Chapter 128: She’s Also My Niece
Xuan Xia chatted idly with Yuan Zhongshu as they walked out of the private room together. They had just walked a short distance when the private room next to them also ended, and the guests came out laughing and talking.
A surprised “Master Yuan” was mixed in after the laughter.
Turning her head to look, Xuan Xia was surprised. Wasn’t this Huang Ke?
Yanjing was so small; Huang Ke was actually eating here too.
Huang Ke noticed Yuan Zhongshu first and immediately greeted him happily. Only after greeting did he see Xuan Xia beside Yuan Zhongshu, and his face immediately showed surprise as well.
Besides surprise, there was something else in his eyes.
Xuan Xia: Hmm…
“Agent Huang, what a coincidence.” Yuan Zhongshu stopped to greet Huang Ke.
Huang Ke said a couple of words to the people around him and quickly walked up to Yuan Zhongshu.
“Brother Huang.” When the others arrived, Xuan Xia also called out.
Huang Ke nodded in response, his eyes darting back and forth between Xuan Xia and Yuan Zhongshu.
Yuan Zhongshu was also surprised and asked Xuan Xia: “You know Agent Huang?”
It seemed Qu Xingxuan hadn’t mentioned this to his master.
Xuan Xia was about to explain, but Huang Ke spoke first: “Master Yuan also knows Xuan Xia?”
Yuan Zhongshu chuckled and replied: “This is Yuan’s niece.”
Huang Ke: “!!!”
Xuan Xia saw shock and realization in Huang Ke’s expression.
She could probably understand the realization, but what was with the shock?
Although, Xuan Xia still explained, “It’s fate. Brother Huang and I are at the same company. I only recently found out that Brother Huang knows Uncle Yuan.”
“Yes, yes, yes. I only found out today too that Xuan Xia is actually Master Yuan’s niece.”
Huang Ke thought to himself that if he had known earlier, he definitely would have personally taken over mentoring Xuan Xia…
Yuan Zhongshu laughed heartily and said: “That really is fate.”
Huang Ke still had to attend to his guests and couldn’t chat much longer with Yuan Zhongshu, but before leaving, he said to Xuan Xia: “About your audition, there should be a notification in the next few days. Get ready.”
“Thanks, Brother Huang.”
“What thanks.” Huang Ke said, “Since you’re Master Yuan’s niece, naturally… you’re also my niece!”
Xuan Xia: …Hmm? Why was he lowering her seniority?
Huang Ke said a couple more things to Yuan Zhongshu before taking his leave.
After Huang Ke left, Xuan Xia and Yuan Zhongshu also said goodbye.
……
On the way back, Xuan Xia remembered and asked Li Xinze, “When the Ren Family member left earlier, you held me back. Did you know what I was going to do?”
Li Xinze said: “Miss Xuan wanted to mention Ren Yaozhe.”
She had been careless; it was indeed easy to guess.
Seeing her silent, Li Xinze took the initiative: “Mr. Qin said that today was mainly about Miss Xuan’s friend’s matter, so it was better not to mention it.”
Tsk.
She knew it; there must be something about Daoist Master Qin here.
Otherwise, Li Xinze wouldn’t have shown up.
Xuan Xia was silent for a moment before dryly saying: “If you have time, persuade your Mr. Qin. Being so calculating all the time makes it easy to go bald!”
She originally wanted to say something about being too clever and scheming leading to a shorter life, but when it reached her mouth, she suddenly remembered she couldn’t say it and swallowed it back, changing her words.
Li Xinze seriously thought about his boss’s hair. It wasn’t just thriving; it was jet black, thick, and straight.
Besides, as long as his boss kept this hairstyle, he probably wouldn’t have to worry about balding even in middle age.
Still, he agreed and said he would definitely remind him.
Xuan Xia gave him a sideways glance, utterly speechless.
After a while, Xuan Xia spoke again. Li Xinze had been busy in Yanjing for a few days too; she didn’t know how things were going.
“So how is Ren Yaozhe now? Have you found him?”
“We found him, but he got away.” Then Li Xinze added, “He may have already left Yanjing now.”
Xuan Xia: “Hmm???”
In the time she didn’t know, had their progress bar advanced this much?
They found him, he ran away, and he might have even run out of Yanjing…
Xuan Xia thought it through carefully. Didn’t that mean they had to start searching the sea like fishing with a needle again?
Mentioning this, Li Xinze rarely showed a ashamed expression. “We had made full preparations, but we still overlooked and let him escape.”
After all, Ren Yaozhe was someone the Ren Family had wanted to groom; he wasn’t comparable to ordinary people.
Xuan Xia didn’t know how to comfort him and could only say: “Do you think I can help? Otherwise, next time you catch him, take me along.”
Li Xinze found it amusing upon hearing that; he definitely didn’t dare to bring her.
He only said: “Although he got away temporarily, we’ve been tracking him, so we believe we’ll soon regain his whereabouts.”
“Alright then, good luck to you all.”
***
Although Ren Yongzheng and Yuan Zhongshu had both guaranteed that Ren Tongli absolutely wouldn’t harass Hu Yue anymore, Xuan Xia still wasn’t entirely reassured.
It wasn’t until the next day when Qu Xingxuan messaged her, telling her: Ren Tongli was going back to his hometown.
At that time, Xuan Xia had just finished a performance class. Seeing the message, she didn’t feel tired anymore and quickly contacted Qu Xingxuan.
‘Qu Xingxuan: Really! Hahaha, I just saw it in the group chat; he’s leaving today!’
Qu Xingxuan didn’t like Ren Tongli to begin with. As soon as he saw the message, he immediately happily contacted Xuan Xia.
To make sure she believed him, he even sent a screenshot.
‘Qu Xingxuan: You must have had some fun to watch at dinner last night, sigh sigh sigh. If I’d known, I would’ve begged my master to take me no matter what.’
Having missed the chance to watch the drama firsthand, Qu Xingxuan regretted it deeply.
He quickly messaged Xuan Xia again, asking her to describe in detail what happened at dinner.
After reading the chat screenshot from Qu Xingxuan, Xuan Xia finally felt relieved about one thing.
She quickly informed Hu Yue of the news, then satisfied Qu Xingxuan’s gossip itch.
While editing the message halfway, Yang Wanxiu came to find her. “Xuanxuan, Brother Ji is looking for you.”
“Okay, coming.” Xuan Xia quickly finished editing the rest.
After sending the message and putting away her mobile phone, Xuan Xia followed Yang Wanxiu to find Ji Ziyao.
Ji Ziyao was in his office at the moment.
As soon as Xuan Xia entered, she saw him sitting behind the desk with arms crossed and head slightly lowered, not knowing what he was pondering.
“You were looking for me?” She walked in and only saw clearly when she reached his desk that there were several scripts spread out on it.
“Wow, what are all these?” Xuan Xia leaned in and counted carefully: eight.
Not just scripts; there seemed to be some variety show projects too.
Ji Ziyao seemed to have just heard Xuan Xia’s voice and lifted his head.
But the look in his eyes toward her was a bit indescribable.
Xuan Xia was looked at and almost checked herself.
“What’s wrong?”
Ji Ziyao still had his arms crossed and seriously looked Xuan Xia over before saying: “That’s exactly what I want to ask you.”
Xuan Xia: ?
Ji Ziyao gestured with his eyes at the things on his desk.
“These are all from Brother Huang. He said if there’s any you like, just tell him.” The more he spoke, the more suspicious the look Ji Ziyao gave Xuan Xia became.
Xuan Xia: “…”
