"Shen Siyan!" Wenren Jin exploded. "Don't think you can just attack me now that you're married. There are plenty of people who want to marry me!"
"Really?"
"Of course!"
"Done talking?"
Shen Siyan rarely stopped the pen in his hand and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Done."
"Get out."
"Alright, okay."
"Wait, why should I get out? This is my office!" Wenren Jin suddenly came to his senses. "Moreover, what does the Ode to the Shanglin Garden have to do with whether I'm single or not?"
"Write the Ode to the Shanglin Garden and win the heart of your beloved." Mu Weiran walked in and glanced around. "Are you going to write this for Shi Wan?"
"Otherwise, should I write it for you?"
Mu Weiran shivered. "..."
He didn't want it.
"There are so many characters. Are you going to copy them one by one?"
"Isn't that obvious? How stupid."
The one scolding wasn't Shen Siyan but Mu Weiran, who calmly sat down on the sofa and slowly sipped his tea.
Wenren Jin felt that his intelligence had been insulted. "No, I'm going to write it too."
"Do you have a beloved?"
"To be precise, he doesn't, and he's no one's beloved either."
Shen Siyan continued without pausing his actions, picking up where Mu Weiran left off.
Wenren Jin: "..."
"Can't I write it if I don't have a beloved? Can't I just exercise my will?"
"Go for it."
Wenren Jin snorted, called someone to place an order, and then sat down on the sofa too.
"How's the matter going?"
"Don't worry. Your family's old master will get the news soon. As for how to handle it... that's up to his choice."
"Okay."
"Are you going to write for a whole day?"
"Not really." A few seconds later, he continued, "There are more than four thousand characters. It might take two days."
The only two single people on the scene: "..."
This was exactly why they didn't play with lovebirds.
Apart from the matters that absolutely required his attention, Shen Siyan spent all his time writing the Ode to the Shanglin Garden.
At the Shen family's residence.
As soon as Shi Wan reached the courtyard, she saw Shen Jiao sneaking over.
Suddenly meeting her eyes, Shen Jiao's face paled a bit.
"Something to say?"
Shi Wan's cold and distant attitude made Shen Jiao think that she hadn't been suspected of yesterday's incident.
Well, she had done it so secretly. It would be strange if Shi Wan could find out.
"Sister-in-law, are you the only one at home?"
She still put on the act of a little sister, trying to make Shi Wan let down her guard.
"Yes. Your Brother Siyan has gone to work."
"To work?" Shen Jiao walked forward as she said, "Is Brother Siyan doing well with his food delivery job?"
"Who told you he's doing food delivery?" Shi Wan said with a half - smile, her eyes cold as she stared at the foot about to step forward. "If you can't stop it, I can help."
"Isn't he?"
Shen Jiao's face froze. Remembering the things she had suffered at Shi Wan's hands but couldn't say anything about, she withdrew her foot awkwardly.
"Shen Siyan works at Prosperity Financial Group."
"What?" she exclaimed sharply. "That's impossible!"
Her parents clearly said they had arranged a food delivery job for him. How could Prosperity Financial Group hire him?
Being too surprised, she forgot to pretend and showed her true feelings.
"Why is it impossible?"
"No, what I meant was that Brother Siyan has never been out before. Prosperity Financial Group isn't stupid. Could it be that Brother Siyan has been deceived?"
Shi Wan didn't say a word. Shen Jiao thought she had persuaded her. "Sister-in-law, I think you'd better go and check. What if he's really been deceived? Brother Siyan would be in big trouble."
"You do have a point."
Shi Wan put down her things and went into the house. Shen Jiao followed closely behind.
"Sister-in-law, actually I think it was good for Brother Siyan to do the food delivery job before. Although he didn't earn much, at least he got out, right?"
Shi Wan poured her a glass of water. "Try it."
Shen Jiao took the glass in her hand. Just as she was about to drink it, she suddenly thought of something. Just as she was about to put down the glass, Shi Wan suddenly stepped forward and poured the water in the glass into her mouth.
Shen Jiao swallowed several mouthfuls before she could react. "You..."
"Stop being so hesitant. Drink it if I give it to you."
"Shi Wan, what on earth is this?!" Shen Jiao couldn't pretend anymore. "Do you want to murder me?"
"You're wrong. This isn't murder. It's revenge."
"Revenge?" Shen Jiao's face changed, and she denied it. "I don't understand what you're talking about!"
"It's okay. You'll know after another glass."
"Wait!"
Afraid that she would do it again, Shen Jiao stepped back. "You guys weren't hurt either. And I know I was wrong."
"What does your knowing matter to me?" Shi Wan said coldly. "The thing has already happened. What good is your apology?"
"Then are you a good person? You knew I'm just a kid, yet you still drugged me. How good do you think you are?"
Shi Wan sneered coldly and grabbed her hand tightly. "I've never said I'm a good person. You dared to mess with me. Do you think a simple apology can make up for it? Not making you experience what I felt is already the greatest mercy for you."
"You..."
Shen Jiao was frightened by her eyes and stood there stunned, not daring to say a word.
This Shi Wan was so scary.
"Go and explain the situation to the old master yourself. Also, call your parents here."
"What are you going to do?" Shen Jiao said excitedly. "I'm telling you, even if Grandpa knows I'm wrong, he'll still show mercy to me."
"But I... am not your grandpa, nor am I related to you in any way. I'm a person who takes revenge for even the slightest provocation. Understand? What I gave you to drink just now was poison. The antidote is in my hands. Don't waste your time looking for it. It was just developed and I'm giving it to you. You're lucky."
Shen Jiao's face turned several shades paler. She knew that what Shi Wan gave her to drink wasn't something good. Blame her for being too young and getting tricked.
"Shi Wan!"
"If you don't go now, not even the great immortals can save you."
Hearing this, Shen Jiao was so scared that tears welled up in her eyes, and she ran outside.
At the same time, Old Master Shen soon learned that it was Shen Jiao who had caused Shen Siyan and Shi Wan to fall into the water. In a fit of anger, he immediately ordered people to tie up Shen Jiao's whole family and bring them over.
Before Shen Jiao could even leave the Shen family's gate, she was tied up and brought back.
Thinking it was Shi Wan's revenge, Shen Jiao was so scared that she almost fainted. So when she saw Old Master Shen, the contrast made her overjoyed.
"Grandpa, you have to help me. Shi Wan gave me poison—"
Before she could finish her sentence, Old Master Shen angrily slapped her hard!
"Shen Jiao, how could you be so vicious?"
"Grandpa..."
Shen Jiao was stunned. This was the first time Old Master Shen had hit her. Apart from Shen Siyan, Old Master Shen had always been the kindest to her.
But now he was hitting her for Shi Wan's sake?
Shen Jiao couldn't accept it. "Grandpa, it was clearly Shi Wan's fault, not mine. She wants to kill me!"
"Kill you? Who wants to kill my Jiao Jiao?"
At this moment, the Second Madam and Shen Tianhong, who had been tied up and brought over, also came.
Who would have thought that as soon as they came, they heard Shen Jiao's desperate voice.