Capítulo 602: Chapter 602: Perverts and Tang Xiaoli, Entry Prohibited
Tang Li returned to the room next door, making sure to close the sliding glass door.
She turned around, and before she reached the bed, there was a gentle knock at the door.
Tang Li checked her outfit to make sure her clothes were not worn inside out and that the buttons were correctly fastened, then she went to open the door, and as expected, it was Gao Wenlan.
Gao Wenlan was holding a bowl of rock sugar and bird’s nest with white fungus.
She came to bring Tang Li a midnight snack.
“Have you not gone to bed yet?”
“No.”
Tang Li stepped aside and opened the door to let Gao Wenlan in.
Gao Wenlan placed the tray on the bedside table and looked around the guest room, finally, her gaze settled on the bed, “Why is there a pillow missing?”
“…” The other pillow, Tang Li had taken it next door and hadn’t brought it back.
“When we were changing the linens earlier, I remember there were definitely two pillows.”
“Really?”
Unable to find a suitable excuse, Tang Li decided to feign ignorance, “I didn’t notice, when I came back from my bath, the bed was just like this.”
“Could I have remembered it wrong?” Gao Wenlan was also confused.
Tang Li did not deny it.
Thinking about having already reached menopause and that memory decline was not unusual, Gao Wenlan did not dwell on it further, “I’ll get you a new one.”
Tang Li stopped Gao Wenlan, “One pillow is enough for me, having another one is just for show.”
“Then you better eat your midnight snack.”
Gao Wenlan urged, “This bird’s nest, my friend brought it from Indonesia, try it and see if you like it, you can take a couple of boxes back to Capital.”
Tang Li glanced at the large bowl of white fungus and bird’s nest, “At my age, eating bird’s nest doesn’t seem quite appropriate.”
“What’s inappropriate about it?” Gao Wenlan quickly reverted to her true nature after being gentle for less than five minutes, “Look at your dark circles, your eye bags are almost drooping to your chest, you look so drained from filming outside, what’s wrong with toning up a bit? These bird’s nests, I wouldn’t even offer them to ordinary people, but you, you still complain about this and that.”
Saying so, she glared at Tang Li.
“…” Tang Li.
Gao Wenlan sat at the edge of the bed, her eyes returning to Tang Li, she hummed, “About the matter we mentioned this evening, have you thought about it?”
Tang Li knew, Gao Wenlan was referring to the adoption matter.
“I might not be suitable,” Tang Li spoke honestly.
Hearing this, Gao Wenlan’s brows furrowed, “Why would it be unsuitable, didn’t you say there’s no one left in your family, or are you planning to go back to recognize your damned real father? I don’t think he has any familial love left for you.”
“It has nothing to do with my father.”
Tang Li paused, reluctant to mention Tang Shen’s name explicitly to avoid troubles, and instead vaguely mentioned, “My grandfather had committed offenses before, he had a politically unsavory background. If I got adopted by the Wong family, it might cause trouble for them in the future.”
Gao Wenlan asked, “What did your grandfather do?”
“It’s not anything good.”
Seeing Tang Li reluctant to elaborate, Gao Wenlan did not press further, only saying, “Professor Wong and I are ordinary people, we don’t engage in any conflicts. As long as you haven’t committed murder or arson, the rest isn’t too serious. Think about it again.”
Having said so much, Tang Li found it hard to keep refusing.
After Tang Li finished the bird’s nest, Gao Wenlan took the empty bowl and left the guest room.
As the door closed, Tang Li locked it from the inside and then went to the balcony that connected to the next room.
To her surprise, she couldn’t open the glass door next door.
Tang Li applied more force.
The door still did not budge.
On the other side of the glass door, the curtains were tightly closed.
Having no other choice, she could only knock on the glass and, pinching her voice, called out, “Have you slept? I’m back!”