Chapter 68

Tan Xinman had already prepared herself that it would be difficult to open Tan Li's heart. The only thing she could do now was to open her own heart first.

She thought for a moment and said to Tan Li what she had always wanted to say, "A friend of the Dao would die, but a friend of the Dao would not die. Whoever wants to be a laborer can be one."

"I will never be a laborer for my sister again. My goal is to become a member of your family."

Tan Li met her clear eyes, blinked, and smiled slightly.

"Little girl," she patted Tan Xinman on the shoulder, "your five minutes are up."

Tan Xinman was stunned.

Tan Li stood up slowly, as if she remembered something, "Oh, by the way, don't forget what you just said, you won't bother me anymore~"

Then, she walked away with brisk footsteps.

**

"Xiaotong, help me contact the program team." Tan Li showed Tong Jing the page of the talent show that Tan Xinman was going to participate in.

Tong Jing took it respectfully, "Does the boss want to invest in this program?"

Tan Li was very satisfied with her knowledge and interest, "Yes."

"Tan Xinman said she wanted to participate in this program, you go and contact the program team to see if they need investment."

"Okay." Tong Jing agreed without hesitation. Whose program team would not need investment? Even if they didn't, she would find a way to make them need it.

However, Tong Jing still wanted to confirm with Tan Li, "Does the boss have any requirements for this program team?"

Tan Li thought about it.

She originally wanted the program group to give Tan Xinman a backdoor, to keep her until the last hurdle, and successfully keep this annoying person locked up for four months.

But now...

"It's nothing, let them know that the girls from our Tan family can't rely on connections in there, they have to rely on their strength."

Tong Jing thought about it, "I understand."

Simply put, since the girls from the Tan family won't get any preferential treatment in there, of course, other people can't.

Tong Jing instantly determined the proportion of investment, and proposed another plan, "Why not use the name of Yi Leng as a sponsor, maybe we can also do a linkage with the idol election, and at the same time increase Yi Leng's popularity."

Tan Li didn't care about these details, she waved her hand casually, "You can handle these." "

Okay." This time, Tong Jing didn't say anything more.

"Also," Tan Li continued, "You go and learn what idol support is all about, and then choose the best show for Tan Xinman, don't embarrass me."

Tong Jing blinked, "Okay."

She had always thought that the relationship between Tan Li and Tan Xinman would not be so harmonious, but now, it seems that she has to re-evaluate the position of Tan Xinman in Tan Li's heart. After

instructing Tong Jing, Tan Li called Ying Heng again, "Let's put the global travel we talked about before on hold for now."

"......?" Ying Heng's silence was deafening.

Tan Li said helplessly, "Tan Xinman said she was going to participate in a talent show, and she insisted that I support her. Before that, I probably won't have time to travel."

Ying Heng remained silent.

After a long time, he said "Huh" calmly.

"Anyway, the agreement with anyone is more important than the one with me, right? I understand." Ying Heng's words were full of yin and yang, even the punctuation marks.

Tan Li usually didn't care about his tone at all, but for some reason, today, Tan Li felt a little annoyed.

"Oh," she said coldly, "I can't help it if you think so." I

always thought Tan Xinman was annoying, but Tan Xinman would talk nicely even when she was annoyed, unlike Ying Heng, who relied on Tan Li's tolerance and generosity and was gloomy all day long.

But Tan Li is not a masochist. She can be kind and not care about others, but she can be praised and cared for by others. Why make herself uncomfortable for no reason and spend more time with people who don't talk nicely?

Moreover...

when Tan Li thought that Fu Yunyun might also be the one who changed the direction of the book of life, she couldn't help but feel that Ying Heng wasn't that special.

Ying Heng still needed her to keep an eye on him so that he wouldn't commit suicide, but Fu Yunyun didn't need her to keep an eye on her, she could fall down and get up from where she fell

. Tan Li had just heard Tan Xinman's sincere words, and it was as if she had taken a bath in a hot spring. Although the water pressure seemed to make her feel a little uncomfortable, the warm spring water slowly opened up the pores of her whole body when she wasn't paying attention.

So at this time, when Ying Heng was still as cold as ever, Tan Li only felt uncomfortable and... tired.

"You want to go on a trip and find someone else. I don't have to be with you." Tan Li said coldly.

Ying Heng's breathing stagnated.

"That's enough," Tan Li was always reluctant to say anything to someone she didn't want to talk to, "Then I'm hanging up."

"Wait!" Ying Heng was worried that if he spoke a second later, he would never be able to get through to Tan Li again.

It must be said that Ying Heng's intuition was right.

Tan Li paused for a moment before hanging up the phone, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"I..." Ying Heng was silent for a moment, and no one knew what he thought in that short moment, "But I can't live without you."

When Tan Li couldn't see, Ying Heng's hands grabbed the blanket hanging on his knees, leaving deep folds on the blanket. There were black waves in his eyes, but his voice became more gentle and hoarse.

"Tan Li, I can't live without you." Ying Heng repeated it again.

Tan Li had a strange feeling. She thought for a moment, "Ying Heng, you haven't been weaned yet?"

"..." Ying Heng choked.

Ying Heng sighed, "Tan Li, has anyone ever said that you are... dull?"

"I am dull?" Tan Li's eyes widened in disbelief, "I am dull?"

Although Ying Heng was not the first person to say that she was dull, but! Tan Li felt that if she was dull, there would be no sensitive people in the world!

"Well," Ying Heng said with certainty, "you are dull."

Tan Li asked shamelessly, "Where am I dull?"

"Someone once said that I was dull, but I never understood the criterion for judging dullness. I think I am a very sensitive person."

Ying Heng's focus was different, "Who else has said that you are dull?"

"...Le Tong." Tan Li didn't want to say it at first, but when she thought about it, she seemed to have talked about Le Tong with Ying Heng several times, and she felt that it would be okay to talk about it.

Tan Li thought of the past, and she felt nostalgic and unreasonable. She couldn't help but talk more. "Once, we were having a meal together. She glanced at my bowl and smiled at me strangely."

"I asked her what she was laughing at."

"Le Tong was really strange at that time. She just laughed and said I understood."

"How could I understand what she meant, so I asked her. Then she looked at me for a long time, just like you just now, sighed, and said I was a little slow."

"So you tell me, what exactly is slow about me?"

She couldn't get an answer from Le Tong, but perhaps she could guess Le Tong's thoughts at the time from Ying Heng.

Ying Heng was relieved when he heard that it was Le Tong who said Tan Li was slow, but the more he listened, the weirder his expression became.

He asked casually, "Who cooked for you when you were eating?"

"Big Spoon." Tan Li answered subconsciously.

After answering, she paused again.

How many times has she blurted out the names of those people in the past so easily to Ying Heng.

"Oh." Ying Heng replied calmly, "It may be that the food cooked by this Big Spoon is not very delicious, and you don't feel it at all, so Le Tong said that you are slow."

"Impossible." Tan Li retorted without thinking, "Big Spoon's cooking is delicious, don't talk nonsense."

Ying Heng asked, "How delicious is it?"

"Super delicious, I have never eaten better food than his cooking!" Tan Li said firmly.

Ying Heng: "...Big Spoon, what kind of person is he?"

Tan Li was stunned.

"Why do you want to know this?" Tan Li herself didn't realize that her voice suddenly became very stiff.

Ying Heng knew that Tan Li was very secretive about the past and was reluctant to mention it, but those past events might be really important to her, so from time to time, when she was relaxing, she would occasionally say a word or two about people and events in the past.

Ying Heng was actually not curious about Tan Li's past.

When he knew Tan Li, she was the way she is now. No matter what happened in her past, those things became the past.

Not only because there were no clues in the investigation report, but also from the words that Tan Li occasionally leaked, Ying Heng guessed that even if Tan Li still missed it, those past events would most likely become the past forever. Although

the living may never defeat the dead, at the same time, the dead cannot accompany the living.

But...

"I'm just curious." Ying Heng said, "I haven't heard you mention it."

He was not curious about Tan Li's past, but that didn't stop him from taking advantage of the situation.

This time, Tan Li was silent for a long time.

Ying Heng waited patiently, and for a while, only the sound of each other's breathing was transmitted through the receiver.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Tan Li slowly opened her mouth, "Big Spoon..." "He

is actually a little bit timid, a little fat, and a little slow in his movements. We are all surprised that he can maintain such a round figure even though he exercises so much every day."

Tan Li said seriously, "We suspect that he is secretly giving himself extra food."

After that, she smiled softly, "He looks silly when he smiles, and he is stupid."

"...He is in logistics, and we protect him too well, so he thinks it's okay to run slower."

In fact, it was her fault. If she hadn't been too confident in her own strength and felt that even if Big Spoon ran slower, she could guarantee his safety, Big Spoon wouldn't be so relieved that he didn't spend his energy on exercise.

The result was that he was swallowed by the lava hell, and not even a bone was left.

"Big Spoon once said that he wanted to try all the delicacies in the world, but I think that none of the delicacies in the world are as delicious as his."

In just a few sentences, Tan Li's emotions changed several times.

After all, Ying Heng had never experienced it, so he could only guess through these few sentences. Before Tan Li's emotions fell to the bottom, he said, "Does he like you?"

Tan Li's sad emotions were stuck in the middle.

After a long time, Tan Li blurted out a word, "Ah?"

"Look, you don't know, so Le Tong said you are slow." Although Tan Li couldn't see it, she always felt that she could see Ying Heng shrugging his shoulders.

"...Ah?" Tan Li seemed to be unable to say anything else.

Ying Heng's mouth curled slightly. The feelings that he didn't realize at the time, even if he knew it now, he couldn't go back.

Since the past is gone, why not help him and let Tan Li open up.

"You don't realize it until now?" Ying Heng asked softly.