Chapter 29

"Dad, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean? You definitely know better than me." Tung Dongcheng looked at his daughter.

"This guy is not a boyfriend!" Bell Tong blushed and pointed at Samson Nan.

"Really?"

"Ah!!"

"But you guys have been living together."

"Living together?! Well..." Bell Tong was stunned. How could that be considered living together? Their relationship was at most like that of a landlord and a tenant.

"That doesn't count!"

"Ring, ring!"

Dongcheng patted her shoulder with his large hand, his expression becoming somewhat serious.

"When I was your age, living together was nothing~ It's nothing to be shy about, nothing to be ashamed of!"

"But I already said we're not! Can't you just stop bothering me!"

She shouted at him, her face burning. The servants around seemed to understand something, some laughing, some gossiping, making Bell Tong feel extremely uncomfortable.

"I think you should stop pressuring little Bell and let the young man speak~" Min Fanglan walked up to Samson Nan, completely different from before.

"..."

Samson Nan was already a mess, standing dumbly in place.

"Wind, my friend, my daughter is too shy to speak up, so as a man, you should make things clear!"

"What are you talking about..."

Dongcheng's words had too many flaws, he couldn't tell whether he was serious or joking.

"My daughter Bell Tong, are you guys dating or not?"

"Dating?"

He was stunned, then turned his head and saw Bell Tong vigorously shaking her hands at him.

"No..."

"No??"

Dongcheng looked suspiciously, exchanging a glance with Min Fanglan beside him.

"So I've been keeping watch for half a month for nothing?"

He wiped his chin, mumbling to himself.

What kind of boredom did this guy have? He was always following his daughter around for no reason? And that stepmother, changing faces faster than flipping through a book. What kind of performance were they putting on?

Samson Nan's heart tightens. Perhaps, this whole family is just bizarre...

"Um, Lord Tung..."

"Ah, why call me Lord Tung? Call me Uncle Tung, or Uncle Tung is fine!"

"Well, Uncle Tung, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

It was more like running away than taking his leave.

Although he couldn't understand the situation, it seemed quite troublesome. He was someone who feared trouble, so he would avoid it if he could.

"Ahem, ahem, well then, Old Li, close the front gate."

"Yes, Sir."

The butler gestured and closed the gate, locking it.

"Uncle Tung, this..."

"Brother Feng, it's almost noon, why don't you stay and have a meal before leaving?" Dongcheng smiled and handed him a cigarette. Although he didn't smoke, he still took it.

"Consider it a thank you for taking care of my daughter~"

Since he put it that way, Samson Nan naturally couldn't refuse, or rather, refusing would be useless...

Dongcheng's way of doing things was simple and rough, with traces of his gangster-like style in his early years.

Samson Nan finally understood a bit. Bell Tong's peculiar personality was probably influenced by her father.

...

Speaking of which, this was Samson Nan's first time entering Bell Tong's house. In the past, when he came to pick up Raina Nan, he would just stand at the door and wait. It was only now that he realized how huge it was inside.

He used to think that someone like Jocelyn York was already a tycoon, but now he needed to reevaluate his three perspectives.

In the dining room, a European-style long table big enough for twenty people, only the four of them were sitting.

Bell Tong sat next to him.

"Ring, this time you ran away from home!" Dongcheng spoke up, finally getting to the point.

"You deserve to be scolded! You deserve to be beaten!"

"..."

Bell Tong didn't dare to speak."But, I also have my faults, secretly investigating... your private matters." Tong Dongcheng paused, realizing that even someone as rough and tough as him would feel embarrassed for invading his daughter's privacy.

"But!" Another twist.

"You hit your stepmother, you must apologize!"

"Apologize... I'm sorry, Aunt Min..."

"Hehe, I am the one who should apologize~ Acting, sacrifices are normal! As long as I didn't ruin my image~ I just don't know how well I portrayed the stepmother character?"

"You could win an Oscar...," Bell Tong muttered. Min Fanglan, a graduate from the Central Academy of Drama, successfully fooled both her and Samson Nan...

This is the logic of the "suspicion of a thief" - when Bell Tong believed that Min Fanglan was a malicious stepmother, no matter how she looked, she was a malicious stepmother. But when she believed that she was a good aunt, no matter how she looked, she was a good aunt...

"Haha, very good! Just as I said, as long as we sit down and have a good talk, we are a family!" Dongcheng Tong laughed with joy.

"You agree, Wind Brother?"

"Huh? Oh, hehe."

Samson Nan laughed along. A family, does that include him too?

"In fact, that little act we just did wasn't in vain. At least it allowed me to meet the real Wind Brother. Not only is he good-looking, but also brave and intelligent, and most importantly, when Ling Ling was most helpless, you stood up to protect her!"

"Huh? Oh."

"Today, you sure have a lot to say, Dad..."

Bell Tong spoke while eating, not looking up. No one knew what expression was on her face.

"Uh, Wind Brother, you're not married, right?"

Dongcheng Tong asked Samson Nan again.

"Oh, no."

"Then, do you have a girlfriend?"

"No, not yet..."

"Haha, okay, okay. Actually, Ling Ling also doesn't have a boyfriend."

"...I know."

"Uh, what I mean is..."

Ding ding ding.

Samson Nan's phone suddenly rang. He gestured for them to wait and answered the call.

"Yuyu?"

He spoke softly, a slight smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

Dongcheng Tong frowned, paused with his chopsticks in his hand, and looked at him.

"I'm outside now."

...

"I've already taken her home."

...

"Don't worry, everything is fine~"

...

"I'm with her, what could possibly happen~"

...

"Uh..."

He glanced at his watch.

"I'll be there soon, wait for me at home, at most one hour."

...

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, he gave a bitter smile and changed his words.

"Can half an hour work? Okay then, be good~"

After finishing the call, Dongcheng Tong snapped back to reality.

"Wind Brother, you said you didn't have a girlfriend! Why aren't you honest~"

He cautiously probed.

"Not a girlfriend, my little sister."

"Oh, your little sister! Haha, you scared me there..."

"What?"

"Nothing, haha, let's eat, let's eat!"

...

After finishing the meal.

"I'll go now."

Samson Nan stood up.

"I've caused trouble for Uncle Tong and Aunt Min today, I'll come to apologize next time~"

"No need to apologize, we're all family!"

Dongcheng Tong grinned.

...

"Ling Ling, send Wind Brother off!"

"Oh."

Bell Tong escorted Samson Nan to the door.

On the way, she unexpectedly remained quiet.

...

"Today, I'm sorry."

She suddenly spoke.

"What?"

"Anyway, you must think our family is really weird..."

"Well... it's alright~"Although he is indeed a bit peculiar, he doesn't mind it.

"Will you come again next time?"

"If there's a chance."

He smiled at her, but in fact, he didn't really want to come again. That Child Father, he couldn't handle him...

"Okay, it's settled then!"

"Hmm."

He nodded.

"Alright, you can go home now~!"

Bell Tong suddenly changed her expression and said so.

Samson Nan was taken aback. He had been feeling something was off, and with Bell Tong's sudden aggression, he instantly felt that everything was back to normal.

Indeed, this was who she was.

"Fearless and carefree..."

He glanced at her, put on his scarf, and left.

...

Bell Tong stood still until his figure disappeared at the end of the road.

"Goodbye, great hero..."

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