Chapter 145: What a Lively Scene

Li Xuan rolled her eyes at him, "You're only just noticing? You've been mentally ill for quite a while now."

"No," Shen Lan's momentum weakened. Li Xuan was different from Si Rong; if he had said this to Si Rong in the past, she would have immediately called a doctor to examine him. "It's what Zhu Yun said. He took my pulse, his expression didn't look good, and he even told me to eat whatever I want. Do I have a terminal illness?"

Li Xuan lay on the bed, feeling listless and as if her vision were blurring. She thought viciously that she actually hoped that were the case.

But Shen Lan had always been healthy, especially since he had been taken care of by Si Rong so well that he could be described as glowing with health, looking very young when standing next to his peers.

Why would Zhu Yun suddenly say that?

A rather terrifying thought suddenly surfaced in Li Xuan's mind: could it have been instigated by Si Rong?

Si Rong was now pregnant, so she had discovered that her own infertility back then was caused by the two of them, and was now using Zhu Yun to carry out her revenge?

However, Li Xuan quickly dismissed her own conjecture.

Such a method of counterattack could only be devised by someone as meticulous and clever as herself.

Si Rong was that kind of simple-minded, sweet, and naive person; she had likely overestimated her.

She had been pregnant for three months already; if she had known that their infertility was caused by them, she probably would have lost her composure long ago.

As for the house they lived in now, a single word from the Si Family heiress would likely result in it being seized by the government.

And Shen Lan's job was all as usual, which showed that Si Rong hadn't discovered anything and was still foolishly immersed in the joy of becoming a mother.

It was also quite laughable; Si Rong was only just experiencing the child-rearing that she herself had experienced twenty years ago.

And even if Si Rong were blessed, she couldn't possibly give birth to a boy-girl pair of twins like she, Li Xuan, had, even if she worked herself to death.

Those who could give birth to boy-girl twins were people of great fortune; she would surely be wealthy and noble in the future, living as the most dazzling existence.

Harboring such a beautiful dream, Li Xuan fell asleep.

Beside her, Shen Lan kept his eyes open until dawn; he really was suffering from a serious illness.

He felt as if his body had no strength at all, and the bones all over his body were aching.

Could it be that he was suffering from bone cancer?

Struggling to get up, Li Xuan had already dressed up in all her finery and gone out.

Shen Yuan was in her room muttering something, sounding quite superstitious.

Shen Lan pushed the door open and saw Shen Yuan surrounded by books, her hair disheveled, looking like a madwoman.

"You need to balance work and rest when studying," Shen Lan advised. He knew his daughter wanted to repeat a grade, but a repeat class wasn't that easy to get into.

In the past, it would have been a matter of a single word from anyone in the Si Family, but now he had to beg and plead with everyone, and still had to pay money to get her in.

"Dad, I will definitely score better than Jiang Zhi when I repeat! I definitely will!"

She had to let Si Rong see that she was more outstanding than Jiang Zhi.

Shen Lan felt a bit heartbroken; he sighed and leaned against the sofa, unexpectedly feeling short of breath.

He was only forty-one years old this year!

His son wasn't married yet, and his daughter hadn't gotten into university; was he about to be gone?

Shen Lan spent his days lost in wild thoughts, his spirit becoming increasingly withered, and he gradually grew thin as a skeleton.

One day, while drinking tea with Ming Zi under the flower trellis, Si Rong heard her exclaim, "I suspect Shen Lan is about to kick the bucket. Last time I saw him, he looked like he had aged over ten years; I almost didn't recognize him!"

Si Rong raised an eyebrow; it seemed Zhu Yun was doing a good job.

This was all what Shen Lan deserved.

"Everyone grows old," Si Rong didn't intend to let her good friend know her dark side; in any case, she would never turn this side toward those who loved her. "It's considered normal."

"He deserves to die! Let me tell you, there's another interesting thing. Have you not been to the dance studio lately? Something fun happened at Xuan Dance Studio this morning too."

"What happened?" Si Rong feigned ignorance.

"Oh my, look at you, staying at home all day, you're completely out of the loop. I heard a woman brought over a dozen bodyguards and gave Li Xuan a sound beating. It must be her old habit acting up again, seducing other men! Serves her right!"

"It certainly does. She wasn't beaten to death, was she?" Si Rong asked.

Ming Zi shook her head, "That sister is a smart one; she only hit the places that don't show. Beating someone to death is against the law, and she wouldn't cross the red line of the law."

"You missed such a big show; tell me, do you regret not going out?"

Ming Zi slapped her thigh.

She had wanted to see it so badly.

Si Rong wasn't curious, because she was the director of that show.

The plot had already been set, so the ending was naturally to be expected.

Once, when she happened to run into Li Xuan on the street, Li Xuan gave her a provocative smile. Si Rong saw her attire and sensed something was wrong.

Li Xuan shouldn't have had that much money on her.

Even with Shen Lan's, it wouldn't be enough.

So she found someone to investigate. That person was Sun Qiang. Sun Qiang was also a shrewd man; seeing her come to him, he said he would keep his mouth shut after receiving the deposit.

This matter was easy to investigate; in less than two days, Sun Qiang had figured it all out.

Thus, when Li Xuan was fooling around with her lover at the dance studio again, she had someone notify the fat man's legal wife.

And so, this affair of passion became the talk of Zhangshu Street.

Now everyone knew that Li Xuan was a mistress who liked to seduce other people's husbands, and that she hadn't changed this habit even after getting married.

Who would dare send their daughter to her to learn dance in the future?

This tactic was called hitting the snake at its seven-inch mark.

Li Xuan was still over there acting aggressive, wanting to compete with her for business.

She had directly extinguished the flame at its source.

Actually, the Si Rong of the past wasn't like this.

Even earlier, she was doted on by her parents and brother, unaware of the hardships of the world and the unpredictability of human hearts.

But people always grow, either actively or passively.

Thanks to Shen Lan and Li Xuan, she now has many more wits about her.

Vicious, sinister, deceitful.

Everything those two once gave her, she will return to them in full.

Hopefully, they will be able to withstand it.

"What you say makes sense; it has been a while since I went out, let's go take a stroll at the dance studio!"

Si Rong stood up, put on a long-sleeved sun-protective shirt, took a parasol, and Wang Ma immediately followed her.

Judging by the time, Shen Lan should know by now that he has been cheated on.

If she sets off now, she will likely arrive just in time for the second act of the spectacle.

The way Shen Lan found out is also quite interesting; it was their biological daughter, Shen Yuan, who told Shen Lan herself.

From the very beginning, these two children have been caught in the trap.

It is impossible for them to stay out of it.

What a lively family they are!

By the time they arrived at Zhangshu Street, Xuan Dance Studio was already packed with crowds of people.

Si Rong genuinely feels that Li Xuan should thank her; if not for her planning, Xuan Dance Studio would likely never have been surrounded by so many people in its lifetime.

Doesn't she hate being mediocre? Now she has finally gotten her wish to become the center of attention among the crowd.

"Who dropped this money?" Ming Zi, seeing that she couldn't squeeze to the very front, suddenly had a bright idea.

Taking advantage of the moment everyone was looking at their feet, she shielded Si Rong and finally managed to grab a good spot to watch the show.