Chapter 281: On The Types Of Pigtails, 280
Under the dim streetlight, the young girl’s eyes sparkled brightly, as if borrowing the starlight from above the night sky. And that sentence “Where is it?” was even more evocative.
Wang Heng: “Did you bring a pen?”
Pei Ningle shook her head.
Wang Heng shrugged: “So there’s no way to sign. But no worries, there will be plenty of opportunities later. By the way, how long have you been standing here?”
Pei Ningle pointed to the bench a few steps away: “Not long, I was just sitting there.”
“Then let’s sit down.”
After saying that, Wang Heng sat down on the bench with Pei Ningle. But as the young girl turned, a strand of hair brushed past his face, carrying a fresh fragrance that he couldn’t ignore.
Especially in the instant they sat down, that crisp “Older Brother” like a wind chime made his mind wander uncontrollably.
After sitting steadily, Pei Ningle continued: “Actually, I’m only free tonight. Tomorrow afternoon I have to shoot a set of photos for promotion, so I have to catch an airplane very early tomorrow morning.”
Wang Heng couldn’t help but worry: “You can even get lost in this school. With such a tight schedule, won’t there be problems?”
Pei Ningle stuck out her little tongue: “Sister Xu isn’t too reassured about me either, so she came back to Rongdu with me. She’s still inside the house waiting for me to return.”
Wang Heng: “You flew back today, right? And you have to leave again early tomorrow morning. Won’t that be too tiring?”
“Yeah, a bit tired…” Pei Ningle sighed, her pair of bright big eyes staring at the person beside her, frowning slightly, seeming a bit melancholy.
So why on earth would she willingly tire herself out like this?
Wang Heng suddenly fell silent.
After a quiet moment, Pei Ningle suddenly slapped her arm with a “pa” sound.
“Ouch, there’s a mosquito!”
In Rongdu’s September evenings, mosquitoes are of course plentiful. Continuing to sit here chatting would undoubtedly be feeding the mosquitoes.
So Wang Heng naturally said: “How about we change places… I’ll walk you back?”
Pei Ningle: “You won’t just drop me off and leave, right?”
The pigtails young girl stared at him pitifully, he had to admit it was indeed cute. But it wasn’t strong enough to snap the string of his reason.
So he cautiously asked: “Is Sister Xu there?”
Pei Ningle nodded: “Of course.”
“Then there’s no problem.”
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When Wang Heng and Pei Ningle entered that apartment, sure enough, they saw Xu Xiahsia sitting on the sofa.
This professional agent was still in her capable pantsuit, with a laptop computer on her lap, clearly still working. Hearing the sound at the doorway, she looked up and greeted: “Miss Pei, President Wang, good evening.”
“Sister Xu still working?” Pei Ningle ran over and looked at her computer screen.
Xu Xiahsia: “I’m looking at these announcements. The times overlap, like it’s intentional.”
Pei Ningle: “What do you mean?”
Xu Xiahsia: “It means they’re making you choose. For example, these two programs are in direct competition, same broadcast time. This time even the recording times overlap, and they sent you announcements and invitations at the same time. If you go, you can only pick one.”
Pei Ningle blinked: “If I pick one or the other, will there be any difference?”
Xu Xiahsia explained: “Of course there’s a difference. The entertainment industry is also divided into factions. For instance, these two stations are different factions, and these web media are also different factions…”
After listening to the explanation, Pei Ningle only felt her head ache more.
So the young girl helplessly said: “I really don’t want to deal with factions and such. Can’t we not offend anyone?”
Xu Xiahsia: “Completely not offending anyone isn’t very possible. But if you think that way, I can try not to take sides and stay independent…”
“Mm-hmm, staying independent is good. Then Sister Xu, you keep looking. I have some other things to do.”
Saying that, the young girl patted Xu Xiahsia’s shoulder and pulled Wang Heng up the stairs.
Xu Xiahsia glanced over, smiled, and continued looking at the computer screen—anyway, with her watching here, there’s no wall separating upstairs and downstairs, it doesn’t count as a man and woman alone in a room, nothing could go wrong.
After pulling Wang Heng upstairs, Pei Ningle had him sit on the chair, then undid her pigtails.
Wang Heng was a bit puzzled: “What are you doing?”
Pei Ningle: “I rarely do pigtails, I want to try different styles. Older Brother, can you help reference?”
Wang Heng: “Different styles?”
“Yeah, like just now, the two braids at about ear height, that’s the more traditional pigtails. If I make the braids higher, like this… what do you think?”
While speaking, Pei Ningle redid her pigtails in front of the dressing table, then turned to face him.
The braids were positioned much higher, making her look two years younger, even cuter.
Wang Heng couldn’t help reaching out to touch her head, praising: “Cute, very cute!”
Pei Ningle smiled, rubbing the top of her head against his palm like a coquettish kitten.
After he withdrew his hand, the young girl started changing her hairstyle again.
“So, does Older Brother think this works?”
Because it was tied loosely, undoing and redoing this time was quicker. And this time the young girl’s hairstyle became low pigtails, meaning the braids positioned below the ears.
This made the young girl look much more mature and quiet, changing from a naive little girl to a literary young girl’s style.
Wang Heng rubbed his chin and commented: “Also very nice, and maybe more suitable for when you’re singing…”
Pei Ningle suddenly leaned in closer, lowering her face, silently saying nothing.
After a few seconds of quiet, Wang Heng reacted, hesitantly reaching out to pat the young girl’s head.
Then Pei Ningle raised a smiling face: “This one’s good too, right? Not done yet!”
The young girl returned to the dressing mirror, loosened the braids, and redid a new hairstyle. This time still pigtails, but the two braids didn’t use all the hair, only part of it. In other words, much of the hair at the back was loose.
Wang Heng was of course not unfamiliar with this hairstyle, like Far sak Rin, Asuka, and… Yukina? They seemed to have similar hairstyles.
“How about this? Looks good?” The young girl pointed to her hairstyle, tilting her head slightly.
Wang Heng rubbed his chest, seriously saying: “Good-looking, very good-looking.”
“Does Older Brother only know these phrases?” Pei Ningle pouted her little mouth, “Good-looking, cute, very good-looking, very cute and such… be more creative!”
Wang Heng: “…Kawaii?”
“Isn’t it the same?”
While complaining, Pei Ningle leaned over again, like a pet asking for pets, lowering her face and shaking her head.
Downstairs, agent Xu Xiahsia was still looking at the computer. Just listening to the conversation upstairs, she definitely wouldn’t detect anything abnormal.
But Wang Heng knew that right now, things were already a bit abnormal.
Although their actions hadn’t crossed the line, compared to the first playthrough, he had to admit Pei Ningle seemed… better at playing now?
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Exercise after work, next chapter update a bit late.
