Tang Tang was clutching her phone. The atmosphere in the car suddenly turned a bit frosty, and neither of them said a word.
"Brother, you..."
Before she could finish, that annoying phone rang again.
Since it was on the message page, there was no need to open it specially. The new message just blatantly showed up in front of the two of them.
"Be good and listen to me."
Tang Tang's hand holding the phone trembled a little. Zuo Mu half - squinted his eyes. The taxi he had just hailed was pulled over by Zuo Mu at a parking spot.
He scrutinized Tang Tang.
Tang Tang forced a laugh and handed the phone to Zuo Mu. "Look, it has nothing to do with me."
Zuo Mu raised an eyebrow. "Has nothing to do with you? Who's this? A junk message? Should I block it?"
Tang Tang stammered incoherently, "No, no."
"Hmm?"
Tang Tang thought about her tone for a moment and pinched her fingers. "Well, it's still a little bit related."
Zuo Mu just stared at her without saying a word. Tang Tang immediately couldn't utter a single word. She stammered and told Zuo Mu about Shen Tian's phone call just now, and then all the messy things she saw on the computer today.
Tang Tang was not confident and her words were all over the place, always jumping from one thing to another.
Then seeing Zuo Mu's face looking really bad, she couldn't help explaining, "He... He called and said he wouldn't hurt me."
Zuo Mu didn't say whether it was right or wrong all the time. But after hearing Tang Tang's words, he couldn't help raising an eyebrow. "You believe him?"
"I... Ah, I..." Tang Tang looked at Zuo Mu helplessly. "I don't believe him..."
Zuo Mu looked at Tang Tang. "If you don't believe him, then why did you still go?"
Tang Tang scratched her nose. "But I feel like I can trust him this time."
"And you didn't plan to tell me? If I hadn't seen this?"
Tang Tang was a bit dazed by the sudden accusation. She panicked and quickly defended herself. "Who said that?"
Zuo Mu raised his eyebrows.
Tang Tang suddenly felt a bit guilty under Zuo Mu's gaze. Actually, she really didn't plan to tell Zuo Mu just now. It wasn't for any other reason, but because she believed Shen Tian wouldn't hurt her, but Zuo Mu wouldn't believe it.
In this situation, she didn't want to cause any trouble, and she really wanted to have a talk with Shen Tian.
Regarding Tang Gu and Tang Tang, all she knew about those things were just snippets from other people's mouths.
So when Zuo Mu saw through her all of a sudden, she didn't know what to say. She let out an "ah" and said, "I planned to tell you later. Then his message came..."
"And how could I not tell you, brother."
Zuo Mu glanced at Tang Tang and said nothing. He just restarted the car.
He knew what kind of person Tang Tang was. She always tried to minimize things. As long as there was nothing particularly important about herself, she wanted to handle it on her own.
Before, she just tried to handle things on her own when she got hurt. Now she even dared to go up the mountain without saying a word.
Zuo Mu saw through it but didn't expose it. He just tapped on the steering wheel, glanced at the side - view mirror, and said, "I don't care whether you originally planned to keep it from me or not, but Tang Tang, remember, our current relationship is that of lovers, not siblings."
"So I hope you can rely on me when you encounter problems."
Tang Tang felt a warm feeling in her heart for no reason and let out an "um".
After that, Zuo Mu didn't ask what Tang Tang and Shen Tian had talked about, nor did he interfere with Tang Tang's plan to meet Shen Tian. He just asked Tang Tang to turn on the location sharing so that he could always know where Tang Tang was.
Tang Tang silently turned on the location sharing and the emergency contact in front of him.
Although Shen Tian set the time casually, Tang Tang had classes on Monday and only had time at noon.
She originally thought Shen Tian would rent out the whole milk - tea shop so that they could talk alone. But when she just entered the milk - tea shop and felt the gazes from all directions, she was still stunned for a moment.
"The first floor is full. There are seats on the second floor."
The young lady in the milk - tea shop saw Tang Tang. "What would you like to order?"
Tang Tang let out an "ah" after a while and pointed upstairs. "I'm here to meet someone."
The young lady in the milk - tea shop persisted. "Ah, to meet someone? Are you a student from a nearby school? Haven't had lunch yet, right? I also have lunch here. There are several kinds of rice. Do you want to come and take a look? You'll have class soon, right? My braised pork with preserved vegetables rice is a speciality, and there are also these Orleans roasted chicken wings."
Tang Tang really couldn't stand the young lady's enthusiasm. She nodded blankly and said, "Then I'll have a portion of rice, a cup of milk tea."
"And some desserts..."
The young lady in the milk - tea shop still wanted to promote her desserts. Tang Tang couldn't bear it anymore. Afraid that she would promote for a long time, she just waved her hand and said, "Just bring some. Sister, I'm in a hurry. You decide."
The young lady was satisfied and placed the order directly. Tang Tang was a bit dazed after being promoted to. When she walked upstairs, she saw Shen Tian sitting there with a milk - tea in his hand, smiling. Shen Tian was sitting next to the stairs on the second floor and could hear the conversation downstairs clearly.
"Is it funny?" Tang Tang sat down. "Why did you choose this position? Isn't it inconvenient?"
As she said, she looked around. Compared with the open - style first floor, the second floor was more enclosed and quieter. So most of the people here were couples.
Shen Tian looked at Tang Tang's appearance, curved his lips, and lowered his voice. "What's inconvenient? Or do you have something you can't say in front of people?"
Although Shen Tian said this in a low voice, it wasn't too soft. When he said this, most people in the restaurant heard it.
Even without looking back, Tang Tang could feel several pairs of eyes on her back.
Tang Tang, "..."
Damn it.
"What can't I say?" Tang Tang frowned. "On the contrary, it was you who asked to meet. Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Shen Tian looked at Tang Tang. "Shouldn't you ask me?"
Tang Tang pursed her lips. "My dad..."
Shen Tian looked up at Tang Tang. Tang Tang only started but didn't continue. "Was it you who did what I saw on the mountain that day?"
Shen Tian looked at Tang Tang. "Yes."
Tang Tang closed her mouth and didn't say anything more.
"Your father is fine," Shen Tian looked at Tang Tang, but after saying this, he said nothing more.
"Maybe you don't know yet. Your father's real name is not Tang Gu."
Tang Tang's hand holding the phone froze. She looked up at him. "What did you say?"
But Shen Tian seemed to have lost the interest to continue. He sipped his milk - tea casually. After a while, he said, "You can try to check on the old dean."
Tang Tang was stunned. The old dean was Tang Gu's teacher. She often went to the old dean's place when she was a child.
"You're in a daze," Shen Tian snapped his fingers and looked at Tang Tang. "And tell Zhang Kai and those useless guys that Liu Ying has left City C."
Liu Ying was the head nurse.