Chapter 27

In the chat logs where he had been ruthlessly dissing Ye Heng.

Seeing the lengthy condemnation, Tang Mingxi felt even more guilty.

He recalled Ye Heng's complexion that morning. He hadn't looked too good.

No matter what, the male lead had taken care of him all night.

It wouldn't be right to keep badmouthing him like this...

That subtle feeling of guilt reached its peak when Ye Heng brought up a bowl of plain congee that evening.

Looking at the congee the male lead had made, he felt utterly troubled.

While drinking his congee, Tang Mingxi replied to Wang Min: [Actually, he's not that unbearable (...)]

Wang Min replied instantly: [???]

Seeing the chat history above, Wang Min suddenly understood: [You two made up again??]

Tang Mingxi: [I caught a cold last night, and he took care of me all night. My conscience feels a little uneasy qvq.]

Wang Min thought, Your Highness, you actually have a conscience?

She'd thought his heart was made entirely of glass, diamonds, and gemstones.

Wang Min truly deserved to be called a good "sister." She knew how to focus on the important points better than that dog of a man. The moment she saw that he had caught a cold, she immediately launched into a long round of concern.

She was only slightly relieved after hearing that Tang Mingxi's fever had gone down.

Wang Min: [Link: Compliment group rainbow farts, a must-have gift for your boyfriend or husband's birthday, guaranteed to make them bloom with joy and lose all their anger]

Wang Min: [Don't say I never helped you! Go use it!]

Tang Mingxi: [...]

Would it really work?

Ye Heng timed it and came upstairs to collect the bowl after Tang Mingxi finished his congee.

Just then, his phone vibrated. WeChat showed that he had a new friend request.

Ye Heng's WeChat could be added directly; he had not enabled friend verification.

The account was filled with business partners and company directors. Before that, his only friend had been his younger sister, Ye Yue.

Their profile pictures were either successful businessmen in side profile with folded arms, their wives and daughters, or inspirational quotes.

This new friend was named National Sulking Contest Overall Champion, with an avatar of a cute little cat.

For some reason, Ye Heng immediately guessed that it was Tang Mingxi.

On Tang Mingxi's end, the status showed that he was typing. He seemed to be struggling with something, typing for ages.

In the end, he only sent a sneaky cat sticker: [Secretly watching jpg]

Ye Heng: [?]

Tang Mingxi: [.]

The next second, Ye Heng's WeChat suddenly vibrated.

Tang Mingxi had invited him into a WeChat group called "Straight-Faced Compliment Group 6."

The moment he entered, messages began rapidly piling up like a bombardment.

[Who's here? So handsome he's made the whole group a little brighter—oh! It's Brother Ye?]

Ye Heng: [?]

[Brother Ye is spending another day dazzling everyone with his handsomeness! (throws flowers and spins)]

[Thank you for the trouble of descending to earth, Brother Ye!]

[Does someone this good-looking really exist qvq]

[Just asking, is the person who joined Eddie Peng? How can he be this handsome?]

[Big brother is too handsome. The dinosaurs must have gone extinct because their arms were too short to applaud your good looks.]

Every comment was followed by a huge pile of gaudy, built-in flower-throwing emojis, making Ye Heng's eyes hurt.

He took a screenshot and immediately sent it to Tang Mingxi.

Ye Heng: [Image]

Ye Heng: [What is this?]

Tang Mingxi: [Secretly watching jpg]

Tang Mingxi: [Can't you tell? These are rainbow farts (...)]

Ye Heng: [What are rainbow farts?]

Ye Heng: ["Fart" is a bad word.]

Meaning, he should say less of it.

Tang Mingxi was left utterly speechless by that dad-like remark.

What dynasty had this old zombie Ye Heng crawled out of? He didn't even know what rainbow farts were! Did he never go online?

He was even younger than Tang Mingxi, yet he had none of a young person's vitality!

Tang Mingxi: [Rainbow farts are words of praise. I hope you won't be angry anymore qvq.]

Tang Mingxi: [I shouldn't have lost my temper with you last night. Sorry qvq.]

Tang Mingxi: [Also,

you're not allowed to come upstairs right now. I just apologized, and I'm a little embarrassed :)]

Tang Mingxi: [Did you hear me! Secretly watching jpg]

Ye Heng paused midway up the stairs.

So the things people had said in that group just now were Tang Mingxi's way of apologizing and making peace with him?

He actually knew how to apologize?

The corners of Ye Heng's mouth lifted slightly. Rarely, there was none of his usual cold mockery in the expression.

After sending the messages, Tang Mingxi felt a little uneasy.

He was genuinely too embarrassed to face Ye Heng now. He had never lowered himself to apologize to anyone in all his life qvq.

To keep him from coming upstairs, Tang Mingxi had even locked his bedroom door from the inside!

After doing all that, Tang Mingxi returned to bed and continued lying there playing with his phone.

Just then, seven or eight messages suddenly flooded into his WeChat.

Ye Heng's messages came one after another:

[Little Xi is spending another day dazzling everyone with his beauty! (throws flowers and spins)] (The flower-throwing-and-spinning emoji had been copied over and directly turned into text.)

[Thank you for the trouble of descending to earth, Little Xi.]

[Does someone as good-looking as Little Xi really exist?]

[Little Xi is too cute. The dinosaurs must have gone extinct because their arms were too short to applaud your cuteness.]

Ye Heng: [Is this right?]

Ye Heng: [Are you still angry?]

Every word was rigid and proper.

Tang Mingxi could practically see Ye Heng's expressionless poker face through the screen.

Help!!!

Tang Mingxi nearly collapsed. Even the tips of his ears had turned red with embarrassment.

The worst part was that Ye Heng had extrapolated from the examples and even modified some of the rainbow farts. Tang Mingxi's toes curled so hard that he paced around the room three times before recovering.

What kind of terrible advice had Wang Min given him?!

And besides, when had he ever been angry?!

[I'm not angry (smile)]

After sending that, Tang Mingxi could no longer bear to look at their chat history.

He switched pages to browse Moments.

Then a new notification popped up in Moments.

Tang Mingxi had not posted any new updates today at all.

When he opened it, he found that Ye Heng had left him a comment.

What could the male lead possibly have commented on his post?

It couldn't be some kind of personal attack, could it?

The moment he opened it, he saw it under his latest post—the grid of four photos followed by a row of [Does secretly showing off your affection really make you this happy?].

Tang Mingxi was so frightened that his heart nearly stopped. Only when he remembered that Ye Heng had no mutual friends with him and no one could see the comment did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Ye Heng had liked the post, then left a comment:

[Practice your photo editing more. You don't look nearly as good as you do in person.]

Tang Mingxi: ...

Thanks, but could your rainbow farts be a little more sincere? He had posted four pictures of food :)

Chapter 19: You Think You're Worthy

Tang Mingxi's cold was gone by evening. He was also afraid that Tang Yun would find out and make a huge fuss, rushing to Mingxi Residence to dote on him and ask after his health.

He obediently lay in bed all day without notifying anyone, until his bones felt soft and weak from lying down.

The next morning, Tang Mingxi got up early. After stretching, he felt completely refreshed.

Breakfast was plain congee and soy milk prepared by Ye Heng, along with two fragrant fried eggs.

Tang Mingxi picked the prettier-looking fried egg. After slowly finishing it, he heard Ye Heng, seated across from him at the table, say, "I'm going to City First Hospital today."

City First Hospital? Wasn't that where Ye Yue was hospitalized?