After Shan Song extended the date last time to make up for the second day's live stream, the very dedicated director had a special talk with his two capricious bosses. For the sake of the overall effect of the live stream, it would be best not to do these kinds of weird things in the remaining episodes.
Of course, the original words were more tactful. Qi Yan told him to relax and that the ratings would provide the answer. After all, due to the intense online discussions, the ratings had actually increased rather than decreased. As long as they remained stable until the end of the variety show, they could also take the opportunity to attract a wave of traffic for Tong Zhao.
However, in order not to disappoint the director's good intentions, everyone returned from the date at a normal time.
Jiang Li was listless and stayed at home all afternoon because of a cold. She didn't even have the energy to order Rong Mo around. When the other three groups came back, they all brought gifts to visit her. Tong Zhao returned the favor and also brought two bottles of canned yellow peaches, a big bag of food, and some homemade pear soup to visit her.
Coincidentally, they ran into Geng Keli and his companion who had come to visit at the door. Since it wasn't during the live broadcast, the four of them were generally not friendly. Geng Keli kept making small moves in the business, which, although they didn't cause any major losses to the Shan family, were still quite annoying.
Qi Changzhou was stalling for time according to their plan. At present, it seemed that Geng Keli had a slight advantage. Shan Song looked coldly at his provocative eyes and a cold smile appeared on his lips.
The two intended to ignore them and take a detour, just like before.
Unexpectedly, Geng Keli spoke first: "President Shan really has connections everywhere, managing the company while also pursuing his love affair..."
“Indeed, after all, my stupid younger brother is already in jail, and I don’t have an older brother to guard against, so naturally I’m a bit more energetic than President Geng,” Shan Song retorted.
Geng Keli's face darkened, and he looked at Shan Song's mocking face, as if to confirm whether he knew something.
Dan Song was just testing the waters casually. They didn't yet have a clue about the strange connection between Geng Qiushi and the Geng family, but it was just right to annoy Geng Keli.
"Brother Rong is still waiting," Qin Chong reminded softly at the right time, while his eyes swept over both of them, pausing subtly when they passed Tong Zhao, but he immediately looked away again, signaling Geng Keli not to reveal more information to Shan Song.
Dan Song watched the two putting on an act with a half-smile, and walked straight past Geng Keli under his hostile gaze.
"Does Geng Qiushi really have something on Geng Keli?" Tong Zhao waited until she got home before asking.
"It's hard to say." Shan Song said while tidying up the remaining firewood, "It's just a guess. Based on what we know so far, Geng Qiushi is not an honest older brother who will just sit and wait for his death. So it's very likely that he has collected evidence of what Geng Keli did."
Tong Zhao pondered for a moment: "Assuming he really does have it, is there any chance of getting this evidence from him?"
"Of course there is." Shan Song never shied away from explaining these things to Tong Zhao. He patiently said, "No matter how you look at it, he's the one who benefits from cooperating with us. So he has to pay an entry fee or something. If he's willing to do that, he'll take the initiative to talk to us."
"However, this is just speculation. We need to find out his purpose first, see if his attitude towards Geng Keli and the Geng family is the same, what kind of outcome he can accept for the other members of the Geng family, what the maximum range of loss of interests he can tolerate, and whether we can reach a consensus before we can discuss detailed cooperation matters."
Tong Zhao nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Shan Song chuckled: "It's okay if you don't understand. Everyone has their own expertise. Zhao Zhao, just focus on acting. Your brother Qi and I will take care of these things."
Brother Qi is really omnipotent, Tong Zhao thought to herself, and hesitated before opening her mouth: "Wouldn't it be a bit... not good to keep taking advantage of Brother Qi like this?"
Shan Song raised one eyebrow, took out his phone and shook his head as he fiddled with it: "Our Zhao Zhao can't be like this." After a while, Shan Song pulled up the account details of a certain card: "Look, look at your Brother Qi, he hasn't been polite at all."
Tong Zhao peeked over, and after seeing the screen clearly, fell into a long silence: "..."
Shan Song smiled: "Do you still feel sorry for him?"
Who cares about him? Tong Zhao pursed his lips, looked at the long list of large red expenditures in his card, and then at the balance that hadn't changed much. He felt even more that the one who needed to feel sorry for him the most was himself.
“He’s practically emptied our family’s wine cellar. Zhao Zhao, don’t be polite with him. Next time you go to the Qi family, just bring back whatever you want. It’s only right that you call him your elder brother.”
Tong Zhao was actually a little tempted; oh no, she'd been completely led astray...
She didn't continue the topic, instead turning her gaze to the firewood in Shan Song's hand: "We need to go and get some more firewood tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll do my mission tomorrow."
"Tomorrow's task..." Tong Zhao paused for a moment, then checked the schedule: "Oh, it's to imitate the other party for a day!"
I'm kind of looking forward to it.
Dan Song washed his hands, picked the person up, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm thinking about how to imitate you tomorrow."
"oh?"
Tong Zhao stopped smiling, put on a serious face, and cleared her throat: "What does Songsong like? I'll buy it for you tomorrow!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Tong Zhao peeked out with one eye to secretly look at Shan Song's expression. Shan Song's gaze was unreadable at that moment, and his burning gaze made Tong Zhao quickly raise her hand to cover her face, unable to continue the act.
"Songsong?"
The danger in his tone was clearly palpable.
"Hmm... I've heard Brother Qi call me that before." Tong Zhao guiltily changed her address: "Husband~"
Dan Song weighed his wife in his arms, gently kneading her buttocks with his palm, and threatened, "What are you yelling for?"
"husband?"
Tong Zhao shuddered as she was pinched.
"Call him Brother Qi, and me husband?"
?
What else?
Is it no longer permissible to call someone "husband"?
"Call me brother."
"..."
Hesitating for two seconds, she was already pressed down on the bed. The incredibly soft, animal-fur-like blanket tickled her skin. Tong Zhao had a bad feeling and grabbed Shan Song's neck, squeezing her legs between his: "Brother! Brother Shan, Brother Song... mmm!"
Using random nicknames makes it less embarrassing, and the effect is another matter, but a lively wife has a unique charm, and Shan Song thinks it's worth doing more of this.
...
Qi Yan was truly "beautiful" today. He didn't even settle scores with Jiang Li from yesterday, and in the evening, he even went to visit Jiang Li, the patient, out of kindness.
"Hey, what's wrong, Brother Jiang? You were all lively and energetic yesterday, even offering me advice! You can't afford to fall ill!"
"..."
"Brother Jiang, your method yesterday worked so well! I brought you some delicious food, all your favorites."
One glance, and they're all vegetarian!
Jiang Li smiled, her teeth almost grinding to powder.
"Brother Rong, how did you know Teacher Luan likes this flavor? Thank you so much, then I won't be polite." Qi Yan waved the ice cream around in front of Jiang Li.
Looking at the smug Alpha swaggering in front of him, Jiang Li angrily blew his nose, his eyes flashing with daggers, then gradually transitioned to numbness, and finally, a single "Amo" solved all the problems.
Qi Yan was dragged out, and Luan Yining took him with a smile.
"Wife, look, this is how they bully me when you're not around!" Qi Yan feigned pitifulness.
Jiang Li could still hear his affected voice from inside the house. She roared, "Qi Yan! You're finished!"
Qi Yan, having "avenged his great grudge," would be a fool to stay and wait to get beaten up: "Wife, run!"
Luan Yining had spent the whole day with Qi Yan, and his stamina from spending so much time drawing in the lab was really wearing thin. Qi Yan noticed the fatigue on his face, bent down, wrapped his arms around his waist and hooked his legs, and picked him up steadily in one go, making an excuse: "If we don't run now, these bandits will beat me up!"
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