Tang Li asked Yu Sui if she had breakfast.
"If not, you can go downstairs and get something to eat."
Yu Sui thought of Song Baiyan on the first floor and didn’t dare go down easily. She said "not hungry" while unable to resist her curiosity, and asked Tang Li, "Haven’t you changed boyfriends recently?"
Since Yu Sui was here, Tang Li didn’t plan to hide what she should know.
Because there was no early shoot today, she wasn’t in a hurry to go to the crew.
When Yu Sui asked her how she got involved with Song Baiyan, Tang Li put the towel aside, thought briefly, and then said, "It’s a girl chasing a guy scenario. I pursued him for more than half a year before succeeding."
Yu Sui looked at her silently, feeling increasingly overshadowed inside.
As if chasing His Excellency was easy...
If pursuing backwards could get her the President, she would chase for ten years, not just half!
Yu Sui genuinely believed that His Excellency favored looks when picking a partner.
If Tang Li looked like "Ru Hua," she would probably have been caught by the Special Service Bureau and would not be at Yunqi Villa, instead, she would have become a female reform-through-labor prisoner for harassing the President.
A female convict and the First Lady are worlds apart.
Yu Sui couldn’t help but say, "You insisted for more than half a year, and His Excellency really agreed?"
"Yes." Tang Li nodded.
"So you two slept together last night?"
Tang Li didn’t deny it.
"You really slept together?" Yu Sui couldn’t control her volume, feeling like she had opened the door to a new world - both excited and curious. Realizing her gaffe, she quickly closed her mouth, confirmed no one was outside, and leaned closer to Tang Li, "Did His Excellency say he wants to marry you?"
Tang Li said, "Unless something unexpected happens."
So, Tang Li really might become the First Lady.
Yu Sui, despite her surprise, quickly accepted this possibility; after all, one of Mexico’s Presidents’ wives was also a TV star.
Besides—
apart from acting, Tang Li was never kept as a mistress, so she’s not afraid of her dark history being dug up.
With the way His Excellency spoke to her, anyone could see that He liked Tang Li. Liking to a certain extent, naturally leads to stepping into the halls of marriage.
However, some things still puzzled Yu Sui: "Although His Excellency seems quite amiable, if he were that easy to pursue, the gates of Tan Palace would have been overrun long ago. Surely, he wouldn’t still be unmarried at his age."
After a while, Tang Li said, "I met him many years ago."
"Right by the Mihesha River. Later, he left, and it wasn’t until last year that I met him again. But I didn’t recognize him."
"But His Excellency recognized you," Yu Sui added.
She kept her gaze on Tang Li’s face – lacking in typical feminine softness, not stunning at first glance, but increasingly pleasing to the eye.
Yu Sui suddenly guessed why Song Baiyan liked Tang Li.
Tang Li is relatively quiet by nature; a man as busy as His Excellency with government affairs would surely like a sensible and smart woman.
Moreover, he and Tang Li have a past.
"Are you and His Excellency one of those ’When you grow up, I’ll come marry you’ stories?" Yu Sui added, "When you marry, you can make up a romantic love story. I’m telling you, just like a fairy tale, people eat this stuff up. As long as the persona doesn’t collapse, it can be passed down for a thousand years!"
Tang Li: "Wouldn’t that be beastly?"
Yu Sui was stumped.
In the hallway, Song Baiyan passed by the lounge, just in time to hear the word "beastly."
He paused in his steps.
Soon after, Tang Li’s words came again: "He was already 23 then, if he liked me, what else could it be but pedophilia?"
Mr. Song: "..."