Chapter 1649 — More and More Alike
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"It's good that you're back, good that you're back! All these years I've carried the guilt in my heart — I should never have taken you to the Hidden Tang family; it brought trouble down on you for nothing..." Seeing Xiao Ming, Tang Jucheng felt a sharp ache in his heart. Though what had happened back then was not his fault, it had in the end been because of the people on the Tang family's side; the Hidden Tang were, after all, Tang Jucheng's own clansmen, and so he had always felt a heavy share of the responsibility.
"And this is..." Tang Jucheng caught sight of Bing Tang at the door. Bing Tang was at that moment sizing up her own biological parents. These two were plainly much older than Tang Lingtou and Xiao Ming; they looked like ordinary folk from a poor household, yet the house was lavishly furnished — which left Bing Tang rather puzzled about Tang Zhi's family circumstances.
Could it be that the hardships of their early years had aged the two of them before their time?
"This is my cousin... well, my cousin on my father's side and on my mother's side both — Bing Tang," Tang Zhi said, introducing her to her father, and then: "Dad, Mom! Don't just stand at the door — shall we go inside and talk?"
"Yes, yes! Look at me, so excited I've blocked the doorway — if the neighbors saw, I'd never hear the end of it!" Mother Tang shook her head with a wry smile, then said: "Everyone come in and sit! Quickly now... So this is my eldest niece? Her name is Bing Tang? What a lovely name!"
"Heh..." Tang Zhi gave a dry laugh, thinking to herself: Mom, I'm the one who's your niece... but with the way things stand between us...
"Yunyun, this isn't the place for me. I'll go on ahead; I'll come back in the morning to see you all," Wei Zhao said, feeling that he was in the way. What remained was a matter for Tang Zhi's own family, and there was nothing more he could do.
"Mm, that works too!" Tang Zhi thought so as well and nodded to Wei Zhao. The scene to come was indeed no place for him.
After Wei Zhao left Tang Zhi's house, he gave no further thought to how they would settle things afterward; he could not be part of it anyway. He drove straight back to the Gu family villa.
As soon as he came through the door, Feng Xiaoxiao, Xiao Qing, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu came up to meet him: "Wei Zhao, how did it go? Over there... did Mother Tang accept them?"
"I came back first — I wasn't in on the details!" Wei Zhao shook his head with a wry smile. "I really couldn't be part of that sort of thing!"
At his words everyone nodded silently. He was right; what remained truly was a matter for Tang Zhi's family alone...
The night passed without incident. Xiao Qing slept in the guest room, while Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu and Feng Xiaoxiao naturally shared a room. The three had not seen one another in a long while and were naturally close; and since Feng Xiaoxiao had lived in the villa before her illness, none of them were strangers to one another. Once they were in bed, they fell to laughing and teasing.
"Wow, Xiaoxiao, your body is so cool — just the thing to beat the heat, I'm dying of it!" Shen Yushu said, hugging Feng Xiaoxiao tightly.
"You wicked Xiaoshu, are you trying to murder me? Quit squashing me with those big breasts of yours — you'll smother me!" Feng Xiaoxiao pushed her away.
"Ha..." Gu Mengyao could not help laughing at their exchange.
"Yaoyao, I've noticed that you and Arrow Brand Bro are more and more alike — especially when you laugh!" Shen Yushu said suddenly.