Chapter 12

It’s no wonder that he had such thoughts. He really had no confidence in his position in Shen Yuntang’s heart.

Even when he asked this question, he was confused and tentative.

After carefully testing the waters, Huo Yuyan finally realized that he was Shen Yuntang's husband! He should be the one to bring charges against her!

Huo Yuyan paused, reorganized his expression, and became gloomy and serious.

The cold elitism is back.

He hung his coat on the hanger, put one hand in his trouser pocket, and strode across the living room to the dining room.

Shen Yuntang sat there motionless, raising his eyelids to look at him.

Huo Yuyan endured the invisible pressure, with a calm face. He untied the watch on his wrist and asked coldly, "Who is this?"

As his watch strap fell on the table with a crisp sound, the handsome man smiled and said, "Hello, sir. I am the personal gardener hired by Miss Shen."

Huo Yuyan paused for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said to him, "Hello, too."

As if there was no embarrassment at all, he smoothly pulled out the chair and sat down naturally.

Well said. It would have been even better without the word "private" so that he wouldn't feel that his hair color was a bit dangerous.

He just confidently interrupted the conversation between the two, folded his fingers, and leaned back in his chair comfortably as if nothing had been said.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, he gestured very frankly and generously, "You two continue, don't worry about me."

After hearing this, Shen Yuntang turned 30 degrees to the left and faced Huo Yuyan.

Her expression was more dangerous than the color of his hair.

"I don't want to care about you."

Huo Yuyan's heart tightened for a moment, and he suddenly felt that he had forgotten something.

Shen Yuntang continued, "It's just that my brother-in-law is too close to me, and I feel that it's a bit immoral."

Huo Yuyan: "..."

He didn't even need to turn his head to see the slightly horrified and embarrassed expression on the gardener's face, and then he heard the sound of chair legs scraping the ground -

"I suddenly remembered that something happened at home, Miss Shen, I have to come again next time."

The gardener said goodbye to her politely but eagerly, and when he was leaving the living room and tripped over the baby swimming basin several times, he did not forget to turn around and smile politely.

Huo Yuyan turned his head suddenly and could hear himself gritting his teeth, "Shen Yuntang!"

The culprit leaned back in his chair and began to admire his newly done manicure.

Huo Yuyan's teeth were about to break. He didn't know how much his reputation had been damaged today. He was angry for a long time before he calmed down by the constant expansion of his chest. He told her: "I came back just for this."

Shen Yuntang raised his eyes and looked at him innocently.

Huo Yuyan then calmly explained, "I checked. Your sister and I don't know each other and we have never been alone together. There is no contact information for her on social media. Apart from the wedding, the only time we might have met was at a cocktail party last year."

His wife nodded twice, played with her fingers and said with a smile, "Love at first sight."

Huo Yuyan resisted the urge to turn around and leave.

He calmed down for a moment and continued, "I don't have the impression of talking to her at the party. I don't even remember your sister's name."

"She is basically spreading rumors about me, you know? Spreading rumors about me."

Huo Yuyan tapped the table vigorously, and even inexplicably felt a little aggrieved.

Apart from the fact that he was afraid that Shen Yuntang would make trouble with him, the reason why Huo Yuyan took this matter so seriously was that he really didn't like someone he didn't even know using his name to spread the word.

His name is too useful, and there are many people who take advantage of his power to bully others.

Especially, being fantasized as a person who has been "secretly in love for many years" and "can't get the love" made Huo Yuyan feel unclean.

He has lived for nearly thirty years and has been ascetic, indifferent and self-disciplined to the point that even his grandfather thought he was incompetent. Every time he fell into his old ways, his grandfather would rush to introduce him to a date, for fear that he would never see him get married in this lifetime.

He's already living such a lonely life, and there are still people spreading rumors about his love history?

Huo Yuyan couldn't bear it.

Seeing that Shen Yuntang was still admiring her shiny nails and had no intention of answering him, he finally couldn't help it -

"Do you believe your sister or me?"

Shen Yuntang stopped immediately.

She raised her eyes and her brows began to frown slightly.

Soon her eyes were filled with tears, which stunned Huo Yuyan and made him feel nervous.

"Why are you so loud?"

Shen Yuntang's expression changed so quickly that Huo Yuyan was speechless. He opened his mouth, but vaguely felt that if he interrupted her output at this time, there would inevitably be more terrible consequences.

So he hesitated several times and looked at Shen Yuntang stiffly, unable to defend himself.

"Are you getting impatient with me so soon? Men are really bad."

Huo Yuyan opened his mouth and thought about what he was going to say several times before he softened his tone and said, "I'm not saying no..."

"Think about it, why didn't she talk about you but others? It must be you who didn't follow male ethics and seduced her, which gave her hope!"

Huo Yuyan: "..."

His hands were shaking, and he angrily grabbed the cup beside him and took a sip. The cold water went down his stomach, and the burning anger was quenched.

Huo Yuyan drank ice water in big gulps while gritting his teeth, wondering who Shen Yunlian was! What was her intention to harm him to this extent!

After finally calming down, Huo Yuyan used the last bit of calmness he had and said to Shen Yuntang in a gentle tone: "I am sure that I have never had any contact with her. Even if I attend various banquets and drinking parties, she will not show up at the parties. My social circle and hers do not overlap at all-"

"Buzz, buzz."

The phone on the dining table vibrated and spun.

Both of them fell silent and looked at the phone screen.

Huo Yuyan paused as he looked at his phone, "It was a call from a friend."

Shen Yuntang stared at him expressionlessly.

Huo Yuyan, who wanted to carry her on his back to answer the phone, was silent for a moment, but finally picked it up in front of her.

He didn't want to appear guilty.

This friend is a serious person and there shouldn't be any dangerous topics.

"Hey, Song Chengguang..."

"Brother! I've been waiting for you! You can't miss the cocktail party we're hosting today!"

His serious friend was talking loudly, unable to hide his joy, "I told you that I also invited Shen Yunhe, did you know that? She's the female star who's been popular recently for playing the fairy tale, and she looks a lot like the retired queen Gu Lan. Oh, yes, she seems to be your wife's sister!"

"She said she knew you very well, so I just remembered. Hahahaha, this is such a coincidence! It's at the Golden Night Banquet, everyone is waiting for you! Muahmuah!"

With his affected and disgusting ending remarks, the already silent restaurant on the other end of the phone fell into an even more dead silence.

Huo Yuyan held the phone for a long time. The hanging-up sound made him dizzy. He slowly put it down and placed it on the table. He adjusted his expression, supported himself with his hands, and looked up to meet Shen Yuntang's eyes.

No matter how you look at it, it reveals a heroic spirit of facing death with indifference.

Shen Yuntang was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled sweetly.

"Everyone is waiting for you~" She imitated the other person's tone, raised her slightly red lips, and said with as much sarcasm as possible, "Mmmmm~"

Huo Yuyan couldn't bear it anymore.

He stood up suddenly and grabbed Shen Yuntang's wrist.

Shen Yuntang pretended to be surprised, "What's the matter? Is Mr. Huo anxious?"

"Go confront your sister!"

He felt so aggrieved that his lungs were about to explode. He had never suffered such a humiliation in his life. He had to let Shen Yuntang see with her own eyes what kind of man he was!

Huo Yuyan took big steps with his long legs, and almost couldn't keep up with Shen Yuntang while holding on to him.

Huo Yuyan was so angry that he led her all the way to the garage. He paused, bent down and opened the passenger door, put his hand on the roof, and said firmly: "Get in!"

It was rare for him to see Shen Yuntang looking a little confused.

She blinked her long eyelashes, as if she hadn't realized what he was doing.

Huo Yuyan was so anxious to prove his chastity that he pressed her shoulders and pushed her into the car. He then lifted her feet up, bent over and quickly fastened her seat belt, tucked the hem of her skirt in, then closed the door and ran to the driver's seat.

When the car drove out of the garage, Shen Yuntang was still in a daze.

I don't know how I was suddenly arranged to do this.

The sachet on the rearview mirror was shaking. Shen Yuntang looked at the flashing lights on the road and asked Huo Yuyan, "What are you doing?"

"Go to the cocktail party with Miss Shen."

Shen Yuntang: “…”

It's really puzzling when men become childish!

She found a comfortable position, turned her face away silently, and looked out the window with her chin propped up.

This city is actually very similar to the one where she used to live, and every landmark building can be found.

But in the real world, the tallest and most beautiful one also has her name engraved on the plaque with the designer’s name.

"Inspired by: Shen Yuntang."

The designer once said that it was a symbol that she was being noticed by the whole city.

This is impossible in the world of books.

Not only Shen Yuntang was thinking about the past, Huo Yuyan was also reminiscing about the past.

While waiting for the red light, he glanced at the incredibly beautiful silhouette with his peripheral vision, then quickly looked away.

He suddenly remembered how he and Shen Yuntang met.

A year ago, his grandfather suddenly pulled him into the room, held up a photo and told him that the girl was pretty good.

He asked what was good about it, but Grandpa hesitated and finally patted him on the back of his head:

"Why do you care so much? I'm sure she'll be my granddaughter-in-law!"

I don’t know what touched him about this girl. This time the old man was particularly persistent and Huo Yuyan couldn’t beat him.

After seven days and seven nights of stalemate, he finally had to give in and agreed to meet Shen Yuntang first.

I originally wanted to express our respective views clearly when we met, and then use the incompatibility of personalities as an excuse to shut my grandfather up and escape from the siege of marriage.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yuntang took the initiative as soon as they met and said that she only had two requests: money and to stay away from her family.

After marriage, they lived their own lives and no one cared about anyone else.

He no longer has to worry about his family urging him to get married, and she can have a reliable home.

Apart from getting the marriage certificate, nothing is different from before.

Huo Yuyan was stunned on the spot. He had never expected this to happen.

After returning home and thinking carefully for half a month, he agreed.

Instead of finding someone who might like you, it’s better to find someone who only loves money and doesn’t care about you.

He has plenty of money, but he can never give back your feelings.

Being loved is too tiring. He doesn't like the feeling of carrying extra pressure, nor does he yearn for a husband-and-wife relationship.

So what Shen Yuntang proposed seemed to be his best choice.

The first few months of his marriage were just as he had imagined. They lived their own lives happily, and his family no longer urged him to get married. He often forgot that he had a wife.

Shen Yuntang basically does nothing else except spending money, and they get along fairly peacefully.

Until that time Shen Yuntang started to cross the line.

After he warned her, when he saw her again, she had become the second Shen Yuntang.

The current relationship between husband and wife...

Huo Yuyan glanced at her again.

Jingjing withdrew her gaze and said nothing.

The car arrived at Liujin Yeyan, and someone ran up to help him park the car. He opened the door on Shen Yuntang's side, his tone still firm and confident.

While bending down to unbuckle her seat belt, he said:

"get off!"

Shen Yuntang just glanced at him.

Huo Yuyan was silent for a moment, then quietly stretched out his hand.

She held his arm and stood up, but because her legs were weak, she couldn't stand steadily and fell on him. Huo Yuyan was caught off guard and they both almost stumbled.

When Song Chengguang heard that Huo Yuyan's car had arrived, he immediately became excited and directed everyone while holding a glass of wine.

"Family members, Mr. Huo is here! Let's go and welcome him together and give him a big Shapuaisi!"

"...Mr. Song, it's a surprise."

"Aren't they almost the same? I got 35 in English in the college entrance examination, and you're making trouble with me?"

Led by Song Chengguang, a group of people walked out talking and laughing. Everyone had a bright smile, especially Shen Yunhe beside him, who could hardly hide her joy.

Ever since Huo Yuyan got married, she had no chance to see him again.

It was a rare occasion that Shen Yuntang was not here, and maybe she could be alone with Huo Yuyan. She was excited just thinking about it.

She had prepared so much for this meeting, and had started putting on makeup at noon. It had been so hard for her to wait until now.

What about Shen Yuntang? She was about to see him.

"Speaking of which, why has Mr. Huo rarely appeared in such occasions in the past year? Is he henpecked?"

When Song Chengguang heard someone ask this question, he almost laughed out loud: "Family members, Huo Yuyan is henpecked! He can't even remember that he has a wife. It's true that he avoids her as much as possible."

"So that's how it is, hahahaha, who among you hasn't experienced a business marriage yet?"

A group of people looked at each other with "I understand" eyes, and then poured out of the hall laughing.

The night wind was still a little hot. As soon as they went out, they saw a man and a woman standing in front of the fountain. The man was tall and straight, and the woman was slender and slim. Just by looking at her shadow, they could tell that she was a great beauty.

At this moment, the two of them were supporting each other and hugging each other, entangled in each other's arms, it was so warm.

Song Chengguang glanced at him and couldn't help but sigh in jealousy: "How come a beautiful woman is paired with a toad?"

People around: “…”

Although anyone with a discerning eye could see that the man was not bad either, no one refuted Mr. Song.

Song Shao glanced at it again, and suddenly his nonchalant expression disappeared. He said dully, "Oh my god... Oh my god..."

"Why does that guy look more and more like Huo Yuyan?"

At this moment, the beautiful girl shouted: "Huo Yuyan! What use are you, you stupid thing!"

The lights were on near the fountain, and the light shone down, illuminating her breathtakingly beautiful face.

Huo Yuyan squatted on the ground and tied the shoe buckle that he stepped on and said resignedly, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, Miss Shen."

The light shone into the hall again.

Song Chengguang swallowed nervously.

In the stunned state of everyone, he slowed down and asked hesitantly but awkwardly: "...Who are you?"