Chapter 56
[...Help me, help me! My toes already dug out a big villa! ]
[Why is it so embarrassing and funny? This scene is too ridiculous]
[Shen Anran actually believed Gu Qi's nonsense... Oh no, it's Ning Xiwei's nonsense]
[I’ll pay for Shen Anran... I’ll pay for Shen Anran... (A viewer with too strong empathy screamed)]
[If I was Shen Anran, I would find a crack in the ground to crawl into right now! ]
In fact, Shen Anran thought so too.
Her brain went blank for two seconds, unable to understand why Gu Qi succeeded while she failed.
The important thing was that the person in front of her seemed to have not recognized that she was a popular star even until now.
Was she not as pretty as Gu Qi? Or was she not as popular as Gu Qi?
No matter which answer, Shen Anran couldn’t accept it. She didn’t believe she couldn’t compare to Gu Qi.
When the shopkeeper asked for the second time ‘How do you want to pay?’, Shen Anran had to face it all.
Her brain ran working fast. She had to find a reason to get herself out of this embarrassment.
She forced a smile, "Hello, my name was Shen Anran, I'm an actress. You may have seen the TV series I acted in."
"No." The shop owner waved his hand, "I usually only read novels."
Shen Anran: "..."
She didn't expect that the man knew that there was a camera filming him and didn't give him any face. At least he should pretend to be a good person at this time!
Shen Anran couldn't get angry. She could only take the initiative to ask the man: "I'm recording a variety show now, I can help promote your store, so that more people will come to your store to buy desserts. Can this cake be used as a reward?"
Shen Anran raised the bag in her hand and looked at the man in front of her with as much expectation as possible.
The man hesitated.
Then he refused again: "No, no, our school has access control. No matter how much publicity is done, people outside the mall can't enter. I'm the only cake shop in the school. Students will come to buy without publicity. How can it help my business?"
[Haha! Uncle, why are you so stubborn? ]
[What the uncle said makes sense. His customers are students of this school. It’s some outside influencer store]
[ROFL. Where did this honest uncle come from?]
Shen Anran: "..."
At this moment, she wanted to slap herself hard for walking into the cake shop.
Looking at the flyer for part-time job recruitment posted in the cake shop.
Shen Anran could only take a deep breath and show a smile that was uglier than crying: "Then are you recruiting...part-time workers here?"
There was really no other idea.
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Gu Qi took a big bag of cake given by Ning Xiwei and found a corner to eat.
Then she soon——
Encountered three students who came out on tiptoe.
Gu Qi stared at the students.
The students stared at Gu Qi.
The camera was facing them.
The students looked at each other and then they exclaimed: "Gu Qi! It's Gu Qi?!"
Gu Qi waved and greeted them in a friendly manner, asking: "It’s not time to leave school yet? Why did you come out?"
When asked this question by Gu Qi, their faces, which were originally filled with joy and excitement, showed more complicated expressions than one another.
The leading girl answered awkwardly: "We wanted to go to the cafeteria early... so... we found a reason to run out."
Another boy gazed at the camera behind Gu Qi, showing an expression like seeing death: "Are you broadcasting live?"
Gu Qi looked at them with ‘heartache’ and nodded.
[I feel embarrassed for the three of them. Why is there a social death scene in every live broadcast room?]
[Good news: You ran into a star while skipping class. Bad news: The star is live streaming and everyone knows that you skipped class!]
The girl who had been silent all the time explained in a low voice: "There are too few windows for queuing in the cafeteria. If you don't go early, you will have to queue for a long time."
"I understand." Gu Qi smiled at them, "You can tell your parents and let them go to the teacher and school to report it. You can't always use skipping classes as a way."
The three students nodded their heads in unison like chicks pecking at rice.
Gu Qi hesitated for a while, took three pieces of cake from the bag, and gave them to them, "This is for you."
At the students' thanks, she didn't forget to add that the cake was bought by Ning Xiwei and told them they could follow Ning Xiwei's Weibo when they go back. She heard that her group seemed to have a new song to release recently.
[If you ask me, Ning Xiwei bought too much. It would be strange if Gu Qi could finish it.]
[Ning Xiwei will be moved to tears when she sees this. Gu Qi actually knows that their group is going to release a new song? She is paying attention to you!]
[I don’t care. Passing by and taking a bite of this shipping. From now on, no one is allowed to say that our Xiaoxi is one-sided giving!]
In fact, Gu Qi knew that Ning Xiwei’s group had a new song to release only because of Jiang Lechuan’s previous grumblings.
They were obviously from the same company and rehearsed and prepared at about the same time, but the progress of the girl group was much faster than theirs.
Watching the three students reluctantly walk away, Gu Qi realized that she was sitting behind a certain teaching building. Since she was almost full, she might as well look around.
Gu Qi went to the cafeteria. She felt that she should be able to meet other people here.
After all, it was recorded at school. The easiest way to work and earn money to get food was to go to places like convenience stores or cafeterias.
As soon as Gu Qi approached, she saw Jiang Lechuan and Shen Jinyi being ‘driven out’ together. The two were so embarrassed that they kept bowing and apologizing to the other party. It seemed that they had done something wrong.
After asking, she found out that the boss of the noodle shop wanted to recruit a dishwasher and let them compete for the job to see who could wash the dishes faster.
Unforeseen, they were a pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick [Meaning: Poor performance duo]. They both broke a good bit of his dishes and didn't wash them very well.
The boss couldn't stand it anymore and told them all to leave. Jiang Lechuan defended himself: "I usually wash dishes well. Didn't he say only need? So becoming anxious, I made such a mistake!"
As for Shen Jinyi?
He really didn't know how to do it. At home, the spoiled young master had never done housework. What's more, nearby Jiang Lechuan’s anxiousness infected him with nervousness and made the same mistake.
Gu Qi looked at them speechlessly.
Both of them knew they were in the wrong and lowered their heads in unison.
[When my dog destroyed the house and I caught him, he’s like this]
[Hahaha, why don't you look into Gu Qi's eyes? Why are you so cowardly?]
Jiang Lechuan lowered his head and noticed the big bag of snack in Gu Qi's hand.
Jiang Lechuan asked curiously: "Elder Sister, where did you get so many things? I want to..."
Before he finished speaking, Shen Jinyi's stomach growled.
Startled, Shen Jinyi covered his stomach, as if he didn't expect that he made such an impolite sound.
A few seconds of silence.
The two of them once again reached a tacit understanding, looked up at Gu Qi together, and swallowed their saliva at the same time.
Gu Qi: "..."
Okay.
If Ning Xiwei was here, she would probably agree to give them some.
So Gu Qi distributed bread to them.
After learning that the bread was bought by Ning Xiwei, Jiang Lechuan was in a dilemma, muttering: "... the mouth that has been fed by others is, the hand holding the other is soft."
He and Ning Xiwei’s relationship was meh!
Shen Jinyi immediately reached out to grab his bread: "If you don't want to eat it, give it to me!"
He’ll give it to his younger sister!
"Go away!" Jiang Lechuan immediately dodged Shen Jinyi's thieving hand and made up his mind: "A living person can't be starved to death, right?"
Eat! At most, when Ning Xiwei rolled her eyes at him again today, he would pretend not to see it! Endure her once!
After they wolfed it down until their stomachs were full, there was still a lot of cake left.
The director team reminded that any food obtained on campus could not be taken away from the campus.
Gu Qi could understand it, otherwise the director team would not be able to use dinner as a ‘condition’ to get them to do other tasks.
So before joining the others, Gu Qi put a bread in her pocket, and distributed the rest with Jiang Lechuan and Shen Jinyi to the students on the roadside.
At this moment, no one knew that Shen Anran was standing in the cake shop behind them.
Shen Anran tried to keep smiling and wipe the tables and chairs in the shop. She was busy all afternoon before she got a piece of cake and a glass of water.
She watched Gu Qi's group casually distribute the food that she had finally obtained to passers-by for nothing.
Naturally, Shen Anran couldn’t accept it.
Because when she was working here, she successfully learned from the boss that the person who bought a lot of desserts wasn't Gu Qi, but Ning Xiwei.
This made sense.
Ning Xiwei won the first place and naturally had the money to buy those things. As for what Gu Qi said...
It was completely a lie to her! She took her for a fool!
What made Shen Anran’s mood somewhat improve amidst her anger was that
— she didn't lose to Gu Qi.
Gu Qi was nothing.
She was the female lead. Everything should belong to her.
Was it really like that?
Shen Anran closed her eyes.
After the last banquet, she created another encounter with Jiāng Fengzhi.
Before Shen Anran could figure out how to approach and talk, Jiāng Fengzhi actually came over on his own initiative.
Just when Shen Anran was ecstatic, what Jiāng Fengzhi actually asked her——
"I remember that at the last banquet, Gu Qi helped you out. Are you familiar with her?"
She clearly put in so much work.
In order to be a good female lead and the future young madam of the Jiāng Family, she had been demanding herself according to the most perfect standards for so many years.
Why?
The person Jiāng Fengzhi cared about was Gu Qi.
Shen Anran could only try to smile, "Yes. Although the outside world thinks we are in a competitive relationship, we are actually... very good friends."
Shen Anran felt that her mood was very complicated.
She clearly hated Gu Qi, but she always thought of what happened at the banquet that day.
When Gu Qi stood in front of her to help her out and confronted Jiāng Zhiyu, she said that she knew everything she had done, but didn't want to see a girl like her being embarrassed in public.
In fact, someone had helped her in this way before and even said similar things.
That was in high school. The first time she followed her father's request and successfully got friendly with the second-generation rich young master in her class. Nothing too excessive, only holding hands and hugging. This made the other party's family agree to a cooperation of tens of millions.
At that moment, Shen Anran truly realized that beauty was a real resource.
When she used this trick to coax several boys at the same time, the incident was still known to everyone. After all, she was still young at that time and her methods were full of loopholes,
Many girls in the school bullied her. Almost everyone excluded her, calling her a green tea bitch who had her feet on multiple boats.
Thinking about it, Shen Anran found it ridiculous.
She didn't refute anything. There was no reason to refute, because it was the truth.
Her first love was a transfer student who didn't know about her past.
He protected her behind him and stopped others from bullying her.
He said: "We are all classmates. Can we talk it out and not hit each other? What do you mean I am one of her boyfriends? I don't know her at all. I think if she did something wrong, you should ask the teacher to solve it. How can a group of people bully a girl in public?"
Later.
He heard about her past.
It was just that Shen Anran lied to him that those were fake. He believed her.
Because her ‘reputation was ruined’, her father was very disappointed with her at that time. He relaxed his requirements and turned to train other sisters.
That was the freest time in Shen Anran's life.
Under the boy’s companionship, she went to the amusement park and museums. She found reasons to stay in dorms and not at home on weekends, just to hold his hand quietly at night.
Shen Anran remembered that he was a boy who loved to smile, so she loved to smile during the time she was with him.
Because the weather was good, she saw beautiful wild flowers on the roadside and a puppy sleeping on the ground. Many trivial things that were not worth mentioning could make her feel good.
He was really nice and gave her a lot of warmth and love.
Shen Anran really wanted to be with him for the rest of her life, but it was a pity that such a good person had shortcomings.
Poverty.
Wasn't it the biggest shortcoming?
When Shen Anran was little, she knelt on the ground in front of the Shen Family's door and watched her father and his wife loving each other, while her mother was seriously ill in bed and had no money for treatment. She didn't want to shed tears anymore when she saw the meat in the bowl of the Shen Family's guard dog, which was a delicious delicacy that her family could only eat once during the Lunar New Year.
From the moment when they luckily survived until her father's legitimate wife’s death, her father held the hand of her elder brother and she held the hand of her mother and they stepped into the gate of the Shen Family.
Shen Anran swore -
She would never be poor again in this life.
The people who helped her... so what?
She chose to break up with her first love. Now she would not be moved by Gu Qi's little favors.
She wanted to live the best life. She wanted to be a noble person forever.
For this.
Everyone could be her stepping stone.
Chapter 57
They regrouped again.
As soon as Gu Qi saw Ning Xiwei, she told the other party that she had distributed the bread to many people.
In Gu Qi's opinion, it was Ning Xiwei who bought it for her after all and she should tell the other party how she dealt with it.
Ning Xiwei didn't care: "Anyway, I bought it for you. You can give it to whoever you want."
Gu Qi hesitated for a moment, took out a piece of bread she had left from her pocket and handed it to Ning Xiwei: "This is filled with taro paste. I think it's the most delicious, so I left a piece for you to try."
Ning Xiwei: "!"
Gu Qi distributed all the other breads, but specially kept a piece that she thought was the most delicious!
She didn't give it to anyone, only to her.
What did this mean?
It meant that Gu Qi thought she was special!
Ning Xiwei accepted the bread: "It so happens that the lunch was too spicy. Let's have something sweet."
After that, she couldn't wait to open the bread and put it in her mouth immediately.
En...it tasted pretty good.
Ning Xiwei had already mentally arranged the materials needed to make this bread and was going to bring some of her own bread with her when she visited Gu Qi's house to rub the puppies next time.
At this moment, everyone else had finished their tasks and returned with full stomachs. Only Shen Anran hadn’t made any movement.
Shen Jinyi was a little anxious, constantly looking into the distance, muttering why Younger Sister hadn't come back yet.
He was the only one who was worried about whether Younger Sister had found a job and whether she would be hungry at noon.
Like Gu Qi, he had a piece of bread in his pocket.
Gu Qi gave him and Jiang Lechuan two pieces of bread each. Holding back his saliva and secretly pocketing the other, he only ate one.
Fortunately, Shen Anran came back soon.
On the surface, she greeted everyone as if nothing had happened, as if the previous embarrassing incident had not happened.
Before getting in the car, Shen Jinyi pulled Shen Anran to the back and tried to secretly give her a piece of bread.
Fire blazed when Shen Anran saw this. But she couldn't scold her elder brother in front of the camera and could only say that she was full.
[Shen Jinyi really dotes on his younger sister, saving the good things for her. It's clearly preference]
[Although I don't like Shen Anran very much, it can be seen that the Shen siblings’ relationship is good]
Seeing Younger Sister refuse, Shen Jinyi didn't think much.
He was initially feeling gluttonous. Immediately he opened the bread packaging, ate it with two big mouthfuls of mineral water, and pulled Younger Sister into the car.
However, the next link brought everyone back to the recording villa.
Because there will be another new guest tonight.
The guests drew cards in turn. Then everyone had a chance to ask questions to the director team about the identity information of the guests.
No matter what questions people asked, the staff could only nod or shake their heads in response.
The first person to guess the identity of the guest in this session will have the guest join their team in the next recording.
Zhizi was arranged to ask the first question. She hesitated and asked: "Is the guest a girl?"
The staff shook his head.
Ning Xiwei followed up and asked: "Is he a very popular artist?"
The staff nodded, hesitated, and then shook his head.
Ning Xiwei widened her eyes: "Nodding and shaking your head, what does it mean?"
The staff could only nod and shake his head, naturally he had no way to answer her.
Gu Qi pondered for a while and voiced her guess: "Used to be very popular, but shouldn't be now."
Everyone: "!"
Through the reactions of other members of the director team, everyone realized that Gu Qi had probably guessed correctly.
Jiang Lechuan laughed out loud: "Your show really dares to offend people. They used to be very popular, but now they aren’t? Aren't you afraid that they will hate you?"
The staff shook his head, then looked at Gu Qi next to him, indicating that it was her turn to ask.
Jiang Lechuan: "???"
He didn't ask anything yet! Why did they skip him?
[To some extent, what Jiang Lechuan said was true. Used to be very popular... It's quite hurtful to say that]
[It seems that it's an artist who was famous in the past coming over to stir some cold hype. I guess he's not really popular]
[Does Jiang Lechuan's question count? Hahahaha Staff: We are not afraid of being hated]
[ROFL. You all bully Jiang Lechuan, right? The child isn't smart, let him off! ]
The staff explained Jiang Lechuan's dissatisfaction: "I have already answered your question."
Jiang Lechuan lost the opportunity to ask questions because of a casual remark. He felt wronged, but he didn't say anything. He looked at Gu Qi pitifully.
Gu Qi ignored him.
Her frown meant that she was thinking at the moment.
Gu Qi looked up at the staff, "I'll be the last one."
With Jiang Lechuan's experience, she deliberately used an affirmative sentence instead of a question.
The staff agreed and turned to Mu Yuan on the other side of Gu Qi.
Mu Yuan didn't care about this kind of thing, or he didn't even want himself or Elder Sister to guess it first.
Because in this episode, his elder sister's teammate was him.
He was eager to let others ‘win’ so that the guest wouldn't need to join their group.
Mu Yuan asked perfunctorily: "Are there people of his age here?"
In fact, their age was very similar.
Except for him, the others were basically the same age and can be considered the same age.
The staff nodded.
At this moment, the atmosphere instantly became a little serious.
[They are the same age? Does that mean he’s not very old? And had been popular before? ]
[The new traffic youth can be said to be completely cut off after Jiang Lechuan. There is nothing to show out of the new generation]
[I thought it would be an old uncle who wants to be popular once more in old age... This is completely different from my speculation]
[Maybe the production team is bluffing, like the top stars mentioned by paparazzi are all muddle traffic, hahaha]
…
Then, the siblings of the Shen Family asked two questions, but the scope was still too broad and the answers weren’t clear.
Only Gu Qi and Wen Renjing hadn’t asked any questions yet.
Gu Qi looked at Wen Renjing, modestly giving way: "You first?"
Wen Renjing waved his hand: "Elder Sister first."
He had a guess, but was still thinking about what kind of question to ask to verify it thoroughly without prompting others.
Gu Qi nodded to agree, but in fact she didn't have anything else to ask.
Because she only had one answer in her mind. If it wasn't, she couldn't guess anything else.
So Gu Qi looked at the staff and simply asked directly: "Is the guest Song Shiqing?"
Everyone at the scene stared at Gu Qi in unison.
There was a crowd of question marks on the barrage.
[? ? ? ]
[Huh? Gu Qi, you really dare to guess? Song Shiqing had retired from the entertainment industry for a good few years. If it’s him, I would take off my head and kick it like a ball.]
[ROFL. Is Gu Qi trying to establish a very smart persona? No matter who it is, it can't be Song Shiqing.]
[Don't mention that Song Shiqing had retired from the entertainment industry. Before he retired, he didn't really like this type of variety show. He said that he is tired of acting.]
Shen Anran was about to ask how it was possible when she saw the staff standing in front of Gu Qi had a very obvious change in expression.
She froze for a moment.
At this moment, she chose to take a gamble, "...I, I think it's Song Shiqing!"
Wen Renjing looked at Gu Qi and smiled helplessly, "It’s still Elder Sister who’s smarter."
He also guessed this.
But he wasn't completely sure.
Before he thought of the verification question, Gu Qi had already said it.
"Teacher Gu guessed right." The staff confirmed Gu Qi's guess and turned in the direction of the door.
A young man in black sportswear pushed the door open and walked in. He had a head of black hair and a faint smile on his face. He waved hello: "Hello everyone, I'm Song Shiqing, long time no see."
On the scene: "?"
Jiang Lechuan widened his eyes and began to roll up his sleeves the next second.
It was really Song Shiqing? What did he want to do this time? To get close to his elder sister? Wasn't it enough last time? Was there no end? Don't even think about it!
Live broadcast room: "!!"
[Ah? Who are you talking about? Who? ? ? ]
[Is today April Fool's Day? Is Song Shiqing going to make a comeback? Ah? ]
[Damn, damn, damn, damn, I can't say anything except damn]
[Feck, it's really... I gone stupid. Hot search is locked]
[The moment Song Shiqing pushed the door, my tears flowed]
[Ahhhhhhhhhhh, I actually waited for it in my lifetime. I'm going to call an ambulance! ]
[Song Shiqing! Song Shiqing ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]
[Really a top star! Not a red herring!]
For the other people at the scene, the fact that the former top star’s sudden appearance after retiring for a few years was too absurd. It was obvious that it would reach the hot search immediately.
After all, before this, no one had heard of any news about Song Shiqing's comeback.
Song Shiqing looked at Gu Qi, curved his eyes, and asked curiously: "How did you guess it’s me?"
This was the question that everyone wanted to know.
No one would think that Song Shiqing would cooperate with Gu Qi to establish a persona and act out such a play.
Gu Qi pursed her lips, sorted out her thoughts, and answered: "We have Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing here. There is no reason to create any gimmicks for us to guess the guests, unless the guest is someone who can be on par with both of them. In addition to Jiang Lechuan's question, if you were once very popular, you will not mind it now, proves that it should be due to some things in recent years that you faded out of the entertainment industry. This resulted in a reasonable decline in popularity, rather than... no good works or something like that.
I originally thought that it was a senior who played a particularly classic role and his status in the industry was reasonable, but Mu Yuan asked about his age and ruled out this possibility. It seems that the only person I can think of is you."
"Correct answer, plus 100 points." Song Shiqing was still smiling with a twinkle. His youthfulness made him look particularly easy to get along with. He said in a brisk voice: "Then I belong to Elder Sister today. Please take care of me."
Saying this, Song Shiqing walked to Gu Qi and stood between Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan in a very ‘inadvertent’ manner.
Jiang Lechuan, who was pushed aside: "???"
Song Shiqing, you are a dog, right? !
Chapter 58
[Gu Qi got some reasoning ability]
[Because their whole family is very smart with the exception of Jiang Lechuan]
[Jiang Lechuan: I will really bite you!!!]
Whether it was the guests who recorded the scene or the netizens who were watching the live broadcast, they were more shocked about the arrival of Song Shiqing.
[He hasn't appeared for so long and still beats 99% of the male stars in the circle]
[I want to remark what year it is now]
[The three top stars are standing together, right! Good, good, I love to watch]
[Wait a minute... I vaguely remember that Jiang Lechuan and Song Shiqing don't have a good relationship, right? ]
[The sister above is too tactful. How is it just not a good relationship? They clearly had a fight.]
[Hahaha, the dead memories started to attack me. I still can't forget Song Shiqing pulling Jiang Lechuan's hair, Jiang Lechuan starting to pull Song Shiqing's pants, and the barbecue stall owner next to them was stunned.]
[I have never seen Jiang Lechuan frown like that in my life. He is really irked. He met the mortal enemy from many years ago again.]
[But the person who guessed Song Shiqing's identity now is Gu Qi. Song Shiqing will join Gu Qi's group today. Does that mean Jiang Lechuan can see Song Shiqing as long as he gets close to Gu Qi?]
[Okay, okay, let's make a decision. Let's guess whether they will fight in front of the camera again this time!]
[The sister above is outrageous. It is impossible for them to be so childish after so many years, okay?]
[So does anyone know what the conflict between the two of them is? Huh? ? ? ]
...
There were all kinds of guesses on the Internet, but so far no one knew the truth behind it.
Now the first task of the day was arranged- all guests have to cook a dinner together.
But unlike the previous method where the Ning sisters were the chefs and the others helped, this time it was a family unit. Each group of siblings had to make two dishes each and Song Shiqing was the judge.
Before cooking, each group of guests had to complete some small games and only the winning group could understand Song Shiqing's preferences.
Because Song Shiqing was now a member of Gu Qi and Mu Yuan's team, the advantage they had was that they didn't have to participate in these games and could directly know the dishes Song Shiqing liked. They could prepare right away.
The staff handed Gu Qi a note with Song Shiqing's two favorite dishes written on it.
Sweet and sour spare ribs and cola chicken wings.
Definitely a meat lover as well as having a sweet tooth.
Coincidentally, she and Jiang Lechuan like sweet and sour spare ribs very much... No, that was not the point.
Gu Qi showed a trace of bitter frustration on her face.
It was useless to know, because she didn't know how to cook at all.
Vegetables were fine, no matter how they are cooked, they won't be too bad. However, meat was more difficult.
Mu Yuan suddenly uttered: "Leave it to me."
These two dishes weren’t difficult for Mu Yuan, because they didn't test his knife skills. He was confident that he could complete it well.
It was just...
Originally, he wanted the first time to make something that Elder Sister likes to eat.
Gu Qi wasn't a person who shows off. She also understood that Mu Yuan wouldn’t brag. She remembered that he said he could cook a little before.
So Gu Qi completely handed over the position of chef to Mu Yuan and wanted to help out on the side.
Marinate the chicken wings, or soak the spare ribs.
However, when Gu Qi was confidently ready to help, Mu Yuan's hand blocked Gu Qi's hand. Frowned slightly, he stated, "I'll do it."
Gu Qi's eyes flashed with confusion. She thought Mu Yuan didn't trust her skills because of the bad noodles last time, confidently speaking, "I helped Zhizi marinate chicken wings before, I really know how to do this."
Zhizi had even praised her for doing it very well!
"No." Mu Yuan denied Gu Qi's statement, shaking his head, "I don't distrust Elder Sister."
Gu Qi didn't understand and asked, "Why?"
How could she let the younger brother do the work? As an elder sister, she couldn't stand and watch.
Mu Yuan looked at Gu Qi's hand with a slightly complicated expression, "It will hurt if it touches water."
Gu Qi was stunned for a moment, lowered her head and found that there was a wound on the side of her index finger that was almost healed.
The cameraman was very cooperative and gave a close-up, so that the audience could understand Mu Yuan's meaning.
[So good, so sweet, silently caring about Elder Sister]
[God, can you give me a Younger Brother like this? ]
[Waaaa, I want one too, I want one too]
Gu Qi tried very hard to recall the source of the wound.
Now she remembered. It was because she tore the dog food bag too hard yesterday and it was cut. It bled for a bit, she wiped it clean, and it was fine. She didn't take it too seriously.
Seeing that she was injured, Da Pang's expression at that time was a bit similar to Mu Yuan's now, that kind of timid feeling of being at a loss.
It was care.
Gu Qi felt a warm feeling in her heart, instinctively reaching out to rub Mu Yuan's hair as if she wanted to rub Da Pang's head to comfort him that it was okay.
Of course, she immediately realized that the boy in front of her wasn't a puppy, but an ‘adult’ who was about to grow up. He had lowered his eyelashes at this moment, making it difficult to read the emotions in his eyes.
Although she was an elder sister, such an action might be a little... disrespectful?
Gu Qi was about to retract her hand to apologize, but she saw Mu Yuan raised his eyes and helplessly gazed at her: "Okay, Elder Sister, go and rest. You can trust me."
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Downstairs.
The director team took out a bunch of small games with very ‘special’ difficulty and told them to choose a task to complete.
For example, ‘Eat ten lemons without changing a expression’ and ‘Stuff twenty grapes in one mouth without drooling’... Anyway, it was all torment.
Jiang Lechuan gritted his teeth, "This is unnecessary. Song Shiqing and I are already familiar with each other. Of course I know what he likes to eat."
[If Jiang Lechuan's expression is more natural, this sentence may be more credible]
[Jiang Lechuan: Who understands, family members? The first thing the hateful person does after his comeback is to appear on a variety show with me, and I still have to complete the task to get a hint of what he likes to eat. Is there any justice? ]
After Jiang Lechuan finished speaking, he looked directly at the director, "I won't do the task, we’ll directly cook."
He didn't need any hints related to Song Shiqing's preferences.
Although this process should not be like this, the director thought that with the relationship between Jiang Lechuan and Song Shiqing, this might be more interesting. So he agreed to let Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing start choosing dishes straightaway.
In the corner.
Wen Renjing eyed Jiang Lechuan with distrust: "Do you really know what he likes to eat?"
Jiang Lechuan said confidently: "Of course I don't know."
Wen Renjing: "?"
Jiang Lechuan fired back at him: "Even if you know, can you cook or can I cook? Anyway, it may not be edible, so what difference does it make."
Wen Renjing: "..."
It actually made some sense.
Then Jiang Lechuan started to immerse himself in choosing.
Coriander, green onions, celery, leeks, all the strong-smelling ones were selected.
Wen Renjing: "...You are feeding the rabbits."
The production team gave Gu Qi's group two meat dishes. No matter how one looked at it, Song Shiqing couldn't possibly like to eat these things, right?
[Hahaha, this is the first time I’ve seen that “I feel like I have something to complain but I’m speechless” expression on Wen Renjing’s face]
[Random fact: Song Shiqing hates eating onions and coriander, he’s an extreme sweet tooth]
[Isn’t this expected? It’s a good enough that Jiang Lechuan didn’t poison Song Shiqing, so how can he cook what he likes to eat hahaha]
At this moment.
Only Ning Xiwei and Zhizi, as well as Shen Jinyi and Shen Anran, were left.
The two groups did some challenging tasks, but they were not completely successful and didn’t get too critical information clues. Instead, it was a mess. They could only eliminate some foods and choose ingredients half-guessingly.
So at night, this was the picture.
Seeing that Ning Xiwei and Zhizi made the dishes she liked, Gu Qi swallowed her saliva.
She naturally didn't know that Ning Xiwei and Zhizi gave up and cooked as they liked. She thought it was so lucky that the dishes that Song Shiqing liked to eat overlapped with hers.
[Jiang Lechuan: I don't know what Song Shiqing likes to eat, but I know what he hates to eat! ! ! ]
[For Wen Renjing, it was whatever since he doesn't have to move his hand]
[Ning Xiwei and Zhizi probably didn't understand what Song Shiqing likes to eat... but they both know what Gu Qi likes to eat]
[Does anyone remember the director's requirements? What a perfect poor performance duo! ]
Shen Anran didn't guess it either. So after hesitating, she chose to cook two dishes that she was best at.
Of course, after seeing that Gu Qi's group served meat dishes, she knew she had guessed the wrong direction.
Shen Anran didn't place too much importance on it. After all, she had no interest in Song Shiqing. Because she knew Song Shiqing's identity. She heard it in her father's casual grumbles after getting drunk.
Saying the illegitimate son of the Gong Family got a lot of tricks and thrown the whole family upside down. The Gong Family valued blood the most, sono matter how capable he was, he could not get the final inheritance.
Because Father Gong was a son-in-law who entered the door halfway.
The one that could really decide the company's affairs was his wife’s maternal family.
She would never have any contact with someone like Song Shiqing in her life.
After all, she had gotten rid of her illegitimate identity and was a real heiress from a famous family.
It was just...
Shen Anran looked at her silly elder brother, who was almost drooling from the sight of the food and swallowed his saliva, and wished the iron could be steel.
If he could have half of Song Shiqing's ability, she wouldn't have to rely on herself for everything and live in fear for so many years.
Suddenly sensing his younger sister's gaze on him turning strange, Shen Jinyi instantly tensed up.
Younger Sister seemed unhappy?
Why?
A hundred thoughts flashed through Shen Jinyi's brain.
What did he do wrong today? Nothing.
He didn't talk nonsense, didn't make a fuss outside, and didn't reveal the company's secrets... He obviously didn't do anything.
So Shen Jinyi pondered for a few seconds, picked up a piece of chicken wing in front of him, and put it into Shen Anran's bowl.
Younger Sister must-
Want to eat the food on his side, but it's too far away and she didn't want to pick it up.
He understood.
He was really a thoughtful elder brother!
Shen Anran: "..."
Forget it.
The dinner was finished.
Song Shiqing gave the Ning sisters the highest score without any suspense, because their cooking skills were truly good.
Then Gu Qi and Mu Yuan won second place. What surprised everyone was that Mu Yuan actually had a good cooking skill.
Of course, no one knew that this was the result of Mu Yuan's several days crash course.
Shen's siblings cooked dishes that he didn't like to eat, so the score was naturally not high, but the bottom was undoubtedly Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing.
Wen Renjing's face had ‘I shouldn't have believed you’ scribbled all over, while Jiang Lechuan unsmiling smiled: "You are so narrow-minded."
Song Shiqing felt helpless: "When I came, I did consider how to target you, but this time the score is fair and just."
[...Jiang Lechuan, how can you say this while looking at your two plates of dishes that almost no one had touched? ]
[These two people really can't cook at all! The kitchen was almost burned down by you earlier! ! ! ]
And Song Shiqing's score played a certain role in the following truth or dare game that was carried out by drawing cards.
The person who drew the biggest card had the right to ask the person who drew the smallest card to complete a truth or dare. If the person failed to complete the task, he would face punishment and drink a large glass of coriander juice.
The highest-scoring Ning Xiwei and Zhizi groups have two chances that if they draw the smallest card and did not complete the task, they would go unpunished. Gu Qi and Shen Anran groups have one chance each. Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing group, who were at the bottom, have nothing.
The first round of dealing cards was over.
The person who got the biggest card was Jiang Lechuan, and the person who got the smallest card was Song Shiqing.
Everyone: "?"
Jiang Lechuan: "!"
[Jiang Lechuan, the liberated laborer sing! ]
[The child's brows that frowned for a whole day finally relaxed, haha! ! ! ]
[What a coincidence!]
[I wouldn't be surprised if Jiang Lechuan get Song Shiqing take the beating and can't fight back]
Jiang Lechuan stared at Song Shiqing and asked, "Truth or Dare?"
Song Shiqing smiled faintly, looked at Gu Qi, and asked, "Elder Sister, based on your understanding of him, what should I choose?"
Gu Qi thought for a while.
She knew that her Younger Brother’s mouth had no restraint and dared to say and ask anything, but he wasn't bad and would not do anything excessive, so she answered, "Choose Dare."
Song Shiqing naturally accepted Gu Qi's suggestion and turned to Jiang Lechuan, "I choose Dare."
Jiang Lechuan instantly grinned.
It could be seen that he wanted to hold it back as the corners of his lips twitched strangely.
[Jiang Lechuan, if you have something to say, say it. Don't show such a villainous expression. Mommy is afraid]
[I have a feeling that he is planning something... his brain still makes people worry]
Jiang Lechuan looked at Song Shiqing and stood up in a flash: "Okay! The content of the dare is-
You quit today's recording!"
Everyone: "..."
They knew he couldn't say anything proper.
The director wiped the sweat from his forehead and told Jiang Lechuan that this breach of contract could not be considered a Dare.
Jiang Lechuan was naturally displeased. After thinking for a long time, he said: "If you don't quit, then don't quit. Then before the end of the recording, you will keep a distance of five meters... no, more than fifty meters from Elder Sister!"
Everyone: "?"
[? ? ? ]
[What kind of weird Dare was this? ]
[Jiang Lechuan, how much do you hate Song Shiqing? You can't accept him getting close to Gu Qi? ]
[…Why do I feel it’s not that simple?]
Song Shiqing looked calm, took the coriander juice in front of him, and drank it in one gulp. Looking up at Jiang Lechuan, he stated, “I refuse… Ugh!”
Song Shiqing felt a little down, thinking that the feeling of handsomeness only lasted for a second.
At this moment, he was feeling sick, feeling that his face was about to be smoked green by this most detestable coriander juice.
Jiang Lechuan knew that Song Shiqing hated coriander the most, because when he chatted with Song Shiqing before, he unexpectedly found that the things he hated were very similar to his elder sister. Like onions and coriander, he almost never touched them.
In fact, Wen Renjing and Mu Yuan were the same, they could eat but didn’t like them very much. This shocked Jiang Lechuan, who found out about it for the first time, and felt that he was an outsider in this family because he could accept these things.
Jiang Lechuan’s smile didn’t last too long.
Because he saw Elder Sister pouring water for Song Shiqing and even peeled a candy for him to put in his mouth to suppress the taste.
Damn...
Why did Elder Sister give Song Shiqing his favorite flavor?
How hateful, hateful, hateful!
Chapter 59
Jiang Lechuan's face had irks written all over it. It was obvious that he was very fuming.
It was hurtful to others, but it might not benefit himself.
Because of Jiang Lechuan's actions, there seemed to be some silent gunpowder in the air.
Song Shiqing recovered from the disgusting taste.
Raising his head, he smiled at Jiang Lechuan: "Continue."
Jiang Lechuan shuddered inexplicably.
But the strong desire to win and the determination to protect Elder Sister made him glare back fiercely.
Sure enough.
Still as annoying as before.
Two people thought at the same time.
Song Shiqing was down on his luck. Like truly.
Because in the second round, he still drew the smallest card, the same card as before.
This time, the one who drew the largest card was no longer Jiang Lechuan, but Shen Anran.
Song Shiqing chose the truth this time.
Shen Anran asked the question that everyone wanted to know. She knew that this would definitely get a lot of views online: "Senior Song, are you going to return to the entertainment industry to continue your career?"
"Not really." Song Shiqing denied without hesitation. A hint of helplessness appeared on his face. He said, "I felt that I left too suddenly. I know that many people are still waiting for me, so this time can be considered to be a proper goodbye to everyone and let everyone not have to worry about me anymore."
[Eh... understandable]
[Song Shiqing is a person who can easily succeed in anything. In an interview before, he said that the entertainment industry is an already completed transcript and not his life. There is no reason to come back]
[Respect all decisions of Song Shiqing. This old fan feels very happy to see him on the screen again]
[So why did Song Shiqing choose this variety show to appear again after so many years? ]
[Could it be that he didn't win against Jiang Lechuan that year...? (I'm guessing) (Running away with the pot lid on head)]
Jiang Lechuan thought the same thing.
How could it be such a coincidence? He didn't believe it when Song Shiqing said that he was on this show to say goodbye!
The game went on for a few more rounds. Everyone had some wins and some losses.
This time, the winner was Mu Yuan and the loser was Ning Xiwei.
Ning Xiwei chose Truth.
Because she was wary of Mu Yuan like Jiang Lechuan was wary of Song Shiqing and thought that he might keep her away from Gu Qi if it was Dare.
After hearing ‘Truth’, Mu Yuan put down the card in his hand and directly shot out: "Do you have any conflict with your Elder Sister?"
Mu Yuan had already noticed it.
He didn't intend to ask and intrude into other people's private matters in front of the camera, nor did he care whether Ning Xiwei's answer was true or false.
Besides, Ning Xiwei's group had the previous task’s advantage of refusing to answer and complete the task by two.
He wanted to warn Ning Xiwei that if she didn't want everyone to see the conflict between her and Zhizi, she should stay away from Elder Sister and play the role of sisterly love with her own elder sister.
At the moment when Mu Yuan asked this question, the atmosphere on the scene seemed a little awkward.
Zhizi looked at a loss. She didn't know how to answer and instinctively looked at her younger sister.
Wen Renjing raised his eyebrows, seeming to be very interested in Mu Yuan's statement.
Shen Jinyi had no idea how the relationship between other families was, his eyes were wide open.
Shen Anran showed a touch of surprise on her face and looked at Ning Xiwei.
Ning Xiwei lowered her eyelashes and smiled. When everyone thought she would deny it, she admitted frankly: "Yes, my Elder Sister and I didn't grow up together and had mutually hated each other for many years. Now that we are grown up and sensible, we can somewhat reconcile."
She had long abandoned her persona and didn't care whether these secrets would be seen by outsiders.
So when she noticed the warning in Mu Yuan's words, she didn't want to do what he wanted and directly admitted it.
Ning Xiwei smiled gently at Mu Yuan.
This expression conveyed another meaning to him: Yes, you guessed it, but I don't care.
Mu Yuan was just a high school student after all. A trace of surprise flashed across his cold face.
Then it was irk.
But he couldn't show it. He could only lower his head and endure it.
It was like a silent war. Whoever showed rejection of the other in front of Elder Sister first would lose.
Gu Qi was surprised.
First, she was surprised that Mu Yuan would ask such a ‘gossip’ question, and second, it turned out to be right.
That wasn’t right.
Although Gu Qi could sense that the relationship between the two sisters was occasionally a little subtly weird, their concern and care for each other didn't seem fake.
Jiang Lechuan was curious and asked, "Why do you hate each other?"
Although he didn't like Ning Xiwei very much, Elder Sister Zhizi is obviously a very good person! She cooks delicious food, has a gentle personality, and is easy to get along with. Who can have a conflict with her?
Ning Xiwei rolled her eyes at him and didn't answer at all.
It was still Gu Qi who smoothed things over for Jiang Lechuan, "Those who didn't win are not qualified to ask questions."
Jiang Lechuan: "..."
Humph! ! !
In the next round, Jiang Lechuan actually won.
This time, the loser was Gu Qi.
Everyone: "!"
[A good big battle between siblings]
[Hahaha Jiang Lechuan, please say something! This is your dearest elder sister!]
[Jiang Lechuan: I can't do it to my Elder Sister, but I have to cherish this hard-won opportunity. I'm so conflicted]
[Above friend, I declare that you are already a level 10 master of Jiang Lechuan's micro-expression analysis!]
Gu Qi looked at Jiang Lechuan with an unsmiling smile and outright chose the Dare. She wanted to see what kind of difficulty her Younger Brother could give her.
Jiang Lechuan: "QAQ."
Scared.
Would dare Jiang Lechuan bully his family’s elder sister? He racked his brains to come up with a task and an idea suddenly popped up, "I got it! Tell me the ten shortcomings of Song Shiqing!"
Gu Qi: "?"
How could she know what shortcomings Song Shiqing had?
[Hahaha, how can this be a punishment for Gu Qi? Isn't it clearly aimed at Song Shiqing? ]
[Jiang Lechuan: To come up with such a clever idea, I’m a genius right? ]
[ROFL. As expected of Jiang Lechuan! ]
When Gu Qi was troubled, Song Shiqing winked at her and lowered his voice: "Say whatever, it doesn't matter."
Anyway, whatever Gu Qi say was whatever.
No one said anything would happen if she said some shortcomings.
Gu Qi used her brain for a while, then looked at Song Shiqing, and counted his ‘shortcomings’ with her fingers: "Childish, impulsive, strong desire to win, not very prudent..."
Jiang Lechuan: "?"
"Wait!" Jiang Lechuan couldn't listen any longer, and stopped his elder sister,: "You are talking about my shortcomings, right?!"
Gu Qi denied it seriously: "No, I'm talking about Song Shiqing."
Song Shiqing nodded, covering his chest with one hand,: "Yes, it's me, I'm really truly regret."
Jiang Lechuan couldn't bear it!
No... When Gu Qi listed ‘height less than 1.8 meters’ as a shortcoming, Jiang Lechuan couldn't bear it anymore.
Jiang Lechuan: "How could Song Shiqing be less than 1.8 meters!"
It was obviously him who was scolded!
Gu Qi seriously stated: "No, he isn't."
Song Shiqing nodded in agreement: "Yes, there’s a height-increasing insole."
[Elder Sister will always find a way to sort you! Give up resistance! ]
[Hahaha. Jiang Lechuan: I vaguely sensed something is wrong, but I have no evidence]
[Gu Qi and Song Shiqing's tacit understanding is quite funny. Where did this group of drama queens come from?]
Jiang Lechuan didn't believe it.
Having no way to refute it, Jiang Lechuan could only listen to Elder Sister counting his shortcomings silently. His expression became more and more aggrieved.
It wasn't easy to win once, thinking that he could make Song Shiqing feel aggrieved once. Unforeseen, he would be scolded by Elder Sister in the end.
So infuriating.
So infuriating!!!
Hateful Song Shiqing!
He will definitely take revenge!
...
The game was still going on round by round. It was already completely dark when today's recording was over.
Seeing that the staff had packed up their equipment and left and the live broadcast had ended, Gu Qi returned to her room, but she wasn't in a hurry to wash up.
She sat at the table, flipping through the script she brought with her today as she waited for the knock on the door.
"Dongdong--"
Gu Qi heard the knock on the door and got up to open it.
Song Shiqing stood at the door, smiling at her apologetically, "I'm sorry to bother you so late. If you don't mind, can we go downstairs to chat?"
Gu Qi understood Song Shiqing's intention in the instant.
She took a sip of the hot water in front of her and concluded: "You mean, let me cooperate with you to act in front of your family and be your fiancée?
Before I answer, can I ask the reason first? Why me?"
Song Shiqing replied: "Only if it's you, Jiāng Zhiyu will be willing to marry Gong Xuanan."
Gu Qi naturally understood this logic.
In Jiāng Zhiyu's opinion, if she was with Song Shiqing, marrying Gong Xuanan would let her forever suppress her.
But...
If Gong Xuanan had support, the inheritance right had nothing to do with Song Shiqing. In theory, Song Shiqing should be the one who least hopes that the marriage between the two families will be successful.
Gu Qi wanted to ask Song Shiqing, what benefits do he get from Gong Xuanan and Jiāng Zhiyu being together?
The words turned into-
"Why? Are you their CP fan?"
Chapter 60
The atmosphere was very awkward.
Really.
At least that was what Gu Qi thought.
She didn't know what she was thinking when she said such an irrelevant sentence. It wasn't in line with her character.
Just looking at Song Shiqing, she thought of the fight between him and Jiang Lechuan.
Thinking of Jiang Lechuan, she thought of how Jiang Lechuan would react if he was here.
En...
This mentality could be regarded as being influenced by Jiang Lechuan.
Song Shiqing was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, neither admitting or denying: "If Elder Sister wants to think like this, sure."
Of course it couldn't be such a ridiculous reason.
He didn't explain too much, faintly smiled at Gu Qi and uttered in a light voice: "There's no need to mention about the relationship between Gong Xuanan and me. Elder Sister probably won't forgive Jiāng Zhiyu right? The best punishment for them... is of course to let them get married."
Punishment.
Get married.
For Jiāng Zhiyu, she was naturally reluctant to marry Gong Xuanan, a rich young master who was uneducated and unskilled, but such business marriages were not uncommon in wealthy families. So it wasn't a punishment.
Gu Qi's brain was working fast. She knew that there were secrets behind this that she didn't know.
Just missing a thread, a thread that could connect everything.
That thread...
The relationship between Jiāng Fengzhi and Jiāng Zhiyu.
The twin siblings in the eyes of outsiders actually had a bad relationship.
Gu Qi asked with uncertainty: "What is the relationship between the Jiāng Family and the Gong Family, or between Jiāng Zhiyu and Gong Xuanan?”
Gu Qi originally asked with the attitude of testing the water, not expecting Song Shiqing to tell her the answer. It could also be said she was prepared for the perfunctory.
Song Shiqing admitted: "You guessed it right, they are real siblings, real twins."
Gu Qi's face showed surprise.
In fact, she was guessing in this direction, but she thought that Jiāng Zhiyu was a child of the Gong Family, but never considered that she and Gong Xuanan were real twins.
If Jiāng Zhiyu and Gong Xuanan have the same father and mother, then who was their mother?
Jiāng Zhiyu and Jiāng Fengzhi were not twin siblings, then who was Jiāng Fengzhi's biological mother?
This series of questions was as messy as a spider web and Gu Qi couldn't find the answer.
Before Gu Qi could voice her confusion, Song Shiqing seemed to see what she was thinking and answered all her doubts at once: "Jiāng Fengzhi isn't Jiāng Anguo's child. If a connection must be said, they are barely distant cousins. As for Jiāng Zhiyu and Gong Xuanan, they are both the children of Song Xuelian and Gong Wei."
So Jiāng Fengzhi and Jiāng Zhiyu have no blood relationship. Jiāng Zhiyu's elder brother was her current fiancé Gong Xuanan.
If they were together, it would be a taboo ‘sadomasochistic love’.
Gu Qi blurted out: "Song Xuelian and Gong Wei?"
She had lived in Jiāng Family for so many years and she didn't know what the relationship between the two was. She only knew that Song Xuelian was abroad all year round and barely went back to Jiāng Family a few times a year.
"Song Xuelian and Gong Wei are first love. The Gong Family was at best a small family. In order to start a business, Gong Wei personally sent his girlfriend to the bed of Jiāng Anguo, who was in power at that time, in exchange for help. After his career became strong, he married his wife. With the help of his wife's family and half-marrying in, Gong Family became its current state." Song Shiqing finished speaking and added a sentence for fear that Gu Qi would not believe him: "My adoptive mother is Song Xuelian's younger sister. In name, I still need to call her maternal aunt."
To some extent, Song Xuelian was pitiful. However, this couple had enough means as they actually climbed the class together and became the so-called superior people.
Gu Qi's brain digested the information for a few seconds before saying: "Then you and them are still siblings... Also, please don't use such a calm expression to talk about such shocking gossip."
Song Shiqing cooperated and complained back: "It's Adoptive Mother. I’m certainly Gong Wei's child and have nothing to do with the Jiāng Family. Please don't use such a cold expression to grasp such a crooked point."
"Sorry, a habit." Gu Qi pulled the corners of her lips and showed a shocked expression cooperatively and then was praised by Song Shiqing for her good acting skills.
The atmosphere between the two was quite relaxed, as if they were not talking about any shocking gossip, but a trivial matter of how the dinner tasted.
When Song Shiqing proposed cooperation again, Gu Qi asked him: "Cooperation? Why do you think that after telling me all this, I will definitely agree to cooperate with you, instead of telling Uncle Jiāng the truth and asking for some benefits from him."
In the eyes of the entire imperial capital's noble circle, it was such a coincidence that even the surnames had the same pronunciation.
Jiang Family was born to be an appendage of Jiāng Family. After all, they have been dependent on the Jiāng Family for so many years.
Song Shiqing lowered his eyelashes.
The moonlight shone on his face. The gentle look was no longer there. It was replaced by a trace of loneliness.
He raised his head and met Gu Qi's eyes.
His expression looked indifferent and the hatred in his eyes wasn't concealed: "Because there is a life between you and her, and there is a life of my adoptive mother between me and Gong-Jiāng Family."
None of them could forget it.
No one could get over it.
Gu Qi's expression was a little stiff, but she didn't deny what Song Shiqing said.
Gu Qi believed everything Song Shiqing said was true, but she could not understand why he chose to tell her all this.
Anyway, he had already come to this program. He could achieve the same effect by pretending to pursue her and then buying some marketing to spread their gossip.
Telling the truth to her would only add trouble and uncertainty.
In response, Song Shiqing looked at Gu Qi with some helplessness in his eyes: "I need your help, so I should show more sincerity. If the partners cannot be honest with each other, it means that I am unilaterally using you. I don't like it and don't want to."
What he didn't say was.
He would never use Gu Qi, forever.
After a while.
After thinking about it, Gu Qi stretched out her hand, "Happy cooperation, fiancé."
For Gu Qi.
This was a no loss cooperation. There was no reason to refuse.
At the end, Song Shiqing continued a bit. "There is one thing I haven't told you yet."
"My mother is the current wife of the Gong Family. Gong Xuanan had occupied my position for so many years."
"Happy cooperation, fiancée."
＊
On the other side.
The Gong Family.
Song Xuelian accompanied her husband to have dinner with the Gong couple. When her husband went out to make a phone call and Mrs. Gong went to get the gifts prepared for them, she finally told him the purpose of her coming here.
Song Xuelian looked at Gong Wei. Her eyes instantly turned red and her voice trembled as she said, "I don't think the marriage between Xiaoyu and Xuanan is appropriate." Gong Wei quickly wiped the tears of his beloved woman and coaxed her, "I know Xuanan is a child with many shortcomings and isn't worthy of Xiaoyu, but things have come to this point. The engagement banquet had been held. It's not appropriate to decide to not marry now."
"Gong Wei! You tell me that things have come to this point? Back then wasn't it you who coaxed me to hold an engagement banquet and muddle the matter through?"
Song Xuelian was furious, but she suppressed her temper and cried pitifully.
Gong Wei felt that he was in a dilemma.
On the one hand, his wife arranged the marriage, while on the other hand, his lover's crying softened his heart.
Song Xuelian naturally knew how weak and incompetent the man in front of her was. If she didn't tell him the truth, she might not be able to change the final outcome.
So she could only wipe away her tears, "Gong Wei, I'm not here to quarrel with you. I want to tell you that this matter is really not a joke. Xiaoyu and Xuanan can't be together because they are..."
"Oh, I've got a bit too delayed." The door was pushed open from the outside and Mrs. Gong came in with a bottle of fine wine in her hand, "This is what Mr. Gong brought back from abroad last time. He said that Anguo likes this. You two should take it back and enjoy it."
Because Mrs. Gong's arrival was too coincidental, Song Xuelian could only hold back all the unfinished words and accept the red wine.
Full of jolly, Mrs. Gong smiled. She chatted on how she had recently bought a red winery and planned to let Gong Xuanan manage it. It was large in area and could be used as a new wedding house for Gong Xuanan and Jiāng Zhiyu in the future.
Song Xuelian felt her mind was a mess and her heart chaotic: "I discussed it with Gong Wei and felt that this engagement cannot be fulfilled."
Mrs. Gong's smile faded and she looked at her husband.
Gong Wei's face turned pale in an instant: "We are still discussing it. We are still discussing it."
How could dare he make such a decision without his wife?
Song Xuelian looked at Gong Wei and felt a little pain in her cold heart. She asked: "Even when I beg you to look upon the long time relationship where we have known for so many years?"
Gong Wei seemed on the spot and opened his mouth to say something but stopped. Finally, he looked at his wife again.
If it were normal days, he might still try his best to fight for it.
Yesterday, he and his wife had a quarrel because of a failed investment in business. Currently he felt quite guilty.
Gong Wei wanted Song Xuelian to leave first and he would discuss the matter later and think of a solution.
Suddenly.
Song Xuelian looked at Gong Xuanan's wife. She lowered her normally proud and noble head in an almost pleading tone: "I know what kind of person my daughter is. She is born with bad behavior, while her eyes are high.
If she marries into the Gong Family, she will definitely seek death. It's okay to torment herself, but hurt Xuanan? It will make us lose our peaceful life from now on. The initial goal is marriage. If it ends up in becoming enemies in the end, it's really not worth it. I am willing to use 10% of the shares of Xuelian Jewelry under the Jiāng Family as compensation, in exchange for the cancellation of this engagement."