Chapter 47: Going Crazy Day 47: Male and Female Competition
Because she drank a lot of alcohol last night, Tan Mo woke up the next day with a very dry mouth.
I struggled to get up from the bed and touched the water glass on the bedside table. It was empty.
Lu Xingjian didn't even prepare warm water for her.
This thought flashed through Tan Mo's mind.
Then she got out of bed and walked naturally towards the door of her and Lu Xingjian's bedroom.
“——”
As soon as the first knock was made, the door opened.
“——Land Travel…”
Before she could utter the word "Jian", Tan Mo swallowed it back into her throat. She looked at the person in front of her in confusion, "Jiang Qingya?"
"What are you doing in Lu Xingjian's room?"
"Sister Mo, have you forgotten everything? It was you who asked me to stay with you last night."
Sister Mo?
Stay?
Tan Mo raised her eyebrows.
After a while, she remembered that for some reason last night, Jiang Qingya insisted on sleeping with her.
She was so tired at that time that she could fall asleep as soon as the back of her head touched the pillow. Unable to withstand Jiang Qingya's tossing and turning, she let her sleep with her.
Tan Mo said, "You're up so early?"
Seeing Tan Mo's hesitation, Jiang Qingya felt a little sad. She lowered her eyes, tucked her hair behind her ear with her fingers, and said in a soft voice, "I came here so early for you. But when you first opened your eyes, it seemed like I wasn't the person you wanted to see the most? Aren't we supposed to be the closest?"
Having said that, he slowly raised his head again, and his big, misty eyes looked at Tan Mo with both anger and resentment.
Tan Mo: ...the face of an old man in the subway.
She cleared her throat and said, "You may not believe this, but the person I want to see most right now is the water dispenser. My throat is so dry it's about to smoke."
"Hmph," Jiang Qingya handed the cup over. "I told you I got up so early for you, and you didn't believe me. Didn't I just get you some water?"
Tan Mo took it impatiently and gulped down half a glass of water, feeling very refreshed.
"Thank you."
"But," Tan Mo imitated Jiang Qingya, pinching her throat to speak, "Why do you speak like this? Is your throat uncomfortable?"
Jiang Qingya coughed and continued softly, "That's how I usually talk. Maybe you remembered it wrongly."
"A rich girl like me has a very delicate voice. Don't you like it?"
Tan Mo scratched her head. "But when you were moving the hot pot ingredients yesterday, you looked like Wu Song fighting a tiger, and you even said you were so hungry that you could eat a cow."
"A rich lady shouldn't be like this." Tan Mo looked at her with confusion and innocence.
Jiang Qingya: ...Go away, straight girl, don’t get close to me.
She pretended to be calm as she passed by Tan Mo.
Have breakfast at 8:20 in the villa dining room.
"Let me tell you something. When I got up this morning to make breakfast, I saw Nangong Lie leaving with a suitcase." Master Gao said while drinking soy milk.
Aunt Feng Juan: "Wow! He really just left like that and started to fend for himself? I thought he was talking to Director Nangong. They had a fight yesterday, but everything is fine today."
Jin Yuan: "That's quite manly, he keeps his word."
Xu Xiaonian sipped the porridge in small sips, feeling mixed emotions, and remained silent, not participating in the discussion.
Tan Mo happened to overhear something when she was going downstairs, but she was not very interested in Nangong Lie, her defeated opponent, so she did not ask any further questions.
She looked around, sat down and said, "Where's Lu Xingjian? Hasn't he come yet?"
"Oh, that's what I was saying. Why does it feel like someone's missing?" Aunt Fengjuan said belatedly, "He must have sent you a message. Take a look."
Tan Mo hadn't had time to check her phone since she woke up. She clicked on the screen and glanced at WeChat. Lu Xingjian had already left her a message.
"He said he was helping an old lady cross the street this morning and was scammed and extorted for money."
Aunt Fengjuan: ???
Master Gao: ???
Jin Yuan: ???
Xu Xiaonian: ???
Tan Mo was in disbelief as she read. After confirming that today was not April Fool's Day, she sent a message to Lu Xingjian to ask him about the situation.
Xu Xiaonian: "Doesn't Assistant Lu live in Rose Manor? Did he go out this morning?"
"No." Jiang Qingya said unhappily, "His family sent him a message last night asking him to come home. He left the drunk Sister Mo on the bed and left. There's no point in caring about such an irresponsible person like him."
After that, she asked Tan Mo, "Sister Mo, how about we have some porridge for breakfast? You drank alcohol last night, so you must be feeling unwell. The porridge is light, so it's just right to sober you up."
The voice sounded as if it was coated with ten pounds of honey, so sweet that it gave goose bumps to everyone else at the table.
"Sister Mo?" Jin Yuan said, suppressing his nausea, "Did Sang Biao pee on you? It smells so foul."
Jiang Qingya: ...
Sang Biao, who was eating dog food and was cueed again: Wang (no) Wang (want) Wang (say) Wang (I) Wang (bad) Wang (words) Wang (I) Wang (yes) Wang (good) Wang (bad)
Master Gao reminded Jin Yuan: "Sang Biao is scolding you, don't say bad things about him behind his back."
Jin Yuan apologized to Sang Biao, "Shao Li, Shao Li. It's not that you peed on her, it's just that Jiang Qingya's words are coquettish."
Jiang Qingya: ...
"Okay, stop messing around." Xu Xiaonian separated the elementary school duo. "Am I the only one who thinks Miss Jiang's voice is normal? And it seems familiar."
Jin Yuan: "Yes, only you, only you are unique and have unique taste."
Just as she was about to say a few more words, she heard Tan Mo say, "Lu Xingjian must have been held up by this old lady and won't be here until the afternoon."
"It's so serious." Aunt Fengjuan muttered.
Tan Mo put down her phone and raised her head. A face that looked like Sister Pomegranate suddenly came before her. She winked at her sweetly and said, "Tell me quickly, do you want some white porridge? I'll serve it to you."
Tan Mo leaned back in horror. Even though she moved quickly, she could still feel Jiang Qingya's eyelashes almost brushing against the tip of her nose.
"Don't come over here." Tan Mo shouted with a trembling voice, "I don't want to drink white porridge."
She kicked her feet and pushed the stool back, away from Jiang Qingya.
Then he stood up, picked up a bowl of rice noodles on the table, and ran upstairs, "I'll just eat this. Jinyuan, come up to me when you're done. I have something to discuss with you."
Looking at Tan Mo's back as she walked and ran, Jiang Qingya was puzzled. "Why is she running?"
Jin Yuan just finished answering: "Maybe your beauty makes her feel inferior."
Jiang Qingya: "That's true, I'm a rich lady after all."
No one paid any attention to her crazy talk. Aunt Fengjuan slurped her rice noodles and said, "I bought abalone for lunch today. Can Xiao Lu still catch up?"
Jiang Qingya smiled slightly, "It's not that easy."
Lu Xingjian, who had originally agreed with Tan Mo to come over at 2 p.m., arrived at noon.
At that time, Jiang Qingya cornered Xu Xiaonian, who had just studied for the civil service exam for two hours.
Xu Xiaonian was a little nervous: "Miss Jiang..."
"Don't call me Miss Jiang," Jiang Qingya interrupted her in a breath, "Call me Qingya."
"Oh, Qingya." Xu Xiaonian agreed obediently.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she felt something was strange.
She clasped her hands to her chest, her cheeks flushed, and her chest rose and fell with each breath.
Jiang Qingya observed her quietly, thinking that the old romance novels really weren't wrong. Although she didn't understand why the heroines would blush and their hearts would beat faster when the heroes dodged them against the wall, it didn't matter, as long as it worked.
And next time she can try to push Tan Mo against the wall, maybe she can make Tan Mo fall in love with her.
Xu Xiaonian raised her head and asked softly, "Um, Qingya, can you move back a little? You're squeezing me so hard I can't breathe."
Jiang Qingya:?
"Your face is red and your heart is beating fast..."
"It's just a small corner, and you're so close to me, pressing me down, sucking all the air out of me. How can I not blush and have my heart beat faster?
Jiang Qingya: ...Ah, this makes sense scientifically. So this is why the heroines in romance novels blush?
"Private Marseille." Jiang Qingya stepped back in shame and apology.
After breathing evenly, Xu Xiaonian asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Xu Xiaonian has complicated feelings towards Jiang Qingya.
At first, she thought Jiang Qingya was childish and annoying. She would often suddenly interrupt her and Nangong Lie when they were in love, which made her very painful.
Gradually, she learned that Jiang Qingya and Nangong Lie were childhood sweethearts, and that their families would marry when they grew up. Sometimes she would wonder if she was the one who destroyed their relationship.
This made her afraid to face her for a while.
Later, with the formation of Tan Mo's sister group, she often chatted and gossiped with Jiang Qingya and the others. She also felt that Jiang Qingya was a very righteous person, but her behavior was occasionally extreme.
Of course, she also knew that Jiang Qingya hated her love-sickness at that time, although she herself did not realize it at that time.
She liked chatting with Jiang Qingya, but didn't want to get too close to her, for fear that her sharp thorns would accidentally scratch her.
They are two completely different types of people.
But we can seek common ground while reserving differences.
Xu Xiaonian waited for a long time but didn't hear any answer, so she reminded him softly again, "Did you forget? Why don't you tell me later?"
"No, I'm just wondering whether to ask you for help." Jiang Qingya said.
Xu Xiaonian: You still have times when you feel conflicted.
She said gently: "It's okay, tell me about it, maybe I will agree."
"Oh. Then when Lu Xingjian comes, can you help me push him down the stairs? It would be best if you could push him to the point where he becomes paralyzed."
Xu Xiaonian: ...
"Qingya, why don't you just keep worrying about it."
Xu Xiaonian turned and left speechlessly.
Jiang Qingya tried her best to persuade her to stay. "If you don't want to do this, then how about you poison him? How about that?"
"Aren't you short of money for the civil service exam? How about I give you money if you help me poison someone? How much do you want?"
"What kind of poison? Can a civil servant still pass the civil service exam if he poisons others?"
This is a male voice.
When someone asked, Jiang Qingya happily blurted out, "Arsenic, Crane's Beak Red, a little red in the Central Plains..."
It seems that someone has taken up her "Kill Him" order.
"Who are you going to poison?"
"Lu..." Jiang Qingya looked in the direction of the voice and fell silent when she saw the person at the door.
I didn't expect this person to come back early.
I couldn't hold him back.
"Assistant Lu, you're here." Xu Xiaonian walked towards him in surprise.
Lu Xingjian: "If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known someone was going to poison me."
Xu Xiaonian was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak.
She subconsciously looked at Jiang Qingya, but Jiang Qingya behaved like a vicious female supporting character. After her secret was discovered, she crossed her arms across her chest in a stupid and arrogant manner, glaring at Lu Xingjian fiercely.
Anyway, she didn't take any actual action, she just talked about it, and our actions don't count.
What can Lu Xingjian do to her?
Lu Xingjian walked towards Jiang Qingya, a hint of confusion on his handsome face, "I don't know why, Miss Jiang seems to be very hostile to me."
He had sensed it since last night when Jiang Qingya was about to kick him out of the small bedroom.
If the news from home had not come so quickly, Jiang Qingya might not have gotten what she wanted.
Jiang Qingya is not afraid of him: "You too, you seem to be hostile to me. Don't think I don't know your little secret."
"Everyone has the same goal, but unfortunately there can only be one champion."
Lu Xingjian looked at Jiang Qingya steadily, with a perfect smile on his face and gentle eyes.
But Jiang Qingya, who was covered by Lu Xingjian's figure, felt that it was a late spring cold snap in February. When she walked from the sun into the shadow, the fresh cold air immediately dispelled the warmth on her body.
His smile was extremely deceptive.
Lu Xingjian retracted his gaze. "Miss Jiang is very good at playing riddles. I need to go find Mr. Tan first, so I won't bother you anymore."
After Lu Xingjian left, Xu Xiaonian trotted over and asked, "Qingya, what are you two talking about? I don't understand!"
Jiang Qingya: "It would be great if he was as easy to deal with as you."
"ah?"
*
When Lu Xingjian pushed open the door of the study, Tan Mo, Jin Yuan, and Lin Yu were having a heated discussion inside.
"I can be in charge of the writing team, and I also know a few people on the directing and photography team," Jin Yuan said. "Promotion shouldn't be a problem either, since that's what I do, after all."
"The rest are a bit of a headache. Without connections, I can't get them."
Whether it is filming a movie or TV show or producing a variety show, the procedures involved are complex and numerous, requiring different professionals. It is crucial to build a mature creative team with common ideas.
Tan Mo is a newcomer in this field.
Lin Yu: "Why don't we ask Director Nangong? Although the Nangong family is not involved in the entertainment industry, he must know someone."
Her expectant look gradually dimmed as Tan Mo shook her head.
Tan Mo said: "This project is independent of the Nangong family's business and belongs to me personally. I don't want him to know."
Jin Yuan was overwhelmed: "It would be great if you were a producer, you could choose any connections in the industry."
Tan Mo sighed, "This position gives me the most headache."
She heard a voice behind her and turned to see Lu Xingjian. She asked in surprise, "You're here? So early?"
Lu Xingjian nodded and took out a document from his briefcase and gave it to her: "This is the location information of the paternity testing company. There are three in total, and they were all selected according to your requirements."
Tan Mo's requirements are low price, near bankruptcy, and complete equipment. She is buying at the bottom.
"I'll do a field inspection in a couple of days." Tan Mo glanced at it briefly and then put it down. Suddenly, she remembered something, "Oh, by the way, what happened to you helping the old lady cross the street?"
Lu Xingjian was busy at that time, and they just exchanged a few words on WeChat.
Lu Xingjian briefly summarized it: "When I got up this morning to catch the subway, an old lady asked me for help."
"She said she couldn't see the traffic lights clearly and walked slowly, so she asked me to help her cross the street. Unexpectedly, just as we were crossing the street, she suddenly lay down, saying I had hit her and demanded compensation."
Jin Yuan frowned: "How magical."
Lin Yu: "Why is this person like this!"
Lu Xingjian: "I suspect someone is behind this, but it doesn't matter. I've already called the police."
"That's good." Tan Mo pulled out the stool next to him and let him sit down. "If you need help, just tell me."
Lu Xingjian said politely: "Thank you, Mr. Tan."
"Oh, right." Tan Mo asked, "Did you see Jiang Qingya when you came here?"
"She and Miss Xu are downstairs."
Tan Mo: "Then do you think she was abnormal just now?"
Lu Xingjian:?
Jin Yuan suddenly teased, "Are you afraid of her?"
Lu Xingjian: "Did something happen while I was away?"
Jin Yuan was sitting across from Tan Mo. She leaned forward, softened her voice, and said with a strange smile, "Sister Mo, I've been talking all the time and I'm thirsty. Can I have a drink of the water in your cup?"
"Eh~~~~" Tan Mo felt itchy all over, and she hugged her arms. "Just let me live."
Lin Yu couldn't bear it anymore and covered her ears. "What happened to her today? Did she take the wrong medicine?"
As probably the only one in this group who understood the logic behind Jiang Qingya's behavior, Lu Xingjian smiled faintly.
He shook his head, hiding what he had heard, "I'm not sure. When I came up just now, Miss Jiang seemed even more abnormal."
Tan Mo hugged herself tightly, "Then I'd better stay away from her for the next few days."
"Okay, now that Lu Xingjian is back, I'll arrange the tasks."
They threw themselves back into their work.
After more than an hour, there was a break.
In order to avoid being entangled by Jiang Qingya, Tan Mo was unwilling to go downstairs even though she wanted to eat some fruit snacks to relieve her fatigue.
"Auntie Fengjuan and Master Gao went to the supermarket to buy some pineapples, but the pineapples I wanted to eat didn't have the legs to come up on their own."
Tan Mo's gaze naturally fell on the person opposite her.
Jin Yuan refused to meet her gaze, "Don't look at me. I don't want to hear Jiang Qingya's dirty talk anymore."
Lin Yu glanced aside and said, "Don't look at me either. I'm lazy."
Tan Mo smiled: "I didn't mean to call you. It's because you sat across from me that I could only watch the show from your side."
Jin Yuan and Lin Yu: "Then please look over here."
They pointed in the direction of Lu Xingjian, and Tan Mo looked in the direction their fingers were pointing.
Lu Xingjian: ...
He stood up and said, "Then I'll go. What else do you want besides pineapples, Mr. Tan?"
Tan Mo: "Yogurt!"
Jin Yuan raised his hand and shouted, "I want one too."
Lin Yu: “+2.”
Lu Xingjian: ...
As the only male present, he was self-aware enough to take on everything and walked out of the study.
Little did he know that after he left the study, a silent shadow followed him.
Jiang Qingya walked behind Lu Xingjian, gritting her teeth and gesturing in the air, as if she was going to strangle him.
"Fight with me! No one can beat me!"
"I'll push you down and see how you can compete with me!" Seeing Lu Xingjian was about to go down the stairs, Jiang Qingya hurriedly followed him.
A few minutes later, Tan Mo, who was browsing on her phone in the study, suddenly heard a miserable scream and she sat up in shock.
"Did you hear that?"
Lin Yu and Jin Yuan nodded vigorously.
"Go out and take a look. I feel like something's wrong."
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