handsome face. 

He shook his racket: “Hey, throw the ball over.”

….How rude.

Liang Qian puffed her cheeks, picked up the shutterlock and threw it on the willow tree above her head, clapping her heads before walking away, leaving a few people dumbfounded. 

The school bell rang, and Liang Qian and Zhou Ning left the room together. 

“Today during physical education class, Zhao Yan seemed to be looking at you all the time, it’s really annoying.”

This name is a bit unfamiliar, she has never heard of it.

Liang Qian asked: “Who is Zhao Yan?”

“An alethic student from senior class, I heard that he is admitted to Gao Da University, and his family is quite rich, but he doesn’t do anything useful in life. To put it bluntly, he’s simply good for nothing.”

Liang Qian searched the memories in her mind and asked : “Is that the tall one?”

“Yes, that’s him. Zhao Yan’s friends are all gangsters in the society, Qian Qian, you have to be careful.”

Liang Qian smiled and didn’t take it to heart.

Her brother also arrived home at the same time as her.

Liangshen threw his schoolbag on the sofa, walked past the tea table and entered the kitchen. When he came out, he had two pieces of cake in his hands. He devoured the cakes but didn’t forget to come over and gave her a kiss on the face.

“Older Brother, it’s dirty!” Qian Qian covered her face with angry glare. 

Liangshen slightly raised his eyebrows, and after taking another big piece of the cake, he sucked his fingers with satisfaction: “Did someone bully you at school?”

“No one bullied me.”

Liangshen: “If someone does it, just tell me, this brother will beat that person to death.”

“Who are you going to beat to death?”

Behind him, the man’s voice was deep and majestic.

Liangshen’s smiley face froze instantly. He turned around and looked: “….Dad.”

Lin Suizhou has entered middle age, and his aura has become even colder. 

He gave Liangshen a cold glance: “Let me ask you why the corner of the landscape painting I hung in my study was ripped?”

Liangshen: “…..”

Landscape painting??

When did his father get the landscape painting?

Liangshen shook his head and flatly denied it: “I don’t know, I didn’t do it.”

At this moment, Chuyi and Ouyang walked in together.

Liangshen immediately pointed at Ouyang: “Ouyang did it.”

Ouyang who just came back from the outside was a little confused. 

Lin Suizhou’s face darkened: “Come to me immediately. Causing trouble for me almost everyday, and always blaming Ouyang for your mistake, today I have to have a talk with you, come upstairs immediatly!”

“No” Liangshen has a bitter face, “When did you start playing with ancient paintings? Are you seventy or eighty years old? Isn’t this something for the elderly? Are you going to play with birds tomorrow?!”

“It’s none of your business!”

Liangshen: “Why are you yelling so loudly? Menopause? Mom——!”

“It’s no use calling your mother, go upstairs immediately!” Without wasting any time, Lin Suizhou dragged Liagnshen upstairs. 

Looking at Liangshen’s disappearing figure, Chuyi couldn’t help looking at Ouyang: “That painting seems to have been damaged by you.”

Ouyang touched his nose, feeling a little guilty. Although he had taken the blame for Liangshen countless times, but…that painting was really damaged by him. Even if he confessed, it would not help. It’s all because Liangshen had too many bad records in the past and lost the trust of his parents. 

Ouyang glanced over and line of sight fell on Qian Qian. He opened his mouth: “Qian…”

Before he could call her name, the little princess picked up her school bag and ran upstairs. 

Ouyang’s smile froze and his expression gradually became low spirit. 

Looking at Ouyang expression full of loneliness, Chuyi patted his shoulder: “Qian Qian is a teenage girl now, don’t be so strict with her.”

“I have to be strict, she’s so cute, many boys will lie to her.”

“…my sister is not an idiot.”

Ouyang looked over: “What about your brother?”

Chuyi said without changing an expression: “My brother is an exception.”

“…..”

Ouyang thought about it, and decided to have a talk with Qian Qian. 

After dinner, he came to Qian Qian’s room. He knocked on the door, but there was no movement coming from inside. Seeing that the door was half-closed, he carefully opened it and entered. 

The sound of water and the girl’s singing came from the bathroom, making Ouyang blushed. As he was about to leave, a letter fell out of the schoolbag and caught Ouyang’s attention.

It was made of pink paper with heart stickers attached to it.

Her pretty pupils narrowed slightly, and her fingers pulled out the thin envelope. His pretty pupils narrowed slightly, with two fingers pulling out the thin envelope.

[Are you interested in going out to play this weekend? From Zhao Yanliu.]

The messy and scribbled handwriting was undoubtedly written by a boy.

“Brother Ouyang, what are you doing here?”

Qian Qian’s voice interrupted the silence in the room, what’s more interrupted the imagination in his mind.

Ouyang turned around and saw the young girl who just took a shower was wrapped in a lovely bathrobe. The undried hair was casually scattered on her shoulder, and transparent droplets of water slid down the tips of the hair to the neckline.

Her delicate skin was like a newly ripe peach, lovely and charming. 

Ouyang’s gaze was too passionate and presumptuous. Qian Qian’s face quickly turned red, and quickly tightened her neckline. As she was about to tell him to get out, she noticed the envelope in his hand from the corner of her eye. She frowned and looked at him a little angry: “Did you look through my stuff?”

Ouyang came back to his senses: “Who is Zhao Yan?”

…Zhao Yan?

Qian Qian was stunned for a moment, before snatching the envelope over: “It doesn’t matter who he is, you looked through my stuff, you’re wrong.”

“I did not not look through your stuff.”

“You did!” Qian Qian bit her lip, “If you didn’t, did it run into your hands by itself?”

With others, Qian Qian always smiles at them like a little sunshine, but towards him, she is ruthless and willful, like an enemy. 

The expression on Ouyang’s face gradually turned cold, advancing a few steps closer, and looking down at her from a height: “Even if I looked through it, so what? Do you really want to go out with him?

Qian Qian didn’t notice the anger in his eyes, and stretched out her hand to push his chest: “You get out, I don’t want to talk to you”

Ouyang grabbed Qian Qian by her wrist, the tall body of the young man kept approaching, making the petite girl couldn’t retreat, and finally she was firmly pressed against the cold desk behind her. 

She reached out and  involuntarily grasped Ouyang’s shirt collar.

“You’re still in high school, and I don’t allow you to socialize with people with bad influence.” His jaw was tense, and his expression was full of danger. 

After being stunned for a while, her eyes suddenly turned red: “You control me!”

“Of course, I want to control you.”

She said louder: “What reason do you have to control me?!!”

Ouyang said as it should be: “Based on the reason we grew up together, you said you will marry me.” 

Qian Qian was taken aback, and suddenly found herself unable to refute. 

Her widened eyes were moist, her pink lips were slightly part, looking extremely alluring, Ouyang’s eyes darkened, and by a curious coincidence kissed her.

When their lips touched, the two were completely shocked.

Qian Qian’s curly eyelashes trembled back and forth, and the next second, tears fell down without warning. 

Salty tears fell into the corner of Ouyang’s lips, instantly awakening him from his dream. 

Ouyang departed from her lips in a panic, opened his mouth, but couldn’t utter a word. 

Qian Qian lowered her head and sobbing, her shoulders shaking, crying helplessly and wrongfully like a deer lost in the forest.

“Qian Qian, I didn’t mean it.” A few seconds later, his lost language system was reorganized again, and Ouyang frantically searched for a handkerchief from his pocket, “I, I, I really didn’t mean it, please don’t cry, okay?”

She covered her mouth, her round big eyes were dripping with tears, and her voice was vague: “I hate you!”

“Okay, okay, you hate me, hate all you want, don’t cry anymore.” Ouyang’s eyebrows furrowed together, carefully wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with that crumpled handkerchief, “I really didn’t mean to, don’t cry….”

Qian Qian shook off his hand.

“My, my first kiss is gone…”Before the words finished, tears fell again. 

Ouyang’s shoulders drooping, looking somewhat dispirited: “Mine is gone too…”

She burst into tears: “Why did you kiss me?!!”

Why?

This question has stumped Ouyang. 

He fixedly looked at the girl in front of him. Since he was very young, from the first time he saw her, he knew he liked her so much, chasing her like the night chasing the light. 

She’s the flower he holds in his palm, cared for and watered carefully, no one knows how much he likes this flower. 

“Because you are cute….”

Qian Qian’s tears stopped. 

Ouyang leaned over: “You are so cute, I couldn’t hold back, it’s my fault….”

She blushed slightly, and her heart began to beat faster. 

Most importantly…

She doesn’t seem to be angry anymore. 

Qian Qian lowered her head, and retrieved the envelope back with a swipe. After wiping away her tears, she turned around: “You, you get out.”

“Promise me, you won’t have a date with that boy.”

Qian Qian stamped her feet, with a little anxious: “I don’t want to date anyone, you go out!”

Ouyang smiled and leaned closer to her ear: “Really?”

The young man’s hoarse and chuckle voice, falling in her ear and making her whole body soft.

Qian Qian covered her ears, heat steaming on her face: Really! You, you quickly get out!”

Ouyang continued to tease her: “Who am I?”

“Brother Ouyang, you, you get out!”

He pursed his lips and left the room without saying anything.

The bedroom suddenly became quiet. After he left for a long time, Qian Qian finally had the courage to turn her head and looked at the closed door. She hurriedly went to lock the door, and then lay down in bed with peace of mind.

But Qian Qian’s heart was still restless, she stretched out her hand and touched her lips cautiously, the touch just now seemed to be coming back, making her face flushed. Qian Qian shyly rolled into blacket and curled herself up in it.

She doesn’t hate Ouyang, after all, the two grew up together, and Ouyang was never willing to let her suffer a little bit of grievance. But later, he became over controlling, and Qian Qian was a little annoyed, coupled with the teasing of the people around her, making the thin-skinned little girl extra shy and uncomfortable, as time passed, her heart wanted to escape. 

Qian Qian slowly got out of the blanket. At this moment, a message was received on WeChat. The sender was Ouyang. He didn’t say anything, only a photo. 

It was a tiny sunflower hairpin. The hairpin was damaged and some parts were faded. It can be imagined that this hairpin has been kept by someone for a long time.

[Qian Qian: Is this the one I gave you when I was little?”

[Ouyang: Yeah, I have kept it, and I also have always kept what you said.]

In fact, she can’t even remember what she said.

[Ouyang; I’m sorry for what happened today, but I don’t regret it at all.]

Qian Qian puffed her cheeks, and her originally better mood turned to the bottom again. She snorted and turned off the phone to sleep.

It was Friday. After a long day of study, the students slowly packed their backpacks, and they were not in a hurry to leave the class. They were discussing where to go on weekends. 

Zhou Ning, who was sitting in the front seat, turned around and said, “Should we go to the aquarium tomorrow? My parents got me two tickets, you and I can go together.”

Qian Qian shook her head: “Tomorrow I am going out with my mother.”

Zhou Ning pursed her lips: “Your family is really nice. Unlike me, see my parents once in half a year.”

Zhou Ning’s parents are both in business, they traveled a lot, leaving only her and the nanny at home.

Qian Qian smiled faintly: “If you don’t mind, you can go with us, but my mom is not easy to take care of.”

In other people’s families, the parents take care of their children, but when it comes to her family, the children take care of the mother. Her father is easy to fool, but her mother is different, she’s picky, hard to take along, and always causes others to worry. 

“Forget it.” Zhou Ning waved her hand, “I don’t want to join your family gathering.”

The two smiled at each other. After putting their stuff in the backpacks, they walked outside the school. 

It was still early at this time, and the two girls decided to go to the night market across the street for a stroll, but as soon as they stepped out of the school gate, they were surrounded by five or six gangsters. 

A few of them seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, smoking cigarettes and riding a small electric scooter. Zhou Ning was so frightened that she stared with her eyes wide open and did not speak for a long time. After being stunned for a while, Qian Qian noticed that Zhao Yan was among them. 

“Hey, did you receive the letter I sent you the other day?” Zhao Yan held a cigarette in his hand, with a frivolous expression. 

Speaking of letters, she remembered the envelope that she had thrown into the trash can a long time ago.

“Are you going to the night market? Do you want to go together? How dangerous only the two of you.”

“No need, we are about to go home.” Zhou Ning is not stupid, she could tell Zhao Yan and his group were coming on to Qian Qian. After a brief moment of fear, she quickly pulled Qian Qian and ran off. 

Within two steps, they were stopped by the guy riding an electric scooter. 

“If you want to leave, go ahead. I just want to talk to Liang Qian.” Zhao Ran said with a smiling expression, dropped his cigarette butt and approached them. 

Liang Qian gripped onto Zhou Ning’s hand tightly and retreated vigilantly.

Zhao Yan bent over: “Sister, I haven’t received a response letter from you. Since that’s the case, it’s a yes, right?

“I, I never received your letter.”

“How is it possible? I saw your classmate help me deliver it  with my own eyes.”

Qian Qian did not know how to escape from the situation, feeling extremely flustered. 

“Liang Qian.”

The young man’s voice was gentle and familiar sounding behind her. 

Liang Qian turned her head to look, under the dazzling evening sun, his figure was straight, looking through the crowd, and his gaze fell directly on Liang Qian.

Liang Qian bit her lower lip and almost couldn’t hold back the tears.

“What are you guys doing?” Ouyang walked past those people and pulled Qian Qian behind him.

Ouyang is tall, his height is about 1.8 meters. Even though he is not muscular, when he stood in the middle of them, he instantly suppressed the arrogance of those little thugs.

Zhao Yan scanned Ouyang up and down: “Who are you?”

His expression was cold. Without even looking at Zhou Yan, he held Qian Qian’s hand and was ready to walk away. 

“Wait a minute, fellow, you are quite arrogant.” The thug with curly hair riding an electric scooter once again stood in front of Ouyang. 

Ouyang narrowed his eyes, raised his foot and kicked over. Only to hear a bang sound, the young thug  fell along  with his electric scooter on the side of the road. Qian Qian exclaimed in shock, and stood aside, not daring to move at all.

“F**k!”

Seeing that their friend was knocked to the ground, the others immediately rolled up their sleeves and rushed over.

Ouyang took off his backpack and threw it heavily on the head of the attacker and his strong and powerful hands pulled another person over, bent his knee, and hit the opponent’s abdomen. The gangsters fell to the ground with a muffled grunt of pain. 

Ouyang’s face was expressionless, with a cold and murderous look in his eyes.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Yan, and before Zhao Yan could react, Ouyang pulled his hair and bumped it into the wall. 

Zhao Yan is an athletic student, his body is much taller and stronger than Ouyang. However, facing Ouyang’s attack, he is as helpless as a chicken. 

Ouyang’s bony five fingers were pulling at his scalp, and the veins on the back of his hand were bulging: “As a senior year student, you should study hard, don’t learn from gangsters and block the  ladies, understood?”

“Un- understood.” Zhao Yan was sweating in pain all over his forehead, and daring not to resist. 

He lowered his eyes, looking at humiliated Zhao Yan with a condescending attitude: “Are you still going to ask my sister on a date?”

“No, no, no more.” Zhao Yan closed his eyes, “You let go, it hurts!”

Sticky liquid slid down from his forehead, it was blood.

He let go of Zhao Yan and then put his long arm around Qian Qian who was still in complete shock: “Let’s go.”

She let him lead her like a piece of wood, and didn’t even have time to say goodbye to Zhou Ning.

After getting into the car, Qian Qian noticed that the back of Ouyang’s hand was cut and bleeding, probably from the fighting just now. 

She bit her lower lip and timidly raised her eyes to look at Ouyang who was starting the car. 

He has a handsome side profile, displaying a bit of arrogance and unruly.

“….Brother Ouyang.”

“Huh?’ He replied casually. 

“Your, your hand is bleeding.”

Ouyang lowered his eyes, sucked the blood from the wound with his mouth randomly, and continued driving.

“This isn’t gonna work.” Qian Qian shook her head, “You stop the car.”

He obediently parked the car on the side of the road.

Qian Qian took out a wiper from backpack to wipe and disinfect the wound, after that she took out a pink bandage which she always carried with her, and carefully sticking it on his wound. She said with two cute dimples appeared on her fair face: “It’s OK now~”

The little princess smiled like the sun, melting his fiery chest instantly. 

Ouyang looked at her firmly: “Qian Qian, what I said before counts.”

Qian Qian was taken aback for a moment.

“No matter what you think of me, I have always been serious from the beginning to the end. I want to be with you, I want to marry you when you grown-up, and I want to be by your side forever. I was too impulsive that day when I kissed you, I hope you…don’t get angry anymore.”

When he said the last sentence, his tone was extremely weak. 

Qian Qian’s eyelashes trembled, her heart was beating wildly, she bit her lower lip, and made a bold move that shocked even herself. 

The cute girl leaned over, cupped his face, and kissed his chin.

After a brief touch, Qian Qian sat up straight, leaving Ouyang in shock in his seat. 

Qian Qian tightly pulled on the seat belt, with her head lowered and wiggled her toes: “I, I can only date when I am in college.”

Ouyang’s eyes wandered, and he felt hallucinations in his ears, so he couldn’t help but lean closer: “What did you just say?”

“I said I can only date when I am in college!” Qian Qian raised her head, her face was blushing, and her eyes were shining brightly, “Dad…Dad won’t let me have a boyfriend too soon. You are so annoying, why are you asking me ….”

As she spoke, she shrunk her head back.

Looking at the young girl’s rosy face, Ouyang asked softly: “You don’t hate me anymore?”

“I never said I hated you.”

Ouyang: “You said you hated me last night.”

Qian Qian glared at him angrily: “I would not have said that…if you hadn’t kissed me.”

Ouyang insisted: “But you also kissed me just now.”

“I didn’t kiss your mouth.”

Ouyang moved closer: “Now you can kiss me on the mouth, I didn’t say I won’t let you kiss.”

Qian Qian was taken aback, and turned away looking out at the window: “I don’t want to talk to you anymore….”

She’s not a fool, she wouldn’t let anyone take advantage of her, even if he’s her childhood sweetheart. 

Ouyang likes the way the little princess has her temper the most. From childhood to now, she looked the cutest and most attractive when she was angry.

“Okay.” Ouyang patted her head, “I won’t tease you anymore.”

Qian Qian snorted, and still ignored him. 

The car started moving again, and he looked forward: “I just got paid, I want to take you out for dinner, what do you want to eat?”

Qian Qian blinked: “Where did you get your pay?”

Ouyang is now a sophomore in college, not to mention, he is majoring in computer science which has a lot of homework. 

“I did part-time jobs during the summer vacation, and I only get my salary now.” Ouyang smiled, “I’m not small anymore, I can’t keep living at your house, I want to move out when I find a suitable place.:

Hearing this, Qian Qian’s heart sank into the dead sea in an instant.

Her eyes were red: “Does it mean…you will no longer stay at home?”

“En.” Ouyang nodded, “It’s acceptable to live at your house when I was underage, but now I have the ability to live alone, I can’t continue to depend on Papa Lin. Not to mention…”

There was a red light ahead.

The car slowly stopped, under the shattered neon lights, his eyes were focused, and his smile was gentle: “If I can’t even take care of myself, how can I take care of my most important person?”

Qian Qian’s pupils constricted, and her heart suddenly filled with great emotions, followed by deep depression and sadness. 

She has been with Ouyang since she was three years old. She never thought that she would leave her one day, or dare to think about it.

The tip of Qian Qian’s nose was red, and started crying again.

Ouyang looked quite helpless: “It’s not that I won’t come back, why are you crying?”

“I, I…I’m not crying.” Qian Qian rolled up her sleeves and wiped away the tears, “I am not crying, don’t talk nonsense.”

“Okay, okay, you are not crying.” Ouyang hurriedly touched her face with one of his free hand, “Qian Qian, you need to grow up quickly.”

She bit her lower lip and looked outside the car window again. 

Ouyang’s moving out process was very quick. After he found a suitable place in the second week, he packed with minimal stuff and left the villa where he had lived for more than ten years.

After he left, the huge house was instantly emptied, and so was Qian Qian’s heart. 

Half a year passed like this, Qian Qian couldn’t bear the longing and sneaked out to the apartment where Ouyang lived. 

Ouyang shared the house with three people, all of whom were students from the computer science department. When Qian Qian appeared at the door, there were several rough men inside the house, they were shirtless and busy programming. 

At first glance, they saw a petite little girl with a delicate-look, those guys cleaned up at top speed, and rolled out of the house in a hurry. 

“Why are you here?” Ouyang rubbed his hair, somewhat surprised and a little embarrassed. His place is small and messy. His roommates are all male and don’t like cleaning very much. Qian Qian is accustomed to being finicky, and knew she couldn’t stand this kind of environment. 

“I want to come to see you.” Qian Qian looked at Ouyang with her eyes brimming with tears, “Brother Ouyang, why don’t you go back with me? Mama misses you too, she has gained a few pounds from thinking about you too much. My second brother has bullied me every day, you are not around, no one cares…”

As she spoke, her little face became lonely.

Ouyang burst out laughing. After laughing enough, he leaned over and hugged her in his arms: “You want me to go back?”

“En.” Qian Qian nodded seriously. 

“We need to wait for the future.” He held up the little princess’s face, “Promise me that you will study hard and enter the university, can you do that?” 

“Yeah!” She nodded vigorously again.

After that day, Qian Qian began to study hard. Not only did she get into the university, but she also got very good academic performance. 

On the day of her graduation, Ouyang wanted to celebrate only the two of them. Whe he asked what gift she wanted, Qian Qian said she wanted to visit the bar. She has never been to a bar in her life. 

Ouyang didn’t want to agree at first, but seeing that Qian Qian was in high spirits, he had no choice but to agree, so he took her to a local bar called Jia Yao. 

The lights in the bar were flickering, music was so loud, men and women were intimately dancing on the dancefloor. The atmosphere was easy to cause trouble, Qian Qian drank a few cocktails in a row.

She got drunk successfully.

Ouyang had no choice and could only take her to his place. 

Over the years, he and his friends have opened an office, the business is doing well and he already has his own home.

As soon as they entered the door, the drunk Qian Qian fell straight onto the sofa like a puddle of mud.

Ouyang was tormented by her all night. He half-unbuttoned his shirt with his slender fingers, stepped forward and patted her hot face, whispered: “Qian Qian, go take a shower first.”

Qian Qian squinted her eyes, extended her soft arms wrapped around Ouyang’s neck, and the next second, sending her seductive red lips over.

Ouyang was startled. In the next second, an indescribable restlessness arose in his body.

“Brother Ouyang, can you be my man?”

He knew that this was drunk talk, but it was enough to make him lose his mind and go crazy. 

In this world, no one knows how much he loves her, not even Lin Liangqian herself.

Ouyang bent down to pick her up and walked into the bedroom.

Pata, the door was closed.

A night without a dream.

When he woke up the next day, Ouyang found that Qian Qian was wrapped in a blanket and sitting on the edge of the bed, with her big eyes looking confused and wronged. 

Ouyang rubbed his temple: “You’re up?”

Qian Qian did not have clothes on her. After catching a glimpse of a few scratches on his chest, her face turned even redder. Thanks to drinking too much, besides not feeling a little uncomfortable, her body didn’t feel much pain for the first time, just…just a little shy.

“I’ll go make you breakfast. Just lie down for a little while.”

Ouyang was very natural, not at all awkward. 

As soon as he put on his clothes, Qian Qian’s little hand pulled the corner of his shirt

“What’s wrong?”

“You, aren’t you supposed to say something?”

Ouyang suppressed his smile: “What am I supposed to say?”

Qian Qian puffed her cheeks: “In dramas on TV, after male and female lead had s*x, the male lead will hug the female lead and call her baby, you didn’t even coax me.”

“…..”

Well, her habit of watching 8pm TV series has not changed at all. 

Ouyang took a deep breath and looked at her seriously: “Are you sure you want me to hug you?”

“Hmm…”

Ouyang: “I can hug you, but I can’t guarantee what will happen next.”

Qian Qian stared at him with wide eyes, and pulled up the blanket to cover her face.

“Little silly…” After revealing a smile full of pampering, Ouyang walked into the kitchen with his messy hair.

A month later…

Qian Qian walked into Ouyang’s work place with a pale face. In the empty office, Qian Qian stood in front of Ouyang with a face full of panic and helplessness. He had never seen her with such an expression before, and immediately thought she had suffered a bad blow.

“What’s wrong? Someone bullied you?” Ouyang got up and hugged Qian Qian.After that he carefully helped her sit on the sofa. 

Qian Qian didn’t speak,  tremblingly took out a doctor’s report from her handbag and handed it over.

Ouyang lowered his eyes to take a glance at it and his face turned pale instantly: “Are you sick?”

Her eyes were slightly red and said with a weeping tone: “I, I’m pregnant, wooo…what should I do? My dad will kill me!”

Her dad always thought she’s still a little baby who had never held hands with a man, never watched Rate R movies, with physiological knowledge only divided into male and female. If he knew that his baby girl had a baby…she would not dare to think about it.

Just thinking about it makes her dizzy and nauseous. 

Qian Qian clutched her chest and retched twice and weakly said: “I’m not feeling well, so I went for a checkup. What should I do…Dad will beat me to death.”

…It turned out it’s not cancer. 

Ouyang breathed a sigh of relief. As he though Qian Qian loves to watch dog blood movies, but it doesn’t mean her life will be like the heroine in the dog blood movie. 

Looking at the black and white ultrasound image, his heart was suddenly surrounded by a great sense of satisfaction, but soon after his heart sank, “Dad won’t be willing to kill you but he will kill me.”

The result….

Ouyang was beaten half to death by Lin Suizhou. 

Even if he is angry, after all, he has raised this boy since he was a child. Not to mention, even if he wanted to beat him to death, his wife won’t allow it.

Soon after, the two got married, and a few months later, Qian Qian secretly gave birth to twins. 

Since his family had no throne to inherit anyway, so Ouyang let the two children took Qian Qian’s surename, one named Lin Jia and the other one named Lin Yao.

Wheneverr someone asked about the meaning behind their names, Ouyang just smiled and said nothing, only Qian Qian’s face turned red and secretly pinched his waist.

When the twins turned four, Qian Qian became pregnant again. It was a girl. 

In the dead of night, a tall man put his arms around her waist, and his voice was low and gentle: “Let’s have our daughter surname Xu, called Xu Muqian.”

Time is gentle and I admire you.

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TN: This is the end of the side story. I hope everyone enjoyed this novel as much as I did!

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Chapter 145 – Chuyi’s side story

After the party, Xia Huairu came directly to Jiang Tang’s house. 

The moment her parents walked in the door, Xia Mengmeng, who was playing with blocks on the sofa, her eyes lit up, immediately climbed off the sofa and trotted over.

She hugged Xia Huairun’s leg with her short arms, rubbing her face happily against it. 

“Mengmeng.” Xia Huairun bent down and picked her up, “Were you a good girl today?” Did you listen to Brother Chuyi?”

Xia Mengmeng bit her finger and suddenly said: “Zhuyi…”

Xia Huairun was stunnded. 

The littel girl’s eyes bent with a smile: “Zhuyi!”

She yelled even louder this time.

Ouyang Mengmeng who was standing behind, completely speechless from the shock. 

Liangshen jumped over and said: “Mengmeng can talk now. She called my Elder Brother’s name all afternoon, my ears were almost hurt from listening to her!”

Xia Mengmeng: “Zhuyi, Zhuyi, Zhuyi!”

Xia Huairun: “……”

His daughter could finally speak, but she called another guy’s name, instead of her dad.

He’s very happy, but also has a little bit of mixed feelings.

“Let’s go home. Thanks Chuyi for your help today. I will bring you a gift next time.”

Chuyi smiled as his eyes fell on the little girl in his arms, and said in a soft voice: “Thanks Uncle Xia, drive safe on the way home.”

When she heard that she was going to leave, the little girl who was beaming just now immediately put on a grumpy face.

She looked at Chuyi with an expression full of aggrievedness, and stretched out her arms and wanted him to hold her.

Chuyi held her little finger and comforted her softly: “Mengmeng has to be obedient, you can come again next weekend, sound good?”

She shook her head: “Zhuyi…”

Looking at his daughter’s reluctant expression, Xia Huairun felt a little jealous. After gently touching his daughter’s soft hair, they left the Lin house. She rested on her father’s shoulder and stared at Chuyi until his figure completely disappeared into the night.

Xia Mengmeng’s brain development is slower than other normal children. She could speak complete sentences when she was four years old, and she could communicate with others without barriers until she was five. When she was in kindergarten, other kids only had to learn things three or four times in order to remember it, but she had to repeat it a dozen times, or even twenty times. 

One day after school, her parents went out to socialize, and it was Lin Chuyi who came to pick her up from the kindergarten.

The thirteen year old boy was wearing a neatly straight school uniform, with a thin and straight figure, revealing white and beautiful skin matched with his black hair, and his jade-like eyes were shining with a warm radiant. 

He waited quietly at the gate with a dignified demeanor.

Those mothers who came to pick up their children had never seen such a good looking child, so they took a few extra glances.

The school bell rang, the gate opened, and the student came out in a line. Chuyi saw the little girl walking among the crowd at a glance.

She wore a red and white uniform skirt, with a small backpack behind her, and her two pony tails swayed slightly as she walked. Her soft hair brushed past her fair and round face. She lowered her head, her expression looked slightly depressed. 

“Mengmeng.” The boy’s voice was as clean and gentle as a nightingale. 

Xia Mengmeng raised her head, her round eyes were beautiful and vivid.

Chuyi  advanced forward, bent over to pick her up, and  quickly got into the car.

As the car slowly moved, he took off Mengmeng’s backpack, and fed her water. She took a couple of sips.

“Your parents will come back very late today, so they let you stay at my house.”

Xia Mengmeng often came to stay over at Jiang Tang’s house. For the little girl’s comfort, Jiang Tang had arranged a room for her.

She blinked and said nothing.

Chu Yi slightly leaned over and spoke softly: “Mengmeng, are you unhappy?”

He watched the little girl grow up, he could tell at a glance whether she was happy or sad.

Mengmeng raised her head: “Chuyi, am I stupid?”

Chuyi was taken aback. 

Quickly getting back his composure, he asked softly: Who said that?”

Mengmeng bit her lower lip, her voice was soft and waxy like cotton candy: “The teacher said it. She said Mengmeng is stupid, and can’t even count 1+2.”

His eyes flickered, and his pretty fingers gently tapped the tip of her tiny nose: “Mengmeng is not stupid.”

She tilted her head with a confused look in her eyes: “Then why do the teacher and classmates say that?”

Chuyi smiled faintly: “Mengmeng is not stupid, Mengmeng is just slower.”

Mengmeng was still sad: “Why…”

Chuyi touched her head: “Because God doesn’t want you to grow up too quickly.”

She seemed not to understand it fully.

Chuyi chuckled lightly: “Not to mention, Mengmeng doesn’t need to be too smart. If you are too smart, you will not need Brother Chuyi to teach you anymore.”

After hearing this, her mood became better. A bright smile suddenly appeared all over her face. 

In the second week of the incident, Xia Mengmeng’s homeroom teacher was replaced. The new teacher was very young, with a baby face and friendly appearance. She treated Mengmeng exceptionally, she was meticulously patient and took 100% care of her. 

Mengmeng likes her very much.

From then on, every time she saw Chuyi, she would praise her new female teacher with all kinds of complimentary words. It was okay once or twice, but as it happened too often, Chuyi was a little jealous. 

Although Mengmeng’s response was a little slow, she wasn’t really stupid. She could sense Chuyi was unhappy. After blinking a few times, she ran over to him and pulled down the book in his hand, said earnlestly: “But I still love Chuyi the most.”

Chuyi was stunned for a few seconds.

With her hands behind her back, like reciting a poem: “I will study hard and become as good as Chuyi.”

In little Xia Mengmeng’s mind, Chuyi was like a God, even her father can’t compare. 

Chuyi thought she was just joking. He did not keep it in mind, and only gave her some words of encouragement. But who would have thought that the little girl was not joking. Since that day, she gave up play time and tried her best to learn those arithmetic and poetry that are obviously easy for others but seem like climbing the mountain to her.

Her hard work finally paid off. Mengmeng got five little reds for the first time in an arithmetic quize. 

She neatly folded the report card and put it in her pocket, and excitedly went to find Chuyi at his school, waiting outside the school gate with a straight posture. 

It started to drizzle, but there was no umbrella in the car. The driver was afraid that she would get sick, and wanted to call her back. Mengmeng shook her head and still stood there stubbornly. 

The driver had no choice but to take off his coat and put it over her head. 

“Uncle, you will get wet and get sick.”

The driver smiled: “Uncle is healthy, I won’t get sick easily.”

She blinked and tugged at the side of his shirt: “Let’s go back to the car.”

“You don’t want to wait anymore?”

She replied: “I’m afraid Uncle will get sick. Chuyi said it’s not good causing trouble for others.”

Her cute appearance and sincere tone, made the driver smile warmly. As he was about to lead her to the car, the school gate opened. A moment later, Chuyi and Ouyang walked out while chatting happily. 

Xia Mengmeng’s eyes lit up, she broke free from the driver’s hand and ran towards him. She was so happy and could not wait to show off her achievements to Chuyi. She didn’t notice the ground was slippery, she stumbled and fell to the ground. 

The report card slipped from the pocket and was soaked by the rain.

Xia Mengmeng picked up the thin paper, the handwriting was blurred, and the little flowers were smudged by the rain. It’s hard to tell what was on it. She was dumbfounded, and tears started to fall down. 

“Mengmeng.” Chuyi quickly reached and picked her up from the cold ground. 

Her clothes were dirty, and her knee scraped, with tears on her face looking quite pitiful. 

“Did you get hurt?” Chuyi held the umbrella for her with one hand, and fumbled for the handkerchief with the other. 

She sobbed and continued to cry. 

Chuyi hugged her and patted her back: “Mengmeng, good girl, don’t cry.”

“Let me hold it.” Ouyang came over to take the umbrella. 

He carefully wiped the dirt on the little girl’s face with a handkerchief, took out a clean tissue, and carefully handled the wound on her knee. The wound was not serious, only minor skin broken, but it was enough to make the boy feel bad. The little girl in front of him was brought up under his care. She has never been injured at all, and this is the first time she has suffered like this today.

After making sure she was fine, Chuyi took off his school uniform jacket and wrapped her completely, patted the hair on her forehead with his slender fingers: “Why did you come to find me all of a sudden?” 

The moment she heard him asking, the little girl cried very sadly. 

Xia Mengmeng’s nose was red, and after sobbing twice, she showed him soaked report card: “I, I received little red flower, Teacher Li…Teacher Li said that Mengmeng is very smart, so i wanted to show you….”

But…

It’s gone now.

Chuyi drooped his eyes, and under his calm expression, revealed a slight surprise in his eyes. 

She likes him so much and wanted to share her joy with him, but she was too stupid, can’t do anything well. 

Mengmeng bit her lips, and continued sobbing with her eyes closed.

Chuyi took a deep breath and slowly opened the report card that was soaked by the rain. Even though some places were blurred, he was still able to tell her crooked handwriting which looked similar to a chubby bear. Although it was a bit ugly, it was written very seriously and neatly. 

Chuyi smiled faintly and looked at her: “I see it, you are very outstanding.”

The sky was clear after the dark cloud disappeared, and the sun had returned to earth. A good looking teenage boy was smiling like a warm spring. She suddenly stopped crying and the sadness in her heart was filled by his smile. 

“I’m so happy to know that I am the first person you want to share the news with.” He added, “But Mengmeng can’t run around like this next time.”

She wiped away the tears and nodded empathetically.  

There was a school holiday, and the Xia couple were on business trips abroad, so Xia Mengmeng was sent to Jiang Tang’s house as always. 

Everyone in Lin’s family was very fond of her, especially Lin Suizhou, who treated her as his own daughter. She’s obedient and sensible, cute and well-behaved. Most importantly, she’s easier to fool than his daughter.

Since Qian Qian became more mature, she is more cunning. She didn’t take her old father seriously at all. 

On the first day of holiday, Qian Qian went out to play with a few girlfriends, fearing that it would be unsafe, so Lin Suizhou asked Liangshen and Ouyang to go with them, followed by a few low profile bodyguards. 

Ended up leaving him, Jiang Tang, Mengmeng at home, as well as Chuyi, who was watching the news on TV. 

Looking at the well-regulated son who cared about the country’s affairs, Jiang Tang was relaxing on the sofa and scrolling up on Weibo. Jiang Tang was a bit worried. The older he became, the more he acted like an adult. 

She spat out the melon seed skin in her mouth, “Chuyi, change the channel.”

Chuyi turned around and asked: “Can I finish watching this news first?”

The news was about the trade issue between the United states and China, which he has always paid attention to.

Jiang Tang: “Mama wants to watch Boonie Bears. Mama wants to watch Boonie Bears. Mama wants to watch Boonie Bears.” 

She repeated three times in a row.

Feeling helpless, Chuyi picked up the remote control and changed the channel.

Jiang Tang nodded with satisfaction. But in the next second, she caught a glimpse of her son going upstairs. 

“Chuyi, you have to watch it with Mama.”

He paused: “I don’t like watching cartoons…”

Jiang Tang insisted: “I don’t care, you have to watch it with me!”

Chuyi sighed , resigned to his fate and sat down. 

Lin Suizhou, who was playing puzzles with Mengmeng, whispered in Chuyi’s ear: “Your mother is getting more and more difficult to deal with.”

He nodded in agreement.

“Mengmeng can be with Mama Tang Tang. Mengmeng wants to be around Mama Tang Tang.” Mengmeng was like a little sweetheart and  ran to Jiang Tang’s side, wrapped her chubby arms around her neck, and leaned over to kiss on her mouth.

Jiang Tang, who hadn’t been kissed by her children for a long time, almost burst into tears: “Mengmeng is really Mama Tang Tang’s little sweetie, you should marry into our family and become my daughter-in-law in the future, does it sound good?”

She bit her nails. 

Jiang Tang patted her tiny head and continued: “You should marry Liangshen in the future.” After thinking about it, she changed her mind, “No, Liangshen is too stupid, Mengmeng should marry Chuyi instead. Chuyi is smart.”

Mengmeng bit her lower lip: “But I’m stupid.”

“Not a problem.” Jiann Tang waved her hand, “There is only one smart one in the family good enough.”

“…..”

“………..”

Seeing the little girl’s seriously considering it, Chuyi couldn’t sit still anymore: “Mama, if Uncle Xia finds out, he will beat me.”

He said it as an excuse so that the topic could pass quickly, but Lin Suizhou suddenly interrupted: “It’s okay, he dares not.”

He did not dare.

Simply a fainted sentence but full of pretentiousness. 

Maybe what the adults said today was just  a joke, yet it was deeply engraved in Xia Mengmeng’s  heart. 

Time flies, Xia Mengmeng is now 13 years old and has entered junior secondary school. 

Her brain is not as good as Chuyi, so naturally she couldn’t get into the best school with all the talented students. Xia Huairun was worried that his daughter would be bullied, so he chose a private higher education institution for her to enroll in, perfectly managed in every aspect, and made sure that she would not be bullied during her junior secondary school. 

Xia Mengmeng grew up and became a lovely girl with petite size, rosy skin, long curly eyelashes, her almond eyes were bright and clean, especially when she smiles very charming. 

All her classmates and teachers liked her, but there were a few students who did not like her.

Using the excuse of taking items, Xia Mengmeng was locked in the school storage room by several classmates.

The storage room is located at the innermost part of the fifth floor. It’s dark and small with shelves on both sides full of sundries. 

Except for the school staff, few people would come to this room. At this time, it was gloomy, and she was the only one.

Xia Mengmeng was a little scared, she stood on her tiptoes and squashed her face against the glass window to look out. There was not a single person in the empty corridor. 

Amidst the tension, there were bursts of cramps in her abdomen. She felt something hot, followed by a stream of liquid flowing out of her lower body.

She wiped her behind, blood. 

The corner of Xia Mengmeng’s mouth trembled, and her mind went blank. 

Suddenly, a clear mobile phone rang and broke the silence. 

It was only then that she remembered she had her phone with her, and frantically took out the pink cell phone from her pocket. On the caller ID, the word “Chuyi” was exceptionally clear.

The phone was connected, and Mengmenng said in a tiny voice: “Chuyi….”

Through the microphone, the young man’s voice was pleasant: “Did you get out of school yet?”

As soon as she heard his voice, Mengmeng’s eyes turned red: “Sob sob, Chuyi….”

There were a few seconds of silence. 

His tone became serious: “Someone bullied you?”

Xia Mengmeng bit the tip of her tongue, took a deep breath to hold back her tears: “I, I have a stomach ache and bleeding, no, no one cares about me…”

She almost cried again. 

He was shocked, and his tone became slow and soft: “Where are you now?”

“The school storage room.”

“Just wait right there for me, okay?”

Xia Mengmeng nodded earnestly. 

Not long after, the school staff who received the call came over and opened the door. Seeing the disheveled Xia Mengmeng in the room, the old woman was relieved but did not forget to complain: “You’re too careless, why did you lock yourself here. Fortunately, I get off work late, otherwise there will be no one in the school, and you will be locked up all night.”

She lowered her head and did not speak.

Seeing that she was terrified, the old woman didn’t continue to complain: “Go home quickly, your family must be very worried about you.”

Xia Mengmeng bit her lower lip, covered her buttocks with her hands,and ran out like the wind. 

The school day ended a long time ago, and the classroom door was locked. She stood alone helplessly at the school gate, with her back pressed against the wall. She couldn’t even stand steadily because of dull pain in her lower abdomen.

“Mengmeng.”

When she was in a daze she heard someone calling her.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly. She carefully followed the sound and looked over.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the young man walking towards her had handsome and elegant looks, but faintly with a hint of aloofness. After reaching her, she was completely covered by his shadow.

The moment she saw Lin Chuyi, the fear in her heart burst out completely. 

“Chuyi, I’m in pain…” Xia Mengmeng raised her head and her face full of grievances. 

Chuyi stretched out his hand to her: “Can you get up?”

With the strength of his palm, Xia Mengmeng slowly stood up.

Chuyi has grown into a tall and fit young man. Xia Mengmeng, who is 150cm tall, reached his chest when she stood up. Her round petite body could be easily imprisoned in his arms. 

Chuyi glanced down and noticed a bright red on her school uniform skirt. 

It turned out that she had also reached this age. 

The corner of his lips curled up, seemingly relieved, and he reached out to cover her shoulder with his coat: “Let’s go.”

Xia Mengmeng rubbed her eyes, obediently following Chuyi. 

He stopped at the supermarket near the school. He went in alone, and he had an extra bag in his hand when he came out. 

“Here.”

Xia Mengmeng took it, and looked inside curiously. 

Sanitary pads, and new underwear. 

Chuyi’s tone was still gentle as always: “Has the physiology teacher taught you how to use it?”

Mengmeng nodded her head. 

“You go to use the public toilet over there, I’ll wait for you here.”

She said oh, and turned to look back repeatedly at every step as she walked into the toilet.

When she came out, Chuyi handed over red date soy milk he just bought for her: “It won’t hurt after drinking it.”

Xia Mengmeng tasted it, sticking out the tip of her tongue: “It’s hot.”

She has a cat’s tongue, and can’t stand a slight temperature. 

Chuyi was a little helpless: “Drink slowly.”

Xia Mengmeng slowly sucked the sweet drink. 

“Do you feel a little better?”

“Yeah.” She nodded. “I’m feeling better.”

“That’s good.” He heaved a sigh of relief, and his deep black eyes quietly stared at the young girl who was slowly sipping the drink. A moment later, there was a smile on his face, “Mengmeng has grown up, you did not cry this time.”

Mengmeng froze for a moment, and her face turned red instantly. She hung her head down, not daring to look at him again. 

Chuyi often dropped her off and picked her up from school. Sometimes he attended parent-teacher meetings on behalf of Xia Huairun. Over time, all Xia Mengmeng’s classmates knew that she had a smart and good-looking brother.

Fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls have just arrived at puberty, and everytime Chuyi appears at the school gate, it always makes many girls blush and heart beat faster. 

Xia Mengmeng’s best friend, Ruan Tiantiao looked disdainful at those girls, as she grabbed Mengmeng’s arm: “Why are the girls in our school so “boy crazy”?” After speaking, she looked at Chuyi who was waiting not far away, and sighed, “But your brother is really handsome.”

Xia Mengmeng was quiet. 

“By the way, how old is your brother?”

Xia Mengmeng replied: “23.”

“Aiya, your brother is so perfect, he must have a girlfriedn.”

She was silent again, but her expression looked particularly gloomy. 

When they got closer to Chuyi, Ruan Tiaotiao enthusiastically waved her hands at him: “Hi, Brother Chuyi?”

He smiled gently: “Hi, Tiaotiao. “ Then his eyes fell on Xia Mengmeng, “Let’s go.”

After saying goodbye to her friend, Mengmeng followed him into the car. 

Looking at the gradually passing scenery outside the window, out of the corner of her eye, she carefully peeks at Chuyi next to her. He was busy, looking down at the tablet on his lap.

Xia Mengmeng took a closer look. They were all in English, she didn’t know a single word. 

“Chuyi, what are you looking at?”

Chuyi’s hand movement did not stop: “Some learning materials.”

“Oh.” She withdrew her gaze and quietly moved aside. 

Chuyi looked over, and silently put away the tablet: “How’s school today?”

“Well, it’s good.”

He continued: “Nobody bullied you, right?”

Xia Mengmeng replied: “No one bullied me.”

Then silence filled the space again.

Chuyi’s fingertips moved slightly as he glanced at the young girl beside him. She looked out of the car window, her thick eyelashes trembling from time to time. Chuyi pursed his lips: “You are unhappy.”

Xia Mengmeng slowly turned her head, and asked with a cautious voice: “Chuyi, will you have a girlfriend?”

Chuyi was surprised at her question. 

Although many girls have confessed to him, he never considered this issue. 

He quickly came back to his senses: “Why did you ask about this?”

Xia Mengmeng lowered her eyes, and her expression was sad as if she was about to cry: “Chuyi, if you have a girlfriend, you won’t be able to pick up…”

He burst out laughing, couldn’t help stretching out his hand to pinch her soft face: “Why?”

Xia Mengmeng gave a serious look: “Your girlfriend will be jealous, and I will be jealous too.”

When she said this, her eyes were full of firmness and stubbornness.

The smile on Chuyi’s face froze. 

Looking at Xia Mengmeng in front of him, he suddenly realized that she had really grown up, she was no longer a kid who had to be taught to speak and fed to finish eating. She doesn’t need to study very hard like before, as long as she works a little harder, she will be the same as other girls, no difference.

At the same time…

She already understood love between men and women. 

Chuyi’s adam’s apple moved slightly, remained gentle as usual as he tried to concealed the expression in his eyes: “You’re my sister, even if I have a girlfriend, it will not affect our relationship.”

“But I don’t want to be your sister…” Her voice was tiny, “I don’t want you to have a girlfriend either…”

She’s very domineering, she wants Chuyi to be with her forever, and his tenderness is reserved for her only. Even though she knew it was impossible, she still hoped for that day to come.

The smile on Chuyi’s face faded, he looked away and never spoke again.

After that day, Chuyi began to distance himself from her. Even though they often met and remained as close as ever, she could see the difference in his eyes. 

Xia Mengmeng was sad, but she knew her boundaries. 

She’s still young. The most important thing right now is to focus on her studies and be the best. When she becomes a woman, Chuyi will not reject her. 

When entered senior secondary school, she gradually became busy with her studies. One day, it rained heavily, and she saw an orange kitten under the old locust tree at the school gate. The kitten was very soft so she adopted it. Xia Mengmeng likes it very much, but it’s a pity that it did not survive. 

After graduating from high school, Xia Mengmeng decided to study veterinary medicine at university, her parents were very supportive of her. 

Despite being a slow learner, she put in 100% effort and determination on it. When others were resting, she would silently recite boring terms and technical words with the light on.

In the dead of night, she always had an idea of giving up, but she changed her mind when she thought of Lin Chuyi. 

Chuyi is a genius and very intelligent. These things are easy for him, but he always stays humble. Actually, he’s more conscientious than others. Even someone like Chuyi has worked so hard for it, what right does she have to complain?

The starlight sparse outside the window. Xia Mengmeng rested her chin with one hand , took out her phone and stared at the screen in a daze.

Her screen saver was a photo of Chuyi, which was secretly taken while he was sleeping.

“Brother Chuyi, I miss you….” Xia Mengmeng smiled foolishly after touching his handsome face on the screen, but right after that she felt lonely and sad again. 

Her eyes were red, and in the end she couldn’t hold it any longer. She laid down on the tale and choked up with sobs.

On the day of her graduation from university, Xia Mengmeng went out with her friends to celebrate. After this night, everyone will go separate ways and perhaps will not have a chance to meet again in the future. Tonight, the girls drank a lot.

Xia Mengmeng has always been a good girl, and she rarely drank alcohol. Today, she was happy and the atmosphere was good. With no one to discipline her, she drank two bottles of beer recklessly. As a result, she was dizzy and couldn’t stand up anymore. 

Her classmates mocked her for not being a good drinker, and at the same time used her phone to contact her family. Coincidentally, at the entrance of the bar, they ran into Lin Qianqian who was driving over.

Xia Mengmeng was sent into her car. 

Ouyang was the one who drove the car and Qianqian sat at the backseat. 

Xia Mengmeng was so drunk that her entire body smelt like alcohol, her face was flushed, her eyes were bewildered, and she was still in a state of confusion. 

Ouyang glanced at the rearview mirror: “Why does this kid drink so much?”

“Sister Mengmeng is heart broken.”

“I think so too. She was dumped.”

Two little boys around four years old were chatting with each other. Their faces were very similar, beautiful appearance, very much like when Qianqian was a child.

Qianqian quickly covered their mouths with her hands, and warmed them in a low voice: “Don’t talk nonsense.”

“Oo….” Lin Jia struggled to break free from her hand, and shouted forward, “Dad, your wife is bullying me!”

Lin Yao lightly bit Qianqian’s hand. 

She said as if she was wrong: “Yaoyao bit me….”

Ouyang, who was busy driving, said without turning his head: “Don’t bully my wife.”

She made a grimace face at the two children, with a very proud expression of herself. 

Afraid that Xia Mengmeng would feel uncomfortable, Qianqian pulled down the car window. The night breeze was clear, making the flush on her face dissipated. 

When they got home, Ouyang led the twins through the door first, and Qianqian helped Mengmeng walk behind. 

As a girl, she naturally knew why Xia Mengmeng was feeling down. Qianqian wiped her face with a wet towel and said: “My brother is going to England to attend an academic program tomorrow. It will take at least half a year to finish. If you want to confess, you’d better say it today. If you don’t say anything, how will he know?”

Xia Mengmeng shook her head: “He knew…”

She sniffled, her soft voice carried a trace of sobbing: “But I know better than anyone else that he doesn’t like me.”

The girl raised her head slightly, in the bright night sky, and lonely moon, the corners of her lips drew a sad arc: “Chuyi is like the moon in the sky, and I am the star beside him. It seems to be close, but actually very far away.”

“He took care of me because I was too stupid and couldn’t do anything well.”

“Now that I’m grown up, he won’t care about me anymore, and I shouldn’t let him take care of me either. But I don’t want to grow up at all, I want to go back to when I was a child, so he would still carry me on his back….”

Xia Mengmeng pursed her lips, probably because of the alcohol, she felt extremely sad. 

Qianqian frowned, and didn’t speak for a long time. At that moment , she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of her eye. His eyes lit up and slowly sent Mengmeng into the arms of the man. 

Under the street light, the drunk Xia Mengmeng fell into warm arms. 

Sensing the familiar smell on his body, Xia Mengmeng took a deep breath, and slowly raised her head. 

The light was dim, she could see the cold expression on his face. She was stunned and seemed to be sober instantly. 

“You granduated.”

She nodded blankly: “Yeah.”

Chuyi smiled lightly: “Congratulations.”

“En….”

He has a deep expression: “You’re now old enough to do everything yourself, I have nothing to help you.”

The night was quiet, his voice was exceptionally clear, Xia Mengmeng’s heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and the light in her eyes gradually extinguished. 

Lin Chuyi leaned forward slightly and said word by word: “But I still have to ask, do you still…need me to take care of you in the future?”

Xia Mengmeng raised her head: “As a brother?”

He shook his head, his thin lips pressed on her hot forehead, and his voice was quite intoxicating: “As the other half.”

She thought that she had mistakenly given her heart, but she didn’t know that the person she cares about actually cares about her more than she does. 

Seeing this scene, Qianqian secretly looked through the glass window, rubbing and laughing. 

“Come and sleep.” Ouyang closed the curtains, and pulled her on the bed, but Qianqian refused and struggled to sit up.

“Don’t make trouble.” Ouyang frowned, “Chuyi will be angry if he finds out.”

Qianqian took it for granted: “I’m pregnant, he doesn’t dare to be angry.”

After speaking, she touched her still flat belly: “Brother Ouyang…”

“Huh?”

She looked at him with sparkling eyes: “I love you so much.”

Ouyang stretched out his arms to wrap around her, and kissed her hair: “Me too.”

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Chapter 144 – Liangshen’s side story continue

Tian Tian still followed Liangshen every day. At first, he was annoyed by her but after getting used to it, he didn’t say anything anymore.

In a blink of an eye, the two graduated from middle school and entered high school together. 

High school  is the most important part of life. Compared with other busy students Tian Tian and Liangshen spend their days idle in school with any sense of crisis. Unlike Wen Wen and Chuyi concentrated their minds on studying and working hard on it. 

On Wen Wen’s birthday, invitation letters were sent to several children of the Lin family and Tian Tian, but only Liangshen and Tian Tian showed up. As for Chuyi, the young man didn’t even bother to prepare a gift. 

At the party, Wen Wen in a white dress played the piano on the stage with a gentle demeanor Capture the appreciative eyes of the guests.

Liangshen dressed in a perfectly neat suit, and he was carefreely drinking juice in the corner, but his eyes followed her figure the whole time.

“Lin Liangshen, have you ever heard a phrase?” Tian Tian approached brazenly. 

Lianshen’s eyelids drooped, and he asked in a low voice: “What?”

Tian Tian said with a serious expression: “A licking dog, lick to the end*.”

*Described as someone who knows clearly that the other party doesn’t like himself in the relationship, but also persistently loses his dignity and bottom line to cater to the other party.

Liangshen raised his eyebrows: “Then have you heard a phrase?”

Tian Tian: “Huh?”

He grinned showing his white teeth: “A licking dog, lick to end to have the thing one expects to find.”

After a few seconds of silence, Tian Tian squinted her eyes: “The former is about you, and the latter is about me.”

Over time, the young girl has faded away from her immaturity of a child, but her round apple face and smiling eyes remained unchanged, Liangshen was taken aback and hastily looked away. 

Tian Tian didn’t say anymore, and changed the subject appropriately: “Where are you going to take the university entrance exam?”

“Depends on her.”

With no doubt, “Her” was referring to Wen Wen.

“Wen Wen will be admitted to A University.” Tian Tian said with a certain tone. 

Liangshen frowned: “How do you know?”

“Of course I know, because your elder brother is there.”

Liangshen’s eyes drooped, and his tone was a little dissatisfied: “It’s none of my elder brother’s business.”

Facing an underdeveloped brain, and low EQ Liangshen, Tian Tian could only shake her head helplessly, and stood on tiptoe as she patted him on the shoulder: “Young man, Wen Wen has been having a crush on your elder brother for so many years. If it wasn’t for your elder brother, how could she waste time with you? In her mind, you can’t even count as a spare tire, it’s time to wake up from the dream.”

Tian Tian’s words as if rubbing salt onto his wound.

Liangshen was not really stupid, he had already seen that Wen Wen’s attention was not on him. If it was not for his elder brother, why would Wen Wen who had always acted indifferent and kept a distance became close to him? Yet…he is just not convinced. 

Liangshen angrily shook Tian Tian Tian’s hand, putting his hands in his pockets, leaving her a slightly lonely back.

Tian Tian shrugged her shoulders, picked up a glass of red wine and drank it in one gulp. 

After the party was over, Tian Tian, who was drinking heavily, sent Jiang Tang countless voice messages one after another. 

“Aunt Tangtang, I have been flirting with your son, are you unhappy?”

“Past, past life, and this life add up, I am several hundreds years old, do you think I am a pedophile?”

“Why am I so annoying….”

Tian Tian felt like crying while talking. 

She has reincarnated three times, and the situation in each life is not very stable. This life is considered the best one, but…Tian Tian is still a little unhappy. 

Jiang Tang, who received Tian Tian’s tearfully complaint voice messages in the middle of the night, was feeling extremely helpless: “I am very happy that you have self-knowledge.”

Tian Tian: “Do you think I am a pedophile?”

Jiang Tang glanced at the snoring middle-aged man who was sleeping beside her, slightly raised her fine eyebrows and kicked him mercilessly. Lin Shuizhou grunted and put his hand over her lap. 

“Here comes the question, have you been in love for all these years?”

“…..”

“………”

Tian Tian: “….I want to break up with you.”

Jiang Tang: “That’s good. Everyone was assigned to do missions, but why did you get to be young and beautiful, I am becoming old?”

Lin Suizhou, who was half awake, suddenly opened his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: “Who said you are old?”

Ms. Jiang, who has entered middle age, is still beautiful, no sign of aging at all and instead became even more charming, always making Lin Suizhou unable to extricate himself in the dead of night. 

She said testily: “Go to sleep.”

Lin Suizhou felt aggrieved: “Honey, I think you don’t like me anymore….”

With her head lower, Jiang Tang said while texting: “You are starting to snore now. I really don’t like it. Let’s sleep in separate rooms starting tomorrow.”

He turned his body the other way without saying a word, looking a little pitiful. 

[Tian Tian: Aunt Jiang, Ms. Jiang, I don’t think I can chase after your son anymore.]

[Jiang Tang: Then don’t chase.]

[Tian Tian: I feel ashamed of myself. It seems a little unfair to marry Liangshen in order to become your daughter-in-law. In fact, thinking about it, I am not very willing to return to the original world…]

After reincarnation for so long, Tian Tian has long forgotten what she was like before, but she never forgets the lift of the Zombie King. 

She was only 18 years old when she became a zombie. She was as beautiful as a flower. Everyday she brought a group of corpses swaggering into the market, biting whoever they caught. If it wasn’t for that dog deceived her, she would still be alive and well. 

[Jiang Tang: Do you want to give up?]

Give up?

Tian Tian not sure.

She has chased after Liangshen since she was six until now. From the very beginning, Liangshen was her goal. Hypothetically speaking, Lin Lianshen is the root of her life, the driving force of her life. However, apart from Liangshen, she sadly finds that she has nothing. She has no friends, no confidants, everyday social activities are all around Liang Shen, it’s quite pitiful and pathetic. 

[Tian Tian, In fact, the system has extended the task completion time by sixty years, which means that as long as I marry your son before the age of sixty-seven, it will be considered complete. I thought about it, I get to live to 67, it doesn’t matter whether I finish it or not. Thus, I decided—-to have a refreshed look at the world.] 

[Jiang Tang: Your consciousness is quite high.]

[Tian Tian: If you had lived in the doomsday, your consciousness would also be high.]

In that world, fighting and killing every day is not a joke. After the party, Tian Tian suddenly realized she had exchanged her life for a peaceful life. There is no reason not to cherish it. There is no reason she must have Liangshen. Without him, she will find a better one.

[Jiang Tang: Actually, I have already regarded you as my daughter-in-law.]

[Tian Tian: Huh? Are you going to force Liangshen to marry me? I don’t think it’s a good idea.]

[Jiang Tang” My house just raised a husky, are you interested?]

Tian Tian went silent. 

They were chatting for a long time, the time past 12 o’clock. After putting down her phone, Jiang Tang lay down again, and turned over gently, only to find that Lin Shuizhou was trying to keep his eyes wide open and not asleep yet. 

Jiang Tang was a little surprised: “You haven’t slept?”

Probably because of his age, Lin Shuizhou who used to be a light sleeper has become easy to fall asleep. As soon as his head touches the pillow, he will sleep until dawn, even the thunder or earthquake can’t wake him up.

Lin Suizhou spoke with a seriousness, and his low voice contained a slight trace of caution: “I wait for you to sleep first, so don’t separate the room with me, okay?”

“…..”

She pursed her lips and rolled into his arms. After pinching his face, she said with a slightly joking tone: “I was just kidding. It’s too quiet at night, if you don’t snore, I will be scared.”

Lin Suizhou was a little skeptical: “Really?”

Jiang Tang nodded earnestly: “Really.”

He stretched out his arms to hug her tightly: “Only when you are by my side so I can sleep peacfully.”

As soon as the words fell, his soft snoring sound traveled to her ears again.

Jiang Tang smiled helplessly, pulled up the blanket before closing her eyes and slept on his strong and big chest. 

Since she was drunk last time, Tian Tian suddenly figured out she didn’t want to continue to cling on to Liangshen anymore and instead listened to her mother’s advice and started to study hard. She hopes to apply to the Central Academy of Drama. That’s right, Tian Tian decided to enter the entertainment industry and become a comedian!

The personality traits of humans are cheap sometimes. When Tian Tian chased after him, he felt annoyed, and when she didn’t, he felt uncomfortable. His focus gradually shifted from Wen Wan to Tian Tian. He wanted to talk to her, but I couldn’t put down his ego, and as time went by, the days went by just like this.

After graduating from highschool, Tian Tian failed a fraction on her exam. Her family spent a lot of money to send her to study abroad. 

The day she left happened to be Christmas day. The first snow fell in A City.

Liangshen was the last person who knew about her daparture. 

At that moment, he was in panic and regret, all sorts of feelings flooded into his heart.

A teenage boy who had just grown up was still acting impulsively the same way as he was a kid and drove to the airport right away. 

There were numbers of people at the airport, parting and reunion. A tall and handsome young man shuttled through the unfamiliar crowd, and finally he saw the familiar figure at the boarding gate. 

Tian Tian, who is petite, had a red puffer jacket. She looks like a middle school student from a distance.

He was out of breath, opened his mouth, but didn’t have the nerve to call out her name directly.

Tian Tian, who was walking in front, noticed something and turned her head to look over, revealing a bright smile.

“Liangshen, are you here to see me off?”

 There was less than ten minutes before boarding time so Tian Tian called him with her mobile phone.

Liangshen’s eyelashes trembled slightly: “Are you leaving?”

“Yes.” She smiled warmly, “When I went to do a performance audition, I didn’t pass because of my appearance, of course there were also other factors, I might not be cut out for an actor.”

She is not particularly good looking. It could only say that she is cute, the most attractive part of her face is the eyes, her crinkled smiling eyes make people feel better just to look at them.

Liangshen clenched his fists: “Are-are you coming back?”

Tian Tian pursed her lips: “It depends on whether there is anyone waiting for me here.”

His Adam’s apple moved slightly, and his eyes suddenly turned red: “If I say I will wait for you.”

Her eyes crossed the sea of people and fell straight on Liang Shen, the look in her eyes were deep, no longer naive as before: “Liangshen, the world is big and the road ahead is long. You and I are still young, when we are both mature, I will come to find you again, okay?”

Liangshen’s pupils flicked, and he only said one word: “Okay.”

Tian Tian hung up her phone, raised her hand to wave goodbye at him, before turning and leaving with a resolute back view.

Liangshen’s nose was tingling after trying his best to hold back tears, and left the airport with his hands in his pockets.

The roaring sound of aircraft in the blue sky. 

He squinted his eyes, and snowflakes fell from the sky one after another. From today onwards, they bid farewell to their youth.

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Translator Comment: Thanks to @UnfinishedStoriesWarrior, I was able to continue translate the rests of side story. Chuyi and Qian Qian’s side story will be next.

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Chapter 143 – Epilogue

Liangshen has been a little annoying recently. He hated the new female student who just transferred over. 

Looking at Tian Tian who was introducing herself on the podium, his small face almost dropped to the floor. 

Tian Tian is often active on TV. She plays the heroine in the recently popular little dinosaur commercial. Children of this age like small dinosaur toys and burgers, no one does not know her.

Among the cheers, only Liang Shen’s face was full of unhappiness.

“Tian Tian, you can sit next to Zhou Hao.”

There were two vacancies left in the class, one in the middle and one at the end. Liangshen is taller than the boys of the same age, so he should sit at the back. Tian Tian stood on tiptoe and looked around. Her fingertips pointed to Liangshen: “Teacher, I want to sit there.”

Liangshen’s heart sank. 

The class teacher was a little hesitant: “It’s too far back there.”

Tian Tian was big but not tall, it would be difficult to see the blackboard if she sits at the back.

Tian Tian shook her head: “It’s alright, I’ll just sit there.”

After saying this, she took her schoolbag and came to the desk next to Liangshen. 

Looking at the little girl who was seated, Liang Shen’s eyes widened, and the whole person was not very good. 

“Teacher, I don’t want to sit with her! Since she’s sitting here, I’ll go to sit with Zhou Hao.” After speaking, Liangshen started to pack his school bag. 

Zhou Hao raised his hand: “Teacher, Liansheng always whispers in class, which will affect my study, I don’t want to sit with him.”

Lin Liangshen blushed: “I-I didn’t whisper!”

“You whispered, you’re not only like to whisper in class, you also like to peek at my homework.”

The student who just spoke was Liangshen’s former deskmate, because Liangshen was mischievous and talkative, no classmate could stand him. The most could seat with him was a week or changed the seat within a day. Over time, the seat next to Liangshen became empty.

He was used to being despised since little, and his face had long been thick comparable to the city wall. Even if he was rejected by his classmates, Lianshen didn’t feel much in his heart, and would not hurt his feeling. He was just a little unhappy, if others didn’t want to sit with him, and Tian Tian didn’t want to change seats, it means…they could only be seated at the same table!!

Liangshen was very annoyed.

He didn’t like Tian Tian, not only did he not like her, he hated her.

This girl is pretentious and fierce. She once made his princess sister cry. Instead of letting him and Tian Tian Tian sit together, it is better to give him a knife to kill him instantly. 

“Teacher, I’ll go to sit at the back to listen to the class.” He tucked his schooling into the desk and moved the desk and chair to the back corner.

Tian Tian blinked, took a small bench, and followed him.

Liangshen pressed his lips together and moved to the opposite corner. Tian Tian quickly followed him again. 

Liangshen couldn’t hold it anymore, he slapped the table and stood up: “Are you bored!”

Tian Tian smiled sweetly: “No.”

Liangshen was annoyed: “Why are you such an annoying kid?”

Tian Tian laughed revealing her white teeth: “I’m likable and never tired of looking at.”

“….Shameless.”

Tian Tian: “Shameless cause I want you.”

Liangshen was stunned, followed by a blush on his face, he angrily moved the desk back to its original position.

Tian Tian raised her eyebrows and followed him again. 

“Lin Liangshen, Tian Tian is a new classmate, you are a boy, you should tolerate her.”

Liangshen snorted coldly: “Who says boys have to tolerate girls? In this case, I don’t want to be a boy anymore.”

This statement was cheered by the whole class. 

“You’re right, why don’t girls tolerate us!”

“My mom said men and women are equal, but every time we made a mistake, she only punished me and my sister was fine.”

“We want equal rights!!”

“Yes, we want equal rights!!”

Teacher: “…..”

Damn, this year’s elementary school students are really difficult to lead.

Just like that, the first class was delayed for more than ten minutes because of Liangshen. After the bell rang, Liangshen couldn’t wait to run outside the classroom.

Looking at the boy’s lively figure, Tian Tian supported her chin and thought deeply. 

Her mission in this world is to become Tang Tang’s daughter-in-law. At present, Tang Tang has two sons. She has a good understanding of her own intelligence, and she is sure that she can’t get the eldest son. According to the information she received, Lin Liangshen has stubborn-mouthed but soft-hearted and easy to fool. The most important point is that he’s not so smart, so…Liangshen is her target. 

Tian Tian closed the book, brushed her soft hair, and coughed lightly before following him out. 

The classmate who was beside Liangshen bumped his arm: “Your new deskmate is here to find you.”

He glanced over from the corner of his eyes and saw Tian Tian. He was so shocked and immediately ran away.

“Liangshen, Liangshen, you show me around the school!”

Lin Liangshen did not look back, picked up his pace, and ran faster.

Seeing the men’s restroom in front of him, Liangshen, who was running out of breath, paused his steps. After turning his head to make a grimacing face at Tian Tian, he majestically ran into the men’s restroom. 

Tian Tian blinked and waited at the door with her arms around her chest. 

Liangshen thought he would be safe to hide in the restroom, but he underestimated Tian Tian’s thick skin. 

When he came out, Tian Tian was there looking at him. 

“……”

“What do you want?!!”

Tian Tian stretched out chubby claws at him: “I want to be friends with you.”

Liangshen frowned: “Why do you want to be friends with me? I don’t want to be your friend.”

He had curly hair, and his angry little appearance was particularly pitiful.

Looking at his angry puffy face, Tian Tian gulped her saliva: “Lin Liangshen, you look so delicious.”

“……”

“….???”

In the next second, Tian Tian held his face with both hands, stood on tiptoe and bit his chubby cheek.

Liangshen: “…..”

Liangshen: “Wah——!”

He wailed loudly.

That was how the feud between the two formed. 

In fact, Tian Tian knew that she couldn’t eat humans anymore. Because the sequelae of the Zombie King was deeply ingrained, as long as she saw human with white skin, tender and fat, she couldn’t resist it. Liangshen was not only good-looking, but his eyes were also big with a cute round face, and a likable personality. Who do you think she should bully if not him?

For a period of time, Tian Tian clung to Liangshen like a shadow. She followed him in class, during break time, followed him after school, and even called him on weekends. 

Liangshen was so annoyed!

He was on the verge of exploding!

He has never seen a girl who was more shameless than his younger sister!

Finally, he came up with an idea to escape Tian Tian’s pursuit. 

One day, just after school, he rushed to the study, ignoring the dissatisfaction in Lin Suizhou’s eyes, he went directly to Jiang Tang’s side: “Mama, I want to transfer school!”

Jiang Tang turned a page of the book, did not look up, and asked casually: “Transfer to where?”

Liangshen waved his hand: “Anywhere is fine, I don’t want to go to school here anymore.”

Lin Suizhou glanced at him: “You were bullied by a girl.”

Not a question, but an affirmative tone.

Liangshen held his breath, his small hands restlessly clutching the corner of his clothes, and the grievance was written all over his face. 

He’s popular and got along well with the boys in his class. Although female students didn’t play with him, they won’t come to provoke him. Now, this Tian Tian immediately makes Liangshen unable to handle. 

Lin Suizhou sneered: “Look at you, just a girl can force you to transfer school?”

Liangshen stuck up his neck, not afraid of death, and said: “You’re so great, don’t you still listen to my mother in every way.”

“…..”

He closed his book and looked at him calmly: “Repeat what you just said.”

The atmosphere became not good. 

Liangshen swallowed his saliva and carefully said: “You, you’re so great, but don’t you still listen to my mother in every way!”

After saying this, he held his head in his hands and closed his eyes tightly.

Lin Suizhou raised his eyebrows slightly: “I listen to your mother because she’s great, it doesn’t mean I’m not great.”

Jiang Tang: “…..”

“If you want to transfer, wait until you go to middle school. Not now.” After saying this, he lowered his eyes and continued reading the book. 

Liangshen said in aggravated: “Ma…”

Jiang Tang ignored her son’s look and said: “This time, listen to your Papa.”

“…..”

No heaven justice!!

There is no hope of transferring to another school, so he has to continue to attend the current school. 

Day after day of patience, the semester finally came to the end, which means that he will not deal with Tian Tian in the next two months. So happy! Excited!

Whenever the summer and winter vacations, his parents will take them out for a trip. Liangshen was looking forward to this trip, and even prepared the toys and his luggage ahead of time, but…he was too happy too soon.

“Liangshen, Mama signed you up for elementary school summer camp. You’re too dependent on Mama, you should have some physical training.” Jiang Tang put a registration form on the table. 

Liangshen was a little confused: “What, what is it?”

“Summer camp, there are a lot of children.” She looked around and saw the luggage piled on the corner, she was slightly surprised, “Ah! Liangshen knew how to pack his own stuff, you’re so good.”

After gently touching his head, she hummed the tune and left the room, leaving Liangshe in a daze.

Liangshen had never participated in any summer camps before, but he had read a lot of news about accidents in summer camps. The devil’s mother was so cruel that she was going to leave him there alone. 

The summer camp is held in the wilderness, with a fully closed management, and the participants were not only elementary school students but also middle school students. 

Liangshen arrived at the summer camp in an unhappy mood and an unexpected person suddenly appeared. 

The girl stood under the green shade and warm sun, her pink dress was cute and flashy, her hand held by an adult, her eyes wandered around, and finally stopped on him, revealing a bright smile, which was brighter than flowers. 

Liangshen’s shoulders shivered and immediately hid behind Jiang Tang.

Jiang Tang noticed his abnormity and followed her son’s line of sight, her eyes collided with Chen Zixian at the other end.

“Liangshen!!” Tian Tian broke away from Chen Zixian’s hand like a wild horse and ran towards Liangshen.

Liangshen screamed and scrambled to climb on Jiang Tang.

“Tian Tian, come back.” Chen Zixian frowned and paced up.

“Don’t come here!” Liangshen put his arms around Jiang Tang’s neck and buried his entire face in her arms.

Tian Tian looked up and smiled brightly: “What a coincidence, are you here at summer camp too?”

“Don’t talk to me.”

Tian Tian looked at Jiang Tang: “Auntie, you’re so beautiful, like a fairy.”

Jiang Tang: “……”

“I told you to come back!”

It is said that when enemies meet, they hate to look at each other. Chen Zixian has been defeated many times by Jiang Tang, so she even hated her three children. After giving Jiang Tang a fierce glare, she forced Tian Tian to leave: “You don’t have to participate in this summer camp.”

Tian Tian’s eyes widened: “Why?”

Chen Zixian coldly said: “A waste of time.”

“No.” Tian Tian shook off Chen Zixian’s hand, “You promised me, as long as I get more than 90 points in the test, you will let me participate. Since you have promised, you must keep it, otherwise, I don’t want to be your daughter anymore!”

Chen Zixian became very angry.

Came to think of it, since her daughter fell down the slide and hit her head, her whole personality has changed, becoming extra disobedient. 

“Whose daughter do you want to be? Besides me, who would want to raise you!!!”

Tian Tian automatically walked to Jiang Tang, stretched out her little hand, and pulled her sleeve. Raised your head up and tried to open your little eyes wide: “Tang Tang, can I be your daughter-in-law?”

Without waiting for Jiang Tang to answer, Liangshen broke away from his away embrace and hurriedly said: “Nice try! No way my eldest brother will marry you, and my second brother belongs to my younger sister, bah!”

Tian Tian: “What about you?”

“I…it’s none of your business!”

Tian Tian’s tone was full of justification: “When you marry me later, it will become my business.”

Liangshen was almost crying from anger: “Even if I die from jumping off that mountain, I will not marry you!”

His future wife could only be his princess mother, how could he marry such a fierce and chubby girl! Impossible!

“Tian Tian, don’t talk nonsense!” Because she was so angry, Chen Zixian’s facial features gradually distorted. She can tolerate her daughter marrying a beggar, but she will never allow Tian Tian to be with Jiang Tang’s son. This is a shame!

Chen Zixian ignored Tian Tian’s resistance and forced her into the car.

As the car drove away, Liang Shen noticed Tian Tian lying in the back window and looking out. Her eyes flickered but could not tell the meaning behind it. It was until a long time later that he knew the meaning in her eyes was certainly will have him. 

After that day, Liangshen didn’t see Tian Tian again. When the new semester started, he heard from the teacher that Tian Tian had transferred to school abroad. Upon hearing this news, Liangshen’s first reaction was so happy, incredibly happy.

Immediately after…..

It was an inexplicable loss.

The seat beside him was empty again, on the clean seat, a crooked little rabbit was drawn in the corner of the desk, it must written by Tian Tian. It was very quiet in class, and no one talked in his ear anymore, and no one passed him a small note. After class, it was also very peaceful because no one would follow him all the way to the men’s restroom. 

Liangshen was a little sad, but this mood lasted only a week because another new student just transferred over. 

Under the bright sun, the girl in the short white skirt walked in. She stood on the podium, with two jet-black pigtail braids, fair skin, and clean almond eyes smiling shyly and tenderly. 

Liangshen’s eyes widened and his heart beat like a drum.

At this moment, he decided to move on with his love. 

The new female student name Wen Wan, as her name suggested, she was particularly gentle. 

After becoming deskmate with her, Liangshe retrained his unruly behavior and became extraordinarily studious. Whenever he had time, he pretended to ask the new student for advice. 

Time passed quickly, and Liang Shen was facing further education. He heard that Wen Wan was going to be admitted to Yi Zhong school, which motivated Liangshen to study harder. Study during the day and make up classes in the evening. Finally, he entered Yi Zhong school with the lowest score. 

And Wen Wan…in honor class. Although they were on the same floor, they were on different levels. 

Yi Zhong is a key university. The brightest people in the country are here, but there are exceptions everywhere. Even Yi Zhong will have some thorns, and these thorns are all arranged in class 26. 

There are more than 40 students in class 26 and the ratio of male and female students was imbalanced. The number of girls can be counted with fingers.

When Liangshen was first assigned here, he immediately became the focus. The first reason was because of his elder brother, and the other reason was his handsomeness. 

The 13-year-old Liangshen has reached 170cm tall. When he was standing on the podium with the schoolbag, looking at his classmates with his fox-like eyes exactly like Jiang Tang, his chin was slightly raised and had an air of an important character. 

A few girls in the class immediately fell in love with him and were immersed in his bad temperament. 

The seat was selected in the form of a lottery. He originally secreted the front row seat, but because he was too tall, he was assigned to the last row by the window, in the golden seat. 

He rested his cheek on one hand as he looked out the window lazily. The situation now can’t help but reminded him of the time when he was in primary school. At that time he also sat alone until later….

Thinking of unpleasant memory, Liangshen’s face changed instantly.

Ding dong.

A message came from Wen Wan.

[Wen Wan: Do you want to study after school today?”

[Lin Liangshne: Are you free?]

[Wen Wan: There are guests at my house, we can only go to your house.]

[Lin Liangshen: Oh.”

Because they were deskmates before, the two often helped each other with studying. Wen Wan often came to his house, and he also went to her place.

As he was texting, the table in front of him nudged his shoulder: “Hey, Lin Liangshen.”

He frowned, somewhat annoyed: “What?”

“There’s still one student who didn’t show up yet, you know? I heard it’s a female student, the  same as you are the second generation of stars.”

Liangshen snorted: “None of my business.”

….This dude is really hard to get along with.

The male student at the front desk mumbled, not willing to stick his warm face to his cold-ass again.

Later….

Liangshen found out it was really his business!

After many years went by, Lin Liangshen met Tian Tian again.

She didn’t grow much but a little skinner than before. Still round with a round apple face, like a lucky doll in the painting. 

Tian Tian, who had just entered the class, also saw Liangshen at a glance. She raised her eyebrows and went straight to the seat next to the boy.

“Lin Lianghshen.”

Liangshen facepalm himself wanted to curse.

“I’ve come back for you, are you touched?”

“…….”

Touched with goosebumps. 

“I’m talking to you.” Tian Tian stretched out her hand and grabbed his ear directly, “You look into my eyes and talk.”

The force was too strong, causing Liangshen to bare his teeth in pain: “Let go——!”

Tian Tian refused: “Who told you to ignore me!!”

“I’m not close to you!”

Tian Tian increased her strength: “Is this your attitude towards your future wife?”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in class.

The male and female teenagers who were in their puberty were all astonished: “Lin Liangshen, did you engage when you were a baby?”

“Is this your future wife?”

“Then I’ll save money now and keep it for your wedding!”

“…..”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Liangshen blushed and stared angrily: “Don’t talk nonsense! I’ll tear the mouth of anyone who still saying it!”

His fierce expression and warning instantly made the lively class fall into a dead silence.

“Let go of me!” Liangshen forcefully pulled away Tian Tian Tian’s hand, his ear hurt so badly. He avoided Tian Tian Tian’s sight and said in a bad mood: “Stay away from me.”

Then, he turned the table towards the window.

Tian Tian raised her eyebrows but didn’t take it to heart. 

What she said that year made Chen Zixian very furious and left her in the United States regardless of her resistance. What could a child do? It’s nothing more than crying and making a fuss. Tian Tian is an adult in her soul and has been the king for more than half a year. Even the king of the dead is still a king, so she pretended to be good and well-behaved, worked hard, and performed well. Finally, she was able to return. 

This time she has only one purpose!

It’s to become the daughter-in-law of Tang Guo’er!

The class bell rang, and the students sat down obediently.

Tian Tian leaned toward Lin Liangshen: “Hey, how’s Tang Guo’er doing?”

Lianshen said coldly: “Who’s Tang Guo’er? I don’t know.”

“Your Mom, how’s she doing?”

Considering her age, Jiang Tang should be in her thirties now.

Liangshen took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth: “Don’t give my Mom a nickname, my Mom is not a candy.”

Liangshen grew up treating Ms. Jiang as his princess and delusionally wanted to take her back from his evil dragon’s dad. Even when he grew up and understood things, Liangshen still regarded his mother as the woman he loves the most in his life, and the noblest princess.

“Okay, okay, okay, your Mom is not a candy but….” Tian Tian held her cheeks in her hands and stared at his face.

The boy’s childishness has not faded, and his face still has baby fat. His annoying expression was not unpleasant to look at but instead very cute. The most important thing is..it looks delicious.

“Liangshen.”

“What?”

Tian Tian’s eyes lit up, and her tiny voice was soft and sticky: “You’re delicious~”

His pupils tightened and reflexively covered his face.

Tian Tian pursed her lips and chuckled lowly.

After school, the driver came to pick them up. Because Chu Yi and Ouyang had after-class activities that took another hour to finish, Liangshen and Wen Wan had to wait for them in the car. 

Wen Wan’s temperament was gentle like water, and her school uniform was clean and decent. 

He crossed his legs and looked out the window from the corner of his eyes, his expression was carefree. 

Suddenly, Liangshen’s expression slightly changed, he pulled down the car window and looked outside. 

Not far away under the acacia tree, Liang Shen saw someone who looked like Tian Tian being surrounded by several girls.

“Liangshen, what’s wrong?”

Liangshen frowned: “It’s nothing.”

Wen Wan smiled faintly: “You seem a little unhappy.”

He turned his head sideways: “You think too much.” After that, he continued looking outside.

The car gradually drove away, Tian Tian’s figure soon disappeared in the shadow of the trees. He was restless and finally could hold it any longer, he told the driver to stop the car and ran down quickly.

“Liangshen, where are you going?”

He didn’t answer, his figure ran as fast as the wind.

“Hey, Tian Tian!”

The sudden voice had startled them. When they looked back and met Liangshen’s sinister gaze.

Tian Tian’s eyeballs rolled in the circle a few times and then threw herself into his arms sobbing: “Liangshen, they bullied me!”

“…….”

Strangely, this feeling of being relied on by others is quite good. 

Liangshen protected Tian Tian: “What are you all doing?”

“We…” The group of girls looked at each other, “We just want her autograph…”

Teenagers of this age grew up watching little dinosaur commercials, it’s a rare opportunity to see the real person, so they couldn’t help but want to get closer. 

The atmosphere became silent and a little awkward. 

Tian Tian let go of her hands, hung her head down, and was embarrassed to look at them. 

Liangshen’s mouth twitched: “Forget it, just sign for them.”

He crossed his arms around his chest, leaning lazily on the old locust tree behind him. 

Tian Tian signed one after the other, but when looked back and saw that he was about to leave, her heart jogged and shamelessly ran over: “Liangshen….”

“What?”

“Do you think we are considered childhood sweetheart?”

Liangshen snorted arrogantly: “Ghost is your childhood sweethearts.”

“Can I go visit your house today?”

He looked wary: “Why are you going to my house?”

“There’s no one at my house, not to mention I miss Tang….Aunt Tang Tang.”

In this world, Jiang Tang is the only one who knew about her past and cared about her. Even though their ages were quite different, she still regards her as a close friend. In countless days and nights of licking blood on the tip of a knife, only a few people in the group could give her some feeling of reliance and warmth. Although she knew that they will never see each other in this life, she will regard them as best friends forever.

Coming here was an accident, and meeting Jiang Tang was a fate of one in a million. 

Liangshen frowned: “Are you kidding me?”

Chen Zixina and his mother had always been at odds with each other. Tearing up each other on social media every two or three days and Chen Zixian ended up lost every time. He remembered when he was little, Tian Tian also made his mother’s dress dirty….

“I’m not joking, I’m being serious.”

He lowered his eyes and took a hard look at her.

Tian Tian’s eyes were sincere, it didn’t seem like she was lying. After a moment of hesitation, Liangshen nodded reluctantly: “Okay, but you can only stay for a while, I still need to study.”

Tian Tian agreed happily and followed him to the car.

Inside the car, Wen Wan gave her a faint smile when she saw Tian Tian. 

Tian Tian has heard about the popularity of Wen Wan. A school beauty queen, smart and sensible, and Lin Liangshen’s childhood sweetheart. Everyone thought that the two would develop a deeper relationship in the future.

However….

Tian Tian didn’t think so. 

From an adult’s point of view, Liangshen, this little brat must have fallen in love with a gentle girl like Wen Wam, but too bad that the girl didn’t feel the same way as him. There were two possibilities why she was closed to him, one because she’s nice and the second other reason she hasn’t figured it out yet. Tian Tian was sure Wen Wan must be after another person. 

Jiang Tang has four children, Chu Yi is the smartest among them and a girl like Wen Wan…

Tian Tian raised her brows and felt there was nothing wrong with her thought. 

It was almost seven o’clock in the evening when they got home. The butler took the schoolbag from him and softly said: “Mr. and Mrs. have gone out and said they won’t be back for dinner.”

Liangshen was not surprised when heard this, he had long been used to it. Since the siblings have grown up, their parents have become more and more clinging to each other. Sometimes, they didn’t even return home for two months. 

“This is…” The butler noticed Tian Tian who was following behind.

“My classmate.” Liangshen didn’t say much, he turned to look at her, “Too bad, my mom is not home.”

His meaning was you can go back. 

Tian Tian was not easy to get rid of, she casually walked passed Liangshen and entered the living room: “If you don’t mind, I can study with you. You also know that I just came back from the USA, and am not quite used to classes here yet. Wen Wan, do you mind?”

Wen Wan was taken aback and then shook her head.

She smiled: “What about Liangshen?”

“……”

He couldn’t say anything since Wen Wan already agreed, it was just…a bit irritating!!

Tian Tian shamelessly stayed at Liangshen’s house. After dinner, the three of them went to the study and began to preview their homework for tomorrow.

Wen Wan spoke every word earnestly as Liangshen took a note in his book, and glanced at her from time to time. This young boy was in love.

“That’s about it. Liangshen, you just need to memorize the main points of the drawing.”

Liangshen returned to his senses and slowly nodded his head.

Her eyelashes trembled lightly while packing her schoolbag, asking: “Your brothers haven’t come back yet?”

“I guess they will be back soon, they have afterschool activities.”

Wen Wan didn’t ask any more questions and left the study with a schoolbag on her back. Seeing this, Tian Tian pulled the corners of her mouth as she got up and followed.

When the three just came downstairs, they saw Chu Yi and Ouyang walking in from the door. 

Wen Wan paused her footsteps and stared in a daze at the boy who was chatting with others.

His school uniform was in place and clean, and his shirt buttons were meticulously managed. He had black hair, a white face as jade, and his eyebrows seemed as if copied from the painting, warm and delicate.

He seemed to feel a line of sighs looking at him, Chu Yi glanced over and in an instant, the gentleness in his eyes disappeared and was replaced by indifference. 

“Classmate Wen Wan, are you here to teach Liangshen again?” The young man’s voice was clear and penetrating.

Wen Wan’s earlobes were slightly flushed red, and her voice was a little shaky: “I, I don’t want to disturb everyone, I will be heading out first.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed out of the house.

Tian Tain, who was standing quietly behind her, narrowed her brows. She was right, this little girl had a crush on the boss of the Lin family.

Well, the eldest son is so good-looking. If he was not too smart, she also wanted to date him. 

“Liangshen, is that your classmate behind you?”

Liangshen, who was watching his goddess leaving, finally remembered Tian Tian’s existence. He pouted his mouth and pulled Tian Tian over: “Introduce yourself.”

Tian Tian smiled carefreely: “Nice to meet you, Brother Chu Yi and Brother Ouyang. I’m Tian Tian.”

….Tian Tian.

Why did her name sound familiar?

“My mother is Chen Zixian.”

“…..”

“………”

There was a dead silence.

Ouyang looked at Chu Yi whose complexion slightly changed, and then looked at Liangshen, who looked like a big shot, he subconsciously retreated two steps before saying: “I am going to pick up Qian Qian, she should be back soon.”

He immediately strode away without looking back after saying this. 

A smile hung from the corner of Chu Yi’s lips: “I heard you went to America. When you left, Liangshen was sad for a very long time.”

Tian Tian was a little surprised when she heard this and couldn’t help but glanced at Liangshen.

Liangshen was also a little stunned by his brother’s remark and a blush crept on his face: “Don’t talk nonsense, Chu Yi. I was not sad! Only a fool would be sad!! If you still talking nonsense, I will ignore you!”

Stamping his foot in anger and ran upstairs in a huff. 

Chu Yi chuckled lightly: “Liangshen is happy to see you back.”

Tian Tian was dumbfounded: “Huh?”

Chu Yi slightly lowered his eyes: “Liangshne has a bad mouth, but his character is not bad. Since you guys have become classmates again, please take care of my brother.”

He slightly leaned his waist to level with Tian Tian’s eyes. He was just 14 years old, but Tian Tian felt inexplicable oppression. 

Tian Tian nodded her head: “Sure, Big Brother. It’s not a problem, Big Brother!”

Chu Yi froze for a moment and then chuckled lightly. His smile was like the spring breeze in April, melting the snow and ice of the mountains in an instant.

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Translator comments: Woo Hoo!! I finished it! Hope everyone enjoys the story.

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Chapter 142 – Epilogue

The situation right now was a little more complicated. 

Jiang Tang never expected to meet her childhood husband in her lifetime.

She sat on the bed with her cheeks in her hands and looked at the unaware teenager without blinking.

The boy is in his prime, fourteen or fifteen years old, with thick black hair. Even when he was asleep, the center of the eyebrow locked deeply, Jiang Tang stretched out her hand and carefully touched his thin lips. 

The boy waved his hands impatiently and frowned. When he turned over, the thin silk quilt slipped down his body, revealing his not fully developed figure. 

Looking at the white young flesh, Jiang Tang couldn’t help but clicked her tongue. 

Suddenly, the sleeping teenager opened his eyes. She was caught off guard and heavily pressed on the bed. His bony fingers tightly clasped Jiang Tang’s white and fragile neck, and he could easily crush her if he wanted to. 

His eyes were dark and cold as if quenched with cold ice, extremely gloomy, not at all like the calmness and gentleness of an adult. Jiang Tang was stunned, a little breathless. 

“Who are you?”

Before Jiang Tang could answer, there was a knock on the door. Chu Yi carefully pushed opened the door and his tone was a little frightened: “Papa, Mama, Liangshen, and the others are gone, and the room has become very strange….”

Lin Suizhou’s eyelashes slightly trembled. He was stunned when he turned around. 

The little boy standing not far away is seven or eight years old and his appearance is very similar to him yet somewhat different. 

Chu Yi tilted his head: “Papa?”

Lin Suizhuo frowned and said viciously: “Who is your Papa? Are you sick?”

After speaking, he let go of Jiang Tang.

Chu Yi was very quick-witted and soon realized that he had encountered a supernatural event beyond scientific theory. When he turned to look at Jiang Tang and saw her didn’t change, his tense mood was relieved.

Chu Yi slowly walked over and under Lin Suizhuo’s warning eyes, and slowly drilled himself into Jiang Tang’s arms, staring straight at his father with big eyes.

Lin Suizhuo glanced intently at Chu Yi, with a fierce look, as if he was going to tear him apart.

While they were confronting each other with eyes shooting daggers, Jiang Tang kicked Lin Suizhou’s bottom: “What are you looking at?”

Lin Suizhou, who was kicked for no reason: “…F*ck!”

Chu Yi’s expression sank: “Papa, you can’t use swear words.”

Lin Suizhou: “……”

Lin Suizhou snorted: “Ghost is your Papa?”

Chu Yi: “People only will become ghosts when they die, Papa, don’t curse yourself.”

“……”

“The f*ck!”

“Papa, I told you not to swear.”

“……”

“………..”

Is he crazy?

Lin Suizhou rubbed his hair in disarray, got out of the bed, and went to grab the phone. After dialing the numbers, the line was connected quickly: “Security, two suspicious people broke into my room, quickly throw them to the police station.”

He raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Tang in disdain before turning to the bathroom.

Listening to the sound of running water, Jiang Tang was in deep thought. She thought Lin Suizhou’s temperament when they first met was already bad enough but she didn’t expect that the teenage Lin Suizhou was the worst, and didn’t even have the cuteness of his adultness. 

Her brows slightly furrowed as she got out of bed. 

“Mama, I want to go home….”

It was the first time Chu Yi experienced this kind of thing, causing him to feel very uncomfortable. 

While gently stroking her eldest son’s soft hair to comfort him, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a few security guards pushed in: “Where’s the suspect?”

Suspected person Jiang Tang: “……”

Suspected person Chu Yi: “…..”

After looking around, their eyes fell on Jiang Tang. 

She was in her pajamas, with her long hair disheveled, and her facial features were delicate and gorgeous. She’s more like a beautiful fairy than a suspect. 

It’s inappropriate to use force on a woman and a child, so the security guard politely walked to Jiang Tang: “Excuse me, this lady, please leave.”

Jiang Tang didn’t move.

Chu Yi looked up with his wet eyes, looking quite pitiful. 

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and Lin Suizhou came out wrapped in a bathrobe. Seeing the room full of people, his mood was not so good: “Hurry up.”

“Lady, you’d better leave on your own accord.”

The security guards appeared calm on the surface, but their minds were full of panic. The security system of the Lin family was very tight, normally not even a fly could get in. But today, two strangers broke in easily without them noticing at all. 

“Well, can I have a word with this young master before I leave?”

Lin Suizhou straightforwardly rejected: “No.”

The security guards were put in an awkward situation. 

She got up and walked toward Lin Suizhou. He was well-developed. At the age of 15, he was already 1.75 meters tall, with slender long thin legs, and his unruly and distant temperament is the favorite type of young girls nowadays. 

Jiang Tang smiled and leaned into Lin Suizhou’s ear, whispering: “You may not believe me, I am your wife from the future.”

“…….”

After a long while of being taken aback, Lin Suizhou sneered. 

He turned to look at the security guard: “Send her directly to the mental hospital.”

Her sickness is not light at all. 

Jiang Tang’s expression did not change and said in a slow tone: “You have two moles on the back of your buttocks, symmetrical. You like sweet food, but don’t like spicy food. Oh, one more thing, your inner thigh….”

Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was tightly blocked by a pair of hands.

Lin Suizhou stared at her with his earlobes slightly red.

The corner of Jiang Tang’s mouth curled up which made Lin Suizhou burst into fury and frustration.

“….Young Master?”

He glanced sideways: “You guys go out first.”

The security guards looked at Lin Suizhou and then at Jiang Tang, and finally exited the room silently.

There were only three people left in the bedroom and it was particularly quiet.

Her eyelashes were slightly moved and slowly pucker her lips kissing his hot palm. The young man’s eyes widened in surprise and hurriedly withdrew his hand. His innocent and helpless reaction immediately made Jiang Tang laugh out loud.

Since Lin Suizhou and Xia  Huairun hung out together, it has become more and more difficult to fool and tease him. Usually, she was the one who fell into her own trick when teasing him. Now it seems that the pure and innocent cub is the most adorable. 

“Son, come here.”

Jiang Tang waved her hand at Chu Yi.

Chu Yi obediently stepped forward.

“Call Dad.”

Chu Yi stood beside Jiang Tang, with eyebrows and eyes similar to his, gentle and good-natured: “Dad.”

Lin Suizhou…

Lin Suizhou didn’t know how to describe his mood at the moment but was somehow suffocating.

“Let me introduce myself, I am Jiang Tang, your wife.”

“……”

Lin Suizhou examined her closely.

Pretty.

White.

Big breasts.

He couldn’t help staring at it for a long time.

Jiang Tang’s lips curled up and asked naturally: “Would you like to touch it?”

Lin Suizhou squinted his eyes and looked away differently before coldly saying: “Fake.”

Jiang Tang was a little upset: “Youngster, you’re the one who stared at me first. I kindly give you benefits but you’re not only don’t appreciate it but said mine are fake. Is there still any justice?”

“Humph!”

“……”

Humph, your grandmother, humph.

Although he didn’t let people drive Jiang Tang out, he didn’t show too much enthusiasm. Lin Suizhou was not a fool and believed whatever she said. If he didn’t see them as harmless, he would not let them stand here.

After changing into school uniform, he went downstairs to the dining room. Breakfast has been prepared, which was rich in nutritious.

Jiang Tang followed him and took the opportunity to take a good look at their house in the past. 

There is no change in house furnishings, and only missing many toys murals of toys played by children. The huge house suddenly looked spacious and desolated. 

Gulu.

A sudden sound broke the silence.

Lin Suizhou lifted his eyes and looked over. 

Chu Yi clutched his stomach and said in a low voice: “I’m sorry.”

When he woke up early this morning and found something was not right, he went to look for his family anxiously so he didn’t care about having breakfast, and now he was hungry. 

Lin Suizhou put down his knife and fork and pushed the uneaten buns on the plate to the opposite side of the table. Then he got up, took his schoolbag, and turned to leave without saying a word, his back was full of arrogance. 

Chu Yi picked up two buns and gave one to Jiang Tang but she shook her head and looked in the direction the boy left. 

After seeing Chu Yi was full, Jian Tang asked to borrow a set of clothes from the nanny to change and took Chu Yi with her as they followed him out. If she remembered correctly, Lin Suizhou should be in junior high at Yi Zhong. He was excellent both in studies and behavior and was very much liked by his teachers and female classmates. 

The weather in April was a little cool, the trees and plants on the streets were both familiar yet unfamiliar. The students walked along both sides of the street in high spirits. She held Chu Yi’s hand and mingled with a group of junior and senior high school students, and felt herself was younger too.

Jiang Tang is very beautiful and compelling, even if she wore simple clothes, she still attracted the attention of many people. 

It was school hours, she had nothing to do and took her son to stroll on the street. 

“Mama, when can we go back?”

Jiang Tang shook her head: “I don’t know.”

The situation happened suddenly. Even Jiang Tang, who had experienced transmigration, didn’t know how to deal with the current situation, and now all she could do is to go with the flow. 

Chu Yi bit his lower lip: “I don’t like this Papa.”

“Huh?”

He tipped his chin: “He’s so mean to you.”

Chu Yi said poker-faced: “I don’t like him being so mean to you.”

Jiang Tang frowned and bent down to pick up her eldest son. Feeling the heavy weight, she couldn’t help joking: “Chu Yi became heavier, Mama won’t be able to hold you anymore in the future.”

Chu Yi warped his arms around Jiang Tang’s neck: “When the time comes, I will hold you.”

Under the shade of the trees, there were two shadows one big and one small, close to each other, warm and touching.

The spring breeze skims the shadows of the trees, bringing a slight cooling breeze.

Snap.

A schoolbag was thrown behind Jiang Tang, she turned her head to look and felt the schoolbag was familiar. 

While she was still at a loss, the young man’s vigorous figure appeared in front of her eyes, his strong arms supported the wall, and easily climbed out from the inside. He didn’t notice Jiang Tang, bent down to pick up the schoolbag, grabbed a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it.

Smoke filled the air as he lazily leaned against the wall, his eyelids were half drooping, unrestrained, and carefree. 

Suddenly, another bag was dropped. 

“F*ck.” Lin Suizhou, why didn’t you call me when you sneak out?” A tall and sturdy boy came to Lin Suizhou, “Give me one.”

He threw the cigarette box directly at him.

The male classmate chatted while lighting a cigarette. At this moment, his eyes accidentally glanced at Jiang Tang and Chu Yi who were standing under the tree shade. 

After being stunned for a while,  a puff of smoke choking his throat. 

Lin Suizhou raised his eyelids and looked over.

“Papa, you can’t smoke.” Chu Yi broke away from Jiang Tang’s arm, stepped forward, and snatched half a cigarette between his fingertips. After stepping on the ground and crushing it, but didn’t forget to throw it aside in the trash can. 

Jiang Tang stepped forward: “Are you skipping school?”

Chu Yi’s face was full of dissatisfaction: “Papa, you can’t skip school, it’s not good to skip school.”

“What the hell! Lin Suizhou, your son is this big?” The male classmate slapped his thigh and his face was full of shock. 

Lin Suizhou rolled his eyes at him: “Go have your brain check.”

“Forget it, I’m hungry, take me to eat.” Jiang Tang rubbed her stomach and automatically held Lin Suizhou’s arm. The sudden close contact made Lin Suizhou slightly startled, with a quick reaction, he frowned and pushed her away.

Jiang Tang was not upset and smiled: “I’m pregnant, you better be careful.”

After a pause: “It’s your child.”

“…..”

Her voice was not too loud just enough for two people to hear. Lin Suizhou’s expression changed back and forth and in the end, let her do whatever she wanted. 

Although his classmate smoked, skipped classes, and got into fights with others. However, he was a good boy. Usually, he didn’t even dare to tease female classmates such as pulling their braids. What happened in front of him made him unable to digest. Finally, he picked up his schoolbag, climbed over the wall, and went back to school. Compared to here, he felt the sea of books is his final destination.

Lin Suizhou took a deep breath: “What do you want to eat?”

“Grilled fish. The grilled fish restaurant in the front is really delicious.”

He didn’t speak and walked forward quietly.

At this time, the restaurant did not have many customers. They were seated at the remote table in a corner. Lin Suizhou didn’t like spicy food and was not a fish-eater. Thus, after dishes were served, he held his chin with one hand and played with his phone.

“Papa, this is for you, it’s not spicy.” Chu Yi picked a piece of fish belly meat and put it in Lin Suizhou’s bowl after swishing off the spicy oil floating on the surface in warm water.

Lin Suizhou’s fingertips stalled, and then said indifferently: “I don’t eat it.”

Chu Yi held his chopsticks yet his dark eyes still looked at his father. 

Lin Suizhou took a deep breath and put the fish in his mouth. Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. 

After lunch, Jiang Tang pestered Lin Suizhou to go to other places. After playing for half a day, they boarded the huge Ferris wheel in the amusement park. Chu Yi was tired, leaning on Jiang Tang’s arms, and fell asleep. 

The night view was just as mesmerizing as the one they saw last time, with the neon lights flashing.

He was bored and looked at the city outside the window in a trance. 

With Lin Suizhou’s character, even when he was a child, he had never been to an amusement party, and today was the first time. 

He looked motionless and glanced at Jiang Tang and Chu Yi next to him, the woman was holding the boy, full of tenderness in her eyes. He stared fixedly at her and suddenly his heart fell into peace for no reason. Maybe he became crazy, at this moment Lin Suizhou really believed they were from the future. 

“I only have this one son?”

Jiang Tang thought for a while: “Let me count first.”

Count, count first?

Do you need to count?

“You now have four children.” Jiang Tang said in a calm tone. 

Lin Suizhou’s indifferent expression finally had some reactions, and his eyes unconsciously gleaned at her flat belly. 

The corner of Jiang Tang’s mouth curled up and deliberately teased him: “If count the one in my stomach, it’s five.”

Lin Suizhou gasped: “Were you laying eggs?”

“What are you talking about? You’re the one who laid eggs.” Jiang Tang couldn’t help but kicked him, “You should be happy for having two sons and a daughter.”

Lin Shuizhou raised his eyebrows, looking surprised: “I have a duaghter?”

“Yeah, but soon she will be someone’s wife, and you have nothing to do with it.” After marrying Ouyang, it has nothing to do with him.

He is now just an innocent boy who has never been in love and has no concept of family and children. Naturally, he didn’t have much reaction when hearing such words but only vaguely felt strange and weird. 

Wife, children, family. 

He will experience such a life in the future, unfamiliar yet yearning.

It’s just….

Lin Suizhou rubbed his slightly sore knee. Is he brain-damaged in the future to find such a fierce woman???

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Chapter 141

Film festival awards ceremony.

Jiang Tang attended in splendid attire, and Lin Suizhou followed her as a male companion. 

She was dressed in a cream cheongsam with a slender figure and bright eyes with a confident smile becoming the most dazzling female star on the red carpet.

Besides the cast from “Suicide Journey”, other actresses were also invited. Jiang Tang glanced back and saw Chen Zixian who was not far away. Noticing her line of sight, Chen Zixian’s smile stiffened for a few seconds, and her eyes became complicated. 

Jiang Tang raised her eyebrows and took Lin Suizhou up the steps.

The award ceremony was broadcast live. Her position was directly in front of the camera and could be scanned around. Being nominated for the Best Actress after only one film, naturally, the cameraman would not miss her and tried to capture her image every few seconds. 

She seemed to be very relaxed, sitting there gracefully. 

The lights shone on the guest seats gradually dimmed, and the host stepped onto the stage. 

“Suicide Journey” won the Best Picture for its excellent plot and cinematography, followed by the Best Actress Award. 

Looking at the big screen behind the host, Jiang Tang leaned toward Lin Suizhou: “If I really won the award, would you be under a lot of pressure?”

Without looking at her, he made a faint nasal sound: “Huh?”

Jiang Tang’s eyes expressed a deep meaning: “After all, my wife is so perfect, am I right….”

Lin Suizhou chuckled lowly: “You’re beautiful, even your dream is beautiful.”

“……”

This person really doesn’t know how to chat.

Jiang Tang rolled her eyes at him and sat back straight. 

“The winner of the Best Actress award at the Bercy Film Festival is——” the host smiled mysteriously, “Please look at the big screen.”

The lights on the screen came on, and a woman with blond hair and brown eyes walked in the night.

Andrei Juka.

The best actress in France.

At this moment, Jiang Tang felt that people from all directions were looking at her.

After the awards ceremony, many reporters came to interview her.

“What is Jiang Tang’s mood now? Everyone always thought you would win this award. How do you feel now?”

Jiang Tang narrowed her eyebrows: “Who is that everyone? Can you ask the person to step forward?”

“What’s your mood now?”

Jiang Tang pondered for a moment and her eyes were slightly gloomy when she didn’t speak. Just when the reporters thought that her expression was out of control, she looked straight into the camera and said: “Feel a little disappointed. I bragged to my husband that I would get him the Best Actress Award.”

She has graciously accepted the truth, without a slightest of defeat in her eyes, and her humorous words combined with her serious look immediately made the surrounding media burst into laughter, making the originally tense atmosphere begin to ease.

Lin Suizhou, who was walking over, happened to hear her. The corners of his lips hooked up to leap over the reporters. Before Jiang Tang could react, he embraced her slender waist and the eyes that looked at her were focused and warm: “Mrs. Lin, you are already the best actress in my life. I am your forever award.”

The earthy honey words came out unexpectedly, making everyone at the scene scream in awe.

Jiang Tang was surprised at first, then laughed. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed the man’s sexy, thin lips in full view of the public: “You are also my Best Actor. If there is a next life, will you still cooperate with me?”

He hugged her tightly: “You have already asked this question in your last life.”

Jiang Tang was very moved and then——

“Don’t hang out with Xia Huairun again.”

Xia Huiarun always taught her cub how to flirt, her cub becoming not fun anymore, and she wanted to cry.

Although Jiang Tang didn’t win the Best Actress Award, her fans were not too disappointed. Everyone now has recognized Tang Mei’s strengths, and the media also knew her strength. This is enough. The most important thing is——the couple’s PDA was really too tasty!!

——What kind of immortal the cub is! I hope the majority of straight men can learn something!

——The cub has changed.

——@Xia Huairun, mistress came out and get beaten. 

——Hahaha @Xia Huairun, the mistress came out and get beaten.

“……”

Amid the shouting, Xia Huairun appeared for the first time.

[Xia Huairun V: Let’s break up @Lin Suizhou, I am getting married.]

[Ouyang Mengmeng forwarded: Hello husband!]

The amount of information was a little too much, and the melon eaters were surprised, even the PDA couple was also shocked. The two sent messages to their best friend at the same time.

[Jiang Tang: When did you and President Xia date?]

[Lin Suizhou: You didn’t break the law, did you?]

Ouyang Mengmeng: “……”

Xia Huairun: “……”

[Ouyang Mengmeng: It’s a long story.]

[Xiam Huiarun: It’s hard to explain.]

Now it was Lin Suizhou and Jiang Tang’s turn to be silent.

After a brief surprise, Lin Suizhou felt very happy for his buddy. Xia Huairun is already in his thirties, it’s good that he found someone. 

He sent a red envelope and said: “When you have a daughter, let’s become in law.”

Xia Huairun: “Chu Yi?”

Lin Suizhou: “No, Liangshen.”

Xia Huairun refused without hesitation: “Forget it, let’s not talk about it.

Obviously showing that he looks down on his second son’s IQ!

Coincidently, the children just returned home from school. Lin Suizhou sighed deeply as he looked at Liangshen, who was covered in dirt from head to toes. As far as in concerned of Liangshen’s virtue, let alone finding a daughter-in-law, it would be a blessing to be able to find him a husband——depressed. 

Liangshen raised his head and gulped a few mouthfuls of water, slammed the water glass down the table, and roughly wiped the water stains on his face before sitting down on the sofa angrily. 

Jiang Tang raised her eyebrows: “Who upset you?”

Once Liangshen heard her asking, his eyes turned red immediately: “There’s a transfer student in our class.”

“Boy or girl?”

“Girl.”

Lin Suizhou asked: “Bullied you?”

Liangshen was silent. 

Chu Yi slowly took off his coat uniform, glanced at Liangshen out of the corner of his eyes, and whispered: “A new student just transferred called Tian Tian.”

…..Tian Tian.

Looking at Jiang Tang’s confused face, Chu Yi explained patiently: “It’s that…Tian Tian sat at the same table as Liangshen, and said she would follow him everywhere he goes, Liangshen is unhappy because of that.”

Liangshen pursed his lips and went back to his room in a gloomy mood. 

Looking at his son’s lonely back, Lin Suizhou chucked and hugged her: “Don’t pay attention to him. If he can’t handle a girl, don’t say he’s my son.”

“Mama, next week’s school anniversary, will you both go?”

After speaking, Chu Yi stared at her with big eyes, and at this time, Ouyang and Qian Qian also looked at her eagerly. 

Because Jiang Tang was busy filming, she had not participated in children’s activities for a long time. Looking at a few pairs of eyes full of anticipation, she felt a little guilty in her heart. 

Seeing that the two of them didn’t answer, Chu Yi smiled softly: “It’s okay, we can participate by ourselves.”

Qian Qian’s eyes gradually dimmed: “But…..”

Ouyang pulled her sleeve, and the little girl immediately shut up.

Jiang Tang reached out and hugged Qian Qian. She just enrolled in grand 1, and the little girl has developed rapidly. In less than a year, Qian Qian has grown a lot, like a tiny flower, beautiful and lovely. 

“Mama has been busy with work lately and doesn’t have a lot of time to spend with you, do you blame me?”

She would not lie and nodded honestly.

Jiang Tang asked again: “Do you want Mama to be with you all the time?”

Qian Qian nodded again.

“Okay, Jiang Tang stroked her soft hair, leaned over, and kissed her face, “Mama promise you, I won’t film the movie again, I will always be with you, but you also have to promise me, when you grow up, you have to come to visit me often, okay?”

Qian Qian widened her eyes in surprise, then nodded vigorously. She hugged Jiang Tang tightly and gave her a big kiss. 

Children care so much about promises. Once promised, they will always remember it. Thus, after the children left, Lin Suizhou sighed: “It’s not good for you to coax them like that.”

“I didn’t coax them.”

“Huh?”

Jiang Tang said with a serious look: “The reason I made that film was to slap that Chen Zixian’s face and to make my fans happy. Since the goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue. In the future, I will write the script at home and accompany you and the children.”

Jiang Tang has won Film Empress Award in her previous life, so she’s already satisfied. Although she didn’t continue to develop on this road in this life, she has found the most important script in her life and decided to participate in this show for a lifetime. 

“Husband.” Jiang Tang patted his face, “Should I have another child for you, we will form a football team in the future.”

Lin Suizhou’s eyebrows jumped and his face turned pale, his breath was a little weak: “Jiang Tang, I am almost fifty, please give me a break.”

“……”

“Get lost!” She gave him a kick. Others were eager for their wives to give birth like a sow, and now she took the initiative to offer, he unexpectedly had this attitude, Humph, who wants it!

Lin Suizhou obediently accepted the kick. He also knew that Jiang Tang was joking. For her physical and mental health, he would not let her have more children. To be on the safe side, he decided to go to the hospital to have vasectomy.

The school anniversary is celebrated with a joyful atmosphere. 

Lin Suizhou and Jiang Tang mingled with the rest of the parents and did not mind accepting the group photo request. Gradually, more and more male guardians came around. They automatically pushed Lin Suizhou aside and stood beside Jiang Tang and asked for a photo. A while later, Lin Suizhou’s face became gloomy. He is not an easy person to get along with, and now he let them take pictures because he thought of his wife but these people went too far. 

Probably they sensed the bad atmosphere, a group of people dispersed quickly.

Lin Suizhou let out a light cough and muttered in a low voice: “Attracting bees and butterflies.”

Jiang Tang rolled her eyes at him: “Watch your language.”

…..threatened. 

His silence made Jiang Tang satisfied. She wrapped her arms around Lin Suizhou arm and walked around the playground. At this time, the children were all rehearsing so they could only walk around the school to take a look. 

“Where do you want Chu Yi to go for middle school?”

Lin Suizhou said casually: “He said he wanted to go to Yi Zhong.”

Yi Zhong is the number one middle school in the country, it’s extremely difficult to be admitted. Even with Chu Yi’s ability, he will still have to work hard. Since Chu Yi decided to enter Yi Zhong, based on his stubborn personality, he will definitely try his best and work hard for it. Jiang Tang didn’t care much about the children’s academic performance, but now she is just worried that Chu Yi gave himself too much pressure.

Just as she was in trance, a student bumped into her head-on.

Jiang Tang suddenly returned to her senses and bent over to help the girl. 

She didn’t look up and only gently said thank you, aunty.

“No problem, careful next time when running.”

The little girl nodded. When Jiang Tang was about to walk forward, her arm was suddenly pulled. She looked over and saw a seven or eight-year-old girl looking at her with her wide eyes full of astonishment: “Tang-Tang-Tang?”

Being called Tang Tang by a little child made her a little stunned. 

Their eyes met and Jiang Tang found this little chubby girl was a little familiar. She thought about it for a moment and realized. Isn’t this girl Chen Zixian’s naughty’s daughter?

Jiang Tang’s mood was momentarily low, and silently shook off her hand, then leaned closer to Lin Suizhou’s side. 

Lin Suizhou glanced at the chubby girl and calmly shifted his gaze: “You know her?”

She shook her head. 

Looking at Jiang Tang’s cold attitude, the little girl was a little anxious. She suddenly came up with an idea: “Day-by-day mission.”

Jiang Tang’s eyes widened instantly and responded automatically: “Live, live to ninety-nine?”

The little girl was ecstatic and hopped wildly in place: “I’m Tian Tian!!”

She was dumbfounded: “I know you are Tian Tian, I also know your mother.”

“No, no.” She waved her hand, “I am the other Tian Tian!”

The other Tian Tian?

Which Tian Tian?

While pondering, she felt as if the sky shook violently and her expression became instantly terrified. She patted Lin Suizhou on the shoulder, picked up the little girl, and sprinted for 800 meters. In the blink of an eye, Lin Suizhou ran off with someone.

When she reached a deserted corner, she put the little girl down, panted for air, and bent down to look at her: “No way, aren’t you the zombie king? Why are you here?”

Jiang Tang didn’t expect to be able to meet with her system group friends after leaving the group! No, that’s not the point, the point is that her friend became a child.

Tian Tian, whose appearance looks like a loli and the soul has already experienced doomsday let out a long sigh: “You don’t know how miserable I was….”

Yeah, very miserable.

Tian Tian was originally a zombie king, whose mission was to disguise herself as a human and defeat the human commanders. Everything went very smoothly at the beginning, and her love path was also very sweet, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, Tian Tian’s identity was soon exposed and the humans in the base attacked her, trying to kill her and lure zombies outside the town. No matter what Tian Tian is still a zombie king, the zombies outside used to roast Sichuan’s human meat with her and cooked Mongolian meat together, how could she let them die. 

At that time, Tian Tian was no longer care about the task and just wanted to leave the base wholeheartedly. When she left, the commander helped her find a passage to the outside. Before she could thank her human boyfriend, she was blown up into pieces. At that moment, Tian Tian knew that she had been betrayed, and the system indicated that the mission failed and the plot ended. 

“I only had two choices at that time. One: Delete the file of this world and start again; two: reselect another world.” Tian Tian looked sad, “I didn’t want to be a zombie king anymore, so I chose another. What a coincidence, I was able to see you as soon as I came here. If it wasn’t for Xiao Ke’s reminder, I wouldn’t know.”

Her sorrow comes and goes quickly. She looked up and down at Jiang Tang and smiled like a blooming flower: “Tang Tang, you’re so beautiful with fine tender skin, slurp….”

Jiang Tang: “…..”

She wiped her saliva: “I’m sorry, zombie sequelae.”

Jiang Tang’s eyelids twitched: “Since you are here, what about the original girl?”

Tian Tian waved her hand: “That little girl was squeezed so badly by her mother that she made a wish to be a princess on another planet. I guess she is probably happier now. Her life must be better than now.

When Tian Tain just woke up in this world, she found herself in the hospital. The nurse said she got into a fight with someone and hit her head when she fell from the slide. This girl is really stupid.

After returning home, she has experienced what is called deep water and fire. Her grandparents of both families dote on her so much. They accompanied her all the time even when using the bathroom. Her father also loves this daughter of his so much that he has no bottom line at all. But her mother is very strict with him. She has Tian Tian learned every activity such as piano lessons, dancing class, and painting. This poor child was like a puppet, controlled by a big family, no wonder this girl had such bad behavior in the past. 

Fortunately, she cried and made a fuss to transfer school, otherwise, she would not be abe able to see Jiang Tang. 

Thinking of this, Tian Tian felt sour in her heart, she opened her arms and jumped over: “My dear…!”

“Wait a minute.” She stretched out her hand to stop her and asked with her eyes narrowed: “What is your mission?”

“…..”

“………”

After a few seconds of eerie silence, Tian Tian said honestly: “Join the villain family and become the daughter-in-law of the devil mother.”

“……”

Tian Tian cautiously continued: “Tang Tang, do you think I look like your future daughter-in-law?”

“…….”

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Chapter 140

Jiang Tang seemed to be in a good mood when she returned home from the audition. 

The joy on her face could not be concealed, Lin Suizhou raised his eyebrows at her: “So happy?”

Jiang Tang smiled wider: “En, very happy.”

He slowly went downstairs holding a water cup: “Have you chosen the main actress?”

Jiang Tang kicked off the high heels shoes and stepped on the floor barefoot: “Already chosen.”

Lin Suizhou asked casually: “Who?”

Her eyes expressed a meaningful look while her soft arms wrapped around the man’s lean waist, half tilted up her head to look at him: “A new actress. I like her very much, and you like her too.”

After hearing this, Lin Suizhou was even more curious: “Who is it?”

She smiled deeply: “You will know when the time comes.”

After speaking, she hummed a little tune and went back to the room to change her clothes.

How did Lin Suizhou interfere with Jiang Tang’s work? Thus, seeing that she was happy, he didn’t ask much. In the next period of time, Jiang Tang followed Mu Xin around, her days were full of hectic and busy. 

One day at noon, Lin Suizhou suddenly received a phone call from a business partner: “Congratulations, Old Lin, your wife is really capable!”

While he was still confused, the other party already hung up the phone before Lin Suizhou could respond. In the next second, another call came in: “Old Lin, I really didn’t expect you to be so reckless, but I still want to congratulate you.”

Lin Suizhou: ????

“President Lin please tell sister-in-law for me that I wish her to break the box office.”

“…….”

Huh???

What is going on???

The confused Lin Suizhou opened Weibo and Xia Huairun’s message popped up. 

[Facing a single dog: Are you so spoiled of your wife?]

[A middle-aged cub: ?]

His reaction made Xia Huairun’s eyebrows twitch fiercely and send a voice message: “You didn’t know at all, do you?”

Lin Suizhou looked blank: “Should I know something?”

Xia Huairun: “……”

Lin Suizhou asked carefully: “Jiang Tang cheating?”

Impossible. 

Jiang Tang would not be that blind to cheat. 

“…..You can check Weibo to find out.”

With a perplexed feeling, Lin Suizhou clicked on Weibo and the topics appeared right in front of his eyes. 

#Jiang Tang makes her debut.

#Jiang Tang, Zhao Su Yun, Suicide Journey.

“……”

“………???”

[Suicide Journey Movie Official Page: “I’m waiting for a possibility to live.” Welcome@Jiang Tang, Zhao Suyun [Picture]]

A large picture of a girl in a white dress looked up at the sky in the dawn, her eyes glittered like the stars, pure and clean, the best look of the year. 

Very beautiful.

Very youthful.

Lin Suizhou couldn’t laugh because…the woman was his wife. 

——Really debut….

——Over the top! Director Mu Xi, producer Tan Qian, and most actors are veterans in the entertainment industry. Incredible!

——It turns out that money can do whatever you want.

——@Chen Zhixian, come out to get beaten. 

——@Chen Zhixian, what else do you want to say now?

——What are Jiang Tang’s fans proud about? A person with no acting experience dares to come out to act in a movie, what a joke! I’m looking forward to this drama failing. 

——As a fan of Jiang Tang, I am a little worried, emmm, although Tang Mei has a beautiful face, it may not be suitable for the big screen, and her acting skills…but anyway, I still look forward to it.

“……..”

In the comments, everyone expressed their opinions, some were mocking, some were looking forward to her movie, some were doubtful, and some even threw the blame on Lin Suizhou. 

——@Lin Suizhou, the physiology of capitalism, it’s good to have money. 

People didn’t detect their anger when they were angry. Lin Suizhou smiled, screenshot the comment, wrote on his Weibo, and clicked send, his actions were done in one go.

[Lin Suizhou V: Capitalism doesn’t know. That woman lied to me.]

——? There was a bit of grievance in his tone. 

——Cub Zhou: Hate!

——The family status is clear at a glance.

“…….”

Jiang Tang came home a little late these days, on the contrary, Lin Suizhou was idle.

After the children went to bed, Lin Suizhou waited quietly on the sofa with his arms crossed over his chest.

Just after 11 o’clock, the lights in the entrance hall came on.

The sleepy Lin Suizhou straightened his back instantly, and his eyes fell on her: “You’re back.”

Jiang Tang was a little surprised: “You haven’t slept yet?”

He said expressionlessly: “I heard that you are making a debut, congratulations.”

Jiang Tang’s eyebrows curled up: “Thank you for your congratulations.”

Is this intentionally irritating him?

Lin Suizhou calmed down: “Why didn’t you tell me?”

Jiang Tang quickly understood his meaning, she put down her purse, stepped forward, and sat on Lin Suizou’s lap, her actions were very natural: “I told you I went to the audition.”

“……”

Yes, Jiang Tang was indeed told him that she participate in the audition.

“But you…”

“I miss you.” Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Jiang Tang hugged Lin Suizhou tightly.

Her body was fragrant and her tone was soft and sweet. Lin Suizhou couldn’t stand her deliberate coquettish behavior. 

There were still some angry emotions miraculously suppressed, and what remained was only helplessness.

“Forget it.” He puffed out his cheeks, and pinched Jiang Tang’s chin grumpily: “I forgive you.”

Jiang Tang smiled: “I am going to be on set this Saturday. This time most are outside locations, and I have to go to many places. It will take about three or four months before I return, you have to take care of the kids by yourself. 

“Suicide Journey” could be said a road movie. The shooting is mostly in the field of the scenic spot, and it is not easy for others to visit.

At this point, Lin Suizhou naturally could not say anything and nodded reluctantly.

After packing the luggage and saying goodbye to the children, Jiang Tang went to the movie set with her assistant. 

The actors who joined this time are all experienced seniors. They are not too enthusiastic about Jiang Tang, a newcomer because they haven’t seen Jiang Tang’s performance in the audition, but they won’t be too cold either. Because of the family background reasons, naturally, there are some misunderstandings. But when the filming officially started, they realized they were wrong, including Mu Xin, who saw her audition and was still surprised by Jiang Tang’s performance.

Jiang Tang in the camera was not showing the slightest fear at all, and frankly presenting their beauty. Her performance was vivid and natural. No stage fright even when she played against veteran actors and actresses, so much so that evenly matched. 

At the end of the three-month filming, several of the leading actors could not help expressing their appreciation and affirmation of Jiang Tang in the interview. But for Jiang Tang’s anti-fans and passers-by who were not familiar with her felt those interviews were purely commercial exchanges without any sincerity, and even several fans of the stars thought they were held hostage interviews. 

Soon after, they release a short trailer from the film containing only one shot of Jiang Tang and there were only a few figures in the next seven minutes, without a single line. Seeing this, the marketing accounts and anti-fans began to make fun of her.

——Can’t even edit the trailer, I can imagine how bad the performance is.

——I heard that this drama used the original voices, Ms. Jiang has never practiced dialogue, tsk tsk!

——The main actors in this movie are all top actors!! Grandpa Liu can kill a group by himself!

——Grandpa Liu Qingzhu has been acting for 40 years, I don’t understand why he suddenly thinks of cooperating with a newcomer….

“………”

The wave of doubts rose, but Jiang Tang, who was standing at the center of the wave, never showed up. Yet, Lin Suizhou, who always kept an eye on his wife’s developments sighed and started thinking about a backup plan. 

On October 1st, “Suicide Journey” premiered and was released nationwide the next day. Seeing this, everyone was even more surprised. How much confidence do they have in this film to release it on National Day?

But in any case, there were still many people willing to buy tickets. For no other reason, they just wanted to see how bad Jiang Tang’s acting is.

On the day of the premiere, the theater was full. The film producer and actors were in the front row, the guests and reporters were invited to sit in the second row, and the rest were film critics and the audience. 

Ten minutes before the movie started, there was a subtle noise in the cinema. Jiang Tang and Lin Suizhou sitting in the middle had their hands locked tightly, she turned her head to talk to the person next to her, and the man looked solemn.

“President, Lin, Xiao Jiang is very talented.”

Mr. Liu, one of the leading actors, took the initiative to talk to Lin Suizhou.

Lin Suizhou slightly lowered his eyes with a humble expression: “You’re overpraised.” 

The character played by Mr. Liu is Li Nianguo, who was abandoned by his family and had cancer, so he chose to commit suicide. The old man has been in the acting career for more than 40 years and has won numerous awards. He’s very dedicated to his work despite his age. He can be called a legendary artist. Even Lin Suizhou was respectful to him. 

“Not overpraised, your wife really did a good job.”

The more he said so, the heavier heart Lin Suizhou felt: “I know what she capable of.” 

At this time, the light of the cinema darkened, and Lin Suizhou didn’t see the meaningful expression of the old man.

As the film began, the cinema fell into complete silence.

The “Suicide Journey” running time was two and a half hours. The plot unfolds in multiple lines and finally gathers into one line. The first one to appear is Zhao Suyun played by Jiang Tang. Even if they had seen the stage photos earlier, it was still stunning when Jiang Tang really appeared on the big screen.

In the sunny dance studio, the girl stretching her limbs is like a graceful swan, beautiful and tender, like a picture scroll. However, the more beautiful the picture at the moment, the crueler it will appear later.

The plot adopts a step-by-step approach without direct narration.

The rhythm of the first 20 minutes is gentle and slow, and the occasional laughs will not make the plot dry and boring. Slowly, the audience’s minds were involved in the movie. Then, four people with different genders, different ages, and different ideas embarked on the journey. Many contradictions and conflicts occurred along the way. In these contradictions, the hidden sadness is also gradually revealed. 

On a snowy night, the car broke down, and Li Nianguo played by Mr. Liu was weak and dying. 

The broken car was parked on the side of the road, in the wilderness on both sides was overgrown with grass, and the faint flickering light became the only color in the dark night.

The old man was wrapped in a blanket in the arms of the young man. He wanted to say a lot of things, but in the end, he just turned it into four words: “It’s good to be alive….”

The old man had nowhere to go and wanted to die. At the last moment of my life, he had family and hope. 

It snowed heavily, the three kowtowed to him and called him father. Finally, they worked together to bury Li Nianguo under a tree, and the rest of them continued on their journey. 

By this time, the tone of the film had darkened. They encountered a road robbery and the teenager who had been suffering from domestic violence suddenly rose up to resist and finally fell into a pool of blood from several stabs. 

It can be said that the three people’s acting skills exploded here, especially Jiang Tang’s performance, which completely shocked the audience. 

Panic, sadness, heartbroken, reget, the progression of each level of emotion was vivid and just right.

“Brother….” She first stepped back, then her shoulders trembled, she slowly knelt down in front of the boy, afraid to hug him, tears rolled in her eyes, “Brother Ming….”

“No, it doesn’t hurt….” The thin boy with a pale face smiled at her wantonly and brightly, “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

He took a long breath and slowly closed his eyes.

….no more pain.

When he died, he was covered with blood and wounds, but he was more comfortable than ever.

After Brother Ming left, the tone of the movie was almost gray, and the music was melodious and low. At this time, it was only ten kilometers away from Daliang Mountain. 

When they were about to reach the top, the civil servant was stopped by a girl who sold flowers. The way she smiled reminded him of his wife, like a beautiful flower, her charming smile was full of radiant. 

The screen turned slightly and Zhao Suyun went up to the top of the mountain.

A skinny girl stood looking at the morning light and deep cliff in front of her. She didn’t speak, only stood there quietly, and finally stretched her waist lazily like a cat. In the end, leaving only a reverie of the people’s back.

On this journey to death, some people get redemption, some encounter love, and some people longer have eternal life, but in the end, no one is bound by suffering.

At the end of the movie, no one was questioning her acting skills, the rest was just thinking about the film.

After the premiere, many people left the theater with red eyes, and reporters who missed the premiere went up to interview passers-by.

It’s already cold in October, and there was light rain today, the reporter shivered: “Hi, how is the show?”

Passer-by A nodded and put up his middle finger to the camera.

“Are you satisfied with the performance of Jiang Tang?”

Just after asking, the passers-by burst into tears, choking and speechless. 

It was impossible to interview in this way, and the reporter quickly found a second person: “Hi, are you satisfied with Jiang Tang’s performance?”

“…….”

“………..”

The emotional was busy crying and couldn’t answer.

The reporter sighed. Suddenly caught a figure with quite a temperament at the corner of his eyes.

The man wore a black coat, with a straight back and a sturdy figure. Even if he couldn’t see his face, he could guest from his figure that he was not in appearance. 

“Hello, is it convenient for an interview?” Without waiting for the man to answer, the reporter continued, “How is Jiang Tang’s acting in this movie?”

The man turned his head over. 

The reporter and the cameraman were frozen when they saw his face.

The man was slightly wet with misty rain, yet didn’t affect his handsome look. Slightly raised his eyelids and then dropped quickly, with a proud appearance that strangers dare not to get near.

“……”

The atmosphere is a bit awkward.

This was a live broadcast. It would be so embarrassing if they leave just like that, but if they don’t go….

During the standoff, a beautiful shadow enters the camera.

Glancing at the figure, Lin Suizhou looked at the camera with a fixed expression: “My wife’s performance is very good, beyond my expectations, her performance is sincere and moving, I will be her fan from today, I hope everyone can support her. Thank you.”

“…….”

The audience watching the live broadcast couldn’t help but react.

——Full of desire for survival.

——President Lin, what about your principles?

——President Lin: My wife is my principal!

It is probably because President Lin’s praise about his wife had the effect, the movie was released the next day, and the theaters were full. 

After watching the whole movie, Jiang Tang won the top search relying on her acting skills.

[An unprofessional film critic: I’m not Jiang Tang’s fan, but can’t help to come out giving her a big tump up!!! Immortal acting skills ahhhhhhhh! I encouraged everyone to go see it! It really amazing. Jiang Tang’s expression after the death of the old man and her expression after the death of Brother Ming were different, the emotional progression was completely different. In the end, lazily stretching her waist was really making people burst into tears.]

——The most striking part is that Zhao Suyun was violated by the scum. That long shot was really excellent.

——It’s really unexpected, President Lin was right, he didn’t just blow the rainbow fart!!

——People who said Jiang Tang’s acting skills were not good, it was really a slap in the face.

——The best scenes when Jiang Tang played with the old man, are evenly matched!

——I can’t help but wonder if Tang Mei transmigrated. 

“………”

“Suicide Journey” overall is a depressing film, but with its excellent plot, good acting skills, beautiful cinematography, it jumped to the top of the box office. Later, the director sent a congratulatory message that “Suicide Journey” was successfully selected for an international film festival. If everything goes smoothly, this will be Jiang Tang’s first award.

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Chapter 139

“Don’t say that I bully you. Pick any scene from the script and I’ll play it.” She tied up her hair and walked onto the stage step by step.

My Xin and the staff who noticed this action were surprised. Is she really going to prove it to Chen Zixian??

No matter how bad Chen Zixian is, she is still an actress. Her acting skills in her heyday can instantly kill all the new actresses now. Even if she has been in variety shows for the past two years and didn’t make a movie, her foundation is already placed, not anyone can compare it.

Chen Zixian gritted her teeth, she didn’t expect that Jiang Tang would dare to come up and hated Jiang Tang so much that she couldn’t bear it, but she quickly cheered up and the thought she will lose face soon like a clown jumping, so she has no reason not to agree to watch a good show.

Chen Zixian restrained her temper and snorted coldly, “I don’t bully you either, you just perform the part I just did.” 

“Okay.” Jiang Tang smiled deeply, “I’ll perform this part.”

After giving a snort, Chen Zixian turned around and got off the stage, leaving the place to Jiang Tang.

The rest of the staff were all in good spirits. Jiang Tang had earned a lot of popularity in the past two years, but many impressions remain on the Madam of Huatian, and there is nothing else. Now she is going to compete against the Film Empress? This is unheard of!!

Mu Xin’s eyes were complicated as she watched Jiang Tang reach the stage, and couldn’t help calling her: “…Tang’er.”

Jiang Tang smiled with a soothing meaning, and quickly turned her eyes away, Mu Xin shook her head and sighed. It looked like she really wanted to face off with Chen Zixian.

Mu Xin was helpless and couldn’t help but complain to Tan Qian: [You may not believe me if I say it.]

Tan Qian: ??

Mu Xin: The old Lin’s wife is auditioning for the female lead.

Tan Qian: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

After recovering from his shock, Tan Qian quickly contacted Lin Suizhou at lightning speed: Old Lin, is your wife really going to debut?

Lin Suizhou: ? ? ?

Tan Qian: My wife said your wife went to the audition.

 Lin Suizhou: Yes, she went to audition.

Tan Qian looked shocked: You know?

Lin Suizhou: Yes, I know.

Wasn’t it just to go to the audition? What was there to fuss about? As a screenwriter, it is also her job to select actors.

Lin Suizhou sneered and couldn’t help mocking him: Never seen the world before.

Tan Qian:…..

 Forgive him for having never seen the world before. The first time he heard a new screenwriter audition for a leading role herself while casting the role, this is… unheard of!!

As expected, the entertainment industry is growing, having all sorts of people.

After sending a text message to her husband, Mu Xin saw Jiang Tang was ready to start and the entire hall fell into an even deeper silence than before.

Chen Zixian stood under the stage with her arms crossed over her chest, with an expression of watching a good show on her face. She wanted to know what tricks this woman who had gotten so far by relying on men could play.

“I’m ready.”

After the staff under the stage made a gesture, the lights gradually dimmed.

Jiang Tang’s hair was tied up, and she carried a school bag borrowed from the staff on her shoulders. She lowered her head and walked from behind the stage to the front step by step. The shadow covered her face, and unable to see her expression. She just walked around the stage in circles.

Chen Zixian rolled her eyes at Jiang Tang, and the mockery in her expression was very obvious.

Others also showed corresponding expressions of disappointment.

What kind of performance is she doing? Just walking on stage, even a three-year-old child can do it.

In the eyes of people who were sarcastic or watching a good show, only Mu Xin and Xu Ao looked serious.

Finally, Jiang Tang stopped.

She moved her toes, then pulled down her school bag and rummaged through it. She moved very slowly, then frowned, her white teeth bit her lower lip, and she looked anxious as if she was looking for something.

Seeing this scene, the staff widened their eyes.

Jiang Tang’s movements had become mad and impatient because she hadn’t found what she needed for a long time, her breathing was short, her chest was heaving violently, and the next second, a bunch of keys appeared in her hand.

With trembling fingers, she made a move to open the door, and then she took a step forward, staggering under her feet and almost falling.

At this point, Chen Zixian couldn’t smile anymore, and her complexion could be said to be very ugly.

Acting without physical objects is a must for professional actors, but very few can perform well. Except for professional drama actors, even if Chen Zixian goes up, she can’t perform so realistically.

Jiang Tang was different.

Every detail of her had firmly captured the hearts of the audience, and her attainments were even higher than those of professional stage personnel and professional actors.

There was a small table on the stage, Jiang Tang went over and threw the schoolbag on it.

Then she kicked off her shoes. After that… Jiang Tang made an unexpected move.

She lowered her head and neatly took off the small black suit on her body, revealing fair skin, and the red marks on her neck and arms were even more dazzling. She did not lift her eyes, her soft fingers supported the table, bent down, and pulled down the stockings she was wearing in a hurry, filled with disgust.

After taking off, the stage fell silent. She didn’t move, her eyes fixed on the stockings on the ground.

 A few seconds later, tears fell without warning.

 Unlike Chen Zixian crying in grief, her tears fell silently, but her eyes were cold and numb, like a robot.

 Jiang Tang rolled up her sleeves and wiped away the tears. It was just a casual and simple action, but it grabbed the hearts of the staff below the stage. 

The cameraman who was in charge of filming frowned and slowly pulled the lens. In the close-up, her expression was blank.

 A small bottle fell out of the schoolbag. Jiang Tang opened the bottle, took out a small piece of vitamin C, and chewed it in her mouth, very slowly, then the corner of her mouth raised, and tears started to fall again, freezing the action there, crying desolately.

If Chen Zixian could bring in the audience to cry with her, then Jiang Tang would only bring a sense of suffocation. Wanted to cry but was unable to.

The audience with little intelligence could guess what she has experienced from the details interpreted by Jiang Tang. Different from Chen Zixian’s direct disclosure, this kind of pain covered with a veil is more gripping to attention.

Some staff at the scene had read the original work, and at this time they stared at Jiang Tang with wide eyes, their expressions were full of inconceivable.

The original novel “Suicide Journey” is very fine and moving, and the beautiful words present a picture of despair. The author did not directly describe the cruelty that happened to the heroine but revealed everything from the tiny clues.

In chapter 5, the heroine who came out of the teacher’s building walked through the empty campus alone to the crowded streets, then entered a pharmacy. After avoiding a few gangsters, she finally got home. As soon as she entered the room, she took off the torn panties, and then swallowed the contraceptive pill without water.

 The script only outlines the time but did not describe these in detail, so Jiang Tang was certain that Chen Zixian did not read the original work and was pretty sure she had not deeply understood the heroine’s role.

“I’m done.” Jiang Tang put down her hair and put on her suit jacket.

 To be honest, she was very glad that she didn’t wear that one-piece suit, and she was very glad that she had a habit of wearing stockings when she was on her period, otherwise, she would have taken off her panties…

Chen Zixian still hasn’t come back to her mind.

Mu Xin raised her brows and slowly applauded her.

The way Xu Ao looked at her had changed. After a long time, he got up excitedly: “I think you are more suitable.”

Although he is a fan of Chen Zixian, he still has reason and principles, especially Xu Ao takes his works seriously and does not allow anyone to trample the fruits of his labor. When Chen Zixian said that the script is more important than the novel, he already inwardly decided not to be her fan anymore.

Bullshit! Where is the script from if there is no novel!

There is no chicken without eggs!!

“Although it is inexplicable… Jiang Tang, you are indeed more suitable.”

Both Mu Xin and Xu Ao agreed to pick her, and even the producer who did not speak nodded in agreement.

After Chen Zixian was stunned for a few seconds, she rushed to the stage in disagreement: “I don’t think she performed better than me.”

“Ms. Chen, Jiang Tang was right, you didn’t understand the character, so I’m very sorry.”

The heroine is a quiet and cowardly person. She hides all her powerlessness in her heart. She doesn’t dare to cry or cry out loud. Because of this, she is trampled on by others, it wasn’t until she stepped into the journey that everything changed.

Xu Ao shook his head: “The scene you chose is good, but… Xiao Ai won’t cry like that.”

Chen Zixian laughed angrily: “Okay, I admit defeat.”

She looked at Jiang Tang; “I admit defeat, okay? ?”

Jiang Tang shrugged: “I told you at the beginning but you didn’t listen to me.”

“……..”

Show off!

Chen Zixian’s chest was a little tight, she felt that she was going to explode at any moment.

The door was suddenly slammed open. Chen Zixian’s assistant held the phone in her hand and said anxiously: “Tian Tian was pushed off the shelf when she was playing with friends at school!”

Chen Zixian’s expression changed instantly “Who did it?” 

The assistant put on a long face: “I heard it was, it was Xia Luo.”

 …Xia Luo.

Jiang Tang’s eyelids jumped.

Chen Zixian couldn’t care about anything else, just walked outside in a hurry, but after taking two steps she turned to look at Jiang Tang and snorted at her as if she was saying I’m not finished with you.

The audition ended with an unexpected result. Mu Xin got up and came over: “You have offended her.”

Jiang Tang waved her hand indifferently: “I have offended her before, and I don’t care about this time.”

Mu Xin shook her head helplessly, reached out her hand to poke her in the face, and said in a spoiled tone: “You, it looks like Old Lin really spoiled you.”

Jiang Tang pouted in dissatisfaction: “It’s obviously my cub was spoiled by me.”

“Your cub?”

Jiang Tang, who just slipped her tongue, was as quiet as a chicken immediately.

 At this time, Xu Ao leaned over, his expression was more enthusiastic than before, he pointed to the red mark on Jiang Tang’s neck: “That was also caused by your cub?”

Jiang Tang’s face flushed, and hurriedly explained: “I pinched myself from behind!”

 “…….”

She is… really dedicated at her lying! ! !

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Chapter 138

On Wednesday. 

Jiang Tang came to the audition hall early, she was ten minutes ahead of schedule, and no one else was there yet.

She saw her name tag on the judge’s seat, so she pulled back her chair and took a look at the profiles of the audition actors.

“Jiang Tang, you came so early.”

My Xin’s voice came from behind, and Jiang Tang hurriedly stood up. 

Mu Xin wore a classic suit and neat short hairstyle. Besides her, there was also the screenwriter and planner of the show. A screenwriter is a young man in his twenties, with shoulder hair and decadent eyes, showing a ruffian spirit. 

“This is Xu Ao, my cousin, the author of “Suicide Journey” and the screenwriter of this drama.”

“Suicide Journey” was adapted from a short story. Jiang Tang was a little surprised after reading it all night yesterday, she didn’t expect that such delicate, tender, and cruel words were written by a young man, let alone that he’s Mu Xin’s relative. 

“This is Jiang Tang.”

“Hello.” After giving a cold greeting, Xu Ao didn’t speak.

Mu Xin hurriedly said: “His personality is like this, don’t mind him.”

“Not at all.” Jiang Tang smiled and sat back in her seat.

“Today’s audition is for the main female lead role. We have selected ten suitable actresses. You can take a look first.”

Because she was interrupted earlier, she only saw the third page.

Taking advantage of the time hasn’t started yet, Jiang Tang lowered her head and continued to read the rest. Some were strangers, and some were familiar faces. There were also students in school. They looked very innocent. When she turned to the last page, Jiang Tang’s fingertips stopped.

Chen Zixian.

Masterpieces: “My Underage Girlfriend” and “Our Family”.

She raised her eyebrows and closed the document in silence.

“Did you find anyone satisfy?” Mu Xin looked over.

Jiang Tang shook her head: “I can’t tell much from the photos but there are a few children with very spiritual eyes. I just don’t know if they can play the role of heroine.”

The heroine of this play is a female college student who was sexually assaulted. In the end, she was the only one who made it to Mount Daliang alone. This role contains too much, not only sadness and despair.

“Who do you like?”

“This Su Xiaolu is not bad, and her age is also suitable.”

Suddenly, Xu Ao glanced over: “I think Liu Juan on the fifth is good.”

“Liu Juan’s outside look is not suitable.”

Xu Ao sneered: “As expected, non-professional only looks at the outside appearance.”

Inexplicably scolded as a nonprofessional Jiang Tang: “…..”

The atmosphere became awkward. 

Mu Xin gave Jiang Tang an apologetic look, picked up the phone, and sent her a WeChat message: This child is a fan of the Nation’s sister…

“……”

Well, she got it now.

Mu Xin continued typing: He directly recommended Chen Zixian to our company, but Chen Zixian’s age is too old for the role, her look and figure are also not suitable. We have to give her some face so let her come to the audition. We will use her if she passes.

Jiang Tang nodded, expressing understanding.

Ten minutes later, the film crew set up the equipment and the audition officially began. 

Contestant No. 1 is an internet celebrity, her performance is shallow and superficial. Within five minutes, Mu Xi mercilessly cut her off. No. 2 is a rising star with traffic in the circle. Her appearance is quite pleasant and her acting just passable, but…has very poor line skills. Mu Xi loves perfection by nature, she doesn’t allow any flaws in her works. Naturally, this one is not within her consideration.

Soon, Xu Ao’s favorite  No. 5 turned to play.

Xu Juan is very tall, her facial features are not glamorous, her cheekbones are prominent, and her eye sockets are deeply sunken. When she stood on the stage and started acting, Xu Ao finally understood why Jiang Tang said her outside look was not suitable. 

Xu Juan’s appearance is too sharp, no matter how she interprets it, she can’t highlight the softness and purity of the female college student, and she can’t interpret the toughness under her soft appearance. 

The next one is Su Xiaolu. Compared with the previous ones, Su Xiaolu is more suitable for the role, with fair skin, her hair tied into a ponytail, with an ignorant appearance, but…it’s too deliberate.

Jiang Tang sighed and shook her head in disappointment. 

Noticing this action Mu Xin glanced at the corner of her eyes: “Not satisfied?”

She nodded. 

Mu Xin asked in a low voice: “Where are you dissatisfied?”

Xu Ao was a little unhappy: “What is the point of asking her? You should ask me.”

Jiang Tang could tell that Xu Ao really doesn’t like her and showed it all.

It’s understandable. If her idol was criticized by others and is now going to be a teacher of her own script, she will also not be happy. 

“This child is very good in all aspects, but it’s not very real.”

“Not very real?”

“Yes.” Jiang Tang looked at Su Xiaolu on the stage, “She works hard at acting, but…just acting.”

Mu Xin’s eyes sank and then smiled with admiration. 

Many actors don’t get into the role and don’t regard themselves as the characters in the play, so no matter how tragic and painful they acted, merely looking tragic and painful, the audience will forget it after watching it, unable to empathize with the character. 

And the real actors will integrate into the roles and become one. Their performances will be convincing and they can make the audience cry and laugh along with them. Looking back many years later, they will still remember what this character has experienced. This is the success of a character. 

“Next, Chen Zixian.”

As soon as the voice fell, the door opened. 

The woman who walked in purposely wore an age-defying floral dress with only natural makeup on her face. She looked like a college student. Xu Ao’s eyes lit up immediately and sat up straight. 

Chen Zixian, who just entered the door, first noticed Mu Xin and when she turned her head to see Jiang Tang, her eyes instantly widened in surprise. 

Her complexion changed drastically and her complicated look almost made Jiang Tang laugh out loud. 

After a short few minutes, Chen Zixian took out her Film Empress’s training experience, took a deep breath, and quickly controlled her expression. She bowed slightly: “Hello Director Mu and producers, I am Chen Zixian.”

“Are you ready?”

Chen Zixian nodded: “I’m ready.”

“Then let’s start.”

“Okay.” Chen Zixian stepped back to the stage and the corner of her eye lightly glanced over, with a wordless arrogance.

The two had a fight not long ago and Chen Zixian was ridiculed by Jiang Tang’s fans in various ways and they encouraged Jiang Tang to make a debut. Ha, what a joke! Can anyone become an actor as they want? She is going to let this display flower see her ability today. 

Chen Zixian closed her eyes and made a gesture to the lighting technician. 

The lights on the stage dimmed immediately and the cameraman took a close-up view. 

When she retreated behind the scenes and came out again. Her hair was messy and several buttons on her shirt were opened. 

Jiang Tang raised her eyebrows. Chen Zixian is going to play the scene after the female lead was raped. 

With a desperate look, she staggered a few steps and finally fell to the ground. The next second, Chen Zixian burst into tears. 

Chen Zixian had a very strong point in her crying scene and it happened to be the most desperate one-person scene in the whole plot. No one to play opposite, no lines, and it’s a great test of the actor’s ability. Naturally, she wants to show her real ability to perform well.

People in the room were apparently moved by her acting, even several staff had wet eyes. 

One had to admit that Chen Zixian’s infectious ability was indeed very strong.

“I’m done performing.” Chen Zixian rearranged her clothes and gave Jiang Tang a provocative look.

“Very good!” Xu Ao stood up and couldn’t help applauding, his decadent eyes lit up, “Sister, I think she is very fit for the role, we should let her do it.”

Mu Xin frowned and did not speak. 

Jiang Tang leaned against the back of the chair and slowly put down the pen in her hand: “I don’t think so.”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room turned quiet. 

The eyes of people in the room fell on Jiang Tang and some of the staff members had expressions of contempt. Obviously, they thought it was Jiang Tang’s personal revenge and deliberately looking for trouble. After all, she was just an editor who had never acted and dared to say the Film Empress’s acting was not good. What a joke!

Chen Zixian sneered and quickly restrained her expression: “What is not good?”

Jiang Tang looked directly at her: “Have you read the novel?”

“Yes.”

“I ask you one last time, have you really read the novel?”

She was half-smiling and the look in her eyes made Chen Zixian panic again. She quickly called herself: “The script is more important than the novel.”

This sentence made Xu Ao, who was originally excited, immediately cool down. Slowly sat back in his seat with his eyes sinking.

“Do you think I’m not good at acting?”

Jiang Tang picked up the pen and rotated it in her hand: “I’m afraid it will give you a blow if I say it out loud.”

Chen Zixian couldn’t help rolling her eyes: “I want to hear how you give me a blow.”

Jiang Tang brazenly said without mercy: “You misrepresented the character from the beginning. You took a crooked path, so you are not suitable.”

Chen Zixian was angry and found it ridiculous at the same time. She clenched her fists to suppress her anger: “Just five minutes of crying, you said I misrepresented the character and was not suitable for the role? Well, you’re suitable, you’re capable, why don’t you come up and act!”

One sentence, loud and clear. 

The room fell silent again and no one dared to speak. 

After all, they were affected by Chen Zixian’s performance and very touched by it. Looking from that aspect, naturally, they found it good. In their opinion, Jiang Tang’s remarks were to make trouble out of nothing. 

“Are you sure you want me to perform?” Jiang Tang smiled profoundly and her lazy voice carried a trace of mocking, “If I go up to perform, this role will be mine.”

Show off.

Arrogant.

Completely unruly.

Extremely ridiculous.

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Chapter 137

While Jiang Tang was thinking about her debut, her phone suddenly rang. She looked at the screen and see it was My Xin, Tan Qian’s wife, who had not been in contact for a long time.

Since the last recording of “Life Outing” ended, they had only met a few times. She had been busied recently, so haven’t seen each other for four or five months.

Jiang Tang quickly picked up the call: “Sister Mu Xin.

“Jiang Tang, are you free lately?”

“I have no plans recently.”

Mu Xi cut to the point: “That’s great, I’m preparing a new script recently. I want to ask you if you want to participate.”

Jiang Tang was stunned for a moment: “Me?”

“Yes, it’s you.” Her voice had a faint trace of laughing, “I read Pheonix Power you wrote, it’s pretty good. I recently found an interesting script and the screenwriter is a newcomer, I want you to join the group.”

Jiang Tang gasped in excitement and her face immediately warmed up. She quickly said: “Sister Mu Xin, you are too flattering me. I am also a newcomer, can’t even compare with others.”

“Don’t worry, besides you, there are two screenwriters on the team, so you should give it a try. I already sent the script to your email this morning, you can take a look first.”

She had the intention to pull Jiang Tang to work with her, it’s hard for Jiang Tang to refuse her kind offer. Not to mention Mu Xin’s reputation and status in the entertainment circle were not just for a show. Working with her has only advantages and no disadvantages. 

Holding the phone tightly in her hand, Jiang Tang went straight upstairs. She turned on the computer and found the email. 

After downloading the attachment file, Jiang Tang read the script carefully. 

The title is called “Suicide Journey”, and the story revolves around four protagonists. Among them, there is a female college student who was sexually assaulted by a teacher but could not get help. A civil servant was devastated after his wife died in a car accident. An elderly man in his sixties was abandoned by his wife and children and suffered from cancer. There is also a teenager who suffered domestic abuse and was kicked out of the house…..

Their life is hopeless and their future is uncertain. Therefore, four people of different ages and genders meet on the Internet to prepare for a suicide trip. They agreed to start from City A and travel across half the Central Plains to Daliang Mountain, and finally jumped off the cliff to officially end their absurd and sad lives….

It was already six o’clock in the evening when Jiang Tang finished reading the script. The study room was very quiet that she could hear her heart beating. 

The page has been scrolled to the lowest level. Staring at the finale, it took Jian Tang a while to calm down her emotions. 

It’s an emotional story. Too moving that impossible to describe in the plot. 

Jiang Tang bit her lower lip and immediately gave Mu Xin a call after calming down. 

The call was connected quickly: “Hello, Sister Mu Xin.”

“Have you finished reading the script?”

Jiang Tang replied: “I finished reading it.”

Mu Xin asked with a smile: “How do you feel?”

“A big hit.” Her answer was so certain

Mu Xin chuckled lightly: “Haven’t shot it yet, you are already so sure that it will be a big hit.”

Jiang Tang’s was so firm: “I’m very sure.”

“So what do you think?”

Jiang Tang paused for a moment and said: “I’d like to participate in the production, but I have a request.”

“Well, you say.”

“Has the role been decided?” 

Mu Xin shook her head: “Not yet. As you know, I just got the script.”

“En.” Jiang Tang bit her lower lip. “Can I join you when casting? This script is really great, I hope I will be able to witness it from the beginning to the end.”

After hearing these words, Mu Xin had a brief silence and then said: “Of course, the audition will be at 10 a.m. this Wednesday, in building B of the South Building. When you arrive, someone will bring you over.”

Hearing her promise, Jiang Tang secretly made a V sign while trying to suppress the joy in her eyes: “ I will be there on time, thank you, Sister Mu Xin!”

Mu Xin on the other end of the phone could feel her excitement and smile softly again. 

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Tang put her hands flat on his chest, and could not hide her excitement. She’s more anticipation of it than excitement. Thinking about the timing, she hadn’t participated in the audition in person for more than two or three years. Even though she will be there as a screenwriter, her heart was still filled with uncontrollable joy.

After jumping twice in joy, Jiang Tang rushed to the room to look for clothes. 

When Lin Suizhou returned home, he saw Jiang Tang was so happy like a child ready to go on a spring outing. 

He narrowed his eyebrows, loosened his tie, and threw it aside. Standing in front of the door as he looked her up and down, and then walked toward the dressing room: “What are you doing?”

Lin Suizhou appeared silently, making Jiang Tang startled and shoulders shocked. 

After giving him a glance, she picked up a one-piece suit and showed it to him: “Does it look formal?”

Lin Suizhou looked at it seriously for a while, then shook his head: “Not good.”

Jiang Tang’s eyes were suddenly cold: “Why is it not good?”

Lin Suizhou: “It’s not very convenient to have sex.”

“……”

“………..”

In all seriousness.

With a very thoughtful answer.

Jiang Tang picked up a hanger and lightly hit him on the shoulder: “Your head is full of nonsense.”

The corner of his lips curved up with a disapproving look. 

After looking around, his slender fingers hooked up a thin lace tight -fitting sexy lingerie. There was a strong look of anticipation in his eyes: “This one is good, you can wear it now.”

“….”

“………”

Jiang Tang clenched her fish and told herself to calm down, this is her husband, her dear husband, can’t fight, can’t fight. 

After taking a few deep breaths, she calmed down and said in a good voice: “Mr. Lin, I’m going to wear it for a serious occasion. I don’t mind wearing this if you’re ok.”

He didn’t speak and immediately put down the lingerie in his hand, then stuffed a white one-piece suit into Jiang Tang’s arms: “This is good. Let’s go with this one, looks smart.”

Jiang Tang said with a smile in her eyes: “This one?”

“En.” He nodded and asked, “Where you are going, are there many men?”

After a short pause, he hurriedly said: “Or more women?”

“Go away!” Jiang Tang didn’t answer and instead kicked him out. 

The sliding door of the dressing room was completely shut.

Lin Suizhou frowned and continued to knock on the door: “Jiang Tang, I warn you, you are almost thirty, a middle-aged woman with a family.”

Jiang Tang, who was undressing, her eyelids twitched once she heard him: “Give you three seconds to reorganize your language.”

“One….”

Lin Suizhou snorted coldly: “I’m afraid your counting? If you have the ability count it to three.”

“Two….”

Lin Suizhou: “I am the one who makes money, I have the final say in this family. Do you think I will give up my principle?”

“Three…”

Lin Suizhou’s voice rang before she finished counting. He said with unchangingly serious and calm composure: “You are an 18-year-old married young girl, I hope you will take care of your middle-aged husband, okay?”

“………”

“…………….”

Jiang Tang couldn’t help but say: “What about your principal?”

Through the door panel, he smiled as silly and sweet as Liang Shen: “The wife is the principal.”

Jiang Tang was taken aback and burst into laughter.

She opened a small crack on the door, stretching out her snowy finger and making a hook signal: “Come in?”

“……”

Wouldn’t she want to hit him again?

Lin Suizhuo’s beautiful eyebrows knitted together tightly, feeling extremely nervous.

Jiang Tang’s voice was lingering softly: “Do you love me?”

Lin Suizhuo: “Love.”

“Do you want me?”

“…..”

Oh, understood now.

He chuckled lightly before opening the door and squeezing in. 

After tossing about, they both were hungry. 

Lin Suizhou asked while putting on pants: “Xiao Gao took the kids out to eat, what should we have for dinner?”

She rubbed her slightly sore waist: “Didn’t you just eat now?”

“…….”

Just took it as he didn’t ask. 

“I want to eat the food you cook for me.” Jiang Tang slowly moved to sit on his lap, held up his face, and looked at it carefully. She found that her cub became more and more attractive, making her unable to resist, and placed a kiss on his lips: “Can you do it for me? I did it for you just now….”

He chuckled lowly, wrapped his sturdy arms around her slender waist, and said gently: “ Okay, will do everything for you.”

“I want to eat the braised pork you made, is it okay?”

“En, sure. Is there anything else?”

“Something else….” Jiang Tang narrowed her gaze and thought for a while, then shook her head, “You decide, it’s fine with me.”

“Then obediently wait for me.” He patted her head before getting up and walking downstairs to the kitchen.

He has been busy recently and always came home late after 11:00 PM. It has been a long time since he cooked dinner for Jiang Tang and the kids. Now that the children were not here, they could have a romantic time as a couple. 

The food was served quickly. Maybe because of the children’s absence, the huge dining room looked so empty and quiet. 

“You haven’t said where you’re going.”

Jiang Tang replied without lifting her head: “Audition.”

“Oh.” A short moment after, Lin Suizhou immediately widened his eyes and asked again, “Where did you say you were going?”

Seeing his frightened appearance, Jiang Tang found it helpless and funny. She didn’t continue to tease him and told him everything. 

After hearing her explanation, Lin Suizhou breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good.”

His attitude made Jiang Tang quite dissatisfied and couldn’t help saying: “Hey, even if your wife really goes to the audition, you shouldn’t have such a reaction.”

“You go for an audition, but I am who will lose face.”

Pah!

She put down the chopsticks hard on the table and her expression became cold: “Look at my eyes and say it again.

“…….”

“………….”

The strong desire for survival forced Lin Suizhou to swallow everything he wanted to say and filtered them all: “I mean, my wife, if you are so capable, the majority of male compatriots across the country will think I’m eating soft rice. How embarrassing, don’t you think so?”

Seeing her expression turn warm, Lin Suizhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. 

Strangely, in the past, it was Jiang Tang who had to look at his face, but now it was different. The longer the couple got along, the more courageous Jiang Tang became and he became more and more afraid of his wife. Became a soft little sheep when he got home. 

He boasted about his masculinity with Xia Huairun. If one day let him know this shameful truth of his, he didn’t know how he would laugh at him. 

“Lin Suizhou, pay more attention to what you say in the future.” Jiang Tang picked up the chopsticks again and started eating the fragrant pork belly slowly. Although this man was making her upset just to look at him, his food was incredibly delicious. 

“I  only have me as your wife. I am so beautiful, smart, cute, and good character….” After counting her perfect advantages, she looked at Lin Suizhou again, “Aren’t you making a fortune for being able to live with me, am I right?”

“Right, right, right.” He nodded repeatedly and ate plain rice silently. 

Jiang Tang held the chopsticks and felt a little funny in her heart.

After she was rescued from being kidnapped, Lin Suizhou seemed to have put her first in the world. Although he didn’t say anything, Jiang Tang could feel his heart so she pushed her luck even more and rode on top of his head. Because she knew how important she is to Lin Suizhou.

Although she felt a little sorry for him….it was pretty interesting to see his defeated look. 

“Let me ask you, you don’t want me to debut?”

His eyelids drooped: “There’s no such thing.”

“So why are you so repulsive?”

Lin Suizhou sighed: “Film is an industry where the filmmakers who join the industry have a devout heart. Although the market is big now, there are more people mixed up and plenty of people who are serious about making movies. You have no professional training. Even if you are talented, it is not suitable for you to appear on the screen. If you get the role so easily,  it is unfair to those actors and directors who have been working very hard.”

Lin Suizhou expressed his opinion implicitly.

His eyes flickered with worries as he lowered them, afraid that his words would let her down.

Jiang Tang was not an idiot, so she naturally understood his meaning. 

She used to be a queen, the one who rose from the bottom to the top. But only she knew this fact. In the eyes of Lin Suizhou and others, Jiang Tang is a newcomer who relies on money to rise to the top. A scum who can climb to the top by relying on connections without even having to train, she will be despised by others. 

“I know.”

Seeing that she showed no sign of upset, Lin Suizhou relaxed. 

“If you want, I’ll make a film for you another day, sound good?”

Jiang Tang sneered: “Didn’t you say I have no talent?”

He smiled gently: “That film will only be reserved for me, I don’t care if you have talent or not.”

Jiang Tang laughed and did not say anything, but inwardly made up her mind that she must impress him! Let him know how incredible his wife is!!

Jiang Tang’s eyes were full of fighting spirit.

When the atmosphere was quiet, a burst of screams came from the living room one after another.

“Mama!!!”

“Mama, Mama!!!”

“Mama, Mama, Mama!!!”

The sound was louder and higher than another. 

The next second, a few bear children rushed into Jiang Tang’s arms. 

They have grown bigger, and it was very difficult for her to hold them all. 

Jiang Tang struggled to hug the children to prevent them from falling. After seeing this, Chu Yi quickly pulled his younger siblings up: “Stand up well, Mama can’t hold you all.”

“Mama, I bought you a flower.” Qian Qian took out a crumpled rose from the school bag and presented it to Jiang Tang like a treasure.

Liangshen was a little unconvinced, and raised his chin full of pride: “What’s so great about flowers? Mama, I got third place in our group test today!”

Jiang Tang’s eyes lit up: “Really?”

The second son of hers was worthy of his rank. Besides being a little silly, there are no other advantages. Winning third place was harder than winning the grand prize from the sky.

Ouyang sneered and bluntly revealed it: “There are only three people in his group, Liangshen got the last palace in his group, hahaha….”

“…….”

…..She knew it.

“Who told you to talk nonsense, talk nonsense!” Liangshen jumped up and wrestled with Ouyang.”

“How about Chu Yi? How was your day?”

Chu Yi told Jiang Tang in detail about his day and didn’t forget to mention his younger siblings’ performances at school. 

He has grown in size, straight back, and delicate face, like a noble young boy. The more she looked at him, the more she liked it. Jiang Tang couldn’t resist it and pulled him into her arms. Being hugged so suddenly by his mother, Chu Yi was stunned for a moment and his ears turned red. Struggling to stand up.

Jiang Tang had a sad expression: “Chu Yi is a big boy now, don’t like Mama to hug you anymore, and don’t let Mama kiss you goodnight.”

After a few seconds of silence, Chu Yi obediently ran into Jiang Tang’s arms.

She let out a smile of triumph.

Lin Suizhou glanced over and saw a pink slip in the corner of his schoolbag. He stretched out his finger to point at it and asked: “What is that?”

Chu Yi was stunned and took out the thing. 

A small square envelope with a big heart on it, with three words written crookedly- To Chu Yi.

Obviously, this was a love letter. 

Lin Suizhou and Jiang Tang looked at each other with a smile in their eyes. 

Lin Suizhou coughed softly to hide his emotions, and hurriedly took his wife into his arms: “You deal with it yourself.”

To deal…with it myself??

Chu Yi blinked blankly, staring at the love letter, his beautiful eyebrows furrowed deeply. 

Returning to their bedroom, Jiang Tang sighed: “Chu Yi is already at the age to receive love letters.”

The corner of Lin Suizhou’s lips twitched: “It would be strange if no one likes him.”

Chu Yi is a unique treasure that God brought to him, kind, gentle, smart, and sensible, no one would not like him.

Jiang Tang glanced at Lin Suizhou: “Did anyone send you a love letter when you were young?”

Lin Suizhou: “……”

A fatal question. 

“Don’t be afraid. I won’t mind.” Jiang Tang seemed not to care. 

Lin Suizhou thought  for a moment and said: “Yes, the entire desk is full of love letters.”

“…….”

Her face sank and kicked him in the calf.

Lin Suizhou looked helpless: “Didn’t you just say you would not mind?”

“But you can’t be so honest….”Jiang Tang pouted her cheeks. Women are narrow-minded creatures, especially in the past that she didn’t participate in, her heart even smaller than the chicken’s heart. 

Lin Suizhou raised his thick eyebrows: “I thought you knew it.”

“How would I know? I was not familiar with you back then….” At that time, she was still flirting in another world, oh wrong, actually, there was no Lin Suizhou at that time. 

“How could you not know? Your mother often asks you to observe my activities and follow me.”

In order to marry into a wealthy family, Qiao Xiulian did everything she could. The most extreme thing was to let her daughter follow and get to know Lin Suizhou. Lin Suizhou was very clear about this. 

Jiang Tang’s body froze, couldn’t help but look at the man in front of her. 

Looking at those dark puppies, her eyelashes slightly trembled, and asked him with a careful voice: “Lin Suizhou, if I say I’m not your original wife, do you believe it?”

His drooping eyelids finally lifted up: “Huh?”

Because of being overly nervous, Jiang Tang’s voice was unusually shaky: “I, I say if I came from another world, what…what would you do?”

Jiang Tang has always wanted to know how Lin Suizhou feels about this. Although it’s absurd, she really hopes the person she loves accepts her true self. 

The night outside the window was dark and the lights in the room swayed lazily. He didn’t speak, time seemed to stand still, and the surrounding seemed incomparably silent. 

Suddenly, his hoarse and sexy voice traveled to her ears: “It must have been very hard for you to arrive at my side from another world.”

Jiang Tang was dumbstruck for a moment, then her eyes turned red. 

The tall man in front of her slowly attached his body to hers and dropped a kiss on her forehead passionately: “I love you, no matter who you are.”

Her inner turmoil disintegrated instantly, turning into wisps of tender love and entwined her.

Jiang Tang closed her eyes. As her tears were about to fall, she suddenly heard him say: “By the way, did you come from hell, my Devil’s wife?”

“…….”

“……………”

“Go away!”