Shallow Fate (Lily ABO) mute A - Chapter 20

The hair oil in the barbershop was so fragrant that it made people dizzy. Shen Zhimo raised the newspaper to cover her mouth and nose. She preferred to smell the ink rather than this scent.

Getting her hair permed once a month was Xie Yuefeng’s habit.

When the hair was just permed, it was as fluffy as a curly dog. The barber had no way to cut it. After applying hair oil, the strands stuck to the scalp again, making it even harder to cut. She also had to take care of every strand of hair carefully. Every time she sat for six or seven hours.

Shen Zhimo had already made a plan. She didn’t have to sit with her and endure the itching and discomfort anymore. She found that as long as she acted cute and coquettish, Xie Yuefeng would let her go. What’s more, today there was a mahjong game hosted by Mrs. Qiao, and she had asked Fang Yu to wait for her at the entrance of the archway early in the morning.

“I don’t mean this. Can you tell the difference between big curls and small curls? Or is my Mandarin not good enough?”

The barber began to sweat coldly. Shen Zhimo knew that the opportunity had come. She hummed and made some complaining sounds. Xie Yuefeng was indeed impatient, and prepared to call the driver to send her to the archway.

“No need, I’ll just take a rickshaw.” Shen Zhimo got up gracefully with her waist swaying. Today, she had her hair styled in a complex manner, and it was even more rare to put on a few pieces of jewelry. The diamond earrings swayed leisurely on the mirror as she walked, reflecting dazzling light.

This was also one of the reasons why she was willing to accompany Xie Yuefeng. For some reason, she always wanted to dress up today. Thinking of Fang Yu waiting for her, her mood was like a girl on a first date.

Or, to use a more accurate word, it was a tryst.

“Why are you dressed so glamorous today?”

Xie Yuefeng, of course, noticed her unusualness.

“You know, Mrs. Qiao is not an easy person to deal with, I can’t lose your face, can I?” Shen Zhimo said this without blushing or panting. Xie Yuefeng, this arrogant person, as long as you pick the words she likes to hear, she doesn’t care what others actually think.

Hearing this, Xie Yuefeng really let her go, but Shen Zhimo asked one more question: “Yuefeng, do you want to eat Chinese food or Western food tonight?”

“I’m not eating at home tonight. Dad wants me to go back to discuss things, and I won’t be back for a week afterwards. You can arrange for the servants to cook whatever you want to eat.”

“Oh~ That’s really a pity~” Shen Zhimo suppressed the corners of her mouth, and flew out of the barbershop like a bird with its feathers changed.

The rickshaw was not fast, and Shen Zhimo was usually not in a hurry. Today, she rarely urged the rickshaw puller several times, and the puller’s legs moved faster.

Shen Zhimo covered her face with the back of her hand to block the cold wind. She raised her head and saw the blue triangle through the gaps between her fingers, and couldn’t help but grab it, as if to capture the clear sky.

From a long distance, she saw her stupid dog.

The stupid dog was wearing the new narrow-sleeved shirt she bought for her, and the black cloth pleated skirt that reached her calves swayed gently in the wind. At first glance, it was a bit simple, but it was not the rustic look of the past, but a natural, youthful beauty.

She could have bought better fabrics, but she was afraid that Xie Yuefeng would become suspicious.

This is good.

Fang Yu helped her get out of the car. She cautiously retracted her hand at first, and when she saw that there were no familiar figures around, she took the initiative to hold Fang Yu’s hand.

Looking at those big eyes that contained thousands of words, Shen Zhimo didn’t know what to say for a while.

She held back for a long time, her palms slightly sweaty, before she uttered a word “go”, and the two of them held hands and went up the dark and narrow stairs of the archway.

This archway was built for the rich ladies, but not for the sake of splendor. There were many such stairs, leading to one card room after another, for the sake of those lovers who were used to climbing walls and eaves to escape.

Pushing open the narrow door, the space inside was spacious, with several mahjong tables scattered in the center, and pale electric lights hanging above the tables.

Today’s host, Mrs. Qiao, was sitting under one of the lights, her two red lips constantly emitting swirling smoke and frivolous words, teasing everyone to laugh.

“Yo! Look who’s here!” Seeing Shen Zhimo enter the door, Mrs. Qiao, of course, did not miss this opportunity to take the lead in making friends, “Mrs. Xie~ There are three missing here, just waiting for you to throw the dice!”

At the beginning, Shen Zhimo was not very good at dealing with this kind of scene. She couldn’t tell which sentence in their mouths was true and which was false. Not to mention distinguishing the words, she couldn’t even see what their faces originally looked like through the layers of powder.

She was out of tune with them. She thought she was different from them, but later found that she was not so noble. They were not what they are now.

“Here I am, I kept you waiting, I really should be punished.” Shen Zhimo put on a seasoned smile and sat down among them.

Mrs. Qiao could not fail to notice that Shen Zhimo brought a person. She gave the servant a wink, and a leather stool was immediately added to the mahjong table.

“Mrs. Xie, if you come, just come, why bring me a little beauty?”

The atmosphere has not yet been heated up, and of course, the words have to be said in a roundabout way. Mrs. Qiao spit out a puff of cigarette, her head did not move, but her eyes rolled all over Fang Yu.

“A cousin from my hometown, brought out to have some fun.”

Dozens of bl00d-red fingers stretched out to the mahjong table, rubbing the mahjong tiles with a clatter. Shen Zhimo threw out the dice.

“Mrs. Xie said this, she is treating us as outsiders.” Mrs. Qiao was obviously not buying it, and continued to tease in a joking tone: “If she is your cousin, then I am the Empress Dowager.”

The other two ladies laughed at her words, “You were originally the Empress Dowager.”

If you talk about being thorough in life, no one can compare to Mrs. Qiao. She disregarded her family’s opposition and resolutely married the president of the Central Bank, an old man who was sixty years older than her, just waiting for him to die.

Every time he coughed, she would hear the crisp sound of a gold coin falling into her pocket.

Now that the mourning period has passed, she has not yet reached the age of a fading beauty. Closing the iron gates of the Qiao family, even if she loves to be Wu Zetian at home, no one dares to criticize her for any mistakes.

It was originally a joke, but it made Shen Zhimo feel frightened. Mrs. Qiao could see the strangeness between the two so easily, how could Xie Yuefeng not see it?

She never thought that her affair methods were not very clever. If Xie Yuefeng was a person who was willing to spend time pondering other people’s moods, Fang Yu would have been broken into one hundred and eight pieces and scattered in Feng’an long ago.

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Xie, once you leave this door, everyone will drink Meng Po soup, and whoever says it out will be a matter of the previous life!” Mrs. Qiao saw Shen Zhimo’s scruples and even spoke to comfort her.

There was only one thing she didn’t understand. Shen Zhimo and Xie Yuefeng were newly married, and Xie Yuefeng was not an old man with a bald head and a crooked mouth. How could Shen Zhimo have a lover so quickly?

“It’s really a cousin~” Even if everyone knows it, they can’t speak ill of others. Shen Zhimo still understands this. She timely changed the subject, “What’s new recently?”

“There are so many, it should be Mrs. Fu, who has the most romance, to talk about it.”

Everyone then shifted their gazes to a woman with single eyelids and a thin face. There was a shallow white mark on her nose, presumably left by wearing glasses. Being stared at by everyone, she showed a bit of embarrassment.

“What’s the romance? You can’t talk nonsense! If my old lady finds out, there will only be ‘romance death’ left!”

“What a joke, any poem written by Mrs. Fu can attract several alphas to die for love, how can it be nonsense!” Mrs. Qiao said, her hands did not stop, and she quickly picked up a tile, “Kong!”

“Don’t mention it, it’s irritating to talk about it.” Mrs. Fu rubbed the mahjong tile for a while, and continued to speak slowly and deliberately:

“You know why I married him.”

She and Mrs. Qiao graduated from the same university. One studied finance and the other studied French. The one who studied finance married the bank president, and the one who studied French married the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It seems very reasonable, but in reality, what their husbands do, what does it have to do with them?

“Why?” Shen Zhimo really wanted to know the reason, and took the initiative to ask.

“Since Mrs. Xie asked, then I’ll tell you, just to relieve boredom.”