CHAPTER 446: CHAPTER 446: TOO LATE

"I’ll wash some grapes." Tang Yue, standing there, not knowing what to say to Lian Tong, took the excuse to wash grapes and went out.

Lian Qingyang sat obediently on the hospital bed like a primary school student and said, "Aunt, I..."

"Who did you fight with?" Lian Tong looked down at Lian Qingyang from above. Among the nephews and nieces at home, Lian Tong was especially fond of Lian Qingyang. This time passing through Jing City, she specifically asked for the address to visit Lian Qingyang, only to find that Lian Qingyang had indeed given her a big surprise.

"Aunt." Lian Qingyang hung his head, unsure of what to say.

Lian Tong asked sternly, "Lian Qingyang, are you getting skilled? Not answering even when your aunt asks you? How many people beat you for you to end up like this? Are you still my dear nephew?"

"Aunt, I... I fell." Lian Qingyang felt somewhat wronged.

Lian Tong raised an eyebrow and said, "Do you want to tell it yourself, or should I ask someone?"

"Don’t." Lian Qingyang hurriedly explained the cause and effect of the incident. At the end, Lian Qingyang said, "Aunt, it’s not Sister Xiao Yue’s fault. It’s that Meng guy who’s shameless. It’s also me who couldn’t beat him, and I’ve embarrassed you."

Lian Qingyang’s attitude was good as he admitted his fault, and he cautiously seemed as if he feared Lian Tong would get angry at Tang Yue, saying, "Aunt, Sister Xiao Yue has just recognized me as her brother, please don’t blame her."

"So, you mean to say she hasn’t even recognized my brother?" Lian Tong caught the key point and countered.

"Uh-huh." Lian Qingyang nodded.

Lian Tong was delighted and said, "Yet she just called me Aunt."

Although Tang Yue called her Aunt, she acknowledged her as her aunt.

"Sister Xiao Yue has clear and bright eyes, not like your real sister." With these brief two sentences, Lian Tong expressed her stance.

"I thought so too." Lian Qingyang happily asked, "Aunt, did you come to Jing City for any urgent matter?"

"Can’t I come to see you?" Lian Tong raised an eyebrow.

Lian Qingyang hurriedly said, "Of course, it’s great Aunt came to see me, what good stuff did you bring?"

"It’s something good, but you can’t use it now." Lian Tong’s words made Lian Qingyang deflate like a punctured balloon. He said, "Aunt, better not tell me what you brought."

Lian Tong crossed her arms and said, "This time I brought you a card."

Lian Qingyang’s eyes immediately lit up, only to hear Lian Tong continue to say, "A ticket, to the boxing match you’ve always wanted to watch."

Lian Qingyang’s eyes couldn’t shine brighter as he quickly interjected, "Aunt, don’t say anymore, if you do, I’ll have to go even if I have to drag a plaster cast. Where’s the ticket, give it to me quickly."

The three things Lian Qingyang loved most were games, boxing matches, and fighting.

"You better first think about how to deal with your parents," Lian Tong waved her hand and said.

Lian Qingyang looked at Lian Tong, puzzled, and asked, "Aunt, my parents don’t know?"

"Aunt, you..." Lian Qingyang involuntarily swallowed, asking, "You must not tell my parents, okay?" Especially his mom, Xiang Yazhi.

"It’s too late." Lian Tong spread her hands and said, "When I came to Jing City, my brother said he was going to come see you, and it seems he plans to visit Lian Qingqing soon, so..."

"Aunt," Lian Qingyang looked tearfully at his foot. Although it had improved in the past few days, the cast would still be on for a few more days. When his parents arrive and see his injuries...

Lian Qingyang couldn’t bear to imagine that scene.

"Aunt Lian, have some grapes, they are particularly sweet," Tang Yue also finished washing the fruits.

Lian Tong tasted a few and asked, "Xiao Yue, where do you live?"

"I’ve been staying here taking care of things these days," Tang Yue had just answered when Lian Tong rolled her eyes at Lian Qingyang and said: "He’s a grown man, and you’re a girl, what is there for you to take care of? Xiao Yue, tonight Aunt will sleep at your place."

"Ah..." Tang Yue hadn’t expected Aunt Lian, who seemed cold and distant, to be actually so warm-hearted.

"What, do you live in a dormitory?" Lian Tong asked back.

Tang Yue shook her head.

Ten minutes later, from the hospital back to Tang Yue’s place, Lian Tong, tall and wearing high heels, was still half a head taller than Tang Yue.

"Xiao Yue, let’s take the shortcut." As soon as Lian Tong saw where she lived, in the alley, she immediately said so.

Tang Yue cautioned: "Aunt Lian, it’s already ten at night, and the shortcut goes through the back lanes..." Ever since she encountered some messy people in the back alley previously, Tang Yue seldom took shortcuts.

Today, unfortunately, Bai Qing was out.

Aunt Lian was stunning and her appearance dazzling, the epitome of aloof and cool beauty. Lian Qingyang said Aunt Lian was already thirty years old, but she gave off the vibe of someone in her late twenties, with a perm that didn’t look cheap on her but rather intensified her aloofness.

"Not afraid," Lian Tong said nonchalantly, she jokingly looked at Tang Yue and said: "If someone tries to mug us, they’d be asking for death."

Tang Yue fell silent. Considering how Lian Qingyang was so afraid of Lian Tong, perhaps Lian Tong knew some self-defense moves. Convinced, Tang Yue took the shortcut with Lian Tong, though luck was not on her side, and indeed they encountered some troublesome fellows.

In this area of alleys, not only students from Jinghua and locals were around, but many riff-raffs liked to wander at night. There they saw Lian Tong and Tang Yue, those four or five riff-raffs, thinking themselves very trendy, had their hair dyed in various colors.

"Aunt Lian, I can’t fight them," Tang Yue said hurriedly.

Lian Tong smiled lightly and said: "Xiao Yue, you also need to learn some self-defense."

"Who is this beauty? She looks so pretty?"

"I like the one in white clothes."

"I think the one in purple looks good, her figure is curvy."

Those four or five riff-raffs, possibly encouraged by their numerical superiority and the alley’s confines, sure of trapping them, started commenting rudely on Tang Yue and Lian Tong, their lustful expressions, though still a small distance away, felt as though they were being stripped by their gazes.

"Do you think I’m pretty?" Lian Tong walked forward in her high heels, making a ’clacking’ sound in the darkness.

The question was directed at a blond young man, tall and skinny, holding a cigarette. Upon hearing Lian Tong’s question, his gaze turned bold, ogling her figure, and even though the blond youth didn’t speak, his intentions were crystal clear.

"Hmph." Lian Tong scoffed coldly, her already frosty face growing even icier.

Right as Tang Yue was considering whether to step forward to help, she saw Lian Tong raise her foot, and the tall, skinny blond young man was suddenly kicked flying by her.