Chapter 135
Chapter 135
“Let me test you. If I agree to give you this role, aside from money, what else would you be willing to do?” Ning Xi asked, stroking her chin.
There was hope!
Fu Zhi’s eyes lit up at once. “Anything you want!”
Ning Xi nodded. “All right, then. Mop the courtyard first.”
Fu Zhi: “…”
Seeing Fu Zhi hesitate, Ning Xi sounded a little displeased. “What? You just said you’d do anything I asked. Now I ask you to mop the floor and you don’t want to?”
“Fine, I’ll mop it, okay?” Fu Zhi agreed, feeling as if he were shouldering a great humiliation.
After all, as a pampered Young Master who had never had to lift a finger, he really hadn’t mopped many floors or done much housework in his life.
Only Ning Xi ordered him around like he was a dog, never taking him seriously at all.
She didn’t even know to coax him.
Plenty of people out there would kill for the chance to suck up to him…
Fu Zhi muttered resentfully under his breath as he resigned himself to mopping the floor.
Jiang Sheshe took it upon herself to “supervise,” sitting in a chair and giving bossy critiques.
“You didn’t mop it clean at all! There, there, and over there-you missed all of those spots. I’m not satisfied.”
Fu Zhi was so angry he threw the mop down. “You’re not satisfied? Why do I need to satisfy you? Who do you think you-”
Ning Xi swept a glance over.
Fu Zhi instantly muted himself, obediently picked up the mop that had fallen to the ground, and continued mopping.
[Princess turned little manservant]
[Ah, is Ning Xi really going to let Fu Zhi take over Xie Lanchen’s role just like that? Nooo, nooo]
[Ning Xi has no reason to refuse. She’s known Fu Zhi for years, and on top of that, Fu Zhi is willing to put up money. Give Xie Lanchen’s role to Fu Zhi, then arrange a new role for Xie Lanchen. Perfect]
[Wouldn’t Xiao Xie be way too pitiful, then? Poor Xiao Xie]
[All I can say is, you guys still don’t understand how Ning Xi and Fu Zhi interact. Please note that Ning Xi has been saying “consider” this whole time. She never promised Fu Zhi that as long as he mopped the floor, she’d give him the role [dog head]]
“Hey, why isn’t Xiao Xie done yet after all this time?” Ning Xi suddenly noticed something was off.
Jiang Sheshe finally realized Xie Lanchen hadn’t shown up either, and parroted curiously, “Right, why haven’t we seen Feynman after all this time?”
Ning Xi went to the kitchen.
She saw the fruit platter and orange juice sitting on the table, as well as Xie Lanchen standing quietly to the side, lost in thought.
The afternoon sun was bright and scorching, filtering through the gaps between branches and leaves like flecks of broken gold as it spilled into the room.
Xie Lanchen stood there alone, and yet he looked lonely.
“Why have you been staying in here?”
Only when he heard Ning Xi’s voice did Xie Lanchen seem to jolt awake. He lifted his eyes and looked toward her.
There was some distance between them.
His hand curled unconsciously, and his eyes seemed to hold many heavy, unspeakable emotions.
For a moment, the atmosphere became subtle.
“It’s nothing. The orange juice you wanted is ready.”
After a few seconds of silence, Xie Lanchen gave a self-mocking smile.
Then he returned to his usual lazy demeanor, lifted the orange juice, and handed it to Ning Xi.
Ning Xi held the orange juice, took a sip, then studied Xie Lanchen’s face closely.
“Why are you staring at me like that?” Xie Lanchen asked with a laugh.
“Xiao Xie… did someone upset you?” Ning Xi suddenly asked in earnest.
A flicker of stunned surprise crossed Xie Lanchen’s eyes at being found out. Was it that obvious?
“No…” Xie Lanchen quickly denied it, the corners of his mouth pulling into the same smile as always.
“But.” Ning Xi stepped closer, tilted her head up, and looked into Xie Lanchen’s eyes with a beaming smile.
“Your face seems to be saying: I’m really unhappy right now. Somebody hurry up and coax me.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Ning Xi couldn’t help poking Xie Lanchen’s cheek with her index finger.
His cheeks were puffed up in indignation, yet he still had the nerve to say he wasn’t angry.
Stubborn-mouthed Xie Lanchen was… kind of cute.
Ning Xi’s heart went soft, so her hand moved faster than her brain and poked Xie Lanchen’s face.
But the moment she finished poking him, she snapped back to her senses and guiltily withdrew the hand that had just poked his cheek.
However-
As if acting on instinct, Xie Lanchen caught the hand Ning Xi had just used to “make trouble.”
And maybe because the movement was too big, Ning Xi’s palm ended up landing against his cheek.
Ning Xi froze.
Her fingers curled slightly on reflex, but she didn’t pull away.
Xie Lanchen lowered his eyes. Stray strands of hair fell against his cool, pale forehead, his long lashes dipping as he looked at Ning Xi with a quiet gaze.
“So, Teacher Ning, were you trying to coax me just now?”
As he spoke, his face moved ever so slightly.
As if he were gently rubbing against Ning Xi’s palm.
[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!]
[Holy crap, is this seduction? Is this seduction? Is this seduction?]
[My HP bar is empty. Xie Lanchen, how are you so good at this?]
[The instant Xie Lanchen grabbed Ning Xi’s hand and placed it on his own face, I turned into a screaming chicken on the spot.]
[No wonder Fu Zhi said before that Xiao Xie was a green tea… He’s too good at fishing, too good at fishing, too good at fishing.]
Ning Xi’s heart was pounding wildly.
It was as if electric currents were darting all through her chest, leaving her numb and tingling.
In that instant, she could clearly hear it-the rush of blood to her head, the pounding of her heart against her ribs.
“If I say yes, do you feel a little happier now?”
Ning Xi lifted her eyes and looked straight at Xie Lanchen.
Her eyes were bright, her light-colored pupils like glass, like starlight.
When she blinked, her lashes were like the fluttering wings of a butterfly, like a tiny brush sweeping gently over his heart.
The tips of Xie Lanchen’s ears flushed crimson, and the color quickly spread down to the base of his neck.
He took a deep breath, but in the end, he admitted defeat and looked away.
He didn’t dare look into Ning Xi’s eyes anymore.
[Xiao Xie is blushing hahahaha.]
[Ning Xi only needs to use the slightest little trick, and poor Xie Lanchen is already wrapped around her finger. *lights cigarette.jpg*]
[My mouth is smiling itself to pieces. This eye contact tension is so satisfying.]
[Xiao Xie, why! Did! You! Look! Away! I thought you’d finally risen up and learned how to reel in your wife, but Ning Xi looked at you once and you surrendered!]
[If Ning Xi stared at me that directly, I don’t believe anyone wouldn’t surrender. *collapses*]
[I’ve said it before, Ning Xi is a master dog trainer. All she has to do is crook a finger and I’ll follow her anywhere.]
[I understand Xie Lanchen. Two years ago, Ning Xi came to our area and I rode the same elevator as her. No exaggeration, I was so nervous I forgot how to breathe. So beautiful, so beautiful. She’s even prettier in person than on screen.]
[Holy crap, she’s already this good-looking on the livestream. If she’s even prettier than on camera, what must she look like in person?]
“Wow~”
An excited exclamation sounded from the doorway.
Jiang Sheshe looked at Ning Xi and Xie Lanchen, her “wise” eyes seeming to have seen through everything.
She’d wondered why Ning Xi had gone into the kitchen and never come out. So it turned out she was having a little couple’s private moment with Xie Lanchen.
She shipped it!
But Fu Zhi, who had come to the kitchen with Jiang Sheshe to look for Ning Xi, was already on the verge of collapse.
With trembling hands, he pointed at Xie Lanchen. Thinking back to the scene of Xie Lanchen raising Ning Xi’s hand to his cheek just now, he was about to shatter into shaved ice.
“What is he doing?! What is he doing?! Huh? What is he doing?! What is he doing?!”