Chapter 227: This Support Is A Bit Silly
Afternoon time is the most conducive to deep sleep, like the junior high girl Fu Jiu. She sat at the desk, right hand holding a pen, left hand propping up her chin, and fell asleep facing the mathematics test paper.
The wonder of this posture is that from the side or behind, it doesn’t look like sleeping at all, unless you see her eyes closed from the front. So Lu Qi, sitting next to the girl, after more than ten minutes, noticed no change on the test paper, leaned over to look, and then discovered the mystery.
“Sigh…” Lu Qi couldn’t help but let out a long sigh, full of helplessness accumulated over many days.
Before the sound faded, Fu Jiu suddenly woke up startled, her little head jerked suddenly, she opened her eyes, moved the pen—and wrote the word ‘solution’ below that equation problem.
Then, she didn’t know what to write next.
Pretending not to notice the child’s difficulty, Lu Qi stood up, walked out of the study, and closed the door.
She first called her mother.
“Hello, Mom, when I was little, did you ever tutor me in studying?”
Mother: “Of course, you forgot? I taught you your first-year primary school pinyin!”
Lu Qi: “I mean older, like after starting junior high.”
The mother on the other end of the phone thought for a moment and replied: “Seems like after third grade in primary school, I never tutored you again…”
Lu Qi sighed: “People are indeed different from each other.”
Mother: “What’s up? Why did you suddenly think of this? Is the tutoring with Xiao Jiu not going smoothly?”
“Forget it, it’s nothing… Mom, you do your thing, I have something else, hanging up first.”
After ending the call with her mother, Lu Qi dialed the second call. This time, it was Wang Heng’s number.
After the call connected, she heard the ambient noise on the other end seemed a bit chaotic, so in a relaxed tone like with a friend, she asked: “What are you doing? Convenient to take the call?”
Wang Heng: “It’s okay, just passed security check, waiting for the airplane.”
Lu Qi: “Waiting for the airplane? Are you going out to play?”
Wang Heng: “I’m preparing to return to Rongdu…”
For this answer, Lu Qi had anticipated it. After all, she checked Pei Ningle’s updates online and saw the venue and guest list for the Blueberry Music Festival. Estimating the time, Pei Ningle and Wang Heng probably hadn’t returned to Rongdu yet.
The benefit of grasping information in advance is that now, Lu Qi can steer the topic directionally toward what she envisioned.
She asked: “I just watched a program called Tian Xia Hao Ge Qu and found a singer inside who seems familiar… Pei Ningle, the girl who had the accident with you last year, right?”
Wang Heng: “Yes, did you see her on television?”
Lu Qi: “Strictly speaking, I saw her on the computer. But there’s a question: why is Han Yixuan in the family and friends group that appeared on the program?”
There was silence for a few seconds on the other end of the phone, as if hesitating.
Wang Heng: “…Because she and she are best friends. Actually, not just best friends, Han Yixuan is also Pei Ningle’s agent.”
“Agent?” Lu Qi was genuinely a bit surprised this time, “Han Yixuan is only a first year university student, right?”
Wang Heng: “Because Pei Ningle doesn’t have many activities now, doesn’t need to chase opportunities or announcements, just needs a trusted friend to help out.”
Lu Qi: “Then last year, Pei Ningle didn’t go back home, right?”
Wang Heng: “Yes, she stayed in Rongdu. Before, she was singing in a bar, and a few days ago she went on a program, which counts as becoming a real professional musician.”
Lu Qi: “And she already has an agent?”
Wang Heng: “Yeah, they seem to get along well, became very good friends after meeting. Of course, her agent isn’t just Xiao Xuan, there’s also me. We’re both students, have academic pressure usually, but sharing the load makes it no problem.”
It sounded like a natural answer, but Lu Qi had already guessed.
Wang Heng described the process of how those two girls met quite vaguely, brushing over it in two sentences, but Lu Qi knew what Han Yixuan was like—for a girl who suddenly appeared by Wang Heng’s side, Han Yixuan would definitely be quite vigilant.
In Lu Qi’s view, the process of Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle meeting definitely wasn’t that simple, and their current ‘best friend’ relationship probably wasn’t as pure as Wang Heng said. But one thing wasn’t certain: Pei Ningle’s attitude toward Wang Heng.
Knowing Han Yixuan is a love rival, what about Pei Ningle? Does this girl pose a threat?
If it was really as Wang Heng just said, that Pei Ningle and Han Yixuan are friends who ‘get along well,’ that seems to mean Pei Ningle doesn’t like Wang Heng, otherwise it would form a confrontational stance with Han Yixuan. But considering Han Yixuan’s scheming, maintaining a surface best friend relationship isn’t impossible.
While a series of thoughts and weighings flashed through her mind, Lu Qi didn’t forget how to guide the current topic.
“No wonder Qin Meng keeps saying you’re super busy lately, turns out it’s because of this…” At this point, she changed the subject, “But besides being an agent, you’re still my financial advisor, right?”
Wang Heng: “Yes.”
Lu Qi: “Mister Advisor, found any particularly good investment opportunities lately? Like Bitcoin and that stock last time?”
Wang Heng sighed: “Those kinds of great opportunities aren’t easy to find, wait a bit.”
Lu Qi smoothly extended the invitation: “Are you free lately? When you return to Rongdu, come out for a meal, I still want to consult you on investment strategy!”
Wang Heng: “Okay…”
Lu Qi: “Can you bring Pei Ningle too? After seeing her stage, I’m also her fan.”
Wang Heng: “That should be no problem.”
“Then that’s it, have a pleasant journey, bye!”
After getting the affirmative reply, Lu Qi smiled and hung up the phone.
Then, the older sister type looked at the afternoon sunlight outside the window and murmured: “Didn’t mention Han Yixuan, but Wang Heng and Pei Ningle are both coming, the probability that this girl tags along isn’t small… But no matter, anyway, she doesn’t pose an obstacle.”
Han Yixuan couldn’t pose an obstacle, because Lu Qi was very clear that this time, the matter was just to scout the enemy situation, not yet time to formally launch an attack.
As for the support for scouting the enemy situation…
Lu Qi returned to the study and saw Fu Jiu still obediently sitting at the desk, holding the pen, facing the mathematics test paper. Looking closely, after so much time, the child’s progress was still on that problem, below the ‘solution’ was a clean empty space, not even an equation, not even a single letter.
“Qi Qi Jie?” Fu Jiu raised her head and asked timidly, “How to do this problem?”
Lu Qi said as calmly as possible: “Let’s not do the problem first, I’ll tell you something.”
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