...went out, making the marketing manager's heart stop.
He immediately forgot everything he had wanted to say.
As if he was used to it, Ye Heng calmly turned his phone screen facedown. "What is it?"
The marketing manager said, "Ah, Boss Ye, yes, there is something. We've run into some R&D issues..."
Ten minutes later, the marketing manager floated out of Conference Room 19.
He happened to run into people from HR and Development chatting as they walked.
"Who would've thought Boss Ye was henpecked?"
"Why else would people say it's great to marry into the Tang Family? The Second Young Master's pocket money is more 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?"
"His temper's just too spoiled. If my wife acted like that, she'd drive me to death."
"What do you know? Some men like their wives to make a fuss like that. It's called marital fun."
"Seeing how generous he is, if it were me, I'd want to become a live-in son-in-law too," someone from HR joked.
Hearing that, the marketing manager couldn't help cutting in. "Better not. You have no idea how much the Second Young Master can spend. I glanced at Boss Ye's phone just now—he spent several million in minutes!"
Everyone stared in shock and clicked their tongues.
Then they shifted the topic back to the project and continued chatting as they walked away.
Under the stunned gaze of the sales associates, Tang Mingxi practically cleared out all the season's new arrivals in the store.
The Second Young Master breezily signed his name on the order form.
He was going to run away anyway, so he wouldn't be able to take any of the things he bought now.
If they were left at Mingxi No. 1, wouldn't they all belong to the male lead in the future? :)
That was why Tang Mingxi swiped his card with such abandon.
He turned to call Ye Yue, only to see a tall, burly middle-aged man standing in front of her with a boy.
"Who are you blaming but yourself? My son was walking along perfectly well with his drink. You were the one who bumped into him."
Ye Yue looked flustered as she supported herself against the wall. The white dress she had been trying on was already stained with a large dirty patch, water dripping from it 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 no hint of guilt on his face as he looked smugly at Ye Yue.
A sales associate from the children's clothing store hurried over to mediate. "Sir, this lady has some difficulty moving around. She didn't 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 sales associate looked troubled. The middle-aged man pointed at Ye Yue. "She was the one wearing the clothes. Make her pay."
"Sir, our store rules state that drinks can't be brought inside..."
"Oh? You didn't write that on the door, so how was I supposed to know?"
"Besides, my son is so young. He doesn't know any better yet. Are you really going to make a child take responsibility?"
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a cup of fizzy orange juice was suddenly poured over his head.
Tang Mingxi said coldly, "It's so hot out, yet you've got such a temper. Let me cool you down."
Hearing his voice, Ye Yue turned toward him. "Brother Mingxi?"
Holding a drink with only half a cup left, Tang Mingxi flashed the man a bright, sly smile. "Uncle, I'm young and don't know any better. You wouldn't make a child like me take responsibility, would you?"
Several onlookers suppressed the corners of their upturned mouths.
"You!" The man was drenched and bedraggled, but Tang Mingxi looked like someone he couldn't afford to offend. He could only suppress the urge to hit him and say angrily, "Do you know who I am?"
"Take her to change into a new dress," Tang Mingxi instructed the sales associate.
"Go on, then. Let me hear who you are."
As if emboldened, the middle-aged man said, "Do you know whose Splendid Court Shopping is?"
I do. Isn't it my family's? :)
"My daughter is the mistress of Ye Heng, chairman of Huating's head office!"
"Pfft."
Tang Mingxi nearly spat the orange juice back out.
"Whose mistress?"
He was dumbfounded.
The man thought
Ye Heng's reputation had frightened him, so he said smugly, "You've heard of Ye Heng, haven't you?"
"I have." Tang Mingxi set down his orange juice and said sincerely, "So it's the famous Boss Ye. How come I didn't know he had a mistress on the side?"
Wasn't there only Tang Nuo?
Oh my god, the male lead's gossip was so juicy and exciting 00.
After the sales associate helped Ye Yue change clothes, she lowered her voice and said to Tang Mingxi, "His daughter is Boss Ye's secretary. He made up the mistress part himself. Every so often, he comes to make trouble at our Huating. He's so annoying."
As a top-tier shopping center, Huating had countless brands and luxury labels. Any one or two pieces of clothing could easily 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 sales associates terrible headaches.
"Since when could Huating buy on credit? I've never heard of such a rule."
"He said Boss Ye was his future son-in-law, so..."
Tang Mingxi sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, thoroughly enjoying the gossip. He also took out his phone, snapped a picture of the troublemaking man, and sent it to Ye Heng.
Ye Heng: [?]
Tang Mingxi: [Your father-in-law OO]
Tang Mingxi felt that wasn't enough, so he sent an obnoxiously sarcastic emoji too, finally avenging himself for being left speechless by Ye Heng that morning.
But Ye Heng's reply was equally infuriating.
[Did you find yourself a new dad outside?]
Tang Mingxi: [...]
Why had he never realized the damn male lead was so good at talking back TvT!!!
Was his usual silence all an act? Was he actually the brooding, secretly flirty type?
It seemed Tang Mingxi's temper was too good, making the male lead disrespect him more and more 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 causing trouble at Huating.]
Tang Mingxi: [He's even bullying your wife and sister qvq.]
Tang Mingxi: [Aren't you going to do anything about this? secretly observing jpg]
Ye Heng's gaze fell on the words "your wife" and lingered there for several seconds.
Since Tang Mingxi still had time to type, 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 suddenly popped up in WeChat, Tang Mingxi's face inexplicably grew a little warm.
He wasn't wrong, was he?
Hadn't he transmigrated into the male lead's unfortunate wife? :)
The next second, Ye Heng sent over a screenshot. It was clearly the photo Tang Mingxi had secretly taken of the middle-aged man. Ye Heng had circled every orange juice stain on the man's clothes in red and replied:
[Are you sure he was bullying you?]
Tang Mingxi: [.]
What should he do after being caught lying on the spot?
Tang Mingxi forced himself to send over a photo of his hand, holding the orange juice.
Ye Heng didn't understand: [?]
Tang Mingxi: [I got hurt too (.)]
He did everything he could to disgust Ye Heng with his affected, pretentious act.
[My hand is super sore from holding orange juice.]
[No one's helping me carry my bags.]
[I also bought a lot of things just now.]
[Even swiping my card made me tired qvq.]
Without changing expression, Tang Mingxi took shamelessness to the very end.
[And I still have to be bullied by your father-in-law.]
[My feelings are hurt too. This is trauma that money can't make up for TT]
Ye Heng: [Transferred yuan to you.]
Was he the kind of person who could be brushed off with money?