“Ah, I feel dizzy…” Lin Shuang supported her forehead.
Lin Lanlan could hardly contain her excitement. “You’re drunk; I’ll help you go rest for a bit.”
Confirmed: this time, they had made their move.
Lin Shuang did not hesitate to act polite either.
Without letting a single one of the scumbag and cheap woman off, she lightly flicked her fingertips, causing something to settle onto both of their collars.
A faint burst of floral fragrance reached their nostrils, but Shen Linfeng merely assumed it was vanishing cream used by women.
Sweet osmanthus scent? Lin Lanlan also only assumed that some young wife had applied sweet osmanthus honey.
There happened to be no one here, so there was no need to worry about harming the innocent.
Lin Lanlan signaled Shi Dongyun with a look, and Shi Dongyun immediately came over to take over.
Lin Shuang leaned her whole weight over, nearly crushing Shi Dongyun.
She thought to herself: *She clearly looks slender, so why is she as heavy as a rock?*
Complaints aside, Shi Dongyun still faithfully fulfilled her duty, except her own head was feeling a bit dizzy too.
So much so that by the time they reached the room, she couldn’t even remember clearly whether she was supporting Lin Shuang or Lin Shuang was supporting her.
Whether by accident or design, the room arranged by Lin Lanlan faced the head of the stairs directly.
Should there be any commotion, anyone passing by would be able to hear it.
Lin Shuang didn’t mince matters either, tossing Shi Dongyun, who had completely passed out, onto the bed…
Afterward, with a backhand movement, she threw the clothes into the space, taking away even the quilt on the bed along with them.
Only then did she have the leisure to examine Shi Dongyun’s looks carefully.
Truth be told, Shi Dongyun did possess a bit of beauty.
Although she wasn’t the stunning-at-first-glance type, she was definitely easy on the eyes.
With an appearance like this, she naturally stood out in a small place.
Probably because she believed her superior looks meant she deserved to live a good life, she had pounced over the moment Lin Lanlan crooked a finger at her.
Lin Shuang respected other people’s pursuits, but targeting her was out of the question.
Patting Shi Dongyun’s face, the other party showed zero response.
Lin Shuang let out a low sigh. “Ah well, I am kind-hearted by nature and intend to return good for evil, so I’ll bestow a fine marriage upon you.”
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Watching the back figure of Lin Shuang swooning and being supported away, the resentment Lin Lanlan had accumulated for so long temporarily subsided.
*So what if she’s Lin Huanong’s daughter? Isn’t she still at my mercy?*
“Brother Linfeng, please attend to things here; I’m going to the restroom.”
Shen Linfeng suspected nothing.
After Lin Lanlan walked out, she immediately changed directions.
In the shadows, a middle-aged man was hidden inside; his expression couldn’t be seen clearly, though the cigarette between his fingers flickered brightly and dimly.
However, upon hearing footsteps, the man instantly stubbed out the cigarette butt.
A pair of eyes became tinged with a certain kind of interest—anyone familiar with him would know at a single glance that another girl was about to suffer bad luck.
“How come it’s you?” Seeing a middle-aged woman, Xiong Lie instantly pulled a long face.
Zhou Qingman didn’t cater to him either; she knew best what kind of virtue this man had.
His aesthetics remained consistent regardless of age: always preferring eighteen-year-olds.
It was precisely because of this that she wouldn’t let her daughter come over.
“It’s the same no matter who comes. Hurry up and go—the room with a pot of butterfly orchids at the entrance.”
Upon hearing the answer he wanted, the man’s expression grew much more sincere.
“I’ll arrange the freight matter for you guys later. Rest assured, leave it to me.”
Lin Lanlan searched all around, ensuring she couldn’t be noticed by others, and finally found her twin younger brother, instructing him this way and that.
Turning back to look for Shen Linfeng, she pretended to be unaffected, yet she suddenly felt hot and dry.
Even after drinking a bottle of iced soda, she was still hot.
Lin Lanlan felt returning to her room to change into something cooler would be better.
Shen Linfeng was in the exact same condition.
In a single word: hot!
Unfastening his tie was of no use either; a clear, elegant, and peerless face surfaced in his mind—it was Lin Shuang’s.
What the devil!
In the past, he only felt she was a rustic bumpkin who was embarrassing even to bring out, never expecting that she would now turn out to be so exceptionally eye-catching.
No, he must be drunk.
The person he had always liked was Lanlan, and only Lanlan.
From the day she dug him out of the snow back then, it had been destined.
Shen Linfeng persuaded himself, taking large strides to go look for cold water to cool himself down.
Not good—something was wrong. This feeling felt somewhat familiar.
Shen Linfeng realized something, wanting to make himself lucid, but his consciousness grew increasingly blurry.
In the darkness, his nose bridge seemed to collide with a wall, and in the next second, he was shoved into a room by someone. In a daze, he found a way to cool himself down.
Watching the vaguely overlapping shadows in the darkness, Lin Shuang closed the door with a great sense of accomplishment.
See? She said she would bestow a fine marriage upon him.
When it came to the matter of honesty, she had never lost.
Earlier, she was still puzzled over why Shi Dongyun was so easily roped in by Lin Lanlan.
Until tonight.
Inadvertently, Lin Shuang had spotted the look Shi Dongyun gave Shen Linfeng—a screen full of adoration, though she didn’t know if Lin Lanlan had noticed it or not.
Across a hallway, in another room, the butterfly orchids at the entrance were blooming eye-catchingly.
Xiong Lie had no heart to appreciate them; after confirming, he went to knock on the door, only to find the door unlocked.
Xiong Lie entered, unable to wait, and embraced her tightly.
In her confusion, Lin Lanlan instinctively mumbled, “Brother Linfeng, you’re here!”
If it were an ordinary person, they would stop right there.
Yet Xiong Lie was not.
Lin Shuang made a smooth exit after completing her mission.
Slinking off to the bamboo forest in the backyard where no one was around, Lin Shuang took a running start, kicked off the wall, and used the reaction force to grab the tree branches with both hands. With another turn of her body, she got onto the wall top, slipping out of the alley with complete ease.
This place was secluded, without even a ghost in sight.
Lin Shuang took out a bicycle from her space, changed her attire, and pedaled off to the nearby High Authority Office.
After submitting the tip-off letter prepared in advance right there, she made her way to the Shen family compound.
The Shen family members were still at the tea party right now, all present and accounted for, so there wouldn’t be anyone here.
However, Lin Shuang knew that Shen Hongrun was cautious by nature; two relatives lived in the compound’s backyard, who were actually bodyguards.
The Shen family hid things deep, and Lin Lanlan likely didn’t know either.
Lin Shuang had also heard about it from her maternal grandfather back then.
Following the layout diagram in her memory, Lin Shuang scaled into the courtyard from the northeast corner and crept quietly behind the bamboo forest in the backyard.
A room had its light on, and Lin Shuang knew this was the place.
After approaching, she held a packet of medicinal powder close to the window; as the night wind swept past, the contents inside the paper packet dispersed into the room’s air along with the breeze.
After two “thud, thud” sounds, Lin Shuang walked out from the shadows.
Just to be safe, Lin Shuang even locked the small room door.
Unlocking the Shen family’s main house door with a thin iron wire, Lin Shuang began collecting, collecting, and collecting the moment she entered.
Rosewood furniture, a complete set of home appliances, tea sets, celadon porcelain ornaments, and then the entire curio shelf were collected into the space; the living room was quickly emptied out.
Transferring to Shen Hongrun’s study, first was the safe—regardless of what was inside, she collected it first to check after returning.
A genuine leather sofa, a pearwood coffee table, a red sandalwood desk, and a Ming and Qing dynasty official’s hat chair—Lin Shuang collected them all without exception, and the room was quickly emptied out.
Strange: apart from over 3,000 yuan in the drawer, a stack of coupons, two wristwatches, and some certificates and documents, Lin Shuang didn’t see any other valuable items.
They must be hidden in a secret room.
Lin Shuang tapped on the walls all around, attempting to find a mechanism, but things went against her wishes; Shen Hongrun’s study didn’t seem to have a secret room.
Lin Shuang searched room by room again.
Shen Linfeng’s room had an extra-large amount of clothes and shoes; Lin Shuang collected both the wardrobe and shoe cabinet away, and the room instantly became empty.
Forget it, collect the bed too; although she knew this bed was definitely dirty, she wouldn’t hold a grudge against money. Once sold later, it could still be donated to the orphanage.
Every room was collected once over; except for Shan Hanyu’s belongings, which Lin Shuang didn’t touch, all other items entered Lin Shuang’s space—provided they were worth anything.
Lin Shuang knew deep down that it was impossible for the Shen family to have only this bit of stuff.
After walking around everywhere, Lin Shuang caught sight of the rockery in the courtyard.
Having read quite a few ancient romance web novels, Lin Shuang felt there was no harm in trying—what if?
Likely because she, who had transmigrated here, was blessed by a lucky koi carp, she actually found the mechanism.