Chapter 18 A Woman’s Mouth, Besides Lying, Also Kisses You

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Because she had to go to the hospital later, Tang Man was responsible for sending Si Jiahe back to his home before that.

So the two didn’t linger in the apartment for a while, after a moment of intimacy, they packed up and prepared to leave.

Si Jiahe packed the dishes into thermal boxes, and while sitting in the car, he couldn’t help but remind Tang Man a few words, “Man Man, the soup is placed on top, be careful when you carry it later, don’t spill it.”

Tang Man hmm-ed indifferently, telling Si Jiahe to input the location of where he lives now on the GPS.

Si Jiahe glanced at the woman who was starting the car and looking at the rearview mirror in the driver’s seat, then pursed his lips and entered the place where he lived on the screen.

Fenghechiao was quite far from her apartment, almost outside the third ring of the city center, which was quite far for someone like Tang Man who frequently moved around the city center.

However, there were many residential buildings there. She had been there once or twice before, for what she couldn’t remember, it seemed that during college, she had also heard Si Jiahe mention it once or twice.

Tang Man tried hard to recall, and only then did she dig out a bit from the corner of her memory.

Actually, during university, Si Jiahe was already taking some jobs outside. It was not easy for his mother to support his studies alone, especially studying at an art academy, which was basically spending money like water. By the time he reached university, he basically earned his living expenses through part-time jobs.

At that time, when they were dating, Si Jiahe was working hard to save money, and had told her more than once or twice that he hoped to buy a house in Fenghechiao, so that they could live there after they got married in the future.

Houses in the city center were too expensive. Take the apartment that Tang Man rented near the school for example, it cost at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan per square meter. This high housing price was beyond what Si Jiahe could afford at that time.

Who would have thought that he really lives there now.

“Bought the house?” Tang Man asked casually while driving the car out of the garage, looking at the rearview mirror.

“Yeah.” Si Jiahe nodded.

Seeing him really nod, she was a bit surprised, turned her head and smiled to tease the boy in the passenger seat, “Did you suddenly get rich in the past two years?”

She remembered that at that time, Si Jiahe was preparing to continue his postgraduate studies with her, and had even seen his name on the admission list.

Later, the two broke up after a cold war. She happened to join Du Henian’s project team during the summer vacation, so she never deliberately inquired about Si Jiahe’s news afterwards.

She was not the kind of person who would remain immersed in a past relationship for a long time after a breakup. Plus, with Du Henian’s subtle influence, she had almost completely forgotten about Si Jiahe during that time.

“In the past two years, I participated in several projects, and I published a book. With the royalties, I could barely afford to buy a house in Fenghechiao.” Si Jiahe pursed his lips and smiled shyly.

During college, he was already collaborating with an author to prepare a painting collection. At that time, he had already contacted the publisher, and the general matters had been settled. Originally, it was intended to be published as a surprise for Tang Man, but later there was no chance.

Actually, for a boy in his early twenties, this was already a very difficult thing to do. If mentioned, it could make his peers sigh with envy.

Si Jiahe was no exception. At this moment, he was looking at Tang Man with a pair of shining eyes, trying to get a bit of praise from her, with a slightly proud smile on his face, and the dimples on both sides of his cheeks sinking deep, looking like a child seeking praise from his parents.

Tang Man freed one hand to touch Si Jiahe, pinching his wrist, and said, “Then didn’t you stop studying?”

This was her guess.

A school’s circle is only so big. In three years, they never ran into each other once. When she was at school, Tang Man never heard any news about him. There was only one possibility, which was that Si Jiahe didn’t continue his postgraduate studies that year.

The car suddenly became quiet, only the sound of the two’s shallow breathing could be heard. Si Jiahe lowered his head and turned on his phone to connect to the car’s Bluetooth, playing music. Amidst the faint singing, he spoke.

“Two years ago, mother suddenly fell ill and needed to be hospitalized. There was no one to take care of her at home, so I gave up my studies.”

This was basically the only choice he could make at that time.

Moreover, his health was not very good later on. He needed to take medication for a long time to stabilize his mood. In that state, he simply could not continue studying at school.

Thinking of this, Si Jiahe touched the scar on the inside of his wrist, and his mood visibly sank.

This ugly scar had accompanied him for almost a year.

He didn’t care much before, but now it felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat, reminding him of how terrible a life he had lived in the past two years.

Moreover, it was too ugly. As long as he thought that in the future, when he and Tang Man were in the same bed, she would be able to touch this deformed and ugly scar, he felt it unbearable.

Seeing this, Tang Man also found it inappropriate to ask further. After all, just yesterday, she learned that his mother had passed away.

She was not the kind of person who was good at comforting others. Even if Old Tang suddenly got a terminal illness and said he didn’t have many days left, Tang Man might not necessarily shed tears. Perhaps the first thing she would consider was whether Old Tang’s sudden illness and death would bring some impact.

Since childhood, she seldom cried. Except for her eyes turning red due to severe pain, because of this, Old Tang was even afraid that she had some problems with emotional cognition and took her to see a psychologist.

There was no traffic jam on the road, and they arrived at Fenghechiao in half an hour.

The house Si Jiahe bought was near an old neighborhood, with a subway nearby, so the transportation was quite convenient.

It’s just that the road going in was a bit narrow, with cars parked on both sides. Once you went in, it was not easy to park.

So Si Jiahe could only get off early. But when he got off, he was also clingy, holding Tang Man’s hand and saying many things, not wanting to part.

Tang Man sat in the driver’s seat and rolled down the window, watching Si Jiahe get out of the car and walk inside.

Just as she was about to start the car and leave, Si Jiahe walked out again, ran to the front of the car, panting, and walked to the window.

Tang Man thought he had dropped something, so she quickly rolled down the window again and looked at the boy outside whose cheeks appeared unusually flushed from intense running.

“What’s wrong, did you drop something in the car?”

Si Jiahe stood in front of the car window looking at Tang Man and slowly shook his head, his red eyes staring straight at her, as if fearing something, looking like he could shed tears in the next second.

How come after not seeing each other for so long, he still likes to cry so much. She sighed in her heart.

This boy seemed to have entrusted most of his life’s tears to her.

“Man Man, will you still come to see me later?”

Tang Man’s hand rested on the car window, stroking the boy’s flushed eye corners, with a casual smile on her face. Her tone was gentle and tender, “Of course.”

But Si Jiahe did not breathe a sigh of relief. He took another small step towards the car, almost sticking to the window, and leaned his upper body into the car.

Tang Man rubbed the fair and flushed skin under her hand, her eyes cold yet with an indescribable charm. She raised her eyebrows, her gaze falling on his lips. She pressed down, which was almost a hint of some kind, “Want it?”

“Mmm.” Unexpectedly, although Si Jiahe’s cheeks and ear tips were red, he didn’t avoid Tang Man’s teasing, just stared straight at Tang Man, very insistent, “Man Man, I want you to kiss me.”

Tang Man smiled, her brows and eyes loosening a bit. She lowered her head and lightly touched the corner of Si Jiahe’s mouth. When she raised her eyes and saw the boy’s trembling eyelashes, the corners of her mouth carried a faint smile as she lightly touched the other corner of the boy’s mouth.

An extremely devout and charming touch.

It seemed as if the woman in front cherished the boy in her arms very much, using all her tenderness and affection in these two fleeting kisses.