"Mom and Dad, my brother and the others don't know either, so please don't scold me. I'm hungry, what should we eat tonight?"
In the past, Meng Wan would never have imagined that she would one day use such a coquettish tone, at least not with her family.
"I'll make your favorite stir-fried pork tonight. Wait for me, Mom will make it for you right away."
"I'll wash the vegetables, hurry up." Meng Boqun gave Meng Zhiyuan and Meng Zhilian a flick on the forehead each, then followed Qin Yi into the kitchen.
Meng Zhiyao sat down next to Meng Wan and carefully took her hand, patting it twice, feeling a little ticklish.
Meng Wan couldn't help but smile and gently rubbed Meng Zhiyao's head with her free hand.
"Thank you."
"Does it still hurt?" Meng Zhiyao's eyes were wet, making her look pitiful.
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Meng Wan gently pinched his cheek. "Did you have fun at school today?"
Meng Zhiyao nodded. Although her speech was still somewhat intermittent, the frequency of her speech was significantly higher than before.
He held Meng Wan's hand and said that Tang Li and Zhao Tianqi had argued again. The two of them took him to catch bugs, and Tang Li scared the teacher, so he blamed Zhao Tianqi for it...
Meng Wan listened patiently, occasionally offering a few words of agreement, creating a harmonious atmosphere.
The three useless older brothers did not disturb the peace, doing what they could to help, and the family had a rare meal together.
But the Tang family was not so warm and welcoming.
Tang Zhiyi lay in bed, her face pale. The doctor had already examined her; there was no external damage, but she was suffering more from mental anguish.
"gentlemen."
Seeing Tang Sheng storm in, Butler Chen bowed slightly.
"Where is she?!" Tang Sheng suppressed his anger.
"The young lady is in her room."
Having received a reply, Tang Sheng took three steps at a time and pushed open the door.
The door slammed shut, startling Tang Zhiyi, who had finally drifted off to sleep. Her eyes lit up when she saw Tang Sheng, as if she'd found a lifeline, but before she could even speak, Tang Sheng slapped her across the face.
"Dad!" Tang Zhiyi covered her face, looking incredulous.
"What trouble have you gotten me into now!" Tang Sheng roared, startling Tang Zhiyi.
"I didn't!" Tang Zhiyi's words were full of grievance, and tears kept rolling down her cheeks.
"You didn't? If you didn't, why would that brat from the Yan family mention you!"
Heaven knows how much effort it took him to control his temper when he heard that the reason for the termination of the cooperation was his beloved daughter whom he had reunited with.
"Do you know how much benefit this cooperation could have brought to the Tang family? Because of you, this cooperation has fallen through!" Tang Sheng became angrier and angrier, grabbing Tang Zhiyi's hair and slapping her on the other side of her face again.
Both sides of her face swelled up quickly and burned with pain. Tang Zhiyi screamed, huddled in the corner, wrapped tightly in the blanket, and trembled like a leaf.
"What have you done?" Tang Sheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath, barely managing to control his temper.
"It wasn't me...it was Meng Wan." Tang Zhiyi was stunned, tears streaming down her face. "It was Meng Wan...it was Meng Wan...she conspired with others to bully me, it was Meng Wan..."
She kept muttering Meng Wan's name, as if it were all Meng Wan's fault, as if Meng Wan was the one who made her this way, as if Meng Wan was the one who caused the Tang family to lose this important order.
Tang Sheng gritted his teeth, "Meng Wan, Meng Wan! If you hadn't provoked her, how could so many things have happened? She doesn't even have the Tang family surname, yet she can still get people to work for her willingly. You've taken the Tang family surname, and all you can do is cause me trouble and embarrass me. What else can you do?"
Butler Chen stood in front of the door, silently closed it, and shut out all sound.
"Butler Chen, what's wrong?"
Butler Chen gestured for Tang Li to be quiet, and the latter glanced at the locked door before leading Tyrannosaurus Rex out the door.
The atmosphere in the room remained tense.
"I never thought I, Tang Sheng, would misjudge someone like you and actually take you back!"
If it weren't for the fact that Tang Zhiyi's outburst under the guise of recognizing relatives would affect the company's stock, and that Tang Zhiyi had become easier to control than Tang Wan over the years and her personality was more suited to a marriage alliance, he wouldn't have been foolish enough to throw away the precious jade and exchange it for a fake pearl!
"Tomorrow, no! Tonight! Tonight you pack your bags and get out of the country. Don't get in my way. When you're old enough, come back and get married. That's the biggest contribution you can make to the Tang family! If you still want this wealth and status, you'd better behave yourself. Tang Wan doesn't have the surname Tang, but she can still live a very successful life. If you can, you can give it a try."
Tang Zhiyi didn't want to go abroad. She didn't speak any foreign languages, and because her cheeks were swollen, she couldn't argue back, nor did she dare to.
Today's incident made her realize clearly that if she didn't have the surname Tang, she would have died a terrible death.
If that's the case, it's better to go abroad, where no one will restrict you, and you can still be the high and mighty eldest daughter of the Tang family.
After thinking it through, she obediently followed Tang Sheng's arrangements and went abroad overnight. Unlike the manor where Tang Qi and Tang Li lived, Tang Zhiyi lived in an ordinary villa area, which was not even comparable to the Tang family's villa.
However, Tang Sheng did not go too far and still arranged a butler and two servants for her.
She wore a mask and hat, completely covering her face, afraid that others would see what she had been through. The villa door was locked, and she rang the doorbell for a long time without any response. She also tried calling the housekeeper, but no one answered. Helpless, she could only keep ringing the doorbell.
Exhausted, she was too tired to even curse. As dawn broke, all she wanted to do was rest.
Half an hour later, someone finally opened the door. It was a white-haired, blue-eyed butler dressed in a well-tailored tuxedo.
Seeing that the housekeeper neither apologized nor offered to take her luggage, Tang Zhiyi became furious and simply placed the suitcase in front of the housekeeper herself, her meaning all too clear.
Unexpectedly, the butler took a step back, put his hands behind his back, and his meaning was all too clear.
"What do you mean!" As soon as she opened her mouth, her face was pulled, and the pain forced Tang Zhiyi to shut her mouth. She could only glare fiercely at the butler.
"Young Master Tang Qi asked me to tell you that he has prepared a delightful homecoming gift for you." Surprisingly, the butler's Chinese pronunciation was quite standard.
Tang Zhiyi was surprised to hear Tang Qi's name, but also felt a little expectant.
A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips, but the pain made her gasp, and her hatred for Meng Wan deepened.
But just as they reached the villa's entrance, before they even stepped onto the stairs, something crashed down from the second floor.
Tang Zhiyi couldn't dodge in time and something hit her shoulder. She released her suitcase, clutched her shoulder, and gasped.
Upon hearing the 'thump thump' sound, Tang Zhiyi looked in the direction of the sound and her pupils suddenly contracted.
A basketball is slowly rolling towards the corner...
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