"Eh?"
"Why?"
Both Fang Zimo and Fang Tao were shocked by Su Wan's condition, was there any need for them to be working together? The two of them wanted to refuse but under Su Wan's glare, they could only swallow back their refusals. Fang Tao shot a look of discontentment to Fang Zimo who mirrored it to perfection. Both of them didn't want to work with each other but - they were subjected to a tyrant mistress suppression, and could only shake their hands as future co-workers.
Su Wan watched the two of them walk away sullenly and sighed, they were really too childish. It was just working together was there any need for them to look like she has asked them to head to the guillotine?
" Wan Wan, will this be okay?" Lin Yan who was very much aware of how much of an introvert Fang Zimo was couldn't help but ask, that boy was someone who hardly worked together with someone he doesn't know or didn't have any good opinion of, asking him to work together with FangTao was akin to asking him to give up on his life.
" Why? Are you upset over losing your lover boy?" deadpanned Su Wan looking at Lin Yan with raised eyebrows. Her question was enough to make everyone jump much less Lin Yan who went pale as a ghost and almost gagged.
" You … You what are you saying? I and Zimo aren't like that… I just …I and he are" Lin Yan was so angry and disgusted that his speech was affected as well, he stuttered as he spoke, shaking and trembling as his entire complexion became purple.
" I know, I know" Su Wan waved her hand, she was really amused seeing Lin Yan's constipated expression like he wanted to get something out but couldn't " you might have already noticed that Fang Zimo's embroidery skills might not be the finest but his artistic skills are something to be revered. On the other hand, Fang Tao's embroidery skills are really good but she lacks artistic skills being a common village girl who hardly ever went to the town. Together the two of them might be able to come up with some good embroidery patches that we can use in our new designs"
Her explanation was simple enough to understand but Lin Yu was still puzzled he looked at Su Wan and asked " But you d..don't have to do that right? I mean if you wanted them to work for you, you could always ask them to work separately for you? Like asking Fang Zimo to draw his ideas and then asking Fang Tao to draw it accordingly?"
" I can but it won't work," said Su Wan turning around to walk inside the kitchen " You might have already sensed that Fang Zimo doesn't interact with anyone in the village and spends most of his time cooped in the house. It's not healthy and his blatant rejection to accept others in his life isn't good either, his past trauma makes it hard for him to trust anyone other than Ah Yan, even with us he always tries to keep us at an arms distance from him, it's not nice and if he continues on this way, he will end up having a rather distorted personality. Similarly, Fang Tao also seems to be having a hard time making friends, you might have not noticed but she hardly ever talks about anyone other than her sister or her warped family or her younger sisters. I think that them working together will at least give them an opportunity to gain a friend."
" Ah, I should have expected," said Lin Chen with a wicked smile as he wrapped his arm around Su Wan's neck " Wan Wan are you trying to play matchmaker because you were upset? I think you just want to pay Fang Zimo back for all the time he called you shortie"
Su Wan rolled her eyes and pinched Lin Chen's waist that sent him howling as he rubbed the spot where Su Wan 'attacked' him " I am not trying to play matchmaker, of course if romance blooms I will wholeheartedly support them but right now I just want to help the two because of their flawed personality."
Then she strode inside the kitchen with a huff.
Lin Chen who was rubbing his waist, peered inside the kitchen and once he was assured that Su Wan was out of hearing range he immediately whispered to his brothers " She definitely got Fang Zimo working with Fang Tao because she wants to make life difficult for him."
"In your opinion working with Fang Tao is similar to making life difficult for others?" asked Lin Rui with an air of great amusement.
" Let me think about it, she is loud, obnoxious… doesn't give a shit about what we tell her.. hmm" tapping his chin like he was thinking about the matter with grave seriousness Lin Chen mused. " I don't know about you but to me, she is nothing but devil's incarnate. Have you seen how she hugs Wan Wan just to rile us up? I don't understand why Wan Wan has to accept her, that girl is trouble through and through, just you wait, she will bring misfortune on us very soon."
Lin Yan rolled his eyes and tapped Lin Chen's forehead " all right that's enough is there any need for you to be this petty? I have finished hearing what you are saying so why don't you go and wash up? You smell of fruit wine and alcohol. I am getting a headache with just the scent"
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Lin Yan walked inside the kitchen after sending his brothers to the bathhouse, of course once they realized that they still smelled of alcohol, all of them rushed to the bathhouse to wash. No one wanted to show their ' smelly' side to their wife. When he strode towards Su Wan he noticed that she was cutting cucumbers into thin strips and fondly said " what are you cooking now? Haven't I made enough?"
She raised her head and kissed him on the cheek before turning her attention to the stove on which wheat noodles were boiling and said " You were right, they need something to cool off, especially with that temper of his!"
'Ah, so she heard Chen'. Was the only thing that Lin Yan thought as he watched Su Wan bustle around the kitchen making cold noodles for Lin Chen and his explosive temper.