Chapter 187 - Tang Yins Soulmate
Beauty and the Bodyguard
Lin Yi kept the CD to himself when he got back to class instead of giving it to the girls right away- they couldnât watch it now anyway. Yushu did send him a text asking if heâd bought it or not, to which Lin Yi replied that he did.
Yushu then turned around to squint her eyes at him.
Tang Yin and Xinwen were with Mrs. Tang as she moved the stand to a warehouse nearby, a place where the majority of the vendors stored their stuff. It was a bit pricey at three hundred kuai a month, but it beat pushing carts around so much.
Tang Yin couldnât help but feel happy herself as she looked at the excited smile on her motherâs face- sheâd never expected popularity like that from just a simple change of recipe! She had even thought itâd be pretty difficult to use up the ingredients they had prepared, but theyâd sold out just like that... It was just the first day, too!
While the recipe wasnât of much value to Lin Yi himself, the Tang family now owed him a huge favor, something even Tang Yin didnât deny.
âYo, Yin Yin, your Lin Yiâs pretty good, isnât he?â Xinwen said to Tang Yin as they walked back to school after Mrs. Tang go on a bus.
In actuality, she was testing Tang Yinâs reaction- she still had questions regarding what she saw that morning, and she couldnât find the time to talk to her about it because of how stressful twelfth grade was. They were best friends, but it wasnât uncommon for them not to see each other for a full day once in a while. It wasnât until Tang Yin called her over to help out at the stand because of the overwhelming popularity that Xinwen could finally ask her about it.
âAh......â Tang Yin blushed at Xinwenâs words as she replied a little shyly. âMy Lin Yi? Iâve nothing to do with him, okay, Wen Wen? Whatâre you saying.â
âIs that so......â Xinwen said as she looked at Tang Yin questioningly. âYin Yin- are we soulmates?â
âYeah... whyâre you asking that all of a sudden?â Tang Yin said as she tightened up, wondering if Xinwen had noticed anything. Although, she didnât actually have anything fishy going on with Lin Yi in the first place, did she?
âWhyâre you hiding things from your soulmate then?â Xinwen asked as she tapped on Tang Yinâs forehead. âTell me honestly, Yin Yin, have you fallen to the enemy already?â
âFallen to the enemy... What are you talking about......â Tang Yin was already panicking at that point. âI donât get what youâre saying?â
âStill pretending, huh?â Xinwen said with a disappointed look at Tang Yin. âIâve always thought that the two of us kept no secrets from each other, Yin Yin...... I wasnât expecting this from you- Iâm so disappointed!â
âWen Wen, whatâre you talking about!! I honestly donât know whatâs going on!â Tang Yin said panickedly. âJust say what you wanna say!â
âHow did you get to school yesterday, Yin Yin?â Xinwen sighed as she stared into Tang Yinâs eyes.
âI......â Tang Yin lowered her head, too guilty to look her soulmate in the eyes. Could the girl have found out about her getting to school in Lin Yiâs car? But she had made sure to look around before getting off, hadnât she? How would Xinwen have caught her?
âWhy the silence, Yin Yin?â Xinwen forced.
âI...... Came in Lin Yiâs car......â Tang Yin confessed. âBut Wen Wen! Let me explain, itâs not what you think......â
âOh? Iâm listening, tell me what happened.â Xinwen sighed in relief at Tang Yinâs confession- at the end of the day, Tang Yin decided not to hide it from her anymore.
âLi Erlan was bothering me again yesterday, and Lin Yi happened to drive by and see it...... He got out of the car to get rid of Li Erlan before he drove me to school......â Tang Yin explained carefully. âThatâs it, Wen Wen. It really is that simple...... Thereâs nothing between me and him......â
Xinwen did bump into Erlan yesterday- she believed Tang Yin partially because of that. âThen whyâd you get in his car?â
âI was panicking and confused at the time, I got pushed into the car by him in the middle of all that......â Tang Yin explained, feeling wronged. âHe was already driving by the time I realized what was going on......ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSo thatâs how it was... Are you sure you didnât fall for him or anything?â Xinwen said with a sigh of relief.
âOf... course not......â Tang Yin said after some hesitation, shaking her head of the mere thought of it. Her, falling for Lin Yi? That was just impossible.
âThatâs good.â Xinwen nodded. âBy the way, I went to Fenâs house yesterday, her emotions arenât very stable... Her mom told me that sheâs been saying that personâs name all the time, and even hallucinating......â
Tang Yin sighed at the news. Sheâd been helping her mom out at the stand every day, and hadnât quite the time to be visiting Fen at night, relying on Xinwen to do that instead. Things with Fen seemed to be getting really serious, as things stood, and Tang Yin decided that she hadnât much of a choice. âIâll pay her a visit tonight......â
âI suggested Aunty Cui to get her to the psychology department in the hospital......â Xinwen said. âBut their familyâs in more or less the same situation as ours, and sheâd spent quite a lot on Fenâs medical fees the past few years already... They probably donât have the funds for that.â
âDid that person ever visit Fen?â Tang Yin said angrily, blaming everything on that man- Fen would never be in her situation now if it werenât for him. She wasnât complete anymore, but getting herself a good boyfriend was nothing difficult, not with her looks!
âNo- you think that bastard Kang Zhaoming would ever visit Fen? When the sun rises from the East maybe.â Xinwen said with a cold chuckle. âIâd have castrated that damned bastard if Fen hadnât stopped me then!!â
â......â Tang Yin blushed at what her soulmate was saying- she was a pretty tough woman...... Tang Yin, for one, couldnât bring herself to say something like that.
âLetâs stop talking about this. Well, Iâm gonna go back and study.â Xinwen said, pushing her unhappy thoughts aside as she walked with Tang Yin back to the school...
Lin Yi had to go ask Tang Yin about going to her house this weekend with Xiaobo, and couldnât be going home with Mengyao and Yushu tonight. He told the two of them he had something to do with Xiaobo with a text, and the girls left first after Mengyao sent him an âokayâ back.
Lin Yi made sure to pack his stuff up slowly, only picking the pace up after the girls had left.
âWhyâre you so slow today, boss? Hurry up! What if they sell out again?â Xiaobo said, evidently quite worried that Mrs. Tang wouldnât be there again.