Chapter 431: Seventies: The Mature Husband 31

But if he really did that, then he would be unfit to be called a human being, worse than a beast.

He couldn't do anything that would hurt her.

……

After Xue Xingtong left, Tang Wan returned home with a troubled expression.

Sometimes, she felt that Tongtong liked her quite a bit too, but why wasn't his favorability increasing at all?

What exactly did she have to do to make him fall in love with her?

Just then, Little Cutie secretly popped up and said, “Host, I think you should go all out and make a big move!”

“What do you mean?” Tang Wan's heart stirred.

“Hehe… He's been a bachelor for twenty-seven years. He must have plenty of needs in that regard! If you boldly throw yourself at him and let him get a taste of it, his favorability will definitely shoot up!” Little Cutie said.

Hearing this, Tang Wan couldn't help rolling her eyes.

“Little Cutie, you've changed!” Tang Wan said speechlessly.

It was actually encouraging her to throw herself at him.

……

Little Cutie looked at her in surprise. “Yes, Host, I've changed. I just downloaded an upgrade package from the Main System. I'm even more powerful than before. But how did you know?”

Tang Wan…

They were talking past each other!

Sure enough, artificial intelligence could never completely communicate like humans.

“Don't worry about how I knew. But the method you suggested is actually quite feasible.” Tang Wan said.

Then she furrowed her brows and began thinking.

She had already been in Hekou Village for more than a year, and she hadn't returned home once during all that time.

Now, it was time to go home for a visit.

……

The next day, Tang Wan took a pack of cigarettes and went to the production team leader to ask for a letter of introduction, saying that she wanted to return home to visit her family.

The production team leader readily wrote her the letter of introduction.

On the way, Tang Wan ran into several other educated youths. She casually mentioned that she was going home and said that she didn't know when she would be coming back.

At this time, it wasn't unusual for educated youths who had been sent down to the countryside to return to the cities for various reasons. So when Tang Wan said this, it sounded very much like she intended never to come back.

Thus, when Xue Xingtong heard about it, it became, in his mind, that Tang Wan was leaving Hekou Village for good.

When he learned that Tang Wan wasn't coming back, Xue Xingtong's heart immediately felt as though it had sunk to the bottom of the sea, cold and heavy.

She… was leaving?

She wasn't coming back anymore?

Then would he never see her again?

For a moment, a sudden impulse rose within Xue Xingtong: to rush over to Tang Wan and beg her not to leave!

But the courage had barely surfaced before it helplessly drained away.

What right did he have to ask her not to leave?

He was old and poor, with a bad reputation. She had money, beauty, grace, and an education. How could he possibly ask her to stay for his sake?

……

Tang Wan had been waiting for Xue Xingtong to ask her about leaving Hekou Village.

However, after waiting for two days, she still didn't see him come to ask about the situation.

So Tang Wan had no choice but to take the initiative and go to the Xue family again.

When she arrived, Xue Xingtong had just finished taking a bath and was still bare-chested.

Seeing her come over, he froze for a moment. Then, desperately controlling his voice, he said, “Educated Youth Tang is here. Come inside and sit. I'll go put on my shirt.”

She must have come to ask him for the money so she could go home.

Tang Wan nodded.

Meanwhile, after returning to his room, Xue Xingtong kept his face tense as he dug out an iron box and took out the two thousand yuan he had prepared.

……

A moment later, Xue Xingtong came to Tang Wan with the money clenched tightly in his hand and said calmly, “Here's your capital and your share of the profits. Two thousand in total. Count it.”

Seeing this, Tang Wan pressed her lips together.

This guy really couldn't wait for her to leave, could he?

She hadn't come here to ask for money!