77: acting

Su Jinxuan was too naughty; he actually dared to speak ill of him.

Shi Xu looked at him with a warning expression, as if saying, "Don't speak ill of him to Su Mianmian again."

Su Jinxuan ignored him; he was Shi Xu's elder brother-in-law, what could Shi Xu possibly do to him?

Su Mianmian looked at Su Jinxuan and Shi Xu; why did she feel they were both a bit childish right now?

"Alright, stop arguing."

"Have you two discussed anything?"

Su Mianmian raised a hand to her forehead, looking helpless as she changed the subject.

If she let them continue, they wouldn't finish breakfast.

"We did discuss it, but we don't know how it will turn out in practice."

"Whatever, I've given up."

Su Jinxuan shook his head helplessly.

Su Mianmian looked at him in confusion, not understanding why he had suddenly given up. Had something happened?

"All the suggestions he just made were rejected by us, so he's throwing a tantrum now!"

"Ignore him."

Shi Xu reached out to tidy Su Mianmian's hair, a smile on his face.

Su Mianmian subconsciously glanced at Su Jinxuan; sure enough, his gaze towards Shi Xu was practically spitting fire, scorching hot.

Shi Xu ignored Su Jinxuan and started eating his breakfast.

It was peaceful now, but he wondered if it would remain peaceful later.

Shi Xu just wanted to seize every second to get some things done.

The others seemed to understand his thoughts and unconsciously sped up their eating.

Just as Su Mianmian finished eating and was about to return to her room, a gunshot suddenly reached her ears.

She instinctively walked towards the window, but Shi Xu pulled her back, "To the monitoring room."

Su Mianmian nodded, her expression slightly awkward.

She had forgotten that Shi Xu had told her not to open the curtains during this period.

The group hurried to the monitoring room. As soon as Su Mianmian entered, she scanned the monitor screens one by one, finally spotting the source of the gunshot on the fifteenth floor's feed.

It was Su Ran again.

Su Mianmian looked at Yao Sheng next to Su Ran; he held a gun in his hand, clearly the one who had fired it.

An old man lay on the ground; she wondered what he had done to provoke Su Ran.

Su Mianmian shook her head, feeling that anyone who encountered Su Ran was bound to have bad luck.

Shi Xu rewound the monitor footage. Su Mianmian watched for a while and then understood the whole story.

The incident of Su Ran pretending to be fat and distributing food on the sixth floor had been leaked by someone. Many people, including this old man, sought food from her when they saw her.

He was probably too hungry and a bit dizzy, accidentally bumping into Su Ran.

Su Ran then put on a show of fragility, stirring up Yao Sheng's protective instincts.

Yao Sheng, momentarily enchanted, pulled out a gun from his waist and shot the old man.

Su Mianmian was speechless; she felt these two were truly a bit..."Too infuriating!"

"If they want to act out some love drama, why do they have to joke with an innocent person's life?"

"That old man is so pitiful."

Xu Qing said, fuming.

Su Jinxuan nodded in agreement; he saw the two of them looking indifferent, as if human lives were mere grass.

He truly, truly disliked such people.

"People like this will get their comeuppance sooner or later."

"It's just that their time hasn't come yet."

Su Mianmian looked at Su Ran with hatred; her vendetta against her was yet to be settled!

Seeing her like this, Su Jinxuan couldn't help but comfort her, "Mianmian, never mind her, she still owes me a life!"

He hadn't even had the chance to settle the score with Su Ran for poisoning him.

This time, he absolutely couldn't miss it.

Every wrong has its source, every debt its owner; he would absolutely not let her or her mother off.

Su Jinxuan looked at Su Ran, a deep killing intent flashing in his eyes.

Shi Xu knew both of them hated Su Ran; he naturally hated the people they hated.

Yao Yin and Su Ran, both of them had to pay the price.

"I have an idea. Isn't that Yao Sheng always following Su Ran?"

"We can spread news about Su Ran's past."

"If Yao Sheng knows and can still treat Su Ran like that, then Su Ran is truly impressive."

Su Mianmian's lips curved slightly upward, a mischievous look of triumph on her face.

Su Jinxuan thought this was an excellent idea.

But how to spread this news?

Su Jinxuan stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Suddenly, he thought of a good idea.

This building was now a mixed bag of people; there was all sorts. As long as they casually released the news, it would eventually reach Yao Sheng's ears.

By then... Su Jinxuan's expression brightened at this thought.

As soon as he voiced his idea, Su Mianmian immediately raised her hand in agreement.

Su Jinxuan looked at Shi Xu and the others, who weren't expressing their opinions, and asked in confusion, "Are you not agreeing because you have a better idea?"

This question stumped Shi Xu and the others. They all shook their heads and raised their hands to indicate their agreement with his idea.

They had a plan, but who would go out and spread it became a big problem.

Su Mianmian stated that she would provide the gossip, and whoever wanted to go say it could go, but she wouldn't.

Seeing this, Shi Xu turned to Xu Qing and the others.

Xu Qing and Xu Huan knew Shi Xu would definitely want them to go. Both nodded with expressions of utter despair, indicating their agreement.

Su Mianmian looked at them and felt she couldn't let them go out like this.

Her mind whirred, and she suddenly snapped her fingers, exclaiming excitedly, "I'll do your makeup!"

Xu Qing and Xu Huan wanted to refuse, but seeing Shi Xu's watchful gaze, they knew their refusal would be ineffective.

The two were pressed onto chairs by Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan, allowing Su Mianmian to apply makeup to them.

After an unknown amount of time, when they opened their eyes again, they found Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan looking at them, barely suppressing laughter.

The two exchanged glances, both seeing the word "disgust" in the other's eyes.

"Xu Qing, you look like an old lady now."

"What a strange feeling!"

Xu Huan looked at Xu Qing mockingly, complaining.

Xu Qing crossed his arms and snorted coldly. Xu Huan, that idiot, if he was an old lady, what kind of good makeup could he himself have?

"Do you think you look so good?"

"You look like an old uncle now."

"And the slovenly kind of old uncle."

Xu Qing didn't even want to look at Xu Huan a second time; he found it extremely offensive to his eyes.

Su Mianmian took out a mirror and showed them their respective makeovers.

When they saw their own makeup, although they had somewhat expected it, they were still horrified by their own ugliness.

They looked at Su Mianmian with aggrieved expressions, as if asking if they had offended her in some way for her to do their makeup like this.

Su Mianmian subconsciously glanced at Su Jinxuan. She had initially wanted to make them look prettier, but Su Jinxuan had pulled her aside and told her that if they looked too good, they would encounter trouble.

She thought about it and found it made sense; looking good indeed invites trouble.

So, she made them as ugly as possible.

Su Mianmian looked at them, her eyes full of apology.

Su Jinxuan didn't want to see his sister being bullied by them. He stood in front of her in a protective stance.

"Why do you need to look so good?"

"Don't you know that the better you look now, the more trouble you'll attract?"

"Last time Mianmian went out alone, she even disguised herself to look ugly. Can't you do the same?"

Su Jinxuan said, displeased.

Seeing him so agitated, Xu Qing and Xu Huan exchanged glances.

They said in unison, "That's not what we meant. We're just seeing it for the first time and think Sister-in-law's makeup skills are amazing."

How could they not be amazing?

If Shi Xu saw them for the first time after Su Mianmian's makeover, he probably wouldn't recognize them.