Chapter 30: Plan Goes Smoothly
The sudden idea that Xuan Xia came up with was to team up with Daoist Master Qin to deceive the Xuan family couple into negotiating the sale of the Daoist Temple’s property rights, thereby stalling them.
But this idea carried risks, required Daoist Master Qin’s cooperation, and if they couldn’t stall the couple later, they would surely become even crazier than now, and it was hard to predict what they might do; she feared it would end up costing her more than she gained.
Also, she didn’t want to trouble Daoist Master Qin anymore and owe more favors.
So Xuan Xia quickly dismissed this idea.
She said to Lawyer Fang, “Let me think about it some more.”
“That’s fine.” Lawyer Fang agreed verbally, but in his heart, he had already decided that Xuan Xia was too kind-hearted.
Having such parents, this young girl was truly pitiful.
Lawyer Fang secretly sighed.
Before ending the call with Lawyer Fang, Xuan Xia considered for a moment and asked Lawyer Fang to apologize to Daoist Master Qin on her behalf.
First express some apologies, then she could rightfully say that because she felt too bad about it, she didn’t want him handling the temple’s affairs anymore.
Plan successful!
This solved one of them.
Thinking about it this way, it seemed she even had to thank Mu Hailu and the others.
Unaware of the inside story, Lawyer Fang was still immersed in the thought of Xuan Xia’s kind heart, continuing to sigh: Look, what a good girl!
After the call ended, Xuan Xia didn’t turn off the screen; the interface stayed on the call history, and she scrolled up and down, swiping back and forth for a few minutes before selecting the number noted as “Wen Xizhi.”
She knew clearly that she couldn’t handle the couple, but Wen Xizhi could.
So she just needed to deal with Wen Xizhi.
Moreover, compared to that couple, Wen Xizhi would be easier to handle.
“Older Sister.”
Wen Xizhi’s light, cheerful voice came through the receiver.
An uninformed person hearing just this would probably mistake it for the sisters having a very good relationship, with the younger sister very fond of the older sister.
Wen Xizhi never refused Xuan Xia’s calls because she knew Xuan Xia wouldn’t call her without some matter.
So even after their last call ended unpleasantly, this time when she received Xuan Xia’s call, she didn’t keep Xuan Xia waiting and quickly picked up.
Xuan Xia didn’t speak immediately; she first listened to the sounds on Wen Xizhi’s end, then said, “You sound like you’re in a good mood?”
Wen Xizhi said, “Yeah. I’m out shopping with classmates.”
No wonder it sounded lively.
“That’s good,” Xuan Xia said.
Then without further small talk with Wen Xizhi, she directly told her what the couple had done at the Daoist Temple, ending with, “Now the scenic area notified me to list them as blacklisted personnel and hold them accountable.”
Wen Xizhi started off listening with schadenfreude, but after hearing it all, she was stunned.
Once she reacted, she asked, “On what grounds?”
Her mindset was similar to the couple’s, both taking it for granted that they were the owners.
On what grounds? Xuan Xia mulled over her words and smiled silently, “Of course because they disrupted the scenic area’s order. Not only did they make a big fuss, but they also reportedly clashed with tourists. This affects the scenic area’s image and business.”
Anyway, since Wen Xizhi wasn’t at the scene, Xuan Xia deceived her without any scruples.
Wen Xizhi: “……How could that happen?”
She really hadn’t expected it.
Wen Xizhi admitted that she had instigated the couple’s trip to Ningzhou today, but she only wanted them to take over the Daoist Temple to force Xuan Xia to yield; she hadn’t wanted them to conflict with the scenic area side.
“Come on, let’s list out what consequences there would be if they really get held accountable by the scenic area.”
Wen Xizhi: “……”
Are you crazy!
Is this the time to list out consequences with such leisure!
“Since the scenic area notified Older Sister, Older Sister should be able to handle it,” Wen Xizhi said.
Then, she heard Xuan Xia chuckle lightly and reply with a very familiar phrase, “On what grounds?”
Wen Xizhi: “……”
She could actually say such a thing? Doesn’t she have a heart!?
……
Xuan Xia knew she could handle Wen Xizhi, but she hadn’t expected it to go even smoother than imagined.
In the end, Wen Xizhi was a selfish, self-serving person.
She was entirely focused on causing trouble for herself and couldn’t stand seeing any good.
At the same time, she wanted to stay clean like a white lotus.
Where does such a good deal exist?
So Xuan Xia chose the simplest way: deceive her by targeting exactly what Wen Xizhi cared about!
With lies and intimidation, as long as she dared to say it, she didn’t believe there wouldn’t be something to scare Wen Xizhi.
And Wen Xizhi was indeed frightened by Xuan Xia’s pile of nonsense.
Wen Xizhi bit her lip, her tone completely devoid of the cheerfulness from when she first picked up, and unwillingly guaranteed, “I’ll persuade Mom and Dad.”
If it would affect her, it was better to set this matter aside for now; she was entering Jiang University next semester and didn’t want any unexpected complications at this time.
“I hope you really mean it.”
Wen Xizhi bit her lip even harder, still feeling a bit unwilling.
But soon she thought of something else, “I heard Older Sister you’re filming a TV show; are you becoming a celebrity?”
Heaven knows, when she heard from Mu Hailu that Xuan Xia was entering the entertainment industry, she nearly exploded with jealousy on the spot.
She increasingly felt that ever since Xuan Xia left home to study at Jiang University, her changes were getting bigger and bigger.
Not only was she no longer as easy to bully as before, but she had also met such excellent boys—though she hadn’t won any over, now she was even entering the entertainment industry?!
Wen Xizhi really couldn’t understand or accept how all the good things ended up happening to Xuan Xia!
Though she comforted herself that it was just filming a TV show and she might not become famous.
The entertainment industry was full of beauties, and Xuan Xia might not be prettier than others. Even if she was, so what? Even someone outside the industry like her knew that to become famous, you needed resources! And did Xuan Xia have any? No!!
The family wouldn’t provide her any support either!
Unless she degraded herself by latching onto a sugar daddy!
So she didn’t need to be jealous and envious so early.
But…… just thinking about Xuan Xia filming a TV show made Wen Xizhi unable to control herself.
She wanted Mu Hailu to inquire about how Xuan Xia managed to film a TV show; didn’t the Xuan family have a distant relative who was reportedly working in this field in Yanjing? But Mu Hailu was busy securing the Daoist Temple’s property rights and clearly hadn’t spared any thought to investigate this.
So Wen Xizhi thought perhaps she could get something out of Xuan Xia’s mouth.
But!
“Don’t pry; you’ll get jealous.” Xuan Xia said this smilingly, then hung up the phone.
Listening to the hang-up tone, Wen Xizhi just wanted to say: She wasn’t jealous now; she only wanted to kill Xuan Xia!
She even had that recurring thought again: Why wasn’t she Xuan Xia!
***
Xuan Xia had no idea Wen Xizhi harbored such ridiculous thoughts.
After hanging up, she noticed a new message on her mobile phone.
Today was truly busy.
But upon checking, it turned out to be good news.
The recruitment information she posted had applicants.
