After Being Transported into a Book, I Adopted the Villain

Translated by IAllsIsAwe

Although that was what he said, Shen Yu unconsciously paid attention to the Tang family’s current situation and he also instructed the second assistant to sort out the information about the Tang family and send it to him before leaving work every day.

Fortunately, apart from some irrelevant official notices, he didn’t hear any gossip about the Tang family.

Just when Shen Yu thought everything had calmed down, he unexpectedly met a bunch ofpeople from the Tang family in a restaurant.

At night.

Shen Yu, Elder Shen and some relatives/friends who had a pretty good relationship with the Shen family came out for dinner. Shen Yu went to the bathroom and came across Tang Ming who had been exiting through the door.

Tang Ming recognized Shen Yu right away. His face brightened as he immediately greeted him while smiling, “Brother Shen, what a coincidence. Are you here for dinner as well?”

“Yes.” Shen Yu smiled and subconsciously asked, “Did you come together with Tang Li?”

In Shen Yu’s impression, Tang Li and Tang Ming were often seen together, even to the point of inseparable.

On hearing this, Tang Ming became flustered. However, he quickly covered it up so it was not noticed by Shen Yu.

“Chestnut is also here, but it’s not convenient for him to see you right now…” Tang Ming scratched his head and said it awkwardly, “Today is the day where we usually have our family dinner, and all the elders in the family are present…”

Shen Yu instantly understood Tang Ming’s insinuation and he quickly explained, “I just asked casually. I didn’t mean to look for him.”

“Oh.” Tang Ming was clearly relieved, “That’s good.”

“Huh?”

What’s good?

Shen Yu felt something was odd. He stared frowningly at Tang Ming.

Tang Ming suddenly reacted; he realized that he had a slip of the tongue. He quickly concealed it with a dry laugh before he stammered, “It’s nothing. They are still waiting for me. I’ll go first. Next time, if there is a chance, let’s have dinner together.”

Saying that, Tang Ming hurriedly left before Shen Yu could answer.

Shen Yu: “…”

He gloomily looked at Tang Ming running away. Just as he wanted to turn around and walked away, he suddenly saw a boy with a worried face running towards and grabbing Tang Ming’s clothes. He said in a loud voice, “Brother Ming, you’d better go and persuade them. No matter what they do, they can’t treat Tang Li like that…”

Before his words could finish, Tang Ming quickly covered his mouth with force.

Tang Wenjing failed to understand why his mouth was being covered, he could only muffle some noise.

“Okay, I get it. Stop talking.” Tang Ming turned his head deceitfully and happened to meet Shen Yu’s gaze. Shen Yu wasn’t standing far away, he looked straight into their eyes as if he was staring right into their soul. The two boys couldn’t help but be startled.

Afterwards, Tang Ming pulled Tang Wenjing and ran away in a panic.

Shen Yu remained standing in the same place. Who knew what he was thinking of as his face became more ugly as time passed by.

When Shen Yu came back from the bathroom, Elder Shen was in the middle of chatting with some relatives.

They happened to talk about Shen Yu’s marriage. Relatives advised him to give some ideas to Shen Yu. He was thirty years old and therefore independent1 and on which basis, had a man not settled down at the age of thirty?

After listening to them, Elder Shen shook his head like a rattle-drum. He heaved a deep sigh. “It’s all right. He can worry about it himself. I’m already someone who’s had one foot into the grave. I don’t care what he does.”

The relative still tried to persuade, “Xiaoyu can’t go on like this forever.”

Elder Shen said, “He can do whatever he likes.”

The man once again asked, “What if Xiaoyu plans not to marry and have children all his life?”

Elder Shen indifferently said, “Then, there’s no need for him to marry and have children.”

The other man beside him became anxious, “Second uncle, how can you say that? Only when a child is born, will Xiaoyu have someone take care of him in the future and provide for his old age2. Can you bear to see him alone when he grows old?”

Those words seemed to annoy Elder Shen. He glared and slammed the table. He yelled, “When he gets old, maybe I’m already dead. Why do I need to worry about him? And you guys——”

Elder Shen angrily pointed to the younger generation around him. He cursed, “Are you full or what? My house is my business. It’s none of your goddamn business whether my grandson gets married or not. I already allowed you to save your gift money3 and you’re still not satisfied? Besides, are the children born to support you? Let’s see if your own children can provide for your old age. It’s already good enough if they don’t piss you off!”

“…”

Those who were scolded by Elder Shen looked the same as a quail4 and went pale. They buried their heads and did not dare to utter a word.

By the time Elder Shen finished venting, someone prudently apologized, “I’m sorry, Second uncle. It’s us who let our mouth run loose…”

Elder Shen glared at him. “If the next time you are still being loose like this, I won’t be as easy to talk with as I am now.”

Others: “…”

Although they were really reluctant,, they had no choice but to agree, “Yes, yes, yes…”

Elder Shen heaved a sigh of relief, and his unsightly expression finally eased. As he was about to pick the dish, he saw a fair hand using chopsticks to put a thin piece of meat into his bowl.

“Calm down, Grandpa.” Shen Yu’s gentle voice sounded in his ear.

Elder Shen was stunned. He turned his head in surprise and looked at Shen Yu with strange eyes for quite a while. Then, he said in a dull voice, “When did you come back?”

Shen Yu “…I’ve been sitting here for more than ten minutes”

“Really?” Elder Shen thought about it, “You don’t make a sound when you walk.”

But that was not the important point. Elder Shen just muttered a few words and didn’t say any more. Instead, he began to comfort Shen Yu and fiercely told him not to listen to those relatives. He should marry whenever he wanted to. If worse came to worst, they, grandfather-grandchild, would be single together.

The others shivered as they listened to it.

After the topic was over, Shen Yu felt something strange. He felt as if he had missed something very important. However, no matter how much he thought, he could not think of what he had actually missed.

Those weird feelings lasted until the end of the meal.

Shen Yu sent Elder Shen to Uncle Zhang’s car and watched the car drive away. He also turned around and walked back.

He did not rush to get in his own car, rather he went back to the restaurant and asked the waiter about the private room where the Tang family was located. Unfortunately, all the people in the room had gone, leaving two waiters to clean up the mess.

Luckily, the waiter told him that the people in the private room had just left not long ago, and they should be outside of the restaurant’s entrance at the moment.

Thus, Shen Yu hurriedly went out to run after.

Out of the restaurant, he headed straight for the parking lot.

Now, it was already past ten o’clock in the evening. The night was heavy and the stars were dimmed. There were only two streetlight lamps exuding a faint light.

No passersby could be seen on the path leading to the parking lot. Shen Yu could only hear the sound of his own scamper footsteps and the sound of insects in the surrounding grass.

He walked so fast that he felt the pain on his leg again, making him limp halfway through.

However, Shen Yu pretended not to feel it as he continued to limp forward. At the same time, he took out his cellphone and intended to call Tang Li.

He didn’t know if it was convenient for Tang Li to answer the phone…

Shen Yu searched and found Tang Li’s name in his number’s list. Before he could click on it, he heard a familiar sound. 𝘧𝘳𝐞𝚎𝑤ℯ𝘣𝗻𝘰ѵℯl.c𝐨𝚖

He stopped moving, stood where he was, and attentively listened to it for a while.

As expected, it was Tang Li’s voice.

But he didn’t sound like he was in a good shape.

Shen Yu followed the faint voice and searched for him. At last, he saw Tang Li’s figure behind a hidden grass. Even though he was separated by a distance, he could smell the strong stench of wine.

Tang Li, dressed in black, was holding himself up with the support of a tree. He looked so drunk that he could hardly stand. He could only squat down. He kept his head down and was retching all the time, looking very uncomfortable.

Shen Yu didn’t expect to see such a scene. He was shocked and subconsciously wanted to go over.

“Ches…”

“Chestnuts!” Tang Ming came from out of nowhere. He went to squat beside Tang Li. He patted him anxiously on the shoulder and asked, “Are you alright?”

Shen Yu paused for a moment. He pursed his lips, and quietly retreated where he had been just now.

Note:

- 1. 三十而立/sānshí’érlì is an idiom from Confius. It means that, at thirty, a man should be able to think for himself

- 2. To look after one’s aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die

- 3. In chinese culture, they usually gift money on the wedding’s occasion etc

- 4. To describe someone as timid𝐟𝗿𝚎𝐞𝓌e𝒃𝑛𝒐ѵ𝒆𝑙.c𝚘𝓶