Chapter 41

...out, making the marketing manager's heart stop.

He instantly forgot everything he had wanted to say.

Ye Heng seemed used to it. Calmly flipping his phone screen facedown, he asked, "What is it?"

The marketing manager said, "Ah, President Ye, yes, there is something. We've run into some R&D issues..."

Ten minutes later, the marketing manager drifted out of Conference Room 19 as if in a daze.

He happened to run into people from HR and development chatting as they walked.

"Couldn't tell President Ye was henpecked."

"Isn't that why they say being the Tang Family's son-in-law is comfortable? The second young master's allowance is higher than several months of our salaries."

"Too bad the second young master is a man."

"How is his face any worse than a woman's?"

"It's just that his temper is too willful. If my wife were like that, she'd drive me to death."

"What do you know? Some men like their wives to be that demanding. It's called marital fun."

"Seeing how generous he is with money, if it were me, I'd want to marry into the family too," someone from HR joked.

Hearing this, the marketing manager couldn't help cutting in. "Better forget it. You have no idea how much the second young master can spend. I glanced at President Ye's phone just now—he spent several million in only a few minutes!"

Everyone was dumbfounded and clicked their tongues in amazement.

Then they turned the conversation back to the project and walked away as they chatted.

Under the stunned gaze of the SA, Tang Mingxi practically cleared out all the season's new arrivals.

The second young master breezily signed his name on the order form.

Anyway, he was going to run away. He would not be able to take any of the things he bought now.

Once they were left in Mingxi No. 1, would they not all belong to the male lead in the end? :)

Therefore, Tang Mingxi swiped his card with great satisfaction.

He turned to call Ye Yue, only to see a middle-aged man standing before her with a boy in tow. The man was tall and burly.

"Who are you blaming? My son was walking along perfectly fine with his drink. You ran into him yourself."

Ye Yue anxiously supported herself against the wall. A large stain had already spread across the white dress she had been trying on, dripping liquid onto the floor.

The culprit was the chubby boy beside the middle-aged man. He held a drink that was more than half spilled, with not a trace of guilt on his face as he smugly looked at Ye Yue.

The children's clothing store's SA hurried over to mediate. "Sir, this young lady has some difficulty moving around. She did not do it on purpose. But your child spilled his drink on the dress, so compensation is required."

"Compensation? This blind woman ran into my son herself. Why should I pay? I'm not paying!"

The SA looked troubled. The middle-aged man pointed at Ye Yue. "She was the one wearing the dress. Make her pay."

"Sir, our store has rules against bringing drinks inside..."

"Oh? You didn't write it on the door. How was I supposed to know?"

"Besides, my son is so young and doesn't know any better. Are you going to make a child take responsibility?"

The instant the middle-aged man finished speaking, a cup of fizzy orange juice was suddenly poured over his head.

Tang Mingxi said coldly, "Pretty hot-tempered for such a hot day. Let me cool you down."

Hearing his voice, Ye Yue turned toward him. "Brother Mingxi?"

Tang Mingxi held a drink with half a cup left. He flashed the man a bright, sly smile. "Uncle, I'm young and don't know any better. You wouldn't make a child take responsibility, would you?"

Several bystanders suppressed the corners of their mouths as they started to curl upward.

"You!" The man was drenched and bedraggled, but Tang Mingxi looked too refined for him to dare offend. He could only suppress the urge to hit him and angrily said instead, "Do you know who I am?"

"Take her to change into a new dress." Tang Mingxi turned and instructed the SA.

"Go on, then. Let me hear who you are."

The middle-aged man seemed to gain confidence. "Do you know whose Splendid Court Shopping is?"

I do. Isn't it my family's? :)

"My daughter is the mistress of Ye Heng, the chairman of Splendid Court's head office!"

"Pfft."

Tang Mingxi nearly spat out the orange juice in his mouth.

"Whose mistress?"

Dumbfounded.

The man thought

he had been frightened by Ye Heng's reputation and smugly said, "Never heard of Ye Heng?"

"I have." Tang Mingxi set down his orange juice and sincerely said, "So it's the famous President Ye. How did I not know he had a mistress outside?"

Wasn't there only Tang Nuo?

God, the male lead's gossip was so juicy, so thrilling 00.

After the SA helped Ye Yue change clothes, she lowered her voice and said to Tang Mingxi, "His daughter is President Ye's secretary. The mistress thing is just something he boasts about. Every so often, he comes here to Splendid Court to make trouble. He's incredibly annoying."

As a top-tier shopping center, Splendid Court had countless brands and was packed with luxury labels. A random item or two of clothing could cost thousands.

Whenever the man came here to buy clothes, he put everything under his daughter's name and always bought on credit, giving the SAs terrible headaches.

"Since when could people buy on credit at Splendid Court? I've never heard of such a rule."

"He says President Ye is his future son-in-law, so..."

Tang Mingxi sat cross-legged on the sofa, thoroughly enjoying the gossip. He also took out his phone, snapped a photo of the troublemaking man, and sent it to Ye Heng.

Ye Heng: [?]

Tang Mingxi: [Your father-in-law OO]

Tang Mingxi felt that was not enough, so he sent over a sarcastic emoji too, finally avenging the humiliation of being left speechless by Ye Heng that morning.

But Ye Heng's reply was equally infuriating.

[Did you find yourself a new father outside?]

Tang Mingxi: [...]

Why had he never realized that the damn male lead was so good at talking back TvT!!!

Was his usual silence all an act? Was he actually the repressed, flirtatious type?

It seemed Tang Mingxi had been too nice, which was why the male lead was becoming more and more disrespectful toward him TvT.

Could his status in the family ever return to what it used to be?

Tang Mingxi gave a cold laugh. [Your father-in-law is making trouble at Splendid Court.]

Tang Mingxi: [He's even bullying your wife and little sister qvq.]

Tang Mingxi: [You're not going to do anything about this? secretly observing jpg]

Ye Heng's gaze fell on the two words "your wife" and lingered there for several seconds.

If Tang Mingxi still had time to type, then it was hard to say who was being bullied at the scene.

Ye Heng seemed to find it absurd and replied: [Wife?]

When those two words abruptly popped up on WeChat, Tang Mingxi felt his face heat up for no reason.

He had not said anything wrong, had he?

Had he not transmigrated into the male lead's unlucky wife? :)

The next second, Ye Heng sent a screenshot over. It was clearly the photo Tang Mingxi had secretly taken of the middle-aged man. Ye Heng had circled all the drink stains on the man's clothes in red and replied:

[Are you sure he bullied you?]

Tang Mingxi: [.]

What should he do when he was caught lying on the spot?

Tang Mingxi stiffened and sent a photo of his own hand over. In the picture, he was holding orange juice.

Ye Heng did not understand: [?]

Tang Mingxi: [I was hurt too (.)]

He did everything he could to act affected and disgust Ye Heng.

[My hand is super sore from holding orange juice.]

[And nobody helped me carry my bags.]

[I bought so many things just now.]

[Even swiping my card wore me out qvq.]

Tang Mingxi's expression did not change as he carried shamelessness through to the end.

[And I still had to be bullied by your father-in-law.]

[My spirit was hurt too. This is trauma money can't make up for TT]

Ye Heng: [Transferred yuan to you.]

Was I the kind of person who could be fobbed off with money?