Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee
In the café, Qiao Liang went to the washroom. Tang Xi was sitting idly at the table, stirring her coffee with a spoon. The TV was showing commercials, when suddenly it showed a commercial of He Yaqian, a famous star for Chanel perfume. It occurred to her that she had forgotten to tell Qiao Liang about her endorsement for OLS’ butterfly series perfume.
As soon as Qiao Liang came back, she told him about it. Qiao Liang looked at her with a frown and said, “I remember that you didn’t like to be in the spotlight before. Why would you want to do a commercial?”
Tang Xi chuckled and replied, “I heard that they chose Xiao Jinning as the endorser. In order to get revenge for Xiao Rou, I accepted He Wanning’s proposal. Besides, I wanted to buy a sports car and I thought I could buy a good one with the three million-yuan endorsement fee, so I agreed.”
She didn’t like to appear in front of the camera before. Empire Group would shoot TV commercials every year, but the endorsers were usually the most popular actors, singers and models in the world. Her grandpa had asked her several times to star in the commercial ads of Empire Group, saying that she was the most representative and most suitable endorser for Empire Group, but she didn’t agree and her grandpa certainly wouldn’t force her to accept it.
She didn’t expect she would be shooting a commercial now…
If her grandpa knew she was going to shoot a perfume commercial, even though she had refused to be an endorser for Empire Group, would he beat her with his crutch?
“You want a sports car?” Qiao Liang took away the empty plate in front of her, gave her the dessert in front of him, and looked up at her, asking, “May I buy you one?”
Tang Xi shook her head with a smile. “No.”
She liked Qiao Liang respecting her this way. It was sweet for lovers to give gifts to each other, but it depended on the time and occasion. If Qiao Liang sent her a bunch of roses on her birthday or on Valentine’s Day, she would love to accept it. Or if it were after she married Qiao Liang, she would not hesitate to accept anything he gifted her even if he bought her a city. But not now…
Anything expensive that Qiao Liang gifted her would bring her trouble at present.
Qiao Liang shrugged and said, “Okay, forget it.” And then he continued, “So you are going to shoot this commercial and then enter the entertainment industry?”
Tang Xi shook her head in response. She didn’t want to enter the entertainment industry, because she didn’t like the way of survival in the entertainment industry, let alone the rules of the game, so she only wanted to shoot this perfume commercial, get the three million yuan payment, and get the highest academic degree within the shortest time possible as Xiao Rou, and then no one would dare to despise Xiao Rou.
Qiao Liang asked, “Then what are you going to do?”
“I’ll be shooting the commercial in Hongshi Mountain. Would you like to have a look?” Tang Xi smiled and continued, “I heard that Hongshi Mountain’s hot spring is very famous. Take me to the hot spring, okay?”
Qiao Liang, who wanted to refuse, gave Tang Xi an interested look upon hearing “hot spring”. “Saturday? Hongshi Mountain’s hot spring?”
“You don’t want to go there?”
“Yes, I’ll go.” Qiao Liang looked at Tang Xi with a smile like a wolf looking at its food. “I heard the hot spring on Hongshi Mountain has good anti-fatigue effect, so I think I should go for a dip.”
Noticing his glowing eyes, Tang Xi suddenly felt that she had dug a big hole for herself. But thinking of something, she laughed and said, “Okay, that’s a deal.”
Tomorrow was Friday. Tang Xi hadn’t gone to class for many days, so He Mu’an had called her home to ask about her condition. Tang Xi had happened to answer the telephone and felt both amused and guilty at the time. The other day she had lied to He Mu’an about going to the hospital, but unexpectedly, she did go to the hospital and was discharged just yesterday… Was this her retribution?
“Mr. He, thank you for your concern. I just left the hospital yesterday and I’m taking a rest at home today. I’ll go to school tomorrow.”
During the time Tang Xi was in a coma, He Mu’an had called her home and Yang Jingxian had answered the phone call. She told him Tang Xi was ill in the hospital, following which He Mu’an went to the hospital to visit Tang Xi, so he knew she was not lying. Glad to hear Tang Xi’s words, he hurriedly said, “If you still don’t feel well, you can take one more day off and come to school next Monday.”
Tang Xi thanked him and replied, “No, thank you. I’ve missed classes for more than a week. I’ll go to school tomorrow.”
The next day, Tang Xi put on the cute school uniform once again. Looking at herself in the mirror, she was very satisfied. Although she was injured by the system this time, she was still that beautiful. After applying the Refine Facial Treatment Essence onto her face, she went downstairs cheerfully. Xiao Jing was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, and he paused when he looked up to see Tang Xi, but soon he recovered from his daze and asked gently, “Are you going back to school today?”
Tang Xi nodded, threw her schoolbag onto the sofa and went to the dining room for breakfast. She said, “I haven’t been to school for more than a week. Mr. He called me yesterday and asked me about it. I’ll be going to school today.”
Xiao Jing took a hard bite of his fried dough stick and grunted, “It’s better for you to go to school, otherwise…” He swallowed the fried dough stick and finished, “Otherwise you’ll be bored if you stay at home for too long.”
He was tortured so severely by Qiao Liang in the company. How could he allow Qiao Liang and Rourou to display PDA in front of his eyes in the company! If Rourou didn’t go to school, Qiao Liang would definitely call her to the company again with various excuses, and then he would be upset to see their PDA, so it was better for Rourou to go to school!
Tang Xi knew what Xiao Jing truly meant, but she didn’t expose him. Looking at Xiao Sa, she asked, “What about Sa? Are you going back to your company?”
Xiao Sa smiled at his sister’s concern and replied, “Yes. I’ll send you to school first and then go to work.”
Tang Xi nodded in acknowledgement. Xiao Jing was going to a place in the opposite direction to Tang Xi’s school, so for the first time, he didn’t fight with Xiao Sa for this errand. Yang Jingxian was very delighted to see her children get along so well. Thank God, even though Rourou’s biological parents wanted to take her back, she was still so intimate towards them.
Finishing his breakfast, Xiao Hongli walked up to Tang Xi, patted her shoulder and said gently, “Study well in school. If anyone bullies you, just tell me and I’ll solve it for you. Your brothers are merely paper tigers and will only try to frighten those people at most, but if I go to your school, even the people of the Education Bureau will be scared, so you should learn to utilize your resources, okay?”
Tang Xi saluted and replied, “I see, Dad!”