Part 3
He quickly sent a voice message saying he was taking his brother-in-law to the company.
Liang Yi: “Why are you with him?”
Jiang Xiujun: “I came to the hospital for a check-up and ran into Mr. Jiang there.”
Liang Yi: “Don’t you have your own car?”
Jiang Xiujun: “I am a male college student; I only take the subway.”
Liang Yi: …
Jiang Shulu couldn’t care less about these two’s lifestyle. He stared at Tang Mian’s message for a long time before replying.
【Jiang Shulu: It’s not a question of that. I’m afraid Xiao Yue will suffer. Before, when he had you, I wasn’t by his side.】
Jiang Shulu had spoken to Tang Yue about this, but the latter believed in letting the past stay in the past, picking and choosing details to downplay the severity.
If Liang Yi hadn’t told him, Jiang Shulu would really have thought Tang Yue had it that easy.
Liang Yi said Tang Yue was considered lucky, only the final birth was difficult.
Although the doctor they found had been the lead surgeon for a case of a man giving birth, Tang Yue’s anatomy was slightly different.
The previous man was Sheng Cangyun.
Aside from a few of them, almost no one knew that today’s sensational revelation was a premeditated plot.
From the paparazzi breaking the news to the subject being exposed, to the thousands of comments pushing “Don’t tell me Tang Mian was born by Tang Yue too” and “It all seems to make sense now” to the top—it was all carefully orchestrated.
It was because Jiang Shulu wanted to give Tang Yue the smoothest possible acceptance.
But he still didn’t want to repeat the same mistakes.
Jiang Shulu still felt guilt toward Tang Yue. There was no upper limit to how good he could be to him, except for this one thing where there was no room for negotiation, because he couldn’t go back to the past.
Over there, Liu Xichao was still hugging Tang Yue and grumbling, venting about the thunderbolt of his male god suddenly being slept with and having a child.
He even slipped in a jab at Jiang Shulu, saying his perfectly grown cabbage was rooted up by this pig, and so on.
Tang Yue couldn’t help but retort, “If Shulu-ge is a pig, then Mr. Jiang is also a pig.”
Liu Xichao: “Jiang He is a dead pig.”
He cursed his own man with satisfaction, making the manager’s mouth twitch as she listened.
She thought, Of the four of them, the most worry-free one turned out to be Yao Lixin, who was the most troublesome back then. The other three: two had secret affairs and secret pregnancies, and one plotted for a long time to take down the boss.
What a bunch of characters!
No wonder fans screamed “Fraud.” Even the manager felt guilty.
Tang Mian glanced at Tang Yue, his short fingers slowly typing a reply to Jiang Shulu.
He thought voice messages were better.
【Tang Mian: But you are by Xiao Yue’s side now.】
【Tang Mian: [Wink] Is Baba lying to us?】
These words stumped Jiang Shulu, leaving him unsure how to reply.
Jiang Xiujun finished messaging Liang Yi and noticed Jiang Shulu had taken out the surgery consent form again. His brows were furrowed tight; he looked conflicted.
Jiang Xiujun: “It’s fine, you can cancel it.”
He even gave Jiang Shulu a rundown of the procedure, which sounded very similar to what the doctor had said. He sounded very experienced.
Jiang Shulu: “You’ve done it?”
The “Little Brother-in-law,” who was about the same age as Tang Yue, nodded. “I made the decision when I got together with Liang Yi.”
He looked very pleased with himself. “For Xiao Yi, I’m willing to do anything.”
Jiang Shulu couldn’t help but think of the manga fans online scolding Jiang Xiujun for being “love-brained.”
And Tang Yue reading the brother-in-law’s work and commenting that Jiang Xiujun had a split personality.
He strongly agreed with Tang Yue’s remark that his brother-in-law seemed better suited to drawing shoujo manga.
Jiang Shulu had nothing to say. He lowered his head to reply to Tang Mian, but Tang Mian sent another message.
【Tang Mian: Can I eat the egg burger you and Xiao Yue ate tonight?】
Jiang Shulu couldn’t help but smile and replied “Okay.”
The car arrived at the Chengkong Media parking lot. Jiang Xiujun hadn’t been to Chengkong before, so he followed Jiang Shulu upstairs, intending to see if he could gather some material.
Today’s trending topics were so explosive that many people had no mind for work. Jiang Shulu’s arrival didn’t cause much of a stir.
Or perhaps because most of the employees in Tang Yue’s studio were from the old Away days, the novelty of Jiang Shulu had worn off. Instead, it was Tang Mian who ran over happily holding his balloon.
It was already dusk outside. Tang Yue didn’t even look at Jiang Shulu, keeping his head down playing with his phone, replying to Liang Yi’s concern.
Liang Yi had seen the news too and knew Jiang Xiujun was with Jiang Shulu.
She asked if Tang Yue and Jiang Shulu had fought.
【Tang Yue: Not fighting. I just feel Shulu-ge is too nervous about me.】
This answer exceeded Liang Yi’s expectations. She asked how he reached that conclusion.
【Tang Yue: I left him and had Xiao Mie, which makes him blame himself. Sister, you know that matter wasn’t his fault.】
They were so intimate, and they had been getting along very well these days. After moving in together, Tang Yue had obtained the daily life he wanted.
Everything was very, very good, but Tang Yue sensed Jiang Shulu’s feeling of indebtedness toward him.
It showed in the increasingly considerate care during their tender moments.
Jiang Shulu could be terrifyingly fierce in bed; Tang Yue liked that, and liked the side of him that went from gentle to ruthless.
But afterwards, Jiang Shulu would be annoyed with himself, brushing away Tang Yue’s sweat-soaked bangs and kissing Tang Yue’s eyes which were closed from exhaustion.
【Tang Yue: I suspect he keeps amplifying the unwarranted pain of those days, feeling that it was his pain too.】
Liang Yi remained silent for a long time waiting for Tang Yue’s reply.
She didn’t expect Tang Yue to say such words.
Tang Yue’s surprises were continuous, influencing those around him.
Especially his candor regarding feelings. Once the seal was broken, it surged so powerfully it was almost suffocating.
Jiang Shulu was drowning in it, and it also birthed a regret that churned endlessly.
【Liang Yi: It seems you’ve already decided.】
【Tang Yue: I am very powerful.】
Perhaps because Tang Yue kept looking at his phone, Jiang Shulu couldn’t help but walk to his side and call him.
“Xiao Yue, let’s go home.”
Tang Mian: “Shulu Baba said he’d take me to eat egg burgers.”
Tang Yue nodded and naturally took Jiang Shulu’s hand. “Before we go home, let’s go buy food.”
Jiang Xiujun chatted with Liu Xichao for a bit, then took the elevator down with the family of three.
Jiang Shulu was about to tell Jiang Xiujun to take a taxi back, but the other waved his hand saying he was going to find Liang Yi.
Chengkong Media’s building was just one subway stop away from Liang Yi’s Kunyu Group.
Before leaving, the young manga artist very deliberately dropped a sentence: “I have rich experience in Andrology. Welcome to consult.”
Jiang Shulu hesitated, glancing at Tang Yue. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Tang Yue stuff Tang Mian into the car first, then turn to him.
“Shulu-ge, I am a super powerful alien. You discovered it too late.”
Jiang Shulu: “What?”
Tang Yue leaned into his ear, smiling with a hint of slyness. “I’m also very good at riding horses.”
— 「Gift List」
Since Jiang He gave Tang Mian children’s toys, He didn’t ask his secretary to buy them anymore, Instead, he went to choose them himself.
One time, Liu Xichao came home after wrapping up filming, And saw Jiang He sitting alone on the carpet playing… With a children’s coffee machine.
Liu Xichao: Didn’t you say you were giving it to Xiao Mie?
Jiang He: I was afraid he wouldn’t know how to play, so I’m testing it first.
Liu Xichao: Come on, if you want to play with it yourself, just buy another one.
Jiang He remained silent.
At the same time, Liu Xichao opened his phone. It happened to be a message from Tang Yue. Their family of three had devoutly recorded a new toy unboxing video. It was exactly the same as the one Jiang He was playing with.
Liu Xichao tried hard to hold back his laughter, but failed.
Jiang He: Do you want to play?
Liu Xichao: Kids these days are too happy.
After sitting down, he discovered a piece of paper next to the box. It was a memo pad from Chengkong Media. It was a list written by Jiang He. Besides the children’s coffee machine, there was cookware, tabletop soccer, etc. Behind each item, there were parentheses: (Has burrs? Does it prick the hand?)
Liu Xichao: What does this soccer one look like?
Jiang He pulled out the one he had assembled before Liu Xichao returned from under the sofa.
Liu Xichao: Was it necessary to hide it? It’s not like I’d laugh at you.
Jiang He: Stop holding it in. Laugh.
Liu Xichao to Tang Yue: [Video] This is fun too.
Tang Yue turned and showed Jiang Shulu: Shall we buy one to play with too? That coffee machine is really fun!
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