He curled his lips and looked at the young man in front of him, full of youthful vigor and good looks, his brows and eyes carrying a hint of mockery. “What am I? At least compared to you, I think Tang Man might trust me more.”

“I’ve seen every one of her ex-boyfriends, and I’ve even dealt with most of them. What do you think I am to her?”

Those unbearable past experiences now seemed to have turned into a double-edged sword, hurting him while also becoming a blade that could make others bleed.

Only then did Pei Ling’s expression change a little. He understood the meaning behind the man’s words.

Tang Man was actually a person with a strong sense of boundaries. This could be seen from how she rarely let people enter her residence. So far, only Si Jiahe and Du Henian had spent the night at her place.

Pei Ling felt that the amount of trust Tang Man had in Xie Li might even surpass the trust she had in those two.

Therefore, the words he wanted to use to mock the other party were swallowed back. At this moment, he didn’t want to tell the man in front of him that Tang Man’s relationship with Si Jiahe had already encountered problems, or rather, they had already broken up.

It was a keen feeling he had the moment he saw Tang Man today.

So, he accepted this accusation but still couldn’t help but jab at the man. “Mr. Xie, don’t you also want to be a third party in a relationship? It’s just that you’ve probably never had the chance. Besides, Tang Man doesn’t like Mr. Xie’s type.”

“At least I still have a chance, don’t I?”

So what if he had dealt with all of Tang Man’s ex-boyfriends? He was still just a company assistant who didn’t dare to directly call Tang Man by her name in front of others, putting on an act. He could only threaten him in private, treating him like someone who had never seen the world, thinking that a few words would make him back down?

That was obviously unlikely.

Tang Man had already become his obsession. He had secretly yearned for her for so many years, and now that he finally had the opportunity to get close to her, there was no way he would give up.

Xie Li was truly disgusted by the young man in front of him. So what if he came from a good family background and had good looks? His character was really despicable.

Of course, on a deeper level, Pei Ling’s words had hit the nail on the head, exposing all the thoughts hidden in the depths of Xie Li’s heart. This was even more unbearable for him than when Tang Man had asked him in the car why she never considered him. All his dirty thoughts had been dug out from the mud and laid bare in front of others.

“Mr. Pei is very confident.”

Xie Li smiled, moving his fingers away from the wound, letting the blood naturally flow along the lines of his skin and drip onto the floor. He smiled, and it could even be considered gentle.

“Then congratulations on fulfilling your wish, Mr. Pei. I hope we won’t have the opportunity to meet in the future. As you know, I’m very busy and usually only appear in front of Tang Man’s ex-boyfriends.”

Having said that, Xie Li walked past the young man with a smile, heading towards the elevator not far away. However, after entering the elevator, his expression darkened. He lowered his head and looked at the wound on his thumb caused by his absentmindedness while closing the window, with a gloomy and unclear gaze.

Under his squeezing, the wound became larger and deeper, and his entire thumb seemed to be stained with a dark red color.

Pei Ling.

He silently repeated this name in his heart and suddenly couldn’t help but laugh at himself.

It seemed like he had once again done something… that made him lose his self-respect and disgust himself.

Standing here alone, he was surprised to realize how dirty and unbearable his thoughts were. It seemed like he could never restrain the evil beast in his heart.

He bought disinfectant and band-aids at the pharmacy below the hospital. Just like last time, he also bought a few boxes of nasal spray before walking back with the bag.

When he came out of the elevator, he subconsciously glanced at the row of seats from before, which were now empty. The young man who had been sitting there earlier was long gone.

His brows furrowed, and he touched the wound on his thumb. His steps faltered for a moment as he looked for a few seconds before regaining his composure. He put away his thoughts and walked towards the corridor.

There were fewer people in the corridor, but a few still sat there. Among them, three or four young men and women leaned on the cold chairs, playing with their phones without a care in the world.

As soon as Xie Li passed by, the noise from that side immediately quieted down. The Tang family members all looked at him in unison. Although he was just an assistant, they probably thought that their own descendants might not be as important to Tang Zhengfeng inside as this assistant.

Xie Li still politely nodded his head before knocking on the ward door and entering.

However, he found that the atmosphere inside the ward was a bit strange.

Tang Man sat on the sofa in the distance, holding her phone and casually swiping the screen. Tang Zhengfeng, who was on the hospital bed, had sat up, clearly still angry.

The pillow on the bed had been thrown to the floor by Tang Zhengfeng for some reason, lying on the floorboards in a crooked posture, already stained with a layer of dust.

It could be seen how heavy the anger of the person who had thrown it was at the time.

Xie Li’s footsteps faltered for a moment before he calmly closed the ward door, not wanting to directly let the people outside see the ridicule. He had only left for a short while, and such a change had occurred. He didn’t know why the father and daughter were arguing.

While still guessing in his heart, he calmly took out the nasal spray he had bought from the bag and handed it to Tang Man.

Seeing this, Tang Zhengfeng couldn’t help but make a sarcastic remark, “It’s just a bit of rhinitis, it won’t kill anyone. I don’t even know if she’s really my daughter. Why does she always favor outsiders?”

Tang Man acted as if she hadn’t heard and took the medicine box handed to her by Xie Li. Her gaze naturally fell on the band-aid on his thumb, and she was a bit surprised. “You injured your finger?”

Xie Li smiled, not paying much attention to it. “I got scratched while closing the window earlier.”

Tang Man lowered her head to open the medicine box. Upon hearing this, she casually replied, “Then be careful not to get it wet.”

Xie Li lightly hummed in agreement and picked up the pillow from the floor, placing it on the sofa beside him. After all, it was dirty and not suitable to put back on the bed. Just as he was bending over with his back turned, he heard Tang Zhengfeng speak to the person sitting on the sofa.

His voice was relatively steady and calm, but in this situation, it exuded a sense of coldness no matter what.