“Lin Moyu, are you trying to beat Yuezhi to death?” the man shouted, snatching the paddle from Lin Moyu’s hand and throwing it to the ground.
Lin Moyu didn’t resist, allowing herself to be led by her husband to sit aside, putting on an expression of profound grief and remorse.
Though Lin Moyu performed earnestly, after waiting for a long time, neither the elder nor the younger offered any response.
She looked up toward the opposite side and saw her husband, who always spoiled their daughter, now anxiously examining Lin Yuezhi from head to toe.
“Ah, just keep indulging her,” Lin Moyu sighed, trying to recapture the attention of the two across from her.
Hmph, her husband’s attention was indeed drawn back as she had hoped, but his words immediately left her speechless.
“Lin Moyu, you heartless woman! You were utterly humiliated by Qin Jianfu in court and didn’t dare utter a word in response. Now you come home and take it out on our daughter—have you lost your mind?” the man said through gritted teeth.
Lin Yuezhi stood behind her father, casting a slightly provocative gaze toward the Loyal Brave King, Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu was so infuriated by this father-daughter pair that she nearly fainted. As a military official, she found herself bullied both in court and at home, forced to endure it all.
At the Left Prime Minister’s residence, Jiang Lan vividly recounted the incident that had occurred at the Loyal Brave King’s mansion to Qin Jianfu and her son.
Qin Yuehan sat quietly beside Qin Jianfu, his peach blossom eyes fixed intently on Jiang Lan, afraid to miss a single word she said.
[Host, I didn’t realize you were such a smooth talker.] System 009 spoke up, feeling somewhat helpless about having given Jiang Lan the ability to livestream Lin Moyu disciplining her child.
Hearing this, Jiang Lan paused briefly, then blinked and replied in her mind, “In ancient times, there was ‘Colorful Clothes to Amuse Parents’; today, there’s Jiang Lan Sharing Amusing Tales.”
System 009 was once again left speechless by Jiang Lan, growing increasingly baffled by this host of hers.
Looking at Qin Jianfu and Qin Yuehan sitting across from her, and recalling their originally bleak fates, it silently acquiesced to giving Jiang Lan this harmless little advantage.
Because Jiang Lan and Qin Yuehan had returned to the mansion, the dinner table at the Qin residence was exceptionally lavish.
Jiang Lan sat beside Qin Yuehan, with Qin Jianfu and her husband seated opposite.
Jiang Lan looked at Qin Yuehan’s father, her expression growing somewhat uneasy.
This was because the gaze Qin Yuehan’s father directed at her held a touch of coldness.
“009, why is Qin Yuehan’s father looking at me like that?” Jiang Lan asked.
[Because he knows you’re a scoundrel.] System 009 replied.
Jiang Lan… Well, that’s just perfect!
Jiang Lan’s first dinner at the Qin residence concluded in such a stifling silence.
Jiang Lan followed Qin Yuehan back to their courtyard.
“Wife, thank you for today,” Qin Yuehan said once they returned to their room, his eyes soft and gentle as he looked at her.
Gazing into Qin Yuehan’s peach blossom eyes, Jiang Lan was reminded of the similarly cold eyes of his father.
“Qin Yuehan, do you regret marrying me?” Jiang Lan asked.
Qin Yuehan froze at her words, his heart instantly feeling as if it had been plunged into ice water.
“Why does Wife ask me this?” Qin Yuehan lifted his eyes to Jiang Lan’s strikingly beautiful face, his tone slightly subdued.
[Warning! Warning! Due to the host’s improper words and actions, Qin Yuehan’s Darkening Level has increased by 10. The male lead’s current darkening progress is 20%.] System 009’s sharp mechanical voice suddenly rang out in Jiang Lan’s mind.
Jiang Lan was stunned upon hearing this. She looked at Qin Yuehan’s handsome, elegant face, which was as calm as still water, and instantly felt a suffocating tightness in her chest.
“Darkening Level 20%?” Jiang Lan asked in a low voice, her tone filled with disbelief.
[Yes, the male lead Qin Yuehan’s Darkening Level has reached 20%. If Qin Yuehan’s Darkening Level reaches 100%, he will choose to perish together with you, the host.] System 009 stated.
In the quiet, unfamiliar room, antique carved furniture and dim candlelight.
Everything looked so gentle and harmless, just like the submissive Qin Yuehan before her.
“Wife, if I said I regret it, would you immediately divorce me?” Qin Yuehan asked, his eyes half-lowered, his tone neither sad nor joyful.
Jiang Lan instantly felt a sense of crisis. She reached out and grasped Qin Yuehan’s shoulders, forcing him to look up at her.
“Qin Yuehan, I don’t mean that at all. I have never thought of divorcing you, and from now on, besides you, I will not marry any other man,” Jiang Lan said, looking at Qin Yuehan with sincere eyes.
Qin Yuehan was taken aback by her words. Meeting Jiang Lan’s gorgeous face, his eyelashes trembled involuntarily twice.
“Only me?” Qin Yuehan asked, his eyes fixed on Jiang Lan, no longer avoiding her gaze.
“Yes, only you,” Jiang Lan said, reaching out to take Qin Yuehan’s hand and pressing it against her own chest.
“If I break the vow I made today, then you can dig my heart out,” Jiang Lan declared.
This time, Qin Yuehan was truly shocked.
Witnessing all of this, System 009 instantly felt a sense of bewildered enlightenment, as if its horizons had been broadened.