Chapter 21: I’m Afraid Du Henian Will Hit Me

After talking with Old Tang for a while, Tang Man really couldn’t sit still any longer. She had a mild case of rhinitis and couldn’t stand the thick floral scent in the room.

Old Tang also noticed her movements and frowned, “Is your rhinitis acting up again?”

“Since we’re at the hospital, I’ll go get some medicine later.”

Tang Man casually hmmed in response, clearly not taking it to heart.

She threw the tissue in her hand into the trash can, glanced at the time, and estimated that Du Henian should be arriving soon, so she picked up her bag and stood up.

“I have something to do this afternoon, so I won’t stay long. This lunch box is inconvenient for me to carry, so I’ll leave it here for now.”

Old Tang looked up and asked, “Then when will you come again next time?”

Tang Man smiled while holding her bag, “Dad, have you entered your old age? You’re starting to miss your children like those old men and women in TV dramas.”

She had never seen Old Tang being so clingy before, as if he were a caring, good father.

Old Tang was directly choked up by Tang Man’s words. For a long time, his lips moved but he couldn’t say a word. It was only when Tang Man was about to leave that he managed to say, “Dr. Bei called me and said you haven’t been to see her for a while. When you have time, go see her, even if it’s just to chat.”

Tang Man waved her hand, indicating that she knew.

Dr. Bei was a psychologist that Old Tang had arranged for her a long time ago. It started when Old Tang felt that Tang Man’s temperament was too cold and had a certain indescribable viciousness during high school.

Old Tang didn’t have much in his life, but he happened to have a lot of money. He somehow obtained the contact information of a famous psychologist from somewhere and sent Tang Man over.

His explanation to her was that high school students were often under a lot of pressure, so he wanted her to go chat and relieve some mental stress. Initially, Tang Man had no suspicions, but later on, she overheard Old Tang’s phone call with Xie Li and learned about the whole story.

She immediately found it amusing.

At that time, her personality was still very immature, at least compared to now. When she heard Old Tang’s veiled concerns about her personality and his suspicions that she had some kind of mental illness, maybe she was a little sad?

In fact, she couldn’t remember clearly. In her view, it wasn’t a very important matter or emotion.

Tang Man said that Old Tang was not a good person, and it was not without basis. In Tang Man’s eyes, Tang Zhengfeng was first and foremost not a qualified husband, which was already very obvious.

But Tang Zhengfeng was also not a qualified father. When she was still a minor, most of the time Tang Zhengfeng spent with her was for the purpose of retaining Yang Qing. Most of the time, she existed as a prop.

Those past memories were too obscure, and Tang Man didn’t like to recall them very much.

Because those obscure memories were filled with Tang Zhengfeng’s humbleness, regret, irritability, and all kinds of unpleasant emotions.

So when people get older, their emotions can really become much calmer. Tang Man sometimes couldn’t help thinking this way.

At least now, Tang Zhengfeng had become much gentler. When reaching the stage of middle-aged men, it seemed that they had become enlightened about many things. However, there was one thing that hadn’t changed – his persistence in the matter of Madam Yang.

When they were young, the love and affection between men and women was called an idol drama. At their age, it could at most be a parental love drama, or an eight o’clock family ethics drama. They all made people feel no desire to watch.

She was too lazy to go buy medicine in the front, so she went straight out of the hospital. When she took out her phone from her bag, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to return Xie Li’s car keys to him.

In any case, she hadn’t gone far yet. She directly sent a message to Xie’s assistant, asking if he had time to come down for a bit as she had forgotten to return the car keys.

But for some reason, Xie Li also didn’t think of it, and he didn’t remind her when she left the ward.

Almost as soon as the message was sent, her phone rang. The man on the other end only said one sentence, “Wait for me in the lobby at the entrance,” and hung up the phone.

He seemed to be in a hurry, afraid that even in the short few seconds of sending a message, Tang Man would have left. So as soon as he saw the message, he directly called.

She stood in the hospital lobby. There were too many people here to see the doctor, coming and going. So Tang Man simply found a quiet spot to wait quietly.

In front of her was a bonsai about the height of a person, which could cover most of a person’s figure.

When Xie Li first came over, he looked around the lobby and didn’t see Tang Man. He thought she had left. The change in his expression was clearly seen by Tang Man, who had been watching the lobby.

She almost instantly had a guess that Xie Li might like her.

This guess made her a little surprised, but of course, not very surprised. After being slightly surprised, she felt more intrigued.

She never thought that Xie Li would like someone like her. Compared to her casual self, Xie Li seemed to have a set of rules in his daily life, living within a square inch, with extremely strong self-discipline and self-control.

They were people from completely different worlds.

But the fact that Xie Li might like her might not be too hard to guess. Tang Man suddenly felt that if you put aside the fact that Xie Li was Old Tang’s subordinate, the man’s tolerance towards her outside of work was shocking.

In the past, Tang Man was simply a troublemaker, especially in high school. Of course, this was what Tang Man herself thought.

She was too good at causing trouble in high school, looking down on everyone and disliking socializing. She ignored most people, and her outstanding appearance was hard to be forgiven in that environment, almost adding insult to injury and deteriorating her social relationships.

So, she didn’t have many friends. In a sense, Xie Li spent more time with her than Old Tang actually did.

Almost all her high school matters were entrusted to Assistant Xie. At that time, he was not yet in charge of important company affairs as a business assistant, but only a life assistant. It was only later that he started working as a business assistant, which could be considered a promotion with a salary increase.

However, during this period, he never let go of Tang Man’s matters. Basically, as long as she called, Xie Li would definitely answer.