After Transmigrating into a Sadistic Novel, the Socially Anxious Sickly Beauty Just Wants to Sleep - Chapter 8

“Yan Zhi Mo! Looks to me like your wings have hardened. You even dare curse at your old man now!” Yan Zu Yi slapped the table and stood up, glaring with eyes like bronze bells as he pointed at Yan Zhi Mo’s nose and cursed him out.

Jian An Mian’s heart trembled in fright. He looked innocently at Yan Zhi Mo with a pair of wide eyes.

Yan Zhi Mo soothingly stroked Jian An Mian’s head, lowered his head to take a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly, “You’re overthinking it. I was showing concern for you.”

Yan Zu Yi sneered. “Concern for me? Ha. I think you can’t wait for me to die sooner! You unfilial son!”

Bai Mu Rou hurriedly helped Yan Zu Yi sit back down. Stroking Yan Zu Yi’s chest, she said softly and gently, “Zu Yi, hurry and calm down. Be careful not to harm your health. Zhi Mo is your biological son. How could he think that way about you? Wouldn’t that make him a heartless, ungrateful wolf? You must have misunderstood Zhi Mo. Zhi Mo is just clumsy with words and doesn’t know how to speak properly, but in his heart, he still cares about you.”

Yan Zhi Mo looked coldly at this stepmother, who was not many years older than him, and endured his disgust as he called, “Auntie, if you don’t know how to speak, you can simply not speak. There’s no need to keep stirring up trouble in such a roundabout way.”

Bai Mu Rou froze. Her eyes instantly reddened, and she leaned weakly beside Yan Zu Yi, looking as if tears were about to fall. “Zhi Mo, Auntie didn’t mean that. You misunderstood Auntie. Auntie only wanted to speak up for you. How could you say that about Auntie?”

Yan Zu Yi immediately became even angrier. “Yan Zhi Mo! Is this how you speak to your mother? Apologize to your mother right now!”

Yan Zhi Hai held his chopsticks and looked at them helplessly. He awkwardly opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

Yan Zhi Xing and Yan Zhi Yue each held a bowl and buried their heads in frantic eating, as if they had never eaten before in their lives, looking like they wished they could eat the table too.

Yan Cheng Yu, on the other hand, held his bowl and chopsticks while eating and watching the show with great interest. It had nothing to do with him, so he stayed high above it all, as if this farce in front of him were happening at the neighbor’s house.

After Bai Mu Rou finished fanning the flames on Yan Zu Yi’s side, she ran over to Jian An Mian with tearful eyes and crouched beside him. Weakly, she took Jian An Mian’s hand. When she lowered her head and looked, damn it, this hand was actually even more slender and frail than her own. Without changing expression, she covered it up. Her long lashes trembled twice, and tears slowly fell. “Little Jian, I’m truly sorry. It’s your first time visiting, yet we’ve let you witness our family’s joke. Please don’t blame them. All the mistakes are Auntie’s fault. It’s because I didn’t take good care of this family. I hope this won’t affect your mood.”

Jian An Mian looked confused. “…”

If you all want to argue, then argue. What does it have to do with him?

“If you want to cry, then cry properly. Why are you touching him? So dirty.” Yan Zhi Mo coldly pulled Jian An Mian’s hand out of Bai Mu Rou’s grasp and used a wet wipe to carefully clean it, finger by finger.

“Zhi Mo… how could you say that about Auntie? You make Auntie so sad.” Bai Mu Rou was so angry, but she still had to maintain her tearful, delicate act. Her teeth were almost grinding to pieces.

Luo Man Xiang swept her eyes around the scene. Seeing that it was about time, she jumped out at the right moment to smooth things over. “All right, all right. Zhi Mo, you really went too far. How can you speak to your father like that? Hurry and apologize to your father! And Mom, please calm down too. You said just now that Zhi Mo is clumsy with words and doesn’t know how to speak. We’re all family. Once Zhi Mo apologizes, let this matter pass, all right?”

Yan Zhi Mo sneered inwardly. Calling a woman several years younger than herself “Mom”—it was truly hard for Luo Man Xiang to get the word out.

Yan Zhi Mo ignored her and instead looked at Jian An Mian, asking gently, “Mian Mian, what do you think?”

“Ah?” Jian An Mian was dumbfounded. “Think about what?”

“Mian Mian, tell me what I should do.” Yan Zhi Mo looked at him tenderly, as if Jian An Mian were his entire world. “Whatever you tell me to do, I’ll do.”

Jian An Mian: “…”

He only wanted to quietly eat melon and watch the drama. Why did they keep dragging him into it?

Jian An Mian hesitated and said, “Then… Mr. Yan, why don’t you apologize?”

Otherwise, he feared they would never get to eat this meal.

Yan Zhi Mo immediately said without the slightest hesitation, “I’m sorry, Dad, Auntie. I made you angry.”

Bai Mu Rou’s face flushed bright red, purely from feeling aggrieved.

She had been crying there for ages, and he had refused to apologize. Yet the moment this little vixen said to apologize, he did so without a second of hesitation. What kind of person was this?

Yan Zu Yi had clearly thought the same thing as Bai Mu Rou. With an expression like he had eaten shit, he muttered, “What kind of attitude is that…”

Luo Man Xiang pressed down the corners of her upturned lips. Only after they had all finished speaking did she put on a fake act and call everyone back to the meal. “All right, all right. Everyone, eat, eat! The food is about to get cold.”

Yan Zhi Mo called over the chef and carefully asked about the ingredients in every dish. After confirming which dishes Jian An Mian could eat, he stood up and placed separate portions of those dishes in front of Jian An Mian.

“Thank you, Mr. Yan…” Jian An Mian felt embarrassed by being taken care of, so he hurriedly picked up a bite for Yan Zhi Mo too.

Yan Zhi Mo touched Jian An Mian’s head. Although he felt quite pleased inside, none of it showed on his face. “Eat your own food. Don’t worry about me.”

Jian An Mian really was hungry, so he did not keep being polite. He lowered his head and focused on eating.

Watching their interaction, Yan Zu Yi found it impossible to swallow his food. With a clack, he set down his chopsticks, leaned back in his chair, cleared his throat, and slowly said, “The main reason I called you back this time was to talk about this marriage of yours.”

Yan Zhi Mo ignored him. Seeing that Jian An Mian’s food looked a little dry, he stood and poured him a cup of juice he could drink.

Yan Zu Yi smacked the table until it banged loudly. “Yan Zhi Mo! Are you even listening to me?!”

Yan Zhi Mo clicked his tongue. “I’m not like you. I’m not deaf. I can hear you. Just say it directly.”

“Yan Zhi Mo, you—” Yan Zu Yi took a deep breath, knowing that if they kept arguing like this, he would not get a single complete sentence out. He barely suppressed his anger, kept his old face sour, and said in a stiff, formal tone, “Marriage is such a major matter. Why didn’t you discuss it with us at all? It’s one thing to marry a man, but you even found this sort of thing… Divorce him right now. Men and women together are the proper way. Carrying on the family line is perfectly justified and right! These are rules passed down by our ancestors. If you’re with a man, who will give birth to children for our Yan family? Can you face our ancestors? Can you face this country and society? Hurry up and divorce him. The young lady from the Rong family just turned twenty-two this year and only recently graduated from university. She has always been very interested in you. The Rong family is developing quite well now, much better than the Qin family. Miss Rong is a high-achieving student from a prestigious university, gentle, refined, knowledgeable, and reasonable. She is far better than whatever this one is now!”

Yan Zhi Mo said expressionlessly, “I won’t have children, and I don’t need children.”

Yan Zu Yi exploded with anger. “Listen to yourself! What kind of nonsense are you saying? What man doesn’t have children? Otherwise, what did I give birth to you for? Look at your older brother. How obedient he is. Your sister-in-law being together with your older brother was also introduced by me, and look, their child is already this grown! That is the only thing your brother has ever done that made me happy. Look at you. You’re already thirty, yet you don’t even have a child. When you’re old, who will care for you and send you off at the end of your life? If you had listened to me earlier, your child would be ten by now! You must divorce today!”

Yan Zhi Hai’s back was stiff yet hunched. His head hung low, and his expression could not be seen, but the hand gripping his chopsticks was using so much strength that the veins bulged, trembling faintly.

Jian An Mian thought that just recently, the main top had wanted to divorce him, and now Scumbag Father also disapproved. It seemed this marriage had to end no matter what.

However, in the next second, Yan Zhi Mo set down his bowl and chopsticks with a slap, pushed back his chair, and stood up. He directly pulled up Jian An Mian, who had been secretly watching the show, and swept a cold glance around at the crowd with their various expressions. Then he scoffed, tapped his fingertips against the table, and said slowly and icily, word by word, “I’ll put my words here today. This marriage—I’m really determined to keep it!”

Jian An Mian: “…???”

Yan Zu Yi sprang to his feet, furious enough that his hair might as well have stood on end. His trembling finger pointed at Yan Zhi Mo, his entire face turning purplish red, his eyeballs almost about to pop out. “What do you mean? You’re not divorcing?”

Under Jian An Mian’s completely baffled gaze, Yan Zhi Mo forcefully interlocked their fingers, then lifted their joined hands. The corner of his mouth curved as he gave Yan Zu Yi a provocative smile. “That’s right. I’m not divorcing! Not only am I not divorcing him, I’ve decided he’s the one for the rest of my life! Let me see who dares say another word!”

Jian An Mian: “…”

This emotionally worked-up main top, I advise you not to speak too absolutely. In the novel, it was precisely because you decided on the main bottom for life that your life ended up so short.

Also… did he fail to get abused again?

Jian An Mian was completely dumbfounded.

Could this plot direction fly any further off the rails?