A text ssage was just sent, and a call ca in.
At night, Tang Li set her cellphone to silent mode.
So, when the screen showed an incoming call, there was no sound.
Holding the cellphone, she lifted the thin quilt, got out of bed in the dark, and shuffled to the bathroom.
In the bathroom, she quietly closed the sliding door and turned on the light, afraid that standing too close to the door might cause noise to leak. She stepped to the toilet before pressing the green button on her cellphone.
The call connected, but Song Baiyan didn’t speak imdiately.
After a short while, Song Baiyan’s warm voice ca through the receiver: "Went outside to take the call?"
In just a few seconds, Song Baiyan had already figured out her situation.
Tang Li glanced at the toilet and vaguely replied, "Sort of."
Song Baiyan: "What do you an sort of."
Tang Li: "..."
"It ans, I’m not in the room." Tang Li said.
Fortunately, Song Baiyan didn’t delve deeper, changing the topic: "Were you really bullied this afternoon?"
Tang Li held the cellphone, not wanting to say no, because Kang Yunxi was indeed intentional, even if her intentions were just to make her feel inferior.
However, as a woman, Tang Li could understand the other’s feelings.
The person she likes got married, and the bride is not her, yet she isn’t allowed to show a little strength?
— Life is tough, don’t make it tougher.
She understood this principle well.
As for feeling inferior, that definitely didn’t exist.
Because as refined and extraordinary as Kang Yunxi was, she hadn’t stood next to Song Baiyan.
The one who got this man was exactly this bumpkin, who according to Kang Yunxi, had neither culture nor family background.
This also indicates—
Kang Yunxi is not the style Song Baiyan likes.
Trying to emulate Kang Yunxi would be the wrong decision.
"Why aren’t you talking?" Song Baiyan spoke again.
"I’m thinking."
Tang Li explained, holding the cellphone.
As for what she was thinking, Tang Li wasn’t fully honest, she only said: "Just a bit of natural law."
To put it bluntly, it’s competition among females.
Only, she and Kang Yunxi were not competing for territory or food, but for Song Baiyan.
Won are inherently intuitive creatures.
At that mont of eye contact with Kang Yunxi in the village courtyard, Tang Li was left with one realization - this person intended to snatch Song Baiyan from her.
The status of being the Song Family’s foster daughter gave Kang Yunxi a natural advantage.
Tang Li wasn’t sure about the Song Family, or Song Baiyan’s, attitude toward Kang Yunxi.
But as a sister, being close to a brother is only natural.
This seed beyond her capacity to prevent.
Considering oneself in her shoes.
In Kang Yunxi’s eyes, she was the plunderer.
What she took was Song Baiyan’s attention, and Song Baiyan’s affection, which included the care and adoration that should have belonged to Kang Yunxi as a sister.
So Kang Yunxi would attempt to make her feel inferior.
But to say she felt jealous of Kang Yunxi, was not the case.
Because she first read this emotion in Kang Yunxi’s gaze toward her.
And jealousy often belongs to the loser.
Tang Li couldn’t help but ask: "Kang Yunxi is the Song Family’s foster daughter, will she eventually live in Tan Palace?"
"Actually, calling her a foster daughter isn’t accurate." Song Baiyan’s reply ca: "Her biological mother is still alive and married quite well, in Kang Yunxi’s mind, the Song Family is rely a place of foster care."
Tang Li knew very little about Kang Yunxi’s background.
She always thought Kang Yunxi was an orphan.
Gao Wenlan only told her that Kang Yunxi was the daughter of Song Mingzhang’s old friend, but never ntioned that Kang Yunxi’s mother was still alive.
Song Baiyan’s phrase, ’married quite well’, piqued Tang Li’s curiosity.
She was just about to ask about Kang Yunxi’s mother when Song Baiyan spoke again: "To the Song Family, she is just an old acquaintance’s daughter."
Tang Li lightly pressed her lips, then changed her question: "Do these Song Family mbers include you?"
From the cellphone, vaguely, there seed to be a chuckle.
Then she heard Song Baiyan’s affirmative answer.
This result was undoubtedly satisfying.
Tang Li’s lips curled upward, and as she spoke again, her tone beca even lighter: "Alright, I have to get up early tomorrow, let’s not talk anymore!"
Finished speaking, she hung up first.
Feeling good, she didn’t forget to flush the toilet before leaving the bathroom.
In Tan Palace, Song Baiyan put down the cellphone and stood in front of the full-length mirror, continuing to unbutton his shirt.
News of Kang Yunxi’s return to the country was placed on his desk at noon.
Later that night, Kang Yunxi also sent a text ssage.
When the little one called, Ji Ming was already at the Capital Airport, ready to personally go to Ning City to bring back the little one.
Yet, after hearing the little one joyfully talk about going to the desert with Tang Li to find treasures, post-call, he still ordered Ji Ming to return.
Song Baiyan tossed two cufflinks into the drawer.
Sa tragic background of being fatherless or motherless, in soone else, he wouldn’t want to ddle too much.
Not even a bit.
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