Chapter 23 Family Chen Diaozhen wasn't a gossipy person, but he immediately...

Chen Diao watched with trepidation. Yu Bo had been bewitched by Yu Tang's mother, which led to the eldest son's mother's death from depression. What if this younger one was also a vixen and bewitched the eldest son?

That aunt was indeed outstanding in appearance; among a group of people, she was definitely the first one to attract attention.

Chen Diaoxin understood. He had to be vigilant for his boss and not let Yu Tang take advantage of the situation, lest his boss follow in Yu Bo's footsteps, losing all ambition and career and only revolving around women.

The Bentley, now bearing several scratches, drove smoothly away into the night.

"Ah!" Yu Tang shouted, which made Yu Chaoxian frown.

"What's wrong now?"

Yu Tang quickly picked up her schoolbag from the car. "I don't know if it's broken."

The zipper opened, thankfully, thankfully, the box held it in place; the cake was just moved, it didn't break, but...

The cake box was pierced by a bullet, and the strawberry cream decorations were punctured and splattered on the transparent box, looking like blood.

Yu Tang placed the cake in front of him. Yu Chaoxian stared at the cake, which had rolled its eyes and could be roughly shaped like a fish. "What's the meaning of this?"

Yu Tang said softly, "I heard from my brother that last month was your birthday, and I didn't celebrate it with you. Don't you like to eat fish? I happened to have a baking class today, so I made a cake to try. Would you like to try it?"

Yu Chaoxian hadn't celebrated his birthday since Zhou Ningxuan's death. No wonder Yu Tang looked at him as soon as she got in the car; she wanted to offer him cake but was too embarrassed to ask.

That's how much I wanted to please him.

The car stopped again on the side of the road.

Yu Tang gave him a small fork and looked at him expectantly.

"Speak, what do you want from me?" Yu Chaoxian raised an eyebrow at her, but refused to take the piece of "fish belly" cake that Yu Tang had picked up.

Yu Tang lowered her head, then secretly glanced up at Yu Chaoxian. She genuinely wanted to get along well with Yu Chaoxian so that her brother would have less to worry about. "Could you... could you stop hating me?"

She held up the cake and shoved it into his mouth without a word. Her tone wasn't entirely fearless; it was a mix of timidity and stubbornness. "If you eat it, I'll take that as a yes. I'll be a good aunt, and we'll be a good family."

Yu Chaoxian was stunned for a moment. How dare Yu Tang put cake in his mouth? He chewed it subconsciously, realizing it had been years since he had eaten such sweet food.

The cake had a sweet aroma, or perhaps it was the sweet scent emanating from Yu Tang's wrist. Yu Chaoxian finally realized that he didn't dislike the smell, but if he were to say he liked it, then he definitely just started to like it.

Yu Chaoxian looked up at the little figure feeding him cake across from him. Yu Tang's slender body sat in the large chair, still holding the plush toy in her arms. The shark plush toy wasn't actually that big, only about the thickness of his arm, but in her arms, everything seemed a size too large.

Yu Tang's eyes sparkled as she looked at him expectantly, waiting for his answer.

Yu Chaoxian looked at her and took the remaining half of the cake.

The small cake was quickly devoured by Yu Tang, who hadn't eaten dinner. Yu Chaoxian didn't even bother to ask her who the cake was for, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the fish drawn with watercolors on the back of her hand and realized it was the shape of the cake.

After cleaning up the remaining trash, Yu Tang got out of the car and threw the broken box into the trash can in front of her.

Yu Chaoxian waited for her in the car, but after three seconds, she still hadn't returned.

The trash can is right in front of you; you can even throw out a timer for going abroad.

"Yu Tang, are you taking out the trash or going abroad?"

An impatient Yu Chao got out of the car and, as soon as he passed by, he saw Yu Tang and excitedly called out to him to look up.

It's best if you call him over because there's something important going on, otherwise he's just being too nice and making his aunt think he can waste his time.

Just then, Chen Diao called him, and Yu Chaoxian answered the phone and walked to Yu Tang's side.

Yu Tang suddenly pointed to the sky, "Crescent moon."

Crescent moon?

Yu Chaoxian scoffed at the idea of ​​a crescent moon, thinking that Yu Tang was just wasting his time doing meaningless things all day.

"My mother said I was born on the day when the crescent moon was at its thinnest." Yu Tang seemed to be thinking of something again, and her beautiful eyes, which had just been smiling, turned slightly sad.

Yu Chaoxian looked up as well, and saw a thin, crescent-shaped moon, and a small, slender figure in front of him. However, the voice on the phone was too noisy, so Yu Chaoxian hung up immediately.

The streetlights on both sides of the street suddenly turned on, like fireworks bursting into bloom, illuminating Yu Tang's pretty and delicate face. Yu Chaoxian's previous impatience vanished at this moment.

The neon lights blurred the image, and two seconds later, Yu Chaoxian's clear gaze landed on the person under the streetlight. "What do you mean? What kind of gift do you want?"

Yu Tang closed her eyes and made a wish: "I hope that our family can be together happily forever."

Yu Chaoxian remained silent; they were family. But he was also her family.

A row of green sycamore trees lined both sides of the street, their leaves rustling in the wind.

Yu Chaoxian's figure elongated Yu Tang's shadow, and a pile of still-green sycamore trees rolled around them.

However, its ripening season will arrive soon.

Yu Tang belatedly realized that Yu Chaoxian was a little close to her. That familiar, hot breath, just like in the morning, was approaching, so Yu Tang carefully moved a little distance to the side.

After dealing with the body at the rear, Chen Diao remembered that Yu Chaoxian had just instructed him to find two skilled and meticulous individuals. At the time, he had been so focused on investigating Li Xiang's case that Chen Diao hadn't yet clarified the specifics of the mission so he could make arrangements in advance.

As soon as he dialed the number and it connected, he witnessed another bizarre scene.

In fact, Yu Chaoxian was not far from him, just across the street.

Chen Diao finally saw two figures standing very close together beside the deserted street.

The night outlined the silhouettes of the two figures from behind. Their sizes were so different that the man's figure completely enveloped the girl. Fortunately, the girl turned to the side and pointed upwards, revealing a small part of her delicate face.

Why is it considered eerie? Yu Chaoxian was looking at the girl with his eyes lowered, a faint, indifferent smile playing on his lips. It was a truly beautiful smile.

The girl looked up at the crescent moon, while Yu Chaoxian looked down at her.

How could a man who could snap someone's neck with his bare hands have such a gentle expression?

Chen Diao had never seen Yu Chaoxian laugh like this before. A single laugh from him had almost cost him his life, and now, with this laugh, was he planning to kill his aunt right here and now?

Chen Diaozhen wasn't a gossipy person, so he immediately took out his phone and called Mickey to ask if his boss really had a woman.

Mickey hung up before even finishing his sentence. Doesn't he have a brain? Can't he think for himself?

Even a foreigner like him can understand this.

The younger aunt is an elder! The eldest son is clearly showing respect for his elders!

Upon arriving home, Yu Tang immediately ran into the study with her shark plush toy, wanting to find her brother and warn Yu Yanting to be careful of the man named Li Xiang. She completely forgot about Yu Chaoxian who was behind her.

Only an hour has passed? Yu Tang was so focused on running over to see Yu Yanting that she completely forgot who was holding her and dodging the gunshots.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yanting frowned, glanced at Yu Chaoxian behind him, and told Yu Tang to go upstairs to rest first, "Go and rest for a while, and we'll have dinner later."

“Okay.” Yu Tang knew her brother didn’t like her asking too many questions, so she obediently went upstairs.

Yu Tang was carrying a shark plush toy and walked towards the study door when she bumped into Yu Chaoxian. Yu Tang poked Yu Chaoxian's wrist.

She advised him, "Be careful not to get the wound wet. It's best to take a shower with your arm up, otherwise it will get infected."

Yu Chaoxian felt that Yu Tang had become increasingly audacious these past few days, even daring to give him orders. And those eye contact and gestures, making him hold his hand up, as if he was worried that he would really die from an infection caused by a small wound.

Seeing that Yu Chaoxian was staring at her without saying a word, Yu Tang turned to look at her brother and realized that her brother and Yu Chaoxian had something to talk about, so she took the initiative to say, "Then I'll go upstairs first."

Yu Tang turned to leave, but her collar was grabbed again, and Yu Chaoxian's lazy voice came from above her head: "Go to the car and get my lighter and cigarettes."

"Okay, then wait for me a moment." Yu Tang wanted to put the shark in her arms properly first.

Seeing that the two got along well, Yu Yanting's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a bit. In the future, when he gets old, the only one who can protect the Yu family and keep Yu Tang from being bullied is Yu Chaoxian.

Yu Yanting, having experienced many things, understood that Yu Tang could awaken Yu Chaoxian's humanity, and Yu Chaoxian could control Yu Tang; the two complemented each other.

"You're injured?" Yu Yanting glanced at his son's hand; the bandaging technique and style clearly belonged to Yu Tang.

Yu Chaoxian didn't even bother to mention it, "Your precious little sister wants to study medicine, and you finally found someone to try it out on, but she can't just apply it however she wants."

“Can’t you speak properly?” Yu Yanting glared at him when he saw that he didn’t want to speak properly again. “We’re all family. It’s Tangtang who cares about you.”

The word "family" always felt ironic to Yu Chaoxian, no matter when he heard it. In the end, Yu Yanting, Shen Wangshu, and Yu Tanghe were the real family. When his grandfather passed away, Yu Yanting immediately took Shen Wangshu back to their hometown—Hong Kong in the East—to settle down.

Yu Yanting spent more time with Shen Wangshu than with his wife Zhou Ningxuan.

"Family? You're just eager to recognize Yu Tang as your daughter, fine. Yu Tang likes to call me 'brother,' but she'd probably be more comfortable calling me that." Yu Chaoxian's tone was flippant. Then he remembered to ask Yu Tang to get him a cigarette, which hadn't arrived yet. Sure enough, she didn't care about anything that wasn't her brother's business.

"What are you saying! Tangtang is your aunt, stop talking nonsense!" Yu Yanting slammed his hand on the table, angry at Yu Chaoxian's stubborn temper, who wouldn't listen to reason. So angry, Yu Yanting leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and patted his chest, panting.

"Dad, I was just joking," Yu Chaoxian quickly backed down, since business matters still required Yu Yanting's approval. "Yu Tang is my aunt, your sister. I will naturally respect and care for her in the future, so don't worry."

Yu Tang went back to her bedroom and took a shower first. After showering, she immediately went to settle the little shark on the bed and covered it with a blanket.

Sharks are somewhat scary animals, but this shark isn't scary at all; it's rolling its eyes and is kind of cute.

Next to the little shark was a pillow cabinet with a photo of Shen Wangshu on it. Yu Tang unconsciously looked at it for a while longer, but unfortunately, she didn't have any photos with her mother.

It wasn't until her stomach growled twice that Yu Tang snapped out of her daze and remembered that there was still something she hadn't done.

The study was filled with a tense and hostile atmosphere. When Yu Tang came in, she overheard Yu Chaoxian saying, "Yu Tang is my aunt, your sister. I will naturally respect and cherish her in the future..."

Yu Tang knocked on the door, and Yu Chaoxian turned around to see her wearing a light blue trumpet-patterned nightgown.

She noticed that her brother seemed alright, as if they hadn't argued. She felt relieved and then glanced at Yu Chaoxian, who was sitting opposite her brother.

Yu Chaoxian leaned back lazily in his chair, his long legs casually spread apart, his clean and slender fingers resting on his knees.

Hearing the voice behind him, he raised his hand, palm up, and hooked his fingertips inward.

Soon, Yu Chaoxian had a lighter that wasn't very cold and a cigarette in his hand, and his fingertips even touched a soft, warm palm.

Yu Chaoxian frowned as he stared at the cigarette. "What's the meaning of this?"

Yu Tang looked very serious and said, "Smoking is bad for your health. One cigarette is enough."

Yu Chaoxian finally turned around and looked at her again. She was really addicted to meddling in other people's business. She meddles with her brother and now she wants to meddle with him too.

Yu Tang quickly left the study, not wanting to disturb their conversation, and settled into the safe garden her brother had built for her.

This garden is like spring all year round, warm and sunny, without any storms. The flowers in the greenhouse bloom beautifully and grow freely.

A moment later, the Filipino maid came over and brought two cups of tea: "This is honey lemon water that Miss made."

Yu Chaoxian felt that he had heard Yu Tang talk about it too many times today, from morning to night, and suddenly lost interest in the two identical cups of honey water.