Chapter 4
The assistant has been with Chen Huanong for five years. She has seen everything Chen Huanong has been through in these five years. To every colleague at Shensong, Chen Huanong must be a tough-minded woman. She is a signboard, representing the image of Shensong to the outside world. Every move she makes is carefully considered. She cannot be willful, timid, casual, or even fail. Over time, everyone thinks that Chen Huanong should be like this. For Chen Huanong, doing well is instinctive, and doing poorly is a mistake. The appearance of Tang Chengting made the people at Shensong feel like they were struck by lightning. Shensong's team-building activities allow family members to come, and Tang Chengting participated in their team-building activities in the second year after his marriage. Everyone is still very curious about Director Tang, because they were traveling to get married, and not many people have seen Tang Chengting. Due to Chen Huanong's warning eyes, no one dared to gossip and could only chat in a small WeChat group.
Chen Huanong had a problem: she got sleepy whenever she got on the bus. Not long after boarding, she put on an eye mask, draped over her shoulders, and fell asleep, nestled in Tang Chengting's arms. Upon arrival, everyone watched as Shensong's "iron lady" embraced her husband, groaning and moaning. Tang Chengting gently smoothed her messy hair and soothed her like a child. The assistant felt the scene was familiar, only to realize that their own Samoyed always asked for caresses in this way when he woke up.
The first day was basically spent shopping and eating, which was relatively free and relaxing. After soaking in the hot springs in the evening, we went to bed early. The next day, everyone was woken up at three in the morning to watch the sunrise. They started climbing from halfway up the mountain. The men had more physical strength and could climb faster, but the women complained. Qin Huai smiled and said, "When you were choosing the project, you didn't particularly like this one. It would be so romantic to soak in the hot springs and watch the sunrise." A female lawyer said, "We thought we would stay overnight in a villa on the top of the mountain, with large floor-to-ceiling windows. As soon as the sun came up, we would just open our eyes. Who knew you would book accommodation halfway up the mountain?" Chen Huanong nodded in agreement and pointed at Qin Huai and cursed, "I really despise a grown man who is so stingy like you." Everyone looked back and saw that Chen Huanong, who had fallen behind, had been led up by Tang Chengting. She sat on a stone bench, leaning against Tang Chengting's back. Her former sharpness had turned into a mess of sweat. She could only hear the iron lady complaining to her husband aggrievedly, "My makeup is all smudged. I can't take good-looking photos. What should I do?"
A normal man would basically say at this time, "It's okay, baby. You are the most beautiful in my heart, whether you wear makeup or not." But Tang Chengting was never a normal person. He wiped her face with a tissue and said, "Are you wearing makeup? You can edit the photos later anyway, so it's no big deal."
Qin Huai was the first to burst out laughing. The others wanted to laugh but held it back to protect their female pride. Chen Huanong rolled her eyes at Tang Chengting and sighed silently. She had chosen her husband, but now she had to pay for his medical treatment after he got hurt. It wasn't worth it. "Just laugh, don't hold it back. Mr. Tang really doesn't have much desire to live. You can use him as a negative example and go back and teach your husband a lesson."
This man, who had no desire to survive, took out his makeup remover, facial cleanser, lotion, cream, and air cushion lipstick after reaching the top of the mountain, and laid them out in front of Chen Huanong one by one. "You forgot to bring your makeup bag this morning. Hurry up and go to the bathroom to pick it up. There's still time to take a picture."
While everyone else was caught off guard by the dog food, only Chen Huanong, as usual, carried her things into the bathroom. When she came out, she was naturally a radiant flower. Xiaohua swayed around with Tang Chengting's arm, and Qin Huai exclaimed that it was an eyesore. For the rest of the trip, the Tang couple showed off their love without paying attention to anyone else. The problem was that neither of them was aware of their love.
Xiao Huaer wasn't really keen on taking photos. Whenever they arrived at a scenic spot or saw a beautiful view, the stern Director Tang would wave at her, saying, "Come over here, I'll take your picture." Director Tang would patiently wait for her to get her position, then strike a pose, occasionally reminding her to adjust her posture. Those who had previously used Director Tang as a negative example now felt like they had eaten a huge lemon. During dinner, the assistant secretly asked Chen Huanong how he trained men. Xiao Huaer, who was physically exhausted and busy eating meat, looked at him with a "What are you asking?" look.
"How dare I discipline Director Tang? If he doesn't teach me, I'll be so lucky!"
Director Tang, who was called out, was chatting about current affairs with Lao Xu and others while serving her soup. He vaguely heard Chen Huanong calling his name, so he lowered his head and approached Chen Huanong to ask what was wrong. Chen Huanong shook his head repeatedly and asked him to go and drink with the director and others, then turned around and continued to accuse Director Tang of his atrocities with his assistant.
"When I married Director Tang, he said he would take care of the big things and I would handle the small things. But I later realized that with Director Tang, anything involving money is no small matter. I still don't know where my water is stuck."
"This is good, you don't have to worry."
Chen Huanong had a look on her face that said, "You're so ignorant!" "Sister, you have to understand that when someone seizes your lifeline, your freedom will be greatly reduced."
The assistant's polite attitude and humble approach only heightened Chen Xiaohua's grumbling. "Do you know how excessive Director Tang is? We once argued, and he lost. He was so unwilling to accept the loss that he cut off the water in the house while I was in the middle of a shower. I caught a cold for a week, and he was trying to force me to give in."
Perhaps Chen Huanong was so passionate that Director Tang had to stop serving food and listen to her impromptu speech. Someone was complaining online, "Chen Huanong, as a legal professional, isn't it a bit unethical to fabricate facts like this?"
Tang Chengting used declarative sentences, his smile gentle, and his eyes doting on her. Chen Huanong knew she was doomed again. In the early years when they first got together, they argued quite frequently. At that time, the word "gentle" hadn't yet entered Tang Chengting's vocabulary. As a serious Capricorn man, he would never lose in an argument, and his choice of words was precise and hurtful. Back then, Chen Huanong hadn't yet become Shen Song's Iron Lady. Inside, she was actually an extremely pretentious little princess, but she pretended to be an invulnerable tough guy on the outside. Wounded by Tang Chengting's stabs, she was powerless and could only hold back her tears as a last resort. After Tang Chengting's tantrum, he looked at the tearful girl, feeling both angry and distressed. He was angry at himself for being too impatient and for not using anger to communicate with her. It was clearly something that could be discussed peacefully, and he shouldn't have hurt her by not fighting back. Tang Chengting felt that every quarrel was actually torture for him. It was not worth it to educate the naughty child himself and then try to comfort him. On the road to turning Chen Xiaohua into Chen Dahua, Tang Chengting finally found the most suitable method. Whenever there was a dispute, he would just stare at Chen Huanong with that harmless and innocent look. Every time, Chen Huanong would deviate from his own logical track and engage in deep self-reflection. This trick worked every time. Chen Dahua, who grew up under the influence of Tang Chengting, understood his intentions after being tricked several times. She covered her chest and accused him of being shameless and despicable, but was blocked by Tang Chengting's light words. Tang Chengting said that being able to sell my body is my ability. If you have the ability, you should sell it too and see if I will take the bait.
Chen Huanong verified this question with her personal experience. The answer is that she lost both her virginity and her heart. It was such a huge loss!
The water outage incident was the best proof. Of course, the truth was not what Chen Huanong said. She simply inferred all the coincidences as Tang Chengting's subjective intention. Although Director Tang never admitted it, it did not prevent Chen Huanong from using the first half of this incident to discredit him every time.
It was the first hundred days after their marriage. Chen Huanong enthusiastically planned a hundred-day anniversary, but it was ruined because Tang Chengting had to attend the wedding of a college classmate. Chen Huanong said that he didn't care, but in fact, his heart was already in turmoil. He was holding back his anger and then exploded over a small matter. Tang Chengting felt puzzled.
"Did I ask for your opinion before I attended the wedding? If you don't want me to go, then just say it directly. I don't have time to guess what you're thinking. Just tell me what you want, and I'll give it to you. It's meaningless to bring up the past now because of a small matter without saying it before."
Chen Huanong was speechless. Although she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that what he said was damn right. However, Chen Huanong was determined that she was right in this matter and would not give in. "What do you mean by asking for opinions? You've already asked, how can I not let you go? The problem is not whether you go to the wedding or not, but that you don't have a scale in your heart. Which of these two things is more important? Any normal man can tell the difference, but you put these two things on the same scale and gave me the right to choose. In the end, I became the one who took the blame."
"Since you mind, why didn't you say it at the time? What's the point of settling the score now?"
"Tang Chengting, don't rationalize everything. According to you, nothing makes sense. Why do you want to get married? Don't get married, so you don't have to deal with me. Why do you want me to say it out loud? Can't you put yourself in my shoes?"
"I don't have that kind of emotion. I will directly say what I want. If I mind at the time, I will speak up directly. If you can't do it after speaking up, it's your problem. But if you don't speak up, it's my problem. The same applies to you."
"Don't try to brainwash me with your tricks. If I were the same as you, do you think we could live together? Life is not a place for reasoning, and I am not your subordinate. It's ok that you don't want to comfort me at this time, but you still want to teach me how to behave. Don't you think you're going a bit too far?" Chen Xiaohua, who had been feeling aggrieved for a week, burst into tears as she spoke. Except for seeing her cry on their wedding day, Tang Chengting had never seen her cry like this since they fell in love. His eloquent words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say a word. That night could be said to be the first time Tang Chengting failed in educating Chen Xiaohua.
Because of the sudden quarrel at night, Tang Chengting was in a hurry the next morning. He was supposed to tell Chen Huanong about his business trip when he was packing his luggage at night, but he didn’t pack his luggage well and didn’t tell her about the business trip. When he received a call from his colleague in the morning, Chen Xiaohua, who was sleeping in a very bad posture, was still hanging on him. He gently pulled her off his body, adjusted her sleeping position and covered her with a quilt, quickly packed his luggage and rushed to the airport. After running all the way and being busy with work, he even forgot to notify Chen Huanong. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when Chen Huanong realized that Tang Chengting was missing. Although she cried, she was still angry. She thought that Tang Chengting had a cold war with her and ran away from home, and she also felt a little arrogant. She thought that a cold war is a cold war, I can't live without you!
Tang Chengting hadn't heard from Chen Huanong for three days. Knowing his child was still throwing a tantrum, he sped up his work schedule, hoping to shorten his business trip as much as possible. This resulted in an overly busy daytime schedule, and at night, he simply washed up at the hotel and fell asleep immediately. When he received Chen Huanong's call, the time displayed was 3:30 a.m., and the person on the other end spoke with a certain gnashing of teeth.
"Director Tang, you slept soundly!"
"What's wrong?" Director Tang, who was woken up by the phone, was confused. He had no idea that he was on a business trip and the blame was coming from home.
"Heh, you're getting better at playing innocent now! Did you ask the management to cut off the water supply to your house?"
Tang Chengting finally regained consciousness. "What's going on? Tell me slowly."
"I was in the middle of a shower when the water stopped! I had just rolled the foam on my head into a ball when the water stopped. Tang Chengting, you are so shameless! You're not living at home and you're using the water cut to force me to surrender."
Tang Chengting was completely awakened by Chen Huanong's roar. He roughly deduced her train of thought from her words and felt angry and amused at the same time. What was going on in this person's mind? "Why do you come up with so many conspiracy theories? I'm on a business trip. Who's forcing you to surrender? The water outage must be because I forgot to pay the bill this month. I'll call the property management right away and have them restore the water supply. I'll be back on Friday night to swipe my water card."
The man's arrogance seemed to have subsided a lot. Tang Chengting continued, "First, wipe off all the foam with a towel. Then turn on the heater in the living room and sit by the heater while waiting for the water to come. Don't get cold. Also, you need to explain why you were taking a shower at three in the morning."
Tang Chengting was answered by a series of beeps. Chen Huanong didn't want to admit that she couldn't sleep because she missed Tang Chengting, and she didn't want to admit that she had frequent nightmares in the past few days because Tang Chengting was not around, causing her to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. She didn't want to admit that she was not living a good life without Tang Chengting!
When Director Tang came back from a business trip, he did not see the aggressive Chen Huanong, but saw a pale-faced Chen Huanong in the ward filled with disinfectant. Qin Huai was peeling an orange for her. She looked at him, and saw that she was complaining about Qin Huai not peeling off the white line on the orange segments, but the next second she saw Tang Chengting and immediately changed her expression to one of grievance.
He was the one who could endure a high fever without saying anything in court, he was the one who didn't frown even when getting an injection, he was the one who could chat with his fellow patients while lying on the hospital bed, but the moment Tang Chengting arrived, he could only say with red eyes, "Tang Chengting, the injection hurts."
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