"This isn’t speculation at all, everything I’ve seen with my own eyes, that video..." Xu Pei suddenly realized she misspoke, and quickly hung her head, taking a sip of water to cover up, "In any case, she’s not as outstanding as people think she is."
"So, the plagiarism scandal that’s been all the buzz these past few days, is it true?"
"This..." Xu Pei said with her face down, "I’m not very clear."
Noticing the unhealed bruise on one side of her cheek, Tang Ming furrowed his brows and reached out to lift her hair, "What happened to your face?"
"It’s nothing!" Xu Pei quickly raised her head to push his hand away and placed the cup in her hand on the table, "It’s getting late, shouldn’t you be resting?"
Tang Ming grabbed her wrist in one swift motion, and his hand stretched out again, moving away the hair that covered her face.
Under the light, he clearly saw several red marks near her left ear, the subdermal hemorrhages left by Leng Zimo’s slap that hadn’t fully faded.
Tang Ming’s brows instantly tightened, and anger appeared in his eyes, "What happened?"
"I told you to stop asking!" Xu Pei pulled her wrist free and covered her face with her hand, "Tang Ming, that’s enough, can you just leave me alone for a bit!"
"Was it Leng Zimo who hit you?" Tang Ming asked softly.
Xu Pei didn’t make a sound, only raising her hand to cover her face.
"It really was Leng Zimo!" Tang Ming’s eyes flashed with anger, and he grabbed her head, covering her face. Frowning deeply, he demanded, "Why, what right does he have to hit you?"
"I don’t want any other men; I just want him, I want to be with him!"
"Alright, be with him. Don’t cry anymore, and I promise you, if you stop crying, I’ll help you, help you to be with him, okay?"
"Really?!"
With tears still on her face, Xu Pei looked up at Tang Ming with hopeful eyes.
In the living room, the sound of knocking came.
"You lie down first, I’ll bring in dinner, and then we can talk more, okay?!"

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