Chapter 13: Substitute, come find me tomorrow.
Qi Xunsheng didn't know how many times she had looked at her phone. Anyway, when she woke up in the morning, she was still holding the phone tightly in her hand.
"What kind of person is this? He gave me WeChat but didn't add me." Qi Xunsheng said this as soon as he opened his eyes before even turning on the phone screen.
After complaining, he unlocked the screen, slowly sat up from the bed, rubbed his eyes, and muttered, "Just pretend I didn't say that."
After confirming that Qi Zhao had agreed to her friend request, Qi Xunsheng tentatively sent a message to the other party -
Good morning, jpg.
【？ 】
What's the question mark?
You can't ask her to introduce herself, right?
Qi Xunsheng snorted softly. She had seen people pretending, but she had never seen anyone pretending like this. It had only been a day since they last saw each other. Could it be that a lot of people added her?
【I am Qi Xunsheng, don’t you remember me? 】
Qi Xunsheng patiently acted with her.
Qi Zhao: [I know.]
【What do you know about question marks? 】
Qi Xunsheng stopped tolerating it and retorted.
Qi Zhao: [Look at the time.]
Only then did Qi Xunsheng notice that the clock had reached twelve noon.
She couldn't remember when she fell asleep last night. She only knew that she looked at her phone many times before going to bed and silently cursed Qi Zhao in her heart for a long time. She only regained consciousness now.
【It's twelve o'clock, which means it took you a full eighteen hours to agree with me.】
Qi Xunsheng remembered that she left the castle at six in the evening, and that was also when she sent a friend request to Qi Zhao.
Qi Zhao: [Three o'clock in the morning.]
She meant that she agreed at three in the morning, but what's the difference between that and twelve noon?
Didn’t you still not agree immediately?
I gave her my WeChat but she was hesitant and refused to agree. Why are you being so arrogant?
Thinking of this, Qi Xunsheng became unhappy. He perfunctorily sent the other party an emoticon, then got up, washed, and went downstairs.
As soon as she reached the spiral staircase, she smelled the aroma of pastries. She thought it was the breakfast made by Aunt Zhang for her.
"Aunt Zhang, what kind of cake smells so good?"
"You finally woke up."
It was not Aunt Zhang who responded to her, but Shan Xianmin.
Shan Xianmin held the cakes in both hands and looked at her: "I made osmanthus cake and green rice dumpling. You must be hungry. Come and eat them."
"Have you been here for a long time?" Qi Xunsheng didn't expect Shan Xianmin to suddenly appear at her house. Seeing this, she asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"I've just been here for a short time. You still care about my health. Why didn't you think of me when you went out to play with other friends?" Shan Xianmin curled her lips and casually placed the steaming pastries on the plate on the table.
The light sound of the plate hitting the glass table attracted Aunt Zhang's attention.
"What's wrong?" Aunt Zhang hurried out of the kitchen. Seeing Qi Xunsheng there, she said, "Miss Shan has been here for a while. She heard you were sleeping and asked me not to disturb you. She made you some cakes for you to eat when you wake up."
"You must be tired after going out to play. Of course you need to rest well and not be disturbed." Shan Xianmin said sourly.
Qi Xunsheng pursed his lips and said "oh", then walked to the table, picked up a pastry from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth.
"It's hot!" Shan Xianmin frowned and scolded her.
Qi Xunsheng looked at Aunt Zhang beside him and said, "I'll talk to her for a while."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhang left.
Shan Xianmin moved the chair away and sat down, saying in a bad tone, "Did you go on a trip with a friend I don't know?"
She asked everyone she knew around her, but no one knew where Qi Xunsheng had gone. However, Aunt Zhang insisted that it was Qi Xunsheng who asked her to do so. Otherwise, she would have called the police long ago.
Who has been traveling and there is no news for a week.
And how come I don’t know where her friend came from?
Qi Xunsheng ate two osmanthus cakes to fill his stomach and said mysteriously, "Will you be called next time?"
Although Shan Xianmin was jealous, she nodded: "Okay, but you tell me who it is first."
Qi Xunsheng took another bite of the green dumpling and said casually, "Qi Zhao."
Shan Xianmin was petrified. She stood up from her chair in an instant, took three steps back, and looked at her warily: "Why are you traveling with her?"
"I stayed at her Rose Manor for a week." I thought she was asking where I was traveling.
"No, I mean, why are you staying with her?" Shan Xianmin is now afraid when she hears this name. Although she has recovered from the high fever, she still remembers the fear of not being able to wake up.
Qi Xunsheng confessed: "She asked me to stay with her for seven days and then save you. Who knew that my good friend thought I had another friend and came to question me."
Shan Xianmin apologized for being jealous: "I'm sorry, I was wondering why Qi Zhao was so kind."
After she woke up, no one around her wanted to mention this matter. She only knew that the antidote came from Qi Zhao, but she didn't know that it was Qi Xunsheng who asked for it.
"How have you been these past few days?"
"fine."
Qi Xunsheng hesitated for a few seconds, beckoned to her, and asked her to come closer. The person who had originally stayed away when hearing Qi Zhao's name slowly walked closer and lay down to listen to her whispers:
"I seem to..." A picture suddenly flashed through Qi Xunsheng's mind, "Wait, be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall."
"Where are the ears?" Shan Xianmin was puzzled. She thought she was talking about Aunt Zhang, but she had never come out of the kitchen, and how could she have heard them since they were talking so quietly.
Qi Xunsheng pointed at his phone, typed something to her, and gestured for her to cover the screen and read it quietly.
Just like that, Shan Xianmin saw the new message on the screen like a thief:
[Qi Zhao seems to have treated me as a substitute for her white moonlight.]
White moonlight?
Qi Zhao has a white moonlight?
Qi Xunsheng put his phone away and said, "I'm living well there."
Shan Xianmin was still thinking about what Qi Xunsheng said.
According to this, it is clear why Qi Xunsheng was fine even though the two of them broke into the manor.
But Qi Zhao has Bai Yueguang?
"I can't imagine it." Shan Xianmin curled her lips.
Even if there is white moonlight, it is definitely not something they can reach.
"Aren't you angry?"
"Why should I be angry? I won't suffer any loss."
She knew Qi Xunsheng, and that smile didn't seem to indicate that he minded.
【Do you remember what you said before? 】
Shan Xianmin didn't understand why she switched to information mode again. Who had ears around here? She was talking so weirdly.
But she still answered in the same way as Qi Xunsheng: [I have said so many things, which one are you talking about?]
Qi Zhao went to Lu Qinglian's birthday party. My stepsister was very interested in her.
[Of course I remember! What's wrong? ]
Shan Xianmin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he understood and looked at her.
The tacit understanding between the two parties allows them to convey information quickly.
Shan Xianmin: [It just so happens that Su Jing is preparing for a party recently.]
Qi Xunsheng: [Have you received an invitation?]
Shan Xianmin nodded.
Although Shan Xianmin has always stood on Qi Xunsheng's side, Su Jing is shameless and always wants to incite her to defect. Regardless of whether the invitation letter was to show off or to win her over, she received it and threw it into the trash can.
Shan Xianmin: [But what's strange is that it was originally scheduled three days ago, and I heard it was postponed. How can a party be postponed?]
[Because she held this party for someone, but she just didn't buy it.]
Qi Zhao has been staying at Rose Manor these days and has no time to attend the party. Since she didn't invite anyone, Su Jing could only postpone it, but she didn't know what reason she gave.
Shan Xianmin understood and nodded thoughtfully.
But she still didn't understand: [Why do we have to communicate like this? ]
The two of them were obviously sitting face to face, but they were both leaning over and covering their phones to type and send messages. Their postures were funny and gave off a strong sense of stealing.
Qi Xunsheng: [Because Qi Zhao is not an ordinary person, we have surveillance cameras around her.]
She didn't know what was monitoring her around her, she only knew that she couldn't see the other person or the ghosts around her.
What surveillance camera? Saying something like that in broad daylight to scare her.
Shan Xianmin sneered and was about to type when suddenly a cool breeze blew into her neck from behind, as if someone was lying on her back trying to look at their phone.
She immediately turned the phone over and covered it on the dining table, trembling, "What is that?"
Qi Xunsheng smiled politely.
If she had known what was watching her, she would have destroyed it long ago.
"If I had known this, I would never have visited Rose Manor out of curiosity."
Shan Xianmin smiled bitterly, who knew that it would bring so much trouble to his friend.
"It's okay, she was watching me."
Qi Xunsheng was very receptive to all of this. Since he was just a substitute in her eyes, there was nothing wrong with arranging a few things to monitor her.
Shan Xianmin lowered his head and ate several osmanthus cakes before he came to his senses and muttered, "I need to find something to distract myself."
Qi Xunsheng was thinking about Su Jing's party.
Just because Su Jing can't invite anyone doesn't necessarily mean she can't do it either.
"Do you think this dog is cute?" Shan Xianmin was afraid that she was also scared, so she tried to divert her attention with a video.
Qi Xunsheng came back to his senses and looked at the video. It showed a very cute Samoyed with snow-white fur all over its body. It opened its mouth and gasped for breath. It looked silly and stupid, and very adorable.
She nodded.
"Her name is Nian Nian, she has three million followers, she is three years old this year, and the blogger picked her up on the street two years ago." Shan Xianmin introduced the Samoyed in the video to her while scrolling down the video.
I swiped to the next one and immediately clicked "not interested".
"Hmm? Looking at the name, isn't it also related to Nian Nian?" Qi Xunsheng was puzzled as to why her expression changed so quickly.
Shan Xianmin rolled her eyes and said in a stern tone, "You have no idea. These two are using Nian Nian to make money. Ever since this blogger fell in love half a year ago, they've been frequently live-streaming on their account, using a couple's account. When they run out of traffic, they use Nian Nian to attract traffic. It's really bad."
"I was watching their livestream once, and the guy even kicked Nian Nian. Although he apologized and said it wasn't intentional, it still feels like he's a repeat offender. The blogger even posted a post to defend her. She lost a lot of followers that time. The two of them should have just locked each other out. It's a pity for Nian Nian."
Qi Xunsheng thought thoughtfully: "No wonder she doesn't look happy."
Although she couldn't talk to her pet through the screen, she could tell something was wrong from the pet's expression. Although Nian Nian was cute, her brows were furrowed and her eyes looked a little tired.
It's like being forced.
"Yeah, even though I hate what these two people did, I can't let go of Nian Nian." Shan Xianmin sighed.
As soon as her favorite puppy was mentioned, Shan Xianmin forgot her previous fear and began to explain to Qi Xunsheng how obedient the puppy was and how she watched her grow up.
Seeing this, Qi Xunsheng also relaxed and listened to her.
Shan Xianmin must have been holding it in for a long time, as he talked about this topic for almost half an hour.
"I want to hold a party and invite Qi Zhao." Qi Xunsheng suddenly spoke.
"Party?" Shan Xianmin paused and exchanged glances with her.
"Oh my god, you threw a party just for Qi Zhao, you love her so much!"
Shan Xianmin was very smart. After coming to her senses from the initial shock, she had learned to take advantage of it. Since something was watching them, she might as well pass some information to the other party.
For example, Qi Xunsheng loved her so much that he specially held a party for her.
"No, no." Qi Xunsheng waved his hands to cooperate with her performance.
"Why didn't you think of introducing me to someone else when we first met? You are just biased. In your heart, Qi Zhao must be the most important, right?" Shan Xianmin almost cried.
"Qi Zhao is really a good person, you know. She seldom goes out, and I'm afraid she's too lonely. If a party can bring her more friends, then I'm willing to hold many parties for her, as long as she's no longer lonely." Qi Xunsheng said with emotion.
"You!" Shan Xianmin seemed to be angry, and finally said helplessly, "I know she is the most important to you, but she may not really care about you. You happily sent her an invitation, but she might refuse and humiliate you."
The atmosphere was so tense that Shan Xianmin had no choice but to slam the door and leave in anger.
The emotions were so well-placed that Qi Xunsheng looked at him with admiration.
She did what she said and went back to her room to start designing the invitation. Half an hour later, an invitation stamped with wax was ready.
After finishing everything, Qi Xunsheng picked up the phone and replied to Qi Zhao, whom he had deliberately forgotten.
【Have you got a meal yet? 】
Qi Zhao did not reply.
Qi Xunsheng swallowed his anger and said, "I'm asking, have my vegetable seeds eaten? I'm going to go water them."
Regardless of whether she agreed or not, Qi Xunsheng picked up his bag from the room and walked out the door. When he passed the garden, he took the watering can.
An hour later she arrived at the castle.
She didn't know if it was because she had come too often, but it felt like the journey into the castle took her less than ten minutes.
She went straight to the study, she had a hunch that Qi Zhao must be there.
As expected, Qi Zhao was reading a book. He was not surprised at all when he saw her appear and did not even open his eyelids.
Qi Xunsheng threw the invitation letter on the desk in front of her.
"I'm having a party the day after tomorrow, want to come and join us?"
Qi Zhao refused without hesitation: "No."
"I beg you."
"No."
"Okay." Qi Xunsheng looked disappointed. He took back his invitation from the table and sighed.
Before leaving, Qi Xunsheng did not forget to help her water the vegetable garden.
After she left, the house fell into silence. A flying insect circled in the center of the study, chirping as if trying to convey some unknown signal.
After listening to it for a while, Qi Zhao's expression relaxed, and his tone was cold and hesitant:
"She had a fight with her friend because of me?"
"A party specially held for me?"
"Don't you want me to be too lonely?"
The flying insect shakes its wings to express determination.
A rare look of regret appeared on Qi Zhao's face.
After a long time, she finally sent a message to Qi Xunsheng.
【I accept your invitation.】
Qi Xunsheng, who had just boarded the return bus, sneered, but still typed out a line of words that made people feel distressed at the first sight:
I was so sad I threw it away.
[How about this, come to me tomorrow and I'll make it up to you.]
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