Chapter 25

General Manager Yang—Yang Muhua.

One of the executives who had fiercely opposed Ye Heng being given full responsibility for the Azure Luo Bay development project at the weekly meeting.

He was Tang Youwei's former subordinate. Ever since Mingheng had swallowed Huanyu, he had been secretly opposing Ye Heng.

When he saw the documents in Ye Heng's hands, with the glaring words "Tang Mingxi's Likes" written across them, he could not help sneering.

"As expected of Director Ye. He really can go all out to climb the ladder—even climb into Second Young Master Tang's bed." Yang Muhua added sarcastically, "Otherwise, how could we ever become directors?"

A wave of quiet laughter rose in the elevator.

Yang Muhua suddenly lowered his voice, speaking with undisguised malice. "Don't think the Azure Luo Bay project has simply fallen into your lap. You're nothing but a useless live-in son-in-law who rose through sleeping around. Just wait and see."

Tang Mingxi's birthday was at the end of May, coincidentally on the same day as the original owner's.

His birthday banquet was a major annual event. Every year, Tang Yun invited numerous business associates and media reporters to attend the dinner.

Starting two weeks before his birthday, Tang Mingxi was dragged around by stylists.

Custom-made clothes and shoes, even what he wore in the morning, at noon, and in the afternoon—everything was meticulously arranged, down to the type of gemstones adorning the brooches he had to change every half hour.

Tang Mingxi was so exhausted that he fell asleep the moment he touched the bed.

The closer his birthday drew, the more gifts came pouring into Mingxi No. 1 from all directions. Tang Mingxi could not be bothered to count them and simply had them thrown into storage.

He had thought he went to bed late enough, but Ye Heng slept even later than he did.

It was not because he was busy with Tang Mingxi's birthday. Rather, he had heard that something had gone wrong with the Azure Luo Bay development.

Tang Mingxi recalled the original novel. He remembered that the Azure Luo Bay development had been described at great length, and there seemed to have been some important plot point involving it...

His memories were limited, and he could not remember it at all.

Besides, it was the male lead's problem. What did it have to do with him? He was merely an innocent rich man whose hands were sore from receiving gifts every day. :)

With three days left until his birthday, Tang Mingxi finally finished trying on the last custom suit. After seeing off the styling team, he stumbled sleepily into the bathtub and soaked for an hour. Only when he was nearly dozing off did he slowly dry himself and come out.

As he passed the study, the lights inside were still on, and a low male voice drifted out faintly.

What were they talking about? Why did they need to be so quiet?

Tang Mingxi's curiosity was instantly piqued.

He moved closer to the study, leaning forward slightly, and the voices inside became a little clearer.

He still could not make them out, so Tang Mingxi had no choice but to move even closer. Even his eavesdropping posture was textbook-perfect: slightly bent over, completely focused.

Then he ran into a warm wall of a person.

Ye Heng's voice came from above him. "What are you doing?"

An awkward silence spread through the air.

Tang Mingxi looked up at him. After a long moment, he realized he could not find an excuse.

So Tang Mingxi spoke sincerely, innocently, and with complete confidence. "Can't you tell? I was eavesdropping!"

Rainbow Flattery

After forcing himself to say that, Tang Mingxi returned to the bedroom, took out his phone, and immediately shared the embarrassment of yet another social death with Wang Min.

Wang Min mercilessly laughed at him, repeatedly testing the limits before Tang Mingxi would block her.

Tang Mingxi: [Fine. You've lost me:)]

Seeing that things were going badly, Wang Min immediately tried to salvage the situation.

On WeChat, she launched into a sharp critique beginning with, "What right does that bastard Ye Heng have to make our baby angry?" and ending with, "Our baby has suffered such a terrible grievance. How could he make you eavesdrop? He should have voluntarily spoken louder! It's all because that bastard doesn't know what's good for him."

She even added a lengthy stream of rainbow flattery to comfort Tang Mingxi's fragile little glass heart.

Tang Mingxi was still not over it. Furiously tapping on his phone, he sent: [Do you know what he said just now?]

[I argued that I was only passing by the study by accident. (smile)]

[And he said, "Mm? So you accidentally bent over, accidentally pressed your ear

against the door, and accidentally crashed into my arms?"]

Wang Min: [You even crashed into your husband's arms? (starry eyes)]

Tang Mingxi: [Is that the point?:)]

Tang Mingxi: [And he was the one who opened the door and walked over! (angry)]

Even through the screen, Wang Min could feel Tang Mingxi's fury. But she had already used up every curse word she could think of and truly had nothing left to use against Ye Heng on Tang Mingxi's behalf.

An idea suddenly came to Wang Min. She suggested: [Why don't you find one of those insult groups on Taobao, drag your husband into it, and have them curse him out?]

Tang Mingxi: [?]

Tang Mingxi: [What's that?]

After Wang Min explained it, Tang Mingxi was shocked.

He had never expected Taobao to have a business specifically for pulling people into group chats to insult them.

Tang Mingxi felt a flicker of malicious intent.

But remembering that he had indeed been eavesdropping first, he felt a little guilty and gave up on this way of venting.

Besides, he did not dislike Ye Heng that much.

He only disliked him a tiny bit. :)

Of course, more importantly, he did not even have Ye Heng's WeChat.

Tang Mingxi cared greatly about appearances in front of others. If people found out that he did not even have Ye Heng's WeChat, their flimsy marriage would definitely be laughed at to death.

As the dignified second young master of the Tang Family, Tang Mingxi absolutely would not allow himself to lose face outside.

Tang Mingxi replied: [Forget it. I'm so embarrassed my head is spinning. I'm going to sleep qvq.]

After sending that, he tossed his phone onto the bedside table.

His dizziness from embarrassment was not an excuse to brush Wang Min off. He genuinely felt a little dizzy.

In the middle of the night, a heavy rain began falling outside Mingxi No. 1. Tang Mingxi was a light sleeper that night and was soon awakened by the torrential sound of rain.

He groggily opened his eyes. His entire body was hot and coated in a thin layer of sweat. The velvet quilt had fallen to the floor, and Tang Mingxi's head felt muddled. He was short of breath, and his throat hurt badly.

This feels awful qvq.

All the signs indicated that he might have a fever.

His head was quite hot too.

This was Tang Mingxi's first fever since transmigrating. It was most likely because he had secretly trained at the swimming pool that morning, played in the water a little too long because he enjoyed the coolness, and even bought a new Häagen-Dazs ice cream flavor afterward.

And now, that evening, karma had come for him.

Tang Mingxi pulled the quilt over his head, attempting to cure his cold by sleeping under the covers until he sweated.

Ten minutes later, he nearly suffocated himself. Finally accepting his fate, he went downstairs to the living room and found some fever-reducing capsules among the household medicines.

Tang Mingxi opened the refrigerator and poured himself a glass of water.

But he was not fully conscious and his aim was off. Water trickled onto the floor, his body swayed for a moment, and then—crash.

The glass fell and shattered all over the floor.

Tang Mingxi stood there blankly for a second. His feverish brain was too slow to process how the glass had slipped from his hand, and he instinctively crouched down to gather the shards with both hands.

Then his fair wrist was caught by a well-defined hand.

Tang Mingxi was crouching on the floor, his right hand practically lifted into the air.

He turned his head and stared for a long time before recognizing Ye Heng.

"What are you doing?" Ye Heng's brows knitted slightly.

"Taking medicine." Tang Mingxi reacted half a beat too slowly.

Only then did Ye Heng notice Tang Mingxi's unusual complexion.

His fair cheeks were flushed, and his plump lips were much drier than usual.

Ye Heng's voice was cool. "You're taking medicine for a fever with cold water?"

Tang Mingxi swayed as he stood up, yet somehow heard a trace of