"I want to chop you too!" Ueda Shana was flustered, and simply acted as arrogant as ever, "I asked you to take medicine out of kindness, why do you want to chop me!"

"This..." Tao Zhiming put down his water glass and said earnestly, "Do you know "Three Kingdoms"?"

Shana Ueda nodded blankly: "I know."

"In the Xia Kingdom, "Three Kingdoms" is one of the four famous books. Do you know the other three?"

"...It seems like "Journey to the West", what else?" Sina Ueda knew these two.

"There is also a book called "Water Margin", the story of one hundred and eight heroes." Tao Zhiming sighed, "When I first named me, my father originally wanted me to be called Tailang like other children. But.

Well, his neon language is not very good, and he got it wrong in the end like this."

She didn't know why Shana Ueda came here again, but...it was good to hear about his past, and she even felt a little secretly happy.

This guy is telling himself about his previous family affairs.

"Then I became very distressed. Because there is a character named Dalang in "Water Margin". That character is a very ugly and short guy."

Shana Ueda couldn't help but laugh, and then said: "You don't look like that, why are you worried?"

"Hey, that's not the point." Tao Zhiming continued, "Although the character named Dalang was short and ugly, he later married a very beautiful wife."

"Eh?" Shana Ueda asked in shock, "How did you do it?"

"Because he is actually a good man and works very hard!" Tao Zhiming said seriously, "but his wife disliked his appearance and yearned for a wealthy life. In the end, she hooked up with another rich man!"

"Ah! Such a woman..."

"And! In order to be with that rich man, she did a lot of bad things! Right at home! The character named Da Lang broke up their adultery, but was injured by the rich man! The hateful thing is that the woman ended up

When he was injured, he killed his husband with poison!" Tao Zhiming stared at her, "So don't tell me, Dalang, it's time to take medicine! You have psychological shadow!"

"You!" Sina Ueda's face turned red, "Why do you think so? I'm not that..."

"Eh? I just said that there is a psychological shadow. Have you become Dalang's bad wife?"

"Who is bad!" Ueda Shana was very angry, but then he reacted, "No, I didn't think that way!"

Tao Zhiming kept waving his hands: "No, no, don't make me laugh, it will tear the wound."

"...It's obviously you who is teasing me!"

"Okay." Tao Zhiming put away his smile, then looked at her, his eyes began to soften, "Xia Na, I also have a name from the Xia Kingdom. It is not commonly used and few people know it."

Ueda Shana looked at his eyes, her heart felt sweet, and she asked with some expectation: "Do you want to tell me?"

Tao Zhiming nodded: "Call me Tao Zhiming, you know the meaning of fate. When you call me Dalang, I always feel that you want to kill me. From now on, in private, you can call me Benming."

"...You guy!" Ueda Shana didn't expect that just after he said the serious words, he would immediately start teasing him in an informal way, "You are so shameless! Just like what father said!"

"...It feels so uncomfortable." Tao Zhiming covered his chest, "I was injured because of you, and it will leave eternal scars. At this time, don't you understand my sincerity?"

"..." Shana Ueda was a little touched just now, then she turned her head away and muttered, "Who knows! You guys are so good at acting, my mother and I didn't notice it today!"

"Oh...sad." Tao Zhiming let out a long sigh, "I originally had my heart set for Mingyue, but Mingyue wants to kill me."

"...What does the original sentence mean?" Ueda Shana felt that this sentence was quite interesting, and he must have changed the second half.

"An ancient poem from the Xia Kingdom. It means that although my heart is with you, you are thinking of someone else." Tao Zhiming sighed, "Could it be that we two can't escape Da Lang's fate after all?"

"Hey!" Xia Na Ueda was so aroused by him that her mood rose and fell. "Is this how you view me? Am I that kind of woman?"

"Then what kind of woman are you?" Tao Zhiming looked at her with a smile.

Sina Ueda hesitated, then changed the subject: "What's going on with Runa Onodera?"

The smile on Tao Zhiming's face slowly disappeared. Xia Na Ueda, who was always confident, suddenly felt a little flustered: "It's not that I don't believe what you said this morning, but..."

"Do you really want to ask clearly?" Tao Zhiming looked at her calmly.

Ueda Shana looked at his eyes and suddenly felt sour in her heart.

On the phone that day, I heard him say so many things from his heart for the first time.

He told himself that he didn't want to deceive himself. But at this moment, Shana Ueda was a little afraid that what he said was not the answer he wanted to hear.

But if you don’t really love yourself, why would you do this to yourself?

"Aren't you going to ask?" Tao Zhiming asked calmly again.

Shana Ueda bit her lip and her eyes turned red.

Tao Zhiming let out a long sigh and pinched his shoulder gently twice: "So, Mr. Ueda really wanted to kill me with this knife, and he didn't do it lightly before."

Sina Ueda felt even more sour and couldn't help but shed tears.

If you say this, your father will know it. Those words are actually his sincere questions.

"Whether you don't understand or accept it, this fact has already happened." Tao Zhiming said quietly, "At that time, I didn't know you, and I wasn't so familiar with you. But now, Runa

It has become a very important part of my career."

Sina Ueda's tears fell one drop at a time, and she even regretted asking this question directly in order to avoid the embarrassment of that moment.

"...Then...what happens next?"

At this point, she could only continue to ask this question.

Tao Zhiming said calmly: "In the future, she will still exist in my life as the president of Onodera Fortune. In order for her to be completely loyal and work hard for my career, I will take her daughter as my righteous daughter in the future.

Women, train them well for your future career."

Shana Ueda nodded and shed a few tears: "I know...father is a very special person. He may know very well that he can't ask you to be like him. But...but I...

"

"You hope that your future husband can be a dedicated man like Mr. Ueda." Tao Zhiming added this sentence for her, "Even if the Ueda family no longer has a male heir, he did not choose to find another woman.

Have another child."

Shana Ueda regrets coming here.

She was obviously just worried about his injury, but she suddenly made the topic so clear.

To this extent, even she herself could no longer insist on saying that she didn't like him in front of him. She only said those words before to ask him to help defeat Morijiro.

Then she became more and more sad, why did she meet him at this moment?

Why did I get to know him exactly after he became like this?

Over the past few days, she had already quietly understood what kind of simple person Tao Dalang was in the past.

Although she would definitely not like Tao Dalang at that time.

But now he makes people love and hate him at the same time, making it difficult to let go and powerless.

Shana Ueda raised her head and wiped her eyes, then took his hand and said sincerely with tears in her eyes: "I know that in your mind, love is no longer sacred. But you can give your life to

Father, let me decide. I understand your heart. That is the trust you are trying to give.

Because after you know what happened to Brother Kenta, it must be because you know what kind of person your father is. Our family is all people worthy of your trust. Don’t let your appearance cast a shadow on you, okay? 1

Little by little, little by little, we will change back and believe again, okay?"

Tao Zhiming looked at her face full of expectation, and for a moment he couldn't bear to say anything to hurt her heart.

Beneath the arrogant surface, he actually has a very simple heart.

However, Tao Zhiming is not someone who can give up Onodera Runa, and he no longer has the mentality he had when he was only in his twenties before his rebirth.

So Tao Zhiming remained silent and did not answer.

The light in Ueda Shana's eyes dimmed little by little, but her hand did not let go, as if she still retained the last glimmer of hope.

Tao Zhiming took her hand and slowly placed it on his heart. This action made the light in Ueda Shana's eyes become warm and sparkling again.

His heart was beating under the palm of Ueda Shana, and Ueda Shana's heartbeat also accelerated, but he retracted his palm, as if he was shy, and as if he was afraid of hurting his wound.

"I can't give you this answer now, Xia Na." Tao Zhiming said this first.

Shana Ueda's eyes lost some of their sparkle, and then she forced a smile and shook her head: "I understand."

"But the words on the billboard are serious." Tao Zhiming looked into her eyes and said, "I want to protect your future and change your fate of having to accept the marriage requirements of other big families."

Shana Ueda looked at him blankly.

Yes, although I now know that my father does not really want to accept Morijiro, he has made a promise to the Iwasaki family because of his brother's matter.

If it wasn't Morijiro, there would be someone else.

They...are all disgusting guys.

"Actually, I have changed the fate of the Ueda family." Tao Zhiming continued, "If today's performance is successful, things should have changed by now. After returning home, you can no longer let the whole world know because of me.

I won’t give up on you because everyone is paying attention to you, so I let Mr. Ueda chop me hard like that. Next time, be gentler.”

Shana Ueda looked at his face in confusion: "There...is there another time?"

"Yes, it's just the beginning." Tao Zhiming said in embarrassment, "Only when things are completely successful can I let you and my aunt know why this is the case."

Before Shana Ueda understood what it meant, she heard someone outside shouting and running into the kendo club: "The Mori family held a press conference to announce that they have given up their engagement with Ueda-senpai! Tao-senpai wins!"

Tao Zhiming's eyes flashed, and Xia Na Ueda stood up in surprise.
To be continued...