Chapter 78: Chaos

  "Didn't I say I'd marry you?"

  When she heard this, Shen Huan was startled. She had been unclear whether Mu Siyao was joking or serious before, and now that he mentioned the topic again, she couldn't help but wonder what his true feelings were behind his playful expression.

  "Even in jest, there must be a limit."

  "What if I'm not joking? Why would you think I'm joking?"

  As they spoke, Mu Siyao looked down at Shen Huan with an unyieldingly serious gaze in his eyes. Shen Huan stared blankly at the man in front of her, whom she had never been able to understand, and couldn't help but be stunned. However, Mu Siyao was unwilling to let her off, and at this moment, he himself was unclear whether he wanted to see her flustered and intentionally did so, or if all his actions were just him acting on a whim.

  Mu Siyao slowly approached Shen Huan, their eyes getting closer and closer, Shen Huan becoming more and more nervous, while Mu Siyao became more and more serious: "Didn't you see that my mother has a very good impression of you? She really likes you?"

  "But..."

  "Even if you come to my house not as my woman, haven't you ever thought about it in that way?"

  She suppressed her anger and raised an eyebrow at the somewhat arrogant man in front of her: I really haven't thought about it that way.

  However, at this moment, Mu Siyao's eyes showed not only seriousness and arrogance, but also a few parts of the domineering air that Shen Han had never seen before. All the opposing words of resistance, after meeting his gaze, could no longer be spoken out loud, and could only be muttered in her belly.

  "Besides, your uncle is in high school, and you could have continued living a carefree life. Who would have thought that he had his eyes on you? You want to continue living a peaceful and quiet life in the Zhao family, but I'm afraid it's just a dream. I think... your decision to leave the Zhao family has something to do with your uncle. Of course, now there's an even bigger reason, which is related to Zhao Xiwei. In any case, the Zhao family is not a place where you can stay for long. You're a woman, what are your plans?"

  Mu Siyao's confident gaze finally rested on Shen Huan's face, his hands still clasped behind his back, but the distance between them had somehow become so close. Shen Huan was taken aback for a moment before suddenly coming to her senses, and she immediately shifted backward slightly. Mu Siyao didn't move away either, nor did he continue to lean in closer, instead choosing to maintain his unchanged posture.

  It's just that, even if they both remain silent at this moment, Mu Siyao's words have already hinted to Shen Huan that leaving the Zhao family and relying on Mu Siyao is the best choice.

  It seems that what was originally just a simple stay had suddenly turned into something else, and the feeling... made Shen Huan feel like she was being taken home to meet Mu Siyao's parents as his little wife, and they were quite satisfied with her. But... if they knew she was a divorced woman, would they still be the same?

  Mu Siyao looked at Shen Huan's serious thinking expression and couldn't help but feel delighted, as if... some things had already started to change flavor slowly.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Huh?"

  "You can't be seriously considering it?"

  She was shocked awake by Mo Yu's words, and Shen Han saw the playful glint in his eyes, immediately realizing that he had intentionally made her reveal such a flustered expression. She felt a surge of anger, but suppressed it, not wanting to fall into his trap again.

  She raised her head and looked at Mu Siyao with a 'you're kidding me' expression, but still couldn't help feeling a bit guilty as she said: "H...how is that possible? I was just thinking, since we've already made things clear with Zhao Yelei today, it's probably not easy to leave the Zhao family."

  She didn't think she would honestly admit her thoughts, but just smiled faintly and allowed her to dodge the topic again: "Didn't I say there's still me?"

  Upon hearing this, Shen Han not only didn't show the kind of emotional expression he had imagined, but instead glared at him with contempt and angrily said: "Are you going to use your own power to bully the Zhao family?"

  Her reaction made Mu Siyao somewhat laugh and cry, but... she also understood that this was just like her. She immediately waved her hands to indicate her innocence: "I didn't think of bullying the Zhao family, your younger uncle is now a person valued by the Emperor, how dare I bully him? Moreover, you should understand that he's not someone who can be easily bullied."

  "You're the one who speaks both human and ghost languages."

  "Shen Han, why don't you ever want to believe me?"

  Seeing her always showing disdain to herself, even if she knew in her heart that this was a close relationship with herself, but still facing such a situation also made Mu Siyao quite headache, couldn't she change to a more pleasant way to prove their friendship?

  "When can you make me feel like I can trust you again?"

  Mu Siyao sat up straight, poured a cup of water from the table and took a few sips before saying: "Actually, when I said I'd help you, it was just lending my name. I wouldn't really use my power, but... considering Zhao Xiuhe's personality, he should be afraid, right? And your uncle? Heh heh... he must be even more hoping that you can leave the Zhao family and cut off your uncle-niece relationship with him."

  As soon as Mu Siyao mentioned Zhao Xiuzhu, Shen Huan felt a little strange in her heart. She had never thought too much about it, but her younger uncle asked her to leave the Zhao family, presumably for the sake of the Zhao family and also because he didn't want to face the awkwardness at home often.

  "Why?"

  "Are you really clueless or just pretending?"

  "I really don't understand what you're saying."

  Looking at Shen Huan's hesitant expression, Mu Siyao couldn't help but rub her temples to express her current mood. She could only say helplessly: "If you and he are no longer in an uncle-niece relationship, then can't he openly express his feelings for you? Any development between you two won't be considered incestuous?"

  Upon hearing this, Shen Huan finally realized what she had overlooked and revealed a somewhat fearful expression, weakly asking Mu Siyao: "He...he won't really be thinking of doing that, will he?"

  He raised an eyebrow, and Mu Shiyu did not respond, but his expression had already made Shen Huan feel fearful. It wasn't that she thought Zhao Xiuzhu was bad, it's just that since crossing over to the Zhao family, she had always treated him like a younger brother in her heart, and had never thought of him in that way before, so how could she not be surprised or afraid?

  "How did things develop like this? I haven't had a few words with Xiao Shu since I arrived at the Zhao's, and initially we didn't even have any communication..."

  "Shen Han, it's not that you have to take some action for the other person to like you. Liking someone is unreasonable. This simple truth shouldn't be hard for you to understand."

  Seeing her seemingly confused, Mu Siyao couldn't help but shake her head. In fact, she wasn't that she didn't understand, but rather she didn't want to face it. After all, such an embarrassing situation had occurred on her own body. Escaping from the Zhao family was indeed the best choice for her, but... after escaping, what she would have to face next might be her brother-in-law's pursuit. How could she calm down?

  Shen Han let out a deep sigh and said listlessly: "Anyway, we have to get the divorce papers smoothly and leave the Zhao family first."