Chapter 89 Chapter 89 The famous families in Beijing look down on actors...
eighty.
A translucent number 80 appeared above Ao Teng's head, and as Bai Muning followed her gaze, it was facing her.
Bai Mu Ning's eyes flickered from above Ao Teng's head to his face. He was eating breakfast without noticing, and gently put the thin-skinned steamed bun on his plate.
The favorability value is a bit low.
The memories of ten years ago were a little vague. Ao Teng died too early, so early that when she was reborn and saw Ao Teng for the first time, she was able to recognize his face.
Bai Muning vaguely remembered that this uncle loved him very much before.
Ao Xinyi was crowned the Asian Film Queen and her retirement from the film industry saddened countless fans. As her younger brother, Ao Teng knew how much his sister loved movies and acting, and her retirement was also a pity for him.
After she entered the entertainment industry, Ao Teng happily regarded her as the successor of Ao Xinyi's legacy and spent a lot of time and effort on her.
When she first started acting, Ao Teng personally stayed by her side, and waited with her assistant until late at night for her to finish work.
Ao Teng should like her very much.
How come the favorability value is only 80?
Bai Muning frowned.
Even though she is not the protagonist of the small world, she can confidently say that she is beautiful, excellent and has a good personality. Generally, strangers who meet her briefly have a favorable impression of her between 75 and 80.
The Bai family, who loved her from head to toe, should at least start at ninety...
Is it because of Bai Qingqing?
Come to think of it, Ao Teng has been hanging around Bai Qingqing all this time and hasn't asked about her life and work for a long time.
"Come on, Mu Ning, Qingqing, this is the new snack developed by Sister Qiao. I tasted it and it tastes pretty good. You guys should try it." Ao Xinyi suddenly spoke, interrupting Bai Mu Ning's thoughts.
She sat at the dining table for so long, but only drank half a mouthful of porridge and didn't touch the rest.
Ao Xinyi stood up and put some snacks on Bai Muning's plate. Then he looked at Bai Qingqing and picked one for her as well: "Try it and see if it suits your taste."
Bai Qingqing thanked him: "Okay, thank you."
"Thank you, Mom." Before Bai Qingqing finished speaking, Bai Muning smiled and thanked her. Then, he came to his senses and stopped thinking about Ao Teng.
According to Ao Xinyi's preferences, she got her a steamed mung bean dessert that looked refreshing. "Don't just focus on us. I see Aunt Qiao hasn't made this for a long time. It's a little cooler and chewy now. It's just right to eat now."
The steamed mung bean pastry is soft when it is just out of the pan, and becomes chewier after it cools down a little. Ao Xinyi likes this texture, but has never said it.
She thought that no one would notice it except herself, but she didn't expect Mu Ning to pay attention to such a small detail and remember it for her.
Ao Xinyi was somewhat touched. Looking at Bai Muning, he felt that the child had really grown up and had become an extremely caring little cotton-padded jacket. He immediately smiled with bright eyes and picked up the pastry to eat.
〖Ding~ Ao Xinyi's favorability increased by 2 points, and the current favorability is 92 (wow!)〗
The favorability value above Ao Xinyi’s head became ninety-two.
The voice prompt of the favorability value change jumped in Bai Mu Ning's mind. She endured the sound effect of E01 cheering and thought to herself: "Didn't I tell you not to turn on the voice prompt? You will affect me."
〖E01: I'm sorry Ning Bao, I just came back and got my first favorability increase. I couldn't help celebrating, I won't do that again.〗
〖Ningbao is awesome! It increased by two points so quickly! It will definitely reach 100 soon!〗
Bai Muning pretended not to hear anything and ate the snack that Ao Xinyi had just put on her plate. She looked at Ao Xinyi and said with her hands covering her mouth in surprise, "Mom, this is really delicious! I like this flavor."
Ao Xinyi was very happy: "Really? I knew you liked it the moment I tasted it. Let Sister Qiao make it again tomorrow."
The mother and daughter interacted at the dining table as if no one was around.
Bai Qingqing lowered her head while eating, as if she couldn't see the two people beside her.
Bai Lincheng and Ao Teng looked at the two of them, then set their sights on Bai Qingqing who was sitting quietly beside them, and frowned.
Ao Teng's favorability -1.
Bai Muning was busy talking to Ao Xinyi and didn't notice the change in his value. E01 wanted to remind him, but it had just been told, so after thinking about it, it decided to remain silent.
It’s okay. Ning Bao saw it as soon as he turned around.
No need for it to remind you.
Um!
After the family finished their breakfast, no one stayed at the table for long. Bai Shuting and Bai Lincheng were busy going to work, and Bai Siqi also said that he had something to do and had to go out for a while, and he looked somewhat happy.
Only Bai Muning had just finished the college entrance examination, and apart from the metaphysics variety show he was recording, he had nothing to do at home.
Ao Teng and Bai Qingqing were getting ready to go to the hospital. They had changed their clothes when they went downstairs in the morning and were ready to go at any time. Bai Qingqing was going to the bathroom after breakfast and patted Ao Teng who was already rushing out: "Wait for me for ten minutes." "No hurry." Ao Teng smiled and sat down on the sofa by the window.
There was a glowing number 79 on his head, flickering slightly in the sunlight.
Bai Muning never expected that just by turning around, Ao Teng's favorability value dropped?
Why?
Didn’t you just have breakfast?
Could it be that she was just paying attention to Ao Xinyi and didn't talk to Ao Teng?
Bai Muning had been planning to go back to his room, but he decided not to leave. He stood not far from Ao Teng and asked E01:
"Are the remaining points enough to redeem Ao Teng's strategy?"
〖Ten points are not enough. Although Ao Teng is a side character, since he survived, he is within the range of the Bai family's must-attack characters. You know, at least thirty points are required.〗
"One piece of information should be enough, right? I want to know what Ao Teng is busy with recently and what he is most worried about at the moment."
"That's enough, but Ning Bao, we only have ten points left. Ao Teng is a side character after all, so it doesn't matter if we capture him later. Do we have to spend all the points now?"
Bai Muning was silent for a moment, and decided to try to talk to Ao Teng first, to see if his favorability would change, and also to test Ao Teng's attitude.
After thinking about it, she stepped forward and smiled at Ao Teng: "Uncle, you have been very busy recently. I haven't sat down and chatted with you for a long time."
Ao Teng was looking at his phone. Hearing this, he looked up and saw Bai Mu Ning sitting next to him. He moved aside and said, holding his phone, "Yeah, I've been a little busy lately."
"Are you still busy with company matters?" Bai Mu Ning asked, but her eyes became sad as she spoke: "I see that my uncle has been inseparable from Qingqing recently, and I'm getting jealous."
Ao Teng originally thought that he was too busy recently and had not paid much attention to his niece.
Although she is not my own child, I have been with her for 18 years, so I must take good care of her. Just when I was about to say something caring, I heard her mention Qingqing and said she was jealous.
The little girl's coquettish look on her face, coupled with Bai Mu Ning's pretty face, makes one's heart melt.
There would have been no problem before, but now... Ao Teng felt uncomfortable.
Ao Teng didn't respond to her words of concern, but smiled and said, "Yes, I'm busy. The artists in the company have encountered some problems recently. Did you finish filming the movie you were shooting before?"
"Yes! It's finished!" Bai Mu Ning's memory of himself ten years ago was a little fuzzy. He found the details in his recollection and added: "Sister Lin helped me speed up the progress. We finished it before mid-May."
"Did you do well in the college entrance examination? The results will be out at the end of the month." Ao Teng looked at his phone and chatted with her in a casual manner.
He realized that Bai Muning had nothing to do with sitting down and talking to him, just chatting nonsense.
"I'm a little confident and should do well in the exam, but it still depends on the final results." Bai Muning said with a smile.
In her previous life, she finally chose Kyoto University and did not choose the acting major.
As a descendant of the famous Jiang family, they looked down on low-class actors, and because of past events, they didn't want her to be like Ao Xinyi...
Bai Muning lowered his eyes.
"Okay, your results are reassuring." Ten minutes had passed. Ao Teng smiled, put down his phone, and looked towards the bathroom on the first floor. He thought Bai Qingqing should be almost done.
Bai Muning: "You can't compare to Qingqing. Even in a small place like Pingzhou City, she was able to get a recommendation for admission to Dongda University. Qingqing is truly outstanding."
Ao Teng frowned. Was there something wrong with his ears today? Or was he bothered by the red marks on Zuo Xingchi's neck?
Why does everything my niece says today sound so unpleasant?
He heard footsteps coming from the direction of the bathroom, and his brows relaxed. "Yes, Qingqing is very good. There is no bad child in our Bai family."
Favorability value -1.
Ao Teng stood up, put his phone back in his pocket, and said to Bai Mu Ning, "It's almost time. I'm going out now."
When he turned around, the bright number 78 on his head turned with him.
Bai Muning saw the corridor leading to the bathroom. Bai Qingqing's shadow was cast from the corner. He quickly stood up and smiled happily at the two big numbers 78 on Ao Teng's head:
"Okay, uncle, go get busy, everything goes well!"
Her fingertips clenched into her palms.
Ao Teng was puzzled to see her suddenly smile so happily, but Bai Qingqing had already come out, so he didn't think too much about it. He walked towards the door with her, met her halfway, and walked side by side.
Bai Qingqing glanced at Bai Muning who was waving at them not far away.
Ask Ao Teng: "What are you two talking about? You look so happy."
Ao Teng felt uncomfortable and hummed in his tone: "We didn't talk about anything. I said that an artist in my company encountered some problems and I have to deal with them now, and she smiled happily."
Bai Qingqing: "Maybe she is in a good mood."
Ao Teng: "..."
He is in a bad mood.
He had been upset enough because he felt that his luck had been stolen and he had nearly lost his life. But he was lucky enough to meet his Master Qingqing, who happened to be his niece, and he was able to save his life.
The problem was solved and the company was happy for just a few days, but then the artist that the company was about to sign encountered this kind of thing.
This was different from the feeling of following Bai Qingqing to other people's homes to deal with Feng Shui issues. When it happened to him, he felt that he was inseparable from the matter.
Upset.
Ao Teng was just thinking when Bai Qingqing suddenly said, "Oh, right, the Feng Shui master who set up the formation for you has appeared. He has good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Bai Qingqing suddenly spoke, and Ao Teng's eyes lit up. He couldn't wait to get in the car, closed the door, and leaned close to her and said, "Listen first."
Bai Qingqing: "The Feng Shui master probably doesn't think highly of your life, and the puppet man probably won't come to take it again. He has something important to do. From now on, you can just put your head on his neck and sleep without worry."
Ao Teng was indeed happy to hear this, and his charming face was full of smiles. He then asked, "What about the bad news?"
"He was the one who stitched the corpse together. He killed Zhang Minda. He also targeted your kid, Zuo Xingchi, and almost had his head chopped off."
…
Hospital.
Bai Qingqing followed Ao Teng and saw Zuo Xingchi alive and sober for the first time.
He had no recollection of ever meeting Bai Qingqing before. He had heard that she was Mr. Ao's niece, so he was a little shy when greeting her. But after all, she was of similar age, and he felt a little more at ease compared to Ao Teng, who had a more unusual status.
Zuo's father and mother were very happy and invited Bai Qingqing to eat some fruit.
Bai Qingqing declined politely, listening to Zuo Xingchi calling her sister, and fixed her eyes on his neck.
The red marks are obvious.
Compared to the photo taken yesterday, the color wasn't much lighter, there wasn't any evil aura, and there didn't seem to be any signs that anything had been in the ward.
Bai Qingqing's eyes fell on the red rope below the red mark. The jade pendant was hidden in his thin collar, with a slight bulge in front of his chest.
"You're still wearing a red string." Bai Qingqing stared at his collar and said directly.
It's a bit presumptuous to say this right after saying hello when you meet someone for the first time.
Zuo's father, mother and Zuo Xingchi were all stunned. Zuo Xingchi blushed a little and nodded slowly: "Yes, my mother bought the amulet for me at the temple during the Chinese New Year. She said it was my guardian deity."
Bai Qingqing: "Take it out and let me see it."
As soon as she finished speaking, the ward fell silent again. Zuo Xingchi was a little overwhelmed, and his parents were even more shocked.
Are all children from rich families like this?
Mother Zuo reacted quickly and stood beside her son enthusiastically, urging him: "Sister wants to see it, so hurry up and take it out."
As she spoke, she looked at Bai Qingqing and Ao Teng and introduced, "This year, my little Chi is in trouble with the Tai Sui, so during the New Year, I prayed for a guardian deity for him at the temple, and the abbot personally blessed it.
This year, Xiao Chi has not been very lucky. He has had some minor setbacks since the beginning of the year. But when I think about the last time he had an accident in the swimming pool, he had no heartbeat when he was put in the ambulance, but the doctors managed to save him. It must be the blessing of the guardian deity!"
Zuo's mother is very talkative. As she spoke, she patted her son's shoulder and told him to stop dawdling.
Thinking that what he said just now was a bit ambiguous, he quickly added to Ao Teng: "But the bad luck is all in the past! It's a great blessing that Mr. Ao has taken a fancy to our Xiao Chi this year. Mr. Ao is a benefactor of our Zuo family!"
Zuo Xingchi looked a little nervous. He took out the jade pendant, pinched it in his hand and held it slightly forward so that Bai Qingqing could see it.
Bai Qingqing ignored Zuo Xingchi's mother's words, fixed her eyes on the jade Buddha statue, and laughed, "Which Buddha is this?"
Ao Teng also bent down and took a closer look.
The lines of this jade Buddha statue are smooth and the patterns are not complicated. It seems to be between fine brushwork and freehand brushwork, which makes the Buddha statue vivid. The pair of eyebrows and eyes are kind and benevolent, which is no different from other statues we usually see.
His clothes are loose, he holds magic tools in his raised hands, and sits cross-legged. The rings and ribbons on his clothes embellish his body on both sides, making him look graceful and agile.
Ao Teng blinked and looked at the ribbons on both sides of the Buddha statue's waist, frowning slightly.
Why does it feel a little different from what I saw yesterday?
He then smiled.
This is a jade carving, how could it be different?
"I want to buy this jade Buddha, auntie."
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