Chapter 9

Sniffing, Tang Bai softly explained, "You misunderstood. Although he is my fiancé, he doesn't like me."

As soon as these words came out, Xie Ruheng and Gu Tunan's ears stood up at the same time.

Tang Baichao said loudly: "He just uses me as a shield to deal with his parents. He doesn't like me at all. It was our parents who said he was my fiancé. In fact, he has no such intention towards me at all."

Xie Ruheng narrowed his eyes to look at Gu Tunan's expression, and saw that his gray-blue eyes were staring deeply at Tang Bai, as if he had thousands of words to say. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like he was uninterested in Tang Bai.

Ha, do you think I will believe this routine that even though we are fiancée, we have no feelings for each other?

The little hand grasped the corner of Xie Ruheng's clothes pitifully and shook it softly. Tang Bai called out like a cat, "Brother Xie, please don't ignore me."

Xie Ruheng: “…”

Xie Ruheng took a deep breath and told himself that he was not buying it at all!

It is useless to act coquettishly! Green tea's coquettishness will destroy his psychological bottom line! It is poison with sugar!

Say no to green tea! Start by saying no to coquetry!

Xie Ruheng tried hard to prepare himself mentally. He appeared calm on the surface, but his eyes were cold and ruthless, just like the scene in the mural, unattainable and out of reach.

It would be better if he could clench his teeth.

After meeting Tang Bai's clear and bright eyes, his eyes became even darker. Xie Ruheng stared at Tang Bai's innocent face from left to right, and looked up and down at her slender but tall figure under her loose white shirt. His lie detector radar was running frantically, but he couldn't make up his mind to judge that Tang Bai was a green tea bitch.

Xie Ruheng was so upset that his eyes almost turned red!

Xie Ruheng was filled with resentment. If this resentment could be turned into words, it would be -

No way, sir, is my dream lover a green tea? !

His amber eyes were so clear that one could seem to see into the pure soul, and he was decisive when he said that Gu Tunan didn't love him...wait!

It seemed that Tang Bai only said that Gu Tunan didn't love him, and didn't mention that he didn't like Gu Tunan at all!

What those words were trying to express, if you think about it carefully, was actually "Gu Tunan doesn't love me, and you must not misunderstand that the person Gu Tunan likes is me."

Shouldn't a normal person say "I don't like Gu Tunan at all"?

He likes Tang Bai, not Gu Tunan. Why is Tang Bai so anxious to explain that Gu Tunan doesn't love him?

Awesome... This move is really amazing...

If Tang Bai said that he didn't love Gu Tunan, it would hurt Gu Tunan's feelings no matter what. If he said that Gu Tunan didn't love him, it would make Gu Tunan feel indebted, and at first glance he would think that there was no relationship between Gu Tunan and Tang Bai.

He only saw the second floor and thought Tang Bai was on the first floor, but in fact Tang Bai was on the fifth floor!

After thinking it through, Xie Ruheng hardened his heart and decided to reject Tang Bai. Although he really liked omegas like Tang Bai, Tang Bai already had a fiancé.

No matter how painful it is, you have to refuse!

"Now that your fiancé is here, you can go to him if you have any problems in the future. We don't need to contact each other anymore."

When Xie Ruheng said this, he turned his eyes away from Tang Bai the whole time, for fear that he would surrender on the spot if he saw Tang Bai's face. It can be said that he was very self-aware.

"Ah...?" Tang Bai's eyes widened in confusion, his eyes full of heartbreaking grievance. Even though Xie Ruheng didn't look at Tang Bai's face, he could imagine the other person's crying expression from Tang Bai's tearful tone.

It was clearly Tang Bai's fault, but Xie Ruheng felt guilty that he was a scumbag!

"You, how could you do this?" Tang Bai was so anxious that he almost cried. It is said that alpha is like clothes and Jimei is like limbs, but why when it comes to Xie Ruheng, it becomes like if you touch my clothes, I will cut off your limbs?

Xie Ruheng's heart ached, "It's getting late, I'll go back first." He didn't want to listen to Tang Bai's crying voice anymore, so he turned around and left with a cold face. Tang Bai hurriedly tried to grab Xie Ruheng's hand, but he only had time to grab Xie Ruheng's fingertips and accidentally took off his black leather gloves.

A hand with distinct joints, slender fingers, but with marks of burns appeared in front of him.

The pale skin is covered with large bark-like scars that are darker than the skin tone. The edges of the scars are irregular, like a centipede crawling on the hand. A timid person would feel physically uncomfortable if seeing it.

Xie Ruheng stopped where he was, frowned, and looked back at Tang Bai.

Although Tang Bai did not say it explicitly, the surprise in Tang Bai's eyes when they first met already explained something. Xie Ruheng knew that Tang Bai's enthusiasm for him came partly from her obsession with appearance.

There is nothing to blame about this, because most of his good impression of Tang Bai is also based on appearance.

The so-called love at first sight is actually just lust at first sight.

Countless possible expressions that Tang Bai might show flashed through my mind: fear, disgust, terror...

However, when their eyes met, Xie Ruheng saw a very soft look in Tang Bai's eyes, so soft that it could soothe all the dark emotions in his heart.

Xie Ruheng was in a daze for a moment. He suddenly remembered that Tang Bai had looked at him in the same way when they first met.

"I'm sorry, I..." Tang Bai handed the gloves to Xie Ruheng with a distressed look. He wanted to say something comforting, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

The book mentioned that Xie Ruheng always wore gloves to cover the scars on his hands, and also briefly mentioned the reason for the scars.

When Xie Ruheng was young, he was hungry for several days and took the risk to steal bread from a store. However, he was caught by the boss due to his lack of experience.

The boss tied up Xie Ruheng and poured boiling water on his hands in front of everyone, in order to give a warning to other "little mice" hiding in the dark.

However, Xie Ruheng did not cry or scream from beginning to end, and the lack of movement did not achieve a better warning effect.

After being scalded by the scalding water, Xie Ruheng's hands not only did not receive any care, but he also had to search for food in the garbage dump with his hands covered in blisters, which were terribly bruised.

While reading the book, Tang Bai only had a casual thought like "Oh, his hand was burned" in his mind. It was as light as dust and disappeared in an instant. But when the words became reality, the huge impact was like a stone, pressing heavily on Tang Bai's heart.

When Tang Bai just started cooking, he was accidentally splashed with hot oil, leaving a small red mark on his hand. He hurriedly looked for plaster for fear of leaving a mark. Seeing Xie Ruheng's hand become like this, as an omega, how uncomfortable he must have felt at that time!

However, the best time to remove scars is when the wound is scabbing. After so many years, the scars on Xie Ruheng's hands are difficult to fade away unless he undergoes surgery.

Tang Bai felt guilty for exposing someone's scars. He stood there at a loss and could only say "I'm sorry" in a low voice. He then watched Xie Ruheng pick up his gloves and turn away.

The suspended car disappeared into the night. Tang Bai felt a lump in his throat and almost cried.

Director Huang patted Tang Bai on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Tang, there are always beautiful women out there. Look at classmate Gu. He is so worried about your safety. He came here as soon as you sent a message. Why don't you explain this to classmate Gu?"

Tang Bai: "......Ah?"

"As the date listed on your leave application, I have the right to know your date location. Who did you go with tonight, where did you go, and what did you do?" Gu Tunan took out a notebook from his pocket. In an age when everyone generally uses optical computers to record information, few people have paper books to record things.

Director Huang immediately gave Tang Bai a crazy look that said "I'm jealous, I'm jealous".

Tang Bai: “…”

Tang Bai understood how this misunderstanding happened. He knew that Xie Ruheng was an omega, but others didn't.

"With Xie Ruheng." Tang Bai sighed, "What exactly I did is my privacy. There's no need for me to report it to you, right?"

Gu Tunan lowered his eyes and wrote the three words "Xie Ruheng" on the paper, his voice flat: "Where did you go, and what did you do?"

Tang Bai: "Gu Tunan, I was wrong about this, but you've been tormenting me a lot. I'm tired and don't want to hurt each other anymore. Let's stop being hypocritical future fiancés from today, okay?"

Director Huang: “!!!”

Not hearing the answer he wanted, Gu Tunan raised his eyes and said, "The teachers in the academy entrusted you to me, which shows their trust in me. If something happened to you, and I don't even know where you went or what you did, it would be a dereliction of duty on my part."

When the word "dereliction of duty" was mentioned, Tang Bai knew that he had to give an answer today. Gu Tunan was a very strict and conservative person who attached great importance to honor and rules. "Dereliction of duty" was not allowed in his dictionary.

...Okay.

"There's something going on in the slums." Tang Bai said with a wrinkled face.

The pen tip paused, leaving a smudge of ink on the paper. "What is it?"

Tang Bai said casually: "To get to know the local customs and practices of the slums." This is actually true, as collecting materials and getting to know the local customs and practices are almost the same.

The tip of the pen stopped on the paper, and the ink dots became bigger and bigger. Gu Tunan said in a cold tone: "I don't accept this reason."

Tang Bai: “…”

Gu Tunan said word by word: "Give me a reason that can convince me."

Director Huang said, "Xiao Tang, stop being so petty. You need to explain your reasons clearly. This is something that not only Gu, your classmate, needs to know about. The school needs to know about it too."

Tang Bai was really tired and didn't want to listen to Director Huang's long speech for several hours. He said with a wooden face, "I am collecting materials for my novel."

Gu Tunan asked: "What novel?"

Tang Bai sighed like an old man: "This is a novel about an omega who was born in the slums. I didn't want to deviate from reality, so I went to collect materials. Is this clear enough? Can I leave now?"

Hearing this, Gu Tunan drew a meaningless line on the paper with the pen he was holding.

Tang Bai walked away without looking back. Director Huang hurriedly explained to Gu Tunan: "Hey, classmate Gu, don't take it to heart. Xiao Tang is tired today, so he spoke so aggressively. In fact, he likes you in his heart..."

"Um."

Director Huang, who had just begun his long speech, got stuck and looked at Gu Tunan in dumbfoundedness.

The most difficult and rumored cold-hearted top alpha in the Gu family said word by word: "I know he likes me."

Tang Bai sneezed while walking. He rubbed his red nose and saw the message from his grandfather on the computer:

[Why did Tangtang go to the slums with a strange alpha today? ]