"Have you forgotten that I have a problem with sleepwalking?"
"Oh, that's okay."
"What do you think? Dismantle the furniture? Or... add some color to the antique calligraphy and paintings?"
"No, no, let's eat quickly."
Tang Xiaowan smiled evilly, then took off her oil-stained disposable gloves and started eating vegetable moss.
"It's quite refreshing, not bad!"
"Eat more. Put minced garlic in green vegetables to relieve greasiness. It can also prevent the aging of blood vessels and enhance immunity. It has many benefits and is very suitable for you."
Tang Xiaowan: "..."
Funny, blood vessels are aging, am I an old woman?
This lady is in her prime, right?
Immediately, Li Zishen brought another chopstick and placed it on Tang Xiaowan's rice.
This time there were not two, but three.
Although Tang Xiaowan thought of countless reasons for refusing, she finally stuffed the vegetable moss into her mouth and ate it with a slight frown.
"This dish is very tender, can't you bite it? Or do you have a toothache again?"
"Chewing slowly helps digestion."
Li Zishen didn't answer, just smiled and nodded in agreement.
He knew that this was a child's anger.
So, after a few seconds of pause, he quickly put a piece of fat and thin bacon on Tang Xiaowan's dinner plate.
"Xiao Wan, we are in a hurry every time we come back, and we don't have time to go down the mountain. Let's come back during the National Day. We can go to the city for a walk and visit your old school."
Tang Xiaowan's eyes lit up: "Qingcheng University?"
"Well, although I've only been there twice, I was very impressed. It's well planned and has a strong scholarly atmosphere, which is completely different from the modern style of Jinda."
"Apart from the donation time, when else?"
"At the end of December last year, on the third day after we met, I wanted to give you a surprise, but you were not here and it was all in vain."
Tang Xiaowan: "..."
Being able to see the girl he loves only twice a month is simply mental torture for Li Zishen, who has always been vigorous and resolute.
Therefore, emotion defeats reason.
For the first time, he violated the agreement between the two of them and rashly went to Qingcheng University, School of Foreign Languages, without informing him in advance.
Unexpectedly, not only was the person missing, but the cross-border symposium was also delayed.
On the way back, he got into a car accident because he was distracted.
"Why am I not in school? Why did I go there? Did I ask for sick leave?"
Li Zishen shook his head and added a piece of fish to Tang Xiaowan: "I don't know. You didn't tell me and I didn't ask. I guess he slipped out to play. This is more likely."
Tang Xiaowan: "..."
"Cheng Shi said that I used to skip classes a lot. It seems to be true. Hey, I am definitely a scumbag."
"Don't worry, you're not a scumbag. When I was going through the transfer procedures for you... I got to know him by the way. He has a wide range of hobbies, has won a scholarship, and has excellent scores in the final exam. He is pretty good."
Tang Xiaowan raised her eyebrows and widened her almond-shaped eyes: "Wow, I even got a scholarship, that's awesome!"
"I also met the counselor, and she said..."
The two of them were eating and chatting like this. Although they had their own concerns, they were still quite happy. No one mentioned again that the surveillance system was hacked in the afternoon.
…
At seven o'clock in the evening, the group set off on time.
Tang Xiaowan didn't take Li Zishen's car because she was afraid of delaying his work, so she went to Cheng Shi's black SUV.
She lay languidly in the back seat, silent.
The chocolate beans are thrown into the mouth one after another, every time with precision.
What Leng Lingxiao said made her very distressed.
Cheng Shi noticed that Tang Xiaowan was in a bad mood, so he turned on the music and played one of her favorite songs, a guitar version of a folk song, and then handed over the two bottles of yogurt on the passenger seat.
"Miss, did you and Mr. Li have a fight?"
He, a bodyguard, shouldn't have to worry about things like this, but after all, he still couldn't resist his natural worry, for fear that something would happen to Tang Xiaowan again.
The girl's every frown and smile affected him.
"When did you become so nosy?"
"I'm sorry, miss. I just saw that you were depressed, so I just... asked."
"I'm just kidding you. I didn't have any quarrel. I just feel more comfortable riding in your car. I can do whatever I want. That guy Li Zishen is too overbearing. He always likes to restrain me in the name of caring, or he just lies. Bullying me into losing my memory is very annoying."
"Mr. Li is more rigorous in doing things. He must have his reasons. What do you think...Mr. Leng, what about him, will he use amnesia to deceive you?" Cheng Shi asked hesitantly.
"He's okay. I haven't noticed him yet. He just has a bit of a playful smile, but he's quite handsome, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. I guess I liked playing with him before... I guess it's just because of his good looks."
When he said this, he burst into laughter.
"No, the lady never judges people by their appearance. The reason why she is close to Mr. Leng is because he has saved the lady's life twice, so the lady trusts him."
"What did you say? Leng Lingxiao saved me, or twice?"
Cheng Shi: "..."
"No, no, it seems that I remembered it wrong. I confused other people's affairs with Miss's. Yes, um, Miss, are we really going to stay at the Villa tonight instead of going back to Liyuan?"
Tang Xiaowan: "..."
This was not the first time that Cheng Shi suddenly changed his words like this, and spoke in a state of inconsistency.
Last time Tang Xiaowan asked why Leng Lingxiao often went to Meiyuan, her answer was ambiguous, saying that the old lady liked to chat with him, so she called him there twice a month.
Enjoy flowers together and take a walk together.
If a young man and an old lady have anything to talk about, there must be something hidden in it!
This was Tang Xiaowan's first reaction at the time.
"It's confusing, it can't be Lin Xiaoxiao, right?"
"Yes, yes, the young lady is really smart as ice and snow. She can hit the mark right away. That's right, it's Lin Xiaoxiao. So do we really want to stay in Bieyuan tonight?"
Okay, this is coming full circle.
Do you think I'm a fool? I'm just too lazy to expose it, so I would have held a big knife to your neck to see if you would say it or not.
Hey, I didn’t expect that even you would lie to me.
Forget it, it's better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone else. Just investigate slowly and the truth will eventually come out.
Tang Xiaowan calmed down and raised her eyebrows and said, "It's not Li Zishen's mother who invited me. It's hard to refuse such hospitality, so just go. It's just for one night anyway."
"That's good. It will be closer for Miss to go to school tomorrow morning."
"Well, it's really close, quite close."
The voice was not loud, mixed with a bit of helplessness.
Through the car window, Tang Xiaowan glanced at the bodyguard car behind her and shook her head repeatedly.
So, she lay down again and continued to throw her chocolate beans. She still hit every target, but there was no expression on her palm-sized face, making it impossible to tell whether it was happiness or anger.
The rearview mirror was adjusted again and again, making Cheng Shi extremely anxious.
"Miss, if you're sleepy, take a nap. It'll be more than three hours."
"I'm not sleepy, please turn off the music."
So, Cheng Shi looked away and turned off the music, while Tang Xiaowan opened a bottle of yogurt and drank it all in one breath.
A few minutes later, the phone rang, and it was a message.
(End of chapter)
