Huo Xu remained silent, just observing Yu Ruanruan's reaction.
In fact, he wanted to know whether Ruanruan really didn't mind Tangtang deep down in her heart. She once told him to look for Tangtang.
If Tangtang appears, will she firmly choose herself, or will she shrink away and leave?
But now, he saw her reaction clearly and heard her voice clearly.
No matter what happens, it seems that she will never leave her again.
Huo Xu's heart warmed up and he was very happy. This feeling of being firmly chosen was what he had been looking forward to for a long time.
He went out on a date with Ruanruan tonight. He didn't want to deal with these trivial matters, but some people just refused to let him enjoy a beautiful night.
Then don't blame him for being rude.
A cold and vicious look appeared in the man's eyes, "Tangtang? It's been so long, you still remember me. How did you find me?"
The girl said the lines she had prepared before again.
She had already said these words to Huo Xu's assistant Zhang Mian once when she was at the company during the day.
The whole story has a clear context, from when she was lost with her elder brother in the health center because of a fever when she was a child, to being abducted and sold to the mountains by human traffickers. Later, her parents in the mountains provided for her to study and read.
She didn't go to college in high school and came to Binhai to work alone.
One day I suddenly saw Huo Xu in the newspaper, and instantly remembered what happened when I was a child. Out of missing my childhood companion, I came to meet him with some trepidation.
When she went to the company to find Huo Xu during the day, Huo Xu did not see her. He just left her in the conference room and asked Zhang Mian to interrogate the situation and asked his secretary to investigate the information.
The results of the investigation showed that the girl did not lie.
A lot of information can be matched.
Even the company where she currently works can find out her identity. This girl named Tangtang has been in Binhai for half a month and works as a cleaner in a cleaning company.
Huo Xu tapped his fingers lightly on the Eight Immortals table.
The waiter from the Chinese club came to make tea. He casually ordered the store's signature pan-fried pancake for Yu Ruanruan and continued to question, "You saw my face in the newspaper and you recognized it at a glance?"
He laughed and said, "Tangtang, you were only 8 years old that year. It's been 13 years now. Do you still remember my face?"
Not to mention that the eight-year-old Tangtang remembered Huo Xu’s appearance and could recognize him at a glance more than ten years later when he grew up. Even Huo Xu can’t remember the appearance of the eight-year-old Tangtang now.
Even though he draws a sketch every year, the girl's facial features gradually become unclear as time goes by.
Yu Ruanruan was initially wary of Tangtang. She thought Huo Xu's Bai Yueguang was really back.
But after hearing Huo Xu's suggestion, she suddenly realized.
This Tangtang is fake.
Her message was shaped perfectly, but it was precisely because of this perfect fit that it became her biggest flaw.
Yes, 8 years old is really too young.
Not to mention Huo Xu, whose bones were still growing at that time, even if his parents separated when they were eight years old, they would not be able to recognize each other at a glance when they meet again more than ten years later.
"I...I remember, my memory has been very good since I was a child." The girl's face showed panic for a moment, and she explained, "Brother Huo, do you dislike me? You dislike me for being poor, and you and I are no longer in the same world.
Someone?"
"Of course not." Huo Xu said calmly, "Tangtang has such a good memory, she must still remember the name of the Persian cat we raised when she was a child, right?"
"I...I don't remember everything..." The girl was worried that she would reveal her flaws and didn't dare to act so full anymore.
"Really? That's a cat you like very much. You won't even forget its existence, right? Do you still remember what color it is?"
"I haven't forgotten, how could I forget?"
Facing Huo Xu's casual questions, the girl felt more and more stressed, "I remembered, that Persian cat is white! I really like it! Unfortunately, we got separated and never saw it again...
"
Her impromptu performance was full of emotion. After saying this with a disappointed tone, she found that the man in front of her showed a smile.
She breathed a sigh of relief and thought she had passed the test, but she heard the man say in a cold voice with a sarcastic tone, "Tangtang, do you know what an orphan is?"
"Eh?"
The girl suddenly panicked. Did she give the wrong answer?
She quickly changed her words and said, "The one with the milky color is a milky Persian cat."
Yu Ruanruan was sitting on the soft seat. At this time, the fried fish had been served. She dipped it in some vinegar and took a small bite. The fresh and tender soup immediately filled her mouth.
Watching this impostor's performance, she couldn't help but speak out while eating fried pancakes:
"Tangtang, only rich people can afford pets. You are orphans who don't even have enough to eat. How can you raise a Persian cat? Your acting skills are good, but it's a pity that you lack life experience and you still haven't fully understood the role."
After she finished one pan-fried pancake, she picked up another one, put it to her mouth, blew on it, and fed it to Huo Xu.
The man's eyes softened and he ate the fried fish fed by the girl.
Looking at the two people chatting with each other, they looked like a couple going on a date to watch a stand-up comedy show.
The girl who called herself Tangtang instantly looked embarrassed.
"me……"
"You...you...tell me quickly, who sent you here?"
Yu Ruanruan couldn't stand it anymore, so he imitated her stammering and pitiful tone and hit the nail on the head.
At this time, Huo Xu received a text message on his cell phone in his pocket.
He took it out and took a look, then stood up and took Yu's soft hand, "Let's go and watch a good show."
Yu Ruanruan was stunned and followed Huo Xu to the second floor.
At the same time, the teahouse on the second floor.
Ren Xiyuan was watching with a telescope in her hand, "Cheng Cheng, we have been preparing for so long, we will definitely succeed this time!"
Yu Chengcheng, who was sitting opposite her, was stirring the coffee in his hand.
She didn't want to come over at first, but Ren Xiyuan's domineering personality forced her to come over and watch the fun with her.
They had been preparing for this fake Tangtang arrangement for a long time, and Ren Xiyuan found out about the past between Huo Xu and Tangtang from Ren Qingshan.
This incident was originally a God-given opportunity.
But Yu Chengcheng didn't know why, he just didn't know what to do.
She shouldn't have come, she shouldn't have had to wade through this muddy water.
"Hey! Why do I feel like the situation is not good! Our actress seems a little passive! What's going on? Huo Xu dragged Yu Ruanruan up to the second floor."
Hearing Ren Xiyuan's words, Yu Chengcheng's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly picked up his bag and mobile phone, "Xiyuan, I have something to do, I'm leaving first..."
"The play hasn't finished yet, are you in a hurry to leave?" Suddenly, a teasing and calm female voice sounded from behind.
Yu Chengcheng's back stiffened and he slowly turned his face.
Behind her, Yu Ruanruan folded her arms and looked at her with a half-smile, and the person standing next to Ruanruan was naturally Huo Xu.
Huo Xu's eyes were cold, and he swept his gaze from Yu Chengcheng to Ren Xiyuan, "Miss Ren, did you arrange the actress downstairs?"
"I……"
Ren Xiyuan blushed. She didn't expect that after half a month of careful preparation, the matter would be revealed!
"That is Tangtang! It was Xiyuan who found her for you and brought her to you."
Ren Xiyuan didn't know how to answer, so Yu Chengcheng answered for her.
Yu Chengcheng originally wanted to run away, but when he saw Huo Xu coming, the first words he said were not to himself, but to Ren Xiyuan, and she suddenly felt a little frustrated.
He ignored her, completely ignored her.
He no longer loves her.
Or maybe he never loved her.
"Yes, yes! That's right, Mr. Huo, that is your Bai Yueguang Tangtang, the person you cherished most when you were a child."
Ren Xiyuan thought that Yu Chengcheng was rescuing her from the siege, but she didn't realize that she was being used as a gun by Yu Chengcheng and reincarnated.
Huo Xu said softly, "My Tangtang is dead. Please don't waste your efforts in vain, Miss Ren."
"No, my dad said..."
"Miss Ren, Uncle Ren must not have told you why Tangtang might be alive, right?"
Huo Xu interrupted her in a deep voice, "Have you ever understood the pain of losing your adoptive father's daughter? Back then, your cousins Ren Xiaoyuan and Tangtang had an accident at the same time. The crime happened in the same place, but Ren Xiaoyuan was kidnapped and Tangtang was burned to death.
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The man spoke slowly but clearly, and was so calm that he was almost cruel, "All along, your adoptive father was more afraid of Xiao Yuan being tortured alive, so he deceived himself into thinking that Tangtang and Xiao Yuan had switched identities."
"The Tangtang you are looking for is actually your cousin Madoka."
Madoka?
Ren Xiyuan was stunned.
Dad never mentioned the connection between Tangtang and Xiao Yuan. It was because she was too tight that he told her Tangtang's story.
Originally, she followed Yu Chengcheng's suggestion and asked her father to find Tangtang's whereabouts.
Now, she started to be afraid.
What if what Huo Xu said was true and Dad went to look for her, what if the person he found instead of Tangtang was Xiao Yuan?
When her biological daughter returns, how will she, the adopted daughter, deal with herself?
When she thought of this possibility, Ren Xiyuan collapsed and hurriedly picked up her bag and ran away.
Finally, Yu Chengcheng was alone on the second floor of the club.
Huo Xu didn't even look at her, turned around and pulled Yu Ruanruan away.
"Huo Xu! Isn't Tangtang the most important person to you? Isn't she someone you are willing to protect even at the risk of your life?"
Yu Chengcheng was unwilling to give in. When she saw Huo Xu turning around to leave, she yelled hysterically.
Huo Xu turned his back to her and said softly, "You are right, she was once very important to me, but she is dead. I collected her body personally, and I also buried her ashes with my own hands."
"So put away your hypocrisy and stop consuming dead people."
"You lied! You lied! You clearly knew that Tangtang might still be alive! It's you who loves the new and hates the old! It's you who are fickle and callous!"
Yu Chengcheng became more and more excited as he spoke, and tears kept falling, "You fell in love with Yu Ruanruan, you forgot your little angel, you forgot the warmth she once brought you, you abandoned her and left her
In the darkness, because of your selfishness, you want to climb up and embrace the light."
Huo Xu's back stiffened, and the color on his face completely faded.
Did he abandon Tangtang...?
Is he selfish and fickle?
Is it because he wants to embrace the light too much?
He tightly held Yu's soft hand beside him, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw. He sadly discovered that he seemed to really want to embrace the light.
Ruanruan is the light for the rest of his life.
He can't lose...
Suddenly, the little hand in the palm pulled away.
Huo Xu felt empty and looked at Yu Ruanruan nervously.
But he saw the girl's face was cold and she turned around and walked towards Yu Chengcheng.