Soft-centered strawberry cake

Chapter 44: He's mine in name only.
At night, the bustling city is brightly lit, and as soon as the lights come on, the nightlife begins.

Tang Ying lives alone in a small apartment with a simple yet stylish and elegant interior design.

The most attractive part of the house is the kitchen area, with a glass wine cabinet next to it filled with all kinds of fine wines, and the bar counter is as complete with bartending tools as a bar.

Besides drinking, the atmosphere also had to be right. Tang Ying turned off the main light in the living room, leaving only a yellow light strip, and then she turned on the stereo and randomly played some lyrical music.

On the bar counter were some snacks and fruits that Tang Ying had just ordered.

"Your equipment is getting more and more complete!" Ming Wei also sat at the bar, looking around and sincerely praising Tang Ying.

"All I can say is, you haven't come to my house to visit me in a long time." Tang Ying smiled, picked up various tools and liquors from the bar, and began skillfully mixing what she thought was a delicious cocktail.

Watching Tang Ying mix drinks, Ming Wei also found it quite enjoyable. Several kinds of mellow liquor were added to ice cubes, then fruit juice, then fruit. After a series of operations, a glass of light blue liquor was presented in front of Ming Wei.

"Blue Hawaii, here you go." Tang Ying pushed the glass of wine in front of Ming Weiyi.

Next, Tang Ying made herself an orange-red cocktail, which she named Sea Breeze.

"Tang Ying, you could consider working part-time at a bar when you have free time." Ming Wei also tasted the drink Tang Ying had mixed for her, and she thought it tasted pretty good.

"If I were to work part-time at a bar, someone as pretty as me would be harassed every day. No way!" Tang Ying shook her head seriously.

Ming Wei was immediately amused by Tang Ying, "Hahaha... How can you be so shameless?"

"Do you have any gossip to tell me lately? Your Ming family is always trending on social media." Tang Ying took a sip of her homemade drink, and her expression showed that she was quite satisfied.

"The gossip about the Ming family is all in the news, there's nothing more to say..." Ming Wei also pretended to think, she suddenly thought of the gossip about Pei Ming.

Do you want to hear Pei Ming's gossip?

Tang Ying nodded. "Listen, I'm in a bad mood today, I'll listen to anyone's gossip."

"Didn't the Ming family hold a charity gala last night? I noticed someone there who was interested in Pei Ming."

"Ah! Really?!" Tang Ying clearly felt that this was more explosive than any other gossip. Her best friend's husband was being targeted by someone else. This was a huge deal!

Ming Wei nodded vigorously, looking as if she were telling the truth. "She comes from an investment company called Manxian. She wants to cooperate with Pei Ming's new energy industry. From the way she looks at Pei Ming, I can tell that she is definitely interested in him."

"You were right there, and she dared to openly express interest in your husband?" Tang Ying took another sip of her drink; she needed to calm herself down.

"I wasn't there either. I was just hiding in a corner and happened to see this." Ming Wei said calmly, but she also picked up her drink and took a sip.

"So, you just watched the whole thing from the shadows without saying a word, and that's it?"

"correct."

Tang Ying was utterly exasperated. "Damn it! You're the empress! If I were you, I'd be walking out and taking Pei Ming's arm."

"I'm with my work partners; if I go out, wouldn't that expose me..."

"Alright, alright, what's Pei Ming's attitude?" Tang Ying asked, getting to the heart of the matter.

“He only talked about business from beginning to end; I couldn’t see any emotion in him.” Mingwei could tell from her woman’s intuition that Pei Ming had no feelings for that woman.

"What happened next?" "The next thing is that they really are going to cooperate. Manxian and Peiming will cooperate, and the effect will be greater than the sum of its parts."

"Aren't you going to stop it?" Tang Ying asked curiously.

"Why should I stop them? They are legally and legitimately discussing cooperation and mutual development." In Ming Weiyi's heart, even though she was unhappy, she really had no intention of stopping Pei Ming from cooperating with Manxian.

"I won't say you're generous, I can only say you don't love me enough."

"I never loved you in the first place, so how can you say I didn't love you enough?"

Ming Wei's casual remark made Tang Yingzhen feel sorry for Pei Ming. She already knew Pei Ming's intentions in coming to Jiangcheng from Du Lian. If Pei Ming heard this, he would be heartbroken.

"When you see that someone is interested in Pei Ming, don't you feel even the slightest bit annoyed? Tell me the truth." It's not so much that Tang Ying is asking herself, but rather that she's asking on Pei Ming's behalf.

Best friends usually don't lie during their private conversations, and Mingwei nodded honestly, "I am unhappy, probably because Pei Ming is mine in name only, how can I let someone else have his eye on him?"

"Your dissatisfaction is a good start; you'll gradually understand it for yourself."

Tang Ying felt that Pei Ming was the one who had always been by Ming Weiyi's side, and there were some things and some things that she didn't need to make clear; time would naturally speak for Pei Ming.

The two best friends chatted and drank, and time passed quickly, with more and more empty glasses appearing on the table.

"Just a friendly reminder, this drink is a bit strong. Don't get chilled after you finish it," Tang Ying said, placing the prepared Tequila Sunrise next to Ming Weiyi.

"That's it?" Ming Wei looked at the wine in front of her, which resembled the layers of the morning sun at sunrise, and disdainfully picked up the wine and took a big gulp.

Tang Ying didn't bother to say much to Ming Weiyi. Anyway, she felt that this drink had a bit of an aftereffect, especially since she had added a relatively high amount of tequila to it.

Before he knew it, the night had deepened. The man sitting in the back seat of the black sedan raised his slender left hand, glanced at the time on his watch, and then took out his phone to make a call.

"Hey... are you calling me to ask when I'm coming back?"

On the other end of the phone, Ming Weiyi's voice was very clear, indicating that she hadn't drunk too much.

To avoid Mingwei also saying she wasn't going back today, Pei Ming said directly, "I'm downstairs at Tang Ying's house. It's already eleven o'clock. Are neither of you planning to go to work tomorrow?"

"Ah, how do you know where Tang Ying's house is?" Ming Weiyi's head was still buzzing with alcohol, and she couldn't think straight.

"Last time Du Lian took Tang Ying home, did you tell me which floor and which apartment she lived in, or did you come down yourself?"

Pei Ming opened the car door and stood at the building's entrance. He casually leaned against the car door and looked at the entrance.

There was no need for Pei Ming to come upstairs to pick her up personally, so Ming Wei quickly said into the phone, "I'll be right down."

"Oh, your Pei Ming came to pick you up. Is he worried that you won't come home tonight and he'll be all alone?" Tang Ying grinned mischievously. With the help of alcohol, Tang Ying's smile was somewhat wicked.

"Shut up! I'm leaving, and you're not allowed to drink anymore!" Ming Wei warned Tang Ying before leaving.

"Okay, okay." Tang Ying nodded happily.

Pei Ming came to pick up Ming Weiyi from downstairs late at night, and Ming Weiyi left in a hurry. Tang Ying, as a bystander, was quite satisfied.

(End of this chapter)