Rationalizing Unreasonable Behavior

If Sister Yan Xu booked a hotel room for this strange man, what will her brother-in-law do?

Although this man is handsome, he's not quite as good-looking as my brother-in-law.

Yan Xu was puzzled: "Him? This has nothing to do with him. Just check in."

Xiao Jingxing successfully moved into Zhenyunxuan, and Shen Yi felt even more suffocated upon receiving the news.

He went to great lengths to get into Zhenyunxuan, only to find that this man had moved in right away.

Yan Xu, you're being far too biased!

Shen Yi held back his anger until Yan Xu got off work in the evening.

As she left Zhenyun Pavilion, he stepped forward and said, "I'll take you back."

"No need, it's not like I don't know the way." Yan Xu said impatiently, "Let's each go home."

Shen Yi didn't care about saving face anymore and shamelessly followed up: "Oh, then I have to follow you even more. We're legally married."

His actions were reasonable and legal.

Yan Xu couldn't get rid of him, so he had no choice but to let him go: "Agree on the terms, and leave when you arrive."

"Um..." Shen Yi said softly, sounding unsure, "I'm scared living alone. Can I sleep on the sofa for another night?"

Yan Xu said sternly, "No."

Shen Yi tugged at her sleeve, mimicking Xiao Tong's coquettish manner: "I really'm not used to sleeping alone, okay?"

The last sentence was punctuated with a wavy line.

Hearing him act coquettishly, Yan Xu got goosebumps all over and couldn't help but tremble.

Yan Xu, unable to bear it any longer, gritted her teeth and stopped, her eyes serious: "Shen Yi, are you—"

"Sister Yan Xu~" Shen Yi suddenly interrupted her with a high-pitched voice.

The key point is that Yan Xu actually shut his mouth, and it took him a long time to realize that he was being coquettish.

Yan Xu closed his eyes and resigned himself to his fate: "Go...go, please..."

Being easily swayed means being unable to tolerate others' coquettishness.

It's doomed as soon as you hear it.

She needs to change her stubbornness and soft-heartedness...

Back at his lodgings, Yan Xu went to wash up first, just like yesterday. As for dinner...

She asked Shen Yi, "What do you want to eat? I'll order takeout."

Shen Yi: "Anything is fine, I'm not picky about food."

Young masters and ladies who grow up in wealthy families are more or less spoiled, but Shen Yi is an exception. He can accept and adapt to anything.

Shen's mother once said, "If I had known you loved to play, I would have built a villa in the countryside so you could unleash your true nature."

Shen Yi, who can't sit still, also agreed.

Yan Xu ordered several stir-fried dishes and then asked him if he had any preferences: "Spicy or mild?"

Shen Yi thought that she had just recovered from anorexia and that it would be better for her to eat spicy food after a while. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Keep it light and protect your stomach."

Yan Xu left a note for the restaurant: 【No chili, thank you.】

While waiting for the takeout, Yan Xu went to wash up first, while Shen Yi, bored in the living room, started playing games with a team.

Seeing that he was online, Xiao Yuanyang started complaining: "Brother Long, you ran away again! Do you know that Aunt Gong interrogated me all day and I almost couldn't take it anymore?"

Shen Yi chuckled: "It's only because you can handle my mom. I can't stand it for half an hour, but you can stand it for a whole day."

Xiao Yuanyang, on the other end of the phone, wanted nothing more than to curse him through the internet cable.

The account with the almost never-speaking black profile picture finally spoke up: "I heard your arranged marriage partner is already living at the Shen family's house. What about your spouse?"

Shen Yi was also thinking about this issue.

According to his parents, they wanted to find a daughter-in-law who was as compatible as possible in terms of social status, and even if they couldn't be, she couldn't be a burden.

However, Yan Xu's social status is vastly different from Shen Yi's, so his family would definitely not agree.

He needs to find a way to get the two elders to agree.

Just as Shen Yi was worrying about how to deal with his parents' opinions, Xiao Yuanyang hit him where it hurt: "What do you mean, 'what to do'! His wife doesn't even talk to him."

They were just short of saying the word "simp".

Shen Yi's face immediately darkened: "I sent Uncle Xiao a text message saying that your startup failed and your company went bankrupt."

Xiao Yuanyang: "...You're ruthless. We're finished! My dad's calling."

Seeing Xiao Yuanyang log off, Shen Yi felt extremely pleased.

His nature is to seek revenge.

The person with the black profile picture asked again, "Shen Yi, when are you coming back for a get-together?"

Shen Yi stopped looking at his phone, slowly looked up towards the bathroom, then looked away again: "I don't know, we can't leave now."

Because Yan Xu is here.

He was worried about leaving her alone in Yunzhao County.

For the past twenty-odd years, he had never liked anyone and didn't know how to date. But now that he had met her, he just wanted to treat her well, even if she didn't accept him.

As long as it can help Yan Xu, Shen Yi is willing to stay here.

Even if it means staying by her side with a lie.

There was no response for a long time before a voice finally came through: "You're in trouble. I hope you have a good ending, unlike me who ended up with nothing."

This is exactly what Shen Yi himself felt.

Forty minutes later, the takeout arrived, and Yan Xu also came out after taking a shower, wearing loose dark pajamas and with a towel wrapped around her hair.

"Why don't you blow-dry your hair first?" Shen Yi pointed to her head, "You'll easily catch a cold."

Yan Xu thought for a moment, nodded, turned around and went back to her room to dry her hair.

Shen Yi set out the takeout, leaving the lids closed, afraid that it would get cold later.

Inside the bedroom.

Yan Xu sat in front of the dressing mirror and saw her phone light up. She tapped on it: [Xiao Xu, let's have dinner together tonight.]

But she had already ordered takeout and eaten with Shen Yi.

It's not good to suddenly stand someone up.

Yan Xu replied: 【Brother Jingxing, let's have dinner together tomorrow night, not tonight.】

Xiao Jingxing replied instantly: 【With Shen Yi?】

Yan Xu replied calmly, "Yes, with him."

This seems to be the first time she has refused someone else, who is the older brother she has trusted since childhood, in order to do something with Shen Yi.

Even Yan Xu himself found it hard to believe when he realized this.

She's clearly the one with the heaviest protective shell, so how could she value Shen Yi more than Xiao Jingxing?

wrong!

No! This shouldn't be her reaction.

She should deny her own ideas and shouldn't let others into her world.

Yan Xu then immediately sent another message: [How about a late-night snack? Let's eat together later.]

Xiao Jingxing: [Okay.]

A few minutes later, Yan Xu finished drying her hair and walked out of the bedroom.

When Shen Yi saw her come out, he immediately opened the takeout box: "What are you standing there for? Sit down, it's getting cold."

Yan Xu walked heavily into the restaurant and ate absentmindedly.

How could she reject Jingxing for Shen Yi?

Since he treated her to lunch, she has to treat him back?

Yes, I definitely don't want to owe him anything.

Yan Xu kept feeding his mind with conjectures until he could rationalize the irrational behavior.

Shen Yi noticed something was wrong with her: "Did something happen to you?"

"Huh?" Yan Xu looked up, and the two stared at each other for a few seconds before she quickly looked away and blinked. "I'm going to have a late-night snack with Jingxing later. You go to sleep first."

"..."

Shen Yi gritted his teeth: "You really don't treat me like a man."

Yan Xu protested, "No, why do you say that?"

"Don't you know I'll be jealous if you go out to dinner with other men?" Shen Yi's anger overwhelmed his reason, and he blurted out, "I'm a man, and I'm also afraid of my wife being taken away by someone else."

What do you mean by "eating vinegar"?

Xiao Jingxing had taken her out for late-night snacks countless times before, so what was there to mind?

Yan Xu dismissed it as mere whining: "I only had a meal with him, and he's been a very close older brother to me since childhood. Don't overthink it!"

She didn't want others to misunderstand her relationship with Xiao Jingxing.

Shen Yi poked the rice in his bowl with his chopsticks and complained, "Big brother... we're neighbors, why are you calling me that so intimately?"

"..." Yan Xu realized that this person was particularly good at finding fault, and reasoning with him was completely ineffective. "Whether you agree or not, I have the right to choose to have dinner with other people. We talked about that when we got our marriage certificate—"

"Don't interfere in the other person's private life..." Shen Yi interrupted, "I know, I haven't forgotten."