An Excellent Emotional Interruption Tool

The vicious supporting female character?

Shen Fangli quietly speculated.

Assuming what Yan Xianjue had said was true, she was engaged to Lin Shi.

Given her personality, even if she did not like Lin Shi,

she absolutely could not tolerate Su Su continuing to string Lin Shi along like this.

She had also grown up as a pampered darling, showered with affection.

She was fiercely possessive of anything that belonged to her.

So how could her fiancé be flirting with someone else, much less simping for someone inferior to her in every way?

There was no way she could stand for that.

Then there were Lin Shi, Su Su, Ji Xi, and herself.

If this world really was a novel,

what roles would they have in a campus novel?

Shen Fangli: inhaling oxygen.jpg

Looking at it this way, she and Ji Xi were far too miserable.

She and Ji Xi were classmates, so of course she knew he had no interest whatsoever in Su Su, the so-called female lead.

And she had no interest in the male lead, either.

Yet under the author's pen, they had no choice but to become the contrasting pair of vicious supporting female and male characters.

Shen Fangli felt utterly wronged.

She just liked gossip a little too much. She did not deserve this!

*

The moment Father Shen entered, he saw his pampered darling daughter sitting beside the Yan Household's mistress, looking aggrieved.

He hurried forward.

Mother Shen, who was holding his arm, was tugged into a stumble.

"Slow down, honey."

Father Shen quickly turned back to steady Mother Shen.

He waved at Shen Fangli. "What happened to Lili?"

Shen Fangli had managed to hold it in until then, but the moment she saw her father, she could no longer contain herself.

With a wail, she threw herself into Father Shen's arms and burst into tears.

Father Shen swept his gaze over everyone present.

Yan Yi'an took the initiative to rise and offer his hand. "President Shen."

Father Shen could not let go of his daughter, so he pulled his arm from his wife's grasp. "President Yan."

"What happened?" Father Shen asked outright, not bothering with pleasantries.

*

At the same time, Yan Ci, who had arrived a step late, leaned close to Yan Xianjue and quietly asked, "What happened?"

Had they not said they were hungry? Why was even the chef standing outside?

Yan Xianjue made a shushing gesture.

[Shen Fangli is such a good actress! She can really act!]

[Her acting is incredible! Don't just cry—hurry up and complain!]

Yan Xianjue was running around in circles in his head.

This was not something Shen Fangli, a high school girl, could resolve alone.

But her father definitely could.

He had seen it clearly: Shen Fangli's second aunt seemed rather afraid of her father.

*

Shen Fangli's emotions were interrupted by Yan Xianjue's anxious inner voice.

Helplessly, she hiccupped several times.

Yan Xianjue really was an excellent emotional interruption tool.

She knew she could not directly say that her second aunt wanted to trick her into getting engaged to Lin Shi.

Actually, she was somewhat puzzled as to why her second aunt wanted to do that.

What benefit could her engagement to Lin Shi possibly bring her second aunt?

But there was no rush. As long as her second aunt still harbored that intention, she would find out the reason eventually.

What mattered now was letting her parents know that her second aunt was unreliable!

Especially her mother. If Shen Fangli spoke without evidence, all it would take was a few excuses from her second aunt for her mother to hesitate.

She did not understand why her mother trusted her second aunt, a sister who only knew how to take advantage of her, more than her own biological daughter.

*

She accepted the tissue Yan Yi'an handed her and politely thanked him before saying to her father, "It was all because of Second Aunt. She made a scene and caused a fuss in someone else's restaurant."

"I thought it was so embarrassing."

"Second Aunt even said I had no manners and that she was going to properly discipline me on your behalf." As Shen Fangli spoke, tears welled up in her eyes again.

[There actually weren't that many people.]

[Fatty Bro's place may not be small, but there aren't many customers. If her second aunt had made this kind of scene at Haidilao, it would have gone straight to the trending searches!]

Shen Fangli's hand froze as she wiped away her tears. Where no one could see, she secretly glared at Yan Xianjue.

But remembering how much he had helped her, she quickly forgave his lack of restraint.

After all, he truly had not said anything out loud.

She knew there were not many people here, and Yan Xianjue did not seem like the type to casually spread this matter around.

The staff here were also tightly managed and would never spread customers' information everywhere.

If this had happened in public, how could she possibly have said any of this aloud?

She rested her head against her father's shoulder again.

"Lili, is this... could there be some misunderstanding?"

Hearing her mother's anxious voice, Shen Fangli did not want to look up.

She knew her mother had always wanted to repair her relationship with her grandmother's family.

But in Shen Fangli's view, it would be better not to have such bloodsucking relatives at all.

Even without her grandmother and aunts, she and her father loved her mother very much.

For the moment, Shen Fangli did not want to respond to her.

Father Shen's gaze sharpened as he pulled his wife behind him. "Second Aunt, we're all relatives. If you simply want to get together with us, I'll welcome you with open arms."

"But as for my Lili's upbringing, that is naturally my responsibility as her father."

"Even if she pokes a hole in the sky someday, it will not have the slightest thing to do with your family."

*

Second Aunt, who had been quietly minimizing her presence ever since Father Shen entered, tightened her grip on her handbag.

She forced a smile, feeling that ever since she had arrived at this private restaurant, nothing had gone smoothly!

When she got home, she would definitely have her daughter leave it a bad review online!

But she had come with a mission today.

Suppressing her displeasure, Shen Fangli's second aunt actually tried to skip right over the matter. "Fourth Sister, I've been waiting so long and haven't even had a sip of water. Let's just eat."

[Who's Fourth Sister?]

Mother Shen, suddenly called out, stood helplessly between her husband and daughter and her second sister.

In the end, Father Shen could not bear to see his wife caught in the middle and took a step back first.

"President Yan, please excuse us." He nodded to Yan Yi'an, preparing to lead everyone into their reserved room.

[Tsk, Shen Fangli's dad isn't much of a fighter either.]

Yan Yi'an reached back and placed a hand on Yan Xianjue's head.

They could tell that Father Shen did not intend to let that woman off.

He simply did not want his daughter to get involved.

No matter what, that woman was still her elder.

As long as Shen Fangli got involved, someone would use the matter to gossip about her behind her back.

Shen Fangli lifted her head from her father's arms, equally confused.

She tilted her head, just about to ask directly,

when she heard her father say quietly, "Don't worry. Dad won't let you suffer."

*

No one explained what had happened to Yan Ci, so he could only piece together the outline of the situation from Yan Xianjue's inner thoughts and the few words exchanged at the scene.

He patted Fatty Bro on the shoulder. "Go to the kitchen first. If anything else happens later, I'll handle it."

Fatty Bro did not stand on ceremony. He could tell that woman was just making a fuss to stir things up.

He greeted the members of the Yan Household. "All right, the restaurant happened to get a king crab in excellent condition today. I'll go take it apart for Uncle and Auntie right away."

Mother Yan smiled. "Sorry to trouble you."

*

By sheer coincidence, the private room reserved by the Shen Household was right next to the one Yan Ci often kept.

The moment they entered the private room, everyone in the Yan Household looked at Yan Xianjue with sparkling eyes.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Mother Yan reminded them to restrain themselves. Xianjue did not know about the inner voices.