Zhang Liyuan was so angry she was about to explode.
Stay calm, stay calm. Maybe her husband was just really busy. She absolutely couldn't let Bai Yaxin laugh at her.
But she didn't notice that Bai Yaxin was happily eating with Lin Tingyue and hadn't looked at her again at all!
Zhang Liyuan held up her phone as a cover, then suddenly spotted the surveillance app on its home screen. She remembered-she had access to her husband's company cameras!
She'd check whether her husband was busy first. If he wasn't, she'd surprise him through the cameras.
After opening the surveillance app, Zhang Liyuan realized something was wrong. Hadn't they said there was something going on at the company? Why was there no one there?
Maybe everyone had gone out?
Zhang Liyuan clutched her chest and thought, She couldn't scare herself like this.
She zoomed in on the office. Liang Zihong wasn't there.
Then she checked the work area. Liang Zihong wasn't there either.
Had he gone out?
Zhang Liyuan was about to close the app when she remembered there was one more place she hadn't checked. She clicked into it, full of anticipation, then screamed when she saw a blur of naked bodies. Her phone even fell to the ground.
Bai Yaxin looked bewildered. What had happened?
[No, is he sick in the head? The cameras are connected to his wife's phone, and he still dares to fool around with his secretary in the conference room???]
[Now I understand what it means to seek excitement. Getting caught could happen at any moment-that really is exciting, huh.]
Bai Yaxin looked at Zhang Liyuan, who was frozen in a daze. She got up, picked up the phone, and stuffed it into Zhang Liyuan's hand. "Why aren't you saving the evidence right now?"
After finishing their congee hot pot, Lin Tingyue and Bai Yaxin went home. Lin Rusong was there for once. He sat on the sofa, a cup of strong tea on the coffee table, with today's financial news playing in the background.
[Oh, everything's here. Just missing a newspaper.]
Lin Rusong: "..."
No wonder he'd felt like something was missing from his hands today. It was the newspaper.
Lin Rusong picked up the newspaper beside him and began reading it carefully.
[Ah, that's better.]
Bai Yaxin sat down next to Lin Rusong. He put down the newspaper of his own accord and massaged her shoulders. "How did it go?"
Bai Yaxin thought for a moment, then said, "I could sum it up in four words."
[An earth-shattering scandal?]
"Hoist by his own petard."
Lin Tingyue: "..."
How could she be so uncultured!
As Bai Yaxin told him what had happened, Lin Rusong's expression went from calm, to wide-eyed shock, and finally he shook his head and said, "He really was hoist by his own petard."
After giving his verdict, Lin Rusong tapped the newspaper against something on the terrace. "Tingyue, that's the gift your Auntie Wu gave you. Go take a look."
Lin Tingyue went over and unwrapped the thing, which had been packed up tightly. To her surprise, there was a painting inside.
[It should be Impressionist, right? Mainly because it's not that abstract.]
Bai Yaxin and Lin Rusong exchanged a look. Lin Rusong said in surprise, "It's a painting by Jiusidiyi. This one must be worth at least tens of millions."
[How much???]
Lin Tingyue looked at the painting again, her eyes nearly popping out of her head.
[I never dreamed that one day, a whole hundred million could just fall into my lap!!!]
Bai Yaxin and Lin Rusong tacitly covered their ears.
But Lin Tingyue felt very embarrassed. After all, Wu Qianyun had given it to her as a gift. It didn't seem right to just sell it off, did it?
[No matter how much of a money-grubber I am, I'm a money-grubber with principles!]
Bai Yaxin smiled. "It looks like your Auntie Wu put a note in there too. Take a look."
"A note?"
Lin Tingyue shook the opened wrapping over and over. Only after a long while did she realize the note was tucked into the bottom-right corner of the frame.
The handwriting was so beautiful that Lin Tingyue had thought it was part of the painting.
Lin Tingyue picked it up. It read-
Tingyue, I really like you. I gave you this painting because I
hope you'll always be as innocent and happy as the people in it.
P.S. You can turn it into money. That's okay.
Lin Tingyue: "!"
[Auntie Wu is so thoughtful, sob sob sob.]
"Yueyue, Yueyue, over here."
As soon as Lin Tingyue entered the restaurant, she saw Fan Qing waving at her. She hurried over to where Fan Qing was.
Once Lin Tingyue sat down, Fan Qing passed her the menu and said happily, "Yueyue, I ordered the things I like. I didn't order for you-take a look and see what you want."
"Okay."
[Ah, these chicken feet look so good, and these ribs too. Ugh, this egg tart has won my heart as well. I want to order one of everything.]
One of everything?
Fan Qing froze as she was about to drink some water. She gave Lin Tingyue a thoughtful look. Since when had Yueyue started eating so much?
[But what a shame, I can't eat that much, sob sob sob.]
Thank goodness, thank goodness. She was only thinking about it, not actually planning to eat that much.
Fan Qing took a sip of water, then turned back to see Lin Tingyue gazing at her with bright eyes. Fan Qing asked, "What's up, Yueyue?"
Lin Tingyue propped her chin on her hand and asked, "What made you think of inviting me out to eat?"
Fan Qing countered, "Do you need a reason to treat your best friend to a meal?"
"That's true."
[Best friends are best friends. They don't need any reason to spend time together.]
Fan Qing's eyes curved into a smile, but then she suddenly heard an abrasive voice-
"Fan Qing, what are you doing here?"
Who else could that obnoxious voice belong to?
Fan Qing rolled her eyes and pressed down on Lin Tingyue's head, lowering her voice. "Ignore him. He's my psycho half-brother."
Lin Tingyue nodded. She disliked whoever Fan Qing disliked, so she didn't plan to give that person another glance. The two of them happily chatted away.
Being ignored like this made Fan Tian very unhappy. Ever since he'd been brought back into the Fan family, hadn't he been the center of attention wherever he went?
Only Fan Qing was always going against him. His patience had its limits!!!
Fan Tian walked over to the table where Lin Tingyue and Fan Qing were sitting, knocked on it, and raised his voice. "Your big brother's talking to you. Can't you hear me?"
"Huh?" Fan Qing looked up, unconcerned. "Oh, it's my big brother. I thought it was a dog. This restaurant may be pet-friendly, but isn't it a bit inappropriate to come in without a leash?"
"You..."
[Hahahahahaha, Qingqing, keep going!]
Who knew Fan Tian would laugh instead of getting angry? He slipped the hand he'd been pointing at Fan Qing into his pocket and smiled broadly. "You wouldn't happen to have followed me here, would you?"
Lin Tingyue's laughter cut off abruptly.
[How can someone be this sick in the head?]
[Why would I follow you? You're a psycho, but Qingqing and I aren't.]
Fan Qing couldn't agree more. "If I'd known I'd run into you when I left the house today, I would've checked the almanac. Who knew today would be an unlucky day for running into a petty person?"
"You..."
"What, you want to hit me?" Fan Qing clenched her fist. "You get out of breath just from running a few steps. Do you think you can beat me?"
[Ah, he's that weak? Could there be something wrong with his kidneys?]
Fan Qing burst out laughing, and Fan Tian looked even more embarrassed.
"What's there to be proud of, being able to beat a man? You'd better watch out, or no one will ever marry you!"
Fan Qing experimentally swung a fist in front of Fan Tian. He jumped back three meters on the spot. It wasn't that strange he'd reacted instinctively. When he'd first been brought back into the Fan family, Fan Qing had beaten him up, and he still remembered how much it hurt.
Seeing everyone around them laughing, Fan Tian's pride took a serious hit. He gritted his teeth. "Fan Qing, what do you have to be so proud of? You should be worrying about yourself. I'm married now. As long as your sister-in-law has a child, the Fan family's entire fortune will be mine. What will you have then?"
Fan Tian looked Fan Qing up and down, his gaze finally settling on her clenched fist. He sneered. "Are you going to beat up the lawyer with those fists? Or threaten Dad into changing his mind?"
Could she use her fists to threaten someone?
Fan Qing thought it over, as if a new path had just opened up to her. But Lin Tingyue thought Fan Qing was too angry to speak.
Lin Tingyue felt indignant on Fan Qing's behalf. She searched around in the Fan family's affairs, never expecting to actually uncover a scandal about Fan Tian!
[You pretended to be straight for the inheritance even though you're gay, and you still had the nerve to get married???]
Fan Qing's eyes lit up.
But soon, Fan Qing began to worry. She knew about it, but she didn't have any evidence.
And Lin Tingyue was still digging up more dirt.
[Fan Tian's boyfriend was actually the best man? When he hugged the bride, he even took the chance to hold hands with the best man, and the two kept exchanging glances the whole time! Ahhhhh.]
Fan Qing: "!"
She'd known Fan Tian was disgusting, but she hadn't expected him to be this disgusting.
Back when Fan Qing's father, Fan Wei, brought Fan Tian home, Fan Qing had argued with Fan Wei and even beaten Fan Tian in front of Fan Wei and Fan Tian's mother, Tang Xiao.
She and Fan Tian had fallen out from the very beginning. Later, when Fan Tian got married, he sent her an invitation, but she didn't go.
Naturally, she hadn't known anything like this had happened at the wedding.
But she'd heard that Fan Tian's wife, Tian Tian, loved recording her life. On the day of the wedding, she'd even hired a professional photography company to film the whole event.
How could they still dare to act so arrogantly with a camera filming them?
Just as Fan Qing was thinking this, Tian Tian arrived. She took Fan Tian's arm, her smile sweet as she asked, "Darling, why haven't you come over yet?"
Fan Tian kissed her as though no one else were there, then said, "I ran into my little sister."
Tian Tian followed the direction Fan Tian was pointing and saw Fan Qing. To be honest, if Fan Tian hadn't pointed her out, she wouldn't have been able to tell which of the two young women was Fan Tian's younger sister.