Chapter 937: Chapter 168: Love That Eats at the Bone

Tang Yige left the intensive care unit and at the hospital entrance, she bumped into Tang Yuwen.

After a few days, Tang Yuwen seemed thinner, his back was hunched, looking more like a seventy or eighty-year-old rather than a fifty or sixty-year-old.

He was carrying a white plastic bag, in it was a fast-food meal box, his hair gray, face aged.

This scene.

Tang Yige couldn’t help but feel a pang of compassion.

No matter how badly Tang Yuwen treated her, how domineering and wicked he was, he was, after all, her biological father.

As long as she remembered the little kindness he showed her during her childhood, Tang Yige found herself unable to ignore him.

Tang Yige grasped her hand, walked to the spot where she stood, facing Tang Yuwen, who was staring at her with an unfamiliar look.

"I know there’s a nice Chinese restaurant near the hospital, let me take you there for a meal." Tang Yige glanced at the meal box in his hand and said softly.

Tang Yuwen frowned and his lips moved a few times, "Okay."

So, Tang Yige led Tang Yuwen to the Chinese restaurant.

At the restaurant, relying on memory, Tang Yige ordered a few dishes that Tang Yuwen liked.

But when the food arrived, Tang Yuwen said, "I can’t eat spicy anymore, getting old, my stomach isn’t good."

Tang Yige’s brow twitched slightly, she didn’t say anything, called the waiter, and ordered a few more mild dishes.

Once all the dishes were served, Tang Yuwen began eating in silence, not saying a word to Yige.

Yige watched him.

He hadn’t had a proper meal in a long time, devouring the food, disregarding the refined image he usually maintained as an artist.

Tang Yige felt an unexplained pang in her heart, her lips curling into a bittersweet smile.

When Tang Yuwen ate until he was 80% full, he slowed down, occasionally glancing sideways at Tang Yige.

Tang Yige pretended not to notice.

Tang Yuwen finished eating, drank two small bowls of rib soup, and ended the meal.

Tang Yige went to the front desk to settle the bill.

When she finished paying and turned to look for Tang Yuwen, he was no longer in sight in the restaurant.

At that moment.

A fog seemed to suddenly appear before Tang Yige’s eyes. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

An empty feeling surged in her heart, causing her to feel a bit bewildered.

It seemed as if she hadn’t brought Tang Yuwen here for a meal at all, as if she hadn’t encountered him today.

She walked out of the restaurant.

Standing at the restaurant’s entrance for several seconds, Tang Yige then walked down to the roadside and hailed a taxi.

Suddenly, Tang Yuwen, who had disappeared earlier, appeared as if from nowhere, walked to the roadside, standing under a green tree, quietly watching the direction in which the taxi carrying Tang Yige drove until the car was no longer visible, before lowering his gaze and heading back towards the hospital.

...

Tang Yige sat in the taxi.

The taxi was halfway to Jinxiu Huadu when her phone started ringing from her bag.

Tang Yige opened her bag and fished out her phone.

She looked at the caller ID on the phone screen; it was an unfamiliar number.

Tang Yige thought that it might be someone wanting to order custom clothing, so she put the phone to her ear and answered, "Hello."

"Are you Tang Yige?"

As Tang Yige finished speaking, a clear and slightly arrogant female voice came through the phone.

Tang Yige furrowed her brow and said, "I am. May I ask who you are?"

"You don’t know me!" she said.

"...I thought as much."

Tang Yige smirked, "So, what’s the purpose of your call?"

"Uh... I have nowhere to stay. Can you give me shelter?" she replied.

What?

Tang Yige almost laughed, raised her hand to pinch her bridge of nose, "Miss..."

"Don’t call me Miss!"

Uh...

"Alright. How should I address you then?" Tang Yige asked with rare patience.

"You can call me Si Yu, Yu Yu, but you can’t call me Yu. Only Lei the Second can call me that!" Lu Siyu said.

Si Yu?

In a flash, Tang Yige recalled the conversation heard in Yu Xiangju a few days ago.

So...

Was this girl the one who was talking to Lei Yicheng in the corridor at Yu Xiangju?

Tang Yige narrowed her eyes, her voice growing more serious, "Tell me why I should give you shelter."

"Uh... what kind of reason do you want to hear that would convince you to shelter me?" Lu Siyu thought for a moment and asked.

Tang Yige drew a blank, not speaking.

"Lei the Second kicked me out, leaving me nowhere to stay, and he didn’t give me a single penny, so I can’t afford a hotel. If you don’t shelter me, I’ll have to sleep on the streets!" Lu Siyu explained.

Tang Yige listened quietly.

Lu Siyu’s tone sounded especially justified, but a slight shift in her voice revealed to Tang Yige a trace of sadness and helplessness caught in her throat.

Her brashness, even rudeness, was merely a facade!

Tang Yige was certain.

Currently, Lu Siyu was just a paper tiger, fragile to the core.

In truth... she felt helpless!

Thinking thus, Tang Yige sighed softly inwardly and asked, "Where are you now?"

"...Are you coming to pick me up?" she asked with a surprised voice.

Tang Yige smiled, "I’ll give you my home address, can you catch a taxi to come over?"

"I have no money," she said in a low voice.

"There you go." Tang Yige chuckled.

Finally, Lu Siyu provided Tang Yige with her current address.

Tang Yige instructed the driver to head to Lu Siyu’s location.

Upon reaching the destination, Tang Yige paid the taxi fare, got out of the car, swept her gaze lightly around the area, and eventually spotted a young girl squatting under the bus stop sign, hugging herself.

The girl was dressed lightly.

Wearing only a furry white sweater, a short skirt, and black leggings.

Squatting there, shivering.

Tang Yige wasn’t sure if she was Lu Siyu.

Pressing her lips together, Tang Yige walked slowly towards her.

Stopping about two steps away, Tang Yige looked at her puzzled, "Are you, Lu Siyu?"

Upon hearing this, the girl slowly lifted her little head.

Tang Yige then saw a tear-streaked face and a pair of red, swollen cat-like eyes.

Tang Yige instinctively knitted her brows, slightly stunned, not knowing what to say.

The girl sniffled, stood up from under the tree, having been cold for too long, she stood up slowly, with her thin legs shaking uncontrollably.

"Are you Tang Yige?"

Lu Siyu stared at her with large red eyes.

Upon hearing her question.

Tang Yige was certain she was Lu Siyu.

Tang Yige knitted her brows tightly, glanced at the cotton slippers beneath her feet, then without another word, took off her dark green cashmere coat, placed it over Lu Siyu, tucked the edges of the clothing tightly, and gazing into Lu Siyu’s slightly astonished eyes, she said, "Let’s go."

Lu Siyu, "..."

...

The taxi stopped in front of the Jinxiu Huadu A District Building, Tang Yige paid the fare, watching Lu Siyu sitting dazedly in the car, "We’re here."

Lu Siyu froze for a moment, instinctively attempting to return the coat to Yige.

"Keep it on." Yige pressed her hand down, said.

Lu Siyu tilted her head, looking at her, her small face puzzled, regarded Tang Yige with a gaze full of incomprehension.

Tang Yige raised an eyebrow, "Why are you staring at me? Get out of the car."

Lu Siyu furrowed her brows, pushed open the door, and got out.

Watching her disembark, Tang Yige opened the door and got out.

Leading Lu Siyu into the apartment building’s elevator, Tang Yige pressed the button for the sixth floor, crossed her arms gently, stood beside Lu Siyu, and looked at her from the elevator’s reflective surface.

When Tang Yige previously heard Lei Yicheng call her a little kid at Yu Xiangju, she found it somewhat odd.

Seeing Lu Siyu in person now, Tang Yige suddenly didn’t find it odd at all.

Because Lu Siyu genuinely looked very young.

With a doll-like face, full of juvenile charm, and baby fat all over her face.

Cherry-like mouth, delicate nose, with eyes as nimble and mischievous as a cat, exuding vitality and innocence.

As Tang Yige gazed, she inexplicably started laughing.

From the reflecting surface, Tang Yige was watching her, and conversely, Lu Siyu was watching her.

Seeing her suddenly laugh, Lu Siyu pouted lightly, turned her head, and narrowed her eyes at her, saying, "Are you laughing at me?"

"..."