Chapter 54 Women should play with 18-year-old men

"Uh, no," Qu Xiang lied, trying to brush it off.

"Qu Xiang, you don't think I'm easy to fool, do you?" Lu Yanchuan's voice was even colder.

Qu Xiang glanced at her gentle-looking friend sitting at the table, watching Shen Li serve her hot soup and pick out the ginger she didn't like from the dishes with her chopsticks.

Qu Xiang calmed herself down and went out onto the balcony.

The way people address each other on the phone is no longer the respectful way the service provider addresses the client.

“Lu Yanchuan.” Qu Xiang’s voice turned somber. “Shen Li is an individual with an independent personality. She is not your appendage, nor your possession. She can go wherever she wants.”

Lu Yanchuan was clearly annoyed by Qu Xiang's words. His voice lowered, his tone was cold, and the syllables seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "What did you say?"

Almost word by word.

Now that Qu Xiang had brought it up, there was no reason for her to back down. "I said, Shen Li can go wherever she wants. I won't stop her, nor will I reveal anything. If you want to know, ask her yourself in a respectful way!"

After saying this, Qu Xiang's deep and cold voice subsided, replaced by the superficial politeness and courtesy that a service provider would show to a client.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, it's already past my get off work hours. We can discuss any work-related details tomorrow during work hours. Have a nice day."

After saying that, Qu Xiang hung up the phone.

As she was about to go inside, she turned her head and saw Shen Li leaning against the balcony door, smiling at her.

Qu Xiang scratched her head sheepishly, "You heard everything?"

Shen Li smiled and said, "Since President Qu is protecting me so much in front of the client, of course I have to hear it."

"Good to hear!" Qu Xiang walked over and poked her forehead. "Even under pressure from the client, I'm still on your side. You should also be more on your own side."

Shen Li understood what Qu Xiang meant. She had indeed placed too many expectations and hopes on Lu Yanchuan in the past, and to put it another way, she had put herself in a very low position.

But now, she no longer intends to do that.

However, I felt Qu Xiang's finger poking my forehead just now.

For some reason, a memory flashed through Shen Li's mind: the time Lu Yanchuan poked her forehead with a finger before entering the Lu family's main hall.

The two best friends went inside to have dinner together.

The food was very good.

Shen Li's skills are still sharp as ever, and his culinary skills are superb.

Qu Xiang felt like she had eaten right up to her throat, and she could vomit it up in a heartbeat if she made any sudden movements!

Qu Xiang sprawled out on the sofa, let out a burp, and looked completely satisfied.

"Lili's sword is as sharp as ever, her sword is as sharp as ever!"

Qu Xiang patted her bulging belly and said, "Who would understand... The cooking skills I honed for Lu Yanchuan have ended up benefiting me."

"If He Xun knew, wouldn't he be green with envy?" Qu Xiang said, getting up and showing Shen Li photos of He Xun's recent filming progress posted on Weibo.

“Look at him, it seems like he’s been rushing to meet the filming schedule lately. In the middle of nowhere, in that kind of environment, the crew can’t even get a decent boxed lunch. It’s tough, and he’s lost a lot of weight.”

Shen Li looked at the recent photo posted by He Xun on Qu Xiang's phone screen.

She has indeed lost weight. If she looks very thin in photos, she will only be thinner in real life.

"I'll give him a good boost when he gets back," Shen Li said.

Qu Xiang nodded repeatedly, "Just let me have a bite."

The two chatted until midnight before going to sleep.

The next morning, Qu Xiang woke up late and didn't even have time for breakfast, so Shen Li packed her things to take with her.

"I really don't know how you became a boss, making people clock in..." Shen Li said helplessly.

Qu Xiang stuffed a fried egg into her mouth and mumbled, "Set an example!"

After struggling to swallow the fried egg, Qu Xiang asked, "Do you want to come with me to the base? To take a look around?"

Shen Li glanced at Qu Xiang, then reached out to take it, saying, "Give me back my breakfast."

Qu Xiang clutched the lunchbox containing breakfast with both hands, saying repeatedly, "Hey, hey, hey! I didn't ask you to go as Lu Yanchuan's representative!"

Qu Xiang winked at Chen Li, "Let me tell you, the two new contestants at the base, my god, they're incredibly handsome! That's why I wanted to take you to see them. Oh my, they're only eighteen! Eighteen!"

Qu Xiang said to Shen Li in a righteous and stern tone, "I think women should play with eighteen-year-old men."

His expression was so resolute, it was as if he were about to join the Party.

Shen Li almost burst out laughing. Her mood, which had been brightening early in the morning, was brightened by Qu Xiang's determined expression, as if she were about to join the Party, and her remarks about wanting to play with her younger brother.

"Let's do it another day," Shen Li said. "I still need to go to the studio to take a look, mainly to check the kiln. If it's not suitable, I'll have to find another place."

Qu Xiang hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly, "If you ask me, why don't you go directly to Master Zhong... Do you think he'd kick you out? He values ​​you the most."

Shen Li's gaze dimmed. "Master probably wouldn't do that. It's just that I feel ashamed, so..."

Qu Xiang didn't try to persuade Shen Li much, and hurriedly left to go to work.

Shen Li felt that the family she chose when she went to Lancheng to select soil had an old relationship with her master. Her master must have already heard about her going to select soil.

Moreover, Shen Li did not hide her intentions at the time, and told the old man selling clay about her plan to participate in the pottery competition.

Master should already know this.

After having breakfast, Shen Li tidied up the kitchen and dining room, tidied herself up, and then left Qu Xiang's house.

She called a ride-hailing service, but the car hadn't arrived yet, so Shen Li decided to walk to the entrance of her residential compound to wait for it.

But when I walked out of the residential area, the ride-hailing car still hadn't arrived.

Another car arrived.

"Madam." A tall man got out of the driver's seat, walked to the back seat, and opened the car door for Shen Li.

It was Tang Yao, one of Lu Yanchuan's assistants, whose position should be similar to Zhou Yan's.

However, Tang Yao was tall and burly, and his suits always looked bulging from his muscles. When he was with Lu Yanchuan, he was more like a bodyguard than a secretary or assistant.

"..." Shen Li looked at Tang Yao, somewhat surprised, "Why is Assistant Tang here?"

"The boss sent me here to pick you up," Tang Yao replied in a deep voice.

Shen Li frowned. "Where are you taking me? Is there some occasion where I'm needed?"

Tang Yao remained silent, his expression unchanged, but his mind was racing.

Thinking back to what the boss had said before I came here, "Drive to the entrance of Qu Xiang Community to pick her up."

Indeed, they didn't say where they were taking her.

Then he recalled Zhou Yan's whispered reminder, "I think you'd better not upset your wife, and it would be better not to escalate the conflict between her and President Lu."

After Tang Yao processed all of this in his mind, he looked up at Shen Li and said, "The boss was worried that you wouldn't have a car, so he asked me to pick you up. Where do you want to go? I'll take you there."

Seeing the sharp edges in Shen Li's expression soften.

Tang Yao snapped his fingers in his mind: Yes! The plan worked!