Chapter 126: Playing so big

"When did you become so oily-mouthed?"

Tang Bingyan sized up Xu Tian with a scrutinizing gaze, as if she wanted to see something from his expression.

Xu Tian was speechless: "I just saw that you were too tired recently and wanted you to rest early. Where did you think?"

Tang Bingyan:...

Okay, she really thought wrong.

When the atmosphere between the two was good before, it wasn't impossible for something to happen.

She could give Xu Tian anything, even her own life, and now the relationship between the two was obviously warming up. She didn't care about these.

But for some reason, whenever she was about to take that step, there was always a voice in Tang Bingyan's heart reminding her to wait a little longer.

Originally, she wasn't sure if she could keep Xu Tian by her side forever. If something really happened, once the freshness passed, would they return to their original state?

Tang Bingyan didn't want to gamble.

"

Xu Tian did not know what Tang Bingyan was thinking, assuming instead that she was exhausted from working overtime for days on end.

"I'll drive. You go to the back and lie down for a while; I'll wake you when we get home."

"No need." Tang Bingyan came to her senses, pulled open the passenger door, and sat inside.

She had indeed been too exhausted lately, and she fell asleep leaning against the seat back during the ride home.

Xu Tian turned up the car's air conditioning and deliberately slowed his speed. When they arrived downstairs at the apartment, Tang Bingyan still showed no signs of waking, so Xu Tian picked her up directly.

When Tang Bingyan was carried out of the car by Xu Tian, she unconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck.

This unconscious gesture made Xu Tian's heart soften.

He looked tenderly at Tang Bingyan's cheeks, which were like a perfect work of art, and whispered.

"Wife, perhaps I am not yet a man who can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you, but in this life, I will give everything I have to protect you."

Just as you gave your all to protect me in our past life.

Because holding Tang Bingyan made it inconvenient, Xu Tian had to use one hand to fish the room card out of his coat pocket. After entering, he didn't pay attention to whether the door was closed properly and carried Tang Bingyan toward the bedroom.

When they reached the living room, Tang Bingyan opened her eyes. After a moment of confusion, her gaze cleared.

She struggled slightly, wanting to get down from Xu Tian.

It was rare for Xu Tian to see Tang Bingyan just after waking up; she wasn't her usual cold and forceful self, but rather had a contrasting cuteness.

"Wife, I've carried you the whole way; shouldn't you give me a reward?"

Tang Bingyan:...

Was there something wrong with the way she woke up?

Xu Tian felt the stiffness of the person in his arms and felt even more that this version of Tang Bingyan was incredibly cute.

So he deliberately placed her on the sofa and then pressed down on top of her.

"What kind of reward do you want?"

Tang Bingyan instinctively felt that danger was approaching.

Her heart rate accelerated, but on the surface, she remained as cold as ever.

"Grant me one condition."

Xu Tian leaned close to Tang Bingyan, looking at those black eyes like jewels beneath long, slender lashes: "No more staying up late to work overtime."

"That is something I might not be able to do."

Tang Bingyan looked away; she was the person in power at the Tang family and could never relax for a moment.

"No, if you keep going like this, your body won't be able to take it."

The corners of Tang Bingyan's lips curled slightly, "If I slack off for the sake of my health, what will I do if I can't make money?"

Just as she was about to push away the person pressing down on her, she suddenly saw the direction behind Xu Tian, her eyes dimmed, and she stopped the movement of her hands.

She let Xu Tian press her onto the sofa and asked calmly: "Will you support me?"

Xu Tian was dazzled by Tang Bingyan's fleeting smile. Not knowing what came over him, his brain glitched and he thought of a line from a movie villain, subconsciously saying: "Of course! Beauty, as long as you follow me, I'll give you everything!"

The moment he finished speaking, a crisp "clatter" sounded from behind him.

Immediately following that was a sharp intake of breath.

Xu Tian's heart sank, and a chill suddenly rose on his back.

He turned his head slowly to see Shang Yiran, dressed in loungewear, standing at the entrance in horror, with a shattered red wine bottle at his feet.

And what made Xu Tian feel that "heaven is going to destroy me" even more was that standing beside Shang Yiran was Murong Xue, whose body was swaying unsteadily.

From their angle, they couldn't see Tang Bingyan being pressed on the sofa by Xu Tian; they could only see Xu Tian pressing someone onto the sofa, and combined with that last line of dialogue, it was practically a grand scene of "forcing a good woman into prostitution."

Xu Tian only felt his brain go "buzz."

What was going on?

How did these two get in?

Xu Tian hurriedly pulled the blanket from the side of the sofa to wrap Tang Bingyan up.

Shang Yiran stared at Xu Tian with a complex expression, looking heartbroken as if his brother had gone astray.

And Murong Xue's face was so pale it was almost transparent, like a jasmine flower swaying and struggling for survival in a storm.

Xu Tian turned around mechanically, blocking Tang Bingyan behind him, and explained with a stiff expression.

"It's not what you think..."

"Yiran, you explain to Murong Xue for me..." Xu Tian looked at Shang Yiran with pleading eyes.

Shang Yiran only came to his senses after hearing Xu Tian's words.

But when he glanced at Tang Bingyan and then back at Xu Tian, he spread his hands, indicating he was powerless to help.

"In this situation, I really don't know how to explain..."

Shang Yiran sighed: "Xu Tian, you are a man with a girlfriend..."

When Murong Xue heard that Xu Tian had a girlfriend and was still forcing someone else, her expression became even uglier.

She retreated a few steps in a panic.

"I, I have something else to do, I won't disturb Agent Xu anymore..."

After saying that, she immediately fled in a panic.

Xu Tian:...

Shang Yiran was much calmer than Murong Xue, although he was also shocked by Xu Tian's actions.

But after all, he and Xu Tian were just good friends, and he had no right to point fingers at Xu Tian's private life.

Murong Xue was different.

She had just escaped from the clutches of Du Xiaowei and thought she had found an agent she could rely on.

Now that she discovered Xu Tian was also a jerk who forced women into unspoken rules, how could she not be panicked?

Xu Tian sighed, trying to calm his state of mind: "How did you two get in?"

"The door wasn't closed tightly."

Shang Yiran said awkwardly: "I originally intended to go out to take out the trash and happened to run into Murong Xue. She said she was coming to find you, and I also wanted to bring you a bottle of wine, so I brought her along."

Then, he poked Xu Tian's arm and asked in a low voice.

"What on earth is going on with you? Even if your girlfriend isn't here, you shouldn't bring people home if you want to cheat..."

"What kind of nonsense is that? She is my girlfriend!"

Xu Tian held his forehead and sighed: "Now this is impossible to explain clearly."

"..."

Shang Yiran was also a bit speechless: "Who knew you guys played so wild... Murong Xue was genuinely scared, but if you explain it to her properly, she should believe you, right?"