Marrying the Ugly Woman of a Rich and Powerful Family - Chapter 13

Shen Qingyuan huffily said, “I’m still young, we don’t need to discuss these things. Moreover, don’t I have a ready-made partner right now? Are you blind?”

Cang Yan had shot herself in the foot. She emphasized with a blank face, “That’s an agreement. I’m not interested in you, and you’re not interested in me. We’ll divorce in a year.”

Furthermore, they had only held the wedding ceremony so far, and hadn’t even registered the marriage, so they couldn’t really be considered partners.

“Oh, so I’m just a tool, huh? You can discard me when you want to. I really don’t know what you see in me.” Shen Qingyuan maintained her previous attitude. As long as Cang Yan didn’t wax-drip her, she felt everything was fine.

An affluent life and a sight for sore eyes with a beautiful but aloof woman—she couldn’t have reincarnated into a better situation even if she tried hard.

“You shouldn’t know, and you don’t need to know,” Cang Yan couldn’t be bothered to explain to Shen Qingyuan. She had even been reserved when talking to Lin You, so how could she tell the person directly involved?

She suddenly remembered, why were they so close?

Cang Yan immediately distanced herself from Shen Qingyuan.

Shen Qingyuan only felt the sudden emptiness in her arms as Cang Yan put space between them.

She feigned grievance, saying, “If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have come to this dreadful place to play. It wasn’t fun. I couldn’t run, couldn’t jump, and couldn’t be scared. Look, it’s already dark, and I haven’t eaten yet.”

Cang Yan couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Shen Qingyuan.

She had had a slight expectation before coming, thinking it would be some interesting place. Instead, it was a haunted house.

Shen Qingyuan chuckled. She certainly knew how awful going to a haunted house was. Haunted houses were always one of the worst date spots, but the effect was also good.

Of course, she hadn’t expected Cang Yan to be so timid. And not only was she timid, but she also had to keep up appearances after being scared.

“Let’s find a place to eat. I’m starving,” Shen Qingyuan had been sitting in the library all day. It was already six when she got back, and after all the commotion at the haunted house, it was nearly nine now.

“Mhm,” Cang Yan was also a bit tired.

The city nights were usually bright and lively, but Cang Yan, having just been scared, felt like something was hidden in the hazy darkness and subtly moved closer to Shen Qingyuan.

They chose a Japanese restaurant nearby.

Cang Yan took off her mask, revealing her pale face. She didn’t have much of an appetite. She took out her phone, intending to go online, but then thought, I finally forgot about it, why bring it up again?

She then saw that Lin You had already called her three times. Since her phone was on silent in the haunted house, she hadn’t noticed.

Cang Yan called her back.

Shen Qingyuan curiously looked up, picked up a piece of sushi and put it in her mouth, listening attentively.

“I’m eating,” Cang Yan’s voice was relatively gentle.

Lin You, holding two tickets for tomorrow’s concert, asked with warmth and concern, “Why are you only eating now? Were you affected by the things online?”

Cang Yan looked up at Shen Qingyuan across from her, and said without batting an eyelid, “No, I’m really hungry. Those online things mean nothing to me. I won’t care about them, and I certainly won’t be affected by them.”

Shen Qingyuan: “…”

A classic case of telling blatant lies.

Lin You was then relieved and said, “That’s good. Xin Zhuang Entertainment relies on connections and pulls this stunt every year just to gain traffic. As long as you don’t look, it won’t affect you. If you actually pay attention, they’ll use the opportunity to criticize you for making a fuss.”

“Yes,” Cang Yan stared at Shen Qingyuan’s puffed-out cheeks, somewhat absentmindedly. If it were before, she would have been righteously indignant, complaining to Lin You about the media.

Doing business required harmony. It wasn’t that she couldn’t offend people, but she didn’t want to waste time on such ambiguous matters. No one would truly stand on her side, and she didn’t need the emperor’s new clothes, so in previous years, she would just get over the frustration herself.

Lin You sensed Cang Yan was unwilling to talk further. The concert tickets in her hand were slightly crumpled. She tentatively asked, “Is someone else with you?”

Cang Yan lightly tapped her finger on the tabletop and said, “I’m eating out with that kid.”

Shen Qingyuan’s eyes brightened, and she instantly stopped chewing her food.

That kid? Is Cang Yan talking about her?

She’s thirty years old, and she’s being called a kid?

“Are you two making progress so quickly?” Lin You was a bit surprised. After all, the last time Cang Yan mentioned Shen Qingyuan, she had been grinding her teeth, saying the marriage was to absorb her illness.

Cang Yan said lightly, “She helped me with a small favor today, so I casually invited her to dinner. How can there be ‘progress’ between us?”

“Alright, you two go ahead and eat.”

“Goodbye.”

After hanging up the phone, Cang Yan sat up straight, meeting Shen Qingyuan’s probing gaze, and said, “Don’t stare at me with those strange eyes, and don’t misunderstand anything about my conversation just now. Everything between us is always a transaction, payment for goods.”

Shen Qingyuan withdrew her gaze and said, “What gaze? What misunderstanding? I wasn’t looking at you. You’re overthinking it.”

Cang Yan couldn’t be bothered to deal with her and asked the waiter for a slice of strawberry cheesecake, which she began to eat in small bites.

Shen Qingyuan wondered how Cang Yan managed to always eat only this one flavor of cake. She said, “Didn’t you say our relationship is a transaction, payment for goods? Where’s the money?”

Cang Yan was in a good mood and said, “The money went to your parents.”

Shen Qingyuan gritted her teeth and said, “You profiteer!”

Now full, the nightlife for young people was just beginning, but Cang Yan was already a bit tired. Her routine was always to sleep early. She said, “Let’s go back.”

Shen Qingyuan was also feeling sleepy.

Cang Yan used to care too much about those comments. Now, looking at the online poll, she suddenly felt that as long as she was happy, that was enough. The internet was the most fragile communication medium. As long as she didn’t look, no matter how much drama there was in the media, it couldn’t hurt her.

At the staircase, as they were about to part ways, Cang Yan remembered how angry she had been before they went to the haunted house.

Although the haunted house wasn’t fun, it was effective.

She said expressionlessly, “Thank you for today.”

Cang Yan’s statement was out of the blue, but Shen Qingyuan knew what she meant. She was just about to say that a verbal thank you wasn’t convincing and that something practical would be better.

For example, asking her not to write that erotic fan fiction.

Cang Yan slowly added, “Thanks are thanks, but the article I asked you to write still needs to be posted on Weibo on time. I don’t know where you’ve written up to, but I’m really looking forward to seeing you in the role of a submissive.”

Shen Qingyuan: “…”

It was all for nothing again.

Cang Yan smiled faintly and prepared to return to her room to sleep.

Shen Qingyuan stared at her retreating figure and suddenly called out, “Wait!”

“Something else?” Cang Yan was very tired today. Although the events at the haunted house were understated, they involved genuine physical exertion. Now she just wanted to shower and lie down to sleep.

Shen Qingyuan blinked and asked, “Are you following my Weibo?”

If Cang Yan was following her Weibo, wouldn’t she have absolutely no privacy in front of Cang Yan?

Cang Yan raised an eyebrow and said, “Isn’t that obvious? How else would I supervise your studying? And how would I read the fan fiction you posted? I’ve investigated you thoroughly, inside and out. I even know your measurements. Don’t even think about causing trouble in front of me.”

Shen Qingyuan: “…”

Ugh… Pervert!