The Sister-in-Law and the Younger Sister-in-Law Get Along Harmoniously (Revised)

Most of the time, festivals where people gather together to prepare for a meal are traditional national festivals, while festivals where people go to hotel rooms are generally foreign festivals.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is undoubtedly one of the most important traditional festivals. Since ancient times, countless people who are unable to reunite have looked up at the bright moon in foreign lands and shed tears. Many literati and poets have also raised their cups to invite the moon and left behind a series of poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Among them, Su Shi's "Prelude to Water Melody: When Will the Moon Be Bright?" stands out. This poem, no matter who takes it and copies it, can make poets in that world sigh that it will be difficult to write Mid-Autumn Festival poems in the future.

Liu Chang'an's ice cream mooncakes weren't actually snow skin mooncakes; they were just ice cream shaped like mooncakes. Eating ice cream during the Mid-Autumn Festival was still quite suitable for the dietary habits of southerners, so he prepared a grand ice cream feast.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival poem "Prelude to Water Melody: When Will the Moon Be Bright?" is considered a masterpiece, then I'll use that as the theme for my ice cream mooncakes and name them "The Ninth Year of Xining: 1076". 1076 is both the year Su Shi wrote the poem and the weight of the ice cream mooncakes he made this time. That's all, no more.

Of course, more than two pounds of mooncakes wouldn't be made in just one batch. Ice cream mooncakes aren't suitable for eating too many at once, and eating three at once would be too cold for the stomach. After calculating the ingredients, Liu Chang'an decided on the number to make. As for the flavors, they couldn't be too monotonous either. He bought ingredients to prepare vanilla, strawberry, macadamia nut, mango, and cream flavors. He would basically only make one of each flavor. He imagined that Zhou Dongdong would find it difficult and painful to choose her favorite flavor, knowing that it was impossible to try them all. This would naturally be an interesting scenario.

He knew that Zhou Shuling was also inventing some new flavor of snow skin mooncakes, but Liu Chang'an had no expectations. Liu Chang'an wouldn't be surprised at all if she made a mooncake with pig's trotters on it.

Nowadays, holding cultural gatherings is no longer the mainstream way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. People simply visit relatives with mooncakes, look at the moon together at night, and eat mooncakes, which is enough to create a festive atmosphere. Most people don't care about the formalities. If they can have a meal with the people they want to see during this festival, that's good enough.

Qin Yanan needed to make it to dinner on the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she didn't need to book too early. She had booked her ticket well in advance and arrived at the high-speed rail south station on the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Qin Yanan walked into the VIP lounge for business class in the West Plaza. There was a separate security checkpoint, so there was no need to wait in a long line. There were still quite a few people there today, and women like her who travel alone often encounter a lot of harassment... In fact, it's unavoidable even in a lounge like this. Among those who can afford to buy business class seats at several times the price of second class seats, there are quite a few who are self-important and lack any sense of propriety.

The resting conditions here are relatively basic, and cannot compare with the top VIP lounges in some major airports. Qin Yanan carried a black suitcase and walked to a corner to sit down.

A girl sat next to me, holding a newspaper that seemed much larger than her body high in the air. She was wearing red wedge heels, which contrasted with her snow-white insteps, creating a bewitching allure. Judging from the rather cute patterns on her skirt, she was probably quite young.

Qin Yanan had just sat down and placed her bag at her feet when the girl next to her put down her newspaper and turned to look at Qin Yanan.

"Su Nanxiu!" Qin Yanan felt it must be because she hadn't checked the almanac before going out today. If she had looked at it now, she would definitely have seen "Avoid traveling" written on it.

Su Nanxiu glanced at Qin Yanan, then casually turned her head away and held the newspaper upright again.

Qin Yanan never expected to meet Su Nanxiu here, because Su Nanxiu always had a grand entourage when she used her identity as the "Third Mistress," with luxury car fleets and private jets at the drop of a hat. It was really rare to see her sitting alone in a corner waiting for the high-speed train like this.

The chair was quite high and wide, so Su Nanxiu shifted her position and sat at the very back, lifting her legs up and swaying them back and forth. She used a newspaper to cover herself, then turned around and used the newspaper to face Qin Yanan.

Qin Yanan then noticed that Su Nanxiu was not tall. Why did she remember that Su Nanxiu was not much shorter than herself? She must have been influenced by Su Nanxiu's bossy and arrogant demeanor.

Qin Yanan had originally planned how to deal with Su Nanxiu when they met again and how to negotiate some issues with her. However, today, unexpectedly, her mood was affected, and she was not very willing to talk to her. But now, Su Nanxiu was holding a newspaper in front of Qin Yanan, which made Qin Yanan feel that Su Nanxiu was deliberately provoking her.

Qin Yanan didn't believe that Su Nanxiu was seriously reading news articles behind the newspaper; she was probably up to something, her eyes darting around.

"Su Nanxiu, what a coincidence." Qin Yanan stretched out a thin stick and pressed it down on Su Nanxiu's newspaper little by little.

Su Nanxiu's head emerged, her neatly styled bangs covering a pair of eyes that were fixed intently on Qin Yanan, like two black jade beads set in their sockets, exuding a bewitching aura that was by no means cute.

"I didn't check the almanac before I went out today." Su Nanxiu waved her newspaper, moved it away from Qin Yanan's fingers, and then held it up between herself and Qin Yanan.

"I should have said that earlier!" Qin Yanan secretly regretted that she had been too gentle and hadn't prepared a confrontational stance from the start.

"Is this your first time taking the high-speed rail?" Qin Yanan composed herself and kindly reminded her, "It'll be quite crowded when you board. You're so small, don't get squashed."

"Naive." Su Nanxiu's calm voice came from behind the newspaper. Such sarcasm was obviously meaningless to Su Nanxiu, who could change her body shape, and Qin Yanan was well aware of this.

"If we don't see eye to eye, there's no point in talking further," Qin Yanan said, taking out her phone.

After a while, a commotion arose from the side. Qin Yanan looked up and saw that a man wearing a mask, sunglasses, and a hat was about to sit down. He and two other women were blocked by several tall, burly men who had appeared out of nowhere.

"Sir, there are so many seats, you don't need to sit here," a burly man with a crew cut gently reminded him.

"It's my freedom to sit wherever I want," the man said defiantly.

"That makes sense, but please cooperate," the burly man with the crew cut continued to persuade.

"Since that's the case, I'll sit here. I have no obligation to cooperate with you..." The man raised a finger, a hint of sarcasm in his voice, "If you're government personnel on duty, please show your identification first."

"We wouldn't dare impersonate him, but it's our freedom to stand here," said the burly man with the crew cut.

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the burly men who had been surrounding the other party stood in a row, blocking the entire passageway, as if a wall had suddenly appeared.

"You... I'm calling the police!" the man said angrily.

"Please don't cause any trouble; it will delay your trip." The burly man with the crew cut smiled gently, clearly used to dealing with this kind of situation.

"Let it go," a woman behind the man said softly.

The man hesitated. If he called the police, his trip might be delayed.

"Su Nanxiu, control your people. This isn't Taiwan." Qin Yanan couldn't stand it anymore and glared coldly at Su Nanxiu.

At this point, how could she not understand? These people had no other reason to block the way except to protect Su Nanxiu.

It's not that there was absolutely no reason to stop the man from coming over, because in the eyes of these security personnel, a person wearing sunglasses and a mask was determined to get close to Su Nanxiu, even if he just wanted to sit in this seat, so they had to be wary... Moreover, most people would cooperate and leave and choose another seat in this situation, but this man was particularly insistent.

Some people are just stubborn, but as security personnel, we can't consider other people's tempers; we can only handle emergencies according to the established procedures.

"I almost forgot, in Junsha, you're the little princess. If anyone's going to show off, it's you who has to do it." Su Nanxiu put down her newspaper and raised a finger.

The burly men then dispersed and sat down scattered around, except for the burly man with the crew cut who walked up to Su Nanxiu and stood beside her.

"Thank you, sorry to have bothered you earlier." The man who had been blocked earlier walked over and thanked Qin Yanan.

Qin Yanan smiled and nodded. It was a small matter, and she didn't want to say anything more. If she didn't dislike Su Nanxiu, she usually wouldn't bother with such things.

"Those gentlemen must be your bodyguards, right? It's a misunderstanding." After thanking him, the man showed no intention of leaving. Instead, he sat down, and the two women who were with him also sat down next to him.

"Us?" Qin Yanan frowned.

"Aren't you sisters?" the man asked, somewhat taken aback.

"If we were sisters, would you be brothers with a stallion in heat?" Su Nanxiu rested her chin on her hand, coldly staring at the man.

Qin Yanan couldn't help but roll her eyes at Su Nanxiu. This was a rare thing the two had in common; they were actually cousins, but neither of them wanted to bring up that relationship.

"Of course not." The man paused awkwardly for a moment, then removed his sunglasses and mask, revealing his signature smile and gesture. "Let's get acquainted... I suppose I don't need to introduce myself, right? What are your names?"

Qin Yanan glanced at the man, paused for a moment, then turned to look at Su Nanxiu.

Su Nanxiu glanced at Qin Yanan, then turned her head away, ignoring Qin Yanan's question and the man.

"I'm Cai Guangkun, didn't you recognize me?" It's impossible that she didn't recognize him; she probably didn't. What young woman of this age wouldn't recognize him? Cai Guangkun remained confident that she would immediately show a surprised expression.

Qin Yanan nodded politely, without explaining that she genuinely didn't know him, but she understood that he was probably some minor celebrity or something... probably not as famous as Xie Guangkun. Qin Yanan did know Xie Guangkun.

"It's your turn." Cai Guangkun put his mask back on; he couldn't cause a commotion in the waiting room.

"What?" Qin Yanan habitually turned her head. Because of her upbringing and polite habits, when strangers or people she didn't know well spoke to her warmly or politely, she would consciously adjust her expression to listen attentively and then turn to face the other person.

"It's your turn to introduce yourself." Cai Guangkun still had that enthusiastic, sunny smile of a young man eager to play with the woman he admired.

"No need." Qin Yanan realized that she had been so focused on disliking Su Nanxiu that she hadn't considered that Cai Guangkun wasn't after Su Nanxiu but rather wanted to get close to her. She had only made trouble for herself. So her tone turned cold, and she resumed her indifferent and aloof expression.

"Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well make a friend." Cai Guangkun was slightly frustrated and felt embarrassed. Since he became famous, he rarely took the initiative to chat up beautiful women anymore. After all, he had to take care of his image and the impact of gossip. But the one in front of him really gave him the feeling that he was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and that missing her might be a lifelong regret.

"Tsk tsk... Look at your ability to attract attention, you're such a little slut." Su Nanxiu watched the show with schadenfreude.

Qin Yanan was somewhat annoyed. This person should know his place and have some self-awareness.

When people become arrogant and complacent, they are more likely to cause trouble.

Cai Guangkun slightly raised his chin, biting his lip under his mask, revealing an angry look as he stared intently at Su Nanxiu. How could this little girl have such a sharp tongue?

He knew very well that when he made that expression, the girls would usually scream.

"No wonder your brother always kept you by his side back then. He was afraid of your philandering nature. Don't tell me you didn't realize he was after you when you told me to let him over? Who would believe that?" Su Nanxiu, seeing Qin Yanan's flushed face, continued to add fuel to the fire, thinking, "When's the better to have some fun?"

"Don't talk to me anymore." Qin Yanan took a deep breath, raised her hand to her chest, and warned Cai Guangkun to stop.

"You cannot deprive me of my rights and freedom." Cai Guangkun looked stubbornly at Qin Yanan. He knew that if he hadn't been so tough and tried to break through, the beauty in front of him might not have made a move. He was very good at subtly switching between the gentleness and coquettishness of a woman and the toughness of a man, which was what made his persona so charming.

"Shut up." Qin Yanan sensed that Su Nanxiu was about to start nagging again, so she glared at Su Nanxiu angrily, took out her phone, and dialed a number.

Seeing her make a phone call, neither Su Nanxiu nor Cai Guangkun rushed to say anything.

"Captain Kong... Yes, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival... But I have a favor to ask you. I'm in the business class waiting room at the South Station, and a guy named Cai Guangkun keeps harassing me... He's probably a minor celebrity, around 1.7 to 1.8 meters tall, wearing a hat and a red jacket. There are three of them, one man and two women... Okay, thanks."

Qin Yanan hung up the phone and let out a sigh of relief.

"Hey beautiful, that's going too far! You're calling for backup? I didn't do anything... and I'm 1.83 meters tall!" Cai Guangkun didn't give up. So what if she hit on someone? What's the big deal? If she calls for backup, does she think she'll dare to beat someone up in the high-speed rail station? There are plenty of guards here, and outside the gate are heavily armed riot police on high alert.

Qin Yanan ignored Cai Guangkun and just looked at her phone.

Su Nanxiu felt a bit bored; this method of handling things was too normal and therefore uninteresting. It would have been more fun if Liu Chang'an were there.

A short while later, two plainclothes officers approached. Without greeting Qin Yanan, they showed their identification and then brought up Cai Guangkun.

"Why should I?" Cai Guangkun retorted, sticking to his established persona.

"They're good-natured; they just asked us to take you away to prevent further harassment... But we're not so good-natured." One of the plainclothes officers sneered, shoving Cai Guangkun. "What a brat."

Cai Guangkun hesitated for a moment before giving up. He wasn't sure who the woman he was approaching was, but he had clearly run into a brick wall today. He felt he was just trying to pick her up, but how to define it wasn't up to him. Now he regretted introducing himself. If word got out... the company's PR department would be busy again, and he would inevitably be scolded and punished. After all, he wasn't the kind of big shot who owned his own company, was his own boss, and promoted and packaged himself.

Another plainclothes officer blocked the two women following Cai Guangkun while he followed them, leading the three of them out of the waiting room.

Su Nanxiu sat to Qin Yanan's left, and Qin Yanan raised her left hand to cover her cheek.

"That's hilarious... Just now you were acting all high and mighty, saying this isn't Taiwan... And what are you doing now? Hypocritical, hypocritical, utterly hypocritical." Su Nanxiu's laughter was sharp, rising and falling, particularly piercing. "But it's normal, you've been like this since you were little, all meek and obedient in front of your brother. Actually... you're just like me in your thoughts and methods, so stop with the pretense, okay?"

Qin Yanan did feel embarrassed, but she also wondered what Liu Chang'an would do if he were here. Given his personality, Cai Guangkun would probably at least get a beating; he especially disliked anyone messing with his sister.

Now Qin Yanan understood, of course. He was the older brother, after all. How could an older brother react when he saw men with ulterior motives approaching his younger sister?

"What are you thinking about?" Su Nanxiu looked at Qin Yanan with suspicion as her expression turned shy and sweet. This lovestruck look was too suspicious.

"It's nothing. Some men have harassed me before, but none of them even spoke to me like Cai Guangkun did. My brother beat them up." Qin Yanan frowned slightly and pouted. "He's too domineering."

As she said this, Qin Yanan's eyes flickered. After glancing at Su Nanxiu, she lowered her head and poked around on her phone screen with one finger, eventually bringing up Liu Chang'an's photo.

"Go ahead and poke me, no matter how much you poke, you'll still end up with someone else's boyfriend!" Su Nanxiu sneered.

"Who can predict the future? Didn't you and my brother talk about marriage back then?" Qin Yanan's brows furrowed, appearing completely unconcerned. This An Nuan didn't seem as prone to self-destruction as Su Mei was back then, but her jealousy was about the same. Who knew if she would cause trouble?

Qin Yanan was just analyzing things objectively; subjectively, she didn't think too much about it. No matter who he chose, she would still call him "sister-in-law." Whether it was Su Nanxiu or An Nuan, they both seemed to dislike her and didn't get along with their sister-in-law. She wondered if they had lost their minds.

A waiter came over to remind them that the train was about to depart for inspection. Qin Yanan and Su Nanxiu stood up simultaneously, exchanging a glance. Qin Yanan couldn't help but feel suspicious. On the same train? Su Nanxiu was most likely also going to see the old man. What was she planning?

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