The Ugly Wife Always sees her in-laws.

The most feared thing when two people are together is the sudden silence.

It's really too awkward!

Too embarrassing!

Su Xiyan wished she could find a hole to crawl into. Her hands were somewhat at a loss: "Oh... So it was a gift from your mother?"

"I'm sorry, I thought it was..."

Chen Shuo: "You thought it was from another girl, right?"

"Su Xiyan, are you stupid? Do you think I would accept gifts from other girls besides you?"

Hearing Chen Shuo say this, Su Xiyan felt warm inside.

Her heart was also beating very fast! Her clear eyes were full of anticipation as she looked at Chen Shuo.

The atmosphere was heightened to this point, if Chen Shuo didn't confess, it wouldn't make sense!

But Su Xiyan's expectations were still dashed.

Chen Shuo didn't seem to be prepared to confess?

Could he be waiting for her to take the initiative?

Between the two, there was another moment of silence...

Or rather, an awkward atmosphere.

Su Xiyan was angry again, her willow eyebrows furrowed: "Chen Shuo, are you even a man?"

"If you're a man, then..."

Just confess to me! Can't you take some initiative??

Su Xiyan still wasn't able to ask the last two sentences.

She was so proud and aloof, the spotlighted Iceberg Goddess, the cold school beauty, how could she take the initiative to confess? This kind of thing should definitely be initiated by the guy! If she took the initiative to confess, wouldn't that make her the one chasing him?

There's no way I, Su Xiyan, would do something so damaging to my image!

Hearing Su Xiyan's words, Chen Shuo decided to tease her: "Want to find a place to verify if I'm a man or not?"

Su Xiyan: "..."

Instantly, even her earlobes turned red!

Wearing high heels, she fiercely stomped on Chen Shuo's instep.

Only by doing this could she conceal her inner turmoil and shyness.

Chen Shuo endured the pain in his instep: "Su Xiyan, were you a donkey in your previous life? Kicking your hooves at the slightest thing?"

Su Xiyan humphed and walked ahead of Chen Shuo.

The two were still stubbornly at odds, neither willing to speak first.

One in front and one behind, they walked back towards the school.

The misunderstanding was finally resolved, and the relationship between the two had undergone subtle changes.

Chen Shuo had his own plans, and Su Xiyan also had her own little abacus. It seemed to be the same as before, but it also seemed to have some different elements added.

As Su Xiyan was walking, she suddenly stopped and swiftly turned around, ramming straight into Chen Shuo's embrace from behind.

Chen Shuo grabbed his chest: "Su Xiyan, have you practiced iron head kung fu? Your little head is so hard!"

Su Xiyan, who was also seeing stars from her throbbing forehead, retorted: "You say that as if your chest isn't hard!"

Chen Shuo sized Su Xiyan up and down with ill intentions: "A real man is hard everywhere."

Su Xiyan: "..."

She really couldn't out-flirt Chen Shuo!

Su Xiyan could only quickly change the subject: "By the way, Chen Shuo, I didn't know before that the pink scarf was from your mother, and I criticized its taste. You can't be angry about it, right?"

Chen Shuo: "I'm not angry, but I did make a mental note when you said the pink was tacky and old-fashioned. Next time I call my mom, I'll relay your original words to her verbatim. And tell her it was the evaluation of a girl named Su Xiyan."

Su Xiyan's little hands rained down on Chen Shuo's shoulders like droplets: "Chen Shuo! Don't go overboard!"

"What if your mom gets angry and prejudices me?"

Chen Shuo's eyebrows quirked: "Oh? You're so anxious to meet your mother-in-law?"

Su Xiyan: "You're the ugly daughter-in-law! You're the ugly one!"

"...Wait, when did I become your daughter-in-law??"

"Chen Shuo! You stand right there!"

"Explain yourself clearly..."

After leaving the riverbank, Su Xiyan felt her footsteps become much lighter.

Although it was still cold when she returned home, the misunderstanding between her and Chen Shuo had been resolved!

Next was to think of a way to get Chen Shuo to move back in!

Living together and interacting daily, there would surely be opportunities to force Chen Shuo to confess!

Su Xiyan already had her own plans in mind.

Just then, Su Xiyan's phone rang.

Her first reaction was that it must be Chen Shuo.

Seeing it was her bestie Cheng Xinran calling, Su Xiyan still felt a momentary disappointment.

This Chen Shuo didn't even call her!

As soon as Cheng Xinran picked up she started venting: "Xiyan! So angry!"

"Who is Old Tang being wary of?"

Su Xiyan was full of questions: "Xinran, slow down and tell me exactly what happened?"

Through the phone, Su Xiyan could feel Cheng Xinran's anger: "This afternoon, the Su City Demon Hunters had a meeting that you know about, right?"

Su Xiyan: "What meeting? No one notified me? Was it a core meeting or an all-hands meeting?"

Cheng Xinran: "Of course it was an all-hands meeting! Everyone in Su City was there except you and me. And Old Tang presided over the meeting himself!"

"After all, I'm the demon hunter in charge of tracking vampires in Su City. And your combat level is the highest in the entire city! But Old Tang held a meeting without us!! Tell me, isn't he obviously hiding something? And deliberately keeping us out?"

Hearing Cheng Xinran say this, Su Xiyan immediately understood.

In short, Tang Zhiyuan held a demon hunter meeting this afternoon, and all the demon hunters in Su City attended except for Su Xiyan and Cheng Xinran.

Clearly, this was to guard against Su Xiyan, not wanting her to know about something.

Everyone knew Cheng Xinran and Su Xiyan were close. So Cheng Xinran was excluded as well.

What was Tang Zhiyuan trying to plot?

Cheng Xinran: "Xiyan, why don't you ask your dad when he'll officially take over Su City?"

"I really want to see Su Uncle properly deal with Old Tang!"

Sitting on the sofa, looking at the calligraphy work of her father hanging on the living room feature wall, Su Xiyan was silent for a long while, with unknowable thoughts swirling in her profound eyes.

"Xinran, when my dad takes over will probably have to wait for the official order to come down. It's official business, so I won't ask him."

Cheng Xinran was very worried: "Xiyan, I heard from a little fanboy who's chasing me that the main topic of today's meeting revolved around Chen Shuo."

Hearing Chen Shuo's name, Su Xiyan immediately tensed up: "Chen Shuo? Why? He's just a petty vampire! Even if Old Tang already knows Chen Shuo is a vampire, there's no need to go to such lengths, right?"

Cheng Xinran also found it very strange: "I know, right! Chen Shuo's not the Vampire King, what's the big deal?"

The listener understands more than the speaker intends. Su Xiyan, who was holding the phone, had fingers white from grasping tightly.

She bit her lip fiercely. If Chen Shuo really was the Vampire King, then everything could be connected!