Chapter 171: I’ve Been Tricked
The national badminton team and the national track and field team both extended olive branches to the two, inviting them to join the national team.
Xia Chenge refused without hesitation. She and Ling Hanmu were both like bugs in the system. The reason they participated in the City Games was purely because they had a grudge against the vocational middle school and wanted to attract the attention of the laboratory, not because they wanted fame.
Now that they had thoroughly avenged themselves and successfully attracted the attention of the laboratory, they naturally would not continue to participate in major competitions.
That would be too unfair to other athletes who trained hard, and it might even harm them.
Who knew what the laboratory behind Ling Zhongwen would do? She was powerful, but she wasn’t confident she could protect everyone.
However, the national team did not give up. They found Xia Yuanzhi and wanted to persuade Xia Chenge to join the national team and bring glory to the country through him.
“Xiao Ge, are you really not going?” the Old Master asked her.
Xia Chenge shook her head: “No, I’m not interested in competitions. It’s better to leave the spot to someone more capable. I only won the competition by luck.”
“They all came to me.”
“Then, Grandfather, are you going to force me to go?”
“Isn’t the national team good?”
“It’s not that the national team isn’t good, Grandfather. Did you forget? Xiao Mu and I are preparing for a movie. We also have the college entrance examination next year. I have so many things to do, how can I have time to join the national team?”
“You’re really going to make a movie?” Old Master Xia said with a smile, “Then, regarding the funding, do you need Grandfather to help you?”
Xia Chenge linked her arm through the Old Master’s: “Grandfather, did you forget? Ling Hanmu, the sugar daddy, is here. We won’t lack money for anything!”
“You,” Old Master Xia was amused by her.
“It’s true. I’m responsible for the creation, and he’s responsible for the money. It’s very fair,” Xia Chenge said with puffed cheeks, adorably.
“Whatever you want to do, Grandfather will support you, but don’t neglect your studies, okay?” The Old Master said with doting affection. He only had this precious granddaughter left, how could he not dote on her to the bone?
“Don’t worry, Grandfather, I won’t disappoint you,” Xia Chenge promised.
No matter what, she would become the Old Master’s pride and make up for everything he had lost.
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The stimulant incident had come to an end. Liu Li and Feng Wenbai had paid a heavy price for it, and those marketing accounts that spread rumors also met a bad end.
As for Xia Chenge’s confession to Ling Hanmu by the roadside that noon, some passerby had secretly filmed it and uploaded it to Weibo, which was incredibly sweet and showered everyone with affection.
Coupled with their tacit understanding cooperation in the City Games mixed doubles match, and the official stamp of their marriage contract, countless fans of good looks flocked to them, becoming fans of this official CP, calling themselves “dog-abusing fans” and even establishing a fan club.
Xia Chenge found this both amusing and exasperating.
Queen Xia Chenge: Why call it “dog-abusing”? We are good youths of the new era and absolutely cherish small pets!
Ling Ling Ling Hanmu: Goddess is right, good youths of the new era, we will not abuse small animals! //@Queen Xia Chenge: Why call it “dog-abusing”? We are good youths of the new era and absolutely cherish small pets!
The comments below were:
So annoying, but I have to keep smiling!
+10086 to the above. You are abusing dogs right now, aren’t you?
Don’t treat single dogs as non-humans!
Single dogs are also small animals. Please be mindful and cherish them.
…
Xia Chenge looked at these comments and laughed until tears streamed down her face, clutching her stomach.
“Hey, I think they have a point. We should cherish single dogs,” Ling Hanmu said, as if they made a lot of sense.
Ning Xia glanced at the two of them from the side: “Cherishing small animals is everyone’s responsibility!”
“If I were someone like you, and you called yourself a single dog, do you think you’d be dragged back in the middle of the night?” Ling Hanmu looked at her meaningfully.
Ning Xia immediately pretended to be busy: “Ah, I’ll go see how their filming is going?”
After saying that, she ran off immediately.
Xia Chenge looked at Ling Hanmu: “Don’t always provoke Sister Ning like that.”
“Isn’t it because I’m speaking up for someone? Why suffer when you can meet? I don’t like this. If one day I have to hide my identity, I will still let you know and won’t make you sad,” Ling Hanmu said seriously.
Xia Chenge was silent for a while before saying: “You are not Sister Ning, you cannot measure her actions with your own thoughts. I believe Sister Ning has her own reasons.”
“Little Brother, I only hope that no matter what happens in the future, you will let me know. Even if I can’t help you, I don’t want to be kept in the dark and know nothing.”
“Okay, I promise you.”
Although Ning Xia didn’t say anything, Xia Chenge could guess from Ning Xia’s occasional brief mentions of Meng Beichen that Meng Beichen had gone through a similar experience to Ning Xia now. It was probably because of this that Ning Xia didn’t want Meng Beichen to worry every day.
Some love is not unfeeling, but a deep affection and trust that others cannot see. She believed that one day, Ning Xia would return to Meng Beichen’s side!
“What are you thinking about?” Ling Hanmu saw her spacing out and waved his hand in front of her eyes.
Xia Chenge sighed and leaned on the table: “Thinking that the summer vacation is already half over, and our movie is still in the preparation stage. How sad can it be?”
Ling Hanmu picked up his mobile phone, pointed it at her, and openly took a picture of her annoyed expression. Then he made an emoji with the caption ‘The male god ignored me again today, so sad!’
Then, he posted this emoji on Weibo: Mwah, thinking of you every day!
After posting, he couldn’t help but chuckle.
“What are you laughing at?” Xia Chenge glanced at him sideways. She knew she had just been secretly photographed.
“Nothing,” Ling Hanmu said with a straight face, “I’m preparing to go to acting class.”
Suddenly, Xia Chenge propped herself up with one hand on the table, leaped over, and snatched Ling Hanmu’s phone with lightning speed. She opened Weibo and almost spat out her drink: “Have you no shame?”
“Uh-huh, what is shame? I don’t need it!” Seeing that Xia Chenge had discovered it, Ling Hanmu no longer hid it and readily admitted it.
“Shameless.” Xia Chenge shoved the phone back and casually pinched Ling Hanmu’s handsome face, which had an excellent feel.
Ling Hanmu reached out and hugged Xia Chenge: “I don’t need shame, I only need you.”
“Stop messing around.” Xia Chenge struggled, but Ling Hanmu held her tightly, not giving her a chance to escape.
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Go ahead.”
A hint of cunning flashed in Ling Hanmu’s eyes: “Between parents, parents, and husband, who is not related to you by blood?”
Xia Chenge didn’t think too much and blurted out: “Husband, are you stupid?”
“Hey, husband isn’t stupid. Wife, mwah.” Ling Hanmu’s scheme had succeeded, and he was smiling as happily as a flower.
Xia Chenge was stunned for a moment, then realized she had been tricked by Ling Hanmu!
She was both amused and exasperated: “You idiot, you dared to trick me?”
“No, I just asked you a question. You called me husband yourself, you can’t go back on your word!” Ling Hanmu said shamelessly.
