Chapter 69 Mutual Implications

Zhao Shunian stopped at a stall selling fish balls.

The old man selling fish balls recognized Zhao Shunian and asked, "Mr. Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you working overtime tonight?"

"No, my wife wants to have a midnight snack, so I brought her here." Zhao Shunian took the fish balls handed to him by the old man.

The old man followed Zhao Shunian's gaze and saw a bright and beautiful woman standing across the street. She noticed that he was looking at her, and nodded and greeted him with a smile.

Abokua and his wife looked so handsome and pretty when they stood together, they were a perfect match.

Yu Yin and Zhao Shunian stood outside the car, leaning against the window and eating fish balls. Yu Yin said, "You don't eat this, you don't eat that. I thought you didn't eat this kind of street snack."

Zhao Shunian explained: "Most of the things I don't eat are things I've tried but don't like. They're not necessary for me, so they certainly won't be in my choices."

Yu Yin forked a fish ball, blew on it a few times to cool it down before eating it. She thought it was delicious. "How did you know this fish ball stall is delicious?"

"I used to work very close to here. One time, I worked overtime until late at night, and my colleague brought me here to eat fish balls."

Zhao Shunian worked at the grassroots level in a company under Zhaoshi for a period of time. He has a learning attitude, is humble, and gets along well with his colleagues. Sometimes they would invite him for supper after get off work.

Zhao Shunian drove very steadily. The sounds that appeared occasionally in the middle of the night were like a lullaby, and the sleepyhead appeared again. Yu Yin's eyelids were fighting. She had not rested enough. She was just woken up by hunger before, and now she started to feel sleepy again when she was no longer hungry.

When they arrived at the garage of the old house, Zhao Shunian saw that Yu Yin's breathing was steady. He did not wake her up and carried her back to the east building.

As they were about to get on the elevator, Zhao Shunian slowly said, "Let's go back upstairs. I'll turn on the lights, and you'll reveal even more flaws. Why don't you pretend to have just woken up?"

Yu Yin pretended to be confused, "Where is this? I seem to have fallen asleep."

Zhao Shunian hugged Yu Yin tightly, his chest trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but laugh softly.

Yu Yin said angrily, "You didn't cooperate with me at all. You just exposed me and made it impossible for me to continue acting. When did you find out?"

"When I first held you, I realized you were awake. It's hard to change your cowardly nature. I have to hold you tightly, and my breathing is even irregular."

Yu Yin said coquettishly: "Even if I am discovered, you still have to carry me back and you are not allowed to put me down."

"I won't let you go."

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The next day, the few people who had secretly stabbed each other yesterday gathered together again and had afternoon tea in the garden. Also joining were two new juniors, Yu Yin and Zhao Xiyan, and Ms. Li's sister Li Yunhe, who had lived abroad for a long time and seldom came back.

They weren't close, but they often got together, probably out of boredom, to vent their frustrations, to experience the emotional ups and downs of life. Few had serious jobs here, and the rest were just empty titles, occasionally attending fashion weeks, dinners, and other social events, often spending their time shopping, doing beauty treatments, and so on.

Yu Yin felt that even though they lived on the top of the mountain and the garden was shaded, it was still a little hot to have afternoon tea outdoors in the scorching summer of July. She unconsciously lifted her hair.

There were a few hickeys on the back of her neck. If it weren't for this, she would have wanted to put her hair up to feel cooler. Why did the hickeys appear there? It was all because of the posture.

Today, Ms. Li paid special attention to Yu Yin. When Yu Yin lifted her hair, she saw the vague ambiguous traces on her neck. She immediately picked up the black tea and drank it to calm her nerves.

She thought to herself that it was no wonder that Yu Yin and Shunian had to move to the capital, as they had so many inconveniences in their old house.

Whether it was Liang Yilin at the beginning or Liang Yunian now, Ms. Li disliked and disliked both of them, but her ideal daughter-in-law was not within the original consideration of Zhao Xinzhi and Zhao Shunian.

Her son has taken a fancy to Yu Yin, and he is very opinionated. Things are different now, and there is no one at home who can make decisions for him. Ms. Li has no choice but to accept the reality even if she doesn't like it.

After the New Year, Ms. Li spent a long time preparing herself mentally to accept Yu Yin. Every time Zhao Shunian returned to Hong Kong, she wondered if Yu Yin would come with him, and what attitude she would show then.

Ms. Li knew that Yu Yin heard what she said in the kitchen, so she let Yu Yin hear it on purpose. She originally wanted Yu Yin to give up and save face for both of them, but the opposite happened. She was the one who was embarrassed, and she was also the one who made concessions.

Fortunately, Yu Yin had only recently returned, and Ms. Li had already prepared herself mentally. She felt that maintaining a superficial harmony was good enough.

She wasn't even close to her only biological son, let alone her daughter-in-law, who wasn't related by blood. She couldn't be the kind of mother-in-law who treated her daughter-in-law like her own daughter, and she didn't believe any mother-in-law could truly do that.

Yu Yin was eating dessert and found that Ms. Li was looking at her again. She felt that Ms. Li was a little strange today, and she glanced at her secretly from time to time. She thought it was because of what happened in the library yesterday. She wondered if Ms. Li heard what they said.

At this time, Ms. Jian said to Yu Yin, "Yun Yi specifically asked about you yesterday, asking why you didn't come downstairs. I told her that you and Shunian were just having a little time for each other."

Hearing this, Yu Yin's mind suddenly shifted to the scene of her and Zhao Shunian entangled. She felt her face getting hot, and a faint blush spread across her cheeks.

She didn't go to the first floor at all yesterday. She and Zhao Shunian stayed upstairs all day.

Although Mrs. Zhou had quarreled with Zhao Yunyi and was so angry at Ms. Li and Ms. Jian that she did not come today, Mrs. Zhou still wanted to protect her out of habit, worried that they would talk about yesterday's quarrel.

Mrs. Zhou happened to see Yu Yin blushing and took the opportunity to change the topic, teasing: "Why are you blushing, Yu Yin? You have been married for more than two years, and you are still shy."

"I just feel a little hot." Yu Yin's weak explanation could not convince the people present.

Li Yunhe said with a smile, "Yu Yin is only in her twenties. It's normal for young people to be shy. It seems that those of us who have been through many battles for twenty or thirty years and are older than her don't feel shy. Aunt Zhou, you are more experienced than us, so you should understand this."

Mrs. Zhou took a deep breath and controlled her expression. "You do have some truth in what you say. I may have a deeper understanding than you, but I don't have as much experience as you. We're all the same."

Li Yunhe had an unhappy marriage and had been married several times. Now he lives the life of a single aristocrat.

"Thank you for the compliment. It's better than someone who has never worn a wedding dress. I think I look beautiful in a wedding dress, and I'll be happy to wear it as many times as I want."

Li Yunhe took a bite of dessert, not at all offended by Mrs. Zhou's insinuation. Marrying several times wasn't a concern for her. Mrs. Zhou was like hitting cotton.

Mrs. Zhou was sorely hurt by not having a formal status and never having been a bride, and she was defeated.