The Tycoon's Mysterious Darling Wife
Chapter 102. Shen Xitong’s Mask Can’t Hold Anymore (First Update)

Chapter 102: 102. Shen Xitong’s Mask Can’t Hold Anymore (First Update)

Old Sir Shen had indeed woken up from his nap and was practicing calligraphy in the study.

"Grandpa." Shen Qinglan knocked on the door and called out.

"Weren’t you supposed to go out for a stroll? Why did you come back so soon?" Old Sir Shen smiled warmly, waving at the three of them to come in.

"It’s a bit cold outside; it’s more comfortable staying at home. We had nothing to do, so we came over to chat with you."

Old Sir Shen looked at Shen Qinglan with a smile, "It’s rare for friends to visit, why bother spending time with this old man?"

Fang Tong smiled, "Grandpa Shen, we also wanted to come up and see how you were. This opportunity is rare."

Yu Xiaoxuan nodded, "Exactly, exactly, this is the first time I’ve ever met a living general."

Old Sir Shen laughed heartily, "Oh, stop it, what general? Now it’s your young people’s world."

"Grandpa Shen, I heard that you’ve actually been on the battlefield. Could you tell us the story of your experiences fighting the enemy?" Yu Xiaoxuan looked at Old Sir Shen, her eyes full of undisguised admiration.

Hearing this, Old Sir Shen was quite pleased, "If you don’t mind this old man’s ramblings, I’ll be happy to tell you."

"Okay." Fang Tong nodded with a smile, clearly very excited.

Old Sir Shen indeed began to tell the tale of when he led his troops against the enemy. He had been through many battles and had seen many heroic scenes. Even though Old Sir Shen’s storytelling wasn’t overly dramatic, Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan could still imagine the scenes.

What started as a spur-of-the-moment decision had both of them engrossed, listening intently until Sister-in-law Song came up to call them for dinner, and they were still somewhat reluctant to leave.

After an afternoon spent together, Old Sir Shen grew even fonder of the two girls. During dinner, he kept telling them to eat more.

"I wonder what your families do?" Halfway through the meal, Shen Xitong, who had been quiet, suddenly spoke up with a smile, although there was no real smile in her eyes.

Upon her remark, the table fell into a brief silence.

"My dad is just a small businessman; he owns a clothing manufacturing factory, just enough to get by," Yu Xiaoxuan, knowing Shen Xitong meant no good, didn’t take it to heart, since there was nothing dishonorable about her family background.

"My dad is just a staff member in a government office," Fang Tong also spoke light-heartedly.

"That’s rather coincidental; I have a clothing company under my name. Perhaps we could collaborate sometimes," Shen Junyu spoke softly, breaking the awkward tension in the air.

What Shen Xitong intended as an embarrassment ended up deflated by Shen Junyu’s interjection. Shen Xitong felt rather unwilling to let it go, but was silenced by a stern look from Chu Yunrong, which plainly showed her dissatisfaction. Startled by the look, Shen Xitong did not speak further.

Chu Yunrong simply thought Shen Xitong was being rude tonight. After all, Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan were guests and deserved better treatment.

Without Shen Xitong stirring up trouble, the dinner proceeded joyfully. Old Sir Shen even wanted to have Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan stay overnight at the Shen Family home, but they declined.

"Then Jun Yu, you take Xiao Tong and Xiao Xuan back to school, and make sure they get there safely," Old Sir Shen instructed.

"Alright, Grandpa," Shen Junyu agreed.

"No need, Grandpa, I’m also returning to school. I’ll drive back," Shen Qinglan spoke up.

"Can’t you stay at home tomorrow since you don’t have class?" Old Sir Shen asked a bit reluctantly.

"I have an internship presentation on Monday, it’s more convenient to stay at school."

"It’s still better for your brother to drive you, driving late at night is not safe."

Shen Junyu: ...

My granddaughter driving late at night is unsafe, but I’m safe? Grandpa, could you be any more biased?

After dropping the three off at school, Shen Junyu didn’t get out of the car. He watched them enter the school gates and then left.

"Qinglan, there’s talk on the forum that a cute Lolita beauty has recently arrived at our school," said Yu Xiaoxuan as she browsed the forum after her bath, having not checked it in a long while.

"A freshman?" Fang Tong asked while applying skincare products.

"It doesn’t seem so, apparently she’s a foreign exchange student doing her PhD. Seems she’s a beauty from H country," Yu Xiaoxuan replied, flipping through the forum and reading the comments. There was a photo of the girl online, but it was a long-distance sneak shot and wasn’t clear.

"Who took this photo, it’s so blurry. Being able to tell she’s a beauty from this pic is really something," Yu Xiaoxuan pouted.

Fang Tong leaned over to take a look and said, "H country beauties are all artificial, what’s there to see? Isn’t our natural beauty here enough for you?"

Yu Xiaoxuan blinked and nodded in agreement, "True. Any beauty standing next to Qinglan would look dull. Qinglan is practically an assassin of beauties."

Fang Tong: "It’s not the first day you know that. This must just be some bored person trying to amuse himself, stop looking at it. Anyway, after the internship presentation are you heading to Shengxuan?"

Yu Xiaoxuan’s face fell, and she slumped on the table, listless. Fang Tong gave her a curious glance, "What’s wrong? Didn’t you always want to be a performer? Having second thoughts now?"

"It’s not that, I definitely want to be a big star, no regrets there. Sister-in-law Song made really tasty rice wine glutinous balls this afternoon, I took a picture and posted it on my Moments, but forgot that Sister Linda is also in my Moments. Then, disaster struck. Sister Linda said that right after my Monday presentation, I have to report to the company and start three months of intensive training. If the fat on my face doesn’t say goodbye after three months, she will say goodbye to me."

Fang Tong blinked, and suddenly looked at Yu Xiaoxuan with some sympathy, imagining how tough the days ahead would be. It really was a case of ’you reap what you sow’.

Yu Xiaoxuan thought about her moments post too and felt like crying.

When Shen Qinglan came out of the bathroom, she saw Yu Xiaoxuan looking dispirited. She glanced at Fang Tong, who gave her a big mischievous smile, pointed at Yu Xiaoxuan’s face, and then her own chin, making Shen Qinglan immediately understand and a smile flickered in her eyes.

"Starting tomorrow morning, you’re running with me," Shen Qinglan told Yu Xiaoxuan.

Yu Xiaoxuan wailed, "Qinglan, no." She hated running the most; even running 800 meters during a PE test was nearly the death of her.

"And it’s only for two days, what’s the use?" Yu Xiaoxuan shook her head.

Shen Qinglan: "Are you sure you can endure Linda’s torture with your current physical condition?"

That mention of Linda silenced Yu Xiaoxuan, and Shen Qinglan took her silence as consent.

Sure enough, the next morning at six, Yu Xiaoxuan was still in her bed playing chess with Zhou Gong in her dreams, when Shen Qinglan woke her up. Half-asleep, Yu Xiaoxuan crawled out of bed, dazedly washed up, changed clothes, and floated down the dormitory staircase following Shen Qinglan.

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