Shallow Fate (Lily ABO) mute A - Chapter 27
“Miss, your charcoal-grilled ox tongue.”
The restaurant waiter placed a charred piece of meat in front of Xie Yuefeng. He put on a proud smile, and only after the velvet glove handed him a few crisp bills did he leave the table.
She never makes things difficult for foreigners, perhaps she thinks foreigners are her own people, Shen Zhimo secretly pondered.
The burning sensation in her stomach hadn’t subsided yet. The gramophone was very close to their seats, and the chaotic music kept assaulting her eardrums. Shen Zhimo knew that her face must not look good.
The gramophone was playing Franz Liszt, which Xie Yuefeng often listened to at home, even if she didn’t understand it.
The music in the ballroom was “lower class,” while this was “upper class.”
The tip of the fork pressed down on the slippery ox tongue, cutting it open to reveal pinkish meat inside. Xie Yuefeng didn’t have any trouble cutting it, so Shen Zhimo judged that this piece of meat was definitely not from a naturally deceased cow.
She thought of Fang Yu stroking the working cow. The honest old cow stretched out its tongue to lick Fang Yu’s face. Later, in order to raise money for her to study, the cow was sold, and Fang Yu secretly wiped her tears for several days when she got home.
*Gaji Gaji*, the blade scraped against the porcelain plate, as if accompanying the suddenly faster music. The two sounds intertwined and pierced her ears, stirring up the acid again. Shen Zhimo quickly covered her mouth, but Xie Yuefeng still noticed her discomfort.
“What’s wrong?”
Shen Zhimo shook her head, and Adjutant Zhang, who was standing behind her chair, spoke for her: “The madam was frightened on the way here.”
After he briefly described what happened, Xie Yuefeng considerately pushed her mint drink to Shen Zhimo’s hand.
“I understand, that is indeed very scary. It’s their fault for letting you see such dirty things.”
Dirty things?
That was her classmate whom she had been with day and night for several months, a living person who was still talking to her yesterday about where to teach after graduating and returning to her hometown.
Shen Zhimo never considered herself to be one of those passionate young people who were concerned about the country and the people. If Zhu Yongshu wasn’t someone she knew, even if she saw it, she would just be surprised for a moment and then it would be over.
In this semi-open era, there are all kinds of thoughts. Selfishness and indifference are not considered reprehensible behavior.
But… it really happened around her…
“Okay, don’t be sad, look what I bought for you?”
Xie Yuefeng took out a ring box from her pocket. Regardless of whether Shen Zhimo was expecting it or not, she was quite looking forward to it. She put on a mysterious posture and slowly opened the box.
Compared with the things in the box, the bright lights of the restaurant seemed very dim.
Several small diamonds surrounded a huge square ruby in the center, like a pomegranate flower blooming in the winter month. No one could ignore its brilliance.
“Nine carats,” Xie Yuefeng added.
What was she waiting for?
As long as she reached out and let Xie Yuefeng put this beautifully realized asset on her finger, and then make a few polite compliments, it would be fine.
Why were her hands as if nailed to the table, unable to move?
“Stunned with joy?” Seeing that Shen Zhimo hadn’t moved for a long time, Xie Yuefeng simply dragged her hand that was placed on the table.
The icy ring slipped onto her ring finger.
“It’s very suitable,” Xie Yuefeng kissed that finger through the diamond. “I always remembered your size.”
Sometimes, the person giving the gift enjoys the pleasure brought by the act of giving more than the person receiving the gift.
Self-intoxication under power and favor.
Shen Zhimo felt ironic.
May I ask what this great power and the money for buying the diamond ring were exchanged for?
She wasn’t unaware.
Nowadays, the world is in chaos. Large and small warlords are each entrenched as kings. Excessive corruption has allowed them to create something called “pre-tax,” and this tax has already been collected for a hundred years.
Similarly, does it mean that those who clamor to overthrow them must be good people? Some classmates in the school avoided her because of her identity, thinking that she didn’t know what they were up to.
Things that they didn’t dare to do in the past were done under the guise of “revolution.” Those rational enlightenment thoughts coincided with their irrational desires.
Whether it is revolution or restoration, as long as it is “in vogue,” they will not hesitate to participate.
She didn’t want to get involved in any of this muddy water. What’s wrong with that?
She thought of Zhu Yongshu’s unclosed eyes. In the past, she didn’t care, but now, she couldn’t help but worry that these eyes would appear on those young faces that couldn’t hide their thoughts.
And, Fang Yu.
The familiar feeling of nausea surged to her throat again, “Sorry…” Shen Zhimo covered her mouth and fled from the table as if escaping.
“Has anything else bad happened recently?”
Looking at the hurried back, Xie Yuefeng’s eyes darkened, and she asked Adjutant Zhang in her usual self-talking manner.
“Not quite clear, perhaps the madam ate something bad.”
“Let Dr. Ross come to the house tomorrow to check the madam’s health.”
“Yes.”
The adjutant recorded this command in his “to-do list” in his mind.
“I also want to know,” the blade re-cut the ox tongue. “What exactly is wrong with her?”
••••
After coming out of the bathroom, Shen Zhimo returned to her well-behaved wife persona.
She carefully chose her words and said many playful words to make Xie Yuefeng happy, and she was full of praise for the diamond.
“It’s good that you like it.”
Xie Yuefeng put her arm around her, and in the restaurant’s checkbook, she signed her name with a flourish. Seeing her staring at the book, she asked, “Is the money enough?”
“It’s all in Mrs. Qiao’s pocket~”
“Losing to her doesn’t matter.” Xie Yuefeng signed another check, but did not give it to her directly.
After getting in the car, the check was pressed into the seat cushion.
“Do you know how much I miss you?”
Her clothes were half-undressed, and two sharp teeth repeatedly scraped against her n1pples. Shen Zhimo used her arms to block her face.
She didn’t want to answer, nor could she refuse.
Help?
The driver was clearly sitting in the front, but turned a blind eye to what was happening in the back seat.
She heard the sound of the belt being unbuckled.
“Not here…”
It wasn’t easy to get a little feeling, so how could she say stop and stop.
“You, get out.”
She always had to take care of her own face. Xie Yuefeng spared the time to drive the driver out of the car.
The driver lit a cigarette, and before the cigarette was finished, the car stopped shaking. His master angrily stuck out his head and told him to get on the car.
“Well, use me for entertainment…” The driver extinguished the cigarette, feeling a little distressed.
The car restarted, and Shen Zhimo quietly stuffed the check into her handbag while tidying her clothes.
By the time the Xie family mansion was reflected in the car window, it was completely dark.
They had been silent all the way, but Shen Zhimo felt that it was appropriate to find some topics to talk about. Between her and Xie Yuefeng, silence was not a good thing.
“There’s a moon.”
Xie Yuefeng was admiring her newly engraved name seal, and without raising her head, she replied:
“Looks like it won’t rain tomorrow.”
Hearing this, Shen Zhimo smiled with relief.