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Nan Ke looked at him for a while without saying anything, swallowed all the food and smiled at him.
"How's work going? Is it going well?"
Although they kept in touch during the time Xing Chen was away, including phone calls and video calls, they would almost always chat for a few sentences before going about their own business or taking a break, leaving them with little time to share their work.
"It's okay, but the others are having trouble acclimatizing one after another, so I can't ask for leave and come back early."
"Why are you always thinking about coming back?" Nan Ke laughed: "Just work hard, it's okay. I'm not incapable of taking care of myself."
Xing Chen didn't say anything.
Nan Ke realized that she might have said something wrong. She had always known what kind of person Xing Chen was, and she was still denying that he was thinking about her all the time...
"Other people are not used to the local climate. Are you used to it?"
"I'm not used to not having you around." Xing Chen curved his lips and said, "But fortunately, my physical condition is still good."
If we continue discussing this topic, it will become a midnight show that is not suitable for children.
Nan Ke changed the subject directly.
"I've read the account you gave me, and I've also contacted him about other works. I contacted him yesterday, but he hasn't replied yet."
Xing Chen was somewhat dissatisfied with the mention of others at this time, but thinking of what Mo Ge said when he saw him off, he was silent for a moment and asked Nan Ke: "In your opinion, is it likely?"
"If he really doesn't care about sales, it's actually not that difficult."
Nan Ke said: "I have seen his comic strips, and they are quite consistent with the basic idea of being positive and optimistic. They are almost all positive energy, and the path is not biased. There is no problem with the review."
Xing Chen nodded slightly: "He just fulfilled the old man's expectations. Sales volume and the like should not be that important."
He smiled and said, "He asked me to say thank you to you and said he would treat us to a meal when he came back."
Nan Ke sneered, "He's a poor student and he's treating us to a meal? Don't make it hard on him. If the place is bad, he'll feel bad, and if it's good, you'll feel bad."
Xing Chen's eyes moved slightly: "How do you know he doesn't have much money?"
Nan Ke looked at him, and Xing Chen continued: "I don't remember I mentioned this to you."
"Why are you so nervous?" Nan Ke glared at him. "Do you need me to help you remember where you first met? Going there and doing that kind of work, does it look like a kid from a well-off family?"
"Do you remember?" Xing Chen became visibly more nervous.
Nan Ke didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, okay."
She put down her cutlery and took a sip of water. "Let me make it clear that I didn't intend to hide this from you, but you know what kind of person you are. If I tell you in advance from such a distance, you're bound to have wild thoughts."
Xing Chen remained silent, his expression much more serious than before.
Nan Ke's mood didn't change much.
"I didn't remember him at first. After you left that day, Susu asked me to talk to her about the rescheduling of the art exhibition. I ran into him at Susu's house, and then I saw that he was in a hurry, so I dropped him off at school."
Xing Chen still didn't say anything, his eyes flickered, as if he had thought a lot in an instant.
"He told me he knew you and asked if we were a couple. I said yes and told him that if you targeted him, he should tell you that Su Su slept with him."
Nan Ke leaned forward and said, "Come to think of it, you didn't bully him at first, did you?"
Xing Chen looked away, his chest heaving twice before he looked at Nan Ke again.
"Oh, that's enough. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't even know his name."
Xing Chen still didn't say anything, so Nan Ke simply stood up and sat next to him, looking at him with her head tilted: "You're angry even for this? No way?"
"I'm not angry."
Xing Chen looked at her and took a deep breath: "I just feel that there are ambushes everywhere in this world."
Nan Ke didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
"That guy was quite sensible. He knew you were already taken and had no improper intentions. But if he had told you his story that day, you would definitely have softened your heart, and then we would have exchanged contact information... I didn't even have the chance to know."
Nan Ke laughed angrily and pinched Xing Chen's face affectionately: "See, I knew you would be like this, so I didn't tell you."
She raised her phone in front of Xing Chen and asked, "Do you want to check my chat history with him?"
Xing Chen shook his head slightly. Nan Ke thought he looked so cute and rubbed his face again.
"Smile."
Xing Chen smiled politely.
Nan Ke finally let him go and spoke to comfort him.
"Look, he knows that following your path is much more effective than directly stating his demands to me. Isn't this a disguised affirmation of your status? Isn't it worth making you happy?"
Xing Chen's expression softened slightly at these words, and Nan Ke continued to counsel him, "Besides, it's pointless to always be so cautious. Even if he told me his demands that day and expressed something else, isn't the initiative in my hands? Don't you trust me?"
"Of course I trust you."
Xing Chen finished speaking subconsciously, lowering his head a little embarrassedly: "But I have to admit that he looks good. I am still worried that you want to change your taste."
The smile on Nan Ke's lips faded. She stood up and returned to her seat. She looked up and said to Xing Chen, "Okay, eat quickly. We'll be late for the movie."
Since it is inevitable to continue to contact Mogo in the future, Xing Chen will have to be told about the incident of sending Mogo to school sooner or later.
Nan Ke thought about it and decided that it would be better for her to speak out instead of Mo Ge, at least she could coax Xing Chen.
And it seems that when Xing Chen thinks about this incident later, he will only feel a little dissatisfied, but not too angry.
After dinner, the two of them walked arm in arm to the cinema on the top floor.
There are still fifteen minutes before the movie starts and ticket checking hasn't started yet.
Nan Ke took Xing Chen to look at various movie posters and expressed his opinions on each one.
"Hey, I remembered something."
Xing Chen tilted his head to look at her and said "hmm".
"Since the child was raised by his grandmother and his family isn't well off, I'd like to introduce him to some commercials to see if he's willing to draw."
Xing Chen curled his lips: "I wanted to ask you, but when you brought it up..."
"Here we go again, huh?"
Nan Ke looked up at him and said, "I am just a kind person. You can't assume that every kind gesture of mine means I am interested in him, right?"
"I know."
Xing Chen said earnestly: "This is my own problem, I will overcome it."
He looked into Nan Ke's eyes seriously, and Nan Ke was still smiling at him: "You can talk to him about it when you go back, but the price won't be too high at the beginning. I saw that he has drawn one or two advertisements on Weibo, and the creativity is quite good. If it is the sponsor introduced by me, the price he offers will definitely be higher than what he negotiated himself."
Xing Chen raised his eyebrows: "Is it to make grandma happy?"
Nan Ke clung to his arm and shook it: "Let's make grandma happy."
"Okay." Xing Chen smiled and said, "I'll go back and talk to him."
"There's one more question..."
Xing Chen couldn't help it: "In such a short time after class, are you sure you want to keep talking to me about other people's affairs?"
Nan Ke covered his mouth and laughed out loud, "One last question."
Xing Chen suppressed the throbbing of his forehead and said, "Speak."
"Does he mind contacting Susu? You have to ask. Some of these things need to be discussed with Susu."
"He doesn't mind."
"Really? You don't need to ask him personally?"
"He's not as naive as you think. In this world, if you want something, you have to pay for it. That's the basic rule. If he can't get over the shame of being slept with and then dumped, if that shame can make him give up his high salary and the fame and fortune he might get, as well as giving his grandmother a better life, then I don't think you need to go to such great lengths to help him contact someone."
Nan Ke raised her hand and pinched Xing Chen's nose. "From what you said, it seems like you agree with this social rule. What have you gained? What have you paid for it?"
Xing Chen took her hand and kissed it on his lips.
"I have been receiving, but have not had the chance to give."
Nan Ke was stunned, but Xing Chen held her hand tightly.
"Ah, if you're satisfied with my body, you can consider it as my contribution, but... strictly speaking, even in that matter, I'm the one who benefits."
In public...
Although Nan Ke claims that he is not a shameless person, he still feels a little embarrassed.
She suddenly pulled her hand back and glared at Xing Chen: "It's good that you know."
Xing Chen couldn't stop laughing.
Nan Ke tried to divert his attention and look elsewhere, but unexpectedly, he saw Quan Xiu and Yan Xuan who was helping him walk.
It was unclear what the two were talking about. Quan Xiu looked a little listless. It seemed that they were planning to go out for dinner.
Fortunately, at least I'm not here to watch a movie, so I don't have to worry about meeting them in the cinema.
The next moment, Nan Ke watched Yan Xuan turn her head and look in their direction while talking.
Nan Ke immediately hid in front of Xing Chen. Fortunately, he was tall and strong enough to block her.
"Baby, what's wrong with you?"
Xing Chen couldn't understand her behavior and looked behind him in confusion.
Nan Ke immediately held his face and said, "I want to eat popcorn."
Xing Chen frowned slightly. Nan Ke never eats popcorn when watching movies.
Although he didn't understand, he firmly defended Nan Ke's right to eat popcorn.
"Okay." He said, "Then you sit down for a while, I'll go buy it."
Nan Ke took his hand and shook it twice: "Let's go buy it together."
The popcorn stall is near the ticket gate, and leaving here can at least reduce the risk of being seen by Yan Xuan.
But Nan Ke soon regretted it. She really didn't like popcorn because it was too sweet.
But who makes the word movie always associated with popcorn?
That was all she wanted at the time.
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