After dinner, Yu Jianguo took out two thick red envelopes: "I wish you all a good new year." His greatest hope in life was that his daughter would live to be a hundred years old. As long as Tang Yue was well, his daughter would be healthy and without any problems.
He got a share too? Tang Yue was quite flattered and quickly thanked him, "Thank you." He squeezed the thickness of the red envelope and suddenly felt extremely curious.
Yu Wan tilted her head slightly: "You haven't ever received a red envelope before, have you?"
Tang Yue smiled and nodded: "My parents passed away on New Year's Eve, so the Tang family has not been able to have a proper Spring Festival for fifteen consecutive years."
His tone was casual, yet it was all the more heartbreaking.
Realizing she had said the wrong thing, Yu Wanying's white fingers unconsciously tightened around the glass: "I'm sorry." She racked her brains, trying to think of something to comfort him.
"It's alright, it's all in the past." Tang Yue picked up a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp. Then he looked up and smiled, his amber eyes clear and calm.
Yu Wan pursed her lips.
My heart aches and feels suffocated, as if a stone is blocking it.
Tang Yue smiled even brighter at her and said, "I'm fine."
"Who's worried about you? Humph, you're just being presumptuous." Yu Wan desperately suppressed her heartache and turned her head away.
Tang Yue chuckled softly, his clear voice deliberately lowered and tinged with a deep sense of languor.
Yu Wan's ears twitched slightly.
Yu Jianguo had heard about the Tang couple's tragedy, and looking at Tang Yue, he felt that he was actually quite pitiful. The resentment in his heart vanished in an instant.
"Who do you think you are, drinking alone?" he said with a sneer and a very江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) air. "I can hold my liquor very well. Let's drink until we drop. Uncle Liu, bring out all the bottles of wine I've been saving in the cellar."
Tang Yue naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to curry favor with his future father-in-law, and nodded in agreement: "Alright, let's drink until we drop."
The two of them drank one cup after another until they were completely drunk.
Uncle Liu had already seen Yu Jianguo upstairs, leaving only Tang Yue and Yu Wan in the restaurant.
The silence was almost excessive.
Tang Yue leaned back in his chair, propped his chin on one hand, and gazed at her with his head tilted slightly, the smile in his eyes never fading.
Yu Wan kicked him uncomfortably, threatening him fiercely, "If you look again, I'll gouge your eyes out."
"Then put it in your pocket?" Tang Yue smiled, his eyes crinkling. "Sure, go ahead and dig it out. Should I open my eyes or close them?"
"..." Damn, what kind of indecent words are these!
Yu Wan was too lazy to argue with a drunkard. She put her phone in her pocket, walked over and grabbed his arm: "Get up, I'll take you to the guest room."
She thought it would take a lot of effort, but to her surprise, Tang Yue was very obedient. He stood up and followed behind her, being pulled along by her.
"We're here." Yu Wan turned on the bedroom light, let go of her hand, raised her chin and pointed to the bed: "Go to sleep by yourself."
"Smack."
Tang Yue suddenly turned off the light, plunging the room into darkness.
Yu Wan was startled, still waiting for her eyes to adjust to the darkness. Suddenly, she was picked up and gently pushed against the wall.
Their breaths mingled, and in the darkness, her senses were amplified; she was surrounded by the other's presence. Slowly, using the light streaming in from the corridor, she made out a pair of exceptionally bright eyes.
He can kiss you as soon as he lowers his head.
"Bang bang bang".
My heart started beating erratically last night.
"What are you going to do?" She swallowed nervously. "Are you crazy? This is my house."
Tang Yue lowered his head and kissed her, then called her name earnestly: "Wanwan".
Yu Wan unconsciously tugged at his collar and uttered two dry words: "What?"
After a moment of silence, he continued, "I'll be away for a while, probably one or two months. Take good care of yourself while I'm gone. After the New Year, a girl named Jiang Xinyun will transfer to your class; she'll be protecting you temporarily. Hmm?"
Yu Wan's heart tightened: "Where to?" From his mention of transferring Old Master Tang to a military hospital in Beijing, she had already vaguely guessed what was going on.
Tang Yue didn't answer her, but instead rubbed her neck with his fingers, changing the subject: "Since we haven't seen each other for so long, can I give you a kiss beforehand?"
Yu Wan remained expressionless. How could this person say such shameless things with such a straight face? Yet, she was still slightly tempted.
“No way.” Yu Wan deliberately contradicted him.
Tang Yue said, feeling wronged, "Okay."
Yu Wan raised an eyebrow and tsk tsk, this drunkard is too easy to talk to.
The next moment, something soft suddenly covered her lips.
Lost in thought, the man's voice was unusually serious and earnest: "Then taking some interest first isn't unreasonable, is it..."
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The next morning, a thick fog blanketed the area, and the weather was gloomy and cold.
When Yu Wan woke up, her phone had been ringing off the hook, and there were dozens of WeChat messages, almost all of them New Year's greetings from Meng Shen and others.
She picked and chose her replies until she saw Tang Yue's message.
[Tang Gou: Take care of yourself, wait for me to come back.]
The sentence is very brief, and the time is 7:23.
Yu Wan couldn't help but think of what he had said last night. After a moment's hesitation, she dialed Yuan Yuqin's number. She first offered a polite New Year's greeting before getting to the point: "Do you know what mission Tang Yue has?"
"Xiao Yue has a mission?" Yuan Yuqin asked, feigning surprise.
Yu Wan tapped her phone case with her finger, raised an eyebrow, and said casually, "You should have found the S organization's whereabouts by now, right? This mission is long and fraught with danger. Could it be located overseas?"
Yuan Yuqin gasped; the young girl was certainly perceptive. He continued to evade the question, saying, "What overseas mission? I know absolutely nothing about that."
Seeing that he absolutely refused to reveal anything, Yu Wan wondered if she should go to the auction to find Tang Yue and try to get some information out of him. But she immediately dismissed the idea. If Tang Yue knew that she had gone to the auction and bought his former car, what would become of his reputation?
It's all the fault of that damn system.
[...] The Peace chuckled: [Host, the auction is about to begin. Please depart as soon as possible.]
Yu Wan gave the middle finger. This idiot system only knows how to enslave her. Just you wait.
The Peace suddenly felt a chill on its fuselage, and after being reminded of the mission, it quickly logged off and fled.
Knowing Yu Wan's personality, Yuan Yuqin was afraid she would chase after her, so he added cryptically, "Maybe Xiao Yue is going somewhere to travel and relax. She'll be back soon and it'll be very safe."
"Okay, I understand." Yu Wan thought for a moment. She couldn't be of much help with this mission, and going would only hold Tang Yue back. Besides, she had the 3T Challenge to deal with and couldn't get away at all.
Just as I was thinking about the 3T Challenge, my phone vibrated.
[Teacher Rong: Yu Wan, remember to send me the project proposal.]
Is it some kind of devil to start nagging about homework on the very first day of the new year?
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