The so-called dinner party was an excuse for the Conservatives supporting the Lin family to welcome Lin Xuan back and please him in every way possible. They also brought along members of the Tang family, making it hard to refuse. Everyone was urging Tang's vice president to sit together with Lin.
As a member of the Tang family akin to the Progressive Party, they didn't want the Tang vice president to sit with Lin Xuan. Li Yang, a new member of the Progressive Party, spoke up under the gentle reminder of his senior and stopped the Conservatives' rude urging.
The phrase "Tang is already married" silenced everyone at the scene. Tang Wan let out a sigh of relief, nodded apologetically to everyone, and then sat down next to Li Yang. Everyone around her was a member of the Progressive Party and a supporter of the Tang family.
Throughout the gathering, Tang Wan was persuaded to drink several glasses of wine. Already weak in alcohol tolerance, she was feeling somewhat dizzy. Lin Xuan tried to approach her several times but was stopped by members of the Progressive Party for reasons, partly for Tang Wan and partly for themselves.
If the Tang vice president and Lin Xuan were together, the company would become solely Lin's, and they would be the ones to suffer.
After the party, Tang Wan was escorted out of the hotel by two supporters who were like elders to her. Once she felt the wind, her stomach churned, and she couldn't help but vomit on the roadside.
Even though she was the goddess in everyone's heart, the way she vomited looked too messy and undignified. Tang Wan was tall, and the dirt had splashed up onto her pant legs.
Suddenly, Tang Wan felt her back being tapped twice, and she quickly stood up and stepped away.
Lin Xuan gentlemanly handed Tang Wan a handkerchief, but Tang Wan casually wiped her mouth with her sleeve and gently shook her head.
She was getting farther away from Lin Xuan now.
Lin Xuan's face didn't change. Many people were watching him now. Even if he didn't like it, he had to pretend to be unaffected and said gently,
"Wanwan, you've drunk so much. Let me send you back. We've known each other for almost twenty years. Do you still think I'll be disrespectful to you?"
When he said this, the faces of the Progressive Party members didn't look good, especially the last sentence. If the Tang vice president refused, it would be clear that she didn't trust Lin Xuan, but agreeing might lead to problems.
Tang Wan took a deep breath and gently shook her head.
Rejected again, Lin Xuan felt his self-esteem hurt. He smiled and walked forward, but inside he was already getting angry. When had he been so patient with a woman?
Tang Wan was the only one.
"Wanwan, if nothing unexpected happened, we should have been married by now, and maybe our child would have been born. I don't know what happened in these three years. I admit I did many wrong things abroad, but I will reform. Let's make up, okay?"
When talking about his mistakes, Lin Xuan's face was full of self-blame, and his eyes were full of sighs and expectations when asking for a reconciliation.
It had to be said that Lin Xuan's acting was really good, very good.
Perhaps when he was thinking about the 17% of shares in Tang Wan's hands, he might have really liked Tang Wan, but his superb acting didn't impress Tang Wan. It could also be said that Tang Wan wasn't thinking about Lin Xuan at all now. She heard his words but didn't feel anything inside. She just felt he was so verbose. Shouldn't men speak cleanly and neatly, like Jiang Fan?
Gentleman on the surface but pressing hard with questions now. Tang Wan was drunk, but she understood the implication in Lin Xuan's words. Wasn't he just trying to use the fact that everyone in the company was watching, so she couldn't embarrass him and give him a way out?
But when had our Tang Wan ever considered others? Except for being divorced by Jiang Fan, no one had forced her to do anything in her life.
Tang Wan wiped her mouth and shook her head expressionlessly.
"Lin Xuan, we grew up together. Some say we are childhood sweethearts, and some say we are a perfect match, but all these are just what others say. I've never thought about being in a relationship with you. I just see you as a brother. Also, Li Yang said earlier that I'm married. Sorry."
These words completely shattered Lin Xuan's self-esteem. He was close to Tang Wan. Remembering Tang Wan's wariness just now and hearing these words, he couldn't help but step forward. At this moment, a McLaren supercar roared towards them from a few hundred meters away at 120 mph.
What speed limit? What violation?
Jiang Fan was driving at a snail's pace of 30 mph to pick up Tang Wan. When he saw Tang Wan bending over and vomiting on the roadside, he sped up. When he saw Tang Wan step back to create distance, Jiang Fan suddenly felt relieved, but now Lin Xuan was stepping forward, and Tang Wan was stepping back.
He pressed the accelerator.
The few hundred meters were just a blink of an eye.
The McLaren supercar made an emergency stop next to Tang Wan. The door opened, and Jiang Fan got out, walked around the front of the car, and directly hugged Tang Wan in his arms. He looked at Lin Xuan coldly without speaking, just staring at this overseas returnee from the Lin family with icy eyes.
Tang Wan smelled the familiar faint scent of tobacco. She grabbed Jiang Fan's hand and got into the car. She wanted to pull Jiang Fan away. She understood Jiang Fan's personality. He would never get angry at home, no matter how much they fought, but if someone provoked him outside, he would not hesitate to take action.
Lin Xuan?
Would he be afraid of someone who dared to rob money from Tu Xiao?
Watching the McLaren supercar leave at a snail's pace, Lin Xuan stood in place with his hands trembling in anger. From the moment Jiang Fan appeared until he left, Tang Wan's eyes had been on him. Lin Xuan turned around and punched the tree.
"Fuck."
Lin Xuan, who never used profanity, lost his temper. From the way Jiang Fan looked at him, he knew that his plan to hire someone to hurt him had failed.
Members of the Progressive Party gathered together, discussing who this suddenly appearing young master was. Supercar, buzz cut, the urgency when he got out of the car, the coldness in his eyes when he looked at Lin—who was this wild young master?
Lin Xuan clenched his fist, and blood dripped from his fingers onto the ground.
Sitting in the passenger seat of the supercar, Tang Wan was sober and excited. She let down all her defenses when she saw Jiang Fan.
"Let me drive, huh? I haven't driven a McLaren supercar too. This kind of car needs to be driven fast to give you a sense of being pushed back in your seat, which our little white and little red can't provide."
She was still drunk. Jiang Fan gripped the steering wheel with both hands and spoke tensely, "Stop talking nonsense. Are you crazy about drunk driving? I felt like I couldn't control it when I picked you up just now because the speed was too fast."
"It's fine. If I get caught, my uncle will come to get me out. This car is only four million yuan. If I crash it, I'll just buy her another one. Hey, why don't we trick old Tang into buying us one?"
"Why do we need this? By the way, how long have you left your Alfa in the repair shop? Aren't you going to check it out?"
"Jiang Fan... I feel like puking..."
After saying that, Tang Wan started to retch. Jiang Fan quickly parked the car, walked around it, opened the door, and helped Tang Wan down. She was really drunk and squatted by the roadside to vomit. Jiang Fan held water in his left hand and tissue in his right hand, feeling helpless.
"I was originally thinking of asking you some things, but seeing you drunk like this... Wow, what the hell?"
Jiang Fan said halfway and then picked up Tang Wan who was squatting by the roadside and stuffed her inside. Tang Wan didn't resist at all. She just wanted to ask Jiang Fan what was going on, but then soybean-sized raindrops fell on the windshield. In just a few seconds, Jiang Fan's clothes were wet when he got into the car. He took off his sportswear, revealing his not-so-fair upper body. Jiang Fan's muscles were continuously developing, and the good thing was that he didn't have any excess fat.
"Why did it start to rain suddenly? Wow!"
After saying that, he saw that Tang Wan didn't respond. When he turned around, he found that Tang Wan was staring at her with bright eyes. Jiang Fan clearly saw Tang Wan's throat move, which scared him. He hugged his chest with both hands and shouted, pulling his neck.
"Do you want to eat someone?"
Tang Wan nodded vigorously, then grabbed Jiang Fan's arm with both hands and spoke in a distressed voice, 'Fan... I'm hungry.'
"Hold on, you must hold on. I'll make something delicious for you when we get home. Hey, why are you biting me? Let go! Are you a dog?"