Chapter 402 - Chapter 402: You Have Not Been Absolved of Your Crimes, Yet You Want to Live a Good Life
Chapter 402: You Have Not Been Absolved of Your Crimes, Yet You Want to Live a Good Life
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Shanchu finally understood why Yun Jin was looking smugly at Huo Xunzhou after she called him “Second Brother.”
It turned out that this was the reason.
“Just ignore them. Let’s go eat something.” Yun Wu was only thinking of dinner, so she pulled Lin Shanchu and ran towards the dining table.
Lin Shanchu did not have much of an appetite, so she sat at the side with her chin in her hands and watched Yun Wu pick up food.
She realized that the Yun family had strong genes for charming eyes. All the siblings, including Huo Xunzhou, had charming eyes.
Tang Qidai’s voice came from behind her.
“Have you thought about what I told you on the phone last time?”
Lin Shanchu turned her head slightly and saw that Tang Qidai was sitting with her back facing her. She just leaned back slightly, so no one noticed that she was talking to Lin Shanchu.
It was like a secret agent meeting.
“Have you considered the suggestion I gave you over the phone?” Lin Shanchu asked, imitating Tang Qidai’s tone.
“What suggestion?”
Tang Qidai was confused at first, but then she remembered that Lin Shanchu had told her to turn herself in to get rid of Lu Shiyuan’s threat.
Tang Qidai flared up.
She gripped the wine glass tightly and poured it into her mouth expressionlessly.
Tang Qidai’s anger calmed down considerably after downing the glass of wine.
“Lin Shanchu, I really want to work with you this time. I’m tired of all these years. The Cheng family has arranged a marriage for me. I’m going to get engaged in a few days. I don’t want to cause any more trouble, nor do I want to be entangled with Lu Shiyuan anymore. I just want to live a good life.”
As Tang Qidai spoke, she made a plea and lowered her posture, appearing sincere.
Lin Shanchu looked down at the wine in her glass and kept quiet for a long time.
When Tang Qidai saw that Lin Shanchu kept quiet, she thought that she did not heard her, so she called out again.
“Lin Shanchu?”
“Live a good life…”
Lin Shanchu repeated Tang Qidai’s words in a low voice and laughed mockingly.
“What right do you have to live a good life? You have not been absolved of your crimes, yet you want to live a good life. You can’t get the best of both worlds.”
Lin Shanchu’s voice was icy cold, and every word was like a needle that pricked Tang Qidai’s back.
“What do you mean? I’ve already let bygones be bygones. What else do you want me to do?”
“It’s the end of the year, so it’s time to settle the accounts,” Lin Shanchu said to herself as if she did not hear Tang Qidai.
Tang Qidai was confused by Lin Shanchu’s words without rhyme or reason.
“Lin Shanchu, why are you speaking in riddles? Are you even listening to me? I really… ”
“Daidai, why are you here? I’ll take you to meet a few people.”
Tang Qidai was interrupted by a man’s voice.
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Lin Shanchu turned around to take a look.
After taking a look at the man’s appearance, Lin Shanchu curled her lip slowly.
What a coincidence.
Wasn’t this Zhai Ci, who had been stabbed by her at the clubhouse the other day?
When Zhai Ci saw Lin Shanchu, his face darkened instantly.
However, he had seen Yun Jin publicly disrespecting Cheng Fanjing and speaking up for Lin Shanchu just now. He knew that Lin Shanchu was protected by the Yun family, so he could only suppress his anger.
“Alright.” Tang Qidai had a guilty conscience, so she did not notice Zhai Ci’s unusual behavior. Smiling, she stood up and held his arm. The two of them held hands intimately and left.
Zhai Ci was Tang Qidai’s engagement partner.
Tsk.
Lin Shanchu narrowed her eyes and looked in the direction the two of them had left for a while before looking away.
When she turned around, she saw a waiter pushing a dining cart to refill the food on the dining table.
The waiter raised his eyes and smiled at Lin Shanchu. Then, he placed some strawberry tarts closest to Lin Shanchu.
Lin Shanchu loved strawberry-related food when she was a young girl.
However, she no longer liked it now.
Lu Shiyuan’s understanding of her preferences stopped many years ago.
Lin Shanchu was not surprised to see Lu Shiyuan at the cocktail party.
After all, he was the male lead that the system had to protect even if it violated the rules. Naturally, he had to create an opportunity for him to meet Lin Shanchu.
Right after Lu Shiyuan set up the strawberry tarts, Huo Xunzhou walked over.
He turned to leave, but Huo Xunzhou stopped him.
Huo Xunzhou glanced at the strawberry tarts on the dining table and ordered indifferently, “Send all these to Miss Cheng.”
He simply ordered the waiter around in a calm tone, as if he did not recognize Lu Shiyuan.
However, Lu Shiyuan knew very well that Huo Xunzhou recognized him.
He even thought that Huo Xunzhou did it on purpose.
He used to be a famous person, but now he had to be ordered around by Huo Xunzhou, which made him feel inferior.
This kind of disparity made him feel extremely embarrassed.
Huo Xunzhou asked unhurriedly, “Didn’t you hear what I said?”
Lu Shiyuan gritted his teeth and reached out to place the strawberry tarts on the tray one by one before sending them to Cheng Fanjing.
Huo Xunzhou watched him leave with a deep gaze.
Did he think that he could come over and annoy his girlfriend just because he was under the plot’s control?
He should just quit the idea!
When Huo Xunzhou turned around, he met Lin Shanchu’s half-smiling eyes.
Her eyes were full of insight.
Huo Xunzhou adjusted his tie to hide his awkwardness.
Lin Shanchu took out her phone and sent Huo Xunzhou a WeChat message. Lin Shanchu: [Brother Xunzhou, you are so petty.]
Huo Xunzhou’s phone was on silent mode, but he had turned on WeChat message alert.
After he sat down on a chair not far from Lin Shanchu, he took out his phone to read the message.
Lin Shanchu soon received Huo Xunzhou’s reply.
Huo Xunzhou replied: [Indeed, I’m not as magnanimous as you, Shanshan. You watched me bring another woman to the cocktail party and just turned a blind eye.]
Although he was standing beside Cheng Fanjing, he had been paying attention to Lin Shanchu.
Otherwise, he would not have discovered Lu Shiyuan’s existence at the first moment.
Lin Shanchu: [Thank you for your hard work. [Huggle.jpg]]
Huo Xunzhou:
Yun Wu walked over with a large plate of food.
“The Jiang family’s cocktail party is really good. The food is really delicious.”
“Yeah.”
Lin Shanchu replied without even raising her head, appearing perfunctory.
Yun Wu asked curiously, “Who are you texting?”
Lin Shanchu immediately showed Yun Wu the chat history between her and
Huo Xunzhou.
Yun Wu frowned at the sight of the chat history.
“Third Brother didn’t reply to you? Why is he like this?!” Yun Wu looked in Huo Xunzhou’s direction indignantly.
“Huh?” Lin Shanchu was stunned as she replied, “He replied me though.”
Yun Wu looked at her in confusion and asked, “What reply? Didn’t you send all these messages?”
Puzzled, Lin Shanchu took out her phone and looked at it carefully.
Huo Xunzhou had just replied to her message.
Could it be that Yun Wu couldn’t see Huo Xunzhou’s message?