While Du Yuanzhe and his brother were still welcoming guests, Xia Ningmi found a secluded corner and sat down, avoiding greeting others.
"Mr. Xia."
After sitting for a while, Wang Lianxuan came over.
Xia Ning raised her eyes and asked, "Wang Lianxuan?"
Wang Lianxuan smiled and said, "It's rare that President Xia still remembers an old classmate of mine. I remember when President Xia transferred to our school in high school, he caused a sensation in the whole school. Boys from other classes would always pretend to pass by our class casually, but no one dared to talk to President Xia."
Xia Ningmi and Wang Linxuan were classmates for two years. When Xia Ningmi was in her second year of high school, Zhou Heng was found to have cheated on her. Xia Yiyao then sent her to the old house and she transferred to the same school as Wang Linxuan and Jiang Chelin.
So, the three of them are of the same age, along with Du Yuanzhe and Wei Lingling.
The setting of this novel is very interesting, as if it foreshadows the entanglement between the five of them from the very beginning.
Xia Ning asked: "What's wrong?"
Wang Lianxuan sat on the sofa next to her: "Mr. Xia is still so cold. I have been your classmate for two years, and I have never seen any other expression on your face. It's as if you are warning us that we are not worthy of being your friends."
"Just like Che Lin, is that why you two got engaged?"
At this point, her tone changed.
Xia Ningmi: "You came to me just to say this nonsense?"
Wang Lianxuan smiled ridiculously: "You actually think this is nonsense? The original engagement between you and Che Lin was just a verbal agreement. Now that old General Xia has passed away, Grandpa Jiang prefers me to be his granddaughter-in-law. There is no possibility for you and Che Lin."
Xia Ning looked at her calmly: "These have nothing to do with me."
Wang Lianxuan frowned: "Mr. Xia is indeed a well-known figure in the business world. His energy cultivation skills are really amazing. Until now, you still refuse to admit that you like Che Lin."
Apart from Du Yuanzhe, Wang Linxuan was the second person who thought she liked Jiang Chelin, and her tone was very firm.
Xia Ningmi thought for a moment and said calmly, "Are you testing me?"
When Wang Lianxuan heard this, she thought that Xia Ningmu's thoughts were exposed by her, and said with a little pride: "Please don't underestimate me, Mr. Xia. I know a lot of things that Mr. Xia thinks everyone knows."
"Tell me your purpose."
Wang Lianxuan said, "Whether it's President Xia or me, we can't get Che Lin now because he has someone else in his heart. We can only get Che Lin back if we get rid of her."
Xia Ningmi's eyes turned slightly cold: "Do you think I would compete with others for a man?"
Wang Lianxuan smiled: "I told you I know a lot of things. Why do you have to pretend in front of me, President Xia? You care about Che Lin much more than I do."
These words...sound familiar.
Could it be that she knows the plot of this world just like Yuanzhe?
Xia Ning asked: "What do you want to do?"
Wang Lianxuan said: "I said we have to deal with the person in Che Lin's heart. We can cooperate before we deal with that person."
"Who are you talking about?"
"Wei Lingling!"
Wang Lianxuan gnashed her teeth and said, "She was the one who shamelessly seduced Che Lin. Che Lin still hasn't seen her true colors. Instead, he protects her everywhere. Even if Master Jiang is not satisfied with Wei Lingling, Che Lin is unwilling to give up her."
"My abilities are limited, and with Che Lin protecting me, I can't deal with Wei Lingling, but President Xia can. With President Xia's abilities, he is more than capable of dealing with a little star."
"Boss Xia doesn't even need to do anything extra. He only needs to change the heroine of 'Yun Miao' to strike a blow to Wei Lingling."
"Yunmiao" is produced by Qianying Entertainment Investment, so it would be easy for Xia Ningmi to replace Wei Lingling.
Wang Linxuan and her system still haven't given up on destroying the heroine's career.
Xia Ningmi heard this with a cold look in her eyes: "Do I look like someone you can use at will?"
Wang Lianxuan's words clearly meant that she hoped Xia Ningmi would deal with Wei Lingling, which would inevitably offend Jiang Chelin. She would be able to hide behind and wait to reap the benefits.
[I've said Xia Ningmi is a man of deep scheming, and not someone you can take advantage of]
The Luck Plundering System was almost pissed off at Wang Lianxuan. This idiot relied on the fact that she knew some of the plot and tried to use Xia Ningmi to do things for her. It was really stupid.
In the novel, even Jiang Chelin couldn't do anything to Xia Ningmi. If Xia Ningmi hadn't died in a car accident, the hero and heroine wouldn't have been able to be together so smoothly, let alone annex the Xia family.
In this world, Xia Ningmi is one of the most feared people in the Luck Plundering System.
As a result, this stupid woman Wang Lianxuan actually wanted to take advantage of her!
Wang Lianxuan's heart shuddered when Xia Ningmu looked at her. She was completely suppressed by her aura and felt a little uneasy for some reason. She hurriedly explained, "I have no intention of taking advantage of President Xia. I just hate Wei Lingling so much that I made a slip of the tongue. Please forgive me, President Xia. I am living in the old house now and can get a lot of information about Che Lin. I came to see President Xia today just to cooperate with him."
Now she can only cooperate with Xia Ningmi according to what the system said before.
Xia Ningmi's eyes were still cold.
Wang Lianxuan continued, "No matter what, Wei Lingling is now our biggest enemy. As long as Che Lin is not disappointed in her, we will have no chance. Please think about it carefully, President Xia. It is not me that President Xia has to deal with now, and I will not do anything to harm President Xia."
Xia Ningmi's expression was rather calm.
Wang Lianxuan was delighted and said, "I have confirmed that someone is helping Wei Lingling behind the scenes. This person is in Qianying Entertainment. Please ask President Xia to investigate."
"What do you mean?"
"Wei Lingling originally missed the audition for the female lead in "Yun Miao" due to a car accident, but later on, for some reason, she auditioned again. Someone must have recommended her to Director Zuo, and this person must be her helper."
Xia Ningmi said calmly: "It's me."
Wang Lianxuan was stunned: "What?"
Xia Ning said, "It was me who asked Director Zuo to audition Wei Lingling."
Wang Lianxuan was stunned: "Why?"
This shouldn't happen!
Xia Ning said: "Jiang Chelin called me."
She threw the blame on Jiang Chelin without hesitation.
"That's not right, I tried Che Lin...he lied to me!"
Wang Lianxuan's expression suddenly turned a little grim.
[Jiang Chelin has been on guard against you. He deliberately lied to you so that you would spend more time investigating the person behind the scenes and have no time to deal with Wei Lingling. He is indeed the male protagonist, and his methods are really amazing! ]
The Luck Plundering System thought it had figured out Jiang Chelin's plan.
Wang Lianxuan sighed, and her tone was filled with complaints: "Boss Xia, don't you think about why Che Lin asked you to help a female star?"
If Xia Ning hadn't intervened, their plan would not have failed.
Xia Ning glanced at her coldly.
Wang Lianxuan shuddered, realizing that she had said something wrong again: "I don't mean to blame President Xia. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that Che Lin would like an actor."
Xia Ningmi's coldness suddenly deepened: "Get lost if you have nothing else to do!"
She also insulted Du Yuanzhe with her words.
Wang Lianxuan's face froze, and she felt resentment towards Xia Ningmi in her heart, but she could do nothing to Xia Ningmi and could only stand up dejectedly.
[You know she won't live long, don't let your emotions affect our plans]
Wang Lianxuan felt relieved when she thought about the fate of Xia Ningmi dying in a car accident. She thought to herself, "Now that we know that Xia Ningmi is the one helping Wei Lingling, what should we do next?"
[Given Wei Lingling's personality, she would never ask Jiang Chelin for help under normal circumstances. Someone around her must have told her the importance of this play, so she asked Jiang Chelin for help.]
The Luck Plundering System still felt that his old rival had arrived. Since Qianying Entertainment had already investigated the matter clearly, the problem could only be with Wei Lingling.
As for why he was sure that the problem was not with Jiang Chelin, it was mainly because he knew Jiang Chelin. If someone had reminded Jiang Chelin implicitly, with Jiang Chelin's intelligence he would definitely have noticed that there was something wrong with Wei Lingling's car accident, and he would definitely have investigated it again in detail.
But Jiang Chelin did not take any action, which means Jiang Chelin did not know.
Neither it nor its old rival can choose the hero or heroine as its host, so the only ones who will have problems are the people around the heroine.
[You should focus on investigating the people around Wei Lingling to see who she has been close to recently, or check all the people close to her to see whose words and deeds are different from before.]
Wang Lianxuan nodded. Investigating Wei Lingling would be much easier than investigating Qianying Entertainment.
......
After the birthday banquet officially started, the Du brothers returned to the banquet. Du Yuanwen continued to greet his partners, while Du Yongliang talked to some old friends. Although Du Yongliang has not completely retired and is still the president of the company, he rarely mentions the mall anymore. He just chats with old friends about chess or exchanges fishing experiences.
Because Du Yongliang has been obsessed with fishing in recent years, Du Yuanzhe prepared a customized fishing rod as a birthday gift for him. The fishing rod was very beautifully made. When he gave the fishing rod to Du Yongliang, he joked, "From now on, half of the credit for every fish Dad catches will go to me."
Du Yongliang liked this gift very much. He touched the fishing rod and said generously, "When we catch some fish, I'll give you a few."
Chen Rongshan couldn't help laughing and said, "You're the only fish that can eat a whole one in one bite?"
Du Yongliang frowned: "I have also caught big fish."
"Only a few times. You can count them on one hand."
In the end, it was Du Yuanzhe who changed the subject in time to prevent Du Yongliang from losing face.
Thinking of the gift-giving incident before, Du Yuanzhe couldn't help shaking his head. The old couple were in good health and had bad tempers. They would argue with each other every few days and always liked to pour cold water on each other.
If it weren't for the fact that their quarrels never lasted overnight, Du Yuanzhe would have really worried about his parents' relationship problems. After seeing it many times, he understood that this was the way they got along with each other.
Chen Rongsan was talking to her group of sisters, and when she saw Du Yuanzhe, she immediately pulled him over.
"I haven't seen you for a year. Yuanzhe has changed a lot."
"I recently watched a TV show starring Yuan Zhe. He was a great actor. Your sister Qian is asking for your autograph. You have to sign one for me later."
"Yuanzhe is not young anymore, but I haven't heard that he has a girlfriend. How about I introduce one to you?"
"......"
Du Yuanzhe was completely confused, so he just shouted "Hello, Auntie", and then he was bombarded by several aunties one after another. Finally, they successfully changed the topic to having a girlfriend.
He discovered that no matter what class they belonged to, the elders liked to introduce partners to the younger ones.
Chen Rongshan likes to hear people praise her son and accepts all the compliments, but she did not allow anyone to introduce a girlfriend to Du Yuanzhe. She said with a smile: "Young people nowadays are most resistant to blind dates. I have mentioned it to him several times, but he rejected it every time. You don't need to waste your energy on him."
One of the ladies said regretfully, "I wanted to introduce him to my niece."
Du Yuanzhe shuddered and immediately found a reason to stay away from them.
It's so terrible!
He looked around but couldn't find Xia Ningmi. Instead, he saw Jiang Chelin surrounded by several people. There should be people around Xia Ningmi as well, but he looked around the entire hall several times and didn't see Xia Ningmi.
"Where did you go?"
"Looking for me?"
Du Yuanzhe had just muttered something when Xia Ningmi appeared behind him.
He was startled: "Where have you been? Why did you suddenly appear?"
Xia Ning pointed to the remote corner just now: "I have been there all the time."
Du Yuanzhe suddenly realized: "I was wondering why I couldn't find you. It turns out you were hiding away."
Xia Ningmi said, "I don't want to socialize with them."
Du Yuanzhe rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you want to go to my room and take a look?"
Xia Ning looked around and saw that there were quite a few people watching here.
Du Yuanzhe said, "It's okay. My room is on the third floor, and the lounge for guests is also on the third floor. No one will notice it. You go up first, and I'll go up later."
Then Du Yuanzhe told Xia Ning where his room was.
Du Yuanzhe was not afraid of being discovered, so Xia Ningmi would be even less afraid.
Xia Ningmi walked upstairs with a natural expression. Someone glanced at her and then looked away.
Five minutes later, Du Yuanzhe also went upstairs.
Du Yuanwen, who saw all this, felt his heart skip a beat. These two people are really not afraid of being discovered. Can't they just be more honest?
For the first time, he felt that knowing too much was not a good thing. Du Yuanzhe and the other man didn't worry about anything, but he was the one who was thinking about all sorts of things. He was even thinking about whether he should cover up for them if someone asked him. He really owed them that.
Du Yuanzhe had no idea of his elder brother's resentment. This was clearly the room he had lived in for a long time and he was very familiar with it. But the closer he got to the door, the faster his heart beat.
After entering the room, the two just looked at each other, and then Du Yuanzhe pressed Xia Ningmu against the door. The two of them pressed tightly together and kissed without hesitation.
Perhaps because he was hiding from everyone, Du Yuanzhe was particularly excited and wanted to contact Xia Ningmi especially today.
Xia Ningmi hugged his neck tightly and leaned obediently in his arms, allowing him to plunder her like a cannibal.
The room was filled with the two people's breathing and the ambiguous sounds of kissing.
Du Yuanzhe kissed Xia Ningmi while holding her back. When they reached the bed, he turned around and pressed Xia Ningmi down on the bed. With their bodies having a foothold, the two of them became even more unbridled.
The collar of Du Yuanzhe's shirt was torn open, and Xia Ningmi rolled over and pressed on him, her soft lips pressed against his throat, and her tongue playfully moved on his Adam's apple.
Du Yuanzhe's throat was dry and the impulse in his heart was hard to control. He hugged Xia Ningmi tightly, wanting to regain the dominant position again.
Boom boom boom——
"Yuanzhe?"
The two of them suddenly stopped moving, and the passion quickly faded away, leaving only slightly heavy breathing.
Xia Ningmi's eyes were misty, but her face was very calm, without any sense of panic.
If it weren't for the desire for Du Yuanzhe in her eyes, one wouldn't have been able to tell that the two of them were just performing the Great Harmony of Life Exercise.
Du Yuanzhe sat up and asked loudly, "What's wrong with sister-in-law?"
The person knocking on the door was Zhao Zhimeng.
"Why did you go upstairs when the birthday banquet just started? Are you feeling unwell?"
Du Yuanzhe looked at the bathroom and motioned Xia Ningmi to hide inside.
He couldn't keep talking to Zhao Zhimeng through the door; that would only make people more suspicious.
Xia Ningmi frowned, it looked more and more like they were having an affair.
But their relationship has not been made public yet, so they can only avoid his family for now.
Xia Ningmi walked into the bathroom. Du Yuanzhe quickly buttoned up his shirt, lifted the quilt on the bed, pretended to have just stepped out of it, and then opened the door and said, "I'm fine. The main reason is that there are not many people I know downstairs, and I don't like chatting with them. I might as well go back to my room and play with my phone."
Zhao Zhimeng smiled and said, "You are still like this. Your brother also told you to get to know more people today... What's wrong with your neck? Are you allergic?"
She noticed a red mark on Du Yuanzhe's neck.
Du Yuanzhe's heart skipped a beat. His acting skills came into play at this moment, and he made up a lie very naturally: "I just felt itchy, so I scratched it myself. It's nothing. It will go away in a while."
Zhao Zhimeng didn't think much about it and said, "Since you don't want to go downstairs, just stay in the room. If you are hungry, go downstairs to eat something. I have to go downstairs to say hello to those uncles."
Zhao Zhimeng didn't need to stay downstairs to socialize because she was pregnant, but she should at least go downstairs to say hello.
"Well, sister-in-law, be careful when you go downstairs. How about I help you down?"
Zhao Zhimeng rolled his eyes: "I'm only five months old, I don't need anyone to support me yet."
The five-month-old belly is clearly pregnant, but it is not yet to the point where it affects daily activities.
After dealing with Zhao Zhimeng's departure, Du Yuanzhe heaved a sigh of relief after closing the door.
Xia Ningmi walked out of the bathroom.
Du Yuanzhe touched his neck and said, "Qiqi, were you too crazy just now? You actually left marks on my neck. I almost can't explain it."
Xia Ningmi felt a little unnatural, and she also felt that she was a little anxious.
Du Yuanzhe leaned over to her ear and smiled: "Do you also think this is a bit exciting?"
Xia Ningmi ignored him and turned to look around his room. There were several photo frames on the table, all of which were recent photos of him, and there was even a photo of Luo Xun from a drama.
Du Yuanzhe explained: "My mother changed it for me. She likes to put my photo in the frame and display it."
There is also a cardboard box next to the desk, which contains all kinds of things.
Du Yuanzhe said: "These are his old things. I put them all in that box. Many of the things in here are related to Wei Lingling. It's a pity that I can't help him give them to Wei Lingling."
Chen Rongsan was able to discover that the original owner liked Wei Lingling thanks to these things.
Xia Ningmi's eyes flashed. If she followed her idea, she would burn all these things. The only person she cared about was Du Yuanzhe.
But Du Yuanzhe would definitely disagree, so she didn't say this idea out loud.
"Wang Xianxuan came to see me before."
Du Yuanzhe was stunned and asked seriously, "What did she say to you?"
Xia Ningmi said, "She thinks I like Jiang Chelin, just like you did before."
Feeling the deep meaning in her eyes, Du Yuanzhe decisively confessed: "She knows the plot of the novel just like I do. It's just that our purposes are different. I want to maintain the development of the plot, and she wants to destroy the plot, mainly the plot of the heroine."
"Is that why you have to deal with her?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "What Wang Lianxuan did is very harmful. If she succeeds, it will not only affect Wei Lingling, but all of us."
Xia Ning looked at him intently: "Are you trying to save the world?"
Du Yuanzhe smiled bitterly: "I'm not that great. If I could, I wouldn't want to get involved, but I have no choice. I just want to protect you and the people around me."
Xia Ningmi: "Is someone threatening you?"
This is what she has always suspected. She knows Du Yuanzhe very well and he is not someone who is willing to take on such a big responsibility.
Du Yuanzhe was silent for a moment, then said, "You think too much. No one is threatening me."
He always felt that the system had no ill intentions towards him. Although the methods it used were not very good and it had hidden some things from him, he always felt that the system would not harm him.
This is an intuition that comes from the bottom of his heart.
Xia Ningmi did not continue to ask, and said: "Wang Lianxuan wants to cooperate with me to deal with Wei Lingling."
Du Yuanzhe suddenly felt disillusioned: "She cooperates with you?"
Then Wang Lianxuan will be much less of a threat in the future. The more she relies on Xia Ningmi, the less they will have to worry.
Xia Ningmi nodded. "She believed in the plot she knew and wanted to use me at first. After I exposed her intentions, she changed her mind and cooperated with me. She wanted me to investigate who helped Wei Lingling get the audition opportunity. I told her that Jiang Chelin asked me to do it."
Du Yuanzhe looked strange: "This is a good way to shake the pot."
The hero would protect the heroine anyway, so Wang Lianxuan probably wouldn't doubt anything.
Du Yuanzhe said: "This is good. If Wang Lianxuan makes any moves in the future, we will be able to know in advance."
Xia Ning asked, "Are there many people who know the plot as well as you do?"
Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "It's just the two of us...but if something happens to Wang Linxuan, other people might know."
Every time the Luck Plundering System changes its host, there will definitely be one more person who knows the plot.
Xia Ningmi seemed to be thinking about something.
.......
1F Lobby
Although Zhao Zhimeng said it was nothing, she was very careful when she went downstairs and kept holding the handrail.
Du Yuanwen had been paying attention to the stairs, and when he saw Zhao Zhimeng coming down, he immediately went over to support her.
"Why don't you call someone to help you?"
Zhao Zhimeng said, "I'm fine. Yuanzhe said before that he wanted to help me, but I refused."
Du Yuanwen looked at her strangely: "Did you see Yuanzhe just now?"
Zhao Zhimeng nodded: "I was planning to go downstairs, but when I went out, I realized that I forgot to take my phone. When I was about to go back to the room, I happened to see Yuanzhe going upstairs."
"I even went to ask him if he was feeling unwell, but he just wanted to be lazy. You couldn't get him to meet more people."
Du Yuanwen's expression became more and more strange: "Did you knock on his door?"
Zhao Zhimeng was confused: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Du Yuanwen: "Did you find anything wrong?"
Zhao Zhimeng shook his head: "No."
Du Yuanwen wanted to say something but stopped.
Zhao Zhimeng pushed him and said, "Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me what happened."
Du Yuanwen thought that Zhao Zhimeng knew about the relationship between Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi anyway, so there was no need to hide it from her, so he whispered a few words in her ear.
Zhao Zhimeng's eyes widened, and then a blush appeared on his face: "I may have interrupted their fun."
Now that he thought about it, the red marks on Du Yuanzhe's neck were not caused by him at all. Xia Ningmi was such a cold person, but she would actually do such a thing as leaving marks on Du Yuanzhe's body.
It is true that you cannot judge a book by its cover.
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