Chapter 22 His world was gradually turning darker and he could only stand there like a fool...

The security guard pushed Ye Guowen forward, almost causing the tip of the scissors to poke Ye Guowen's face.

"Someone's been murdered! Help! Someone come!"

Without Xu Huaiting saying anything, the security guard opened the tissue box on the table, grabbed a pack and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Ye Man was holding the scissors when he heard Xu Huaiting ask him, "What's the next step?"

What's next?

"I'm not saying I want to kill him, but he's already in front of you, so just do it." He said lightly.

Ye Man turned his head towards the sound, his eyes wide open with a look of surprise and doubt.

He couldn't make eye contact, so he raised his head high and looked at Xu Huaiting, with his brows furrowed and the corners of his mouth turned down, his face showing the grievance and dissatisfaction of suspecting that he was being teased.

One can imagine that if he could still see, those sparkling eyes, which sometimes made people wonder whether he was really blind, would probably be full of accusations.

As Xu Huaiting watched, he couldn't help but reach out and play with the ends of his curled hair.

The other person was touched by a finger without warning and dodged to the side in shock.

Xu Huaiting was not surprised that he wanted to hide. He had no other intentions. It was just a small matter, just a spur of the moment, and he didn't have to touch her before he would stop.

Who knew that the young man hesitated for a moment, then slowly straightened his body and tilted his head nervously and cautiously. He moved very slowly until he slowly sent the strand of hair into Xu Huaiting's hand.

Xu Huaiting was about to withdraw his hand but stopped, looked at it for a while with a deep and shallow gaze, and rubbed his fingers.

He is very skinny, but his hair is of good quality.

Ye Guowen was groaning, and Zheng Min beside him timidly said, "Brother Xiaoman?"

Ye Man tightened his grip on the scissors until his fingers turned white. After a moment, he relaxed. His expression, which had been frozen just a moment ago, softened unexpectedly. He smiled in the direction of Zheng Min's voice, and said softly, "I just lost my temper. I was just bluffing. I won't really do anything. It's okay. Don't be afraid."

Secretary Chen, who was communicating with his personal lawyer and medical team, casually raised his eyes and was stunned for two seconds.

It was not until his boss gave him a look that was indistinguishable from his emotion that Secretary Chen, who rarely lost his composure, coughed awkwardly, silently recited "emptiness is form, form is emptiness", and resumed his efficient working state.

When Li Mingyan came out with the salinated pork rice, Ye Guowen was gone. Several security guards in black clothes, who looked like iron-faced robots, were cleaning the place. The salinated pork rice that had spilled on the floor was cleaned up, and the floor was mopped so hard that it was shining.

Zheng Min sat at the table, and Ye Man was beside her, apologizing to her: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper in front of you."

The system has now completely lost track of his train of thought.

It was him who stabbed himself with scissors; it was him who told lies, nine out of ten of which were false, and he even deceived the system; it was him who gave up attacking Ye Guowen just because of a girl with whom he had little relationship.

This time the system could clearly tell that Ye Man was lying again.

What are you saying, he's just venting his temper, he's just bluffing... The system is convinced that the murderous intent that it sensed from him just now was not fake.

——Ye Man really wanted to kill.

This is a great opportunity. Xu Huaiting is here, and he has said so. There must be a way for him to achieve his wish and get away with it.

Although I don't know why he wants to help Ye Man... maybe it's because he has been causing trouble between Meng Yao and Chi Jue these days, and he is quite dedicated in breaking up other people's marriages, and he sympathizes with the hardworking lackey. Or maybe he is moved by Ye Man's acting skills and is moved by his pretended pitifulness. In short, this is an opportunity that will never come back if missed.

Ye Guowen holds the leverage over Ye Man, and Ye Man dares not let the Chi family know. He is even more afraid of it being made public. No one will be soft-hearted to a person with bad character and vicious mind, no matter how he sells himself. So when Ye Man deals with Ye Guowen's affairs, he can only solve them secretly and privately, and dares not seek help from the Chi family.

He is not afraid of anything except the day when he will lose the means and weapons to survive in this world.

But he still gave up the opportunity that was given to him.

"Adults should not fight in front of children." Ye Man said to the system seriously, almost in a stereotyped way.

System: “?”

You are about to commit murder in someone else's store, and you still care about whether it has a bad impact on the children?

Without the child, could he have performed seppuku in someone else's store?

Does he know the difference between the important and the unimportant?

The system suddenly wanted to dig into Ye Man’s brain to see what was inside that could have such a unique train of thought.

The system was speechless for a moment. Ye Man felt that it did not realize the seriousness of the matter, and said seriously: "Especially if it is an adult you know, you can't do this. Children will think it is their fault and that they are not obedient enough, so you can't do this."

"You can't quarrel or fight. If you have something to say, you have to talk it out."

He began to feel frustrated again: "If I had known Aunt Li's daughter was here, I would have changed the time. Sigh."

System: “You are quite considerate.”

Should it thank him on behalf of Ms. Li? Or should he consider not doing such scary things?

Ye Man shyly replied: "No, it's okay."

System: "."

While communicating with the system in his mind, he racked his brains to explain to Aunt Li's daughter that he had just had a harmless argument with his father and it would be fine after a while. Zheng Min was obviously relieved and came over to him and said, "Brother Xiaoman, I understand. Sometimes I also quarrel with my mother, but even if she is angry, she will never really do anything. She will even secretly make delicious food for me, so don't be too sad. You and Uncle Ye will definitely be able to reconcile soon."

Ye Man tugged at the hem of her clothes, then smiled gently: "Yes, I know."

After chatting for a few sentences, Zheng Min became familiar with him. It was too easy for Ye Man to talk to people. There was no one he couldn't please, let alone a little girl who was only in junior high school.

When she was excited, Zheng Min talked about her childhood: "I still remember that I always pestered my handsome brother to play sandbag throwing with me!"

That was about five or six years ago.

Ye Man was a big kid, taking care of two or three kindergarten kids. They were throwing sandbags and were short of one, so it was just right for him to join.

"I have a very deep impression. Brother Xiaoman ran so fast and his movements were very agile. Wu Li and I couldn't hit you no matter what. Wu Li was so anxious that she cried loudly, but Brother Xiaoman was still laughing beside us! Brother Xiaoman is a bad guy and only knows how to bully children!" Zheng Min said with a beaming face.

Ye Man was several years older than them. Later on, he thought that if he hadn't let them win, they wouldn't have been able to hit him, and he would have been losing all the time. But Ye Man just wouldn't let them win, and he had a lot of fun bullying the kids.

Thinking of what happened at that time, Ye Man smiled more: "So you and Wu Li still come to see me all the time?"

Zheng Min said sweetly: "Who made Brother Xiaoman look good? I forgive you."

Also, there was really no room for a third person. It was boring to play with just two people. Only Ye Man had the patience to play with the two children. From sunset to dusk, until Zheng Min and Wu Li's families called them home for dinner, Ye Man was there.

The two of them were taken home by their respective parents, one in the east and the other in the west. Zheng Min turned around to say goodbye to him. Under the fiery sunset, brother Xiaoman was still standing there, perhaps also waiting for his parents to call him home.

Li Mingyan brought two bowls of salted pork rice, one for Ye Man and one for Xu Huaiting who moved a stool and sat quietly next to her. "You must be Xiao Man's friend, right? If you haven't eaten yet, come and try our cooking. We pick fresh and clean meat from the market the day before, and we salt it ourselves and stew it overnight. It's especially delicious. Xiao Man has loved my cooking since he was a child."

I brought Zheng Min a thermos filled with red date water and said, "Stop talking. Class is about to start. I'll talk to your brother Xiaoman next time I have a chance."

"Got it." Zheng Min muttered, picked up the thermos, walked to the door, turned around and waved at Ye Man like he did when he was a child: "Brother Xiaoman, Wu Li and I have grown up. We will have the chance to throw sandbags together again in the future. You definitely can't beat us this time!"

Ye raised the corner of his mouth confidently, wanting to say that she was a fool and dreaming, but suddenly he was stunned for a second: "...... Yeah."

Hearing his "Ah" sound in his head, the system asked curiously: "What's wrong? What happened again?"

"Nothing," Ye Man said, "I just suddenly remembered that I might not be able to play sandbag throwing with her anymore."

The system was also stunned.

Suddenly I understood something.

Now Ye Man can only stand there like a silly goose and let the sandbags hit him.

He couldn't even walk very fast, let alone run and dodge freely.

His world was gradually becoming darker. He could not tell the direction and had to walk carefully using a stick to feel his way.

The system was silent for a long time, and then a crisp snapping sound rang in Ye Man's head.

"Brother Tong?"

"It's okay. I'm free so I'm just slapping myself for fun. You eat yours."

"Oh, okay..." Ye Man hesitated to speak, and finally decided to respect Brother Tong's personal quirks.

He picked up the spoon and paused again.

Ye Man put down the spoon and gently tugged at Xu Huaiting's sleeve: "Mr. Xu..."

"Minmin has grown taller now, can you compare with me, how tall is she now? What does she look like now?" He was a little embarrassed, but it was not easy to ask Brother Tong about this, because even if Brother Tong told him, he would have no idea.

Ye Man compared it to herself and said, "Last time I saw her, she was about this tall. How tall is she now?"

He himself was not well nourished and was not tall enough. After several encounters, he felt that he was much shorter than Mr. Xu. Although he could no longer compete with Zheng Min, he still secretly compared himself with Zheng Min to see if he would lose.

Xu Huaiting and Secretary Chen, who was sitting at another table, stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked at Ye Man.