Chapter 12: Behind the Book



As soon as the words fell, the crowd of onlookers took a breath.

Huo Shen's attitude... made it clear to everyone that no matter what Li Yining wanted to do to Chen Wan tonight, he would support him unconditionally.

At least - it won't hinder.

Everyone was silent, as if they were a little confused.

When did the relationship between Huo Shen and Li Yining become so good?

They turned their heads to look at the two of them. Although the couple didn't interact much, they could still be seen to be in a state of disinterest.

It’s an indescribable feeling. When did the picture of a couple together become so harmonious?

Also - why did Li Yining suddenly become smart?

The crowd who originally wanted to be good guys retreated knowingly, leaving the battlefield to them.

Li Yining was also a little surprised. Although she hinted to Huo Shen not to care, she really didn't expect this man to give her so much face.

On second thought, I feel it is normal.

A man like Huo Shen is smart. Even if he cares about his wife, he will not show it in front of everyone.

Thinking of this, she smiled with the corners of her lips curved, and tilted her head to look at Chen Wan: "Miss Chen."

Chen Wan shuddered, tears streaming down her face: "Sister Ningning, I didn't mean it. I shouldn't have said such nonsense. I'm sorry."

Li Yining looked at it calmly and raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Not on purpose?"

"no."

Chen Wan looked around and saw that the friends who had been chatting and laughing just now were now all lowering their heads and pretending to play with their phones. Some even left directly, without any intention of responding to her pleading eyes.

Her heart suddenly turned cold.

She knew that if she didn't give Li Yining a satisfactory explanation today, she would never let her go.

Chen Wan took a deep breath, raised her hand and looked at Li Yining. Their eyes met, and under everyone's gaze, she slapped herself hard. The crisp sound of the slap was extremely abrupt in the silent box.

"I'm sorry, Sister Ning Ning, I lost control of my mouth and said the wrong thing. I hope you can forgive me."

Li Yining didn't move.

Chen Wan was so angry that she raised her other hand and slapped the other side.

The people who were watching and listening to this commotion trembled in their hearts, and were extremely grateful that they did not say anything nonsense and did not offend Li Yining.

After a few slaps, Chen Wan's face was swollen beyond recognition.

"never mind--"

Li Yining looked at Chen Wan, whose hand was suspended in mid-air, and lazily stood up from the sofa and looked at her: "I am not such an unreasonable person. Since Miss Chen apologized sincerely, I can't be too difficult."

She shrugged and smiled slightly: "That's all for today."

She paused and looked at Chen Wan: "But I still want to kindly remind you not to gossip about others behind their backs, or else you won't meet someone as easy to talk to as me next time."

People vomited blood.

Are you talking to me?!

Someone just said something bad about you and you let him hit you in the face.

Chen Wan's eyes were red and her cheeks were so swollen that she looked unbearable.

She bit her lip and endured it: "Thank you, Sister Ningning, for your magnanimity."

"Yes." Li Yining agreed without any guilt, and turned his head to look at the bodyguard standing on the side: "Go get some ice cubes for Miss Chen to apply on her face."

Chen Wan and the people around her almost wanted to curse after hearing what she said.

You tormented others and then gave them a date. You really want to piss them off to death!

Li Yining's behavior shocked everyone who saw and heard it today. From now on, no one dared to gossip about her behind her back.

——

On the other side, Chen Zhou looked at the woman who had changed to a sofa and sat down. He raised his eyebrows and poured her a glass of juice.

Li Yining took a look and took it: "Thank you."

Chen Zhou made a "tsk" sound, and seeing her like this, he didn't bother to argue with her about their last fight.

"What's wrong with you today?"

"What?"

Chen Zhou glanced at her and said, "Chen Wan, you may have been willful before, but you wouldn't do something so ruthless."

Hearing this, Li Yining tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled faintly and said, "If I don't do something decisive today, do you believe that tomorrow the news that I, Li Yining, cheated on my wife will spread throughout this circle?"

Rumors are so terrible that they can ruin a person's reputation over time.

Even if no one saw it with their own eyes, as long as they heard it, it was as if they had seen it with their own eyes and confirmed it.

Li Yining knew very well that the original owner in the novel did not really cheat on her husband. She just liked Jiang Yuan and thought that Jiang Yuan was a little sun that illuminated her and warmed her.

As a result, everyone around her said that she was cheating, as if they had caught her in bed.

In the end, due to Li Yining's arrogance and the fact that she did many shameful things, Huo Shen divorced her.

There is nothing wrong with divorce, but what is not done is not done.

The reason why she treated Chen Wan like this today was simply to give them a warning that they would remember forever.

Li Yining did not cheat on her, what they said was all slander.

Similarly, he proved his innocence to Huo Shen.

Someone who has really cheated on his wife wouldn't be so righteous and confident, wouldn't have such momentum.

Chen Zhou looked at her in surprise.

To be honest, he actually agreed with what Li Yining had just done. Although it was too tough and unreasonable, it was the best way to stop the rumors.

But what surprised him was that she, who had always been arrogant and didn't think, actually started to worry about these problems.

“You are right.”

Chen Zhou paused for a few seconds: "Aren't you afraid of Huo Shen?"

"What?"

Chen Zhou clinked glasses with her and joked, "I'm afraid Huo Shen will know that you brought a tigress home."

Li Yining: “…Not afraid.”

I'm afraid if she doesn't explain.

Which man can tolerate having a green hat on his head?

The two were silent for a moment, and Huo Shen walked over from the side and sat next to Li Yining under everyone's gaze.

Although there is a person between them, this is enough to show that Huo Shen and Li Yining still have feelings for each other.

At least that's what it looks like to outsiders.

Chen Zhou looked at Huo Shen and sneered: "Finally got away?"

Just after seeing Li Yining finishing off Chen Wan, a group of people who hadn't seen Huo Shen for a long time directly pulled him over to chat.

Huo Shen said "hmm" in a cold voice: "What are you doing here?"

Chen Zhou was amused: "Then what are you doing here?"

Huo Shen glanced at him coldly.

Chen Zhou chuckled and looked at Li Yining: "Little Yining, how can you stand your husband being so cold?"

Li Yining was just about to ask what it had to do with her, when what had just happened suddenly popped up in her mind. After thinking about it, she felt that she needed to save face for Huo Shen.

Instantly, she smiled with a smile on her face, turned her head to look at Huo Shen and said, "Where is the coldness?"

The corners of her lips curled up, and she said unhappily, "My husband is not cold at all."

After saying this, Li Yining felt disgusted with himself.

Chen Zhou: “…”

Is he blind or deaf??!

Looking at the expressions of the two people in front of him, he rubbed his eyes.

If I am not mistaken... Huo Shen seemed to smile just now? ?

Just as he was about to speak, someone suddenly rushed over from the side and threw himself on Li Yining, excitedly: "Ahhhhhh Ningning you are so great!!!"

Chen Zhou: “…”

Huo Shen: “…”

He turned his head to look at the woman who was squeezing towards him, and frowned.

"Ningning, why didn't you wait for me to come and deal with them?" Jian Yuanyuan was very angry.

She saw a sister post a video in the group and rushed over, but the matter was over before she could finish.

Li Yining was so pressed down by her that he couldn't breathe. He pushed the excited person and said, "Yuanyuan! Stop pressing me. Get up."

Jian Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment before she realized what she had done.

She laughed dryly and quickly got up: "Oh, sorry, I didn't notice. Is Ningning okay without you?"

She sat down on the side, forcing Huo Shen to move to the side.

Li Yining sat up again and shook his head: "It's okay."

She looked at Jian Yuanyuan: "Why did you come here suddenly?"

Jian Yuanyuan sighed and said excitedly, "How could I not come for such a big event?" She suppressed her eagerness to watch the show and said, "This is the first time I've seen Chen Wan and her group of gossipers fall so badly."

She couldn't help but mutter, "Don't you know that when you didn't come to the party before, this group of people were plotting against you every day."

Jian Yuanyuan was so angry that she almost died.

But she couldn't refute it at that time, because Li Yining was indeed chasing stars. Unexpectedly, today the group of people turned over.

How can I not be happy?

Li Yining didn't know whether to laugh or cry, looking at her happy expression: "Who told you not to come earlier?"

Jian Yuanyuan whimpered twice and hugged her coquettishly, "I thought you wouldn't come. I thought you would be angry if you came, so it would be better not to come. In the end, you came without telling me."

It sounded as if Li Yining was a scumbag who abandoned Jian Yuanyuan.

Chen Zhou stared at the two of them in amazement, and exchanged glances with Huo Shen, finding confusion in each other's eyes.

Is this how girls communicate nowadays?

He coughed and said, "Can you two...be a little more restrained?"

Li Yining and Jian Yuanyuan were stunned. They looked up and glared at him, saying in unison: "None of your business."

After that, the two of them chattered and described what had just happened in vivid detail before stopping.

At this time, Huo Shen and Chen Zhou had been forced to stay away from this "battlefield" because of the disturbance caused by the two men.

——

Late at night, the two returned home together.

The two people in the car didn't communicate at all during the whole journey. Li Yining tilted his head to look out the window. The street scene outside was quite beautiful and sparkling.

She looked for a while before shifting her gaze from the glass window to the man who was resting with his eyes closed.

There was a floral smell of alcohol in the car, coming from the man next to me. Mixed with the light woody scent on his body, it made people want to get closer.

Huo Shen was sleeping at the moment, his jawline was tightened, making him look smoother, and a little further up were men's eyelashes, which were curlier than women's.

Li Yining suddenly remembered the many reviews he had seen online in the past few days.

The most common comment was that Huo Shen was a master of long eyelashes, and many fans also shouted that they "wanted to swing on brother's eyelashes." Thinking of this, Li Yining couldn't help laughing out loud.

With a smile, Huo Shen opened his eyes.

Their eyes met, and the man's deep eyes stared at her, which inexplicably made Li Yining feel numb inside.

She paused, and just as she was about to speak, Huo Shen spoke first.

"What's up?"

Li Yining was stunned and quickly found an excuse for himself: "It was just what happened in the private room. Thank you."

Huo Shen sat up and pinched his brows: "Hmm."

Li Yining hesitated to speak, but after thinking for a while, he said one more sentence: "Do you think that I am going too far?"

Huo Shen paused, as if he didn't expect her to ask that.

He looked at her in surprise and said in a deep voice, "Do you think you've gone too far?"

Li Yining shook his head honestly: "Not too much."

She said confidently: "Why should I feel that it is excessive? If she hadn't slandered me, I wouldn't have done that."

Huo Shen said "hmm" and asked back: "Since you know it in your mind, why are you asking me?"

Li Yining: “…”

These words almost choked her to death.

In fact, she just wanted to ask... whether her actions would bring shame to the Huo family.

Although asking now would be useless, I still need to be polite, and this is the man's attitude.

Thinking about it, she snorted proudly: "You are right, I only came to ask you after I had eaten my fill."

Huo Shen: “…”

The car just stopped. Li Yining didn't wait for the driver to open the door. He shook his head and strode into the house with his bag.

Looking at the woman's angry back, Huo Shen pursed his lips and sneered.

——

The next morning, when Li Yining woke up, Huo Shen was no longer at home.

Even last night... Huo Shen didn't seem to go upstairs.

Although she was curious, she didn't ask any more questions.

After finishing breakfast with peace of mind, Uncle Xu took the initiative to mention: "Madam, my husband had to go on a business trip last night."

Li Yining said "Oh" and smiled knowingly: "I see."

Uncle Xu looked at her, paused and said, "Madam, are you going out today?"

Li Yining nodded and smiled, "Yeah."

Li Yining and Huo Shen didn't see each other for the next few days.

Her classes were almost over, so Song Jing planned to take her directly to the set to get familiar with the place first, and then they would be ready for the variety show when they came back.

Looking at the variety show Li Yining chose, Song Jing raised her eyebrows in surprise: "I thought you would choose 72-hour live broadcast."

Li Yining smiled and said, "I had this idea at first, but then I thought about my 72-hour live broadcast, and I thought maybe the TV station wouldn't allow it to be broadcast at all."

Song Jing was stunned, a little surprised: "What do you mean?"

Li Yining was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that she seemed to have never told Song Jing her true identity. She thought about it and simply said, "Now the radio and television are controlling TV dramas that show off wealth, so variety shows should also be controlled."

Song Jing: “…”

She said: "I will be going abroad to watch a show soon. If it is broadcast live for 72 hours, I may only be able to show you the show live. By then, this show will be cancelled before it is even aired."

More importantly, she needs to make money first. The programs at the Inn pay more. After comprehensive analysis, the Inn is more suitable for her to change her image in everyone's mind and make everyone think of her differently.

Song Jing choked and looked her up and down: "If you go to the inn, you will have to cook and do housework, can you do it?"

Although she was not clear about Li Yining's identity, the watch, bag and contract incidents were not accidental. At least - Li Yining's identity was not as simple as everyone knew.

Li Yining knows a little bit, but the original owner had never even been to the kitchen.

She winked playfully and said, "If you don't know how to cook, you can learn. I'll find a chef at home to practice with me when I get home tonight."

Song Jing: "...Okay, then the show is set. I'll take you there then."

"good."

After arriving home, Li Yining did not forget his mission and asked Uncle Xu if he could learn how to cook.

Uncle Xu was stunned and extremely surprised: "Why does Madam suddenly want to cook? Is the food cooked by our chef not good enough? Or does Madam want to try a new taste? We still have many chefs at home..."

"No, no." After spending some time together, Li Yining and Uncle Xu had a good relationship. She told Uncle Xu directly, "I have a variety show to record, and I will be asked to cook. I will learn it first."

Uncle Xu frowned: "We can ask the chef to accompany you."

Li Yining: “…”

"But that's a show, and we can't let others do it for us."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Uncle Xu said without any arrogance, "Just tell the teacher which program you want, and he will always be able to accommodate you."

…………

When Huo Shen got home, there was a group of servants standing at the kitchen door.

A lot of chattering could be heard from inside.

"Ma'am, that's not the case!"

"Madam, stir fry quickly."

"Madam, you added too much salt!"

"Madam...be careful."

"Madam, it's burnt again."

Huo Shen: “…”

He paused, and suddenly heard a familiar, unreasonable voice: "It doesn't matter if it's burnt, as long as it's edible. Who among you wants to try it?"

Everyone said in unison: "No."

This was already the fifth serving tonight and they didn't want to try again.

Li Yining pouted and was about to speak when Uncle Xu saw Huo Shen. He was not afraid of being dismissed at this time and hurriedly said, "Madam, you can ask Mr. if he wants to eat."

Li Yining: “…”

She was about to say it was inappropriate, but suddenly she thought of what the man said to her last time.

After a pause, she had a sly look in her eyes, and her expression changed. Her lips curled up, and she held a plate of burnt food with a smile on her face: "Honey, do you want to try it?"

Huo Shen: “…”

Maid: “…”

Take care sir.

Author's words: Ning Ning: Smile Smile (It is never too late for a woman to take revenge.

Huo Shen: I shouldn’t have gone home today (.


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