Chapter 75: Crazy Day 75 I love you, Tan Mo, and you...
Chapter 75
This news was a bit sudden, and everyone was stunned for a moment, but after just a few seconds, everyone became casual again. After all, things like "announce marriage today, and break up tomorrow" happened to Nangong Lie from time to time.
Aunt Fengjuan: "Maybe you'll have a fight later and won't get the marriage certificate tomorrow."
Master Gao: “That’s very likely.”
Nangong Lie: “…”
But he was not angry. He actually understood why everyone felt this way. It was because he had left such a deep impression of the previous frequent changes in his orders.
Nangong Lie still held Xu Xiaonian's hand and said, "It's okay, I just want everyone to feel our happiness."
Seeing that he remained calm in the face of ridicule, Tan Mo thought that this time it might be true.
She raised her glass and said, "Marriage is no joke. Since you two have made up your mind, as friends, we wish you all the best."
The others followed suit and raised their glasses to congratulate Nangong Lie.
After a few drinks, Nangong Lie's face turned red and he was drunk.
His eyes moved meaningfully around Lu Xingjian several times before he jokingly said to Tan Mo, "Boss Tan, I'll be the breadwinner from now on. My assistant job is extremely important to me. You can't just fire me."
Jiang Qingya asked curiously, "What about Lu Xingjian? He's been yours, so why doesn't he want to be one anymore?"
She could guarantee with her head that she had no other intention in saying this, but why did the dinner table become unusually quiet as soon as she said this?
Jin Yuan nudged her with his arm, winked and whispered, "You really are just asking for trouble."
Nangong Lie promoted himself at the right time, "Lu Xingjian hasn't been an assistant for a long time. If you want to meet Mr. Tan in the future, please contact me in advance and I will arrange it for you."
Jiang Qingya was surprised: "Lu Xingjian, what are you going to do if you don't work as an assistant? Are you really planning to marry Tan Mo and become her son-in-law?"
Lu Xingjian: “…”
Tan Mo: “…”
*
"Sang Biao, do you like me?" Tan Mo squatted on the ground, level with Sang Biao, and seduced him, "Tell me you like me, and I'll give you the canned food."
Sang Biao stuck out his big tongue and drooled greedily, with a cunning expression on his face that said, "Even if I don't shout, you will give it to me."
His drool was flowing long and long, and the slightest movement would splash onto Tan Mo's face. Tan Mo buried her face in his soft big cheeks.
"Alright, alright, here you go, Sang Biao, you stinky little bastard!"
Lu Xingjian came out of the house and kindly reminded, "It hasn't had a bath for a week."
Tan Mo pulled her head out and touched the hair on her face, "No wonder it stinks."
Sang Biao looked at Tan Mo in shock. Even the jar in Tan Mo's hand no longer smelled fragrant.
Tan Mo was like a heartless scumbag: "What's wrong? I can't tell you yet."
Sang Biao became aggrieved.
Lu Xingjian put the basin full of water back in its place and patted Sang Biao's head. Before he could say anything, he heard Tan Mo say in a pinched voice, "Good dog, sweet dog, bite whoever scolded you just now."
Sang Biao: “…”
Lu Xingjian: “…”
Tan Mo was fearless and had fun playing alone. This was a rare time for her to relax.
Lu Xingjian took the can from Tan Mo, opened the box, and poured the food into the bowl as a snack for Sang Biao.
The two were speechless for a moment.
Lu Xingjian understood the meaning behind Nangong Lie's words during the meal.
Neither of them was stupid. Lu Xingjian didn't believe that Tan Mo couldn't see that Nangong Lie was excluding him, but she still agreed to Nangong Lie.
Lu Xingjian suddenly said, "I'm sorry."
Tan Mo, who was teasing Sang Biao, paused without looking up, "What are you sorry for?"
"I lied to you. I should have apologized to you a long time ago." Lu Xingjian took a deep breath. "Actually, I've thought about it for a long time and wanted to say sorry to you for a long time."
"Even though it was Bo Yanli who forced me to come to the Nangong family as an undercover agent, I still came to you with ulterior motives."
"At that time, you always treated me as your own and taught me survival skills in the workplace. We even carried a Sang Biao together during a rainstorm." Lu Xingjian laughed softly.
Talking about the past, which was both funny and sad, Tan Mo didn't expect that what she remembered most clearly was the embarrassment of the two of them.
Sang Biao was pressed in the arms of the two of them. Its fur was wet by the rain, and it was hot and damp, as if it was holding a ball of life, with the sweet and stinky smell of a puppy.
Lu Xingjian continued, "You've been very kind to me, but because I was cowardly and timid, I never told you the truth."
"So just go. The more frequent my contact with Bo Yanli is, the more painful you will be." Tan Mo raised her eyes and interrupted.
Meeting those sincere and bright eyes, Lu Xingjian looked away in shame and nodded.
"No wonder you often asked for leave in the later period." Tan Mo sighed, "I really am still upset about your deception..."
That's why he distanced himself from Lu Xingjian.
But later she felt it was boring. After all, Lu Xingjian didn't lie to her. Everyone has their own little secrets.
Just like her, she also has secrets that she cannot tell anyone.
When she moved into the Bo family and witnessed the madness of Bo Yanli and Zhao Yun, she actually felt a little sympathy for Lu Xingjian.
His parents never treated him as a truly independent person.
Tan Moyun said calmly, "Forget it, let's just let this matter go and no one should mention it anymore."
She is not one who likes to carry heavy things.
Lu Xingjian breathed a sigh of relief, truly relieved.
"But if you dare to lie to me again, we will no longer be friends."
"Of course. Thank you, Tan Mo, for giving me a chance."
At this time, Sang Biao barked and rolled his eyes at them, indicating that he also heard what they said, don’t treat me like a dog!
Tan Mo's forgiveness not only made Lu Xingjian feel relieved, but also made herself happy.
She was also very tired of keeping a straight face and ignoring Lu Xingjian.
Tan Mo said in a gentle voice, "But the assistant position still has to go to Nangong Lie. He did nothing wrong. I can't let him..."
"I see."
That's fine.
Tan Mo thought it over carefully in her mind, and it seemed that all the conflicts between her and Lu Xingjian were resolved.
That was really fun, they could communicate and play together as well as before.
Tan Mo even started braiding Sang Biao's hair.
To be honest, Tan Mo was also feeling bad during the time she was having a quarrel with Lu Xingjian.
No, no, she suddenly remembered something.
Tan Mo said, "You made the sweet soup this afternoon, right?"
"Um."
Tan Mo became proud and said unnaturally, "I can tell from the taste. I can tell it's your cooking method. The desserts made by Aunt Fengjuan and Master Gao are too sweet."
Is this considered praising him?
Anyway, after she finished talking, Tan Mo suppressed her excitement and let out a long sigh. Now there really was no conflict.
But she praised him, so why did Lu Xingjian react so little?
When Tan Mo raised her eyes, she met a pair of hesitant, depressed and shy eyes.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Haven't they reconciled?
Lu Xingjian felt extremely hot and dry, and he felt as if a hundred springs were living in his body.
The flowers, the trees, the fish, the insects, the birds, and the animals were all clamoring, "Tell her! Tell her!"
Lu Xingjian mustered up his courage and said, "Tan Mo, I like you."
*
He likes me?
Why does he like me?
Although I am indeed a beautiful rich woman who is loved by everyone, it is natural for Lu Xingjian to like her.
But he said he liked me.
Since when did he like me?
Oh no, she had eaten a lot of strong-flavored cold dishes in the evening. He was so close that he probably didn’t smell the garlic in her mouth.
Do you still want to eat garlic in the future?
Garlic is so delicious!
Forget it, he’s just a man, just eat it.
He was the one who first said that he liked me and should be infinitely tolerant of me, including my preference for eating garlic!
How did Lu Xingjian like me?
Do you want to get a manicure tomorrow to make yourself look more sparkly?
No, no, the more I think about it, the more excited I get!
These thoughts appeared in Tan Mo's mind countless times throughout the day and night. She sweetly twisted from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed, and then from the bed back to the head of the bed.
Even the Big Bang might not be as rich as the fantasies in her mind.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Nangong Lie knocked on Tan Mo's door on time. When he opened the door, he was shocked to see the two panda eyes under Tan Mo's eyes.
"Mr. Tan, you work so hard and are so busy. How long did you work overtime yesterday? No wonder you sent me a message this morning saying you wanted to sleep in a little longer."
Tan Mo: “…”
Seeing Nangong Lie was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears, Tan Mo was too embarrassed to deny it.
She said she had been thinking about men all night and it was a bit embarrassing.
Nangong Lie said considerately: "I'll go downstairs in a moment and ask Aunt Fengjuan to make some soup to nourish you."
Tan Mo nodded guiltily: "Okay."
Then he quickly changed the subject, "Is there something important?"
"It's true." Nangong Lie quickly calmed down and said, "News came from the Nangong master's house that the thief was caught."
"A thief?" Tan Mo went to the bathroom to wash her face.
"He's the one who teamed up with Bo Yanli, colluding with both insiders and outsiders to betray the Nangong family's information."
Tan Mo quickly remembered that this was also the reason why Nangong Xiong asked her to go to the Bo family.
But she didn't take it to heart.
"who?"
Nangong Lie said bitterly, "Uncle Song."
No wonder Nangong Lie looked so ruthless as if he wanted to bite off a piece of flesh from the other person.
Nangong Lie said indignantly: "Grandpa was so good to him. He used to be penniless, his children were starving and his wife ran away. If it weren't for my grandfather taking care of him, he wouldn't have the good life he has now!"
"I remember my grandfather helped him send his child to study abroad, and the Nangong family paid for the tuition and living expenses. He actually betrayed me. He has such ambitious intentions that he can't be tamed."
Tan Mo was not affected by Nangong Lie's emotions. "They just said a name, no more details?"
"No." Nangong Lie was so angry that his breathing was unstable. "Wait until you come over for dinner tonight and I'll tell you in detail."
Tan Mo rubbed the facial cleanser on her face and said, "I understand."
There were two knocks on the door. Tan Mo subconsciously walked out of the bathroom and shouted, "Who is it?"
"I." Lu Xingjian's cool and clear voice sounded.
As soon as she heard the voice, Tan Mo sensitively recognized whose voice it was. Her feet seemed to have thorns and she wanted to escape from the scene immediately.
But along with the sound, Lu Xingjian also came into her sight.
What's more, Nangong Lie was present.
Tan Mo pretended to be calm and didn't want to reveal her secret.
Nangong Lie exclaimed sharply, "Lu Xingjian, why do you have such dark circles under your eyes? Where have you been?"
"Also?" Lu Xingjian repeated softly, looking at Tan Mo.
Tan Mo suddenly wanted to cover her face, not wanting him to see it at all, but when she thought about the foam all over her face, she clenched her fists and showed her face more openly.
Look all you can, you can't see anything anyway.
Instead, she took a closer look at the dark circles under Lu Xingjian's eyes. It seemed that he didn't sleep well last night. Tan Mo thought smugly, and couldn't help but feel a little pleased.
Only Nangong Lie was worried about his future. Nangong Lie and Tan Mo stayed up late at the same time. Could it be that these two people were secretly working overtime together without telling him?
Thinking of this, Nangong Lie walked up to Lu Xingjian forcefully and looked at him, "What is that in your hand?"
"I'll bring the freshly steamed dumplings and soy milk to Mr. Tan." Lu Xingjian said calmly.
"Didn't you tell me that if you have anything to give to Mr. Tan, you need to let me know first? It's only been one night, and your ears aren't working well anymore, are they?" Nangong Lie said in a pretentious tone, pushing Lu Xingjian out. "What were you doing last night? Tell me the truth."
"I need to know the whereabouts of everyone in Rose Garden. Didn't you know about the recent kidnapping of a wealthy man? I need to be responsible for Mr. Tan's safety."
Lu Xingjian looked at Tan Mo eagerly, and whispered: "Mr. Tan..."
Oh my god, so weak.
Tan Mo couldn't bear it and tutted, "Alright, Nangong Lie, don't take chicken feathers as an order."
"Mr. Tan?!" Nangong Lie was stunned. "How could you say that to me? Am I wrong for thinking about your safety?"
"Or are you dissatisfied with me to begin with and want to replace me? Who? Lu Xingjian?"
"This...ah...I'm not either..." Tan Mo was speechless, making her look like a tyrant who was obsessed with beauty and never attended court in the morning.
"That's not what I meant!" Tan Mo coughed and said solemnly, "Don't we still have to go to Grandpa's place? Let's finish eating and go there early. Business is more important, understand?"
"Are you, a mere assistant, going to hinder my progress?"
Nangong Lie felt wronged: "I dare not."
"That's all right." Tan Mo waved at Lu Xingjian, "Put it on the dining table. I'll go wash my face first."
"Okay." Lu Xingjian accepted it with a smile, and stepped heavily on Nangong Lie's foot when he passed by him.
Nangong Lie's face was distorted with pain: "..." It was definitely intentional!
More than ten minutes later, Tan Mo deliberately lingered in the bathroom for a long time before coming out.
Breakfast has been set on the small dining table in the bedroom. The afternoon sun is shining brightly, casting mottled shadows on the wall.
Tan Mo looked again and saw Lu Xingjian standing by the table, looking at her with a smile.
Why hasn't he left yet?
So why is she dithering?
Nangong Lie was even more impatient than her to get Lu Xingjian to leave. "Stop laughing like a wolf that hasn't eaten for three days. Your eyes are glowing green and chua chua. It's creepy. The meal is ready. You have nothing to do now. Go away."
Lu Xingjian asked him, "Why do you think I'm glowing green?"
Tan Mo seemed to be walking on the edge of a cliff. She didn't want anyone to know that Lu Xingjian had confessed his love to her.
He still looked at me like this.
Only a fool wouldn't see that.
Mentioning this, Tan Mo's heart was in her throat. How could she interrupt the brainstorming session?
But Nangong Lie said, "What else could it be? Isn't it just that you want Mr. Tan to give you some steamed buns?"
Yan Man: “…….” She was worrying too much.
Nangong Lie shouted at him to leave. "Go away, this is not the place for you."
"Mr. Tan..." Lu Xingjian called Tan Mo's name softly again.
Tan Mo hardened her heart this time and said, "Let's go. Assistant Nangong and I have something important to discuss. It's a business secret and can't be known to anyone else."
"Did you hear that?" Nangong Lie said arrogantly, "Boss Tan said the same thing."
Lu Xingjian reluctantly came to the door, gave Tan Mo a resentful look, and said that he would come over in the evening to ask more clearly.
Nangong Lie closed the door and said unhappily, "Why are you asking? Do you think this is a classroom?"
that is.
Tan Mo agreed guiltily in her heart.
Right now, she actually didn't want to be in the same room with Lu Xingjian.
The reason is simple. Lu Xingjian confessed his love to Tan Mo last night, but was rejected harshly.
Her original plan was to work hard to make money in the novel, and then return to reality to buy a house and a car.
But if she falls in love with Lu Xingjian, should she go back?
If she goes back, wouldn't she be considered a scumbag who abandoned her husband and children and played with other people's feelings?
Although there is no sign of this "son" yet.
What if I don’t go back? Tan Mo hasn’t made up her mind yet, she is hesitating.
Tan Mo felt overwhelmed when she thought about the many problems she would have to deal with once she fell in love.
And she refused to confess. Wouldn't it be awkward for two people to meet in this situation?
Lu Xingjian probably didn’t sleep all night last night. What was he thinking?
There are so many problems that Tan Mo is having a headache.
"Mr. Tan, it's time to have your meal." Nangong Lie pulled out a stool and interrupted Tan Mo's wandering thoughts at the right time.
Tan Mo shook her head and walked over.
She decided to make money first.
*
At 7:30 in the evening, rumbling leaden clouds rolled across the sky, and a storm was about to come. The lights in the Nangong old house were brightly lit, like a lamp lit in the dark night. The atmosphere among the staff was as depressing as the weather.
Tan Mo looked out the window and wondered how heavy the rain would be when she got home.
Nangong Xiong's grave voice echoed in his ears, "On the night that the Bo family member died, someone contacted me privately, saying that he knew who was colluding with the Bo family."
"Just now I realized that I have been raising an ungrateful person in my house for so many years. A dog should be loyal to its master if it is fed regularly. But Old Song is so bad that he bites you back silently and even empties your house." Nangong Xiong slapped the table angrily. The table was buzzing. If the quality was worse, it might have fallen apart.
Nangong Lie said distressedly, "You must be very sad both physically and mentally."
After all, he was raised by Nangong Xiong as his successor, and he was provided with top-notch resources in terms of food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and medical care, even though Nangong Xiong did not recognize him now. Nangong Lie had received a favor, so how could he not be sad to see Nangong Xiong in such a rare state of depression?
Nangong Xiong looked over when he heard this. After just a few months of not seeing his grandson, he was truly impressed by his grandson's spirited appearance.
He became rougher and thinner.
His clothes and appearance are not as extravagant as usual, but he has a down-to-earth spirit.
There is a vague resemblance to his handsome appearance when he was young.
Nangong Xiong said with a hint of excitement: "Have you always been working with Tan Mo?"
Nangong Lie said embarrassedly: "At the beginning, I worked in the factory by myself. Thanks to Mr. Tan, he didn't despise me and was willing to take me with him."
"You've become much more modest in your speech." Nangong Xiong's eyes were full of admiration. "I'm relieved to have Tan Mo with you."
"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to you, Tan Mo, that we were able to catch the thief."
Tan Mo was caught by the deep voice and came back to her senses, "Hmm?"
"If Bo Yanli hadn't been in trouble, would his men have betrayed me?" Nangong Xiong raised his thick eyebrows. "If you hadn't gone to the Bo family, would Bo Yanli have been in trouble?"
This... Tan Mo felt guilty.
Bo Yanli's accident really had little to do with her. At most, she was just a spectator who enjoyed the trouble.
Nangong Lie took advantage of the situation and said, "That's true. If it weren't for our President Tan's mediation, the Nangong family's losses would have been even greater."
Tan Mo glared at him.
She suddenly discovered that Nangong Lie was good at boasting and flattery, and he seemed much more relaxed than when he was the fake prince.
But if you think about it, the pressure he felt as an assistant was not as great as when he was the fake prince.
Tan Mo asked Nangong Xiong, "What are you going to do with Uncle Song?"
"Hmph." Heavy breaths snorted from his broad neck, and Nangong Xiong said disdainfully, "I've already called the police."
"He's currently being held in a detention center. This old guy has always worked alongside me, and he handles many things very cleanly, making it difficult to find fault with him."
Nangong Lie said, "We must teach him a lesson. We must not let him go easily."
"Grandpa, you are so good to him!"
Nangong Xiong nodded slightly. "I don't dare to think about the past now. As long as I think about how he betrayed me three years ago, I will doubt these past events. Were the years we worked hard together all fake?"
"The years of hard work are real, and betraying you because I hate you is also real." Tan Mo continued his words.
Her tone was too light and insignificant, and the content of the conversation did not sound like she was on the same side as Nangong Xiong. Both Nangong Xiong and Nangong Lie looked surprised.
"Mr. Tan, you..." Nangong Lie gently reprimanded, "Are you speaking for Uncle Song?"
So strange.
From the beginning to now, Tan Mo has never felt that she is a member of the Nangong family, and that if the Nangong family is bullied, she must be in collusion with Nangong Xiong.
She always entered this family as a bystander.
Even after knowing that Uncle Song had stabbed the Nangong family in the back, she was not very angry.
She cleared her throat to disguise the situation. "What I mean is, you reap what you sow."
"Uncle Song and Grandpa did fight together to build a fortune, but in the end, most of this wealth still belongs to Grandpa, and Uncle Song only gets a small share."
Tan Mo analyzed, "Think about it. If you were Uncle Song, you'd put in a lot of effort, but in the end, you wouldn't get much. You'd watch your good brother standing in front of the camera, adorned with glory, receiving praise and accolades from the public, becoming a philanthropist, winning awards, with cameras and cheers following him wherever he went."
"You've spent half your life in the military, but in the end you're just your best brother's housekeeper. And your best brother doesn't respect you at all, ordering you around. Are you willing to do that?"
At this point, Nangong Lie's anger, which had originally been on edge and he wanted to find Uncle Song to question him, subsided a lot. He was obviously on his grandfather's side, but why did he feel that what Tan Mo said made a lot of sense?
Isn’t what she was talking about what he experienced when he first went to the factory?
He was also in Uncle Song's position at that time, and the scene of how he broke down in the middle of the night and then insulted his supervisor and boss was still vivid in his mind.
He felt Uncle Song's mood at this moment.
Nangong Lie secretly glanced at Nangong Xiong who was sitting in the main seat, and sure enough, his face was very dark and ugly.
Nangong Lie added in his heart: She is really brave.
Then he closed his mouth and looked at Tan Mo silently.
Tan Mo hadn't originally planned on getting any feedback from the capitalists. After she finished her speech, she sat there.
Hearing Nangong Xiong asked in frustration: "So you mean for me to let him go?"
"No. I just said that I understand why Uncle Song was unfaithful to you, but I didn't ask you to let him go."
"From your perspective, you saved him from danger, gave him love, and allowed him room to develop. Without you, he's nothing. So it's understandable that he betrayed you and made him pay the price."
"This is also a kind of cause and effect. I just want you to stop dwelling on why he betrayed me."
As soon as the call came out, Tan Mo said she felt great. Anyway, she didn't care much about Nangong Xiong's opinion, nor did she care much about the tense atmosphere at the dinner table.
After a long while, Nangong Xiong snorted softly, "You are so young, but you see things clearly."
Nangong Lie chuckled to lighten the mood, "Otherwise, why would I lose to her so many times?"
"It's already this late," Nangong Lie said, "Let's eat. It's so hard for us to get together."
Nangong Xiong pressed the message button at the dining table. Just as he finished speaking, the door of the restaurant was opened from the outside.
The staff serving the dishes came in one after another.
Among the crowd, Tan Mo spotted Qin Ming at a glance. He was wearing Uncle Song's butler uniform.
Tan Mo asked in surprise, "Did you get promoted and become rich?"
Qin Ming smiled sheepishly, "Butler Song had that incident, but the Nangong family couldn't be without a butler, so I was promoted."
"Congratulations, your salary has increased quite a bit."
Qin Ming glanced in Nangong Xiong's direction and said, "It's all thanks to Director Nangong, otherwise I wouldn't have this good job."
For those who have worked, a "good job" is just a matter of luck. It has nothing to do with your education or appearance, and it all depends on luck.
Qin Ming is not as skilled as Uncle Song, but fortunately this group of staff have not been replaced and they already know what they have to do.
After all the dishes were served, Qin Ming and the staff retreated, his eyes always falling on Tan Mo intentionally or unintentionally.
Tan Mo and the other two started eating.
Nangong Lie was particularly excited.
This was the scene he had been looking forward to for a long time: having dinner with his family, enjoying delicious food and fine wine, without having to face the pressure of his grandfather's constant pressure.
He can happily communicate his status with his family and share what makes him happy.
Nangong Lie said to Nangong Xiong, "I'm so happy today. Let me tell you another piece of good news."
"What?" Nangong Lie said with a smile, "Xu Xiaonian and I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get our marriage certificate this morning."
As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of chopsticks fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Nangong Xiong's relatively amiable and benevolent face collapsed.
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