You are just my star

Lin Yu was discharged from the hospital at the end of November. The bones in his legs were still growing, and he had difficulty walking. He Yao approached Tao Xingye and asked if he wanted to continue Lin Yu's psychological treatment, but Tao Xingye refused.

"I don't want her to come into contact with outsiders." He didn't trust any Yao. Tao Xingguo had bribed too many people, and Tao Xingye was in the dark. All he could do was to keep Lin Yu by his side and not let anyone get close to her easily.

Although Yaoming Jiansheng had long since separated from the Tao family, Tao Xingguo's imprisonment inevitably affected Tao Xingye, who bore the same surname. This made some orders more difficult to negotiate, but what he didn't expect was that Tao Xinghai had also learned the ways of a businessman.

He arrived late for dinner that night and saw Tao Xinghai playing finger-guessing games with someone as soon as he entered the room. Everyone around was watching the show. Liu Quan and Wei Zhe were sitting on the sofa next to him. When they saw Tao Xingye come in, they started to greet him.

"Come here." Wei Zhe waved at Tao Xingye, and Liu Quan glared at him.

The noise in the room gradually died down. Tao Xinghai lost the game of finger-guessing, so he raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp. "Drink up, why are you all standing there?" He called for the waiter to come and add more wine for him, raised his glass and continued to play finger-guessing with others.

"Who set up this gang? They invited these two brothers here." Liu Quan looked at the man at the door. Tao Xingye was still standing there.

"What do you think?" Wei Zhe shook off the girl beside him and stood up with a smile on his face. "Xingye, I'm sorry, I really forgot your brother is here."

Wei Zhe put his arm around Tao Xingye and pushed him onto the sofa next to Liu Quan. "But we're a little separated from each other, so you don't mind, do you?" His eyes weren't exactly kind, but Tao Xingye knew what he meant. He was just blaming him for sending Tao Xingguo in, disrupting the business he'd been discussing with him for almost six months.

"Tonight is a Hongmen Banquet." Tao Xingye laughed and leaned forward on the sofa, "There's a girl prepared for me here?" He pointed to the corner, where sat a girl with outstanding temperament, black hair and red lips, with a classical style.

Tao Xingye recognized the girl, her name was Chen Meng.

Chen Meng obviously heard what he said, but did not react at all. She still sat there quietly, just meeting Tao Xingye's gaze.

"Get out." Wei Zhe shouted behind him with a stiff face. Chen Meng stood up, pushed the door open and left indifferently.

"Why did you bring her here?" Liu Quan took a sip of wine, which was rare.

Wei Zhe snorted coldly, his attitude even worse than towards Tao Xingye, "She is mine, of course I have to bring her here."

There was an undercurrent between the two of them, which Tao Xingye found funny. After all, they were cousins, so it wasn't worth making such a fuss.

"What do you want from me?" Tao Xingye interrupted them.

Wei Zhe retracted his gaze, his almond-shaped eyes tilted as he raised an eyebrow towards the wine table on Tao Xinghai's side. "That depends on whether your brother can drink more than my men." He smiled vulgarly, leaned forward on the sofa, and put his arm around another girl. "Come on, accompany your brother out to play for a while."

Wei Zhe left, leaving only Liu Quan and Tao Xingye at the table. There were four seats, and now only one remained. Tao Xingye glanced at the empty seat next to him, then at the man, his face flushed red as he drank from his glass.

What was worth the four of them discussing together? After much thought, the only big deal involving the two cities of Rong and Jin was the project that collapsed because of Tao Xingguo's imprisonment.

"I won't follow." Tao Xingye poured the tea in front of him, and the porcelain cup was turned upside down on the table. "Tao Xingguo will be released from prison in a year. After he is released from prison, do you think he will let you share this business with me?"

"So we have to talk quickly." Liu Quan took another porcelain cup and placed it in front of Tao Xingye. "If you don't come, we can always get other people to join us, even your brother... Can he handle it?"

Liu Quan's eyes fell on Tao Xinghai. The man's shirt was wet with wine, and he didn't look like a group president at all.

Tao Xingye knew without a second thought what Tao Xinghai was facing now. If Tao Xingguo went to jail, those bastards on the board of directors would definitely take the opportunity to mess up the Dow Group. It would be a wonder if his brother, a young man who hadn't even finished college, could manage so many listed companies at once.

If Dow Group was not in chaos now, the several medical companies under Dow Group would be enough to handle this project internally, and there would be no chance for him and Liu Quan to get involved.

"Would you like to drink this cup of tea?" Liu Quan pushed the refilled porcelain cup forward again.

Tao Xingye sneered, "I won't drink tea that smells of alcohol." He poured out the tea again, "If I want to drink, I'll just drink it directly."

Tao Xingye stood up and snatched the wine glass from Tao Xinghai's hand, pressed Tao Xinghai's shoulders and pushed him to the seat, "Mr. Liu, long time no see, shall we have a drink?" As he said this, he took the initiative to clink glasses with the person opposite him. Before the person could react, Tao Xingye had already drank it all and even refilled his glass.

"Again." Tao Xingye clinked glasses with the man again.

He repeated this countless times, Tao Xingye's drinking speed not slowing down at all, his face never showing any sign of drunkenness. Mr. Liu couldn't drink any more, so Tao Xingye walked over to a manager at the vice-host seat, carrying the wine jug, and said, "How about we clink a few glasses?"

He picked it up and handed it to the man without giving him any chance to refuse. He seemed to think it was too troublesome to drink one cup at a time, so he just picked up the wine jug and started pouring it into his mouth.

Some ignorant people at the table started taking pictures with their cell phones and even applauded.

Tao Xinghai swung the bottle and smashed it directly on the man's head, "I told you to hit me, hit me!" He grabbed the man's collar and pushed him to the ground. No one dared to step forward to stop him.

He clenched his fists and struck them three times before the people around him rushed forward to pull them apart. Tao Xinghai, perhaps drunk or otherwise, continued to strike, snarling.

Even though Tao Xinghai was wearing a smart suit, he still acted like a student. Tao Xingye, on the other hand, didn't even glance at his brother and personally helped the bruised employee up. "Just tell me if you want to take a picture. Come on, who has a phone? Take a picture of us."

“No, no, no… Mr. Tao, I…” The man shrank his neck, so frightened that he couldn’t speak clearly.

Tao Xingye's smile faded as he grabbed his hand and forced him to face the camera. After the photo was taken, Tao Xingye didn't reach for a hot towel. Instead, he took a rag from a waiter and began to wipe the blood off the employee's face. "I forgot, you had blood on your face just now. Let's take another photo together?"

"No, no, no!" The young employee quickly waved his hands and looked at their CEO Liu, "I really don't dare to do that. I'll delete the video when I get back."

Tao Xingye wiped his clean fingers one by one and picked up the wine glass again. "Want to drink more?"

No one at the table dared to respond. Tao Xingye looked around and finally turned to look at Liu Quan who was sitting next to him. "This is unfortunate. Look, I have directly disturbed everyone's drinking mood."

"Why don't you let go?" Tao Xingye glared at the men holding Tao Xinghai down, and only then was Tao Xinghai released. He pushed Tao Xinghai and pushed his brother back to the table, "Then you guys continue." Tao Xingye smiled and walked aside, as if he had no intention of blocking Tao Xinghai's drinking.

But he was clearly there to protect Tao Xinghai from the alcohol! Everyone at the table gritted their teeth and swallowed their anger. A few of the leaders dared to continue pouring wine into Tao Xinghai, but Tao Xingye made them unable to drink. As for the men, they all hunched their necks, fearing that the disaster would affect them.

"How's your drink?" Wei Zhe didn't embrace the girl from the beginning, but instead embraced Chen Meng and came in. "Why aren't you talking?"

Wei Zhe noticed something was wrong and looked at Liu Quan, "What's wrong?"

Liu Quan seemed to be smiling, but he just stared at Chen Meng. Wei Zhe noticed his gaze and his face froze. He loosened his grip on Chen Meng's waist and shielded her behind him. "Cousin, Chen Meng is my fiancée."

"Really?" Liu Quan put down his wine glass, his eyes piercing Wei Zhe's shoulders as he fell on Chen Meng. "Then maybe I was mistaken a few days ago. How could the girl who was shopping with Yiyuan's cook be your sister-in-law?"

Chen Meng's body froze, but her eyes were filled with relief. She met Wei Zhe's gaze, almost like she was about to give up.

Wei Zhe's expression could almost be described as distorted. Everyone present could see that Wei Zhe wanted to cover it up with a smile, but he just couldn't. The hatred and anger in his eyes were almost on the verge of exploding.

"See you tomorrow!" Wei Zhe said, and Chen Meng was grabbed by the wrist by him and dragged out of the room staggeringly.

"Let's go." Liu Quan got up and left.

Tao Xingye didn't want to bother with Tao Xinghai at first, but after taking a look at the man slumped in the chair like a puddle of mud, he turned back and took away Tao Xinghai's cell phone.

The person who called the most was a person whom Tao Xinghai noted as "Pinocchio". Tao Xingye tried to click on it and the call was quickly picked up. It was a girl.

Tao Xingye was not surprised. He just told the place name and hung up the phone.

He had been drinking, so he had to call the driver over temporarily. Tao Xingye sat in the back seat, not knowing what kind of wine Wei Zhe had used. He hadn't felt anything when he drank it, but now it was surprisingly strong.

His head was dizzy and he began to see double images in front of his eyes, even Lin Yu's face appeared.

Lin Yu squatted between the seats, looking up at him with a smile on her face, holding Tao Damai in her arms.

"Silly." Tao Xingye closed his eyes and leaned forward on the chair. "Give your husband a leg massage. You've been asking me to do your leg massages these past few days. You should do mine too!"

In a daze, he could actually feel a hand covering his leg. Tao Xingye was startled awake and quickly opened his eyes, only to see Lin Yu bending down and massaging his leg.

"Lin Yu?" Tao Xingye blinked and looked at the girl again. It was really Lin Yu's face, but how could Lin Yu be here? It must be the girl found for him by Wei Zhe and his gang.

"Get down, I have a brain." Tao Xingye's tongue was enlarged, and he pushed the girl with his hand to drive her down.

Lin Yu's smile grew even wider. She imitated Tao Xingye's accent and deliberately rolled her tongue when speaking, "I am the mud-brained woman. I am here to accompany you home."

Lin Yu said as she sat down next to him and snuggled into his arms. Tao Xingye was so anxious that he almost cried, "Get off the mud, my wife will divorce me if she finds out!"

This look was so adorable that Lin Yu stopped teasing Tao Xingye. She placed the kitten in Tao Xingye's arms, and Tao Xingye slept peacefully against the window with his eyes closed.

Lin Yu quietly took out her phone, holding it high enough that Tao Xingye and the cat were visible, but only her arms and shoulders were exposed. She didn't intend to tell Tao Xingye that she had taken advantage of him being out and hiding in his back seat.

"How else am I supposed to get out later?" Lin Yu straightened his hair unconsciously. It smelled strongly of alcohol.

A taxi suddenly stopped in front of their vehicle. Lin Yu saw a familiar figure getting out of the car. The man was still in pajamas and ran into the club in two steps.

How did Luo Youqiong get here? Lin Yu was puzzled. She saw Luo Youqiong smiling and saying something to the opposite side. The person opposite her was blocked by the wall. After a while, a drunk man was carried to Luo Youqiong. The girl was bent at the waist by the pressure, and she struggled to carry the man out.

"Sorry." Luo Youqiong nodded and apologized as she walked towards Lin Yu and their car. She pushed the man into the taxi. Lin Yu finally saw the man's face. How could it be Tao Xinghai?

The driver started the car, and Lin Yu couldn't help but turn her head to look at the taxi. Luo Youqiong's short hair was blown by the wind. She always had a very special temperament, as if many things were light and easy.

Luo Youqiong opened the door and got into the taxi. The driver turned a corner. Lin Yu turned her head and Tao Xingye stared at her motionlessly.

Lin Yu was startled and was about to make up an excuse, but Tao Xingye smiled and fell into her arms, "It's quite real." He pulled Lin Yu's hand under his face and rubbed it like a kitten.

"I am real." Lin Yu curled her lips, but did not push him away.

On the way home, Lin Yu couldn't carry him, so the driver carried Tao Xingye in the back. Lin Yu recited the password in her mind - she didn't know if she had slept too much recently or what, her memory was so bad that she could hardly remember the password.

"Thank you, master." The driver carried Tao Xingye upstairs, and Lin Yu limped downstairs to see him off.

Tao Xingye reeked of alcohol, and Lin Yu wiped him with a towel. Tao Xingye murmured as if in heat, twisting his body non-stop.

"Behave yourself!" Lin Yu slapped Tao Xingye on the lower abdomen. Tao Xingye stopped moving, but kept talking.

"I'm a star, how dare you hit me!"

Stars? Lin Yu thought of his cheesy words in the hospital that night and slapped him again, "I'm still Yu."

"I am the star!" Tao Xingye opened his eyes and stretched his neck.

Lin Yu held his head flat. She wanted to change the towel, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed. The man exerted force, and Lin Yu fell on him.

"I am a star and you are wheat. Have you forgotten that when you were still little in the fields, I was hanging in the sky to accompany you?" He spoke in a serious tone, his eyes were no longer hazy, and he looked at Lin Yu clearly.

If what he said hadn't been so childish, Lin Yu would have almost suspected that he was pretending to be drunk.

How could she not see how tired he was these past few days? He always came home drunk every day. In fact, every night when he came home, she was sober.

She heard him quietly open the door and then close it. When he came back, the smell of alcohol on his body was gone, and he hugged her with the moisture still on his body.

Lin Yu wanted to call him a fool, but her hand fell on his sunken eye sockets. "Yes... I am the wheat, and you are the stars." She tilted her head and lay on his chest. "I remember. In the fields, I played well with you."

"What do you think the child of Xingxing and Xiaomai is?" Tao Xingye hugged Lin Yu, and with a force, Lin Yu sank into the soft bed.

They slept in each other's arms, their necks intertwined. In the gentle and peaceful night, no one disturbed them anymore, no illness, no trouble, no calculation.

This calmness made Lin Yu unable to help but hug Tao Xingye tightly. She sniffed his scent, and her heartbeat became faster and faster. She couldn't help but raise her head and kiss Tao Xingye's lips. She didn't stay still like before. The moment she touched the tip of his tongue, Lin Yu felt like she was going crazy.

When she was with him, she always felt a subtle yet lingering sense of inferiority. That inferiority complex would always suddenly occupy Lin Yu's heart in the dead of night.

Lin Yu couldn't believe such a gifted child would fall in love with her. Compared to his social status, she paled like a Cinderella. Not only her family, but even her education, which she had worked so hard to earn, became worthless.

But now there are not so many concerns, and the only thing left in Lin Yu's eyes is this person himself.

He is no longer the eldest son of the Tao family, nor is he the head of Yaoming Jiansheng.

"You are just my star." Lin Yu buried her head in his chest, and a sense of security began to spread. Lin Yu remembered something that happened a long time ago.

"In the summer, my grandmother and I lived by the fields to prevent thieves from stealing the wheat. The wheat would turn into waves in the wind, and I would lie on the ground on my side, watching the waves of wheat. At the end of the waves were the stars and the moon."

The little girl who lived by the field and slept in fear had no idea that in the near future she would lie on her soft bed and miss those boring and stuffy nights.

"Do you think I'll miss this evening in the future?" Lin Yu poked Tao Xingye's muscle. "Let's not do that. People always seem to miss the past when they're unhappy."

She doesn't want to miss the past anymore, she wants to become the happy Lin Yu.

"Silly girl." Tao Xingye said in a crisp voice. He put his arms around Lin Yu's waist and put her on top of him.

"You...when did you wake up?" Lin Yu looked at the look in Tao Xingye's eyes and was now completely sure that he was awake. "You, you must let me go."

Even if she was wearing clothes, Tao Xingye was naked and lying on top of him. What did that mean?

"Are you going to get off?" Tao Xingye put his lips forward, "Then kiss me again."

"Get out!" Lin Yu was in a dilemma, neither moving nor standing still. "Can you please let me down?"

"Why should I let you go?" Tao Xingye suddenly raised his head, rubbing his lips against Lin Yu's cheek, making her feel itchy. His hand touched Lin Yu's cheek and moved down along her curves. "Is it okay?"

Lin Yu said nothing, her face flushed. "My injuries are all healed, just be gentle and it will be fine..."

In an instant, everything turned upside down. He lowered his head and carefully unbuttoned Lin Yu's sweater as if it were a treasure. With each button he undid, the roaring sound in his ears grew louder.

As they looked at each other openly, Lin Yu's mind went blank. She could clearly feel the warmth of his palm, very hot.