Chapter 76: Falling for the Same Person

Shen Huai was stunned.

This Lin Yeman.

She was using the opportunity of acting to drag him into her prank as well.

On the right was Yang Lan's predatory gaze.

On the left was Lin Yeman's composed, wicked smile.

Caught in the middle, Shen Huai looked at the half-piece of beef in the bowl, his eyes darting as he suddenly had an idea.

He curled the corners of his eyes and feigned dipping the beef in the bowl for half a second.

Then, his right hand picked up the half-piece of beef, his body turned toward Lin Yeman, and with lightning speed, he gently pinched Lin Yeman's chin—

"My noodle soup is a bit lighter; try another bite."

"This was made by your sister herself, so you can't let her intentions go to waste, right?"

"……Cough……?!"

The aroma of the beef instantly filled her entire mouth.

Lin Yeman hurriedly covered her mouth, just barely preventing the meat juices from flowing down the corner of her lips.

Shen Huai tightened his lips, suppressing his laughter, and turned his head to look at Yang Lan: "Hm? Why haven't you touched your chopsticks?"

At this moment, Yang Lan had not yet recovered from the critical hit of the scene just now. Shen Huai couldn't help but deepen his tone and spoke again.

This finally called her dazed soul back.

"Ah... I... I'll get a tissue for Manman."

In a panic, Yang Lan pulled a tissue from the side, her slender arm reaching over Shen Huai, and "slapped" it onto Lin Yeman's mouth.

"……"

Sensing the anger Yang Lan was inadvertently radiating.

Lin Yeman raised an eyebrow, feigned ignorance as she took the tissue, and smiled sweetly: "Sister is so thoughtful, thank you, Sister."

After saying this, she even raised a small fist and gave Shen Huai's arm a light, playful punch: "Look at you, you didn't even warn me, you stuffed my mouth full; it's still my sister who cares about me."

Watching Lin Yeman's flirtatious behavior.

Yang Lan took a deep breath, sat back down sullenly, her expression very grave.

Feeling the stark contrast between the icy and fiery emotions on both sides.

Shen Huai almost couldn't hold it together.

I told you to cooperate with me in acting to drive your sister away, not to let yourself go!

Shen Huai snuck a glance at Yang Lan.

At this moment, she had buried her head in her bowl, slurping her noodles one by one, extremely slowly.

That dazed, melancholy, sad little expression.

Compared to the boldness she showed when he first met her at the bar while she was slurping noodles, it was as if she were a completely different person.

This Lin Yeman was truly adept at infuriating people.

Lin Yeman naturally sensed the change in Yang Lan.

She gave Shen Huai a careless glare, slid her hand under the table, and gave his thigh a fierce pinch—

"……!"

Shen Huai's face instantly broke into a sweat from the pain.

The next moment.

Lin Yeman suppressed the urge to let her lips curl upward, and with feigned thoughtfulness, took a bunch of green things from the grill and stuffed them into Shen Huai's plate.

"Why is Young Master Shen sweating? It seems your body is a bit weak."

"These chives are good for virility; eating them is good for your health."

"Clatter—"

The chopsticks in Yang Lan's hand dropped to the floor.

She finally couldn't take it anymore, slammed her stool ninety degrees, and faced Shen Huai directly.

"What are you two doing?"

Hearing this, Lin Yeman and Shen Huai exchanged a look and smiled in tacit agreement.

Finally, they had waited for this.

Shen Huai tactically cleared his throat, reined in his smile, and looked at Yang Lan with equal seriousness.

"The two of us were actually just acting for you to see."

"? What do you mean?" Yang Lan was startled.

This sentence truly exceeded the scope of what she could understand.

Seeing that Yang Lan couldn't understand, Lin Yeman simply stopped pretending.

She put down her chopsticks and looked at her earnestly: "Sister, we actually just wanted to wake you up; we don't want you to be immersed in your own fantasies."

"What did I fantasize about?" Yang Lan was even more confused.

Seeing that Yang Lan was still obsessed, Lin Yeman sighed and pointed out: "Can't you feel it yet? You are currently suffering from unrequited love."

"You like Shen Huai, but Shen Huai doesn't like you."

"I know he doesn't like me right now," Yang Lan said, not surprised at all, "That's why I said these two days count as a trial relationship."

"But the way you're trying it will only push him further and further away," Lin Yeman summarized concisely.

"The more feelings you pour into someone who doesn't like you, the more it will only make him want to escape. The best way is to cut your losses in time, do you understand, Sister?"

"……"

Further and further away? That won't do.

Lin Yeman's guidance left Yang Lan silent and deep in thought for a moment.

Seeing Yang Lan fall into deep contemplation.

Shen Huai suddenly felt a bit uneasy again.

Lin Yeman had already made her words as blunt as they could possibly be.

Anyone with the intelligence of an adult should know to retreat in the face of difficulty.

Suddenly lifting her eyes, she looked as if she had a sudden realization: "Fine... I understand what you two mean."

Upon hearing this.

Lin Yeman and Shen Huai immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Who would have expected that before their hearts could settle.

Yang Lan's next sentence caused their plan to fall short of success at the final hurdle! "Aren't you just trying to show me what a real couple should look like?"

"I understand your painstaking efforts, thank you, Manman."

"I will re-examine myself and learn to get along with Shen Huai like a real couple."

When she lifted her eyes again, starlight of gratitude flickered in Yang Lan's eyes.

The actions of her own younger sister with Shen Huai just now were exactly the same as those lovey-dovey couples on television! Was this intention not obvious enough? For the sake of her, the older sister.

She actually went as far as to enter the game herself, teaching her how to date by personal example! To have such a considerate younger sister in this life, she could die without regrets.

Lin Yeman was so angry she nearly vomited blood.

It would have been better not to put on this act at all.

In the end, how did it instead make Yang Lan even more firmly believe in her vow to pursue Shen Huai?

On Shen Huai's side, he also felt a splitting headache.

He also hadn't expected.

That Yang Lan's comprehension could be twisted to such a degree.

To put it nicely, it was being naive.

To put it bluntly, it was simply being an emotional idiot.

"Enough!"

Lin Yeman could not take it anymore.

Her throat moved, she took a deep breath, and looked at Shen Huai with deep eyes: "Is there any wine?"

"……There is, I'll go get it for you."

Shen Huai said, quickly standing up.

Soon, he walked over dragging a wooden crate.

Prying open the wooden crate, six bottles of red wine lay quietly inside.

His father was obsessed with alcohol.

This was no secret in their circle.

So when others came to visit, they generally gifted the Shen Family all sorts of rare and famous wines.

And these six bottles were among the many "gifts" that hadn't yet been put into the wine cellar.

Lin Yeman did not dawdle.

She picked up a bottle of wine, grabbed a waiter's corkscrew, and pulled out the cork efficiently, too lazy to even let the wine breathe.

She put it straight to her mouth, tilted her head back, and chugged it!

By the time Shen Huai snatched the wine bottle away, half the bottle was already empty.

"Are you crazy? Who drinks like that?" Shen Huai looked at the half-empty bottle of red wine, his tone somewhat complaining.

Naturally, it wasn't because the wine was wasted.

It was because he was worried that if she drank too fast, she would stir up some other trouble in a moment.

Yang Lan, meanwhile, sat silently to the side, just watching her quietly.

As the saying goes, wine gives a coward courage.

With half a bottle of red wine down her throat.

Lin Yeman wiped her mouth casually with the back of her hand, stood up, and slowly walked over to Yang Lan.

"Big sister, do you still not recognize reality even now?"

"I, your own younger sister."

"Have fallen for the same person as you."

(End of chapter)