Chapter 34

Not bad!

There was no trace left of the bedraggled state after falling into the water.

Tang Mingxi was very satisfied with his current looks. With a change of clothes, he could head straight to Berlin Street for a runway show.

The only flaw was the small cut on his lower lip.

It had been knocked open by the male lead's teeth.

Perhaps the steam in the bathroom was too hot, but Tang Mingxi saw the tips of his ears rapidly turn red in the mirror.

He had never expected his first kiss to be lost in such a muddleheaded way.

Tang Mingxi lowered his head and washed his face again, rinsing away the lingering heat in his cheeks.

Under Tang Yun's pressure, Tang Mingxi underwent a full-body examination. In the end, they only concluded that his right leg had probably been grazed by something sharp when he was thrown into the sea, leaving a minor injury.

Yet Tang Yun frowned as though Tang Mingxi's right leg had not been twisted, but broken.

Tang Mingxi acted cute with Tang Yun for a while, coaxing his elder brother, his golden cash cow, into a good mood before telling Tang Yun what he had heard on the yacht.

Tang Yun listened with a deep frown.

Tang Mingxi said, "There were over two hundred security personnel at the birthday banquet, and every guest's background was investigated. Yet someone still snuck in tonight. That can only mean there's a problem on our side."

Tang Yun nodded. "Xixi is right."

Tang Mingxi said, "I haven't made enemies in the Tang Family. The only person I have a grudge against is Tang Yu. But from what I heard those two people saying tonight, it didn't seem like they were targeting me."

Tang Yun asked, "Then who were they targeting?"

Tang Mingxi considered it for a moment. "It should be Ye Heng."

At that point, a knock at the door interrupted their conversation.

Tang Nuo pushed open the door, breathing unevenly as if he had run over. He looked somewhat nervous. "I heard something happened to Second Brother. How is he now?"

Tang Yun snapped, "If you'd come any later, you could've collected your second brother's corpse! Good timing. I'm putting you fully in charge of Black Swan's security. Explain to me right now how a murderer managed to sneak onto the yacht!"

Tang Nuo's face turned pale. "Big Brother, this was my fault. I'll definitely investigate it thoroughly."

Tang Yun said coldly, "Was it your fault, or did you betray your post and bring in the murderer yourself?!"

Tang Nuo's body trembled sharply. Then a sheen of tears rose in his eyes.

"Big Brother, I didn't. Second Brother is my biological brother. How could I possibly hurt him?"

He hurried two steps forward and stood by the bed, anxiously explaining, "Think about it. Even if I wanted to harm Second Brother, why would I choose his birthday banquet, such an important occasion, to make a move? And you know that all the security was under my responsibility. If something happened, I'd be the first one held accountable. How could I be stupid enough to betray my post!"

Tang Nuo had delicate, gentle features. When he cried, he looked pitiful and innocent.

Tang Yun had not truly intended to hold Tang Nuo accountable. His crying only made him more irritated. "I never said you did it, so what are you crying for? What kind of man cries like that?"

Tang Mingxi, who constantly whined and acted cute in front of his brothers: ...

"It wasn't Tang Nuo." Ye Heng, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

Tang Mingxi looked up at him and sighed inwardly. Wow.

Was this a live-action hero saving the beauty?

Exciting.

Tang Mingxi expressionlessly drove away the plot of The Lewd Aunt and Seductive Brother-in-Law, the extremely brainwashing novel Wang Ma had recommended to him, that had surfaced in his mind.

He had not expected Ye Heng to like Tang Nuo's type: gentle, delicate, and pitiful.

Still, if Tang Nuo were a woman, Tang Mingxi probably would have found it hard not to feel sympathetic too.

Understandable. Entirely understandable.

Tang Yun said, "Then who do you think did it?"

Ye Heng said, "Give me two days. I'll investigate it thoroughly."

Tang Yun snorted coldly. "You'd better keep your word."

He was somewhat displeased that Ye Heng had spoken up for Tang Nuo. After all, Tang Mingxi was Ye Heng's fiancée. His own wife was still lying in bed, shaken and unsettled, yet he was already speaking up for his brother-in-law.

Utterly baffling. What kind of behavior was that?

Still, this little incident quickly passed.

Tang Mingxi was not in any state to return to the banquet and meet people, so Tang Yun handled all the remaining social obligations in his place.

Only Tang Mingxi, Tang Nuo, and Ye Heng remained in the room.

At that moment, all three of them felt like a third wheel.

Tang Mingxi: How about I pretend to sleep and stay out of the way? You two can keep flirting. Just pretend I don't exist :)

Tang Nuo: Tang Mingxi and Ye Heng are husband and wife. It seems inappropriate for me to stay in the room any longer.

Ye Heng: This is the Tang Family's business. As an outsider, it's not my place to interfere.

Faced with the bizarre silence, Tang Mingxi was so awkward that his scalp tingled.

At that moment, how he wished he could pick up his phone and contact Wang Min!!

He could practically flood the chat with complaints about this scene, okay?!

This was why men were completely less reliable than sisters TvT.

Tang Nuo spoke. "Um, Second Brother, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Tang Mingxi said, "Wait!"

Fuck.

You can't leave.

If you leave, won't the room only have Ye Heng and me left?

That'll embarrass me to death qvq!!

Tang Nuo tilted his head at him. Tang Mingxi racked his brains and hastily made up an excuse. "Those two people are still on the yacht. It isn't safe for you to go out alone. Have Ye Heng escort you."

Oh my god, I'm such an ordinary little genius TvT!

He had actually solved two problems at once: created an opportunity for the male lead and his white moonlight to be alone together, while also giving his awkward self some peace and quiet.

As expected of me, blessed with both beauty and intelligence :)

Since Tang Mingxi had spoken, Tang Nuo did not dare disobey.

He secretly glanced at Ye Heng. Remembering how Ye Heng had spoken up for him just now, his heart lifted slightly.

He had thought that, since he had seen Ye Heng less often lately, Ye Heng had already forgotten him.

He had not expected Ye Heng to still remember the favor of that cup of water from half a year ago.

That was right. The future head of the Yunjing Ye family had remembered a cup of water from him for an entire lifetime in his previous life.

It had only been a few months. How could Ye Heng have forgotten?

With a click, the door shut.

Tang Nuo and Ye Heng walked out together. Tang Nuo said softly, "Thank you. If you hadn't spoken up for me today, Big Brother definitely would've scolded me to death."

"No need."

"Oh, right. I heard you were the one who rescued Second Brother. You weren't hurt, were you?"

"No."

Tang Nuo looked at Ye Heng and saw that he was drenched from head to toe, not even having had time to change his clothes.

Although May's weather had begun to turn hot, the temperature on the sea was much lower than in the city center. With the sea breeze blowing, it was still a little cold.

Tang Nuo said, "You should change your clothes first, or you'll catch a cold."

His voice was gentle, and when lowered, it carried a particular warmth.

Tang Nuo had reminded Ye Heng once and knew he could not say any more.

Besides, he did not know whether it was merely his imagination.

He always felt that Ye Heng's thoughts were not on him at all. Ye Heng looked utterly distracted.

He wondered what Ye Heng was thinking about.

Tang Mingxi: [You there?]

Wang Min: [1]

Wang Min: [Princess, your soldier reporting for duty sticker.jpg]

The moment Ye Heng left, Tang Mingxi fully charged his phone, took it from the bedside table, and started chatting with Wang Min.

At first, he had wanted to call Wang Min over directly, since Wang Min was also on the yacht.

But when he thought of how disheveled he looked right now, Tang Mingxi immediately changed his mind.

It was better to just chat. Besides, what he wanted to ask was difficult to put into words.