Chapter 29: Despicable sewer rats, so who capsized

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What does a gentle person turned lone wolf look like?

Tang Man had never seen it before, but now she had.

To be honest, this feeling was not good, as if she was attached to something sticky that she couldn’t break free from no matter how hard she struggled.

The headlights of the car opposite were still on. Although they were not high beams, they were still dazzling after being on for a long time. Tang Man squinted her eyes and patted Si Jiahe’s back again, telling the other party to get up, but Si Jiahe suddenly became stubborn, burying his face in her neck and refusing to move, his hands tightly hugging her.

To be honest, this was the biggest scene she had ever encountered. The key was that Du Henian, who was walking on the car opposite, had not even turned off the engine yet. She was afraid that if she provoked him, that man would step on the accelerator and crash straight into them.

In the stalemate, Tang Man saw the light flashing a few times on the opposite side, the car door was pushed open, and Du Henian got out. The spark of fire between his fingers was extinguished and thrown into the trash can next to him.

Although they hadn’t seen each other for a few days, this person had become much more decadent and seemed to have lost a lot of weight, but he had more temperament than before. Tang Man had to admit that under such circumstances, Du Henian was also good-looking, but she was still a little embarrassed sitting in the car.

Mainly because she was seen by her ex-boyfriend being intimate with her ex-ex-boyfriend and current boyfriend. She had never encountered such an embarrassing thing in her life. So she coughed and was about to exchange a few words with Du Henian who was walking over, but was stopped by the other party’s actions.

The man’s face was still quite normal, but the blue stubble on his lips startled her. Those eyes were like a sea hidden with stormy waves, as calm as if they were about to stir up a huge wave in the next moment, and a layer of cold ice and arrows condensed under his gentle eyebrows.

The car door was pulled open from the outside.

Du Henian’s gaze swept over Tang Man and finally fell on Si Jiahe, gently tugging at the corner of his mouth.

This really didn’t seem like something he would do. Tang Man still had the mind to think wildly in this confusion.

She should have thought of Du Henian’s obsessiveness in his bones long ago.

“Get out.” Du Henian said to the person in the car.

Tang Man thought the man was talking to her, so she pushed Si Jiahe and was about to get out of the car. However, when she looked up, she found that Du Henian’s gaze did not fall on her, but on Si Jiahe who was lying on top of her.

Tang Man’s movement stopped.

Okay, the firepower was obviously not on her.

She had dated some boyfriends before and had personally witnessed the many confrontations between Madam Yang’s ex-boyfriends and current boyfriends, so she already had some experience. Although it was a bit embarrassing to be seen by Du Henian in this situation, she still dealt with it calmly and remained unflustered.

She had already summed up a set of rules.

In this situation, there were usually two cases. The first case was that the spearhead was pointed at her, which was a bit difficult because she would become the main target of the firing.

The second case was the current situation. Du Henian’s spearhead was completely pointed at Si Jiahe, and in this case, Tang Man became a fish in the pool that was implicated, and her main role was to stand aside and shout “don’t hit him, don’t hit him”.

Of course, this was a normal situation. She had encountered some small scenes like this before. At first, when she encountered it for the first time, her experience was a bit insufficient and she was slightly panicked. Later, when she encountered more and more, she gradually became calm and had a proper behavior. She could even control the situation and call the police in time when the situation further deteriorated, sending the two people and herself to the police station for a half-day tour.

The basic process was: Oh, why are you here—oh, we got caught, yes, I got a new boyfriend, what can you do to me—hey hey hey, don’t start a fight—oh, since you won’t listen, let’s go to the police station and have a cup of tea together.

At this time, the emotional change was usually a little panic at first, then righteous, then watching the show with arms akimbo, and when the situation became a bit irretrievable, it was a dead fish mentality.

Si Jiahe raised his head, hugged Tang Man tightly, looked up at Du Henian and even smiled, his tone was gentle, “Senior, it’s late at night, why are you here?”

In Tang Man’s view, this tone was a bit hypocritical and pretentious, and there was also a sense of showing off.

She could see it, and there was no reason why Du Henian, who was facing the battlefield directly, couldn’t see it. Du Henian’s expression remained unchanged. Seeing that Si Jiahe did not move, he directly took a step forward, forcefully pulled Si Jiahe’s arms, dug Tang Man out from under him, and then pulled her out of the car.

Du Henian pulled Tang Man out of the car, holding her wrist and not letting go. He looked at Si Jiahe and sneered, “It’s been two years, you haven’t changed a bit. No wonder you’re a bitch, like a rat, secretly coveting things that don’t belong to you.”

Du Henian was obviously angry this time, and he was a little reckless in front of Tang Man.

Si Jiahe raised his head, looked at Du Henian and smiled, revealing the dimples on both sides of his cheeks, like a good boy.

“Senior, Manman and you have already broken up, she is my girlfriend now.” Si Jiahe obviously had something to rely on, his smile was very sweet, but in Du Henian’s eyes, it was an eyesore because of his delicate appearance.

Si Jiahe smiled, “We are boyfriend and girlfriend now. At least now, senior, as an ex-boyfriend, doing this is not very moral.”

“Oh, senior is a bit like a mistress intruding into other people’s relationship.”

Just like two years ago, taking advantage of the weakness. Who in the school didn’t know that he and Tang Man were a couple, but they had only broken up for two weeks, and this person couldn’t help but climb into Manman’s bed, talking as if he was so noble.

Tang Man blinked. She felt that Du Henian’s hand holding her wrist tightened a little after hearing this sentence, which was a little painful. She couldn’t help but hiss.

The man only then came back to his senses, looked at Tang Man, his expression was gloomy, and even his voice was very low, even a little hoarse, as if he had smoked a lot. She also smelled a strong smell of tobacco on Du Henian’s body at this time.

It didn’t smell very good.

The smell of tobacco was not very good. Especially for people who had been smoking for many years, the smell on their bodies was not very good, as if it was rotten, but Du Henian rarely smoked. He probably only learned to smoke in the past few days, so the smell on his body was not so strong, it was still the smell of tobacco itself.

But she didn’t like to smell it either.

She had double standards. She could smoke herself anyway, she couldn’t smell it, but she didn’t like her boyfriend to smoke. Now the smoke on Du Henian’s body could almost smoke the meat. She frowned and subconsciously took a step back, staying a little further away.

Du Henian’s eyes also darkened a little. The hand holding her pressed the protruding bone on the side of her wrist and rubbed it a few times. He couldn’t help but chuckle. This smile was a bit self-deprecating.

“Where are you running? I won’t do anything to you.”

The last sentence was said in a very low voice, she didn’t hear it clearly, the night breeze blurred the tail of this sentence.

So, Tang Man raised her eyebrows and looked at the other party with some confusion.

She was especially charming when she made this move. Du Henian used to like Tang Man’s carelessness the most. The first time he saw her, he fell in love at first sight under this kind of carelessness.

In the corridor, the woman was making a phone call, a cigarette stuck between her fingers. It could be seen that the cigarette was not used for smoking. The person making the phone call kept her eyes lowered, looking at the burnt cigarette butt between her fingers, finally pressing it on the wall, the fire went out and it was thrown into the trash can.

That was love at first sight.

He was actually a bit old-fashioned in his bones, otherwise he wouldn’t have reached that age without having a relationship.

It was only then that he discovered that under certain circumstances, tobacco could also have a bleak beauty. That kind of beauty almost accompanied most of his postgraduate years.

Until later, they met again through WeChat video.

It was just an ordinary interview meeting, but it became the most memorable one among Du Henian’s past meeting videos.

That was their second meeting.

As if the smoke was filling the air again, in a trance, he met those eyes, and Du Henian had a feeling of being in the smoke-filled tobacco.

Choking and bleak.

This was Tang Man’s initial impression of him.

As if one could kill a person in the next second, some people’s beauty always hides the intention to kill.

Tang Man would never know his joy at that time, and the loss he felt after learning that she had a boyfriend. That loss had tortured him for a long time, because their project was large, with many work affairs and a lot of information to consult. They needed to contact each other almost every day and met frequently.

At that time, he was looking forward to their meetings and consultations every day with a secret attitude.

So Tang Man would never know how difficult it was for him to calm down after learning that she had broken up with Si Jiahe. It was like a lake of dead water that had begun to ripple. He was afraid of changes and couldn’t even wait. He took advantage of the weakness and gradually erased Si Jiahe’s existence in Tang Man’s life in an extreme way.

He did some things very secretly. Perhaps until now, Tang Man would not know his struggles and entanglements in those years, even rushing into the fire like a moth without hesitation.

After saying that, Du Henian didn’t even want to look at Si Jiahe in the car again. He pulled Tang Man and was about to leave.

He couldn’t stay in this place any longer. He was afraid that he would really kill that person.

Just now, when he was sitting in the car, he even had the impulse to crash into them. But in the end, when his eyes fell on Tang Man’s eyes that still seemed so bright in the night, he suppressed the hatred in his heart and stepped on the brake.

Just a few seconds short, his car might have crashed into them.

Perhaps, all three people would have died together, or maybe only two people would have died, or maybe only he would have died. This was the most miserable result. He thought a lot in that moment. Perhaps if he died, those two would live on safely. His death would not bring any change.

He knew that perhaps Tang Man would be sad for a while, but when a cold-hearted person was sad, it was also fleeting. It was like a mist that would disperse and run away with a blow of the wind.

Just thinking about it made him feel bad. He couldn’t bear even the slightest possibility of those two people getting back together safely and living together.

He didn’t believe that in the past two or three years, Tang Man had no feelings for him.

He didn’t believe that their relationship would fall to such a state, such an unbearable situation.

But after walking a few steps, he was pulled back. Si Jiahe ran down from the car, grabbed Tang Man’s hand, and pulled Du Henian’s hand with the other hand, trying to circle Tang Man behind him. In the end, Tang Man stood between the two men, like a rope being pulled in a tug-of-war.

Seeing the decadence on Du Henian’s face, Si Jiahe couldn’t help but laugh.

“Du Henian, you also have today.”

Lingering in the flourishing world, staring at the end of the world.

Si Jiahe’s emotions were also a bit off, and his expression was also a bit gloomy. His delicate eyebrows seemed to be shrouded in a layer of shadow. He said, “At that time, Manman and I had only broken up for two weeks, and you couldn’t help but intervene. You said I was like a rat. I think you are more like a rat in the gutter, the kind that can’t see the light. Look at you now, do you think Manman would like someone like you?”

Du Henian didn’t say anything. His eyes fell on Tang Man. He suddenly let go of the hand that had been tightly holding Tang Man, raised a hand and placed it on Tang Man’s lips, his eyebrows were clear and his eyes were serious as he looked at Tang Man.

Then he rubbed her lips hard, as if wiping something dirty. The force of his fingertips pressing on Tang Man’s lips was very strong, and his movements were serious and focused, as if he was doing something very important.

After she let out a hiss, she frowned and couldn’t help but push Du Henian away. “What are you doing?”

However, this stand was just right behind Si Jiahe. Du Henian withdrew his hand and looked down at his fingertips stained with a layer of red lipstick, which still had a layer of shimmering light.

Yes, what was he doing?

Du Henian didn’t know either, but he just couldn’t let go. He couldn’t let go of their past, he couldn’t let go of all the past, he couldn’t let go of anything.

He was unwilling and refused to let go.

So, why was he the one who finally withdrew, not someone else?

Du Henian pressed his lipstick-stained fingertips on his own lips. Under this charming behavior, he suddenly smiled at Si Jiahe and then said a sentence.