Chapter 7 Three people, not good (revised)

Xie Li usually…

Xie Li usually drives his own car, but sometimes Tang Man also borrows it. It’s as convenient and comfortable as using her own family’s car, without any discomfort of using someone else’s belongings.

Perhaps this has to do with Xie Li’s attitude.

Every time she asks him for something, this man seems to have never refused her.

In the past, Tang Man had never felt anything unusual, but today, in his icy mood, as a woman, Tang Man immediately sensed a hint of impropriety hidden beneath Xie Li’s indifferent emotions.

However, she didn’t say anything in the end, and left with Si Jiahe as if she hadn’t noticed anything.

After getting in the car, as she sat in the driver’s seat and started the car, her phone, placed on the side, rang once. She picked it up and took a look.

It was a message from Old Tang, nothing more than saying that her new boyfriend was too petty and not suitable for her, and then saying that there were a few young talents at his place that she could meet next time.

Tang Man didn’t respond, directly skipping over that long paragraph and looking at the latest message Old Tang sent.

The old man said he had a bone fracture and needed to eat something to supplement it. He wanted her to make pork knuckle soup and deliver it to him tomorrow to nourish his bones and tendons.

Seeing this sentence, Tang Man almost rolled her eyes. Most of the time when she stays out, she orders takeout. The old man expects her, someone who can’t even hold a knife steady, to make soup. She can’t believe he could come up with that.

She threw her phone into the center console and looked at the boy sitting in the passenger seat. While turning on the GPS, she asked him where he lived.

After a while, when the in-car music started playing, Si Jiahe still hadn’t spoken.

She looked over in puzzlement, but met the boy’s cat eyes. Si Jiahe’s fingers were grasping his clothes as he slowly mumbled, “Man Man, I don’t really want to go home today. Can I go to your place?”

After saying that, he looked at her nervously, afraid of being rejected.

At this moment, with a lonely man and woman together, Si Jiahe’s emotions and body language were too obvious, causing Tang Man to have no choice but to think a little more.

In modern society, when it comes to food and sex, there are only a few things that can stir people’s hearts.

Originally having no such thoughts, Tang Man felt somewhat moved when she met Si Jiahe’s pair of shimmering eyes.

Her fingertips rubbed against the steering wheel a few times, as if to relieve a certain emotion. Finally, reaching a balance with herself, she didn’t continue to inquire further.

This was also a hint.

Si Jiahe felt the car start and choose a direction to drive out. Only then did he relax a little, watching the woman beside him soften up, exuding a tamed feeling.

Tang Man smiled and glanced at the rearview mirror while turning the steering wheel, then asked, “Are you hungry? Want me to take you to eat something first?”

Si Jiahe didn’t answer, but looked at Tang Man and asked back, “Is Man Man hungry?”

“Mm, a little.”

She had originally planned to go to Du Henian’s place at noon, but unexpectedly received a call from Secretary Xie and had to rush to the hospital, so she hadn’t eaten lunch at all. For several hours, she had only eaten an orange, without even drinking a glass of water.

“Then let’s eat at home,” Si Jiahe thought for a moment and said, “I’ll cook for you.”

Tang Man thought for a while. She usually lives in the apartment she rents near the school. The house Old Tang bought for her, she doesn’t go back often, only having a hourly maid go clean it regularly.

The refrigerators in these two places should both be empty, except for some drinks and nothing else.

Si Jiahe also thought of this problem. When he was with Tang Man before, it was usually him who filled up the fridge at home. Tang Man probably wasn’t even clear about where the supermarket entrance was, so he asked her a question.

After pondering in her heart for a moment, Tang Man still decided on the house Old Tang bought for her and drove in that direction, casually talking as she went.

“There’s a supermarket near the neighborhood. We can go buy some groceries and bring them back later.”

Si Jiahe had been there a few times, while Du Henian had never been there once. Compared to the apartment near the school, it was obviously much safer there.

Since breaking up with Si Jiahe, Tang Man had come here a few times, mainly to buy some dry goods to keep at home, but she had never driven here and wasn’t very clear about the location. She circled the underground garage several times before finding an empty spot to park the car.

As soon as the engine was turned off, the phone in the center console lit up and started vibrating.

The boy sitting in the passenger seat lowered his head and saw the three characters displayed on the phone screen.

Du Henian.

He knew this was Tang Man’s current boyfriend, a hypocritical person.

Even now, Si Jiahe could still remember that man smiling and saying in a gentle tone, “Man Man and I have been together for over a month. She likes me very much. You two are not suitable for each other.”

So righteous, with a refined smile on his face as he spoke, as if what he was doing wasn’t the act of a mistress stealing someone else’s partner.

This man was nothing more than a dirty mistress trying to advance his position through despicable means.

Back then, he and Tang Man had a cold war over something. In a fit of anger, he uttered the words “break up”. At that time, Tang Man’s expression was calm. Hearing the breakup, she didn’t show any emotion, only softly saying, “If it’s a breakup, then let’s break up. Let’s not see each other again in the future.”

At that time, he thought they were just having a normal fight and it would be fine after some time. Usually it was like this. Tang Man never took his little temper to heart. When he was angry, she would also compliantly comfort him and take the initiative to yield. That was the first time Tang Man was so cold during a fight.

Perhaps, at that time, a hint of what was to come had already appeared.

Their relationship had reached a certain end. That cold war was the fuse that completely ended their relationship.

Because Du Henian had been in contact with Tang Man for a long time and worked in the same project team, he quickly seized the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Meanwhile, he was still foolishly waiting for Tang Man to have a change of heart and take the initiative to apologize to her first.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Si Jiahe’s body stiffened a bit when he saw that name, but for some unknown reason, he didn’t get out of the car. Instead, he sat in his seat, his pair of bright eyes watching the woman who picked up the phone, while the malice in his heart also spread.

Tang Man glanced at Si Jiahe. In the dim underground parking garage, she couldn’t see the expression of the person beside her at all.

She pretended not to see and looked at the phone in her hand for a while. After a long stalemate, the phone in her hand did not hang up and kept vibrating incessantly, with Du Henian’s three characters flashing non-stop.

Under Si Jiahe’s gaze, Tang Man directly hung up, then put the phone in her pocket and patted his head.

“Alright, let’s get out of the car.”

She didn’t answer, but Si Jiahe blinked and refused to let her off the hook, tilting his head and looking at her with a bit of playfulness.

“Man Man, aren’t you going to answer his call?”

Tang Man laughed, lowered her head to pull out the car key and was about to say, since they broke up, what’s there to answer.

Was it to listen to Du Henian’s pleading? Don’t be fooled by Du Henian’s usually refined and gentle demeanor. He has a ruthless streak in his temperament. She doesn’t want to have much to do with that person. It would be best if they could break up peacefully, but even if they can’t, she’s not afraid.

But even so, she still hopes to break up as peacefully as possible, because she hates trouble.

Although the probability of this is a bit low.

Thinking about it now, among her past relationships, those that ended peacefully were really few and far between. Most required Xie Li to help her deal with the aftermath, causing quite a bit of embarrassment.

But before she could speak, she heard a very soft rustling sound. She turned her head and saw Si Jiahe leaning over, one hand grabbing her other hand that was on the steering wheel, intertwining their fingers. A pair of watery cat eyes looked up at her from below.

His whole person was as if embracing her.

A faint breath hit Tang Man’s face, causing her heart to skip a beat.

In the past two years, the remnant childishness on Si Jiahe’s body still existed, but with an added hint of mature allure, his delicate features like a painting.

As if seducing her.

This person slowly approached her. Seeing that Tang Man did not object, he pursed his lips and smiled, revealing a pair of shallow dimples. He began to slowly touch and caress the corner of Tang Man’s mouth, seeming to touch but not touch, seeming to bump but not bump.

Making her itch with unbearable desire.

She couldn’t help but press down on the back of his head, holding the boy’s slightly restless movements in place. Tang Man spared him a glance, her breathing unconsciously becoming a bit heavier.

“What are you doing?” Tang Man’s voice lowered slightly, her eyes fixed on the person in her arms.