After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 414 - 289: Like a Fierce Beast

Chapter 414: Chapter 289: Like a Fierce Beast

Gao Chengxiong at this moment had lost his usual calm and composed demeanor, shouting madly at the staff to turn off the big screen. But everyone who should have seen it had already seen it, and countless media swarmed in.

About a dozen security guards rushed in, surrounding and protecting Gao Chengxiong, Gao Yufeng, and Gao Youhan, as the three of them slipped out through the back door.

Inside the hall, the media had all followed them out, leaving behind the business peers invited to the press conference, who were now discussing the matter.

Then a few media personnel walked in to interview Shangguan Nanxian.

They inquired about Shangguan Nanxian’s feelings at the moment.

Shangguan Nanxian was very composed, her red lips curving slightly as she said, "I also hope President Gao can give me an explanation." Then she turned and left, her assistant Lin Ke stayed to answer some related questions from these journalists and media.

Tang Xi and Fu Tingzhou got into the car, and she slowly started driving.

She was driving slowly because she was still reflecting on what had just happened.

Tang Xi did not expect that today, at the Gao Family’s grand new product launch, she would witness such a farce. She had always known that it was Gao Youhan’s doing, but her word alone was useless. But now, those videos were blatantly released, and she tightly gripped the steering wheel, taking a long sigh of relief. At a red light, she glanced at the rearview mirror.

Fu Tingzhou was resting with his eyes lightly closed.

Tang Xi couldn’t help but ask softly, "You knew all along, didn’t you? That at today’s Gao Family press conference, something like this would happen, right?"

Fu Tingzhou didn’t hide it, lifting his hand to rub his temples as he said indifferently, "Last night, Shangguan Nanxian told me that she had obtained the evidence and would release it today."

Tang Xi lowered her eyes slowly, her voice faint and her emotions just returning to normal, which felt a bit stuffy in the car, "So the reason you brought me here today was... You knew that the Gao Family’s press conference wouldn’t go smoothly and you still brought me along..."

Fu Tingzhou opened his eyes, lit a cigarette, and exhaled a puff of white smoke. Glancing at Tang Xi, he opened the car window and the smell of smoke slowly drifted out, "Don’t you want to see for yourself how those people from the Gao Family sheepishly leave in a ridiculous manner?"

Tang Xi gave him a glance.

So it turns out, he really did bring her here on purpose to witness this joke.

Indeed, it was quite satisfying.

Fu Tingzhou’s resolute, pale chin lifted slightly. Tang Xi realized that the light turned green, and she drove the car forward.

When they reached a corner dessert shop, Fu Tingzhou told her to stop.

He instructed from inside the car, "I promised Tangtang I’d bring her a blueberry mousse tonight. I’ve placed an order on my phone; you go pick it up."

Tang Xi took Fu Tingzhou’s phone and entered the shop, scanned the code, and it was only then she realized she had entered the shop with Fu Tingzhou’s phone in hand.

This was Fu Tingzhou’s phone.

She looked at the black phone in her hand, which was the same model as her own, except that Fu Tingzhou’s was black and hers was white.

She took her own phone out of her bag, two identical phones.

They looked like a couple’s set.

Tang Xi was startled by this realization, her cheeks flushing red. What was she thinking about?

This phone was a gift from Fu Tingzhou.

He didn’t like using phone cases, and neither did she.

So these two phones stacked together, one black and one white of the same model, really did seem like a couple’s...

She took a deep breath and sat in the waiting area to wait for her order.

The clerk came over, "Miss, you’ll need to wait about ten minutes, we’re preparing it backstage."

Tang Xi nodded.

"Miss, our shop has a lot of desserts, do you need anything else?"

Tang Xi stood up, "I’ll take a look."

The enthusiastic clerk introduced to her, "This is our shop’s latest product, Anchor butter, and it’s reduced sugar, light burden, very suitable for children and those who are controlling their weight, and the ingredients list is very healthy."

Tang Xi, looking at the enthusiastically recommended pull-apart bread by the clerk, decided to buy some.

About ten minutes later, she walked out of the store with her purchases.

As she opened the car door, she immediately said, "Sorry, President Fu, the bakery was very busy, and the mousse cake took some time to prepare."

She hurriedly returned the cellphone to Fu Tingzhou.

Fu Tingzhou didn’t like using a phone case, so the black device was slightly warm to the touch. Tang Xi had been clutching it in her hand, and even her palm had begun to sweat.

Fu Tingzhou took back the phone and saw other items in Tang Xi’s hand besides the cake. Tang Xi quickly explained, "These are hand-torn bread and some puffs, I bought them with my own money."

It was just a reflexive explanation.

However, such an explanation made Fu Tingzhou feel as if she was anxiously trying to draw a clear line between them, and a hint of derision crept into his eyes, "Tang Xi, I’m going to say this one last time, in front of Tangtang, I hope to provide her with a complete family."

Tang Xi nodded, "Okay."

This was indeed what she wished for as well.

-

"Mommy, is this the cake you bought for me?"

When Tangtang returned home from school that afternoon, she excitedly ran to the cake on the coffee table and unwrapped it, "A blueberry cake, Daddy bought it."

Tang Xi nodded as she walked over and patted her daughter’s head, "Yes, he bought it. How did you know?"

"Daddy promised me yesterday that he would buy this for me."

Fu Tingzhou emerged from the bedroom, now wearing a smoky grey casual outfit. His eyes were tender when he looked at Tangtang, a side of him that Tang Xi rarely saw.

Seeing this scene, Tang Xi’s feelings were quite complex.

On one hand, she resisted spending time with this man.

She couldn’t forget the pain from four years ago.

But, on the other hand, she felt that Fu Tingzhou had a father’s warmth when it came to Tangtang.

This was something she couldn’t provide for Tangtang.

And Tangtang wished to have a father of her own.

"Mommy, Mommy, come over and eat together," Tangtang called out to her, waving excitedly.

Tang Xi came over.

Fu Tingzhou was cutting the cake.

He handed a piece to Tang Xi.

Tang Xi took it, the blueberry mousse had been sitting out for a while and started to melt slightly. She took a bite; the chilly sweetness of blueberry jam spread through her mouth. Casting her eyes downward, she glimpsed Tangtang sitting on Fu Tingzhou’s lap in her periphery, the girl laughing joyfully. Suddenly, the cake in her hand tipped over, falling onto Fu Tingzhou’s smoky grey trousers.

Tang Xi almost immediately put down what she was holding and pulled out a tissue, squatting down to wipe the mousse off the man’s trousers, while Tangtang looked on with a touch of timidness in her eyes, quietly saying, "Daddy, I’m sorry."

A warm hand grasped her fair wrist.

Fu Tingzhou’s brow furrowed.

What had just been a warm scene of a family sharing a cake seemed to shatter instantly, but there was no rage in Fu Tingzhou’s eyes, rather a hint of remorse and disarray. He glanced at the woman anxiously biting her red lip while helping him clean his trousers, and at the scared look on the little girl in his arms.

Fu Tingzhou was dazed for a couple of seconds.

He gently put the girl down and then said, "I’ll take care of it, it’s not a big deal."

In Tang Xi’s eyes, he was a flood beast.

Even if he was calm at times, he was still a beast at heart.

Fu Tingzhou was clearly aware of this as well.