But her voice was too soft when she said this. A car horn sounded, enough to cover her voice, so Xie Li made a rising tone and looked at her in confusion.

“What did you just say? I didn’t hear it.”

Tang Man withdrew her gaze, tapped her own chin, lowered her eyes to light up her screen, changed a song, and spoke casually, “It’s nothing. The light just now was a bit dazzling.”

Some words only need to be said once. She also had a sudden sigh and didn’t have any thoughts that someone must hear. Since he didn’t hear it, forget it. It wasn’t anything important.

Xie Li pursed his lips, glanced at Tang Man, and didn’t ask further.

Driving made things much faster. It took about thirty minutes to reach the apartment building. She pushed open the car door and got out. After walking a few steps, she looked back and saw that Xie Li had also gotten out of the car and was standing in front of the car door, quietly looking at her.

The figure and gaze inexplicably gave people a feeling of silence. The heavy night could easily add some rendering colors that some people and things didn’t inherently possess.

Tang Man was someone who was easily influenced by the atmosphere, so she would occasionally be sentimental. However, this kind of emotion appeared more in her teenage years. Now it had lessened, as if she was becoming a stagnant water that was difficult to stir up ripples.

However, now, she made an invitation to the man a few steps away, “Do you want to come up and sit for a while?”

This was a simple invitation without any other meaning. After all, they were two people who were about to get engaged. They couldn’t be strangers to this extent. Thinking carefully, Xie Li had appeared downstairs of her building quite a few times, but he had basically never been to her home.

She rarely extended an invitation, but Xie Li refused after being silent for a while, “I still need to go back home later. If it’s too late, my parents might be asleep.”

He hoped to inform his parents about this matter tonight. Every moment of delay seemed to be able to bring about some unseen changes.

However, he walked a few steps forward, looked at Tang Man for a while, and suddenly leaned over and hugged her.

It was a very gentle hug.

Tang Man herself had forgotten how many years it had been since she had such a pure and gentle hug. The two of them seemed to have self-restraint written all over their bodies.

“Go on up.”

After just a few seconds, Xie Li released Tang Man and said this while she was still in a daze.

Finally, she looked at the man and suddenly laughed, touching Xie Li’s wrist. This was a somewhat intimate action, causing Xie Li to be stunned for a moment. His wrist involuntarily contracted, but Tang Man held it and didn’t let it withdraw.

Tang Man took a step forward and hugged Xie Li again, almost embracing his entire body. It took a while before she let go of him.

“You should head back. Be safe on the road.”

Tang Man took a step back and said to Xie Li with a smile.

Getting along with Xie Li was definitely different from Si Jiahe and also different from Du Henian. Since they had already decided to get engaged, Tang Man felt that it wouldn’t hurt to try with Xie Li. After all, their marriage wasn’t a contract marriage or a marriage in name only.

Tang Man walked towards the apartment entrance and took the elevator directly. After entering and opening the door, she changed her shoes. She used the remote control to open the floor-to-ceiling curtains in the living room and stood by the window, only to see Xie Li’s car disappearing on the road.

Then her phone vibrated, and a message came through.

Tang Man didn’t reply to this message. She yawned, boiled water in the kitchen, and then returned to the bathroom in her room to take a bath.

She was already very tired today, but after taking a bath, she still called Si Jiahe. She didn’t say much, only reminding him to remember to see a psychologist and take his medication on time.

Then before going to bed, she suddenly remembered that Old Tang had previously told her to report the situation with Madam Yang. Tang Man had a terrible headache and subconsciously ignored these words, only remembering them now.

But the matter couldn’t be hidden. It could only be delayed for a few days. However, those people were all in the hospital, and they might run into each other any day. But this wasn’t something she should be concerned about.

So, Tang Man sent a message to her grandmother.

The elderly woman was probably already asleep at this time, but she should be able to see this message when she woke up tomorrow morning.

In the following days, Tang Man’s life seemed to calm down a lot, as if there was no difference from before, but there were seemingly invisible turbulent waves underneath.

Old Tang’s previous request for her to move back to the main house was also put on hold because of her engagement to Xie Li, so she lived quite comfortably. Old Tang’s full attention was on Madam Yang in the hospital.

Yang Qing was also tortured by the child in her belly these past few days, mainly psychological torture. For a beauty-loving and pain-fearing older pregnant woman, getting pregnant at this age was simply like stepping on a pile of cow dung on the road.

However, her life was still a bit different. The news that they were about to get engaged inevitably leaked out a bit, and the number of times she met with Xie Li also increased.

Sometimes when she was too lazy to drive, Xie Li would come to drive her to work or pick her up after work. However, he still remained as self-disciplined as a well-behaved driver. The closest distance between them recently was that hug the other day.

Tang Man left the apartment building. In the south, the weather got hot early. Once the temperature rose, it was almost time to prepare tank tops and hot pants.

She was also terribly afraid of the heat. In summer, she almost always wore short sleeves or tank top dresses. After a summer, the color of her arms would be a bit darker than the color of her skin on her body.

Xie Li’s car was parked on the opposite side of the road. Tang Man ran over and quickly got in the car, feeling a cold air enveloping her surroundings. Only then did she let out a sigh of relief.

“When did you get here?”

They had agreed on a time around noon, and it was only a little past ten o’clock now. If she hadn’t seen a car parked downstairs, she really wouldn’t have known that Xie Li had arrived so early.

“Not long ago.”

Xie Li closed the laptop, put it in the back seat, and then turned to look at Tang Man. His gaze swept over the large area of skin exposed on her, frowning slightly but invisibly. In the end, he still didn’t say anything.

In fact, Tang Man dressed like this every summer. He previously had no standing to say anything. Now that he had a standing, he still wouldn’t say anything.

Because having a standing didn’t mean he could say anything. Xie Li clearly knew that the relationship between them was as fragile as a string stretched taut by two people.

Tang Man walked leisurely in front, not caring about the string in her hand. He, however, was cautious, afraid of loosening his grip and not being able to hold onto her, and afraid of tightening it, causing the string to break.

She took off her mask and glanced at her phone screen. It was only a little past ten o’clock. She had woken up late today and hadn’t eaten breakfast yet, so she turned her head and asked Xie Li, “Have you eaten?”

Then, fearing that Xie Li might be a bit unclear about the time, she added, “Breakfast.”

Xie Li frowned. “You didn’t eat breakfast again?”

Although Tang Man’s stomach problem couldn’t be considered very serious, it was definitely a long-term combat illness, occasionally coming out to harass her a few times. In high school, she often didn’t eat on time at school. Several times at night, she called him with a stomachache, and he drove her to the hospital in the middle of the night to get an IV.

“I woke up too late and only ate an apple.”

She couldn’t cook and didn’t like cooking. She hated the greasy smell in the kitchen and was too lazy to go downstairs to buy food. She also didn’t know what to eat when ordering takeout, so in the end, she decided to just eat breakfast and lunch together. It was just that she didn’t expect Xie Li to come so early. She couldn’t just leave him waiting downstairs like this.

Xie Li just said, “Then let’s go eat breakfast first.”

“At this time?” Tang Man didn’t have much appetite.

“We can eat lunch a bit later.” Xie Li started the car and drove in a direction. “The pair of rings we ordered before have arrived. Let’s go take a look after eating.”

Tang Man nodded.

The engagement rings were ordered half a month ago. They specially found a niche designer to design them. The design was very simple, just a ring, very plain, with some hollowed-out carved leaf patterns on it.

Although it was simple, due to the difficult craftsmanship, it took a lot of work hours. They waited for more than half a month before getting them.

However, after nodding, Tang Man noticed out of the corner of her eye that Xie Li was inconspicuously rubbing the back of his neck. She was quiet for a moment before laughing and saying, “Next time, if you come early, you can come up directly. I won’t reject my fiancé at the door.”

Since they got together, Xie Li had never made any overstepping requests. He was simply a true gentleman, like a Liuxia Hui level. Compared to Si Jiahe who often tried to seduce her, he could almost be described as dignified.

After Tang Man said this, Xie Li was silent for several seconds before reacting, softly responding with a sound. That “hmm” was barely audible, but it somehow had weight, slowly pressing down.

It was like a breeze blowing by, picking up a leaf, spinning it in a circle in the air, and then the leaf falling back to the same spot.

Breakfast was Chinese style, eaten in a small shop with many people. During this period, Tang Man liked to follow Xie Li to various restaurants. She had also been to many when she was studying before and thought she was quite knowledgeable. However, after being with Xie Li, she realized that this person might have put all his points into the skill of exploring restaurants.

Various shops hidden in alleys and hutongs, fly restaurants, who knew how this person found them. The key was that the taste was very good.

This shop had air conditioning. At this time, there were obviously much fewer people inside. However, when Tang Man entered, she still attracted the attention of many people. Good-looking people stood out wherever they went, especially since summer had just begun this year, and her skin that had been covered for a summer was simply glowing white.

Xie Li held her hand and walked to a corner. There happened to be an old-fashioned electric fan next to it, making a creaking sound.

“Don’t tell me this shop is also one you frequented when you were young.” Tang Man watched Xie Li sit beside her and jokingly said as he skillfully wiped the table in front of her with a few pieces of paper.

Xie Li was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and long pants today. This was already the most casual outfit she had seen him in. After all, she often saw him wearing a white shirt and suit pants in the summer before, which was simply anti-human.

“I worked part-time nearby in college. The employer’s child said that the noodles here tasted good, so I came a few times.”

Tang Man rested her chin in her hand and smiled, “Assistant Xie, please tell me how many part-time jobs you had in college. Why do I feel like the answer is different every time I ask?”

Xie Li tried to recall but found that he couldn’t remember very clearly. He had done many things in the past, including translation work for the foreign language college, internships at securities companies, working in hotels for a period of time, tutoring, and even being dragged by classmates to be a model for a while.

Those memories were too mixed up, and he didn’t remember them very clearly. Basically, as long as there was work, he would do it.

Tang Man sighed after hearing this, “Old Tang really picked up a treasure.”

Xie Li looked at her.

Tang Man laughed, “Of course, I also picked up a treasure.”