Chapter 16: She Is Shen Lan's True Love

However, no matter how stifled she felt now, she could only endure it; she could not ruin her brother's big plans.

Besides, she was not even married to Yang Junwei yet.

Shen Yun could only grit her teeth and say, "As soon as I get home, I will return everything to you!"

The public security comrade gave two more instructions before leaving.

As soon as the door closed, Shen Mu wanted to throw her weight around as a mother-in-law.

With her hands on her hips, she said, "To think you came from the Si Family, you are truly a disgrace! Have you never heard that family scandals should not be aired in public? How did your parents in your maiden home raise you?"

"Of course, not as well as you raised your little sister, raising her into a thief!" Si Rong rolled her eyes at her and retorted directly.

"You, you!"

Shen Mu felt like she was about to be angered to death.

Pointing at Shen Lan, who had remained silent, she said, "I raised you for nothing, just watching your mother and little sister get bullied by others!"

Shen Lan was indeed somewhat disappointed in Si Rong.

But he always prioritized the big picture, so he reprimanded Shen Yun, "You are not allowed to touch your sister-in-law's things again in the future!"

Shen Yun ran back to the guest room crying.

From this day on, Si Rong and Shen Lan began a cold war.

This was Shen Lan's usual style.

In the past, it was almost always Si Rong who compromised for the two of them to reconcile, but this time, Si Rong would not.

She had no time to consider Shen Lan's emotions; she had already begun preparing for her own dance class.

The preliminary plan was to recruit little girls over the age of ten.

She named the dance studio Rong Zi.

First, she had to get it renovated.

The three storefronts she bought last time were now finally coming in handy.

Si Rong prepared to renovate the largest storefront and rent out the other two.

That phone call told her that buying property was the more the better; if the dance class became profitable later, she would definitely continue to buy property.

She did not know much about renovating houses, so she made a phone call to her second brother, Si Han.

Her second brother was now also in the building materials business, and she heard he also had a renovation business.

"Want to open a dance class?"

"The renovation is covered by your second brother. Tell your second brother the address, and whatever furniture you need, your second brother will also have it fully equipped for you!"

In just a few words, this matter was solved by her second brother.

The other thing was advertising and promotion.

She remembered that her eldest brother's foreign trade company did a lot of promotion; even the bus stops were printed with his company's advertisements.

"Little sister, don't worry, your eldest brother will help with the advertising part."

"Just rest assured and wait to be a teacher!"

Ming Zi, who was on the side, clicked her tongue in amazement.

"As expected of our little princess Si Rong! I'm jealous, I really want to hit you!"

Si Rong cooperatively held her hand out in front of her, "Here! Hit me!"

"Actually, do you know what I envy most about you?"

Ming Zi gave her a light pat.

"What?"

"It's not that Shen Lan is obedient to your every wish, because he might love you because you are Si Rong, the Si of the Si Family; what I envy most is the love your father and mother and brothers in the Si Family have for you, just because you are Si Rong, the Si Rong of Si Rong."

Ming Zi spoke with deep emotion.

How could one not be envious?

At that time, there was no one around Si Rong who wasn't envious.

But Li Xuan never spoke of this envy, though her envious gaze would still show from the corners of her eyes.

Otherwise, with so many men in the world, why did she happen to fall for the same man as her good friend?

She completely forgot how good Si Rong had been to both of them back then.

"Let's go find Li Xuan!"

Ming Zi suggested.

She was truly curious, just how ungrateful must one be to snatch a man from a good friend?

Si Rong was equally curious; anyway, now that she had her two brothers helping with the renovation and promotion, she had nothing to do, so she might as well go see Li Xuan.

Previously, the three of them mostly gathered at the Shen house or Ming Zi's house.

Because Li Xuan claimed to have mysophobia.

If anyone came to her house, she would clean incessantly.

It was also strange that this mysophobia was cured when it came to snatching her best friend's man.

When Li Xuan opened the door and saw the two of them, she was slightly surprised and froze at the doorway for a moment.

Why did they suddenly come?

During this time, Li Xuan was often uneasy in her heart; last night she even dreamed that Si Rong caught her and Shen Lan in bed!

She had been panicking all day.

She could only comfort herself that she was overthinking it; they had hidden it so well, how could Si Rong possibly know?

She squeezed out a smile, "Why did you come?"

"Don't welcome us?" Ming Zi leaned halfway in to peer into her room, "Are you hiding a man in the room?"

The smile on Li Xuan's face stiffened for a moment as she turned to the side to welcome the two of them into the house.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Come on in!"

This Ming Zi had been this blunt in her speech ever since the two of them first met.

Even now, when she had become a respected Dance Teacher at a high school in Huaiyang County and had won many awards, this Ming Zi still spoke to her like this!

Come to think of it, she was at least making a living through her own abilities, which was far better than Ming Zi, a woman who climbed the social ladder by latching onto a rich second-generation heir.

"What nonsense? Do you dare say you don't have a man?"

Ming Zi's mouth was like a blade, "I even heard from a friend the other day that you were very intimate with a man! That's not very loyal, have you been hiding a boyfriend from us?"

These words made Li Xuan's back turn cold, and she didn't even dare to meet the eyes of the two of them.

It felt as if she were something that couldn't be seen in the light.

"I don't."

She busied herself with making tea.

"It would be normal if you did, after all, you're at that age; just don't go out and be a mistress."

Li Xuan's hand holding the teacup slipped, and the scalding tea poured onto the back of her hand.

"Are you really a mistress?"

Ming Zi thought she deserved it; if it weren't for the fact that Si Rong didn't want to alert the enemy yet, she would have slapped Li Xuan across the face.

"Enough!" Li Xuan slammed the teacup onto the table, "Do you think you're so noble? What's so good about being married? How many women has your man found outside this year? Can you count them on one hand?"

"You!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Si Rong sighed, "If it's not true, then it's not true; why get so angry out of shame?"

Her gaze fell upon Li Xuan's wooden coffee table.

There was nothing special about the coffee table; what caught Si Rong's eye was the brand-new telephone on it.

"Li Xuan, you installed a telephone? How come I never heard you mention it?"

So, this was the telephone she used to seduce Shen Lan.

Li Xuan's eyes grew panicked, even more so than when Ming Zi had been making snide remarks about her being a mistress just a moment ago.

"I, I just had it installed,"

Ming Zi paced over to the telephone, "We're all old classmates, aren't you going to tell us your phone number?"

"I'll write it down for you."

Li Xuan opened a drawer, took out a sticky note, and wrote down a string of phone numbers.

Seeing the phone number, Si Rong only felt a terrifying sense of familiarity; it was indeed the number that was dialed every time Shen Lan went on a business trip.

Now that all the facts were laid out before her, Si Rong felt she could barely hide the expression on her face.

"I suddenly remembered I have some things to do, I'll be leaving first."

Li Xuan didn't want them to stay any longer either, and she ushered them out with unsteady steps, "Alright, come back to visit when you have time next."

Once the door was closed, Li Xuan slowly crouched on the floor as if her strength had been drained, and hugged her own shoulders.

Tears soaked through the soft fabric.

What was that expression Si Rong had just now?

Did she know that she was the true love of her husband?

Shen Lan was hers.

She was the one who should be the County Magistrate's wife!

Rising in a panic, Li Xuan decided to call Shen Lan; why should she have to live like this, hiding and covering things up?

She wanted to be out in the open too!