After the little singer marks the big sister Gao Leng

Dinner was pleasant and relaxed with a great atmosphere.

Under the lights and candlelight, Tang Manwen was silent most of the time, and talked eloquently from time to time. Tao Xiaoyu was still the same as before, just looking at her felt very happy.

Compared to Tao Xiaoyu, Tang Manwen didn't eat much. She seemed to really like tonight's soup and drank two bowls in a row.

"Sister Manwen, did you cooperate with Cai Chengmin's company in the end?" Tao Xiaoyu asked during Tang Manwen's silence. She had been quite worried about the outcome of the previous incident. After Tang Manwen's intervention, Cai Chengmin He was a lot more polite to her, and even when he had the chance, he would no longer gently poke her back with his fingers to talk to her like before, let alone put his arms around her shoulders to scare her.

She chose to ask this topic when the two of them were very relaxed in the middle of dinner.

"Well, of course." Tang Manwen's spoon stopped in mid-air.

"I'm just a little curious hehe, but luckily my incident didn't affect your cooperation."

"How to say?"

"Ah?" Tao Xiaoyu was a little puzzled. Didn't Cai Chengmin come to apologize to him because he was threatened by her?

"Do you think your matter will affect our cooperation, on what basis?"

"That's, that's—" Tao Xiaoyu always felt nervous unconsciously whenever he saw Tang Manwen's cold face, "Cai Chengmin said, you will only consider cooperating with her brother if I forgive her."

Tang Manwen's eyes were fixed, "You people really like to fantasize."

"Isn't that the case?" Tao Xiaoyu finally felt relieved after confirming that her affairs did not affect Tang Manwen.

"No," Tang Manwen didn't want to talk about it at first, but seeing that she seemed worried, she revealed some more, "I just asked them to convey to them that they would re-evaluate the qualifications of the cooperative company, don't worry , you don’t have that much influence.”

Tao Xiaoyu felt his face was hot.

"Can I ask you something private?"

Is it like Tang Manchun said, is she going to take action?

Before Tang Manwen came, Tao Xiaoyu had already thought a lot about what might happen during this dinner.

She nodded while straightening her back, pretending to be ready to listen.

"Don't you have any other relatives?"

It turned out to be this level of privacy, Tao Xiaoyu was a little disappointed, "My mother is in Singapore."

"what about others?"

"Others?" Tao Xiaoyu didn't react for a while.

"Father, cousin or cousin or something."

"My grandmother and my mother are both only children, and my grandmother's generation's relatives are all in Indonesia, and they have long lost contact. As for my father——" Tao Xiaoyu lowered his head.

"It's okay if you don't want to say it."

Tang Manchun knew about these things. Obviously Tang Manwen didn't ask about them. Since she took the initiative to know, Tao Xiaoyu wanted to take the opportunity to open up to her more, "It's a bit ironic to say, I don't know my father Who is it?" She basically would not disclose this matter to outsiders.

"Oh!" Tang Manwen nodded with an understanding expression.

"No," Tao Xiaoyu saw that she had misunderstood, and quickly explained, "I am not an orphan, but my mother, she should be ashamed of that experience, I was conceived by her when she was studying in Hong Kong, Obviously, my father didn't want to marry her, so that was something she didn't want to talk about."

"It's kind of unfair."

"Actually, it's nothing." Tao Xiaoyu didn't feel too sad when he mentioned this, as if he was talking about other people's affairs, with a calm face, "For me, those are all feelings that didn't happen, so I I don't feel bad about not having a father, let alone resenting that kind of thing. If I have to say it's unfair, I think it's probably because my mother thinks of her bad past because of me. Therefore, she You don't even like me."

"That sounds ridiculous—" Tang Manwen suddenly held back.

"Almost, at least in China, I don't have any other relatives." Tao Xiaoyu pursed her lips and put down her chopsticks, "Sometimes, I really envy you and Manchun, born in a big family, brothers and sisters There are many, and the parents are also able-bodied, think about how lucky this is."

"You—" Tang Manwen obviously had something on her mind. After hearing about Tao Xiaoyu's life experience, she felt a little heavier. She didn't expect her to be far more lonely than she seemed, but it seemed that she was still so warm. When she was silent, there was always sadness on her face, but most of the time, she was the bright and warm type, "How did you learn to live alone after your grandma left?"

"Ah, this kind of thing?" Tao Xiaoyu looked at Tang Manwen and narrowed her eyes slightly. She wanted to confirm whether there was any sympathy in her eyes. After a while, she continued, " Once you meet it, it will come naturally, you don’t need to learn it specially.”

Her tone was calmer than she looked, with no self-pity or blame.

The calmer Tao Xiaoyu was, the more Tang Manwen felt that her pain at this time seemed very frivolous compared to her situation.

"I didn't expect you to be so strong."

"Sister Manwen, do you still eat?" Tao Xiaoyu didn't want to continue talking about the past, she saw that although she was still holding chopsticks, she hadn't touched them for a long time.

"Don't eat."

"Then I'll take it. It seems that the food is cold. Are you full?" Tao Xiaoyu felt that his question was a bit funny. At this time, it should be more appropriate to ask whether the food suits your appetite.

"Take it."

Together, the two quickly put away the dining table.

"Sit in the living room for a while, and I'll wash the dishes before sending you back."

"Not in a hurry."

When Tao Xiaoyu was washing the dishes, Tang Manwen looked over the partition cabinet from time to time, looking at her busy back. The sound of rushing water wrapped her slender body tightly, making her look even more lonely.

Faintly sensing the gaze behind her, Tao Xiaoyu turned her head and saw Tang Manwen looking at her, she didn't dodge, but just looked at her thoughtfully.

Tao Xiaoyu smiled faintly at her, then turned back to continue washing.

It's really different when someone is at home with me, the air in the house doesn't seem so pale anymore.She thought, in the past few years, how many nights, this building has been surrounded by silence.

She continued to wash and wash. In the huge house, there was only the sound of pots and pans colliding.

This originally very ordinary kitchen sound caused quite a ripple in the hearts of the two of them.

Although Tao Xiaoyu's life has never been lively, she is inexplicably happy to have dinner with someone at home after a long time, not to mention that the other party is her favorite object.

All this happened so suddenly and quickly that it was difficult for her to calm down. She fell into a dizzy state throughout the night, half awake, dreaming but not dreaming.

As for Tang Manwen, how could this not be a sudden night for her?She decided to meet Tao Xiaoyu on a temporary basis, or it could be said that she had ulterior motives. In the end, in order to get rid of her worries, she was still driven by curiosity and tried to spy on the hidden corners that the other party seemed unwilling to reveal to the outside world.

All of this unexpectedly reminded her of the night at Quexian Bridge, almost a month later, Tao Xiaoyu's actions, words and deeds that night were still as clear as yesterday.

What should I do with this girl?She thought, how long can I refuse her?

The two people's thoughts intertwined under the bright light, filling the air with a kind of sad tenderness.

No one can say what kind of signal this situation of being swiped by the other party's mind is, even Tang Manwen, who is as calm and rational as her, can't predict what will happen between the two of them next.

Gradually, the sound of washing in the kitchen subsided.

After a while, Tao Xiaoyu also came to the living room.

"Do you want to go out for a walk?" She asked naturally.

Tang Manwen stood up, bowed her head slightly, and looked at the girl who was about half a head shorter than herself, "Where are you going?"

"There are parks nearby, and trails suitable for walking, either."

Tang Manwen nodded.

The two left the house one after the other.

When Tao Xiaoyu was closing the door, Tang Manwen looked at the double swing in the yard, and the image of her and Tao Xiaoyu sitting on it involuntarily came to mind.

Outside the gate, when passing by the car, Tang Manwen stopped suddenly.

"I'll take you for a ride."

Tao Xiaoyu heard it right, Tang Manwen didn't use a question.However, the other party's natural tone did not make her feel disgusted.

"For a ride?"

When the street lights came over, Tang Manwen's figure overlapped Tao Xiaoyu's. In the intertwined light and shadow, the eyes of the two collided unexpectedly.

"Correct."

"Where to go?"

"follow me."

Tao Xiaoyu no longer hesitated, nor flinched.

In front of Tang Manwen, maybe she will never be able to say "follow me" as confidently as she does, but when responding to her own voice, she can be decisive and neat.

She was inexplicably at ease with her, as if she was willing to follow wherever she went.

Soon, Tang Manwen's car drove to Huandao Road.

At this time, Karen Mok's "Cold Rain" was playing on the radio, and when Tang Manwen opened the roof of the car, she just sang "I feel a little cold on the face when the wind blows on the roof".

"Can you sing this song?" Tang Manwen asked Tao Xiaoyu in the passenger seat sideways while driving.

The incoming wind blew their hair away, and in the dark car, the expressions of the two were unclear.

"Yes." Blown by the night wind, Tao Xiaoyu's voice was still so pleasant.

"Then sing, what are you waiting for?"

The car was moving fast on the road, and the wind whistled across the roof.

"Gently and fast, the car drives me forward, and the windshield prevents my eyes from being blown by the wind." Tao Xiaoyu sang along with Karen Mok from this line, and where she forgot the words, she used "la la la..." instead.

"Do you still know how to sing like this?" Tao Xiaoyu repeatedly forgot his words, and Tang Manwen laughed at her.

"I knew how to sing this song." Tao Xiaoyu sang and replied with a playful smile on his face.

Tang Manwen sang "la la la..." as if infected by her. The voices of the three women overlapped. Outside the car window, the wind quickly receded with the big palm trees on both sides of the road. Floating all the way into the night behind.

Tao Xiaoyu hadn't been this happy for a long time, it was as if all his troubles had been left behind the car.

How she wished the car would keep driving and never stop.

At this time, Tang Manwen's phone screen suddenly lit up.

Tang Manwen glanced at it, but ignored it.

The car continued to drive forward, and the phone kept coming in.

"Is there something urgent?" Tao Xiaoyu asked worriedly. She caught a glimpse of Tang Manwen's father calling.

Tang Manwen didn't answer, but just drove the car to the side of the road and stopped silently.

At this time, a new call came in again.

Tang Manwen supported the steering wheel with one hand and picked up the phone with the other. After connecting, she didn't say anything, as if she already knew what the other party was doing.

After about half a minute, she said, "Okay, I'll go back."