Chapter 213: 212 Pure Of Heart And Few Desires
The facts proved that the Program Group’s arrangement was more thoughtful than Wang Heng and Han Yixuan had expected. The car picking them up was parked in the parking lot next to the terminal building. After picking up the three of them, it went straight to the hotel, where the rooms had already been arranged. The process for tomorrow and the day after was also printed on a paper announcement and handed to Pei Ningle.
Even if Wang Heng and Han Yixuan didn’t come along, just Pei Ningle alone would probably have no problem.
“Anyway, tomorrow morning, our Program Group’s car will come to pick you up downstairs at the hotel. Miss Pei, although tomorrow’s rehearsal is not the formal recording, we still hope you take it seriously.”
Pei Ningle seriously agreed: “I understand.”
“Good, then I’ll take my leave. Please rest well and adjust your condition.”
After finishing the important matters, the staff member left.
Pei Ningle walked around the room and said in a low voice: “Is this a star hotel? It seems, pretty nice.”
Wang Heng: “It’s a chain hotel with a slightly higher grade, probably not star-rated.”
Han Yixuan looked at the increasingly dim sky outside the window and suddenly asked: “What are we eating tonight?”
Wang Heng looked at Pei Ningle and asked: “What do you want to eat? Hot pot, roast duck, or mutton hot pot?”
Pei Ningle thought about it and shook her head: “Not those, let’s have porridge instead.”
“Porridge?”
Wang Heng stared at her, stunned.
Han Yixuan had been checking food stores on Dazhong Dianping on her mobile phone. Hearing Pei Ningle’s statement, she also looked up in astonishment and repeated: “Porridge?”
Pei Ningle waved the announcement in her hand and explained: “There’s rehearsal tomorrow, and formal program recording the day after. I can’t eat too much, and I can’t spend too much energy on eating.”
“Energy?” Han Yixuan couldn’t help asking, “Does eating require energy?”
Pei Ningle said as if it were a matter of course: “Of course, barbecue, hot pot, mutton hot pot—these things take a long time to eat, and eating until full requires even more time to digest. It feels like half a day is gone just for that one meal.”
Hearing this, Wang Heng understood what the girl was thinking.
In fact, in his impression from the first playthrough, Pei Ningle would temporarily refuse more stimulating foods before every concert, only eating light meals and deliberately controlling her portions.
Han Yixuan asked again: “Then, if you have porridge, will it make you feel better when singing?”
Pei Ningle thought about it and said: “Probably… Actually, last time in the recording studio, I had that feeling—not eating full makes the pronunciation feel better. If full, the final high notes can’t go up.”
Han Yixuan: “Don’t they say you need to eat full to have strength?”
Pei Ningle: “Maybe I’m the exception? But if I have porridge, you two don’t have to. For example, mutton hot pot or something, you can…”
At this point, the young girl felt something was off. She originally didn’t want to drag her two friends into restraining their appetites because of her. But thinking again, if they ate separately, wouldn’t that turn into a solo date for Han Yixuan and Wang Heng?
At this time, Wang Heng said: “These two days, plain porridge and light dishes—no objection from me. What about you, Xiao Xuan?”
“Of course no problem,” Han Yixuan laughed, “Besides accompanying Xiao Le for big meals, I usually eat very lightly myself, not a big appetite. Xiao Le doesn’t need to lose weight, but I still want to!”
Wang Heng: “Actually, you don’t need to lose…”
Han Yixuan’s eyes lit up: “Really? You think my figure is good?”
Wang Heng looked away, cleared his throat, and said calmly: “Yeah, pretty good.”
Pei Ningle immediately felt a bit unconvinced: “What about me?”
Wang Heng touched his nose tip: “Very cute…”
The petite young girl almost jumped up: “Is ‘cute’ used to describe a figure!”
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Night deepened, but the Penguin Building in Rongdu was still brightly lit.
Lu Qi sat in her office, checked the work progress of her subordinates, personally fixed a few tricky bugs, then leaned back in her chair and stretched lazily.
At this moment, a news popup in the bottom right corner of the screen caught her attention.
“Tian Xia Hao Ge Qu has started recording recently and will go online next week…” Lu Qi clicked it casually, with a bit of curiosity, “What’s this program again?”
After looking at the news introduction page, she suddenly understood.
“Original singer talent show? Heh, a bit novel.”
Suddenly, the mobile phone ringtone rang.
Lu Qi picked up her mobile phone and saw it was a call from her mother.
After answering, she heard her mother asking: “Qi Qi, how have you been lately? You’re alone in Rongdu…”
Lu Qi already foresaw how much redundant information her mother would nag about next and quickly interrupted: “Mom, what do you want from me?”
Mother: “You child are always like this, no gentleness of a girl at all…”
Lu Qi sneered: “You just haven’t seen me being gentle.”
Mother: “Then bring a good man home for us to see?”
Lu Qi: “Wait, next Spring Festival.”
Mother: “Don’t be too casual though…”
Lu Qi: “Rest assured, I’m not casual at all. I already have a goal.”
Over the phone, though she couldn’t see her mother’s expression, just from the voice, it was easy to detect her mother’s sudden excitement: “What kind of goal? Which family’s man have you taken a fancy to? What kind of young man is he?”
Lu Qi sneered: “Don’t ask. Anyway, come inspect the achievement next year. If not next year, then the year after.”
“Hey, girl, you’re not young anymore—not a teenage girl. You can’t drag things out two years!”
“Alright Mom, what exactly do you want from me?” Lu Qi forcefully pulled the topic back. “If there’s something, say it. Don’t worry about the rest.”
Her mother seemed to hesitate, then said euphemistically: “This Spring Festival, you only stayed home a few days—too rushed. Xiao Jiu didn’t even see you…”
Lu Qi was a bit puzzled: “So you mean, I should go back specially just to see Xiao Jiu?”
Her mother continued: “Although you’re cousins, she stuck to you the most since childhood—your feelings are especially good, right? Also, Xiao Jiu’s family is moving because her dad’s work transfer—they’re coming to Rongdu next month. So her parents contacted a school in Rongdu for her to transfer first. You might need to take care of her for a few days…”
Lu Qi already understood: “So I need to pick up Xiao Jiu and help her settle in Rongdu, right?”
“Yes, you know her parents are both doing engineering on construction sites—when busy, they can’t take care of home, so that child…”
“I understand, Mom. Tell me a specific date. I’ll arrange my work, go back for a day, pick up Xiao Jiu. Alright, that’s it. I have some things to handle urgently here. Bye, Mom.”
After saying that, Lu Qi hurriedly hung up.
On the computer screen, a new message notification flashed—another subordinate messaging her, the kind needing urgent handling.
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