Chapter 307: Super Curious 306
Pei Ningle’s hot pot suggestion was shot down by Han Yixuan with a single whisper—”You’re on your period and you still want to eat hot pot, are you crazy?”
So the four of them found a mushroom soup hot pot restaurant near the amusement park. But just after sitting down and eating for more than ten minutes, Lu Qi received a phone call from the company.
After hanging up, Lu Qi looked helpless: “You guys eat. I have something to do and need to work overtime.”
Han Yixuan asked: “Didn’t you already get off work? You still have to work overtime?”
Lu Qi: “No choice, there’s been some new arrangement at the company regarding the public beta.”
Pei Ningle took a bite of lotus root slice: “Sister Lu is already a leader at the company, right? And she still has to work overtime?”
Lu Qi pursed her lips: “Just a minor leader. There are big leaders above, and company executives… They just make a decision on a whim, and we have to get busy. No way around it.”
Wang Heng said: “Then eat a few more bites before you go.”
Lu Qi picked up her chopsticks: “No need to tell me, that’s exactly what I was thinking!”
For a moment, everyone seemed to be eating happily—except Han Yixuan.
Han Yixuan held her chopsticks without moving, just observing Lu Qi and Wang Heng’s expressions, especially Lu Qi’s subtle expression and tone. She noticed that Lu Qi’s attitude toward him seemed to have undergone a subtle change. It looked like that polite and cold demeanor had completely disappeared when facing him?
Sure enough, is it the bond from racing together?
Han Yixuan felt that she also needed to develop some interests and hobbies, and ones that were particularly compatible with Wang Heng…
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Lu Qi left, and the remaining three ate for a good while longer.
Meatballs, fried pork, pork ribs, and other meat dishes, along with pea tips, radish, winter melon, and other vegetable dishes, were boiling together in the steaming soup pot, mixed with the aroma of mushrooms wafting over. Unlike conventional hot pot, this lunch wasn’t spicy or very oily, but it was still flavorful.
After finishing, Wang Heng was about to pay the bill when Pei Ningle beat him to it.
“Let me tell you, I’ve been on a bunch of programs and performances, and earned a lot of announcement fees!” Pei Ningle said proudly while paying, “Selling albums and stuff is small change compared to that, so for the meal money…”
The young girl hadn’t finished speaking when the boss lady in the shop suddenly interrupted: “Beauty, are you a star?”
Pei Ningle stared at her, hesitating a bit before nodding.
“I’ve seen you on television! Pei…”
The boss lady was stuck, and the young girl quietly reminded her: “Pei Ningle.”
“Right right right, Pei Ningle! Come on, little beauty, can we take a photo? I’ll put your photo on the wall, and this meal is free—no need to pay!”
Pei Ningle was stunned: “It can be free like that?”
“Of course it can, you’re a big star!”
The boss lady enthusiastically waved her over, stood next to Pei Ningle, handed her mobile phone to Wang Heng, and had him take several photos of the two of them.
Then the boss lady picked through them, trying to select the one where she looked the best, clicking her tongue as she did: “Really a star, looks good no matter how it’s shot. Not like me, all old and wrinkled like this!”
Pei Ningle: “You look pretty young too…”
“Oh come on, I’m really old now. I didn’t have wrinkles before, like here, and here…”
After being pulled into a ten-minute chat by the enthusiastic boss lady, she finally let Pei Ningle go because there was still business in the shop.
The three walked out of the shop, and Wang Heng teased: “We’ve been out for a few hours today. That one just now was the first fan to recognize you, right?”
Pei Ningle’s little face showed some hesitation: “She doesn’t really count as a fan. She couldn’t even say my name…”
Wang Heng: “So you still need to work harder. Look, if it were an A-list big star, they’d definitely be surrounded at the amusement park.”
Pei Ningle pouted and said nothing.
She imagined that scene and suddenly realized that her current state made her happier. Being able to go out with the boy she liked and friends, go to the amusement park together, without too much disturbance, but occasionally running into someone who recognizes her… This level of fame seemed just right.
Han Yixuan suddenly asked: “Any arrangements for the afternoon?”
Wang Heng: “Originally thought of continuing to play in the amusement park…”
Pei Ningle quickly chimed in: “I’m not going, not going. Roller coasters, drop towers, and stuff like that are too thrilling. I can’t handle it.”
Wang Heng glanced at her and couldn’t help but recall certain moments in the previous cycle when she said “too thrilling, I can’t handle it.”
Han Yixuan hesitated a bit. If going by her true feelings, she didn’t really want to keep playing at the amusement park either, but thinking back to Lu Qi’s compatibility with him…
Just then, Wang Heng looked at Han Yixuan and asked: “What do you think? Want to keep playing in the amusement park?”
Han Yixuan: “I…”
Seeing her hesitation, Wang Heng had his answer and said: “Then let’s find a place to sit and chat.”
Since he’d decided to build favorability, he certainly wouldn’t force them to do things they didn’t want. Drinking tea and chatting was obviously more relaxing than roller coasters.
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A little after four o’clock in the afternoon, Wang Heng took a taxi, first dropping Han Yixuan off at the Finance University gate, then riding back with Pei Ningle.
When Wang Heng and Pei Ningle arrived downstairs at the apartment building, Xu Xiahsia, who had already received the text message, was waiting there.
“Thanks for the hard work with the move this time, Sister Xu.” Pei Ningle said with a smile.
Xu Xiahsia shook her head nonchalantly: “Just doing my job. A rental contract is still a contract. But I think you could actually buy a house now. With your current income, it’s not hard.”
Pei Ningle thought for a moment, then turned to the boy beside her: “Do you have any other houses for sale there?”
Wang Heng: “Probably, I’ll keep an eye out for you.”
Xu Xiahsia said: “No need for President Wang to bother. I’m her agent; I can pick one out for her.”
Pei Ningle scratched her head, a bit embarrassed: “Gonna trouble you again, Sister Xu…”
Xu Xiahsia repeated: “Just doing my job.”
Wang Heng suddenly asked: “So are you moving into my place again this time?”
Pei Ningle perked up: “Yes, of course!”
Whether to be his tenant and live in his house was a substantial question. In the young girl’s view, there was no need to hesitate at all.
Xu Xiahsia looked at her own artist’s expression and could only sigh inwardly—President Wang really had her wrapped around his finger. Luckily he was fairly open-minded; otherwise, this little girl would probably have been kept like a pet in a gilded cage long ago.
From the agent’s standpoint, Xu Xiahsia certainly didn’t want to see that kind of development.
But Pei Ningle didn’t care about that. She happily pulled the two upstairs to pack things and prepare to move.
But just then, Wang Heng glanced at his mobile phone and said: “I have an express delivery arrived. You guys pack first; I’ll come over later.”
Pei Ningle was puzzled: “You could just go back and get the express delivery. Why run back and forth?”
Wang Heng: “Because the express delivery is a gift for you.”
The young girl’s big eyes immediately widened.
“A gift for me? What did you buy?”
Wang Heng: “Wait a bit; it’ll be revealed soon.”
“Wow, you’re playing this kind of surprise…” The young girl nearly jumped in place. “Tell me tell me, I’m super curious!”
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