Chapter 466 The Hypocritical Man

Jiang Ruan asked, "What are you thinking?"

"No," Tang Bai replied quickly. "If something major hadn't happened in my family, he wouldn't have come looking for me, much less asked me to go back."

During his years in the team, he was able to get promoted based on his own abilities.

But he tripped him up a lot, so much so that he eventually gave up on promotion and went to work for the captain.

Although she's a bit of a troublemaker, she's very protective of her own.

No one can bully her.

Including his family.

"Whatever decision you make, I can support you." Jiang Ruan didn't ask too many questions. Tang Bai was an adult; he knew what to choose. "Just let me know when you need my cooperation."

Tang Bai: "Okay."

Knowing his father's temper, Tang Bai gave Jiang Ruan a heads-up beforehand: "If things don't go well with him when we get home, we might end up arguing."

"It's highly unlikely," Jiang Ruan said.

Tang Bai's voice rose at the end: "Why?"

Jiang Ruan thought about the family members at home and said in a somewhat serious tone, "It's probably true that you're from Haicheng?"

The information about Tang Bai and Mo Mo is partly true and partly false.

So much so that she couldn't distinguish between what was real and what was fake.

Tang Bai drove steadily: "Really."

“According to you, your father is a prominent figure in Haicheng,” Jiang Ruan analyzed. “If he is a prominent figure, my mother, grandfather, and Uncle Li should all know him.”

Tang Bai thought for a moment.

That seems to be the case.

“He might get angry when you’re alone with him,” Jiang Ruan now analyzes things based on her feelings. “But he won’t when we’re both together.”

"That makes sense." Tang Bai thought it made sense.

The facts were pretty much as Jiang Ruan had guessed.

After Tang Bai's father, the head of the Tang family, arrived at Jiang Ruan's house, he exchanged pleasantries with Li Zhishen, Jiang An, and Old Mr. Qin. During the conversation, he was polite and refined, giving people the impression that he was very easy to get along with.

No.

As they chatted, the topic shifted to Tang Bai: "I didn't expect my son to conceal his identity and come here as a bodyguard. If he has caused any trouble for you, I, as his father, apologize in advance."

“Uncle Tang is fine, no trouble.” Sui Sui took the lead in the conversation.

The head of the Tang family smiled politely.

Before he could speak, Li Zhishen spoke first: "Tang Bai is doing well here. We all like him very much. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that we're family."

Li Zhishen's thinking was very simple.

He didn't care what Tang Bai's relationship was with the Tang family; all he knew was that Tang Bai was his daughter's bodyguard, and the two had a very good relationship.

Regardless of whether the Tang family wanted to take him away or something else, before his daughter and Tang Bai returned, his father had to say something to protect him for what he did.

"Chairman Li is giving him too much credit," said the Tang family head.

"Don't you think Tang Bai is outstanding?" Li Zhishen asked.

"That kid has a bad temper and loves to talk back." The Tang family head only mentioned Tang Bai's shortcomings. "He's rebellious, unfilial, and always goes against me."

Jiang An slightly raised her eyes.

Just one glance.

Li Zhishen knew exactly what she was thinking.

Before she could speak, he said it for her: "Has it always been like this?"

The head of the Tang family sighed deeply: "That's right."

"Is there any possibility?" Li Zhishen asked slowly.

The head of the Tang family raised his eyes: "What?"

Li Zhishen said, "It's your fault."

Tang family head: "???"

Tang Family Head: "!"

The head of the Tang family was filled with question marks, as if he never expected that someone of Li Zhishen's status could say something so lacking in emotional intelligence.

Are they very familiar with each other?

Is it really okay to say that?

"Everyone who knows Tang Bai says he's a good person, a very responsible and conscientious person." Li Zhishen didn't give him any face at all, all his low emotional intelligence was on display here, "But he's a completely different person to you, which can only mean that you did something to make him dislike you."

Patriarch Tang: "..."

Li Zhishen didn't notice his increasingly worse complexion and continued, "And it's the kind that's really excessive."

Jiang An took a sip of tea tactically.

Old Master Qin coughed lightly but didn't say anything.

The Tang family head's face gradually darkened, but his words were not too sharp or sarcastic: "Seeing is believing. I didn't expect Chairman Li to be so blunt."

"It's better to be straightforward." Li Zhishen pretended not to understand the implied meaning. "Beating around the bush is too tiring."

“Tang Bai’s rebellion is indeed partly my fault. I was too strict with him, which caused him to resent me.” The Tang family head was quite good-tempered and did not lose his temper on the spot. “For the sake of our acquaintance, I would still advise you not to be deceived by his appearance.”

"Does Patriarch Tang think we're easy to fool?" Jiang An asked.

Tang Family Head: "You're not easily fooled. You wouldn't have ended up breaking up in the first place."

Jiang An: "..."

Li Zhishen: "..."

The head of the Tang family dropped a bombshell with the most understated words: "Speaking of which, you are still too kind. If you had been more shrewd, Chairman Li would not have lied to force Qin An to break up with him, and you wouldn't still be living a lonely life now, with your daughter not even acknowledging you."

These words were spoken.

The atmosphere in the room instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Jiang An and the others all focused their gazes on him, creating an invisible but immense pressure.

The head of the Tang family remained calm, but inwardly he was somewhat flustered.

He never expected that he would blurt out his thoughts because of a few words from the two of them.

“Patriarch Tang knows quite a lot.” Li Zhishen’s expression became more serious, and his aura softened.

"Back then, the two of you were prominent figures in the industry, recognized as two of the greatest geniuses," the Tang family head said, enunciating each word with composure. "Your story was widely known throughout the industry; it was hard not to know about it."

"Does Patriarch Tang also prefer to speak his mind?" Li Zhishen asked.

Patriarch Tang: "Of course, I learned that from Chairman Li."

Li Zhishen: "Is that so?"

Tang family head: "Of course."

Li Zhishen was unhappy, and he wouldn't let anyone else be happy either: "I heard that the head of the Tang family killed his first wife for the sake of his current wife. I wonder if it's true."

The head of the Tang family narrowed his eyes.

Li Zhishen asked, "Is it difficult to answer?"

"They're just fabricated rumors." The Tang family head's hand, which was resting beside him, tightened little by little. "I didn't expect Chairman Li to believe them too."

“I didn’t believe it at first, but Tang Bai has been staying with us for more than half a year without returning to the Tang family, and he even spent the New Year here.” Li Zhishen said deliberately, “It’s hard not to believe that those rumors aren’t true.”

Tang Family Head: "It's fake."

Chairman Li deliberately pressed on: "Does Patriarch Tang dare to gamble the future of the Tang family by repeating what you just said?"

The head of the Tang family raised his eyes.

The two locked eyes, their auras tense.

Neither of them would give way to the other.

"I don't think I've offended Chairman Li in any way." After all, the head of the Tang family was the head of an ancient family in Haicheng, and he was quick to adapt to changing circumstances. "Why do you always keep reopening old wounds?"

Li Zhishen lifted his eyelids slightly.

The head of the Tang family continued, "I was also very saddened by the passing of my wife, and I still feel sad when I think about it occasionally."

"It's really sad that you brought this man into your home before your wife's seven-day mourning period was even over?" Jiang An hated hypocritical men the most. "And he even had twins with her, a boy and a girl, who are only three years older than Tang Bai?"

She didn't know Tang Bai's relationship with the Tang family, but that didn't mean she didn't know some things about the Tang family.