Chapter 45
Although Wen Renjing was famous for being sarcastic and unforgiving, he would still deliberately show a different side in front of the people he wanted to please.
For example, now-
Wen Renjing acted as the chauffeur. He was humorous and witty throughout the whole journey. He easily found the key point of communication with Xie Yun and discussed the customs and culture of foreign countries together. The atmosphere in the car was very relaxed.
Gu Qi sat in the front passenger seat. She couldn't comment on anything about this topic, so she listened quietly to them talking about the outside world. Her eyes couldn't help but fall on Wen Renjing's car. More accurately, the small rabbit ornament in front of her.
The white little rabbit, sitting with its head tilted and holding a carrot in its arms, looked very cute.
This seemed to be a cartoon character, which should be very popular among young people, but Gu Qi hadn't paid much attention to it and didn't know its specific name.
Gu Qi couldn't help but curl her lips and reached out to gently touch the rabbit.
Unexpectedly this ornament would move. The moment Gu Qi touched it, the little rabbit opened its mouth and gently bit Gu Qi's finger.
Gu Qi couldn't help but look at Wen Renjing, "So cute."
Her words attracted the attention of Xie Yun and Hang Ze in the back row.
Hang Ze and Wen Renjing have a good relationship. It wasn’t the first time for him to ride in his car. He exclaimed with some surprise: "When did you have such a thing that girls like in your car? If you are dating, you must tell us in advance. If it is an actress who isn't accepted by the public, we can't cooperate for a short time."
One should know that when actors fall in love, their popularity and even reputation were most easily affected by their dating partner.
"No." Wen Renjing drawled out a reply, "It’s me who likes it. Elder Sister knows, right?"
Wen Renjing turned to Gu Qi as he spoke, as if he wanted her to testify for him.
Gu Qi naturally knew that Wen Renjing should like rabbit-type objects, so she nodded, "Indeed."
Only then, Hang Ze expressed relief in an exaggerated way.
Wen Renjing guided Gu Qi how to play with the small ornament, telling her: "Put your hands on different parts of its body and the size of its mouth will be different. Try it?"
Gu Qi became even more curious after hearing this. This rabbit was cute and she played with it enthusiastically along the way.
They arrived at the restaurant.
When getting off the car, Gu Qi asked Wen Renjing where he bought the little rabbit. She wanted to buy a similar one.
This way, when encountering traffic lights or traffic jams on the road in the future, she should feel better looking at such a small ornament.
Wen Renjing said directly: "Casually bought this little thing. If you like it, I'll buy it for you."
Gu Qi agreed and didn't take it too seriously.
However, the next day. Looking at the eight large boxes neatly placed at the door of her house and the errand boy nearby, Gu Qi fell into deep thought.
After confirming that all these things were hers, Gu Qi signed for them and moved them in one by one.
Eight boxes were opened one by one.
From the sheets, quilts, blankets, pajamas, to the garbage bags, disposable water cups, and toothbrushes, all the things were printed with that silly and cute rabbit.
As long as all these things were put into use, her house would become a rabbit nest.
At this moment, Wen Renjing called Gu Qi to confirm whether all the things had been delivered.
Gu Qi couldn't understand and asked, "I received it, but why did you buy so many?"
If Gu Qi had known it would be so exaggerated, she would definitely choose to go online and search for pictures on Taobao instead of getting Wen Renjing to buy it.
Wen Renjing was silent for a while.
He only laughed softly. For once, his voice carried confusion. He replied, "Actually, I don't know."
Not only for Gu Qi, he also replaced all the things in his home with the big face of this rabbit.
Wen Renjing continued, "I like it very much. When I bought it myself, I wanted this and that. That’s why I wanted to buy some for Elder Sister. Doesn't Elder Sister like it?"
Gu Qi was stunned for a moment.
In memory.
Wen Renjing stood on the balcony and watched Aunt throw away the stuffed rabbit. For some reason, it suddenly became clear again.
Actually, she could understand Wen Renjing.
Just like when she used to like eating glutinous rice. After entering the Jiāng’s house and under the watchful eyes of the servants, she put the rice ball back in the bowl under when Jiāng Zhiyu's mother uttered ‘How can we use carbohydrates as a dish? How can the nutritional combination work out?"
Later, glutinous rice-related food had also never appeared in Jiāng’s house again.
After entering adulthood, she still liked to eat it.
So Gu Qi replied, "I don't dislike it. But you sent too many. It's a bit troublesome to switch them all."
"So it’s like this." Wen Renjing's voice revealed a trace of regret,, "If I have time today, I will come to help Elder Sister. What a pity."
"That's not necessary." Gu Qi was only saying it. She didn't need anyone to help. Then she asked, "Have you entered the production crew?"
"No." Wen Renjing's voice carried mirth. He suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "Does Elder Sister have a formal wear at home?"
As a female star, she naturally had a lot of spare formal dresses.
Gu Qi didn't understand, but still answered, "Yes."
Wen Renjing said slowly, "Then Elder Sister, change quickly. I'll wait for you at the door."
After freezing for a while, Gu Qi asked, "Where are we going?"
"Jiāng Family." Wen Renjing answered like this. Then he added, "Watch the fun."
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Gu Qi didn't understand.
Still, she reluctantly agreed after the temptation of practicing acting with Wen Renjing.
She had memorized the script completely, while Xie Yun’s side was still preparing. All she had to do before the official start was to try to act.
Gu Qi knew Wen Renjing's acting skills. His trophy was enough to prove it.
If Wen Renjing acted with her, she would definitely improve.
Still, Gu Qi couldn't understand: "Is it appropriate for us to go to Jiāng Family?"
She didn't like it.
But she didn't reject it too much.
For Gu Qi, the past was the past. Everything should have ended long ago.
Wen Renjing waved the invitation in his hand, "Of course."
This was what he asked the brand company for.
Because Wen Renjing knew that this banquet wasn't only hosted by Jiāng Family, but the Gong Family also had contribution.
If nothing unexpected happened.
Today, they may witness a pair of ‘lovers’ get married.
But——
At the sight of Jiang Lechuan’s appearance, Wen Renjing frowned.
Though Jiang Lechuan was wearing a suit, his face was darker than the bottom of a pot.
It was obvious that he was invited here on behalf of the Jiang Family.
However, what Jiang Lechuan could never have imagined was that his siblings were here.
Huh? Together?
Even weirder.
Wen Renjing spoke first and asked, "Why are you here?"
When it came to this, Jiang Lechuan was extremely dissatisfied. He quickly looked up at Elder Sister and whispered, "My parents forced me to do it."
They suddenly called him and said that if he didn't go to give face to the Jiāng Family, they would go to Elder Sister's place to make trouble.
Despite being annoyed, there was nothing Jiang Lechuan could do. He could only come here unwillingly after his parents promised that they wouldn't disturb Elder Sister.
Jiang Lechuan explained it clearly. Seeing that Elder Sister wasn't angry, he felt a little relieved and asked: "What about you?"
Gu Qi pointed at Wen Renjing: "He dragged me here."
"Of course I'm here to watch the show." Wen Renjing took a glass of juice from a passing waiter. He slowly uttered: "If I'm not mistaken, today is the day to announce the engagement of Jiāng Zhiyu and Gong Xuanan. This great day can't be missed."
Sure enough.
After completing the basic procedures, the people in charge of the Jiāng Family and the Gong Family stood on the stage and took this opportunity to announce this ‘great happy event’.
People who came here more or less knew about Jiāng Zhiyu's past, but no one cared about it.
For them rich people, who would care whether the child who needed to be complimented was a bad person? It was a little squabble between children and all in the past.
For Jiāng Zhiyu, what was ruined was her star career, not her life.
In the end, the Jiāng Family and the Gong Family chose marriage cooperation. It could strengthen the strength of the two families. At most, they would be ridiculed behind their backs as ‘a group of wolves and rats in the same nest’.
As for the quiet Gu Qi being present to the scene, everyone turned to each other and exchanged glances. Everyone turned to her with the expression of——
I understand, you came to see Jiāng Zhiyu's joke. It's only right.
Gu Qi: "..."
No, she didn't.
Fortunately, Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing stood on both sides of her like left and right protectors and no one dared to come forward and say anything.
At this moment.
Jiāng Zhiyu and Gong Xuanan stood on the stage at the same time. Under the amiable smiles of their parents, the two’s faces almost had ‘not voluntary’ written on it.
Especially when Jiāng Zhiyu saw Gu Qi, the hatred in her eyes that leaked out couldn’t be concealed at all.
Wen Renjing approached Gu Qi and asked, "Elder Sister, do you feel happy? To hurt someone, you have to hurt them where they hurt the most. Jiāng Zhiyu now looks like she would rather die than live. She almost vomited when she held hands with Gong Xuanan. It's so interesting."
"I don't know." Gu Qi answered like this. She withdrew her eyes from Jiāng Zhiyu with a bit of complexity.
In fact, she thought that she would feel happy when she saw Jiāng Zhiyu being punished and living with Gong Xuanan, whom she hated the most.
At first, she did feel a little, but it was more for Meng Yu. However, when she saw Ning Xiwei let it go, her mood changed.
She couldn't understand why Jiāng Zhiyu had to go to this point. She obviously had a life that countless people dreamed of. A candidate with super excellent birth.
She couldn't control it-
She felt that Jiāng Zhiyu was pitiful and pathetic.
However, Gu Qi knew that it was too saintly to have sympathy for someone who had hurt her.
So she suppressed this emotion. All of a sudden, Jiang Lechuan was heard gasping for air.
Jiang Lechuan was already irked by being here. Seeing that the process was almost over, he wanted to find a reason to pull Elder Sister away, but was stunned when he saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
Wen Renjing had never seen Jiang Lechuan look so flustered. He looked in the direction of his gaze, but found nothing. So he could only ask curiously: "Did you see a ghost?"
Jiang Lechuan shook his head, but suddenly nodded.
In his opinion, it was almost the same as seeing a ghost.
Jiang Lechuan swallowed, "I saw Song Shiqing."
Wen Renjing was shocked and choked on the juice that had been in his mouth.
The four eyes met.
For the first time, the two people were thinking on the same channel and uttered in unison, "It's impossible."
If the fans of Wen Renjing and Jiang Lechuan occupy half of the domestic entertainment industry, then before the two of them became popular, it could be said that Song Shiqing was the only one who dominated.
When he debuted as an actor, he only had eight minutes of footage in his first movie. The villain he played was loved by the whole people.
In the next crime film, he played a high-IQ villain and became a top star, attracting nearly 10 million fans.
Some people mocked him for his narrow acting range. He took on a few different dramas to prove himself and still remained popular.
During that time, investors and directors were almost superstitious about the name ‘Song Shiqing’.
Even if the script was terrible, he could get the highest ratings just by standing there.
At that time, there was even a joke. The highest-rated clip of a bad drama was-
When the male and female protagonists quarreled, the background advertising board at the station was endorsed by Song Shiqing.
Song Shiqing seemed not satisfied with his achievements in film and television and entered a talent show for fun.
From the first episode, he didn't know anything about dance and vocal music. By the third episode, he won the C position through other teammates’ vote. Because of his super high popularity, even the rules were changed that year and invited hundreds of professionals to vote according to their strength and not according to popularity. Otherwise the group competing with Song Shiqing’s wouldn't have a chance to win.
Before his debut, he withdrew from the talent show, saying that he had no interest in debuting and actually didn't like dancing. He didn't want to occupy the quota of people who had dreams. Even when the mentor said with tears in his eyes that he was born to be an idol, it couldn't keep him -
Because the director over there said that he was born to be an actor.
Then he appeared in various variety shows again, whether it was physical strength or IQ, or even going to record for ethnic minorities. He was almost forced to stay as an intangible cultural heritage inheritor because he was too smart and learned things too quickly.
It could be said that in those two years, the entire entertainment industry, whether actors or idols, was covered by the shadow of ‘Song Shiqing’.
No matter how hard they tried, no one could surpass him.
Because he was too good at ‘learning’, no one could improve faster than him.
As for the ‘bad fate’ between Jiang Lechuan and Song Shiqing, Song Shiqing became his mentor in the following talent show.
Then there was the famous incident in the entire entertainment industry -
The contestant and mentor fought at a barbecue stall.
This was Jiang Lechuan's dark history that he still couldn't get rid of. Nor did he want to recall it at all.
At that time, Jiang Lechuan believed that he would surpass Song Shiqing sooner or later in the future.
But all of a sudden, Song Shiqing left a Weibo post saying "Mom is sick" and announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry and never appeared in front of the public again.
An insider revealed that Song Shiqing's mother was receiving treatment abroad and Song Shiqing accompanied her to take care of her. Afterward, there was no follow-up.
Then, as Wen Renjing and Jiang Lechuan became popular one after another, the name ‘Song Shiqing’ gradually began to be forgotten.
Wen Renjing still didn't believe it and confirmed again: "Did you see him?"
Jiang Lechuan nodded, gnashing his teeth, and said: "I would recognize him even if he turned into ash."
Wen Renjing patted Jiang Lechuan's shoulder, expressing his silent comfort, and added: "Yes, if he comes back, you're done."
Jiang Lechuan: "?"
Jiang Lechuan turned to Wen Renjing and said: "Can you beat him?"
Wen Renjing smiled: "He and I haven't fought. His return is none of my business."
Jiang Lechuan: "...I mean he will be more popular than you."
"Whatever." Wen Renjing waved his hand, obviously not taking it to heart.
But when he lowered his head and no longer looked at anyone, his smile faded and his expression became more serious.
Song Shiqing, Jiāng Family.
What exactly did this mean?
For a moment, he couldn't figure it.
After listening for a long time, Gu Qi turned to Jiang Lechuan, "Speaking of Song Shiqing, there is something I have wanted to ask you for a long time. Why did you two fight at that time?"
Jiang Lechuan: "..."
Gu Qi could swear that she had never seen such a complicated expression on Jiang Lechuan's face.
Embarrassment, anger, helplessness, and shame were all mixed together. Finally, it turned into colorful black.
Jiang Lechuan looked at Elder Sister pitifully. For once, he lowered his voice and said coquettishly, "Can I not say?"
Wen Renjing's eyes lit up. It was obvious that he smelled the scent of a big gossip.
Gu Qi didn't have the habit of forcing people to do things,, "Of course."
She suddenly thought of that matter and asked casually.
If Jiang Lechuan felt it was inconvenient, there was no need to dig into the root of the matter.
Wen Renjing interrupted again: "No, don't leave until you finish today!"
Seeing that Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing were going to quarrel outside and embarrass themselves, Gu Qi was worried whether she should persuade them to stop fighting or take advantage of this ‘god-given opportunity’ to leave.
At this moment, a quarrel sounded not far away, attracting everyone's attention.
The girl in the white dress was Shen Anran, who stood there awkwardly.
In front of her, stood the protagonist of this banquet, Eldest Miss Jiāng, Jiāng Zhiyu who was once again ‘radiant’.
The matter was pretty simple.
While chatting with the young master of the Liu Family, Shen Anran accidentally spilled juice on Jiāng Zhiyu who was passing by.
"What is this excitement?" Wen Renjing put one hand on Jiang Lechuan's shoulder and led him over there.
Jiang Lechuan was naturally unwilling. After all, the quarrel between the two had nothing to do with him.
At the scene, everyone's eyes gradually gazed over.
The Liu Family's son naturally wanted to help Shen Anran out. After all, they had agreed to have dinner together later. But before he could say anything, Jiāng Zhiyu pointed at his nose and scolded: "Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"
Immediately he felt humiliated, but didn't dare to offend the Jiāng Family. He could only bark out ‘What are you looking at’ when everyone were looking at him. Then he departed in disgrace, leaving Shen Anran alone to be embarrassed by Jiāng Zhiyu.
Gu Qi didn't want to help Shen Anran.
After all, the two people weren’t that familiar. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that they weren't very good.
But when she saw Jiāng Zhiyu pouring the wine from the servant's plate directly on Shen Anran's face, Gu Qi could not help but recall some of Jiāng Zhiyu's domineering behaviour in high school.
Sure enough.
No change at all.
When Shen Anran's delicate makeup was ruined by the red wine splashed on her face, Jiāng Zhiyu still felt that it wasn't enough and raised the second glass.
But this time, her wrist was held by someone.
Gu Qi walked in front of her and frowned slightly: "Stop it."
"Gu Qi." Jiāng Zhiyu sneered, trying to break free from Gu Qi's hand, but unexpectedly discovered that the other party's strength was greater than she thought.
The red wine in the glass swayed. Some overflowed, dripping on the backs of Jiāng Zhiyu and Gu Qi's hands.
Gu Qi still didn't let go and only said: "I thought you would make some progress, but I didn't expect you to be even more unscrupulous and dare to bully people in public."
"--You!" Jiāng Zhiyu was furious, but when she saw behind Gu Qi, her eyes turned into a trace of unwillingness: "Let go. I won't splash it!"
Only then, Gu Qi let go.
She looked back at Shen Anran, who was in a mess, and after seeing the wetness on her chest, she still reached out to Jiang Lechuan and stated: "Coat."
"Huh?"
Though Jiang Lechuan hadn't regained his wits, his body instinctively followed Elder Sister's instructions and took off his coat and handed it over.
Gu Qi handed Jiang Lechuan's suit to Shen Anran.
The four eyes stared at each other.
Shen Anran quickly suppressed the dissatisfaction in her eyes, accepted the suit and showed a very grateful expression: "Thank you so much."
Not.
She wasn't stupid enough to deliberately seek Jiāng Zhiyu to stir trouble, but wanted to give Jiāng Fengzhi a chance to save the beauty.
After all, something like this happened in Jiāng Family. He would definitely step up to stop it.
Just don't know why Gu Qi came here and completely disrupted her plan.
Jiāng Zhiyu snorted, turned to Shen Anran and said: "What are you acting for? I say, Gu Qi, you aren’t stupid enough to think she is a little white flower, right? You actually stand up to defend her? Don’t you know that your contract was her handicraft behind the scenes..."
"I know." Gu Qi answered calmly, turned to Jiāng Zhiyu, and responded: "Whether it is you or her, it doesn't matter. Being affected by unimportant people is meaningless in my opinion. There is no other reason to help her, but I don't want to see a girl disgraced in public."
Shen Anran was slightly stunned.
She silently covered herself up with the suit to block the wetness in front.
Being treated as a commodity by her parents for so long, she almost forgot that she still had self-esteem.
Coincidentally, she saw Jiāng Fengzhi coming over not far away. Shen Anran didn't care to think about it anymore. She immediately adjusted her expression and showed the most pitiful state.
It didn't matter.
As long as Jiāng Fengzhi talked to her, she could always...
"Are you okay?" Jiāng Fengzhi approached but ignored Shen Anran on the side and turned to Gu Qi. His seemingly gentle face was filled with unconcealed concern.
There were some red bloodshot in his eyes and dark circles under his eyes. It seemed that he hadn't rested for a long time.
Jiāng Zhiyu instantly broke into a grin.
Looking at the scene in front of her, she smiled sweetly at Gu Qi, "Gu Qi, how about you listen to them like me and be Elder Sister-in-law? Our future and the past will be written off and we will get along well in the future. How about that?"
Jiāng Zhiyu knew she had lost.
Her most painful price was to marry that loser Gong Xuanan.
Although her mother promised her that such a thing would never happen, she still felt uneasy.
After all, despite needing to rely on her mother, she dared not trust anyone completely.
But if Gu Qi was the same and followed their arrangements to marry her elder brother, it would also be marriage of getting disdained.
Then Gu Qi would be the same as her.
They all lost! They were the same!
"Be quiet." Jiāng Fengzhi stopped his younger sister from talking nonsense and turned to the nearby servant, "Miss is tired, take Miss away to rest."
"Yes." The servant hurriedly helped Jiāng Zhiyu leave.
Jiāng Zhiyu's behavior became strange.
When she left, she kept looking back and showing Gu Qi a weird smile. The corners of her lips raised to an extremely exaggerated degree, but there was no joy in her eyes.
Jiāng Fengzhi looked at Gu Qi's wrist, took out a handkerchief from his suit pocket, and handed it over.
"Wait——!"
Jiang Lechuan thought Jiāng Fengzhi was going to get closer to Elder Sister. Feeling that this distance wasn't very safe, he instinctively wanted to step forward to stop him and use his body to block the two of them.
But his foot slipped.
Jiāng Fengzhi raised his handkerchief.
Expressionless, Gu Qi looked ato Jiāng Fengzhi.
There was a distance of about one meter between them.
And at this moment, Jiang Lechuan took one step to approach them in a way that no one could have imagined. Between them——
"Plop——"
Idol Jiang Lechuan's legs were forced to spread apart and he lost his balance and performed a standard split. So he sat on the ground between Gu Qi and Jiāng Fengzhi out of the blue.
Gu Qi: "..."
What was he doing?
Jiāng Fengzhi: "?"
Shen Anran, who peeked out from behind Gu Qi to see what was going on: "!"
The scene fell into a deathly silence.
Jiang Lechuan, who was a hero wanting to save Elder Sister, never thought that he would make such a fool of himself. This made the originally tense atmosphere somewhat ridiculous.
Wen Renjing did laugh out loud. He clapped his hands: "Great dance! Natural idol Jiang Lechuan! Come on! Another one!"
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