"HAHAHAHAHA." Shen Fangli collapsed into Yan Xianjue's arms, letting out her first burst of uproarious laughter that day.
She raised a hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Oh my god, did Ji Xi really say that?"
Yan Xianjue shot her a sidelong glance. "Would I lie to you?"
Shen Fangli hurriedly coaxed him, "No, no. I'm just too surprised."
Even as she said it, she could not suppress the smile on her face.
"So in the end, did Lin Shi pay the fine?"
Yan Xianjue lifted his chin and gestured at Shen Fangli with feigned reserve.
Shen Fangli was sitting on his lap at the moment. Seeing that expression, she lowered her head with helpless amusement and kissed his cheek.
Then she hugged Yan Xianjue's arm and gave it two light shakes. "All right, tell me already."
Recalling Lin Shi's expression, Yan Xianjue vividly described it. "He paid. Lin Shi looked like he'd chewed ten thousand cockroaches alive."
Shen Fangli felt both disgusted and amused by that description.
Lin Shi had indeed looked extremely unwilling at the time.
It was not as though he lacked money, but just as Ji Xi had said, he felt terribly stifled about paying this fine.
Even if Yan Xianjue was the recipient.
But under Yan Xianjue's watchful stare, with Ji Xi—who genuinely held a grudge against him—egging things on beside them, Lin Shi had no choice but to experience a taste of the grievance Lin Lang had felt before.
However, Yan Xianjue was called the young master for more than just being the youngest child of the Yan Household.
Shen Fangli sometimes used the title to tease him too.
Because what was so treacherous about Yan Xianjue was that even after you had clearly taken a step back, the