Tang Wei stood outside the bedroom door. It was supposed to be a bedroom, but all she could see was black from the dull-colored furniture. She took a deep breath, observing the room's depressing atmosphere.
Aunt Wang's voice filled her ears.
"Madam, this is Third Master's bedroom. You're his wife, so of course you have to stay in the same room as him. By the way, have you two slept together before?"
"...Well, Aunt Wang, why don't we just wait for Third Master Lu to come first?" Tang Wei said, her head aching.
What bedroom? Wasn't this actually the King of Hell's Palace? How could any human trap themselves within gray curtains under broad daylight?
Moreover, the main thing was that she and Lu Beichen were two complete strangers. They were not even familiar with each other, so how could they have slept together before?
She wanted to die at the thought of the two of them looking at each other awkwardly on the big bed.
Aunt Wang smiled when she heard her words. Before this, she often heard her youngest daughter say something about a flash marriage. It seemed that Third Master and Madam had a marriage similar to that.
"Madam, don't be shy."
Aunt Wang gently pushed her in. "If there's anything you need, just let me know. I'll go down first."
"Eh? I…" Tang Wei pursed her lips and walked into the bedroom. She put her suitcase at the door and sat on the chair to wait.
She did not know where Lu Beichen was, so she decided to wait like this.
"Ring! Ring!"
Tang Wei's eyes darkened when she saw the caller ID on her phone.
The other party continued to call her phone, as if he would not give up until she picked up the call.
She swiped the answer button and said lightly, "Hello?"
"Unfilial daughter, your wings truly have hardened. Hurry up and get back here! You're so bold that you dare to set fire to your bedroom. Do you know that your mother's leg is injured now?!"
Tang Di didn't wait for his daughter to speak before he scolded her angrily.
She took the phone away slightly, rubbed her ears, and sneered, "Get lost. Aren't you afraid I'll burn your house and all of you down if you provoke me like this?"
"How dare you! Really… How did I produce such an ingrate like you, who puts justice above family, back then? Tang Wei, if you don't come back, I'll call the police and sue you for arson." Tang Di warned her.
"Alright, do it. Let those so-called rich brothers of yours see how brave your biological daughter is. Afterward, we'll see either I get scolded, or you lose face within your circle." Tang Wei sneered.
She knew that her father cared the most about his reputation. Moreover, Zheng Yanyan, who had been listening to her, would always stop him after she said this.
As expected, Tang Wei heard Zheng Yanyan's voice the very next second.
"Forget it," she said kindly. "The child is still young. We can't put righteousness above family. It won't be good if word gets out."
If this were to spread out, those little bitches would definitely laugh at the Tang family.
However, Tang Di was someone who cared about his face more than anything. He spat out cold words, saying, "Hmph, since she's so ruthless, then I'll just sever our father-daughter relationship!"
Zheng Yanyan's voice sounded again. "Don't say that. Eldest and Second Brother won't agree to it if they come back."
Tang Di pursed his lips. His second brother wouldn't be an issue. However, the problem was that although his eldest brother never liked his style of doing things, they still grew up and lived together before. When they were slightly younger, his eldest brother had doted on Tang Wei the most. He wouldn't allow him to cut his relationship with Tang Wei. Moreover, his company still needed his elder brother's support.
Tang Di blinked his cloudy eyes and looked away. Then, he said bluntly, "If you come back and ask for forgiveness from your stepmother and Minmin, I can let this matter go."
Tang Wei's heart ached when she heard her father's cold words.
This was her father. Alas, the love he had for her when she was young was all fake… In the end, they could never go back to how it was before.
She closed her eyes and opened them after a long while. She said in a faint tone, "Again, you're doing this again! You've always been biased toward Zheng Yanyan and her daughter. You even care about your stepdaughter in every possible way. You remember her birthday but forget mine. Don't you think about why every time you come home, the two of them look so aggrieved? Why is it that every time you happen to come back, you see me insulting them instead of them insulting me first…"
"That's because you brought this upon yourself!"
"You-"
Tang Wei was completely disheartened and had no patience for this so-called father.
"Thwack!"
She threw her phone away fiercely.
Her hand froze in the air as she stared at the place where the phone had landed. It was a gray slipper.
She nervously looked up and saw the man's handsome face.
He was wearing casual clothes. His eyebrows were slightly raised, his thin lips pursed. He was leaning lazily against the door as he stared at her.
Tang Wei got up from the chair and said apologetically, "I-I'm sorry. I didn't know you were there."
"How long have you been here?"
Did he see her angry look just now? Tang Wei was extremely annoyed.
Lu Beichen, who had been there for a long time, said, "I arrived right when you threw your phone."
Hearing this, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Beichen admired the girl's angry look for a long time, his gloomy mood dissipating. He looked at the phone by his feet and said, "Why aren't you unpacking?"
"I was… Waiting for you."
Tang Wei saw the man pick up the phone and walk over to pass it to her.
The two of them stared at each other as if an invisible magnetic field was pulling them together.
She swallowed her saliva, reached out to take it, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."
Lu Beichen looked away. "You'll be staying here from now on."
"But…" Tang Wei hesitated for a while.
"Don't worry, I won't sleep in this room." Lu Beichen seemed to know what she wanted to say and said bluntly.
She blushed.
"Alright."
Lu Beichen did not know what to say for a moment. The two of them stood uncomfortably in the large and dark bedroom.