Chapter 86: Eating melon progress 86%
At half past ten, the only sound in the quiet night was the low hum of the central air conditioner.
Su Lan sat in bed, thinking, "Don't think about it. Turn around."
Gu Yanzhi did as he was told and stepped out from under the quilt. "I just wanted to say...it's time."
It turned out that the half-hour hard drive copy time was up.
Su Lan covered her head with the quilt and didn't want to come out at all.
Where is her ground seam?
Gu Yanzhi walked over and touched the small tent she had made with her head through the quilt. "Come out. The air in there is not good."
Su Lan was silent for a few seconds, then slowly poked her head out from under the quilt and looked out. Gu Yanzhi was already two meters away.
She got out of bed, straightened her clothes, and yawned softly. "I'm sleepy. I'm going back to sleep."
Gu Yanzhi followed her all the way, watched her return to her room, and then left.
The intelligence system notified that Tony was missing.
Gu Yanzhi knew that his opponent must have noticed something. If he caught Tony, it would mean that his identity had been exposed and time was running out.
Gu Yanzhi returned to his consciousness space and began to check all the information related to Gao Changzhi.
On the other side, Su Lan returned to her room and took a fragrant bath.
Back to the quilt, thinking about the scene at night...
When we were dancing, in bed, or patting my head, his movements were so gentle...
So sweet.
[No, why am I becoming like a little girl in love? What am I reminiscing about?]
【calm. 】
[I need to conserve my energy. There are still many melons waiting for me to cut tomorrow!]
She opened the meditation app on her phone and began to practice mindfulness.
APP prompt: [Feel the most special thing today.]
Certain images are hard to get rid of.
Su Lan: “…”
She clicked exit and started practicing again.
This time, the app prompts: [Recall your happiest moment today.]
Su Lan sighed. This app must be poisonous...
Bah, bah, bah, stop thinking and go to sleep!
She tossed and turned for a long time and finally fell asleep.
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The next day, half past nine.
The buffet restaurant downstairs was crowded at the time, as many people attending the wedding were rushing down before breakfast ended at ten o'clock.
Su Lan also arrived on time.
After eating and drinking, he didn't leave.
Soon, the person she was waiting for arrived.
Xu Ruyan, Xu Xingluo's mother, was a very popular actress.
"Are you Su Lan?" Xu Ruyan came over. "What are your representative works?"
Xu Ruyan heard her daughter talk about Su Lan and asked this question specifically because she knew that she didn't have a representative work yet.
"I heard that 'Survival on Desert Island' is your representative work?" There was a hint of sarcasm in Xu Ruyan's words.
He is just a variety show star, yet he dares to challenge Xu Xingluo, the daughter she personally trained. Does he even take her, his senior, seriously?
Su Lan continued to drink her soup and ignored him.
Xu Ruyan saw that she was being ignored and became furious. "The elders are talking to you, didn't you hear?"
Su Lan then put down the spoon and said, "I'm going to talk now. Can you bear it?"
Xu Ruyan sneered.
She has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, how could she not stand what a little girl said?
Su Lan snorted lightly, then looked up and smiled.
"First, did you know that your daughter and stepson Xu Qianche were in love?"
"Second, you cheated on your wife, and your husband used your reputation to run a business. You compromised and each of you had your own affairs. Does your daughter know?"
"Third, you two are selling rotten face products and engaging in pyramid schemes, violating laws and discipline. Do netizens know about this?"
These three sentences flattened the scene like an atomic bomb.
The people around were talking about it and almost didn't react.
"Timi, this is so explosive. Isn't Xu Qianche the groom? Isn't Xu Xingluo the groom's sister? Is this... a brother-sister relationship?"
"Everyone is doing their own thing. If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked!"
"A product for ruining your face? My mom bought a ton of their products. She said my aunt is an agent for this brand. Is this a pyramid scheme?"
"They don't do anything law-abiding."
"Wow, someone's recording it over there."
"I'm full from eating melon so early in the morning, burp!"
Xu Xingluo was stunned for a moment, then his heart broke. He wanted to overturn Su Lan's plate, but was knocked down by Meng Qin with a Jiamusi big crutch.
Only then did Su Lan realize that Meng Qin had been sitting at the table behind her, and there was a familiar face next to her.
Someone you can recognize just by looking at the top of his head.
Gu Yanzhi.
It turns out he has been...
Xu Ruyan was more patient than Xu Xingluo. She helped Xu Xingluo up, diverted the fire, and continued to attack Su Lan.
"You're just talking nonsense. But you went to throw yourself into the arms of an investor last night?"
Everyone around was surprised.
It's really one big melon after another.
So exciting!
Just when everyone thought Su Lan would defend herself, she heard her firm voice.
"The investor invited me to meet him. We danced and talked a little. It's hard to say what will happen next. It was just a normal interaction between an adult man and a woman. So, do I need to report this to you?"
Su Lan was a person who showed his true feelings and was too lazy to lie.
Her uprightness left Xu Ruyan speechless.
Xu Xingluo scoffed, "The investor is just looking for you for fun, just a short-term option. Do you think they're seriously pursuing you?"
"I'm chasing her."
The man's voice was so powerful that no one else dared to speak.
Gu Yanzhi stood up and turned around, revealing the appearance of an investor.
Everyone's attention was focused on his face.
"Isn't this Alan, Yunhe Investment Partner?"
"I didn't see him last night. He's so powerful. Yunhe is behind all the popular internet companies in recent years."
"There are many investment companies that have grown by tens of thousands of times. He's a big shot among big shots. The Gao family is really not simple. They actually invited him!"
Xu Ruyan's face turned pale.
She had heard of Alan's name. When business was bad, her husband kept saying that if they could get Alan to invest in them, the business would be able to revive.
Later, her husband didn't even see Alan, so he had no choice but to join the pyramid scheme. Fortunately, he has persisted until today.
But she knew that her company was not on the same level as Yunhe.
Gu Yanzhi walked to Su Lan's side and said, "However, Miss Su hasn't agreed yet. I'm not in a hurry. After all, there's still a long way to go."
After saying this, everyone shut up.
There was no such thing as throwing herself into someone's arms. It was completely the other person who took the initiative to pursue her, and Su Lan hasn't agreed yet.
Su Lan always felt that the name "Alan" was a bit suggestive, so she asked the system to pass on the message, "Alan...whose sockpuppet is this?"
Gu Yanzhi smiled at her and replied through the system, "It's mine. This is the name I use when I'm abroad. Yunhe was started by me and my classmates."
Su Lan was curious: "How many secrets do you have that I don't know?"
Gu Yanzhi could hardly suppress the corners of his mouth: "As long as you ask, I will tell you everything without reservation."
Su Lan: "Really? Then why are you still using this face today?"
Gu Yanzhi: "I need to discuss something later and I need this face. Is there anything else you want to ask me, anything personal?"
Su Lan: "Did you..." not sleep well?
Gu Yanzhi: "I'm chasing you..."
Su Lan’s heart was shocked: “…” That’s not what I’m asking.
Gu Yanzhi: "I know, that's what I wanted to say."
Then, the two smiled at each other and chatted through the system, as if no one was around.
The people around them looked at them, not saying a word, with a dark glint in their eyes.
"I came here to eat melons, but ended up being forced to eat a handful of candy."
"This look is all drawn."
"It doesn't matter, they look good together! I can do it."
It was not until Xu Xingluo screamed that everyone looked at her.
Xu Xingluo discovered that her affair with her brother Xu Qianche, her mother's scandal, and her family's involvement in pyramid schemes were all exposed online.
She looked around with hatred, someone must have spread the news.
But there were too many people present, and she didn't know who had posted it. She wanted to curse, but she didn't know who to curse.
The matter fermented and became more and more serious, and more and more evidence appeared online.
Netizens’ insults became more and more fierce, using all kinds of ugly words.
After all, what they did was indeed excessive, immoral, and illegal...
Xu Xingluo was so angry that he was shaking when he looked at the comment section and almost wanted to throw his phone away.
She called her agent to do public relations, but the agent simply didn't answer the phone.
She called the company again, and the company asked her for liquidated damages.
Xu Ruyan was much calmer. She felt that something was wrong and the matter was more serious than she had imagined. It could not be solved with just a few words.
Pyramid schemes are illegal, and evidence has appeared online. My stepson’s wedding is no longer important, so I should book the tickets quickly and run away with my daughter.
She booked the earliest flight online.
Of course, the two of them didn’t even get out of customs, but that’s a story for another time.
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At half past eleven, Su Lan finished eating some random gossip, such as "The scumbag doesn't allow his mistress to find a boyfriend", "After the divorce, he made his wife look like his ex-wife", "The father's mistress and the grandfather's mistress are fighting for the family property by having a baby"...
Su Lan didn't look closely, she was just trying to help Gu Xi improve her performance.
After eating the melons, she sat on the second-floor balcony to eat dessert, look at the scenery, and refresh her eyes.
A familiar face appeared downstairs.
Jiang Changning.
Su Lan looked into Jiang Changning's eyes.
At the last charity dinner, Jiang Changning forced herself to drink Pu'er tea with lamb, and she kept having diarrhea and couldn't get out of the bathroom. No wonder she didn't come out to cause trouble later...
At this moment, Lin Qingyu followed behind Jiang Changning.
The two of them walked to a long table and sat down, opposite a middle-aged couple.
They are Su Lan’s biological parents.
I didn't expect them to come too.
The mother was dissatisfied with Lin Qingyu delaying Jiang Changning's marriage, but when she saw her in person, she was very happy, had a good attitude, and spoke softly.
"Qingyu, you and Chang Ning have known each other since childhood, and you know each other very well. I feel relieved that Chang Ning is following you."
Lin Qingyu didn't even sit down, he spoke while standing.
"I've already said that the person I'm engaged to is not Jiang Changning. I'm not with her, and it's even more impossible for me to marry her."
The words were straightforward, without any dragging of words.
After hearing this, the father's face immediately darkened and he said, "That's enough! Don't you think it's not embarrassing enough? Don't you know that he doesn't like your daughter? Why don't you leave now?"
The mother felt a little aggrieved: "But..." Jiang Changning said she would not marry anyone else but him.
After Lin Qingyu finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Jiang Changning trotted after him, keeping a low profile. "If you don't want to accompany me to meet my parents, you can tell me in advance. If you think it's too soon, I can wait. Can you... please don't be upset?"
Lin Qingyu: "I have rejected you many times, I think it is clear enough."
Jiang Changning's aggrieved face suddenly became gloomy.
"Is it because of Su Lan?"
"What's so good about her?"
"Don't you know that she even sent herself to the investor's room?"
Gu Yanzhi in the consciousness space heard such a harsh sound, moved his fingers, and was about to take action.
"Don't look up!"
Su Lan's warm reminder sounded.
These three words made Jiang Changning look up.
A bucket of water fell from the sky and hit my face, pouring down from top to bottom, even into my mouth...
Su Lan's face was pure and harmless. "I told you, don't look up."
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Su Lan (spreading hands): Why don’t you listen to my advice?
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