Chapter 101: Three's Company Always Has a Tail

After buying things, Yingzi suggested: "Shall we eat lunch outside? How about we go back after we finish?" The food at restaurants outside was so delicious; every time she came out, she had to eat her fill before going back.

Back at the Shi Family, she never had the chance to eat outside food; she only ate whatever the servants made. Both Jiang Yadan and Shi Yucheng were originally from Qingcheng, and their tastes were primarily bland, so most of the Shi Family's meals were just clear water boiled with a little salt, and they rarely ate seafood.

Having eaten that way from childhood, Shi Youxuan assumed that food was supposed to taste like that, but at sixteen, when she first tasted seafood and spicy dishes, she fell in love with those flavors and never forgot them.

Later, at the Sheng Family Villa, although the chef cooked very well, she hadn't stayed long before Wang Yingzhi drove her out; only after leaving did she get to eat various dishes with different flavors.

Only then did Shi Youxuan realize that there was a difference between "gourmet food" and "three meals a day."

Some people eat for enjoyment, while others eat merely to fill their stomachs!

"Fine, I'll listen to you."

"That works."

The two men agreed, and the three of them found a nearby restaurant to enter; the waiter led the three to a window seat and handed them the menu.

Jian Yining handed the menu to Yingzi: "You order; order whatever you like to eat."

Yingzi liked seafood, and this was a restaurant that specialized in it, yet she didn't order everything she liked.

Steamed mandarin fish, spicy stir-fried clams, boiled fish, sweet and sour pork loin, braised pork ribs, cumin lamb, tomato beef brisket, and West Lake Longjing Shrimp.

The tastes and preferences of all three people were taken into account.

Once the dishes were all served, Jian Yining picked up a piece of fish, carefully removed the bones, and placed it into Shi Youxuan's bowl: "Eat it while it's hot."

"I'll do it myself; you don't need to pick food for me."

Shi Youxuan had always looked after herself when eating since she was a child; her foster father used to pick food for her, but it would always result in cold sarcasm and mockery from her foster mother and sister, followed by retaliation later.

Therefore, Shi Yucheng stopped picking food for her, and she had grown used to it; now that Jian Yining was picking food for her and even meticulously removing the fish bones, she felt strange and very uncomfortable.

"It's fine, I don't mind the trouble."

Clearly, Jian Yining had misunderstood; he thought Yingzi was worried about troubling him, and he continued with a chuckle.

Sheng Hanyu also picked up a shrimp and placed it into Yingzi's bowl: "Eat this, it's good for your skin."

The hand holding Yingzi's bowl paused; what was Sheng Hanyu going crazy for today? Why was he joining in the fun?

Jian Yining sensed a crisis and picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork loin, holding it to Yingzi's lips: "Open your mouth; this sweet and sour pork loin tastes especially good, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, try it."

She didn't want to open her mouth; he wasn't using serving chopsticks—how dirty it was for two people to share a pair of chopsticks.

Sheng Hanyu used serving chopsticks, constantly piling ribs, lamb, and more into her bowl, imitating Jian Yining: "Try this, it's good for the brain."

"Eat this, it's good for your skin..."

Jian Yining was about to die of anger; fine, trying to compete with me, are you?

Thus, he became even more diligent in picking food for Shi Youxuan.

The two men began to compete, and before long, Yingzi's bowl was piled high with food—she couldn't possibly finish it all!

The more she said no, the more they wouldn't stop, fawning over her as if it were a competition...

Shi Yuke stood not far outside the window, her sharp fingernails digging into her palms until they bled, yet she felt no pain.

Her heart hurt.

Her heart hurt so much she could die, and she was jealous to the point of madness.

Why?

Why could this woman, who didn't even look good, receive the favor of so many men, all fighting to fawn over her?

Jealousy twisted Shi Yuke's heart; she wished she could destroy that woman named Ying Zi immediately!

After returning from the Sheng Family that day, she had a miscarriage in the middle of the night!

It started with her stomach feeling as if someone were twisting it with their hands; the pain was so intense it jolted her awake from her sleep.

When she woke up, she realized something was wrong below; she turned on the light and saw she was bleeding heavily. She realized she had likely been tricked, but it was too late for regrets.

Her daughter's shrill screams alarmed Shi Yucheng and Jiang Yadan; the two were nearly frightened into fainting at the sight and hurriedly called for someone to prepare a car to take their daughter to the hospital.

Once they reached the hospital and had an examination, everything became clear.

Shi Yuke didn't have a stomach disorder at all; she was pregnant!

The two pills she had taken at the Sheng Family were not "stomach medicine," but abortion pills.

Not only had she been tricked, but because the abortion pills were so potent, they had damaged her physical functions; the possibility of her becoming pregnant in the future was slim to none, and she had basically lost the right to be a mother.

Because her daughter was a disappointment, Shi Yucheng first scolded his eldest daughter.

Then he went to the Sheng Family to cause a scene, demanding an explanation and insisting that Sheng Yukai marry Shi Yuke, otherwise he would expose what their family had done to his daughter.

Bai Xue was not Sheng Hanyu; she would not feel guilty, nor would she save face for Shi Yucheng or show him any mercy.

Naturally, she would not be threatened by him either.

Bai Xue told Shi Yucheng to go ahead and say whatever he wanted outside; her son's reputation in this regard had always been poor anyway, and their family was used to it.

They had already hit rock bottom; those who are barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes.

But she, Shi Yuke, was different; their Shi Family was different.

Shi Yuke had a very good reputation outside as the number one beauty of Jiangzhou, known for her purity... If this matter were exposed, Shi Yuke's good reputation would be completely ruined; let's see who would dare to want her then.

With just two sentences, Bai Xue left Shi Yucheng speechless; those two sentences hit his weak spot, and he fell ill as soon as he got home.

Shi Yuke was at home recovering from her miscarriage, while her father scolded her every day and sighed incessantly.

Just at this time, rumors spread outside again; she heard about Sheng Yukai pursuing the Ying Zi from Tianma!

She had seen that Ying Zi; she was plain-looking but had a sharp tongue and was very glib. It was Ying Zi who had ruined her good fortune before; otherwise, Jian Yining would not have stopped paying attention to her.

Not only did she ruin things between her and Jian Yining, but she also went to seduce Sheng Yukai, and now even Sheng Hanyu was eating at the same table as her?

It wasn't that she hadn't thought about Sheng Hanyu; she had taken the initiative twice, but both times she had paid a painful price, which was why she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

As it turned out, that cold man could actually smile?

And could actually fawn over someone?

It was just that the object of his fawning was not her.

Both men were at the very pinnacle of the pyramid, yet now they were showing such meticulous concern for Ying Zi; by what right?

Shi Yuke was jealous to the point of madness; if not for a shred of remaining reason, she would have truly wanted to rush over, drag Ying Zi away, and replace her in that seat herself.

Her heart was extremely unbalanced, and the more she watched, the angrier she became, until her eyes were red with rage.

The three of them finished their meal, paid the bill, and left their seats, about to come out at any moment.

Fearing discovery, Shi Yuke hurriedly hid in her car, and after the three of them drove off, she followed them away.

Along the way, Jian Yining was only concerned with bickering with Sheng Hanyu, while Yingzi watched the spectacle from the side; the three of them failed to notice that someone was following them from behind.

After arriving home, the three of them entered the Jian Yining Villa, and Shi Yuke kept watch outside waiting; she waited until the sky was completely dark and no one came out, only then did she suddenly realize: the three of them were living together!

They were actually living together?

At this moment, Shi Yuke was not angry, but ecstatic.

She had a bit of self-awareness and knew that neither Sheng Hanyu nor Jian Yining would want her, but she still had to fight for Sheng Yukai; she could not let him be completely bewitched by Yingzi as well.

Her eyes rolled, and she had an idea...

"This is too much, who is this, anyway..."

Shi Youxuan jumped up from the sofa all of a sudden, nearly smashing the computer!

"What's wrong?" the two of them asked in unison.

"See for yourself."