Shen Shuci arrived at the Huo Family in a hurry and only then realized she had left her watch on the table at home, planning to bring it along with her. Worried she would be too late to buy fresh fish at the market, she had rushed out and forgotten the watch.
"Initially, I intended to bring the watch, sorry, I forgot it again."
"No problem," The man glanced at the fish already put in the bucket, "You are..."
"Last time you were at my place, didn’t you cook braised fish... If you’re free, could you teach me?"
"You came over to learn how to cook fish?"
The people of the Huo Family stood aside, nearly dying of laughter. They thought Shen Shuci had come to invite them for a meal, so their grandson even changed clothes after leaving the horse farm...
Haha, turns out she just came to learn how to cook.
They struggled to hold back their laughter; these were people who didn’t play by the rules.
"If it’s inconvenient for you, then some other time..." Shen Shuci was quite anxious inside as she needed to host a dinner the next day, but she didn’t want to show it and kept a calm facade.
"It’s convenient, I’m going to change into another set of clothes," he said, glancing at the people around, "You guys start by processing the fish, clean it and get it ready."
Shen Shuci had bought more than ten fish—the fishmonger at the market was about to close up, and since she had been going there frequently, they had become familiar. He even gave her a few extra fish as a kind gesture.
But she bought too many, the market was near, and the seller had to attend to other customers, so he didn’t have time to clean the fish for her.
Several members of the Huo Family went over with small stools and started scaling and gutting the fish.
Meanwhile, Shen Shuci sat in the living room, drinking tea. The Huo Family had no entertainment facilities, so seeing her boredom, they handed her a tablet to watch videos or whatever.
It only had some news apps, a video, and a minesweeper puzzle game.
Shen Shuci was too bored and played it a couple of times.
"Miss Shen can also play this?" The Huo Family members tried to find topics to chat with her, "You play quite well."
"There weren’t many networks on the computers at the orphanage, just the system’s built-in solitaire and minesweeper," Shen Shuci was not shy about mentioning her past, "But even then, we could only use the computer at set times and just briefly."
While they were talking, the man had come down from upstairs, switched to more casual homewear—a deep grey that made his tall and leggy figure appear less imposing.
"Mr. Huo..." Shen Shuci hurriedly stood up.
Shen Shuci quickly put down the tablet and followed him into the kitchen.
At that moment in the Qi Group
Qi Zeyan was almost freaking out, too many people were calling to ask about Tang Wan’s situation, the company’s complaint mailbox was about to explode, with many hoping he would make a decision swiftly.
He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
His position was already awkward; after all, Tang Wan was his sister-in-law. The party infringed upon hadn’t made any statement; what could he do? If he terminated the collaboration with Tang Wan and later it turned out she was innocent, what then?
How could he face her and Jiang Jinsang in the future?
So, he could only keep still about this matter.
"Boss, Teacher Tang has made the hot search again..." Xiaozhu knocked on the door and came in.
"Has she issued a statement?" Qi Zeyan asked, hopeful. This update is available on novel(ꜰ)ire.net
"Then what’s happened now?"
"She and the Fifth Master went to a photo studio, and it was exposed. Now many online are saying they’re putting on a show to dispel the rumors of discord."
"Do you have to tell me each time they show affection?" Qi Zeyan was so aggravated he almost couldn’t catch his breath.
Good gracious, here he was almost going bald with worry, and the two of them still found time to visit a photo studio?
In these turbulent times, were they planning on taking pictures to keep as a memory?
Xiaozhu looked embarrassed, "Didn’t you say to tell you immediately if there’s any news about Teacher Tang online?"
Qi Zeyan, helpless at that moment, felt his phone vibrate again—an important call from a talent agency. He turned off his phone, grabbed his coat and car keys, and went out.
"Boss, where are you going?"
"These people keep watching me; it’s annoying. I’m going out to get away from it all."
"Do you want to go abroad? Should I book a flight for you?"
"Is there really nowhere else for me to stay in Beijing except going abroad?"
Qi Zeyan initially thought about going to find Jiang Chengsi at his club to escape, but the response he got was:
"Are you worried we won’t create enough scandalous rumors? If someone snaps a picture of you coming here, do you know what the headlines will say?"