Chapter 34: Do You Dislike Me Because I Can’t? 、

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In fact, he didn’t dare to ask for much, just wanting an answer.

There were always so many people around Tang Man, so why had she never considered him?

Tang Man didn’t say anything.

To be honest, she was getting a bit fed up, fed up with Xie Li’s relentless pursuit of the truth.

The car remained silent for a long time. Xie Li waited for a while, but Tang Man still didn’t give an answer in the end. She remained silent on her own, as if this was a huge problem.

In Tang Man’s prolonged silence, Xie Li suddenly understood something. His eyelashes drooped, and he laughed at himself, “I got it. You don’t need to say anymore.”

Tang Man turned her head. She didn’t understand what Xie Li meant, but the fact that he had taken a step back obviously made her feel relieved, thinking that it might not be a bad thing to let the matter go like this.

A capable friend and assistant versus an unimportant admirer who could be separated at any time – obviously, the former was more important in her eyes.

The two remained silent all the way. Xie Li sent her back, and when they reached downstairs, they didn’t say another word. Mainly because the atmosphere around Xie Li wasn’t quite right, Tang Man felt it was meaningless to speak up and simply said thank you before getting out of the car.

Her car and Du Henian’s car were still parked nearby. Fortunately, parking was allowed here, and there was no violation. Otherwise, Du Henian’s car might be towed away tomorrow if he didn’t drive it away.

Tang Man simply got into her own car, drove it into the underground parking garage, and then directly took the elevator from downstairs to the apartment. As soon as she arrived, she hurried to her room to take a shower and prepare for bed. She should have been able to return at nine o’clock, but because of the incident with Du Henian, it had dragged on until late at night.

She was now so sleepy that she couldn’t even keep her eyes open.

However, after washing her face and doing her skincare routine, when she came out of the bathroom, for some unknown reason, Tang Man suddenly lifted the curtain and glanced at the street below.

She wasn’t on a very high floor here and could clearly see the vehicles and dim street lights on the road.

Xie Li’s car was still parked in the same place, seemingly not having moved at all. She saw a man leaning against the car door, standing there with his head down.

Tang Man looked for quite a while, but the person never raised his head.

It was still a bit cold outside in the middle of the night. In the end, Tang Man walked to the bed, picked up her phone from the bedside table, and stood by the window to send Xie Li a message.

As soon as she sent the message, the person below raised his head and glanced in this direction, but Xie Li didn’t see anyone, only able to see a faint glimmer of light vaguely coming through the window.

After sending the message, Tang Man no longer paid attention to the person below and directly pulled the curtain back, answering Si Jiahe’s incoming call.

As soon as the call connected, Si Jiahe spoke, “Man Man, are you home?”

“Mm, I’m home.”

Tang Man took off her slippers, put her phone on the bed with the speaker on, and then applied body lotion to her ankles and other areas prone to dryness, planning to wait for it to dry before going to bed.

The two talked for a bit, and seeing that Si Jiahe was showing signs of wanting to chat on the phone for a long time, Tang Man quickly cut off the topic, saying that she was a bit tired and wanted to sleep early, telling Si Jiahe to go to bed early too.

Generally, when Tang Man said this, Si Jiahe wouldn’t insist further. Today was no exception. Si Jiahe said good night and hung up the phone.

Tang Man put her phone on the counter, plugged it in to charge, and then turned off the light.

The room quickly went dark.

Downstairs, after seeing the message Tang Man sent him on his phone screen, Xie Li raised his head and noticed the already extinguished light. He subconsciously tugged at the corner of his mouth, suddenly feeling that he was somewhat self-inflicting. He put his phone away.

He felt that he had gone through so many years, so why couldn’t he keep his composure today?

Perhaps it was largely due to the simultaneous stimulation from Si Jiahe and Du Henian. In fact, Du Henian’s foolish move today might not have been unrelated to him having exhausted all his tricks. This was already his last attempt, but it still didn’t work.

Xie Li had actually predicted that Du Henian wouldn’t give up easily, but he never thought that Du Henian would have such a big trump card hidden.

Knowing that Si Jiahe had depression and even revealing it.

The reason he did this was largely because he knew Tang Man’s personality.

Most people in the world are vulgar. Sisters can become enemies, brothers can backstab, and even married couples can fly their separate ways when faced with great difficulties, let alone boyfriends and girlfriends, a relationship not even legally recognized. Especially for Tang Man, relationships occupied a very small place in her life.

In this situation, rather than taking responsibility, she would likely retreat.

Although Tang Man had a beautiful face, her personality was no different from most ordinary people. It was precisely because of knowing this that Xie Li initially thought Tang Man would also give up on Si Jiahe after learning about his depression.

Even if she didn’t give up at first, she might not necessarily endure it later on.

In this world, not everyone would bear the burden of others and move forward. Tang Man especially wouldn’t, because this woman had no heart.

However, what surprised them was that Tang Man didn’t show any retreat after learning about Si Jiahe’s condition, giving a reaction beyond their expectations. This gave him a feeling that Si Jiahe was indeed different in her heart.

For a wanderer, any difference could make them turn back.

Xie Li realized this. Perhaps this was also the reason why he suddenly lost control and couldn’t help but question Tang Man.

However, he rubbed the phone in his suit pocket and thought of Si Jiahe’s hidden hostility towards him. For some reason, he suddenly smiled. The other party didn’t seem to be that confident either.

Because it was really hard for anyone to feel any sense of security with Tang Man.

In the following days, due to knowing about Si Jiahe’s condition, Tang Man tried her best to take care of him. It was like going back to three years ago when Tang Man was also so indulgent of Si Jiahe’s unrestrained behavior. She seemed to be able to tolerate all of Si Jiahe’s flaws and troubles.

Her doting could easily make one lose their mind and can’t help but indulge in it, like a deer trapped in a swamp, where struggling was futile and would only make one sink deeper.

But at the same time, a sense of unease always lingered around, making Si Jiahe fear the loss of this doting. A pie falling from the sky would have an owner.