Jiang Cheng's temple throbbed as he looked at Pei Xi's face so close to his.
After a few seconds, he tugged at Jiang Shuyu's sleeve, turned around and walked towards the door, saying, "Brother Jiang, come out with me for a moment."
Jiang Shuyu was a little confused. He said "excuse me" to Pei Xi and then followed Jiang Cheng out.
The two stood by the wall, the sun blazing down. Jiang Shuyu raised her hand to shield her eyes from the sunlight, squinting as she asked Jiang Cheng, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Cheng gripped his waist with the base of his thumbs, his brow furrowed slightly. "...Why didn't you ask me before you went to see her?"
Jiang Shuyu chuckled and glanced at him with a puzzled look. "Didn't you say yourself that you would let me make all the decisions, except for technical issues?"
Jiang Cheng: "".
Looking at the wrinkles between his brows, Jiang Shuyu couldn't help but complain, "Do you know how difficult it is to find a satisfactory artist with our budget? I had to go through a lot of trouble."
Jiang Cheng's lips moved, but he didn't make a sound.
Jiang Shuyu hesitated and asked, "Do you think she's too young?"
After saying that, he gave him a look that said, "You really don't know what's good for you," and lowered his voice to say, "You don't know, do you? They have nearly 100,000 followers online. We're lucky they signed a contract with us."
"Her drawings are actually quite good. Don't let Pei Xi's pretty face fool you; none of her fans are based on her looks, they're all thanks to her drawing skills. You haven't seen her paintings before, have you? Want me to show them to you?"
Jiang Chengshen let out a breath: "...No need."
Jiang Shuyu patted him on the shoulder, "Trust me, Brother Jiang. I can tell that Pei Xi is definitely a good partner."
Jiang Cheng calmed down, suppressing his chaotic thoughts, and turned around with his hands on his hips. Jiang Shuyu put his arm around his shoulder and led him back into the house.
Pei Xi was sitting obediently on the sofa, sipping water with a completely natural expression.
Seeing the two of them come in, she screwed on the bottle cap, pursed her lips, and looked at them softly, asking, "What were you two talking about outside? Is it... that Brother Cheng isn't satisfied with me?"
Hearing her address, Jiang Cheng's Adam's apple bobbed.
Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng, she must have done it on purpose.
"How could that be!" Jiang Shuyu immediately denied loudly, letting go of Jiang Cheng and sitting down on the stool with a nonchalant air.
Pei Xi nodded, then winked at him and asked, "Brother Jiang, we've already signed a contract. Even if someone is dissatisfied, they can't just fire me, right?"
Jiang Shuyu was shocked to hear this. He was overjoyed to have Pei Xi sign with him, so how could he possibly break the contract?
He quickly waved his hand, "What are you saying? From now on, we're comrades in arms!"
Pei Xi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and nodded obediently, "Mhm."
Jiang Cheng, watching the two of them singing in unison, was speechless.
Jiang Shuyu stood up, raised his arm, and said to Pei Xi, "Well, let's get familiar with our studio first, and see where we can give you a workstation."
"You choose the location first, and I'll go buy the tables and chairs this afternoon."
Pei Xi nodded. "Okay."
Then she got up and examined it closely.
This house was originally a residential building, roughly one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom. The kitchen was demolished, there is a bathroom, the living room is used as an office, and the folding bed is placed in the small bedroom next door. There is no door, so basically everything is visible.
There were simple pillows and a neatly folded quilt on the small bed.
Her intuition told her that this must be Jiang Cheng's, because he had very good living habits and kept everything very tidy.
Pei Xi's gaze subtly narrowed.
I wonder how many nights he's spent in this room.
She then looked at the two tables in the living room. They were simple office desks, quite old, and probably not newly bought. She wondered if they were left by the previous tenants or secondhand items they had bought.
One was by the window, and the other was closer to the door. You could tell at a glance that the one by the window belonged to Jiang Cheng.
Because it's very tidy.
More importantly, next to Jiang Shuyu's computer on his desk, there is a photo of him and his girlfriend.
There was nothing next to Jiang Cheng's computer.
There was a gray lumbar support on his seat, a cup on the table, and a few boxes of instant coffee powder. That was all.
Unlike Jiang Shuyu's desk, which was covered with photos and various cute little ornaments and decorations that looked like a couple's set, definitely made by his girlfriend.
Pei Xi suddenly felt that, in comparison, Jiang Cheng's table looked so cold and pitiful.
Jiang Shuyu's voice suddenly rang out beside her: "If we're adding a table, it can either be placed opposite mine or opposite Jiang Cheng's. You can choose one."
Pei Xi turned his head and glanced at Jiang Cheng out of the corner of his eye.
Jiang Cheng was also looking at her, his gaze somewhat deep, as if it contained a thousand unspoken words.
Pei Xi thought for a moment, pointed to the window, and said to Jiang Shuyu, "Then I'll choose this one. It's by the window, so there's plenty of sunlight."
Jiang Shuyu gave an OK sign.
“By the way, we have flexible hours here. You can come over after class in the evening or during the day, as long as you can finish within the contract period,” Jiang Shuyu said. “Anyway, we… oh, no, anyway, Jiang Cheng is always here.”
Pei Xi nodded. "Okay."
Jiang Shuyu smiled and took out his phone. "Okay, this is basically all settled. I'll create a group chat for the three of us, and you two can add each other on WeChat."
After saying that, he nudged Jiang Cheng, "Take the initiative."
Jiang Cheng: "...Hmm."
Pei Xi's WeChat account has always been pinned to the top of his chat list, and it hasn't changed.
"Okay," Jiang Shuyu said.
Jiang Cheng paused for a moment, then took out his phone and glanced at it.
Then I breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Xi's WeChat profile picture is still the one with the white cat icon.
Jiang Shuyu put his phone back in his pocket, leaned against the desk and looked at Pei Xi, "Hey Pei Xi, are you free tonight? Let's have dinner together, it's on me."
Jiang Cheng tightened his grip on his phone and looked up at Pei Xi.
She shook her head.
"I'm sorry, I already have an appointment," Pei Xi said.
Jiang Cheng was taken aback.
Jiang Shuyu was also stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved her hand, "It's okay, we can eat any day, you go ahead and do your thing."
Pei Xi hummed in agreement.
She had already promised Pei Zhi, so she couldn't stand him up.
Besides, he doesn't even know about what happened today.
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