“In a few days, you’ll return to the company to work. I have a friend’s son. Go and meet him in a few days. If you find him suitable, settle the matter first. You’re not young anymore. It’s time to make up your mind and not run wild outside all day without any determination.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Xie Li couldn’t help but pause his movements while holding the pillow. He was bent over, holding the pillow, and in the long silence, his fingers sank into the soft pillow. He couldn’t turn around and couldn’t see the expression of the person behind him.

This time, President Tang’s words were not just a casual mention like before. He could sense from his tone that President Tang was serious this time. He just didn’t know what the father and daughter had talked about in the short time he was away that would cause such a big change in President Tang.

Tang Man, who was sitting on the sofa, seemed completely unconcerned. Her gaze didn’t even leave the phone screen. Just now, Pei Ling had sent her a message saying that he had nothing to do for the entire afternoon and would be waiting for her at the coffee shop across from the hospital. She could go directly to him after coming out.

So when she heard Old Tang’s words, she didn’t pay any attention at all, as if the argument between the two just now, or rather, Tang Zhengfeng’s unilateral outburst, had never happened. She casually replied, “Dad, I’m only in my early twenties. What’s there to settle at this age? You’re still young too. Are you in such a hurry to become a grandfather?”

Although the man sitting on the hospital bed spoke in a relatively calm voice, he was obviously still angry. After placing the pillow properly, Xie Li couldn’t help but glance over and found that his expression was more like a kind of displacement, displacing his anger onto the person sitting in front of him.

“When I was your age, I already had a child. You were already learning to walk.”

Tang Man let out an “oh” and finally put away her phone, looking at the person on the bed. She couldn’t help but retort, “Yeah, Dad, by that time, you had already fulfilled your quota of one marriage. You had been divorced from my mom for some time, right?”

She clapped her hands, expressing her admiration. “Contributing to both the marriage rate and the divorce rate within two years, I’m impressed, truly impressed.”

She couldn’t hold back from saying this. It was impossible for her mom to not have met someone who wanted to get married in all these years, but not a single one had succeeded. It was all due to the existence of her dad. In the end, her dad was just a troublemaker.

This time, her mom had finally found someone who wanted to marry her, indicating that she liked him quite a bit. Yet her dad still interfered and injured the person. To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that he was her dad, Tang Man would have been the first to call the police, have him arrested, and let him reflect on his life in the detention center for a few days.

But it was also because of the existence of such a troublemaker that Madam Yang’s love life was so colorful.

Most of the time, Tang Man felt that the more her dad stirred things up, the worse the situation became. If back then, given Madam Yang’s personality, it was quite possible that she might have realized she didn’t like him a couple of years after getting married and just divorced him. There would have been no need for things to reach this point, with one boyfriend after another.

Now, Madam Yang didn’t even want to see Tang Zhengfeng, feeling disgusted at the mere sight of him. Yet Tang Zhengfeng still kept pestering her closely, lacking self-awareness.

As soon as Tang Man’s words were spoken, Tang Zhengfeng became furious.

He reached behind him for the pillow but couldn’t find it. Only then did he remember that the pillow had been thrown out by him earlier. He looked at Tang Man, who was sitting on the sofa in a relaxed and casual manner, and asked, “You little brat, what did you just say?!”

“Is this the attitude you should have when talking to your father? Your eldest uncle was right. You should be properly disciplined. Look at the daughters of other families, they are all with people who match their status. But you, you’re an adult now, in your twenties, no longer a child, yet you’re still running wild outside without any determination. The men around you change one after another.”

At this point, Tang Zhengfeng suddenly thought of something. “Tang Man, did you know long ago that your mother was getting married?”

Xie Li couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Tang Man’s expression. When his gaze fell on her eyes, his heart sank, feeling that something was wrong.

President Tang usually let Tang Man run free and didn’t care about anything. If she needed money, he gave her money. She changed boyfriends frequently, and as long as she wasn’t doing drugs, President Tang wouldn’t intervene too seriously, unless it involved matters related to his wife. Then President Tang would lose his rationality.

Back then, President Tang had actually erupted once, around the time when Tang Man was in her second year of high school. At that time, Madam Yang had met a man, a returnee in his thirties who had been divorced once. He was handsome and refined. Madam Yang fell into a passionate romance and wanted to marry that man and immigrate abroad with him after just a few months.

Tang Man had been taken by Madam Yang to have a meal with that man once. She had a good impression of him. The man was very attentive to her throughout the meal, but noticing her personality, he didn’t like people getting too close. So he also maintained a proper distance. Overall, he was a person who knew how to be tactful, and he treated Madam Yang very well, considering everything thoroughly.

Based on these considerations, she didn’t oppose Madam Yang’s decision. In her view, if it didn’t work out, they could just get divorced. It wasn’t like they couldn’t separate after getting married. Anyway, her mother had already been divorced once and had gained a lot of experience, so she wasn’t afraid of being taken advantage of.

Therefore, she didn’t hide this matter. When her grandmother asked, she told her. Later, somehow, Old Tang found out about it.

It was like a volcanic eruption. Old Tang flew into a huge rage. Tang Man was even punished with confinement because of it. She was locked in her room for half a month before being released by the auntie at home.

By the time she came out, Madam Yang had already broken up with that man. She wasn’t too clear about the reason because Yang Qing didn’t like to mention it. Madam Yang was just heartbroken for a long time and took a while to recover.

It was also from that time that Tang Man truly realized how obsessive her father was. Even after so many years, Tang Man still felt lingering fear when thinking about it now.