Ai Xin sat stiffly at the table, looking at Tao Shengyang with a hint of a smile on the other side, and suddenly felt that this smile became unfamiliar.

"Uncle Tao, I—I don't understand......"

"Don't understand?" Tao Shengyang sneered, raised the corners of his mouth and looked at her, "If others don't understand, it's possible for me to believe it." Your brain can't understand such a simple word?"

"I ......"

Ai Xin stared at Tao Shengyang in a daze, and for a while, countless questions were circling in her brain, and she couldn't say a word. She didn't know if Tao Shengyang was telling the truth or exaggerating the truth to make her feel guilty. She didn't know why, even if it was a fact, what Tao Shengyang's purpose was in saying this at this time. Now for her, what is more important, no matter what the purpose and result are, there is no doubt that Tao Li has hidden it from her.

"Xiao Ai, ah......"

Tao Shengyang touched his chin and looked at her with confidence, but did not continue to speak.

"Uncle, I have one more question. ”

Ai Xin clenched her hands and squeezed this sentence out of her throat with difficulty.

"Say it. ”

"These things...... Auntie doesn't know, does she?"

Tao Shengyang was stunned, obviously not expecting Ai Xin to ask this question, and after a while, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Ai Xin, "Do you think she needs to know?"

At this moment, the wall in Ai Xin's heart finally fell to the ground, and the naked truth behind the wall was clearly revealed and placed in front of Ai Xin.

Tao Shengyang has always been a person she respects extremely in her heart, but now, he has personally pulled himself off the altar. He did not allow Tao to leave to stand on his own, not because he was afraid that he would be too successful and threaten his position, nor because he did not let Li Jingyi participate in these things, nor was he worried that Li Jingyi's heart would be too fragile to withstand stimulation.

All of this is because Tao Shengyang is a person who is so controlling that he is almost perverted, he does not allow anyone to be outside his control, and he does not allow anything to go beyond his arrangement. He can give Tao Li the best life and the most abundant resources, but he will never allow Tao Li to confront him in order to oppose the marriage he arranged. His marriage to Li Jingyi is absolutely loyal, and it also gives her the future that women want the most, but he still does not allow Li Jingyi to participate in these things that he has already decided.

She looked at Tao Shengyang in front of her, he didn't make Ai Xin feel terrible, but it made her feel a little cold. In the past five or six years, her respect for the Tao family is not so much respect, but more something similar to family affection. This is the first and only time since the death of her parents that she has tried to establish such a close relationship with someone again.

Tao Shengyang is like a father who is not smiling, serious on weekdays, and silently pays but does not speak, Li Jingyi is a loving mother, although she is sometimes indulgent, but this is also a unique characteristic of a mother. For Tao Li, rather than being a friend, Ai Xin feels that he is like an indisputable younger brother, although he is usually good at eating, drinking and having fun, and he is not serious, but when he really encounters something, it is Tao Li who stands up to protect him at the first time.

Her heart sank little by little, even if the facts were in front of her, she still didn't want to admit it or believe that a family like her, who treated her without reservation, still regarded her as an outsider in her heart.

"Uncle. Ai Xin looked at Tao Shengyang, smiled, and nodded, "I know." ”

Ai Xin's smile is still as bright as in the past, but with a hint of imperceptible desolation, maybe it is the last luck.

Tao Shengyang looked at her face, and he was almost about to soften, but unfortunately he forgot what a ruthless person he was. The cruelty in Tao Li's bones is inherited from him, even if he feels guilty or unbearable, as long as he considers the pros and cons of the whole thing, he will instantly abandon those weak thoughts and only pursue the maximization of benefits.

"If only you could understand my uncle's hard work, a lot of words hurt too much, and I don't want to get too stiff with you. After all, Tao Li has you in his heart. ”

Heh, you slapped yourself so hard, but you still want to give yourself a candy to eat? Ai Xin felt that this matter became more and more funny, and he almost couldn't help laughing in front of Tao Shengyang.

"Uncle, I understand, I don't blame you. Ai Xin stood up and bowed slightly to Tao Shengyang.

No matter how unpleasant the trouble is, and no matter how ugly the relationship between the two is now, at least the help that the Tao family has given him is true, even if he thinks of those old feelings, Ai Xin can't tear his face. She knows the cruelty of this world better than anyone else, but she has always had no way to fight back.

"It's just that I'm here today...... I also hope that my uncle will not tell Tao Li. ”

"I know. Tao Shengyang nodded, picked up the magazine on the table again, and read it.

"Hmm. Ai Xin saw that he had no idea of speaking anymore, and he silently turned around and left the restaurant.

Before she reached the door, Ai Xin saw Li Jingyi busy in the garden from the huge floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.

She was dressed in expensive silk pajamas and thick velvet dressing gowns, and was carefully cutting two haystacks in the yard that had grown to half a man's height. Li Jingyi's movements are slow and gentle, as if she is holding a precious and fragile work of art.

Ai Xin stared at her, and a wave of envy suddenly appeared in her heart. If her father was like Tao Shengyang back then, maybe ...... 's mother will also live a comfortable and simple life like Li Jingyi. Thinking of this, she actually felt that Tao Shengyang's approach might be right.

What she hates most about herself is the rational thinking that has been residing in her brain for a long time. Even if he was already because of Tao Shengyang's words at this time, his self-esteem was trampled on the ground and trampled on fiercely. But from Tao Shengyang's point of view, what he did had no problem at all, and he was even paying for this family.

"Xiao Ai?"

Steward Zhong's voice came from behind him, and Ai Xin turned his head to see him looking at him with some curiosity.

"What are you...... Are you leaving?"

"Hmm. ”

Ai Xin nodded, it was normal to think that Uncle Zhong was strange, he came to visit so early, just had breakfast, and was about to leave without talking to Li Jingyi, which is indeed rare in normal times.

"Okay, then I'll help you get your coat. ”

Uncle Zhong nodded, and Ai Xin followed behind him, took his coat and walked out of the door by himself. She walked all the way forward until she stepped out of the huge iron door on the outermost part of the city, and she stopped. After standing there for a few seconds, there was a "click" behind him, the sound of the door locking.

Ai Xin turned around and looked at the luxurious and stylish villa of the Tao family, not knowing whether to laugh or sigh. She still remembered the first time she was here, and even someone like her, who was born with a golden spoon in her mouth, was a little surprised by such luxury. She felt that Tao Li's decision would be incredible to others, the family had already given you such favorable conditions, you didn't even have to do anything, you couldn't spend all the money while you were eating and waiting to die, why did you have to take risks for the word independence. But for Ai Xin, she knows very well in her heart that for people like her and Tao Li, sometimes many things are more important than money.

"Goodbye. ”

Ai Xin looked at the sky and silently said goodbye in her heart.