Shen Man pressed Linlin down onto the chair in front of the mirror, placed her hands on Linlin's shoulders, and examined her face in the mirror. The more she looked, the more she found Linlin's bangs an eyesore. "No, I can't stand your hair like this. How about I cut it for you?"

Linlin quickly shook her head, "No way!"

"Why not?" Shen Man raised an eyebrow. "Who made that rule?"

Linlin looked at herself in the mirror and thought, "This will cause trouble."

Shen Man quickly understood her meaning, and chuckled, "Who are those two men over there to you?"

"My brother."

"Brothers? Both of them?"

Linlin hesitated for a moment, "The one with the scar at the end of his eyebrow is my older brother, the other one isn't."

"I knew I wasn't mistaken." Shen Man smiled.

This shop was opened by Shen Changshan for Shen Man.

Shen Man suffered a lot and was bullied a lot when she was a child.

Both she and her mother were beautiful. Kong Baozhu was mentally unstable, so when Shen Changshan went out, he would lock her mother in the house.

But Shen Man has to go to school.

When she was a child, her classmates would give her a nickname, calling her Limpy Shen.

As she grew up and became more and more beautiful, the way people looked at her changed.

Shen Man and Linlin's experiences are somewhat similar, yet also somewhat different.

She has loving parents, and Shen Changshan would fight to the death for her if she was bullied outside.

Therefore, Shen Man was also very willing to go all out.

She always carried a small knife with her when she went to school, and she would stab anyone who dared to mess with her.

Although she was expelled from school later, Shen Man didn't care.

So what if she has bad legs? So what if she's pretty? None of that gives anyone the right to bully her.

Shen Man's personality became increasingly sharp, and she also began to dress herself up.

She's all about being beautiful and dazzling. Anyone who messes with her will be finished!

Shen Changshan was busy making a living and had many things he couldn't take care of, so he didn't know the reason for his daughter's change in mood.

He felt that he had failed his daughter, always unconditionally indulging her whims.

Later, the Shen family was exonerated and many land deeds, properties, and valuables were returned to them.

The Shen family suddenly became wealthy and moved away from the small fishing village where they had been sent down to the countryside.

However, the suffering one has endured cannot be erased overnight.

When Shen Changshan had some free time, he suddenly realized that his daughter's personality had already taken shape.

In his eyes, there was nothing wrong with his daughter.

But after her family became wealthy, Shen Man suddenly felt that nothing was interesting anymore. She stayed at home all day and never went out. She would only eat a few bites of food as if it were just a game.

She has no friends, no job, and spends her days at home doing nothing.

Shen Changshan didn't want her to make money; he just opened this shop for her to pass the time because he was afraid she would be bored.

Her shop is expensive, and apart from hotel guests, no one usually comes in.

When she was bored, Shen Man would observe the people outside.

Linlin, Yan Yuan, and Jiang Chengzhou were right across from her, so naturally they couldn't escape her eyes.

Jiang Chengzhou and Linlin's interaction was noticeably closer, but Yan Yuan's gaze towards Linlin was overflowing with tenderness.

However, both of these men are a bit useless...

Shen Man used her finger to lift Linlin's chin, "What if they..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a rapid knocking on the door.

Jiang Chengzhou and Yan Yuan watched Linlin enter, and soon after, the door and curtains were closed.

Fearing something was amiss, the two ignored their stall and went straight to the door.

Shen Man clicked her tongue and let Linlin's bangs fall down. "Go open the door."

"Linlin, are you alright?"

Jiang Chengzhou grabbed her hand and examined it carefully.

"I'm fine, brother. My sister is very good to me."

Jiang Chengzhou breathed a sigh of relief, but he wanted to criticize her for being so careless. However, Shen Man was still there, so he couldn't say anything.

Shen Man sat back down in her previous seat, looking at Jiang Chengzhou's nervous expression with disdain. "Making a fuss over nothing. This isn't a place where people eat each other."

Jiang Chengzhou ignored her and pulled Linlin away.

"Stop!" Shen Man suddenly called out to them.

Jiang Chengzhou stopped in his tracks. "Is there anything else?"

Shen Man gently tapped the glass case with her slender fingers. "Who's this... Linlin? Do you two know what she looks like?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengzhou and Yan Yuan's eyes sharpened. They pulled Linlin behind them and looked at Shen Man with wary expressions.

Shen Man scoffed, "So you knew, huh? Looks like neither of you dared to let her show her face. If that's the case, you might as well let me take care of her."

Jiang Chengzhou frowned, feeling as if he had encountered a crazy woman.

Shen Man continued, "She's so beautiful, it's a pity she's useless with the two of you. She doesn't even dare to show her face. She'd be better off with me. I guarantee she'll live a life of luxury, much better than being with the two of you."

If she weren't a woman, Jiang Chengzhou would have attacked her for saying such things.

Seeing that Jiang Chengzhou remained unmoved, Shen Man sighed, "Little sister, you're so pitiful. If you regret it, remember to come to your older sister, and I'll take care of you."

Jiang Chengzhou had long since had enough and angrily dragged Linlin away.

Yan Yuan gave Shen Man a cold look, but Shen Man was not intimidated by him. Instead, she smiled provocatively.

This man isn't much better.

Shen Man could tell that, strictly speaking, Yan Yuan was actually the more "ruthless" one compared to the outgoing Jiang Chengzhou.

Shen Man could sense the same aura emanating from him as she did from herself.

It is a disregard and alienation from the world.

Shen Man hates this kind of person the most; they have no vitality.

He's not good enough for the girl from earlier.

When Yan Yuan returned, Jiang Chengzhou was still "educating" Linlin in front of the stall.

"You need to be more careful! You dare listen to strangers? Forget about what just happened!"

Yan Yuan pulled Jiang Chengzhou back, "Don't rush, let's find out the truth first."

He looked at Linlin, "What did she say to you when she drew the curtains?"

Linlin subconsciously touched her bangs. "My sister said she wants to cut my hair."

After Linlin finished speaking, she quickly explained to Jiang Chengzhou, "I didn't agree, brother. I'll listen to you."

Jiang Chengzhou should have been happy, but after hearing Shen Man say that he was "useless" and seeing how nervous Linlin was, he suddenly couldn't say anything.

Shen Man was right, he really was useless.

Yan Yuan leaned down, looking at Linlin's eyes, which were mostly covered. "Linlin, do you want to cut your hair?"

The distance suddenly closed, and Linlin took a step back. "I don't want to."

"Why?" Yan Yuan pressed.

Linlin subconsciously touched her face, "Being too beautiful isn't good."

So far, this face has brought Linlin absolutely no benefit.

Linlin's eyes stung with tears. "My mother—I mean, the mother who gave birth to me—they say she looks like a femme fatale, that she killed my own father and then herself. And..."

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