Chapter 71: Shameless People

  Shen Han's words made the atmosphere a bit strange, although her face still didn't show any cracks, and she still had that "I don't care" look on her face. But Mu Siyao felt like something was off, he stared straight into Shen Han's eyes, for a long time, both of them just kept staring at each other, neither of them blinked first, as if the moment they blinked, they would miss or reveal something.

  "Hmm..."

  It was Mu Siyao who finally broke the silence, and in the process of their staring at each other, they had unknowingly shortened the distance between them, from being several steps apart to now facing each other. The atmosphere also became somewhat ambiguous as the distance narrowed, and Mu Siyao pulled back his thoughts when he was lost in his own thoughts for a moment.

  But Shen Han... after he let out that faint laugh, only then did he come back to himself, blinking his eyes, and took a slight step back, avoiding close contact.

  "What's so funny?"

  "That's just you being guilty and thinking that way."

  "What... what am I guilty of?"

  Mo Si Yao raised an eyebrow, looking confident and composed. Seeing Shen Huan's face flush slightly due to the change in atmosphere at first, and now becoming even more flustered because of his words, he inexplicably found her very adorable. Although she looked fierce with a scowl on her face, for some reason, without any cause, she had somehow managed to penetrate into the softest part of his heart.

  His eyebrow movement changed with the changes in his heart, and his originally somewhat arrogant movement suddenly became gentle. He couldn't help but stretch out his hand to tap her forehead lightly, and his mouth said slightly spoiled words: "Look at you, every time someone mentions something that gets to your heart or scares you a bit, you become a hedgehog that's been blown up."

  Shen Han was somewhat startled, to be precise, she was surprised by Mu Siyao's sudden gentle expression. As he moved his hand, she became even more stunned and could only stare blankly as he reached out to touch her, until she felt the contact on the tip of her nose and the obvious pampering words in her ear. It wasn't until Mu Siyao withdrew his hand and looked at her reaction with satisfaction that she came back to herself, like a startled rabbit, jumping backward several steps.

  "Don't think that just because you're in my room now, I won't dare scold you"

  And... in this era, there was already the word "刺猬"? Shen Huan's brain could still come up with this idea at this moment, but she didn't realize that what she should be concerned about was that someone had stroked her nose, which was such an intimate and ambiguous action, something that only couples could do in TV dramas.

  "You dare to, but you won't."

  "What makes you so sure?"

  "You wouldn't have become the center of attention for something that doesn't even exist."

  Mu Siyao said this with full confidence, but Shen Huan heard another layer of meaning: Ah, you're dead Mu Siyao, you think your identity is special and unique, don't you? You think everyone in the capital knows about you, right? If I were to spread some scandalous rumors with someone as famous as you, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

  Despicable and shameless

  "Thanks for thinking highly of me, anyway, let's get back on track, you seem to know a lot about my nominal husband?"

  "Are you really so interested?"

  "I told you, I wasn't interested before, but after seeing my mother-in-law and younger uncle hesitate to speak up multiple times, I knew this matter definitely wasn't simple."

  Mu Siyao didn't believe she had no idea at all, but there was also no need for her to pretend in front of herself. It wasn't a secret matter anyway. People around the Zhao family probably knew about it, they just chose not to expose each other's shortcomings. After all... such situations where neighbors fought with each other could only be seen in novels like "Home and Country".

  "Didn't your parents tell you?"

  "Do you think I would make a big fuss after arriving at Zhao's house if they told me?"

  Shen Huanxin knew that Mu Ziyao was not so easily fooled, so she simply pulled out everything she had done after marrying into the Zhao family. This way, it would be much more credible. After all... at the beginning, her parents-in-law did not get her consent and secretly married her to the Zhao family, which was also a fact, and this did not frame or slander them.

  "Hmm, to be honest, what do you think of this husband?"

  "Never seen it before, what's there to look at?"

  "Why are you curious now?"

  "Isn't this the result of you guys wanting to say something but not daring to? I'm puzzled, what on earth happened to this man that makes it so hard for you to mention?"

  Shen Han finally couldn't help but complain a bit, they had been dragging on for half a day and he still hadn't started getting to the point. As he spoke, Shen Han also gave Mu Siyao a white eye, almost making him burst out laughing, fortunately his self-control was good and he held it in.

  "Actually, if you really don't mind, I don't have anything I can't say."

  Shen Han spread out her hands and shrugged, indicating that she really didn't care. Mu Siyao finally spoke up, "You always refer to yourself as a widow, do you think he's no longer in this world?"

  Shen Han nodded in agreement: "At first, I only found out after marrying over that he was gone, and at the beginning, I really thought he was already dead. I was a real widow, but later on, from my mother-in-law's tone of voice several times, it didn't seem like he wasn't in this world anymore. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been curious."

  "He's still alive, and who knows, maybe he's living better than all of you"

  The fact that her nominal husband was still alive had long been mentally prepared by Shen Huan, the only thing that surprised her was that since Mu Siyao said he was doing well, it must not be a joke, then why didn't he support his family? Even if he wasn't satisfied with this daughter-in-law, secretly supporting them was also possible, right?

  "Does he have another home outside?"

  Mu Siyao's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of light, and he stroked his chin as he looked at Shen Huan, somewhat playful.

  "Don't look at me like that, since he's doing well and not supporting the family, it must be that he can't show his face, nor is he secretly supporting the family. This means that it's because of the mother-in-law and younger uncle's personalities that they won't accept him. From their personalities, we can infer that he must have done something unacceptable to them. And if this matter involves me, then the reason why he's with someone else isn't hard to guess."

  Shen Huan didn't think much of Mu Siyao's fuss, actually she had thought about it before. Li Shi had mentioned several times that Zhao Yicheng was not lucky enough, and Shen Huan had imagined many possible outcomes, but in the end, she still felt this answer was more suitable.

  At this moment, Mu Siyao said that he was doing very well. Shen Huan's eyes lit up in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Could it be that they had encountered a melodramatic plot?

  "Could it be that she has eloped with some rich young master?"

  Mu Ziyu couldn't help but clap his hands lightly, almost shouting with joy. Shen Han looked at him speechlessly, while the other party continued to smile and nodded in addition, making the answer obvious.

  "I went and it actually really was like this"

  "Huh?"

  "I had thought about it before, but I didn't expect it to be so melodramatic. He first hooked up with the rich family's daughter and then wanted to cancel our engagement, but his mother is a person who values loyalty, and my younger uncle is a scholar, they definitely wouldn't agree. Comparing me, the daughter of a doctor, to the rich family's young lady, anyone would choose the young lady, after all...they have feelings for each other."

  "Haha, you don't know about this, do you?"

  There's more to the story, Shen Huan couldn't help but tilt her head to look at Mu Siyao, her eyes also not hiding her curiosity. Mu Siyao smiled lightly: "From what I know, Zhao Xiuye has always been lazy and gluttonous. In the past, when he approached that rich young lady, it took a lot of effort. And that rich young lady was spoiled by her father since childhood, and it was her first time going on a long trip with her father to do business, but she was caught off guard by Zhao Xiuye."

  Shen Han had already lost interest in listening further, thinking it was just a clichéd poor boy and rich girl romance, but who would have thought there were also elements of deliberate approach and eating soft rice?

  If she had her way, she'd rather just know the first half of it

  "Tsk tsk tsk...... I'm really lucky"

  Seeing that she didn't get angry but instead looked relieved, Mu Siyao understood that she really wasn't bothered by it. He was also satisfied with this answer, after all, he had almost figured out his own thoughts and feelings about Shen Huan, which is why he had so much to say tonight to explain the situation with Zhao Xihui.

  I suppose no woman would be willing to wait for such a man and continue to stay in the Zhao family as a nominal widow? Even if she doesn't mind, isn't the Zhao family trying to cut ties with her right now? They don't want her, and Mu Shiyu has never been one to play by the rules anyway. He won't mind, after all... Shen Huan still has many interesting aspects that are worth exploring.

  "Think about it, you're indeed lucky. If you hadn't married into the Zhao family and followed your mother-in-law to help with childbirth, we wouldn't have met."

  Upon hearing this, Shen Han's forehead suddenly broke out in many thick beads of transparent cold sweat. Does this man dare to be even more arrogant?

  "It seems this doesn't bring much benefit to me either."

  "Don't speak too soon, actually... since you got to know me, I not only didn't give you any trouble, but also helped you out from time to time, right?"

  She cast a sideways glance at Mu Siyao, her eyebrows furrowed as she crossed her arms and made an intimidating pose: "So, you're here to settle accounts with me now, wanting me to repay you?"

  Mu Ziyao didn't expect Shen Huan to say something like that, but... it seemed that asking her for a favor now wasn't bad either. So he went along with the flow and directly followed up on her words: "If I said yes, would you satisfy my demands?"

  What the hell are you talking about? How dare you speak like that? What's wrong with you? Are you trying to mislead people into thinking we're engaging in some shady flesh trade or something? You're really shameless, aren't you?

  "How far you want me to roll, I didn't ask for your help anyway. I've seen shameless people before, but never as shameless as you..."