Chapter 49 World 2 [19]

Jing Ke packed the room very quickly. Her suitcase still contained the same old equipment, a full set of documents and the necessary notebooks.

"Are we going to eat now?" Jing Ke washed her hands after tidying up and going to the room. While wiping her hands with a towel, she turned sideways to look at Shao Qing who was leaning against the door frame.

Shao Qing was also dressed casually. Her originally wavy hair turned into slightly curly long hair after washing it last night, and was casually draped over her back.

"It's almost time for dinner. What do you want to eat? I'll treat you." Shao Qing stood up straight, reached out to tuck his unruly hair behind his ears, and showed a friendly smile as he faced his friends.

Jing Ke answered without much thought, "For our first meal, how about hot pot? We can find a small private room and enjoy our meal."

Shao Qing certainly had no objection. "Okay, it's right outside the community. Can we just walk over?"

"Okay!" Jing Ke agreed immediately.

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Shao Qing has been very popular recently. In order to avoid being recognized by fans when going out, she chose a casual outfit similar to Jing Ke's, put on a baseball cap and a mask, and then walked out of the villa gate with Jing Ke one after another.

When Shao Qing was locking the door, Jing Ke glanced at the empty space in the front yard and suddenly an idea popped into his head.

The open space left at the door seems to be very suitable for planting trees. Plant loquat trees on one side and orange trees on the other side. In a few years, you can eat pure natural and pollution-free fruits.

"Jing Ke, let's go. We'll go out from the north gate. The hot pot restaurant is over there." After seeing Jing Ke staring at the empty space in a daze, Shao Qing walked over and patted her shoulder gently.

"Oh, okay, okay." Jing Ke withdrew his thoughts and followed Shao Qing's footsteps.

After walking forward for three minutes, Jing Ke couldn't help but share the idea that came to her mind with Shao Qing and asked for her opinion.

"Planting trees." Shao Qing blinked, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes. "I originally reserved that piece of land to plant something, but I've been on the team for several months, and when I'm busy, I have no time to take care of them."

Shao Qing sighed softly, "If I ask my assistant to run over every now and then just to water the plants, it seems like it would be too much of a hassle for him, so I just leave the place empty."

In Shao Qing's original plan, she would live with her grandmother, so that the open space in the front and back yards could be used for the elderly to grow whatever they want.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. Grandma Shao could not live in the villa permanently, and Shao Qing himself could not live in the villa for a long time, so only the simplest lawns were arranged in the front and back yards, focusing on free growth.

"When planting trees, you just need to take good care of them during the transplanting period. Once they are planted, taking care of them once every month will be enough." Jing Ke said, seeming to have quite a bit of experience in caring for plants.

"After dinner, how about we go to the flower and tree market and buy some things to plant? If you don't have time after joining the group, I can help you take care of it." Jing Ke tried to recommend herself.

Shao Qing was moved after hearing this, but she still only regarded Jing Ke as a friend.

In Shao Qing's expectation, Jing Ke just needed him to take care of her for a period of time. After Jing Ke found a way to make a living in the country, she would move out of the villa.

"Thank you, but I'd rather wait until I have some free time to slowly study it." Shao Qing found an excuse to decline. "It's better to plant things yourself. That way, you can feel a sense of accomplishment after the plants grow."

"That makes sense." Jing Ke nodded, and could only regretfully give up the idea of ​​helping to plant trees.

Shao Qingxuan’s hot pot restaurant is just outside the community, only a fifteen-minute walk away.

Thanks to his baseball cap and mask, Shao Qing was not confronted by anyone and was able to reach a small private room smoothly.

After remembering how Jing Ke ate fruit before, Shao Qing stuffed the ordering tablet into Jing Ke's hand and told her to order whatever she liked.

"I'm not very picky about food. As long as the food is not too strong, I can accept it." Shao Qing said.

"Okay, then I'll take a look." Jing Ke's eyes fell on the dishes. After seeing that there was a half-portion option, he skillfully ordered all the dishes he wanted to eat in small portions.

Jing Ke didn't know when she developed this habit, but she naturally chose the four-grid pot base. Two portions of water were placed diagonally opposite each other, leaving a light mushroom soup pot and a strong beef oil hot pot.

"What would you like to drink? Juice or soda?" Jing Ke asked.

Shao Qing was a little slow in chatting with his agent. "Juice, drinking too much soda will make you bloated."

"Okay, I'll order apple juice." Jing Ke placed the order and handed the tablet to the waiter when she came over to serve the soup base.

After seeing that half of the bottom of the pot was clear water, Shao Qing became even more certain of his guess.

Jing Ke really has very little cash on her, and she has to budget carefully even when eating. It seems that I need to pay more attention to her in my daily life. If I can prevent Jing Ke from spending money, I should not let her spend it.

Jing Ke had no idea that a habit she'd developed in her previous life had been misinterpreted by Shao Qing as a sign of being broke. Seeing the bubbling bubbling at the bottom of the pot, she volunteered to help prepare the dipping sauce.

"This one is the recipe I made on the condiment counter, and this one is my own special dipping sauce. You can try them and see which one you like."

Relying on her slender and flexible fingers, Jing Ke brought in four bowls of side dishes in one breath, gave two bowls to Shao Qing, and kept two bowls for herself.

Shao Qing is not picky about food, but this does not affect her love for delicious food.

After seeing that both dipping sauces looked good, Shao Qing threw two slices of mutton rolls directly into the butter pot. After taking them out, he tried the two dipping sauces prepared by Jing Ke.

It was prepared according to the recipe from the condiment table and was quite satisfactory. Shao Qing felt that it tasted like what hot pot dipping sauce should taste like.

As for the dipping sauce that Jing Ke claimed to be his exclusive one, Shao Qing raised his eyebrows the moment he took a sip. Not only did it emit a unique aroma while chewing, it also remained fragrant in his mouth after he swallowed it.

"How did you make this dipping sauce? Is it a secret recipe shared by netizens?" Shao Qing's eyes lit up after tasting the delicious food, and he looked at Jing Ke expectantly, "Would you mind telling me the recipe?"

"I learned it before. It's not difficult. If you like it, I'll take you to learn it next time?" Jing Ke said with a smile.

"Okay, it's a deal." Shao Qing threw two more mutton rolls into the bottom of the pot, and after taking them out, he chose the exclusive secret dipping sauce for all of them.

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After finishing the hot pot and coming out of the private room, I saw half of the sun hiding in the distant mountains, and the afterglow left behind turned the sky into a dazzling orange-red.

Shao Qing looked up at the sky, squinted his eyes slightly to watch the sunset for a while, and couldn't help but took out his mobile phone to take a picture.

"The morning glow doesn't go out, but the evening glow can travel thousands of miles. It looks like tomorrow will be a sunny day." Shao Qing sighed and suddenly turned around to look at Jing Ke.

"Would you like to take a photo with me? I'll post a status to introduce you first. If we go to the banquet together later, you will be my public friend." Shao Qing suggested.

The orange-red sunset fell on Shao Qing's beige coat, making her originally bright facial features look softer than usual.

"Okay, you can introduce me as your friend who just returned to China." Jing Ke said, taking a step forward and standing next to Shao Qing to make it easier for her to take pictures.

Shao Qing is 1.73 meters tall, which is considered tall among female artists. If she wears a dress and high heels, she can be as tall as male stars.

The body Jing Ke obtained in this transaction was from a mixed-race father, so she is five centimeters taller than Shao Qing, and her facial features look more three-dimensional than those of Chinese people, with a kind of heroic spirit that is unique to women.

Shao Qing directed Jing Ke to stand behind him. After taking off the mask, he slightly tilted his body so that Jing Ke could show her complete facial features.

"Come, look at the camera." Shao Qing quickly found the right angle. When Jing Ke's lips curled up slightly, he pressed the shutter button at the perfect moment, capturing the first photo of the two of them together.

"Not bad, the lighting and angle are good, your eyes look particularly beautiful." Shao Qing did not hesitate to praise and generously handed the phone to Jing Ke.

Jing Ke leaned over to take a look. The upper bodies of the two people were frozen in the photo along with the setting sun. One looked bright and flamboyant, while the other looked heroic and reserved.

Well, they seem to be particularly compatible. It seems that the two of them are indeed partners chosen by heaven.

The benefits of having a good appearance are obvious. Shao Qing doesn't even need to edit the photos after taking them. He can just add a filter and send them out.

Shao Qing's Weibo was full of new fans. Within a minute of posting the update, it had received over a thousand likes.

From this point, it can be seen that Shao Qing’s Weibo has been set as a special focus object by many people, so they can arrive at the scene at the first time.

【Front row claws~】

[My wife is so beautiful, let me hug her and kiss her! ]

Who's taking photos with Qingqing? She's so pretty. Is she some new artist who just debuted? I want to see her profile in three minutes!

[Maybe it's a new talent that Zongheng Entertainment wants to promote. Didn't Zongheng Entertainment always ask Qingqing to lead new artists?]

[What? Am I the only one who thinks Qingqing is just sharing a photo with friends?]

You're not alone. Your wife looks relaxed, and their tops are similar. They're obviously true friends.

[Sister Qingqing and her friends are both very pretty, and the sunset is also beautiful~]

Shao Qing installed the small program that Jing Ke had sent her before on her mobile phone, so after opening the background, she did not see any comments that affected her mood too much. They were basically the real words and attitudes of fans.

After flipping through a few messages, Shao Qing selected a few familiar nicknames and simply replied to the messages, denying the speculation that Jing Ke was the company's new artist.

"Jing Ke, you don't plan to enter the entertainment industry to make movies, right?" After pressing the send button, Shao Qing looked up at Jing Ke.

Jing Ke shook her head. "I'm not very interested in acting, nor do I know how to do it. At most, I can be an investor or a sponsor."

"In that case, do you need me to introduce you to some promising investment projects? If you make money, you can give me some commission?" Shao Qing said naturally.

After saying this, Shao Qing put the joke behind him, picked a few netizens to reply, and gave a more affirmative answer, saying that Jing Ke was just his friend and would not debut as an artist in the future.

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Shao Qing feels very different when living in a villa alone or with someone else.

The first thing that came to mind was a sense of security. After knowing that Jing Ke was only one room away from him, Shao Qing, who used to check the doors and windows several times a day, became noticeably more relaxed than before.

Shao Qing even chatted with Jing Ke in the study for a while before going to bed, followed her newly registered Weibo, edited her previous post, and tagged Jing Ke, who used her real name as her online name.

After noticing that more and more people were following her, Jing Ke clicked on her Weibo homepage, which only had one greeting, and read the new comments.

After seeing many people leaving messages asking them to post on Weibo, Jing Ke humbly asked Shao Qing for advice, "Shao Qing, many of your fans are following me. Should I post something?"

"Is there..." Shao Qing originally wanted Jing Ke to post some previous photos of her life abroad to establish her image as a returnee in front of fans.

But then I thought, Jing Ke was completely unknown before today, so how could she have photos of her previous life?

After thinking for a moment, Shao Qing quickly came up with an idea. "This is easy. Just pick up a book and I'll take a picture of you. You can just send a full-body photo."

Jing Ke nodded, handed the phone to Shao Qing without any precautions, and picked up a book from the desk and started reading.

Shao Qing had previously shared photos of her study. In order to prevent microscopic netizens from noticing clues, she asked Jing Ke to move the chair to the wall to avoid certain things that were too recognizable.

"Jing Ke, you're a little too restrained. You can relax a little more, but it's okay if I don't exist." Shao Qing gave instructions according to his own feelings.

"Okay." Jing Ke responded, trying to adjust his state according to Shao Qing's words.

The light in the study was a warm, non-glaring yellow. Jing Ke, who had just taken a shower, was wearing a very common off-white nightgown.

The dark brown hair was casually draped behind her head. Because it had just been blow-dried, there were still a lot of fluffy hair on her forehead, which made Jing Ke's rather heroic facial features look a little softer.

Jing Ke looks so homely like this, and somehow gives off the feeling that she is very caring.

Shao Qing couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The originally normal shot had been magnified many times without her realizing it.

Jing Ke's face occupies two-thirds of the not-so-big phone screen.

As for the remaining one-third, it was Jing Ke’s exposed neck and faintly visible collarbone.

Shao Qing swallowed hard and suddenly understood why so many people became his fans just because of his good looks.

Liking and pursuing beautiful people and things seems to be an instinct engraved in human genes, and I am no exception.

"Is there anything else that needs to be adjusted?" Seeing that Shao Qing didn't say anything, Jing Ke couldn't help but turn his head to look over.

The side face originally on the screen suddenly turned into Jing Ke's front face. The amber eyes appeared even clearer and more transparent after being magnified exponentially.

"Ok, that's enough. Just concentrate on reading and leave the rest to me." Shao Qing quickly came back to his senses and reduced the picture to a normal proportion as if to cover up.

"Okay." Jing Ke didn't think much about it and quickly resumed reading with his head down.

Shao Qing licked his lower lip, slightly enlarged the picture, and took five photos in a row.

"Okay, just pick one from here, write some text and send it out." Shao Qing returned the phone to Jing Ke and lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes.

Everyone loves beauty. After Jing Ke posted a photo full of atmosphere, the number of her fans exceeded 100,000 on the second day.

Most of the messages were directed at Jing Ke, calling her wife and husband all the time, and they were very free and easy.

Jing Ke, who had some knowledge of the netizens' nonsense, just frowned slightly and did not argue with the netizens. Instead, he left a message on a few netizens who praised both himself and Shao Qing, and pressed the thumbs-up button.

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Jing Ke, who just returned to China, has no job. Even though she has more than 1 billion foreign currencies, she does not plan to work as a hard-working worker. Instead, she starts to read various information that she has compiled before.

They began to study whether it would be better to start a company from scratch, or to buy a poorly performing entertainment company and then make drastic changes, which would be more efficient.

While Jing Ke was studying information about various entertainment companies, Shao Qing was not idle either. Not to mention her regular professional courses, she also had more than two hours of fitness time every day.

As a result, after Jing Ke became a human, the frequency of chatting with Shao Qing actually decreased. They would only chat for more than ten minutes when they sat down to eat together.

After less than seven days of this kind of interaction, Jing Ke couldn't help but speak up, "Actually, I also know how to prepare nutritious meals. Do you want to try my cooking skills?"

"Hmm? Do you want to cook every day?" Shao Qing slowed down while eating his nutritious meal. "Is it because the food prepared by the assistant doesn't suit your taste?"

"No, I just want to do something to help you to the best of my ability." Jing Ke shook his head gently, his slightly sharp eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and his tone was very sincere.

"The contract we signed says that I have an obligation to make you a better person so that you can gain more luck."

"But you don't seem to have any banquets that require my company right now, and I don't seem to have done anything useful for you in the past few days."

When Jing Ke spoke, her amber eyes looked at Shao Qing very intently, and the emotions in her eyes were conveyed to the other party without reservation.

"Acting is not my forte, and you have very professional teachers to teach you how to exercise. It seems that all I can do is help you prepare food." Jing Ke said, counting carefully on his fingers.

"Your three meals now are all prepared and delivered to you at mealtimes, although there is no problem with the nutritional balance."

"But it takes at least half an hour to deliver the food, and the food is packed in takeout boxes. This will definitely affect the taste of the food, and it will definitely not be as delicious as freshly cooked food."

"So, can I do something for you?" Jing Ke blinked, trying to make herself look as sincere as possible.

Shao Qing also blinked, and the two of them looked at each other, neither of them looking away.

"How about this? I'll hire you as my personal chef, responsible for my three meals a day." Shao Qing finally looked away and compromised. "I'll pay for the ingredients and I'll pay you 10,000 yuan a month. How about that?"

"I don't want a salary, I just want to do something for you." Jing Ke said seriously, "This is also part of our deal. I really helped you, so it's only natural that I can take your luck after you leave."

Shao Qing hesitated for a moment, not sure whether Jing Ke really didn't need to spend money, or just didn't want him to know that she was short of money.

Shao Qing: "But I feel like you've already helped me a lot. If I don't even pay you 10,000 yuan a month, it seems like I'm a bit too stingy."

Shao Qing still prefers to insist on the principle that you get what you give, and interactions between friends cannot be one-sided.

As for the luck after death, I have already died. Whoever wants the luck can take it. It is not impossible to give it all to Jing Ke. It can't be said that it is the price I paid.