Chapter 38: Going Crazy, Day 38: Running with the Ball: Dark Daddy, Cool Mommy...
General Assistant 38
"You had a really hard time back then, didn't you?" the woman with the shrill voice said sarcastically. "You couldn't wait to buy something in a luxury store right after you got back. You're wearing the same clothes as me, Zhao Yun. You're exposing yourself too quickly. You came back just for money, to compete with me, right?"
"Tang Yi, it's not what you think. I came here to buy a gift for Yanli's birthday soon." The woman called Zhao Yun tilted her head and didn't look directly at Tang Yi.
She touched her waist awkwardly, not wanting to argue with Tang Yi. "The salesperson asked me to try this dress because she thought it suited me best."
"Do you think the Dior store is the vegetable market next to your home? The salesperson said it suits you, so she lets you try it?"
Tang Yi sneered: "This is the latest style of clothing, you need to make an appointment in advance. If you don't have an appointment, how can you try it on?"
"This..." Zhao Yun was a little embarrassed. "I don't know either. The salesperson really recommended it to me."
Tang Yi folded his arms over his chest, his gaze piercing Zhao Yun. "Yan Li said you suffered a lot for him in the past, but I see your fingers, skin, and hair are better maintained than those of us wealthy wives. Did you trick him? Or is it that someone else does all the hard work for you, and you're just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of your labor?"
Tan Mo had been eating the melon quietly. From her angle, she could not clearly see the subtle expressions of Zhao Yun. Only after Tang Yi finished speaking, Tan Mo noticed that Zhao Yun paused slightly.
But you know what, Tang Yi was right. Zhao Yun did look young and beautiful, with fair skin and tender fingers. She looked like a middle-aged version of the Little White Flower. If Tang Yi had not ridiculed Zhao Yun before, and Tan Mo didn't know that they were the same age, she would have thought that Zhao Yun was at most 37 or 38 years old.
In comparison, although Tang Yi is also beautiful, her appearance does have the mature feeling of a middle-aged person.
Tan Mo said to the system regretfully, "It would be nice if I had a handful of melon seeds. It's a bit awkward to just eat melon without any snacks."
system:……
Tang Yi asked Zhao Yun maliciously, "It's not easy to raise a child by yourself. You have to take care of the child when he or she is young, and it will be even more expensive when he or she grows up. Besides going to work, you also have to do housework when you get home."
"By the way, I heard you used to be a waiter in a hotel. I'd like to ask you, how did you manage to keep your hands so delicate and soft, despite doing so much rough and tiring work?"
Tan Mo: I didn't expect Zhao Yun to be a single mother. Listen carefully, she also wants to know what her beauty secrets are.
Zhao Yun said: "I was born this way."
Tang Yi: ...
Tan Mo: ...Isn’t this the holy body of the heroine born in a novel?
In the novel, no matter whether it is an urban setting or an ancient cultivation story, no matter whether the heroine works as a nanny or a pig butcher, she has the most perfect figure and flawless skin.
Tang Yi was speechless. He didn't expect Zhao Yun's tone to be as if she didn't take it seriously at all. It just so happened that she had a scar-prone constitution and would easily get scars from the slightest bump.
Although she has been cautious since she was a child, Tang Yi still accumulated a lot of scars.
Who is the eldest daughter of a wealthy family?
Tang Yi was unconvinced and sarcastically criticized, "So what if you have good skin? A servant is a servant. Even if you wear a Dior dress, you can't turn into a phoenix."
"I'm telling you, wearing the same clothes isn't a big deal. It's the ugly one who's embarrassed."
Isn’t this the most classic locker room slapping scene in novels?
The author arranges the heroine and the female supporting role to wear the same clothes. The female supporting role mocks the heroine's status as inferior to hers, saying that she doesn't look like a prince even in a yellow robe. Then the author describes a passerby mindlessly praising the heroine for being more beautiful in her clothes, praising her with a wave of rainbow farce, and finally slapping the female supporting role in the face.
Judging from the current situation, the heroine is most likely this person named Zhao Yun.
Tan Mo thought to herself: Oh my god, I encountered such a cool writing cliché as the reversal and slap in the face.
If you put yourself in the shoes of the heroine, it would be really cool, Tan Mo smiled.
But there is no one around now, how can the heroine find passersby to slap her in the face?
"You, come here. Tell me, who is dressed better, me or her?" Tang Yi pointed at Tan Mo in the corner and said arrogantly.
Tan Mo: Huh? Me? I've become a tool for slapping you in the face?
Tang Yi: "It's you, don't doubt it, come here quickly."
Tan Mo: ...
But if you put yourself in the shoes of a passerby, you would really want to die. Tan Mo stopped laughing.
She never expected that it was Tang Yi, the female supporting character who was slapped in the face, who called her.
Zhao Yun kindly advised, "Tang Yi, what are you doing? How childish! Why would you do anything like this? Let's not involve others in our affairs."
Tan Mo, who was getting closer and closer to them: That’s right, why are you getting me into trouble! Although I really want to eat some melons
Tang Yi curled his lips in disdain, "Who are you calling childish? If you're worried about being outdone, then just leave. Your legs are on your body, and I'm not stopping you. Or do you have no confidence in yourself?"
I don’t know if Tang Yi’s provocation was successful, but Zhao Yun didn’t leave.
Tang Yi pulled Tan Mo, who was walking slowly, and brought her to him. He then took two steps back and stood with Zhao Yun.
And she also avoided the death ray.
Being stared at by a stranger made Zhao Yun feel a little awkward, but she still let her hands drop to her side, adjusted her posture, and tried to be generous and natural. She was secretly looking forward to it, not wanting to be outdone by Tang Yi at all.
Tan Mo took a look and realized that the three of them were wearing the same style of sleeveless dress, except that hers was white, while Tang Yi and Zhao Yun's were red.
"Okay, little girl, tell me, who looks best in this red dress?"
According to common practice, she has to support the heroine.
But Tan Mo suddenly had a bad idea. She smiled and said, "Aunties, we are wearing the same style, but none of you look as good as me. Don't be embarrassed, I won't laugh at you."
Zhao Yun: ...
Tang Yi: ...
I asked you to be a judge, but you are bragging about your evaluation.
"You're crazy." Tang Yi cursed softly and turned away. Zhao Yun was also a little embarrassed and walked in another direction.
System: "Host, do you know why I chose you to be my host? Because sometimes your thinking is different from that of ordinary people."
Tan Mo: ...
"Mr. Tan, why are you here?" Lu Xingjian looked around before he found the person. He hurried forward two steps.
Lu Xingjian had already followed Tan Mo's instructions and asked Master Wang to take all the luxury goods he had bought back home first. He had just gone to deal with this matter.
Tan Mo shook her head. "It's okay. Is everything settled?"
Lu Xingjian: "As you said, I asked Master Wang to take all the things back to the rental house. We didn't leave them in the old house or the villa."
"That's good."
Only then did the SA bring out the clothes that Tan Mo needed to try on.
Tan Mo was a little tired. "After we finish trying on these two pieces of clothing, let's go for a SPA and then go home."
"Okay." Lu Xingjian had no objection and of course listened to her.
Tan Mo returned to the changing room and asked the system to retrieve the balance. Lu Xingjian had come in a hurry just now, so she didn't have time to check it.
The system announced: "Forty-four million, four hundred and five thousand and seventy-six cents."
Tan Mo raised her eyebrows in surprise. "No way, could it be that after what happened with Hu Jiayu, the gossip system has been upgraded to the point where I can make so much money even by listening to gossip about ordinary people?"
If she remembered correctly, she had only made about 403 million the last time she used Xu Xiaonian to stimulate Nangong Lie.
In the past two days, apart from the gossip that slapped her in the face in the locker room, she hadn't heard any other gossip.
In other words, in just a short period of time, he earned more than one million.
The system made a sound, as if coming to its senses, and said, "I forgot to tell you, you're not listening to ordinary gossip. I just detected another novel by Mrs. Shuizhuwanzi, 'Running with the Ball: The Dark Daddy and the Cool Mommy.' Those two aunts are the protagonists."
Tan Mo: ...
For a moment, she didn't know where to start complaining.
"When I was listening to gossip, didn't you remind me that another protagonist has appeared?"
Heavy losses, heavy losses!
Tan Mo turned around and wanted to open the door of the locker room and rush out to stop Lu Yun and Tang Yi. But after being delayed, she didn't know where the two of them had gone.
She probably couldn't find it.
The system pointed at its finger in shame, "Last time, I detected an error, and you blamed me. This time, I didn't detect the task, so I don't dare to say anything."
Okay.
Tan Mo sat on the velvet stool, and suddenly she felt very funny again, "What kind of novel is Mrs. Shuizhuwanzi writing? It's either "The Little Wife with a Sky-High Price" or "The Hot First Love", and now there's "Mommy Runs Away with the Baby."
"I'm really curious now about what kind of person she is."
The system was confused. "I don't know. I only know that she has written forty or fifty novels."
"Tentacle monster." Tan Mo sighed, "Who is running with the ball?"
"There's no explanation on the book cover this time." The system chuckled, "But you can spend three million to unlock the plot."
Tan Mo: ...
The system was helpless. "I didn't mean to cheat you out of your money. Originally, you were only supposed to complete the "Priceless Little Wife" book, so I knew the plot, but inexplicably, many books were merged. The tasks for completing other books were not originally my job, so I don't have the authority to know."
"I understand. You can go down now."
Tan Mo had a high-end SPA at Bulgari, which provided dinner. She and Lu Xingjian had dinner there before returning home.
As soon as the light in the rental house was turned on, the not-so-spacious house was filled with light. Tan Mo was stunned for a moment by the dazzling array of bags piled on the floor, and it took her a while to come back to her senses.
She smiled and said to Lu Xingjian, "I thought it was a thief who stole something from a rich family and left all the stolen goods here. It took me a while to realize that these were my things."
"I bought so many things today that I can hardly put my feet down." Tan Mo came in jumping.
She looked around, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's unpack all the boxes."
"OK."
“And then they took the boxes and sold them.”
"ah?"
Tan Mo: "I heard some people recycle luxury goods packaging. I have so many, I should be able to sell them for some money. Can you help me organize these boxes?"
"Okay, Mr. Tan." Lu Xingjian was like an old ox that worked hard and never complained. Although he was sometimes confused about Tan Mo's orders, he accepted them all.
While taking it off, Tan Mo couldn't help but try it on, even though she had tried it on several times in the store.
It is indeed real jewelry. Although the lighting in the rental house is not as professional as that in luxury stores, Tan Mo can still feel the gorgeous light.
"Does it look good?" She put on the pearl necklace and shook her head to show it off to Lu Xingjian.
When she came back, she was wearing Dior's little black dress. Her already fair skin looked even more flawless against the black dress, and her pink color shone through, like a high-quality pearl.
The skirt had a slightly low-cut neckline, and underneath the long pearl necklace was a huge gem. Lu Xingjian's gaze naturally followed the gem to Tan Mo's unfathomable chest.
As if being burned by fire, Lu Xingjian looked away.
After a long time without receiving a response, Tan Mo frowned and looked at the camera on her phone. "Isn't it good looking? Was I deceived by the salesperson?"
Lu Xingjian lowered his head, not daring to look at Tan Mo. He pursed his lips and whispered, "It looks good."
"That's fine." Tan Mo put down the phone with a smile.
She looked at Lu Xingjian, "Assistant Lu, why is the area between your ears and neck so red? Are you sick?"
"I'm just too hot, don't worry, Mr. Tan."
"Then just turn on the air conditioner. It's not like you haven't turned it on before." Tan Mo looked at his hand and said with a smile, "Help me take the pearl bracelet. I want to see the effect of this set."
"Yes." Assistant Lu obediently took the ring for her.
Lu Xingjian's fingers accidentally touched Tan Mo's cool warmth, and he felt the warmth that belonged only to Tan Mo. His whole body tensed up again, as if he couldn't breathe.
It was not until Tan Mo was busy dressing herself and no longer noticed him that Lu Xingjian let out a sigh of relief.
Tan Mo was interested in matching the jewelry she had just bought, wondering if she should buy a safe or something in the next couple of days. She turned around and saw Lu Xingjian holding a pair of scissors to cut the tags off the clothes.
"Wait." She shouted quickly.
"What's wrong?"
Tan Mo hesitated and said, "If I sell a brand with a tag secondhand, will the price be higher than if it doesn't have a tag?"
Lu Xingjian was puzzled. "You want to sell them? Why?"
"I do have this plan, but I haven't figured out how to deal with it. I don't know if it's because I've lived through too many hard times, but I always feel like I don't deserve such luxurious clothes and pants. I also always feel that these things come easily and go easily, and are not as practical as money." When Tan Mo said these words, she seemed to be thinking of some past events and was not in a good mood.
"Anyway, I haven't made up my mind yet, so don't cut it yet, just leave it there."
Lu Xingjian nodded, helped Tan Mo fold clothes, and heard Tan Mo calling his name again.
"What's wrong? Mr. Tan."
Tan Mo threw a box to him, hitting him right in the arms.
This is a dark red box with the Longines brand logo. Just by looking at the logo, Lu Xingjian has already guessed what is inside.
He opened it and found it was indeed a simple Longines watch.
"For you." said Tan Mo.
Lu Xingjian was a little flustered, "Mr. Tan, this... is too expensive."
"Don't think too much. I bought it for you with my own money, so it's not that expensive." Tan Mo's stingy personality remained unchanged. "I think I should still apologize to you for selling you to Nangong Lie."
"Assistant Lu, without your hard work, my sisters and I wouldn't have enough to eat and drink. You must accept it."
Lu Xingjian's heart softened, "Mr. Tan, this is what I should do, you don't have to do this."
Tan Mo blinked her eyes, "Are you very touched?"
Lu Xingjian nodded.
"Do you want to repay me?"
Lu Xingjian nodded again.
Tan Mo showed an evil smile and took out a dress from behind her, "If you really want to repay me, can you wear this dress?"
Lu Xingjian:?!
Faced with Tan Mo's request, Lu Xingjian took a moment to understand, "Mr. Tan, do you have any special fetish for men dressing up as women?"
Tan Mo shook her head, "No, I'm only interested in you wearing women's clothes."
"Your appearance is rather plain, and your temperament is clean and fresh, very youthful. It wouldn't look out of place if you wore women's clothes. If you didn't speak, I would have really thought you were a girl."
Lu Xingjian was stunned for a moment, then said a little embarrassedly, "Isn't there a photo of me wearing women's clothes in the group?"
Jiang Qingya had already posted it, and he couldn't delete it.
"I did," Tan Mo said bluntly, "I saved it on my phone and read it many times."
Lu Xingjian felt his throat was dry and smoking. He looked at Tan Mo calmly and said, "Can I take this as a compliment?"
"Of course," Tan Mo said, puzzled. "If this isn't a compliment, then why am I still looking at your photos? Why am I still asking you to wear women's clothing?"
"I just felt like I was in such a rush last time that I didn't even get to appreciate it properly."
"Last time, I had to do it for work, so I did it." Lu Xingjian considered it again and again, "This time it's a bit abrupt."
"That's true." Seeing that her request failed, Tan Mo was not sad.
She wasn't someone who liked to force things, so she put away her clothes and said, "I probably didn't think about it enough. Don't overthink it."
Lu Xingjian touched the watch box and asked, "Has Mr. Tan ever given gifts to others before? Why did you think of giving me a watch?"
"You're still giving gifts to others?" Tan Mo put the folded clothes into the closet. "I was so poor before, how could I bear to give gifts to others?"
“Don’t you like watches? I thought an elite like Assistant Lu would like watches.”
Lu Xingjian said: "No, I like it very much."
Seeing that Tan Mo was still not giving up and was trying the skirt on him, he said, "Then as a reward, next time Mr. Tan gives someone a gift, I will dress Mr. Tan in women's clothes again."
"Wow!" Tan Mo's eyes lit up as she looked at Lu Xingjian's smile. "Does this count as a promise to me?"
"Yes, is there anything else I need to do?"
"No more." Tan Mo estimated the time and said, "It's quite late. You should go back and rest early."
"Okay." Lu Xingjian agreed, "Mr. Tan should also go to bed early."
Then he closed the door and left.
His back is tall and thin, like a fresh tree.
"Wow, Assistant Lu is really soft-hearted." Tan Mo sighed.
"But, I'm such a stingy person, how could I give gifts to anyone so easily?" Tan Mo was a little confused. "Would he be willing to let me wear women's clothes?"
*
Summer nights are always noisy. Even with the door of the villa closed, Lu Xingjian could still feel the boiling air.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening and everyone in the house was asleep.
Lu Xingjian took off his suit jacket, and there was a sticky layer on the back of his shirt. He was also a little tired and drowsy.
"Are you back?"
A middle-aged man's voice suddenly rang out in the quiet room, and Lu Xingjian was startled.
The staircase was brightly lit, brighter than the rest of the house. He appeared silently and stood there.
Lu Xingjian looked over and heard him say, "How is it? Did the real daughter of the Nangong family fall in love with you?"
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