Chapter 15: His Love Path Is Difficult
Ji Ziyao was sulking like a salted fish that couldn’t turn over.
Unfortunately, the quiet time didn’t calm him down; instead, it made him feel more and more annoyed the more he thought about it.
Finally, he couldn’t hold back and started badmouthing behind the person’s back.
Ji Ziyao said, “Zhou Shiqing is really a bastard!”
He added, “Zhuang Yu isn’t a good thing either.”
Then he sought Xuan Xia’s agreement: “Younger sister, don’t you think so?”
This…
Xuan Xia could understand his current mood and thought about how to comfort him.
She said, “Don’t stoop to his level. That Zhou Shiqing has a difficult love path, troubled by love, imprisoned and hurt by it, and most likely will end up alone and widowed.”
Ji Ziyao couldn’t help but: “Pfft—”
“…”
Ji Ziyao embarrassedly wiped the saliva he had sprayed out and looked at Xuan Xia with a mix of laughter and tears. “Younger sister, this is the first time I’ve heard someone describe attracting bees and butterflies, peach blossoms flying everywhere, in such an elegant and unique way.”
That guy Zhou Shiqing having a difficult love path and being troubled by love? Well, yeah, getting photographed by paparazzi every few days entering nightclubs, with models or internet celebrities by his side—indeed very difficult.
Can someone else have this kind of fortune?
Xuan Xia: “?”
Who is attracting bees and butterflies, peach blossoms flying everywhere?
Xuan Xia asked, “Zhou Shiqing?”
Ji Ziyao made an “mm” sound.
“Do you know why this kid was forced by Zhuang Yu to take this variety show? It’s because he’s a playboy in private and is about to have a house collapse.” Ji Ziyao thought of Xuan Xia’s earlier words again and couldn’t help laughing.
Xuan Xia pursed her lips and quickly recited the notebook contents in her mind again.
Ji Ziyao was laughing but suddenly stopped, suddenly thinking of something key, and asked in disbelief, “Younger sister, you didn’t figure this out from face reading too, did you?”
Xuan Xia didn’t speak, but her look at Ji Ziyao said it all.
Ji Ziyao couldn’t laugh anymore; his expression was replaced by one of utter speechlessness.
Ugh—he actually still hoped her facial features fortune telling would be accurate? He must have lost his mind.
Xuan Xia double-checked twice and frowned. “No! My reading is correct!”
Ji Ziyao: “…”
“He can’t possibly have peach blossoms flying everywhere. His difficult love path is literal. His love path is only one, not that messy, and he doesn’t attract peach blossoms.” Xuan Xia was very certain.
What could Ji Ziyao say? He could only say, “Younger sister, why didn’t you say that to his face earlier?”
It would definitely infuriate Zhou Shiqing!
Just imagining Zhou Shiqing’s possible expression made Ji Ziyao happy for half a day.
Ji Ziyao saw Xuan Xia frowning, her expression still serious, so he slightly reined in his amused mindset, glanced at the time, and said, “What time are you heading back to Jiangshi? I have nothing this afternoon; I can take you to the airport.”
Hearing this, Xuan Xia immediately set aside the matter of Zhou Shiqing’s facial features and said expectantly, “Then when can I get my employee dormitory?”
Ji Ziyao: “…”
Xiangyun Entertainment uniformly rents houses for company artists as employee dormitories to make management easier. The usage period for employee dormitories is the contract term.
For newcomers like Xuan Xia who have just signed, they get a two-bedroom, one-living-room employee dormitory. If their status improves, they can switch to a bigger house. Of course, if they really become big stars, they’ll buy their own houses and won’t need the company-provided ones.
But Xuan Xia thought this aspect of Xiangyun was very good, which was one of the main reasons she was willing to sign with Xiangyun.
From now on, she would have her own small world in Yanjing!
And she could live there for ten years!
“The house will be earliest next week; I’ll try to get it done for you before the weekend.”
Next week still?
Xuan Xia wasn’t very satisfied but held back. “Alright, then hurry it up.”
Ji Ziyao: Listen to this tone; she really treats him like a grandson she can boss around at will, huh?
…
Xuan Xia’s trip to Yanjing could be considered quite fruitful.
On the way to the airport with Ji Ziyao driving her, Ji Ziyao also made some plans for her.
The company has performance classes and other courses for newcomers; if she has time on weekends, it’s best to come take them.
Additionally, he would look around for film crews needing small supporting actors; if suitable, she could go directly to the film crew to learn.
Xuan Xia had no major objections to his plans and arrangements, but hoped he wouldn’t schedule them too tightly time-wise, since her final exam was coming up.
Ji Ziyao thought about it and agreed, so he dropped the plans.
He drove her all the way to the airport. At parting, Ji Ziyao suddenly said to Xuan Xia, “Younger sister, next time you see that bastard Zhou Shiqing, say all those words to his face.”
Xuan Xia: “???”
She could tell Ji Ziyao wasn’t very magnanimous either.
–
While waiting at the gate, Xuan Xia suddenly received a phone call.
As soon as the call connected, A soft, delicate voice came from the other side.: “Older sister.”
Xuan Xia pulled a long face, speaking coldly for the first time in these two days.
“Say what you have to say; don’t try to get close.”
You’re not tired, but I’m tired.
If she didn’t know this call was inevitable, Xuan Xia really wouldn’t have wanted to pick up.
“…” There was a moment of silence on the other end.
After a while, the bird-like chirp came again. “Older sister, I wanted to share some good news with you.”
Xuan Xia suddenly smiled and cut in first. “Got it, directly admitted to Jiang University, right? Welcome to enroll in the second half of the year, junior female student.”
The other party: “…”
How did Xuan Xia know?
She had clearly hidden it so well.
Wen Xizhi was a bit dumbfounded.
–
Wen Xizhi was the adopted daughter of the Xuan family.
But unlike other adopted daughters, Wen Xizhi was even more favored by the Xuan family parents than Xuan Xia, the real biological daughter.
The Xuan family parents’ love for this adopted daughter could be said to carry double portions.
There was a very clichéd and melodramatic story behind it.
But for Wen Xizhi, even getting the Xuan family parents’ wholehearted love wasn’t enough; she always treated Xuan Xia as an imaginary enemy.
From childhood to now, she always took pleasure in making things difficult for Xuan Xia.
Her tricks were endless.
Compared to eight hundred schemes, Xuan Xia admitted she couldn’t match Wen Xizhi.
But things were different now; she knew much more than Wen Xizhi thought she did.
