Twenty-six stars
Instantly, Lin Tang felt a strong sense of foreboding. Without even bothering to explain to the people downstairs, she dashed up to the second floor. The study door was closed, but not locked. Her panic made her lose her composure and forcefully pushed it open.
What came into view in an instant was the old man's angry face and Feng Chibai, who was standing opposite him with an expressionless face.
Further down, blood was faintly seeping from his half-curled palm, and on the table in front of him lay a thick, long ruler.
Lin Tang's heart trembled, his eyelashes fluttered, and his mouth opened unconsciously.
From the moment she opened the door, their eyes were already on her.
She frowned, her breathing a little unsteady, afraid that the ruler would be raised again. She ran to Feng Chibai and blocked him behind her. Her eyes were red as she said hurriedly, "Grandpa, that wine has nothing to do with him. I bought it!"
The people downstairs had followed her up at some point, and almost as she finished her words, Feng Siru's voice rang out from the doorway: "I know Grandpa favors you, but you, sister-in-law, have to stick to the facts. You can't just take the blame for your third brother."
When everyone heard this, it seemed that Lin Tang was using the old man's preference for her to distance herself from the matter.
The wrinkles between her brows deepened, and her voice rose a little, with a hint of anger: "No, I'm telling the truth. He has no ability at all, and he even drinks!"
My wrist was suddenly grabbed by the man behind me. He spoke in a low voice, as if reminding me: "Don't make Grandpa angry again because of me."
Lin Tang was stunned and turned around in surprise. He was about to refute him, but when he met his gaze, his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't make a sound.
The old man was still furious at the moment. Seeing this noisy scene, he slammed his palm on the table, and a muffled sound echoed throughout the room. His voice was deep and powerful: "Enough! Are you going to rebel?"
He stared at Feng Chibai with wide eyes: "Since you made a mistake, you must be punished. From tomorrow on, the project in the suburbs will be completed by Si Ru. You have to reflect on this carefully!"
Lin Tang looked at the old man in shock. Although she didn't know much about this matter, she knew how much Feng Chibai had put into this project during this period of time. When it was almost completed, he changed it with just a casual word.
She didn't know how she walked out of the study. It seemed as if there were a pair of hands behind her pushing her forward, as if they were afraid that she would say something inappropriate again.
When she returned to her room and locked the door, she finally felt at ease.
She turned around and shouted at the man behind her: "You betrayed me!"
But what I got was a reply: “That’s not necessary.”
Lin Tang was furious and replied angrily, "What do you mean there's no need for that? Are we on good terms? Do I need you to take responsibility for me?"
She became more and more anxious as she spoke, and even thought that he had a brain cramp. For a moment, she wanted to slap him to wake him up.
But he remained calm: "If I said it was you, what would the old man think?"
Betray your wife?
Or is it to shirk responsibility and pass the blame to her?
For someone as sentimental as Mr. Feng, no matter what the reason, his anger might be more serious than the current result.
Lin Tang stood there in a daze, her eyes dazed for a moment, and the emotions that surged up slowly faded away. Her gaze fell on Feng Chibai's hand again, and her eyes became moist.
She took a deep breath, trying to suppress the bitterness, walked over, held his wrist, and without saying a word, led him to sit on the sofa.
She took out her own medicine box, sat next to him, and applied medicine to him before she saw how badly he had been beaten. She didn't know what the consequences of violating this so-called house rule would be, and she didn't care.
But until this moment, seeing the blows that should have fallen on her being taken by someone else, she couldn't help but feel a surge of guilt. To the point that she had forgotten how long it had been since she last cried, and the moment she lowered her eyes, a few tears uncontrollably dripped onto his hand, melting into the hideous blood.
Once a drop of it leaked out, the emotions would burst out uncontrollably like a broken thread. She pursed her lips and bit her lip, trying hard to take back control of her emotions.
After a long while, she lowered her eyes and choked out a sentence: "I'm sorry, it's my fault that you got beaten."
Suddenly, a big hand came up and wiped away the tears on her face. He smiled softly: "So you can feel sorry for others?"
Lin Tang gritted his teeth and threw the cotton swab away: "I just have a bad temper, it's not that excessive!"
Feng Chibai's smile deepened.
Lin Tang glared at him and said, "What a joke!"
She lowered her head, took out a new cotton swab dejectedly, dipped it in the medicine, and patiently applied it to him.
After a long moment, she raised her head and said firmly, "Feng Chibai, I've made up my mind. From now on, we will be husband and wife and work together. I will do whatever you point my finger at, and I will never go against you again!"
Feng Chibai stared at her for a moment and said lightly, "We've been married for so long, are you just deciding now?"
Lin Tang choked, glanced around a few times, and then said calmly, "Mind your own business."
After bandaging him, she squatted down and started to put away the things on the table.
Feng Chibai glanced at her back indifferently, then quietly returned his hand to the gauze wrapped around her.
She actually had no experience in tying gauze for others. She just tied it tightly according to her memory of what she had seen on the Internet and her own ideas, so the effect was both messy and practical.
I was even afraid that it would come loose, so I tied two knots like shoelaces and then tied a bow.
So ugly.
But if he were to speak out, he knew what would greet him.
So I didn't say anything, and it seemed... I even started to like him inexplicably.
*
The next day, in the office of the president of Yunhe Group.
Feng Chibai was sitting on the sofa reading documents, with Chen Zheng and Ye Xincheng sitting opposite him.
Seeing his expressionless face, Chen Zheng took the initiative to ask, "What's going on? Why are you changing the person who's responsible for the project we finally agreed on?"
Large companies like theirs are always well-informed, and they can find out about any small changes. The old man had just announced the change last night, and I got the news immediately this morning. I finally finished my work and rushed over this afternoon.
Feng Chibai remained silent, seemingly unconcerned. After a long pause, he raised his eyes and spoke in a tone that was flat: "Something happened unexpectedly."
Chen Zheng frowned and asked again, "What happened to make the old man so angry?"
This time Feng Chibai didn't answer.
Ye Xincheng lazily leaned back, sighed, and said nonchalantly, "I understand. After all, the whole family is staring at him covetously, so it's inevitable that they will find fault with him and exaggerate."
Chen Zheng somewhat agreed with this statement, then thought of something and said, "As long as Zhao Yingxun's project is still in your hands, then it's fine."
After all, the Zhao family has only one son and they dote on him very much. Even though Zhao Yingxun repeatedly stated that he wanted to rely on his own abilities, the Zhao family could not help but support him secretly and were willing to give him any amount of money.
In addition, the Zhao family currently operates an entertainment company. By leveraging the star effect of their own artists, the investment in the project will definitely make a lot of money back.
Feng Chibai listened to the conversation between the two with one ear, suddenly stretched out his wrist to check the time on the watch, then closed the document, revealing the hand wrapped in gauze.
Chen Zheng noticed it, frowned, and said sarcastically, "What doctor's bandaging skills are so poor? I can start the surgery now."
Hearing this, Feng Chibai glanced at his hands and curled his lips slightly.
After looking at it for a long time, I don’t think it’s ugly anymore.
He stood up and put the documents on the desk. Suddenly, he saw Ye Xincheng put away his nonchalant look and asked seriously, "But, have you thought about how to explain to the old man after the divorce?"
Although they had already learned the whole story when they asked Feng Chibai later, he was indeed interested in Lin Tang at the time, but there were so many beauties of this type in the world, so there was no need for him to set his sights on his brother.
I suddenly brought up this matter at this moment, just because I thought of it on the spur of the moment, as a precaution for him.
Feng Chibai was stunned for a moment, his heart skipping a beat. At that moment, all he wanted was to secure the title of heir. From then on, everything in the Feng family would be decided by him. Explanations or no explanations didn't seem to matter.
I suddenly realized that I hadn't looked forward to that day for a long time.
He rolled his throat and evaded the question, "It's too early to talk about this now."
Then he put on his coat and walked straight past the two of them, saying, "It's time for you to leave."
The car stopped in front of the Institute of Astronomy.
When she reached the third floor, Lin Tang had just come out of the testing room. The moment they met face to face, her breath held for a moment.
Perhaps because what happened last night was still fresh in her mind and she still felt guilty about him, she took a breath, slowly lowered her eyes, and whispered as she looked past him, "Wait a moment, I'll pack my things."
Back in the office, Ying Yu followed in. Seeing Lin Tang's rare look of frustration, he felt a little confused and couldn't help asking, "Boss, are you in trouble? This is the first time I've heard you speak so softly in front of him."
Lin Tang pursed his lips, frowned slightly, and placed the documents on the table. He turned around again, gritted his teeth, and said unconvincedly, "You can't blame it all on me."
After all, that family is very difficult to deal with, and it's like a palace drama every day.
She sat down, rubbing her hands, and sorted out the documents. She glanced casually, and seeing Ying Yu still hadn't left, she looked away. Suddenly, she heard him ask, "But, how did Mr. Feng get his hand injured?"
Lin Tang lowered his eyes, his tone weakening a bit: "I did it."
Ying Yutong was stunned and shouted in shock: "You are domestic violence, using so much force."
No wonder he looked so timid just now, as if he didn't dare to face Feng Chibai directly. So they had a fight, and he beat someone up like that.
He was also afraid that he would become the next Feng Chibai. After he realized what was happening, he immediately turned off the microphone.
Lin Tang irritably picked up his bag and explained in a gruff tone as he walked past him, "I didn't hit him, but I'm also not immune from responsibility. Hey, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
After saying this, she walked out the door. When she reached the first floor, Feng Chibai was waiting for her at the door.
Because of what happened last night, Lin Tang didn't really want to go back to the old house today. After discussing it with Feng Chibai, he agreed.
The two of them hadn't had dinner yet. Feng Chibai wanted to call the nanny to come and cook, but Lin Tang thought it was too much trouble. There were plenty of ingredients in the refrigerator, so she asked Feng Chibai to stay aside and started working in the kitchen.
Although she lacks experience in bandaging, she is quite experienced in cooking.
In less than half an hour, several dishes were cooked.
At the dinner table, considering his injured hand, Lin Tang kept picking up food for him, fearing that he would go hungry.
Seeing the dishes that had finally been emptied being piled up again, Feng Chibai couldn't help but glance sideways at her and said abruptly, "My hand is injured, not broken."
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!" Lin Tang interrupted him hurriedly, "You're avoiding prophecies, understand? Besides, can't you give me a chance to make amends?"
She wasn't particularly hungry. She propped her head up with one hand and began to ponder, "Feng Chibai, have you often been targeted like this before?"
Before he could answer, she started chattering on again: "Doesn't that mean we have to be careful in everything we do? Otherwise, it's so easy to get picked on."
"Hey, it's already like this, and you still insist on living there? Aren't you just asking for trouble?"
"But they are so annoying. I'm buried so deep down. Who in their right mind would think of digging through the trash can?"
She sat awkwardly, her knees bent and her feet stretched out on the stool. She had put down her chopsticks, her hands resting on her knees, and she chattered incessantly, shaking her head from side to side.
Her gaze was not always on Feng Chibai, but Feng Chibai was.
He stared at her quietly for a long time, then suddenly glanced at the food on the table.
It was clearly not a rich meal, but a very strange feeling was spreading in his heart. He could not remember when he had this feeling.
His vision suddenly became blurry, and his ears seemed to be muted. He couldn't hear what she was saying, but could vaguely see that she was still gesturing.
Before, he tried hard to be nice to Lin Tang and tried hard to accommodate her ideas. In fact, he just wanted to prove that being a good husband is not a difficult thing.
But last night, for some reason, when he saw the wine bottle being turned over, he didn't even have time to think about the consequences, and he agreed for her as if possessed by a ghost.
It was as if, just acting on the spot, he seemed to have unconsciously completely entered into the role.
but.
As his vision gradually became clear, he curled his lips unconsciously. It seemed that someone was more involved in the scene than him.
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