Fate Trading System – Chapter 223

Plan A

Heavenly Voice 14

Feelings of the Heart

All four mentors¹ slapped their buttons. Su Xin chose the mentor she had already decided on before coming. After the customary emotional exchange, she left through the backstage area.

“Dad, Mom, are you planning to stay here or go back to work?”

“Let’s go back. You were very successful today. Your mom and I will watch you on TV.”

Her stepfather patted Su Xin’s shoulder with gratification. Lin Weiyan also came up and gave Su Xin a hug.

“Tangtang, Gege knew you were amazing!”

When Su Xin reached the backstage area, she stopped there for a moment.

“What’s wrong? Let’s go out and get a taxi. Dad, Mom, are you heading back today or staying here to have some fun before going back?”

“Let’s buy tickets for tomorrow. The hotel is a bit expensive; we’ll stay one night and then head back. We won’t sightsee, don’t really have the money.”

“Okay.”

Lin Weiyan nodded, his determination to work hard strengthening in his heart.

In this world, truly, “a penny can crush a hero.”²

“I’m waiting for a friend. She’ll give us a ride in a bit.”

Su Xin stood by the entrance as Yan Shuang drove over.

“Get in.”

The car Yan Shuang was driving was borrowed. This wasn’t her home turf, but it was the main base of operations for one of Yan Xi’s pursuers. When Yan Shuang asked to borrow a car, the pursuer naturally offered it with both hands, even looking like she’d be happy to give it as a gift. Yan Shuang refused that; it was just a tool for getting around here for a while.

“Hello, Uncle, Auntie.”³

Yan Shuang greeted them very politely. Father Lin and Mother Lin nodded, looking rather dumbfounded.

Lin Weiyan in the back seat, however, had a thoughtful expression. His parents didn’t know cars, but that didn’t mean he didn’t. As a boy, he quite liked cars and had done some research on them. Although he couldn’t afford one, he could still appreciate them by looking.

This car was quite valuable, worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand. It might be nothing to a super-rich person⁴, but to Lin Weiyan, this was already a very fine car. It showed that the owner was extremely wealthy. Lin Weiyan observed the woman in the driver’s seat; she indeed seemed quite extraordinary, exuding an air that ordinary people like them couldn’t possibly emit.

When did Tangtang make a friend like this? And they seemed quite familiar with each other too.

“How about we go grab a meal first? It’s already afternoon. Uncle, Auntie, let me treat you to a meal as a first meeting greeting.”

“How could we impose like that?”

The stepfather was a relatively steady man. Although he didn’t possess great cleverness or wisdom, he still had the ability to size up the situation⁵ and read people. He could tell at a glance that this friend interacting with Su Xin was not ordinary.

“No need to be polite. Then let’s go eat. After eating, I’ll take you back, okay?”

“Well… thank you very much then.”

The car headed towards a private restaurant. Yan Shuang had looked it up online before driving; it was a locally famous restaurant with delicious food. Of course, the prices were also steep, but price wasn’t something Yan Shuang worried about. Without needing money from her family, the series of profits from a medicinal formula⁶ she had researched was enough to keep her clothed and fed for life, not to mention she was often invited to perform private surgeries. A single successful surgery could bring in a considerable amount of money.

Su Xin sat comfortably in the passenger seat playing on her phone, looking completely unconcerned.

Lin Weiyan noticed that most of the dishes Yan Shuang ordered suited his younger sister’s taste. Moreover, several dishes his sister liked were also placed on the table, right in front of her.

Lin Weiyan wouldn’t believe it if someone said these two didn’t have a good relationship; it was simply incredibly good.

After the meal, Yan Shuang drove them back to the hotel.

“Tangtang, aren’t you coming with us?”

“No, I’m staying at Shuangshuang’s place.”

Lin Weiyan smiled and waved, but felt quite worried inside.

“Do you have a place to stay here?” Su Xin asked Yan Shuang in the driver’s seat after fastening her seatbelt, chewing a piece of gum and blowing a bubble.

“Of course, I do. I could even borrow a car, how could I possibly let you have nowhere to stay? Even if there wasn’t a place to borrow, I could still put you up in a hotel.”

“Impressive. Did you borrow the place from your friend?”

“Not really a friend. Just one of my younger sister’s pursuers.”

“Eh? Doesn’t that mean you owe her a favor then? So you support them pursuing your sister?”

“That depends on my sister’s wishes; it’s her freedom. But I do indeed appreciate this particular pursuer more.”

She had capability, patience, and deep feelings. She knew her sister’s true nature, yet still never left or forsook her⁷, waiting persistently. It could be said she was quite devoted.

People who didn’t know Yan Xi very well might think she was a little fairy maiden, but actually, she was full of bad ideas⁸, secretly mischievous.

In short, it didn’t quite match the image of a goddess. Most people couldn’t handle this kind of contrast, but that person not only could handle it, but her feelings grew deeper. This point alone was enough to earn bonus points.

Su Xin casually chatted with Yan Shuang for a while longer on the road, and then they arrived at the place they were temporarily staying.

After deciding on their respective rooms, the two entered separate worlds.

Yan Shuang lay on the bed listening to her own heartbeat. It had been racing the whole way and had finally calmed down. Yan Shuang felt somewhat helpless, unsure how to handle this situation.

Every time she lost control, it was because of the young woman sleeping next door. Every time she saw her seriously singing or writing songs, she felt a special kind of emotion, her chest burning hot, agitated and unsure what to do.

That emotion couldn’t be vented; bottled up in her heart, it almost scalded her.

Yan Shuang was, after all, an adult, not some simple, fair, and sweet⁹ girl unable to discern her own feelings. So, she seemed to have realized something, but wasn’t entirely certain.

Yan Shuang didn’t know who to talk to about these issues. After thinking it over, the only person she could think of was her twin sister.

Yan Shuang made a phone call, hearing Yan Xi’s smiling voice on the other end.

“What day is it today? My older sister is actually calling me on her own initiative?”

“Where are you?”

“At the company. Your younger sister is a CEO, very busy, okay? I heard you borrowed a house and car from An Lan¹⁰. How did you end up over there?”

“Something came up. Do you have time now?”

“My sister needs me, of course I have time! Even if I don’t, I’ll squeeze some out for you.”

Yan Xi signed off on a document, motioned for her secretary to take it out, then leaned back in her boss chair and focused on the call.

“I seem to have encountered something. I might… like someone.”

“You actually like someone? Is it the kind of ‘like’ I’m thinking of?”

Yan Xi hadn’t expected to hear such explosive news. She shot up from her chair, fully expressing her shock.

“It should be…”

Yan Xi perked up, feeling she might have to act as a life mentor for her sister, who was usually so capable she seemed almost inhuman.

“If you like him, then pursue him! What’s there to hesitate about? If you feel it’s not proper for a girl to chase a boy, or you don’t want the man to think you’re too forward, then just guide things along a bit. I want to know who is fortunate enough to be liked by my sister. By the way, aren’t you married? What about brother-in-law? Ah, screw him, let him die for all I care. You’d better divorce first before getting together with the person you like. Brother-in-law cheating is his business; we just need to be true to ourselves.”

Yan Xi naturally knew about the man’s affair. The man hadn’t bothered to hide it much; anyone who wanted to check could find out instantly.

“I’m already divorced. Two months ago.”

“Sis, you got divorced and didn’t even tell me!”

Yan Xi accused her, deeply hurt. Such a big… okay, maybe not that big, but still a significant event, and she hadn’t told her. That really hit a sore spot.

“It wasn’t a big deal. I’ll remember to tell you next time I get married.”

“Nonsense! If you got married and didn’t tell me, that would be totally unfair! I’d show up at your door with a knife to see you! Are you already thinking about marriage? Did you actually get her already?”

“Not yet. It’s a girl. Six years younger than me.”

“Holy sh%t! Six years younger… So, Sis, you actually like girls?”

Yan Xi suddenly had a very bad image flash through her mind. If she got into girls¹¹, and her sister also got into girls, then…

“But she seems to just see me as a friend, as an older sister.”

“Have you made a move?”

“A move?”

“How about this, Sis. Let me ask you, are you sure you like her? Don’t just play around with the little girl.”

Yan Xi propped her legs up on the desk, crossing them.

“I’m sure. I really want to spoil her.”

“That’s not enough. What would you do if you saw her with a pursuer? What if you discovered she had feelings for someone else?”

Yan Shuang pressed her lips together, saying nothing. But the pen she held in her hand had already been snapped in two by her grip.

Just thinking about that scenario… Yan Shuang took a deep breath. She absolutely mustn’t scare the little one away.

The desire to put the person in her lab, on the experiment table… she had touched her before, the texture of every part was exquisite.

If she wasn’t obedient, she’d spank her bottom, until the snow-white skin was stained with a thin layer of red…

Yan Shuang quickly slammed the brakes on her thoughts, shaking her head slightly.

Yan Xi naturally heard the snap of something breaking on the other end, sensing her sister’s volatile mood.

“Sis, why did you call me? What did you really want to ask?”

“Should I tell her?”

Yan Shuang was afraid that if she spoke, they wouldn’t even be friends anymore, afraid the kid would look at her with disgust.

“You tell me. Can you bear to see her with someone else?”

“No.”

“Can you bear watching her from afar?”

“…No.”

“Then isn’t that settled? Just go for it. Figure out your sweetheart’s temperament and coax her accordingly. If you don’t tell her you like her, maybe she’ll never know, and you’ll just suffer yourself.”

Secret love is a subtle, ineffable kind of love in this world.

The greatest and also the most selfish.

It’s one person’s joy and loneliness. Many embarrassments are thus avoided, but many misunderstandings also arise from it.

Yan Shuang hung up the phone, tossed the broken pen into the trash bin, took off her glasses, and pressed her forehead, letting out a soft chuckle.

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