Chapter 313

Feeling the itch on her chin, Yang Tao opened her eyes in a daze. She wanted to move, but found herself completely hugged by someone, and she was also hugging him, with her leg draped over his waist, the two of them intertwined. Of course, her clothes were intact.

It was just different from what was shown on TV, where the woman buried herself in the man's chest; here, he was buried in her. His head was right at her neck, and the heat of his breath brushed against her, making her mind wander. With his breathing and the slight rise and fall of her body, his hair rubbed against her skin, and that was what had tickled her awake.

Feeling the elastic, firm skin and muscles under her fingertips, Yang Tao couldn't help but feel a bit envious. A man, having a good figure was one thing, but how could his skin be better than hers? She took care of hers, but this rough man clearly didn't have any of those messy things—it made no sense.

After daydreaming for a while, a blushing Yang Tao couldn't help but think of what happened last night...

Bringing the humming Wang Yan back to the complex, Yang Tao parked the car, tidied up, packed Wang Yan's things into her small bag, and then hurriedly got out of the car, went around to the passenger side, and pulled the swaying Wang Yan out.

"Wang Yan? Wang Yan? We're home, wake up, hurry up and wake up, let's go up." Yang Tao patted his shoulder, trying to wake him.

"Hmm..." Wang Yan responded and immediately started taking off his clothes: "Sleep!"

"Hey, we're not home yet, don't take off your clothes yet, don't take them off." Yang Tao used all her strength to pull the clothes-stripping Wang Yan out of the passenger seat. As a result, Wang Yan swayed with every step and fell straight to the ground.

Yang Tao was closing the car door and checking if anything had been left behind. When she turned back, he was lying down, and she felt very helpless. She let out a long breath and called out: "Wang Yan? This isn't a bed, hurry up and get up, your clothes will get dirty, you'll get sick tomorrow, hurry up and get up."

"We're... we're home, sleep... sleep." Wang Yan was addicted to acting; he even added his own lines, rolled over on the ground, smacked his lips, and went to sleep.

"We're not home, we're not there yet, hurry up and get up, Wang Yan, hurry up and get up, this is too dirty." Yang Tao bent down and pulled Wang Yan's hand, trying to haul him up.

But with her little strength, how could she drag the 200-jin Wang Yan? Fortunately, Wang Yan wasn't really that drunk. After some fumbling on the ground, he finally cooperated with Yang Tao. From the underground parking lot to their home on the second floor, it took nearly half an hour.

Once they finally got inside, Wang Yan didn't need Yang Tao to go to any trouble; he stripped down to his underwear himself and scrambled onto the bed.

Yang Tao was stunned on the side. She knew Wang Yan had a good figure; she could tell from the muscles on his arms and the outline of his broad shoulders throughout the day, but she hadn't expected it to be this good. There was no bulkiness of big muscles; it looked smooth and natural, as if this was how a man's body should look. With this physique, it was no wonder Duan Xifeng couldn't outdrink him.

Yang Tao couldn't help it; she blushed and reached out to touch him, and the feel was great. As a result, Wang Yan started dry-heaving, so she hurriedly got up to get a trash can to catch it and patted his back from behind. As a result, Wang Yan heaved for a while, but nothing came out, and then he rolled over and lay back on the bed.

She giggled, got up, and got some water to feed Wang Yan.

After Wang Yan drank the water in a daze, he didn't wait for Yang Tao to leave; he pulled her onto the bed, hugged her, and then his alcohol-smelling mouth kissed her.

With a gasp, Yang Tao enjoyed the flavorful kiss while struggling hard. After finding it futile, she resignedly gave up resistance and let Wang Yan do as he pleased, feeling both nervous and expectant.

Wang Yan, of course, wouldn't just go for it like this. He was drunk and not clear-headed, and that wouldn't be a beautiful memory for Yang Tao. It was better to do this when sober; he wasn't that desperate, it would happen sooner or later.

So, just as Yang Tao was feeling those warm, large hands caressing her body and was already shedding tears, letting him take what he wanted, she felt the large hands roaming over her stop moving. She was hugged tighter, and at the same time, a low murmur came to her ear: "Tao... Taozi, let's get married... let's get married..."

Instantly, Yang Tao froze, not moving an inch. Earlier at her mother's house, when Wang Yan said he wanted to marry her and give her half his assets, she had already been overwhelmed. Now this happened again. As the saying goes, "drunken words are true words"; she didn't think Wang Yan was lying to her.

At this moment, she felt a level of emotion she had never felt before. She wanted to shout "Yes" out loud, but she knew Wang Yan was drunk when he said it, and her response wouldn't be heard or remembered by him. She just leaned quietly in Wang Yan's arms, shedding tears, thinking about all sorts of things—thinking about whether Wang Yan would remember what happened today tomorrow, thinking about them having children and living together in the future, thinking about that damn Li Wei who had delayed her and ruined her life, and couldn't help but send him her daily greetings...

This amount of alcohol was, of course, no problem for Wang Yan, and he was only slightly tipsy; nothing had happened. He had woken up long ago, and seeing Yang Tao sleeping soundly, he simply hugged her and slept until the sun was high.

Feeling Yang Tao wake up, he let out a "hmm," let out a long breath, and opened his eyes.

Looking blankly at Yang Tao, who was held in his arms and staring at him wide-eyed: "Did you sleep with me?"

Yang Tao immediately rolled her eyes and gave him a slap: "Did you get that backward?"

Wang Yan looked down and saw her clothes were intact, and let out a long breath: "Good, good. I stopped your dangerous behavior in time and didn't make a mistake."

"Yes, yes, yes, no mistake, can you let go of me?"

"Hehe, a beauty in my hands, can I let you run?" Wang Yan hugged her tightly and leaned in: "Give your master a kiss."

Yang Tao reached out to cover Wang Yan's mouth and pushed him away forcefully: "No, you didn't wash up yesterday, your mouth is especially smelly."

"Smelly man, smelly man, isn't that how it comes? Hurry up, one kiss and I'll let go, otherwise we'll just stay like this today."

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Tao said: "Then kiss my cheek, don't go too far."

"Not too far, not too far, take your hand away."

Yang Tao hesitantly moved her hand away, and Wang Yan used his smelly mouth to kiss Yang Tao's cherry lips directly. After a long while, he finally let her go.

Yang Tao's eyes were misty as she looked at Wang Yan, who stood up wearing only his underwear. Her face was as red as a ripe peach, but her mouth was full of disdain: "Pah, pah, pah, you're really annoying."

Wang Yan wasn't embarrassed at all; he went to get water to drink openly and rubbed his head: "Taozi, it's not that I'm complaining, but your brother-in-law is really not particular. I had already said let's just take it easy, why did he have to compete with me? Now it's good, both sides are hurt."

"Knowing that, why drink so much?" Yang Tao adjusted her clothes, blushing as she also took a glass of water to drink: "Do you know what you said yesterday?"

"What did I say?" Wang Yan frowned in thought, shook his head: "I don't even know how I got back, how would I know what I said? But Taozi, I have one good point: I never talk nonsense, even when I'm drunk. Although I don't know what I said, there definitely wasn't a lie in it."

"Actually, it's nothing, you don't have to try so hard to remember." Yang Tao's face turned even redder. She changed the subject and pointed at Wang Yan: "Can you stop being a hooligan? Can you put on some clothes?"

"This is my house, okay? I'm in my own house, how am I being a hooligan?" Wang Yan said: "Besides, my figure is so good, you saw it all without paying a cent, you made a huge profit, you know? I haven't even said you were molesting me, and you're actually accusing me of being a hooligan? Too much!"

Yang Tao let out a long breath, rolled her eyes, put down the water glass, and turned to take her bag: "I'm going back to wash up first."

"Good, shall we go eat together in a bit?"

"Okay." Responding, Yang Tao pretended to be calm, put on her shoes at the door, opened the door, closed the door, opened the door, closed the door, and then leaned against the door, stroking her chest with both hands to calm her rapidly beating heart.

From the moment she opened her eyes, she hadn't relaxed at all. Whether it was flirting with Wang Yan or watching Wang Yan shamelessly act like a hooligan, she hadn't been as calm as she appeared. This love came too fiercely, and she clearly felt that she had fallen.

After a while, calming her mood and touching her still-hot face, Yang Tao let out a long breath, stepped into the room with happy steps, and washed up.

Wang Yan's washing speed was very fast. After a simple rinse, he found some big shorts and a short-sleeved shirt to wear and threw the clothes he wore yesterday into the washing machine. Women were indeed slow at washing up. By the time the refreshed Yang Tao knocked on the door, Wang Yan's clothes were already washed and hung out to dry.

It was almost noon when they went out. The two walked side-by-side on the road in the complex, and Wang Yan asked: "Is my phone with you?"

"Oh, right, right, right, it's with me." Yang Tao hurriedly rummaged through her bag, took out the phone, and handed it to him: "You were so drunk yesterday, you were stumbling when you walked, so I put it in my bag."

"Was I that drunk?"

"What do you think?" Yang Tao rolled her eyes: "Yesterday you were rolling around in the underground parking lot, insisting that it was a bed. You were heavy as a rock, and I couldn't move you; it took a huge effort to get you home."

Wang Yan asked: "Then I didn't say anything wrong, did I?"

"That didn't happen, otherwise would I not tell you? Really."

"Hmm, that's true." Wang Yan nodded and condemned Duan Xifeng: "Your brother-in-law is no good, not particular at all. Next time I have to get him back, just watch me drink him silly."

This damn competitive spirit, Yang Tao couldn't laugh or cry: "No need, you already drank him under the table yesterday. My sister just called me and said that not only did he vomit last night, but he also vomited this morning, and now he can't even get out of bed. You can still talk and laugh now, you're much stronger than him."

"If you put it that way, then I'll let him off." Wang Yan laughed and reached out to pull Yang Tao, who was dressed coolly, into his arms: "You don't know, I'm just holding it in, actually my head is buzzing, and my stomach has been churning for a long time."

Being hugged, Yang Tao's body stiffened for a moment, but then she didn't struggle: "You're just acting tough, if you can't drink, don't drink, in the end, aren't you the one suffering?"

"Can that be the same? This is my first formal visit, how could I let your family find fault? I had to perform well."

"You made my mom so happy, what else do you need to perform? Didn't you see yesterday? As soon as we got back, my mom pulled you into the room and didn't even look at me, really..."

"Doesn't that just prove the saying, 'a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law and likes him more and more'?"

"Pah, you have no sense of propriety." Yang Tao rolled her eyes: "Your stomach is uncomfortable, let's go drink some porridge."

"Porridge, porridge, I can't eat anything else, I'm so uncomfortable." Wang Yan nodded repeatedly: "Do you have anything to do after eating?"

"I'm going to Lan Weiwei's, to practice yoga with Jiao Yang and the others. We made an appointment last week, but I didn't make it, why?"

"Nothing, I was just asking." Wang Yan smiled and looked down at Yang Tao in his arms: "How about I go with you?"

Yang Tao looked at Wang Yan's lecherous eyes: "No need, put away your impure thoughts. You're very uncomfortable now, you need to rest, just stay at home honestly."

"Oh my, in order to give someone's family a good impression, someone doesn't appreciate it, doesn't take me out to play, and wants me, who is so uncomfortable, to stay at home alone."

"That's enough, you're not uncomfortable anymore, are you?" Yang Tao rolled her eyes: "We're here, hurry up and eat, then go home and rest."

Wang Yan laughed, entered the breakfast shop, and simply had a few bowls of white porridge with pickles. After eating, he lingered with Yang Tao at home for a while, and after sending off Yang Tao, who told him to rest well and said she would bring him dinner in the evening, he started working at the computer.

Supporting a friend's business and exercising to keep fit wasn't easy. Lan Weiwei worked at a decent gym on the South Third Ring Road, and it took Yang Tao over half an hour to drive there.

Meeting up with Jiao Yang and changing in the locker room, the two of them, led by Lan Weiwei, started their yoga session with a group of people. Most of those doing yoga were women; of course, there were men, but they were too rare. However, among Lan Weiwei's students, besides Jiao Yang, there were a few men. These men were all for health...

After the exercise, the class ended. The sweaty Yang Tao, Lan Weiwei, and Jiao Yang sat in the yoga room to drink water and rest, sitting in a circle and chatting.

Jiao Yang tightened the cap of his mineral water bottle and asked: "Taozi, didn't you say Wang Yan went to your house yesterday? How was it?"

Lan Weiwei was also full of curiosity: "Yes, Taozi, how was it?"

Yang Tao took a sip of water and looked at her two good friends blissfully: "It was pretty good."

"Hey, Taozi, you're not being interesting talking like that. How was it good? You have to explain it clearly, right? Really, start from the beginning, let us hear it." Jiao Yang looked at Yang Tao impatiently; this kind of answer paired with a blissful face was indeed too perfunctory.

Yang Tao swayed coyly: "Oh my, I'm embarrassed..." The necklace on her chest swayed along, sparkling and lovable.

Jiao Yang didn't notice and smiled: "What's there to be embarrassed about with us? Unless... you gave yourself away?"

"No, no, why are you so annoying, what are you thinking? We've only known each other for eleven days, how could it be that fast?"

"You've already met the parents after eleven days, how much faster do you want it to be?" Jiao Yang rolled his eyes.

Lan Weiwei, who was also a woman, had sharper observation. Looking at the necklace Yang Tao was wearing, she asked: "Taozi, I remember I haven't seen this necklace before? Did Wang Yan give it to you?"

"Hey, really, Weiwei, I didn't even notice. Hurry, give us a full account."

Hearing this, Yang Tao picked up the ring she was holding, her face full of happiness: "He gave it to me yesterday."

Lan Weiwei leaned in to take a close look, and Jiao Yang also wanted to see, but no matter how good their relationship was, there was a difference between men and women, so he didn't lean in: "It looks quite expensive to me. After all, Wang Yan is so rich, he wouldn't be able to take out anything cheap, right?"

"You're right, Jiao Yang." Lan Weiwei looked at Yang Tao with envy and jealousy: "This is Cartier. Although I don't know which series this is, looking at it, it must be at least 30,000."

She was truly jealous. Before, when Li Wei—oh, it was Zhuang Yan—was dating Yang Tao, she was quite jealous. Now Zhuang Yan was in her hands, but how did it seem like she had helped Yang Tao? After leaving Zhuang Yan and taking three years to recover, she hadn't found anyone, and then a better neighbor appeared? Why did all the good things happen to Yang Tao? She, Lan Weiwei, wasn't bad either.

Yang Tao didn't know her good friend had so many thoughts and nodded with a smile: "He said it cost over 40,000. You don't know, I was scared to death at the time and didn't dare to take it at all."

"Good heavens, over 40,000? Who wouldn't dare to take it?" Speaking of this, Jiao Yang pouted: "Then why are you wearing it on your neck?"

"You haven't seen him, you don't know how good he is at talking. At that time, he hugged me and said, 'Don't say it's too expensive, don't say you'll return it. To me, as long as you like it, that's enough, because you are worth it. Understand, Taozi?'" Yang Tao vividly described the scene at the time, her happiness undisguised: "You don't know, when I heard that 'You are worth it,' I wanted to marry him right then and there."

Jiao Yang agreed completely: "Forget about you, after hearing you finish, I want to marry him too."

Yang Tao looked disgusted: "Don't, stop it, you're too scary."

"Oh my, you don't know, Jiao Yang is a normal person, stop having wild thoughts." Lan Weiwei smiled: "You hurry up and tell us, how was it this time?"

Yang Tao recalled, showing her little white teeth: "After giving me the necklace, we went back to my mom's house... gave my mom a bracelet, over 30,000... gave my sister a Gucci bag, my sister said it was over 10,000... took two bottles of Moutai, my sister told me this morning it was 15 years old, five..."

After detailing what happened yesterday, Lan Weiwei was envious, Jiao Yang gave his blessings, and Yang Tao was moved to tears again.

Jiao Yang handed Yang Tao a tissue and pushed his glasses: "Taozi, I think Wang Yan is really good. If there's no problem after spending more time together, just marry him. Someone like him is truly rare. Right, Weiwei?"

"Ah? Hmm, yes, yes, Wang Yan is good." Lan Weiwei nodded: "Last time we ate together, I thought he was quite good."

"Oh my, I know, but we still have to get to know each other." Yang Tao wiped her tears: "I just feel it's too fast. Until now, I can't believe it; everything is like a dream. You say I was completely unprepared and at a loss, and he suddenly appeared. Now, in less than half a month, we've met the parents. But I feel like I've known him for a long time. Can you understand this contradiction?"

"Understand my foot." Jiao Yang smiled: "You, you're just not appreciating your good fortune, you're just being pretentious. If it were any other woman, they would have thrown themselves into his arms long ago, what feelings or no feelings?"

Lan Weiwei agreed completely: "I think so too, when you meet someone so suitable, you should marry him as soon as possible."

"Forget it, let's not talk about Taozi." Jiao Yang waved his hand and looked at Lan Weiwei: "Hey, Weiwei, stop worrying about Taozi's affairs, how is your own marriage going? What exactly does that guy look like? Every time you say he's like those male stars, when are you going to bring him out for us to see?"

Yang Tao nodded in agreement: "Yes, I've been hearing you talk about him, but I haven't seen him once in such a long time."

Lan Weiwei smiled reluctantly: "He's too busy, he has a pile of work every day, and he's always going on business trips for many days, he doesn't have time at all. Recently we've been discussing letting him formally meet my parents to discuss marriage."

"Really?" Yang Tao wiped her tears, her eyes wide with surprise: "That's great, wait, no, then you have to bring him out for us to see first."

"Ah? Ah, okay, when there's a chance, you'll see him." Lan Weiwei responded and stood up: "I'm leaving now, bye."

She couldn't stay any longer. The other person had met the parents, was generous, and performed well. She, an executive at a listed company, had been dating for three years, and her parents hadn't even met him. She couldn't hold her face up, so she had to hide and comfort herself, not letting them see the flaws, thinking she wasn't good, and wanting to be strong.

Yang Tao, with red eyes from crying, waved goodbye to Lan Weiwei and turned back to look at Jiao Yang: "She's a bit mysterious, maybe he really is like a male star."

Jiao Yang was closest to Yang Tao and only so-so with Lan Weiwei. If Yang Tao hadn't dragged him there, he wouldn't have bothered with Lan Weiwei. He immediately pouted and rolled his eyes: "Who believes that? She's been bragging since she was a kid, I don't believe it."

Knowing Jiao Yang wasn't close to Lan Weiwei, Yang Tao didn't say anything more, tidied up, said goodbye to Jiao Yang, drove home, and went to comfort her brother-in-law...

While Yang Tao was unknowingly giving Lan Weiwei a good show of bragging, her mother Xue Sumei was doing it on purpose.

Early in the morning, Xue Sumei got up, ate breakfast, looked at the dying Duan Xifeng, encouraged and praised him, then slung the small bag Yang Tao had given her, packed the gift box from yesterday, and took a taxi to the China World Trade Center. She had specifically asked Wang Yan where these things were bought yesterday.

Arriving at the place, she found the specialty counter, took out the gift box, and showed off the bracelet on her hand, asking them to see if it was bought there, and if so, how much it cost.

The sales staff was very professional, looked left and right, and told Xue Sumei that it was bought by a young man on Zhou Yi for 36,000 yuan, and very politely reminded her that if she wanted a refund, she needed the receipt.

Xue Sumei described Wang Yan's appearance to the sales staff and, after getting a positive answer, left happily. Of course, she wasn't there for a refund; she just wanted to confirm how much it cost.

Now that she had the exact information, Xue Sumei hummed a little tune, took a taxi out, and headed to Lan Caiping's house.

A few days ago, that shameless Lan Caiping had come to her house and bragged, saying Weiwei was getting married, that her boyfriend was in IT, an executive, a listed company, over 1.8 meters tall, three years older than Weiwei, fair and clean, gentle, drove a Mercedes, had fair skin, and that they visited each other every few days and gave luxury bags.

Although she had already eaten with Wang Yan, the impression was good, but they were still getting to know each other, and they hadn't reached that point with her daughter yet. So she didn't mention Wang Yan, afraid that if her daughter didn't live up to expectations and it fell through, she would lose face. So she just listened awkwardly to Lan Caiping bragging, but it was too infuriating, and her heart was pounding with anger.

This time it was different; Wang Yan had visited, spent over 100,000 yuan in one go, and said he wanted to marry her daughter. As long as her daughter was steady, this son-in-law was a sure thing. So, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth—today she had to get her revenge.

Standing at the door of Lan Caiping's house, Xue Sumei went over the plan in her mind, then knocked on the door: "Dong dong dong."

Before long, Lan Caiping's husband opened the door: "Oh, it's Sumei, come in, come in."

Xue Sumei smiled and nodded: "Long time no see, Commander Hao, are you well?"

"I'm good, you're doing well too, right?"

"Very well, very well. Is Caiping home? If she's not, I won't come in."

"Oh, Sumei is here." Hearing the movement, Lan Caiping, who was also dressed up at home, walked to the door: "Come in, let's talk."

Xue Sumei nodded with a smile, changed her shoes at the door, and the three sat down on the sofa.

Of course, she couldn't get straight to the point, so they started chatting about trivial things. After a while, Lan Caiping asked: "Sumei, you don't come to our house often, what's up today? Is something wrong?"

Xue Sumei waved her hand—the hand wearing the bracelet: "Hi, nothing much. It's just that when you went to my place the other day and talked about Weiwei's marriage, you were also worried about our Taozi. Well, not many days after we finished talking, Taozi found a boyfriend, and yesterday he even came to our house for dinner."

"Oh, really?" Lan Caiping understood; her old rival wasn't convinced and had come for revenge: "Then how is Taozi's new boyfriend?"

"He's okay, he's a nouveau riche, that doesn't sound very good, right? He has over thirty houses and shops in his hands. He doesn't have any big ambitions, he's not doing his proper job. You say, a man in his thirties, who isn't working hard and struggling? He's the opposite; he stays at home all day and just lives off the rent. It's also a hard life for this child; he's twenty-nine this year, three years younger than our Taozi. Ten years ago, his parents had an accident and passed away, and other relatives and friends had long since lost contact. He's been living on his own for so many years, it hasn't been easy."

Looking at Xue Sumei's face, which was full of pity but couldn't hide her pride, Lan Caiping laughed: "Oh my, really? Then Taozi's new boyfriend is so rich, and there's no one to manage him, are you sure he's sincere? There's news about rich people's playboy behavior every day, Sumei, you have to be careful."

"Hiss, you're right, Caiping, I really have to be careful. But I think this child is quite good. You don't know, yesterday he bought our Taozi a necklace that cost over 40,000. It just so happened that yesterday was Su Qing and Xifeng's wedding anniversary, and he even bought Su Qing a bag. Su Qing said it was a world-famous brand called Gucci or something, I didn't remember the name."

Xue Sumei suddenly realized: "Ah, that seems to be called Gu... Gucci, right, that's it, Gucci, Su Qing said that bag cost over 10,000. The wine they drank with Xifeng yesterday was 15-year-old Moutai, they said it was 5,000 or 6,000 a bottle, tsk tsk. You say, this child is not a good housekeeper, even if he has money, he shouldn't spend it like that, right, Caiping?"

This blow was too fierce; Lan Caiping couldn't handle it. Her eyes rolled, and she forced a smile: "That's not right, Sumei, you said Taozi's boyfriend bought Su Qing a bag, why didn't he give you anything? This child doesn't know how to do things..."

"Hi, I forgot to mention, isn't it right here." As she spoke, Xue Sumei took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and shook it in her hand: "He bought me this bracelet. You say, how can we ask how much this thing costs, right, Caiping? I just thought, what could it be? Since he bought Su Qing a bag for over 10,000, this one must be even more expensive, so yesterday I asked him where he bought it."

"He said he bought it at the China World Trade Center. When I went there this morning and asked, they said it was bought on Zhou Yi. You say, how much is this bracelet? Good heavens, 36,000, this is too expensive. After all, Taozi just started dating him, it's not appropriate to accept such an expensive gift. I wanted to return it at the time, and we'd return the money to him later, but we must have the receipt to return it. Since we couldn't return it, I could only wear it. You say, this child is also meticulous; he didn't even give me the receipt, maybe he had already thought of this problem."

Lan Caiping now felt personally what it was like for Xue Sumei when she had been outputting to her the other day. She managed her expression and smiled: "Is that so? That's good, that's good. Hey, Sumei, what does this child look like? If he's too short or has bad skin, that will have an impact in the future."

"He's quite spirited, just like Weiwei's boyfriend, also over 1.8 meters tall. His body is also good, you don't know, the muscle lines on his arms are very clear. As for his skin, it's normal, although it's not very fair, I think it's quite tender, his skin quality is good. He even said that after he marries Taozi, he'll give Taozi half of his assets. We can't take that, right? I'm marrying off my daughter, not selling her, as long as they live well, assets don't matter."

"That's not bad, quite good." Lan Caiping had no power left.

Looking at Lan Caiping's appearance, Xue Sumei laughed: "Taozi's boyfriend has a very strong desire to get married, I think they might be fast too, maybe we'll be holding the wedding around the same time. Alright, Caiping, I just came by to tell you, so you don't have to worry about our Taozi. That's it, I'm going back, Xifeng drank too much, I have to go back and cook for them."

"Leaving already? Not staying a while?"

Xue Sumei put the bracelet back on, shook it twice, looked at Lan Caiping, who was trying hard to restrain herself, and laughed: "We can see each other anytime, come again when you have time, leaving now, Caiping, Commander Hao."

Commander Hao, who had been watching the show for a long time without saying a word, stood up with an awkward smile to see her off. He knew his wife's temperament; it was understandable that she was taking revenge. And he didn't want to deal with those things; he couldn't take it.

Leaving Lan Caiping's house, Xue Sumei thought about her old rival's hysteria after she left—"Little thing, let you fight with me, serves you right"—and went home happily by taxi.

So when Yang Tao returned home, what she saw was her mother and Duan Xifeng chatting and laughing while watching TV, with Duan Xifeng lying on the sofa recovering.

Seeing Yang Tao enter the room and change her shoes at the door, Xue Sumei said with a smile: "Taozi, how was it yesterday?"

"How was what?"

"You went back with Wang Yan, didn't you have any..."

Seeing her mother being ambiguous, and Yang Tao wasn't inexperienced, she rolled her eyes and said: "Oh my, Mom, what are you thinking? He was drunk like that, besides, how long have we known each other? You're so annoying..."

"Still calling me annoying, isn't that something that happens sooner or later." Xue Sumei rolled her eyes at her daughter and smiled: "Taozi, you don't know, today I went to Weiwei's house, and with Lan Caiping..."

After hearing what happened, Yang Tao couldn't laugh or cry: "Oh my, was that necessary, really..."

Xue Sumei glared: "Why wasn't it necessary? She was the one who angered me first, can't I get revenge? I didn't even want to anger her, she was the one who came to anger me, she was too much. If people don't offend me, I won't offend people; today I got my revenge. Taozi, you don't know, her face at that time..."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Yang Tao looked at Duan Xifeng, who was listening quietly without participating and looked weak: "Brother-in-law, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, as long as you and Wang Yan can have a happy ending, this drink was worth it."

"Thank you, Brother-in-law." Yang Tao blinked her big eyes and looked at Duan Xifeng, moved.

"Alright, alright, don't be sentimental with me. You say I'm the only man in our family, so shouldn't I be the one to do this? It's all what I should do." Duan Xifeng smiled and waved his hand: "By the way, how is Wang Yan? They say he's stronger than me?"

"He's not much stronger, he was about to sleep in the underground parking lot, it was a huge mess." Yang Tao said with amusement: "He even said you weren't particular, said you agreed to drink easily, but you insisted on competing with him, and he wants to get revenge on you."

Duan Xifeng waved his hand repeatedly: "Taozi, you have to persuade him, don't drink anymore. I'm telling you, if I were a few years younger, I would have fought him to a draw, but now it's not possible. Once is enough, it's life-threatening."

"How can you drink so much all the time." Xue Sumei smiled and waved her hand: "Xifeng, you're the hero of our family, Auntie will give you credit."

The family chatted and laughed, and soon it was dinner time. Yang Tao stood up and said: "I'm going back, Mom, Wang Yan is still waiting for me to bring him food."

"Oh, hurry, hurry, don't let him go hungry." Xue Sumei stood up to shoo her away: "Taozi, you hurry up, settle it early, try to let me hold a grandson by next year, you know?"

"Oh my, I know, I know, leaving now, Mom, Sis, Brother-in-law." After calling everyone, Yang Tao hurriedly changed her shoes and left; her mother was always saying such tiger-and-wolf words, and she couldn't handle it.

Yang Tao drove, bought breakfast on the way, and returned to Dongjun Huafu.

Hearing the "dong dong dong" knocking, Wang Yan saved the data and stood up to open the door, seeing Yang Tao standing outside, raising the food in her hand: "Ta-da, dinner time..."

"Thanks to the heroine Taozi for saving me from the edge of starvation." Wang Yan smiled, cupped his hands, took the food from her, and turned to put it on the dining table. Yang Tao changed her shoes at the door, put her bag on the cabinet, washed her hands in the kitchen, and sat opposite Wang Yan.

Yang Tao took the bowl and chopsticks Wang Yan handed her: "Did you change the lock?"

"Oh, right, I was just about to tell you. The password is 【password】, you can just press the password from now on."

? Yang Tao thought about it, what day was this: "Is this the day we met?"

Wang Yan smiled: "I heard a saying, 'Love is a two-way journey,' and I feel our journey is going quite well."

Yang Tao didn't respond and smiled: "I heard smart locks aren't safe, people can open them easily. You have two computers in this room and a pile of equipment on the shelf, none of which are cheap. Although you're home almost every day, there are times when you go out, right? I'm afraid this isn't safe, why don't we change it back?"

This made Wang Yan think of the time Yang Tao's house was robbed, but it wasn't a big problem. He was here now, and if he could still let a thief succeed, he would be a disgrace. If he really wasn't home and a thief touched his house, he could sweep through the entire Beijing gang. Although there was a specialty in every trade, a cunning rabbit had three burrows. But he was also an expert at picking locks and rummaging through boxes; he was a master of this craft, had some research into criminal psychology, and also had a relatively deep study of people. It really wasn't difficult to scrape them.

"It's fine, I don't believe anyone would really dare to steal from me." Wang Yan smiled, stood up, came to Yang Tao's side, patted her shoulder, and shook the necklace hanging on his hand.

Yang Tao subconsciously touched her neck and widened her eyes: "Are you also a thief?"

"What kind of talk is that? That's called having many skills." Putting the necklace back on her, Wang Yan pouted, ruffled her hair, and reached out to lift her chin: "Your master knows many things, slowly discover them."

"Shameless." Pushing his hand away and giving him a roll of her eyes, Yang Tao lowered her head to eat.

Wang Yan also sat in the chair, eating, washing dishes, and then the two went out together to feel the summer evening breeze and walk the streets. It wasn't until past eight that they returned home and watched TV on the sofa.

This had been their daily routine recently, but in the past, they sat separately, and today, the difference was that Yang Tao was leaning in Wang Yan's arms...

At ten o'clock, Wang Yan consciously turned off the TV and patted her shoulder: "Time's up, beauty Taozi." Every day they watched TV here, Yang Tao returned to her room at this time.

Yang Tao looked up at Wang Yan, clutching the corner of her clothes, biting her lip, and saying nothing.

Wang Yan paused, then looked at her tenderly: "You'd better think it through, otherwise it'll be too late to regret."

"I'm not a casual woman."

"I know."

"I'm not with you because of money."

"I know."

"We've known each other for less than half a month, you've met my friends, met my family, although all this happened very quickly, I feel like we've known each other for a long, long time. I think this is the feeling I've always wanted, the love I've always been looking for."

"Scientific research shows that the duration of love is about... hiss..."

"Can you stop ruining the atmosphere?"

"Okay."

"I want to say... oh my, annoying, it's all your fault... I don't know how to say it..."

"So you don't regret it?"

"They say rich people aren't good people, they're all playboys, fickle, playing with women's feelings, are you?"

"I'm not! Do you believe me?"

"I believe you! Will you be good to me for a lifetime?"

"Two lifetimes, three lifetimes, eighteen lifetimes."

"I think... the person I want to find is you, Wang Yan..."

"Be more certain."

"I love you!"

"I love you too."

Before long, a suppressed sound of satisfaction echoed, and the room was filled with spring light.

It was the sweltering midsummer of July...

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