The driver got out from the front and opened the backdoor for her. Tang Yanqi paused for a moment, carrying her shoes, and sat inside.
Tang Ruhai, although middle-aged, maintained himself well and didn't look like a typical pot-bellied man. He might not look young anymore, but he carried himself with the steadiness of a middle-aged man.
Seeing Tang Yanqi boarding barefoot with her shoes in hand, Tang Ruhai frowned and reprimanded with a deep voice, "What kind of appearance is this? You have no semblance of a young lady."
Ignoring her father's scolding, Tang Yanqi continued to take care of herself, pulling out tissues from her bag and wiping her feet. She couldn't help but frown as she touched the abraded spot on her feet. She put her shoes back on and then slowly spoke, "Mr. Tang, have you ever seen a young lady with only a five-hundred monthly allowance?"
"You..."
In this aspect, Tang Ruhai couldn't refute at all. No one would believe it—how could the Tang Family's young lady only get a five hundred allowance from home every month?
Tang Yanqi had always kept things confidential from the outside world. From elementary school to high school, the Tang Family didn't mistreat her. She had tutors when she was young at home, and only by middle school did they let her out, still concealing her identity, but they sent her to the top school in B City.
By the time she reached university, Tang Ruhai wanted to send Tang Yanqi abroad, but Shen Wanqing opposed, so he dropped the idea. Tang Yanqi excelled academically, winning a full scholarship to K University. Moreover, she would go back to the Tang Family every weekend, hence Shen Wanqing used this as an excuse to harshly limit Tang Yanqi's allowance.
Tang Ruhai, though finding it inappropriate, had long been used to turning a blind eye to the conflicts between Shen Wanqing and Tang Yanqi over the years.
Clearing his throat, Tang Ruhai asked, "Why are you here alone at such a late hour? Why isn't Jianan with you?"
"He left me here."
Tang Ruhai frowned again. Never mind Tang Yanqi's cold attitude, Tang Family was relying on Shengshi Group's investment to pull through the difficult times, and the danger period hadn't passed yet. If Tang Yanqi annoyed Sheng Jianan at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"This is ridiculous. You've been married only a few days; how could you already displease Jianan? Yanqi, at home, you can be capricious as much as you want, but now that you're married, you need to learn to be obedient and listen. You must comply with your husband."
Tang Yanqi's eyes, cold as ice, glanced at Tang Ruhai. She was his daughter, left in such a place in the middle of the night, devoid of any compassion—the rebuke started from the moment she got in the car, and all he did was blame her, as though Tang Yanqi truly did something wrong.
She smirked coldly; truly bewildering how a person's skin could be thick to such an extent?
Utterly destroying the moral compass, without any bottom line.
Tang Yanqi's eyes grew colder, her sarcastic smile more pronounced, wrapping her chillingly in an aura filled with frost, creating a presence that chills to the bone.
Tang Ruhai was nearly twice Tang Yanqi's age, yet seeing such a girl now, his heart actually skipped a beat.
But it was just a moment; Tang Yanqi wasn't a weakling, which Tang Ruhai had long known, no matter how inflexible she might be. Her weakness was in his hands, and he wasn't afraid to fail in controlling her.
The car stopped in front of Lake Bay Villa. Once the journey ended, Tang Yanqi hadn't spoken a word more. As she opened the car door to get out, she suddenly said, "Any pawn improperly used can potentially become a double-edged sword."