Become a stepmother and save the male protagonist of the painful literary school

"what?"

"I thought you were going to say something like hypocrisy."

Her heart skipped a beat when she heard this. He had guessed it right again. She didn't know whether to say that he understood himself or that he understood her.

He smiled awkwardly, "It's a huge injustice. I don't really like personal attacks."

He sipped the wine, closed his eyes, and snorted softly, "He attacks me a lot."

“It’s a huge injustice.”

Jian Yan denied it, "How dare I attack Mr. Tong?"

"How dare I?"

He laughed out loud, listening to the soothing music on the record, and his whole body was in a happy and relaxed state.

"You dare to openly say that you want to use me to vent your dissatisfaction, what else are you afraid of doing?"

She took a sip of wine and thought that what he said was right. She had already confessed this, so why should she be afraid? It was just superficial humility and respect.

"You leave me speechless."

He didn't reply either. He stroked the wall of the goblet with his thumb, opened his eyes and looked at her quietly, his eyes as deep as the shining black sea of ​​stars.

If Jian Yan, who had just come into this world, had seen Tong Ruixiao staring at him like this, he would have definitely felt uneasy.

But she has been here for half a year.

Having fought with him many times, she had a good idea of ​​his personality. His gaze no longer caused her fear, but instead made her subconsciously guess what he was thinking.

She didn't try to avoid him as she did before, but looked him straight in the eyes.

Smile openly: "What do you want to see from my face when you look at me?"

"You can definitely ask, there's no need to guess."

Tong Ruixiao: "People can lie, but eyes can't, at least not when they react subconsciously."

"It's really scary when you say that," she said with a half-mocking, half-sarcastic smile, "If someone didn't know, they would think we were acting in a spy movie. There's something else behind every word you say."

"Isn't it? You always say things in a veiled way to me."

This is completely free of superficial effort.

Just like last time, he directly pointed out that the two people seemed to be harmonious and complimentary on the surface, but were actually sarcastic and mocking each other.

Jian Yan suddenly relaxed his tense expression, laughed, and yawned, "Oh, Mr. Tong is really interesting. How could I say anything ulterior motive to you? It should be called mutual respect."

"False and arrogant."

Her smile froze on her face, and she spoke in a clear and cold voice with a dark tone, "It's not nice to talk like that."

“The truth is never nice.”

He didn't understand, "You are so smart, how come you think I like the fake instead of the real?"

Did you really think he couldn't tell that she was lying?

Or do you think it's a marriage of convenience so you have to pretend to be friendly with him? Even if you don't like him.

"You are smart, so why do you think I am being fake just because you like me?" Jian Yan didn't even have a smile on his face, and he looked cold and creepy. "Mr. Tong, you are so confident."

His eyes trembled.

Unable to continue looking at her, he looked away.

When he said this, he was not actually being too confident in himself.

He knew that everything she did was for her own benefit, not to please him.

What he meant was:

How do you know whether pretending to be peaceful is a greater irony in the eyes of the other party?

Maybe it will backfire?

It’s better to be real whether you like it or not.

"You hate the marriage, which forces you to sacrifice yourself for the sake of family interests, but you have no choice. So you took a step back and chose to accept the status quo. In order to live comfortably here, you deliberately pretended to be willing to treat me with respect for everyone."

"Jane Yan, there's no need."

"You said before that you thought I was hypocritical, but I think you're even worse than me."

"I have always been wary of you and hate you, and I have never lied to you. But you are the one who tells lies every time."

Jian Yan: "We are in different environments, how can we generalize? If you were to become a son-in-law of my Jian family in the capital, would you still be able to ask this question?"

She didn't bother to argue with him about who was sincere and who was hypocritical, as this topic had no answer.

Because of different positions.

"Sister-in-law..."

Tong Ruixiao thought for a moment, "So that's how it is."

Although it was a marriage of arrangement, he always abided by the agreement, respected her and did not interfere with all her choices, but she still felt insecure because she came to a foreign country and did not hold real power.

He suddenly realized, "I understand...all your actions are just to protect yourself. You are not wrong."

Jian Yan twitched the corner of his mouth: "Whether it is wrong or not, you don't need to judge."

I sneered in my heart:

It has always been my own behavior, as long as I approve, it is correct. No one can raise their status in my eyes!

Her words were unprecedentedly sharp, almost engraving indifference and disgust in them.

Tong Ruixiao did not think this was an insult to him, nor was he angry. Instead, he kept quiet, as if he was thinking carefully about her words.

After a long while, he looked into her eyes again and said seriously, "I'll find a way."

Jian Yan just regarded his words as a joke and didn't take it seriously.

What could he possibly come up with? It's ridiculous.

Just as she put down her glass and stood up to leave, she heard him say, "This is the closest I've ever been to you."

I was stunned for a moment, "What?"

She frowned slightly. Was she referring to his impertinent and rude kiss? How disgusting.

He seemed to realize that there was ambiguity in his words, and explained in a gentle voice: "I saw the real you and understood your thoughts. It's not close in the physical sense."

There was a flash of sarcasm in her eyes, but her voice made it impossible to tell the emotion. "If you say it's in the physical sense, then you're not wrong."

Tong Ruixiao was speechless, his eyes dim, "...I'm sorry."

He already knew that there were consequences for both indulging and crossing the line.

……

Jian Yan thought Tong Ruixiao's words "I'll find a way" were just a joke until half a month later, when she received a call from Assistant Li.

The driver drove her to a well-known law firm in Jiangcheng, where Tong Ruixiao was already waiting for her with a prenuptial agreement.

The room is a communication room in the law firm, and you can see the lawyers coming and going through the frosted glass.

She read the agreement and found it extremely outrageous.

She knew every word, but when they were put together she had no idea what they meant.

- Abolish the property provisions of the prenuptial agreement and implement the joint property system for the entire marriage period... If there are debts, each party will repay them separately and will not bear them jointly.

When she saw the words "joint property system for husband and wife", she looked up and asked him incredulously: "The company is going bankrupt?"

How else could one write something so outrageous?

Tong Ruixiao shook his head. "No, you can check the Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System."

She sat in front of him, changing her joking tone to a very serious expression.

He asked seriously, "Did you commit an economic crime? How many years will you be sentenced to?"