Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Color drained from Nian Juntingâs face. âAlright, take those back. I donât need them.â
âThese are from my heart,â Xiao Si complained. âKeep them well.â
Nian Junting looked at him with distaste. In the past, he hadnât looked as good as Junting, but he looked even worse now.
âWhen did you arrive in Xia City, Brother Xiao?â Luosang asked.
âThis morning, I went to visit Shuangwei at the hospital, and then I dropped by to catch up with Nian Xi.â Xiao Si stretched himself out on the couch. âI didnât expect so many things to happen while I was gone.â
âYeah, most importantly, I didnât expect you to become uglier,â Nian Junting said again.
The corner of Xiao Siâs mouth twitched. âWill you please stop aggravating me? I was going to court Ji Nuanyi at the start of the year. You were the one that transferred me to the Great Northwest. So be it, but you posted on your WeChat that I was on a blind date. Sheâs probably uninterested in me now. You killed the shoots of our love while it was still a seedling. Now that Iâm back, Iâm too embarrassed to go look for her. Look at how ugly I look now. She would be shocked to see me this way.â
Luosang empathized with him. âYou just need a good moisturizer. You wouldnât look so bad if your skin wasnât so dry.â
âWhat about my ruddy complexion?â Xiao Si asked with exasperation. âI heard from the Yuxi manager that one of the actors sheâs working with now is courting her. Is it true?â
âIâm not sure about that. Iâve been busy with my work. I havenât been keeping in touch with her. She probably wonât share the details of her personal life with me,â Luosang said apologetically. âDonât think too much about it. Although you look tanner than before, you look a lot manlier as well.â
âReally?â Xiao Si asked skeptically.
âDo I look like someone who would lie to you?â Luosang blinked her eyes innocently.
âThatâs true.â Xiao Si nodded. Luosang was a trustworthy person.
When Xiao Si left, Nian Junting looked at her meaningfully. âAre you sure you werenât lying back there?â
âThat was a white lie.â Luosang grinned and stuffed a mandarin orange into his mouth. Nian Junting bit her fingers, then he pounced on her.
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Two days later, Luosang called Ji Nuanyi. She purposely mentioned Xiao Si in their conversation, and Ji Nuanyi fell silent over the line. âSpeaking of Mr. Xiao, I nearly couldnât recognize him at the Yuxi board of directors meeting yesterday. Gosh, has he changed. Ay, he was such a good-looking chap. He looks like a northwestern middle-aged man now. He gave me lots of red dates and dried raisins when he saw me, too. Said it was the local specialty. All I noticed was his ruddy complexion the whole time he was talking to me.â
Luosang nearly choked on the water she was sipping. Xiao Si would be devastated to hear what she had to say about him. âThose are really the best local specialties. Iâve been snacking on them every day. Theyâre super sweet!â
âYeah, theyâre sweet. Oh, right. Fanyu released a new game recently. I recommended you to them for voice dubbing. They pay their voice actors much better over there. Treasure the opportunity! The spokesperson for the game is a popular actor. You know that super-hot singer, Shi Xiang?â Ji Nuanyi asked.
Luosang nearly choked on her water again.
âDonât be overwhelmed. He is super popular. You can ask for his autograph. Sometime next month, though.â Ji Nuanyi laughed and hung up.
Luosang was in shock. She was going to work with Yan Suâs boyfriend.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om