Tang Man glanced at Du Henian in the distance, then poked Xie Li’s hand, “Why are you here so late at night?”

“I came to send a contract to Chairman Tang. He needs to take a look and sign it.”

Tang Man nodded, looking at the tips of her shoes. The surface was already covered in a layer of dust. She tilted her head to look at the man beside her. Her gaze fell on his nose bridge. The light coming from the side couldn’t penetrate through, only casting a small shadow on one side of his high nose bridge.

She questioned with justified reasons, “Then you saw me earlier and still asked me if I had gone home?”

This was the benefit of not lying. When it was time to question, she was absolutely justified and not the slightest bit timid. But even if she had lied, Tang Man probably would have questioned Xie Li with a straight face.

She rarely admitted her mistakes. Even if she knew, she would conceal it in her heart as if nothing had happened.

“When I was driving in earlier, I saw a figure by the roadside that looked a bit like you. I saw you walking into this building, but I didn’t think much of it at the time. I went to deliver the documents to Chairman Tang. When I came out, I called you. You said you were at the hospital, so I roughly confirmed that person was you.”

Tang Man smiled, “What a coincidence.”

Xie Li also made an affirming sound and said softly while holding her hand, “Quite a coincidence indeed.”

Tang Man had gone to the school dormitory to move things today and happened to run into Du Henian, who suddenly had a stomach problem at school.

How could it not be a coincidence?

He smiled, his gaze turning to the man not far away who was on an IV drip and had lost weight compared to last time. He pursed his lips, couldn’t help but caress Tang Man’s hand he was holding, and then interlocked their fingers.

But Tang Man tugged at it.

He looked over.

Tang Man wanted to withdraw her hand, “The weather is so hot, holding hands together makes them sweat.”

She didn’t like this sticky feeling.

But Xie Li didn’t let go. Instead, he took out a pack of disinfectant wet wipes from his suit pocket. Under Tang Man’s surprised gaze, he pulled out a sheet and wiped their palms.

“Is it still uncomfortable now?”

Xie Li asked softly only after wiping.

“Much better.”

Tang Man glanced at the wet wipe in Xie Li’s hand, pulled out a sheet, and wiped the sides of her face. There should be alcohol on it. After wiping, she felt the temperature on her face had cooled down a bit. She felt much more refreshed, and it wasn’t so unbearable to be held by Xie Li’s hand anymore.

However, she still couldn’t help but curiously ask in a low voice, “Why do you carry wet wipes with you?”

“They always have some use.” Xie Li also lowered his voice, “Isn’t it being put to use now?”

Tang Man teased him with a smile, “Do you carry wet wipes for the convenience of holding hands with me when dating?”

Xie Li smiled without answering.

The two of them sat there talking in low voices. For a moment, Tang Man even forgot about Du Henian, who was still on an IV drip not far away. The thing was, when Xie Li wanted to chat with her, he was really good at coming up with topics. At the very least, this person actually started talking to her about some gossip at work.

How rare, isn’t it?

He talked about a business partner he encountered at work who had questionable character and was not very loyal to his wife, often frequenting some disreputable places and developing some bad habits. Now he was embroiled in a divorce lawsuit, which also brought some negative news to the company.

So the company was currently considering changing suppliers because this partner had too much risk in this regard and was not suitable for long-term cooperation. There might be financial problems.

Xie Li rarely discussed such matters with her before. When they were together, there was more silence. Now she discovered that Xie Li was exceptionally good at observing words and expressions, which might also be the reason why he could be an assistant.

As they talked, time passed quickly. When Tang Man noticed that time was up, it was the nurse on duty who came out to remove the needle for Du Henian.

After the needle was removed, it was already quite late, mainly because they had delayed for a while earlier. There were not many people in the hospital anymore, and the lights in the hall were turned off. When they went out, there was still a cool breeze outside, which felt quite comfortable when blowing.

Tang Man and Xie Li walked in front, her hand held by him the whole time. Du Henian walked alone behind them. When illuminated by the light, his figure was stretched far, as if he had become even thinner.

She couldn’t help but soften her heart a bit.

Xie Li opened the car door for her. Tang Man didn’t get in, but waited for Du Henian to get in the car before sitting in the passenger seat. The congee had not been drunk by him the whole time, and even now, it was still held in his hand.

Tang Man glanced at it a few times without saying anything.

On the way, after Xie Li asked for Du Henian’s address, the car fell completely silent, with only the sound of a few people’s breathing.

Later, unable to bear it, Tang Man turned on her phone’s Bluetooth and played a few songs, wanting to break this awkward silence.

It was in the music that Du Henian in the back seat suddenly spoke, “Man Man, when are you two getting engaged?”

With Tang Man’s family background, the engagement would be a large-scale social event. The engagement couldn’t be too simple either, and some close business partners would definitely be invited.

Tang Man tilted her head and glanced at the back seat. Du Henian’s gaze had been on her side.

She glanced at Xie Li out of the corner of her eye, suddenly feeling that this was really quite strange. Her ex-boyfriend was sitting in the back seat of her current boyfriend’s car, asking her when she and her current boyfriend were getting engaged.

“It hasn’t been decided yet.” Tang Man answered after a few seconds of pause, “We don’t plan to invite too many people, just invite some familiar acquaintances to come and get to know each other.”

“Is that so?” From the back, an extremely soft murmur seemed to be heard, slowly disappearing into the car again.

The music started. After a quarter of an hour, the car stopped outside a residential area. The back door was pushed open, and Du Henian got out, that pale and bloodless hand holding a plastic bag containing a food box.

However, after walking a few steps, Du Henian seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head, and walked a few steps back towards the car. He said to Tang Man in the car, “You still have a few things left at my place. I couldn’t bear to throw them away. Come and get them when you have time.”

Tang Man hesitated for a moment, feeling that Du Henian’s tone was still relatively calm, so she nodded. Before she could speak, Xie Li beside her said, “Pack them up, and I’ll come with Man Man to get them at that time.”

“Thank you for the trouble.”

Hearing this, Du Henian’s gaze swept over Tang Man’s face and finally looked at Xie Li, meeting that man’s eyes. After a long time, he suddenly smiled, lowered his eyelids, turned around, and left.