half thorns, half joy

why?
Of course it was because of his own selfishness, because he wanted to save Ke Ke.

"This... I think they disagree." Tang Xuan really couldn't make up a more reasonable reason, so she could only admit her mistake, "Well, I actually agreed on the spur of the moment..."

"On impulse?" Xiao Zihan's doubts were not dispelled by Tang Xuan's explanation.

But Tang Xuan didn't have a better explanation, and any explanation that was too in-depth would arouse even deeper suspicions.

The more you say, the more you expose.

So she simply stopped talking, and just looked at Xiao Zihan with an embarrassed expression.

"You shouldn't meddle in this matter." Xiao Zihan shook his head, looking a little helpless, "Deng Li is not an easy target to deal with, you will burn yourself like this."

Tang Xuan pursed her lips and smiled, and snuggled into Xiao Zihan's arms, "But I have you, you will help me, right?"

Xiao Zihan laughed, and put his fingertips on the tip of Tang Xuan's nose, "It's only now that I think of me. When you promised to be an ally, you were very powerful, weren't you?"

Tang Xuan immediately straightened her back and said with a serious face, "Isn't that because I know in my heart that you are behind me? I know you are there, so I am not afraid anymore."

"Really?" Xiao Zihan smiled triumphantly.

"Yes, yes, yes." Tang Xuan nodded her head.

Even though he knew in his heart that Tang Xuan was flattering him, Xiao Zihan was still very happy to be coaxed, and the suspicion he had just now was thrown to the back of his mind.

"Oh, if Deng Li really got into trouble with me, you wouldn't ignore it, would you?" Tang Xuan looked at Xiao Zihan eagerly, and asked softly.

With a smile on the corner of Xiao Zihan's mouth, he stretched out his hand to pin Tang Xuan's shattered hair behind her ears, and raised his eyebrows, "I won't allow him to touch you."

Tang Xuan laughed immediately, "I knew it! You definitely won't leave me alone!"

She hugged Xiao Zihan excitedly, buried her face in Xiao Zihan's chest, and took a deep breath. The faint scent of shower gel on Xiao Zihan's body penetrated into her nose. Tang Xuan breathed in the smell, and her nervous heart calmed down.

Sorry, I have to keep this from you for now.

When all this is over, I will tell you all of this, all of it.

Tang Xuan silently apologized to Xiao Zihan in her heart.

After a while, Xiao Zihan asked Tang Xuan again: "Here, you and Deng Langyue have become allies. Have you discussed what to do next? Have you made a plan?"

"Huh?" Tang Xuan shook her head, "No."

"There is nothing, so what kind of ally do you do?"

Tang Xuan lowered her head discouraged, "...I don't know."

"Fool." Xiao Zihan rubbed Tang Xuan's hair, smiled dotingly and said, "Don't think too much about it, leave this matter to me, I'll help you as a consultant."

Tang Xuan was surprised, "Are you going to help Deng Langyue?"

"No, I want to help you." Seeing the disappointed look on Tang Xuan's face, Xiao Zihan added, "Of course, I will help him too."

"...My dear, thank you so much." Tang Xuan did not expect Xiao Zihan to be so generous, and was really touched.

Xiao Zihan leaned closer to Tang Xuan's ear and whispered in Tang Xuan's ear, "Then how do you plan to thank my husband?"

Tang Xuan looked at the hint in Xiao Zihan's eyes, shy and shrunk down.

"Huh? Don't you want to show it?" The smile on the corner of Xiao Zihan's lips became wider and wider.

"Hmm..." Tang Xuan's whole body became hot when Xiao Zihan looked at her. She was silent for a few seconds, stretched out her arms, put her arms around Xiao Zihan's neck, and leaned over to hug Xiao Zihan.

Immediately afterwards, she whispered softly and softly in Xiao Zihan's ear.

"Hold me upstairs."

At that moment, a current flowed down Xiao Zihan's spine, numb all the way to the soles of his feet.

Xiao Zihan's expression changed immediately, as did his aura. With a sullen face, he hugged Tang Xuan who was snuggling in his arms face to face, stood up, and strode upstairs.

Seeing this, the nanny on the side quickly lowered her head.

One night, sweet dreams.

……

After autumn, the dawn of the morning is late.

When Xiao Zihan woke up, the sky outside was still gray. Worried about waking Tang Xuan up, he quietly left the bedroom and closed the door behind him.

The nannies got up earlier and had already prepared breakfast.

"Good morning, young master." Seeing Xiao Zihan, the nanny bowed to greet him.

"Morning." Xiao Zihan nodded casually, walked into the restaurant and sat down, turned on the tablet, checked the latest news, and ate breakfast.

Although Xiao Zihan is a son of a rich family, his diet is very simple and simple.

After a while, he finished his breakfast.

After eating, Xiao Zihan went upstairs to change clothes in the cloakroom. At this time, the driver was already waiting at the door. Xiao Zihan walked out with his briefcase. Before getting into the car, he stopped and told the nanny who came out: "Don't call Tang Xuan. , let her sleep for a while."

"Yes." The nanny replied respectfully.

"Contact me directly if you need anything." Xiao Zihan ordered again.

"Yes."

After Xiao Zihan got in the car, he called his confidants and ordered them to arrive at the Xiao Group in half an hour.

At this time, the sky was just getting brighter.

The Xiao Group went to work at 09:30 in the morning, and it was not yet eight o'clock when Xiao Zihan arrived at the company's office.

In the entire Xiao family, except for the security guards and the on-duty personnel, there was almost no one there.

There was silence and darkness.

Before the assistant arrived, Xiao Zihan turned on the office lights, closed the office door, and went to the pantry to make himself a cup of coffee.

A few minutes later, his subordinates knocked on the door of Xiao Zihan's office.

"Come in." Xiao Zihan took the coffee and walked to the office chair and sat down, pouted, "If you want coffee, go make a cup yourself."

After all, early in the morning, it is necessary to drink coffee to refresh yourself.

The subordinate shook his head, "No need."

Since people said no need, Xiao Zihan didn't say much, and cut directly to the topic, "How did you check recently."

"I found some." He pulled down the windbreaker, took out a kraft paper bag, and placed it in front of Xiao Zihan.

Xiao Zihan took a sip of coffee, put down the coffee cup, picked up the brown paper bag, and untied the wrapped rope.

In the kraft paper bag, there were a few candid photos and a stack of printed documents.

Xiao Zihan looked at the photos first, then picked up the document and scanned it at a glance.

His subordinates stood quietly on the side, waiting for Xiao Zihan to finish reading roughly before continuing to report.

"I investigated his entry and exit records at that time and the time he appeared in various places in the city. There are several whereabouts that are highly consistent with your father's actions at that time."

"Continue to check." Xiao Zihan put down the document and picked up the photo again, "What about this one?"

The subordinate replied in a deep voice, "This is his lover at that time. We haven't found this woman yet. After we find it, we can start with her and get some relevant clues."

"Yes." Xiao Zihan nodded.

Seeing Xiao Zihan's silence, his subordinates stopped talking and stood quietly.

After a while, Xiao Zihan looked at his subordinates, "I called you here today, and there is one more thing."

"what's up?"

"Watch someone for me, Deng Langyue."

"Deng Langyue, the young son of the Deng family?" The subordinates were puzzled, "You said you were staring at him, but what exactly was it? Or were you staring at everything?"

Xiao Zihan replied: "He should be confronting Deng Li. You should keep an eye on him to see what he is going to do. If necessary, you can help him."

The subordinates were even more puzzled.

After all, he is Xiao Zihan's confidant, and he doesn't go around in circles, so he just asks if he has any doubts.

"Mr. Xiao, why do you suddenly want to help Deng Langyue? Do you have a new plan?"

Thinking of Tang Xuan, Xiao Zihan was silent for a few seconds. He couldn't tell his subordinates, was it because Tang Xuan formed an alliance with Deng Langyue on a sudden whim?And he promised to help Tang Xuan?

"Ahem, that's not true." Xiao Zihan touched his nose uncomfortably, "Deng Langyue and Cai Lin have a better relationship, one is because of Cai Lin, but if Deng Langyue can really resist successfully, then we can do more Allies."

His subordinates did not suspect him, nodded heavily, "Understood."

"Well, this matter won't last long. Deng Li is preparing to immigrate now, and Deng Langyue wants to resist. It's only a matter of one or two months. Let's pay attention to it."

"Yes."