My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 555 - 0555: Tang Ming Admits Defeat

Chapter 555: Chapter 0555: Tang Ming Admits Defeat

"Tang Ming, we missed you so much,"

After the three ladies descended the stairs, Li Xiaoli twirled around in place and, with a mischievous smile, asked:

"Do we look pretty?"

"Pretty, very pretty."

Tang Ming nodded absentmindedly, swiped at his nose, and actually started to have a nosebleed.

"If we’re pretty, why didn’t you come back earlier? You made us worry for so long."

Liu Mengting roared angrily.

"Cough cough, I went to recover from my injuries!" Tang Ming said, wiping his nose and speaking somewhat sheepishly. If he had known this would happen, he should have returned to the Liu Family sooner, and then Liu Gaoze wouldn’t have been captured.

"Alright, alright, Tang Ming is back after much difficulty, we can’t blame him."

Li Xiaoli quickly intervened, pulling Liu Mengting and Xia Wei’er to sit opposite Tang Ming.

"Goodness, this scene, if a man were to marry these three women, it wouldn’t be many days before he’d die from exhaustion."

Looking at the three stunning women of different styles sitting across from him, Tang Ming couldn’t help but feel a mix of emotions.

"Tang Ming, we have a very serious question for you, and you must answer it truthfully,"

As they took their seats, Li Xiaoli said earnestly to Tang Ming.

"Mhm, mhm." Xia Wei’er and Liu Mengting nodded repeatedly, indicating that they took this question very seriously.

"Alright! Whatever the question is, just ask." Tang Ming’s expression became serious; he knew that during his absence the three ladies must have been extremely worried about him. Surely they had many questions, and it was time he explained things to them.

"Let’s get this straight, if your answer doesn’t satisfy us, you must agree to do one thing for each of us," Li Xiaoli said, smiling but speaking seriously.

"No problem."

Tang Ming agreed without hesitation. There was nothing shameful about his actions, so naturally, he wasn’t afraid of being unable to answer.

"Then listen carefully, if there were only the three of us left in the world, whom would you choose to marry?" After preparing herself, Li Xiaoli asked very seriously.

"What?"

When Tang Ming heard this question from Li Xiaoli, he was dumbfounded. He had considered many possibilities but never in his wildest dreams did he expect Li Xiaoli to ask such a question.

"What do you mean ’what?’ Think carefully before you answer."

Li Xiaoli glared at Tang Ming, proudly pushing out her chest, which was quite a sight.

Liu Mengting sat up straight, her eyes fixated on Tang Ming, also very eager to hear his answer.

Xia Wei’er’s expression was complex, but she too sat up straight, trying her best to showcase her charm.

"This question really stumps me."

Tang Ming swallowed hard, his eyes flitting back and forth among the three distinct beauties, then he shook his head and said:

"Your question isn’t scientific. No matter what, the world can’t possibly be left with only you three women. If that really happened, then you’d be worshiped by all the men in the world!"

"No dodging the question; you have to answer directly," Li Xiaoli stared him down fiercely.

"I mean, I just got back, why are you suddenly asking me this question? Shouldn’t you be celebrating my safe return?

Tang Ming complained, feeling aggrieved.

"Do not change the subject," Li Xiaoli warned discontentedly.

"I..."

Seeing them so aggressive and serious, Tang Ming felt a headache coming on and said helplessly:

"If it really comes to that, can I choose not to marry any of you?"

"No, you must choose one," Li Xiaoli said, shaking her head dissatisfied.

"This..."

Tang Ming was truly in a bind now. He had an answer in his heart, but didn’t dare to say it—it seemed too hurtful.

"Then I’d rather choose suicide," Tang Ming shook his head, resolved not to answer directly.

"Tang Ming, we are very dissatisfied with such an answer. Does that mean you admit defeat?" Li Xiaoli pouted and said gloomily.

"I admit defeat, I admit defeat. If I can’t answer, I will grant each of you one request,"

Tang Ming sighed helplessly.

Hearing this, Liu Mengting gave Tang Ming a meaningful glance, while Xia Wei’er looked slightly disappointed.

"Good, good, Tang Ming agreeing to grant us one request is a nice gain too,"

Li Xiaoli suddenly burst into laughter and said mischievously, "Tang Ming, you’re so silly, there’s actually a right answer to this question, and you can’t even answer it."

"What do you mean?"

Tang Ming blinked, thinking that choosing anyone would be unfair to the other two!

"Wei’er is your correct answer. You two have already confirmed your relationship; do you still want to have designs on me and Meng Meng?"

Li Xiaoli said with a triumphant look on her face.

"I feel dizzy; turns out, they knew it all along."

Tang Ming’s mouth twitched, thinking he would have chosen Xia Wei’er too, since they had already made a promise before, and he was planning to break off the engagement with Liu Mengting. As for Li Xiaoli, she was purely a troublemaker; marrying her would probably end up turning his house upside down.

"Stop it, Xiaoli," Liu Mengting held back the excited Li Xiaoli and said earnestly:

"Tang Ming, now that you are back, I want to sincerely apologize to you. Before, Xiaoli and I didn’t know that you lost your cultivation, so that’s why we treated you the way we did when you decided to leave. I am truly sorry."

"It’s okay, to be ignorant is not to be guilty. At that time, I really hoped you could hate me."

Tang Ming smiled bitterly, recalling the despair of the past; it was painful for him too.

"Tang Ming, that’s where you were wrong. If you had lost your cultivation, you could have told us directly. Instead, you had to put on that cold and heartless act, making me and Meng Meng so sad for such a long time."

Li Xiaoli complained with a look of resentment.

"Sorry, sorry, that’s all in the past. Now, I, Tang Ming, am back, so let’s not bring up the past, okay?"

Tang Ming grinned, swiftly changing the subject, and turned to Liu Mengting:

"You’ve already met that Lin Canghai just now; he’s from the Dark Group too. He said that Uncle Liu is currently under investigation by the organization. As long as Uncle Liu is innocent, he can guarantee Uncle Liu’s safe return."

"Hmm, thank you," Liu Mengting nodded gratefully and said sincerely:

"Now that you’re back, I won’t worry about these things."

"That’s right, that’s right, Tang Ming is our protective umbrella. As long as he’s here, the sky won’t fall,"

Li Xiaoli still had full confidence in Tang Ming.

"Tang Ming, please tell us what happened, how you disappeared so suddenly, what happened after that, and why didn’t you contact us the whole time?" Liu Mengting asked curiously.

Then Tang Ming started recounting his adventure, of course, omitting many essential details to avoid frightening the three women.

Even so, the three women were exclaiming in surprise as they listened, and in the end, they couldn’t help but remark on how Tang Ming had such great fortune and fate.