Chapter 302: The Key Role Of Support
This time, Lu Qi did not get drunk.
Probably because they had arranged to go out and play together tomorrow, in tonight’s quiet bar, Lu Qi was very restrained. She only drank two cups. And Wang Heng only drank one cup, no different from before drinking.
“Shall I send you back to school?” Standing at the bar’s doorway, Lu Qi said this.
Wang Heng: “You can’t drive after drinking, right?”
“Yeah, so I took a vehicle here today.”
While saying this, Lu Qi picked up her mobile phone and started booking a vehicle.
But Wang Heng acted first and placed the order, then showed her his phone and smiled, “Then I’ll send you. Since Sister Lu treated for the drinks, leave the transportation to me.”
Lu Qi smiled, nodded, which counted as agreement to his arrangement.
The APP showed that the vehicle was still two kilometers from the bar’s doorway, so it would just take a few minutes’ wait.
Blown by the early winter night wind, Wang Heng suddenly felt a bit cold. Turning his head to look, Lu Qi was hugging her arms, seemingly trembling faintly too.
This was sacrificing temperature for poise…
Wang Heng sighed, took off his jacket, and draped it over her.
Lu Qi was momentarily stunned, then teased, “Oh, so gentlemanly?”
Wang Heng: “I’ve always been very gentlemanly.”
Lu Qi smiled and asked again, “By the way, where did you set the destination?”
Wang Heng: “The place where you and Xiao Jiu live.”
Lu Qi: “Forget it, anyway we’re meeting up again tomorrow, so don’t go back there. Go straight to your school, I have an apartment there.”
Wang Heng: “Isn’t that apartment rented to Pei Ningle?”
Lu Qi narrowed her eyes: “There’s another one next door, also mine.”
Wang Heng was astonished: “Another one?”
Lu Qi smiled faintly: “Yeah, you didn’t know… So change the destination, I’ll go to your place tonight.”
Wang Heng looked Lu Qi up and down again.
From her eyes, he could see a hint of smugness and excitement, and nothing else seemingly. But Wang Heng knew he must be cautious with Lu Qi, after all, if he fell for her strategy, the entire asura field might lose balance.
So he contemplated for a few seconds, then nodded: “Okay, I’ll change it.”
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“Not easy, finally back!”
Pei Ningle dragged her suitcase to downstairs of the apartment building and couldn’t help but let out such a sigh.
Xu Xiahsia at the side said, “Miss Pei, I won’t go up with you. It’s late, go back and rest well, conceive your new song.”
Pei Ningle looked at her and asked, “No other matters recently?”
Xu Xiahsia gave a bitter smile: “There could have been, but didn’t you say you don’t like socializing with peers in the circle?”
Pei Ningle stuck out her little tongue and said self-mockingly: “I just don’t like socializing, and I’m not good at it. If I really hang out with seniors in the music circle, I might offend someone anytime. Since that’s the case, might as well not mix in the circle and focus on making my own music.”
Xu Xiahsia sighed: “But there are also very skilled experts in the circle who can help you with arrangement, accompaniment, mixing… If you really experience it, you’ll know they can bring quality elevation to the album.”
Pei Ningle touched her head: “But I think lyrics and music are the most important, those things are just icing on the cake. If there’s no cake in the song, there’s no place to put the icing.”
Xu Xiahsia pondered for a moment, shook her head: “Forget it, what you say makes sense too. Then write your lyrics and music well, and in these two months, I’ll take on some other jobs.”
Pei Ningle: “You can take other jobs?”
Xu Xiahsia: “Of course, no regulation says an agent can only sign one artist! Like you, don’t you have an agent?”
Pei Ningle had another agent, Han Yixuan. But thinking of this agent, Pei Ningle’s mood was a bit complex. After all, in her multiple relationships with Han Yixuan, the ‘agent’ layer probably had the least impact. When it came to Han Yixuan, what she first thought of was still best friend, love rival, even scandal object…
The young girl smiled: “Then Sister Xu rest well too, thanks for the hard work these days, I’ll head up first, bye!”
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Wang Heng followed Lu Qi to Pei Ningle’s apartment… next door.
“So you have another house here!” Wang Heng sighed, “Pei Ningle said before that next door to hers was empty, no one living there, no wonder.”
Lu Qi opened the room door, walked in, and turned on the main light.
Then she half-turned, smiling invitingly: “Want to come in and sit?”
Wang Heng waved: “Nah, I still need to go back to school, too late, inconvenient.”
Lu Qi opened her mouth to speak, but hesitated and stopped, just shrugged and said: “Okay then.”
But from her meaningful gaze, Wang Heng guessed Lu Qi’s thoughts—she probably wanted to say ‘since it’s inconvenient to go back to school, sleep here’—but realizing this suggestion wouldn’t be accepted, she didn’t say it.
Indeed, even if she said it, Wang Heng would definitely refuse.
At this stage, he couldn’t rush things, couldn’t overnight in some girl’s house so soon. What’s more, it was the most dangerous Lu Qi…
Just then, his mobile phone rang.
Wang Heng took out his phone to look, and was surprised—the incoming call display was unknown.
For calls not showing the number, he knew it was usually because the other party used network phone or third-party software, or enabled hidden number service. But in daily life, such situations were rare.
And just as he hesitated whether to answer, the other party hung up.
Immediately after, a text message popped up, sender still not showing the number, but the message content made Wang Heng freeze all over.
【Support warning, leave there immediately! Take the stairs, don’t take the elevator!】
“What’s wrong?” Lu Qi asked softly.
Wang Heng looked up, forced a calm smile: “Some issue in the dormitory, might be a bit of trouble, I’ll head back first.”
Lu Qi: “Very troublesome?”
Wang Heng glanced at the elevator button panel nearby.
On that small electronic screen, an upward symbol appeared, with the number 1—this meant someone had entered the elevator on the first floor and was coming up.
A chill ran down Wang Heng’s back, but he kept his expression unchanged, smiled: “Yeah, I’ll go first. See you tomorrow Sister Lu, rest well.”
After saying that, he helped close the door.
Turning his head, the elevator was already halfway up.
Wang Heng hurriedly ran into the stairwell, went down half a flight, then stopped and listened quietly.
The elevator door opened, followed by the familiar young girl’s soft humming of a song—sure enough, Pei Ningle was back.
After the sounds of opening and closing the door faded and everything was completely quiet, Wang Heng finally let out a near-silent long breath.
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Happy Children’s Day everyone… But the classmates reading this book have probably passed that age, right?
