As if to respond to Pei Ling’s words, a window popped up at the top of Tang Man’s phone, which was a news headline: Young woman killed while taking a taxi late at night…

Her hand moved.

Coincidentally, Pei Ling lowered his head and happened to see this news that popped out on Tang Man’s phone. He couldn’t help but laugh and even made a sound.

If it weren’t for it being too much of a coincidence, Tang Man really felt like she was being monitored or something. It was simply too coincidental. As soon as Pei Ling’s words fell, this news popped up on her phone.

Yang Qing, who was walking in front, also heard Pei Ling’s words and couldn’t help but turn her head and say to Tang Man, “That’s right, Man Man, it’s so late. It’s not very safe for a girl like you to take a taxi alone. It just so happens that Pei Ling is going in the same direction back to school. He can conveniently give you a ride.”

The same direction?

Tang Man looked at the person beside her.

Pei Ling smiled and nodded. Under the light, that pair of eyes seemed to be filled with starlight.

But it made Tang Man suddenly think of a night when she went traveling somewhere.

There happened to be a night lake cruise activity. Tang Man also followed the locals to join in the excitement. As a result, she saw that the lakeside was full of all kinds of lanterns, and the bows of the boats on the lake were also hung with all kinds of lights. Those lights were reflected in the lake water, shimmering.

Under Tang Man’s gaze, Pei Ling said, “Yeah, it’s on the way. I have class tomorrow. It just so happens that I can send senior sister back on my way to school today.”

Tang Man didn’t say anything. Pei Ling also didn’t persuade her further and left with Gu Yuanke to drive the car over.

Yang Qing and she stood together under a street lamp, waiting for the car. The night was quite nice today. The wind was neither strong nor weak, blowing very comfortably.

The two of them didn’t live together and rarely spent time together. For a moment, they fell silent. After a good while, Yang Qing finally found a topic.

“Man Man, is your current boyfriend still the previous one?”

Yang Qing was referring to Du Henian. They had coincidentally met at a restaurant last time.

However, this topic wasn’t brought up very well. What kind of mother would ask her daughter like this, as if she couldn’t wait for her daughter to change boyfriends? Only someone like Yang Qing would have this kind of thought.

Tang Man didn’t mind. Looking at the constantly spinning circle on her phone screen, she casually replied, “No.”

“A newly met young boy?” Yang Qing became a little interested.

For Yang Qing, anyone younger than her was a young boy.

Tang Man indifferently made an “mm” sound.

Yang Qing said with some feeling, “Boys that are too young are still a bit restless. It’s better to be a little older and more steady.” She had the air of someone with a lot of experience.

Tang Man: “…”

She actually wasn’t used to discussing these things with people, even if Madam Yang was her mother. But Madam Yang obviously wasn’t. She told Tang Man that when dating, safety precautions must be taken. Back then, it was because she was too young that she was accidentally tricked by Tang Zhengfeng and entered the hall of marriage at the age when she should have been having the most fun.

Madam Yang became more and more interested as she spoke, and even said that she would send some maintenance tips to Tang Man.

The two of them chatted, with one person talking and the other nodding. Mainly, Madam Yang was giving pointers with great interest, while Tang Man was absent-mindedly nodding. It was unknown whether she had taken it in or not, but her motions of swiping her phone screen didn’t stop. However, Yang Qing also didn’t mind. Sometimes, she was also quite lonely. At her age, most of her girlfriends were already married with children. There were very few girlfriends left who could still hang out with her.

After a good while, two cars finally drove over. Pei Ling lowered the car window and looked towards Tang Man’s side. “Senior sister, get in the car. It’s really quite difficult to hail a taxi here.”

Gu Yuanke’s car also stopped behind. He hadn’t really talked to her much tonight, mainly because they were strangers and the relationship was a bit awkward.

One was Yang Qing’s current boyfriend, and the other was Madam Yang’s daughter. In fact, Gu Yuanke was only about ten years older than Tang Man, but his face looked like he was only five or six years older. He could even be her boyfriend like this. If he was too attentive, people would inevitably think too much. And no matter how one looked at it, it would feel strange.

At this point, he also said, “Tang Man, don’t look down on Pei Ling because of his young age. His driving skills are quite good. He definitely won’t let anything happen to you on the way. And don’t let your mother worry about you.”

Yang Qing had already gotten into the car by the time Gu Yuanke spoke. Now, she also couldn’t help but lean over Gu Yuanke’s body and stick her head out the car window, saying yes. She also couldn’t help but say a few words, that when she went back, she would send some small things over and told Tang Man to remember to sign for them.

She really didn’t have any sense of steadiness belonging to her age. Her curly hair fell to the side of her ears. The instant she turned her head, her expression was exactly the same as Tang Man’s absent-minded look sometimes.

Gu Yuanke had a look of being used to it. He patted Madam Yang’s shoulder and told the woman to sit properly and fasten her seat belt.

Tang Man nodded at Madam Yang to indicate that she heard what the other person said. She didn’t look at the playfulness between the two people. She lowered her head to glance at the phone screen that was still spinning. No cars had accepted her order, so she raised her eyes to look at Pei Ling who was still looking at her. She couldn’t be bothered to be coy anymore and directly closed her phone, opened the car door, and got straight into the car.

At this time, Gu Yuanke flashed his car lights and said to the two people in the car before leaving, “Send us a message when you get to the school.”

Pei Ling nodded, and Tang Man, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also nodded.

In her heart, she couldn’t help but think that it was no wonder this Mr. Gu could make her mother turn over a new leaf. With this personality, if someone said he didn’t have a bit of scheming, Tang Man wouldn’t believe it. She just hoped that when Madam Yang went back tonight and told Gu Yuanke that she didn’t want to get married, she wouldn’t sell her out.

Sitting in the car, after Gu Yuanke and Yang Qing left, Pei Ling drove and followed them for a stretch of road before they separated.

Indeed, as Gu Yuanke said, Pei Ling drove very well, very steadily along the way, unlike the state of people at this age when driving.

On the way, while waiting for a red light, Pei Ling turned on the car audio and told Tang Man that if she wanted to play any songs, she could directly connect her phone’s Bluetooth and play them herself.

When he drove, he liked quietness and didn’t like listening to music, so his playlist was very clean.

Tang Man also didn’t stand on ceremony. She made an “mm” sound and turned on the Bluetooth.

Sure enough, Pei Ling’s car had never played any songs before. Even the Bluetooth interface was very clean. Tang Man became the first person to connect to the Bluetooth. She looked at the clean interface that showed her own name and always felt that it was a bit strange, but she couldn’t say why.

Before playing a song, she specifically cleaned up the playlist again. Some songs that were unseemly and had a large scale couldn’t be played in this kind of situation, otherwise it would only be awkward.

But in a moment, a song called “Remind You” started playing.

But after a moment of playing, Tang Man couldn’t help but feel awkward. She felt that playing this song in this kind of situation with a man and a woman alone was also not very appropriate, especially when she could understand the lyrics. So, she blinked, glanced at Pei Ling who was sitting in the driver’s seat, and tapped her finger on the screen, about to switch to the next song.

At this time, the music stopped and the phone rang. She breathed a sigh of relief and saw that the incoming call displayed on the screen was from Si Jiahe.

These past two days, Tang Man had been very tired from work and hadn’t replied to some of the messages that Si Jiahe had sent over. Now, the other person probably couldn’t hold back anymore. Even if he wasn’t as clingy as before, he was still very difficult to change in this regard.

She glanced at Pei Ling before answering the phone.