Chapter 138

Chapter 138

“So? My acting was pretty good, right?”

Jiang Sheshe looked at Ning Xi with bright, eager eyes, grabbing a cup of milk tea while she was at it.

Putting on such a serious performance for a while really was kind of tiring~

Ning Xi let out two dry chuckles, then snatched the milk tea right out of Jiang Sheshe’s hand without the slightest hesitation.

“Don’t drink that. If your memory’s gotten this bad, you should be a little meaner to yourself.”

With that memory and those acting skills, it was giving… food poisoning from too many discount takeout meals.

Jiang Sheshe: “?”

Even if she was dumb, she could still hear the doubt in Ning Xi’s words toward her acting.

She immediately flared up in a tiny fury. “Are you saying I acted badly? Back when I filmed the MV for my debut song, the MV director personally praised my expressiveness! The staff also said that if I entered the acting industry, I’d definitely achieve something!”

After saying that, she reached out to snatch her milk tea back.

Ning Xi pulled a Pan Zhoudan maneuver, deftly dodging Jiang Sheshe’s “poisonous claws.”

“No, girl, do you believe everything people say? They said you could enter the acting industry and you just believed it? You never suspected that it was just wage slaves flattering their sugar daddy?”

Jiang Sheshe choked. Her expression turned uncertain.

When she was filming it, she had felt pretty good about herself, but once she saw the final cut, she knew it was basically just a pretty MV photoshoot.

But back then, everyone in the crew, from the director and manager at the top to the drivers and assistants at the bottom, had said her eyes were full of stories and her acting was superb.

So she had really thought she was an acting genius. It was just that filming was exhausting, and she liked singing more anyway, so she had taken the singer route instead.

Looking at it now…

Ning Xi looked at Jiang Sheshe, then thought back to the scene of herself auditioning for a movie with mysterious self-confidence, and spoke from the heart.

“Acting is kind of like impotence. Other people think I can do it, and I also think I can do it, but in reality, I can’t.

“The people praising us are like pitiful wives. They clearly know their husband can’t perform, but they still go against their conscience and insist he can. So the husband ends up thinking he really might be able to.”

[? Crude but true. But wow, that was crude.]

[Too real, too real. Studying is exactly the same. The teacher and my parents both think I can do it, and I also think I can do it, but only after the exam do I realize I can’t. And my kind teacher and parents will still force themselves to encourage me and say I’ll definitely do better next time. [smile]]

[…Wait, my wife shared this quote with me. Is she hinting at something?]

[That metaphor is way too vivid. I can’t do it no more.]

Jiang Sheshe’s head was already spinning from Ning Xi’s long speech. “What can or can’t do it? I don’t get it…”

Ning Xi smiled and patted Jiang Sheshe’s fluffy brown curls, her gaze full of loving kindness.

“Baby, you’re a fair, plump little piglet. Other than me, anyone who approaches you wants to turn you into crispy pork belly, wrap you in a little pancake, and eat you. So you have to be extra careful from now on, okay?”

Jiang Sheshe’s attention was instantly diverted. “Crispy pork belly? What’s that?”

Then the corners of her mouth started rising uncontrollably. “You called me baby? Do you just casually call anyone baby?”

She hadn’t expected Ning Xi to be that kind of person!

But being called baby felt… not bad at all, hehehehehe.

[Jiang Sheshe got coaxed into grinning again by Ning Xi.]

[Different monkeys need different leashes. Ning Xi is really getting the hang of coaxing Jiang Sheshe now.]

[Jiang Sheshe: Me? A monkey? Feed me peanuts!]

After Ning Xi finished coaxing Jiang Sheshe, she stopped teasing her and put the milk tea back in Jiang Sheshe’s hand.
“All right, keep practicing your lines. I’m going to see why Xiao Xie still hasn’t come back.”

He’d only gone out to take out the trash, yet he’d been gone this long. Something was fishy.

“Then I’ll go with you! If Feynman ran into some kind of trouble, I can help too!”

Jiang Sheshe’s eyes lit up, and she immediately moved to stand.

After all, “going out to take a look” equaled “going out to play.” That was way more interesting than memorizing lines.

Ning Xi bent down and pressed Jiang Sheshe right back into her seat.

“No need. If you can’t memorize your lines, that will be the biggest trouble of all.”

Pinned back down, Jiang Sheshe was just about to say something else.

Just then, a light breeze happened to drift by.

A strand of Ning Xi’s hair fell onto Jiang Sheshe’s shoulder.

It carried a faint, lovely jasmine fragrance.

Jiang Sheshe froze for an instant.

And in that brief moment, Ning Xi turned and bolted like a puff of smoke.

As if she had made some kind of decision.

Jiang Sheshe hurriedly shouted, “Wait!!!”

Ning Xi ran even faster.

Jiang Sheshe: “…”

Damn it. She had still wanted to ask Ning Xi what brand of shampoo she used!

Ning Xi ran more than fifty meters from the house in one breath. Only after making sure Jiang Sheshe hadn’t chased after her did she stop.

“Now I finally know how hard it is for parents to trick kids into staying home.”

Faced with someone as clingy as Jiang Sheshe, she had truly learned her lesson.

Ning Xi looked around, only to find that Xie Lanchen wasn’t there.

How strange. There was only one road to take out the trash. Surely Xiao Xie couldn’t have thrown himself into getting lost along with the garbage, right?

[Huh? Where did that whole big Xie Lanchen go?]

[Now I’m suddenly curious where Xiao Xie went too.]

[I have a feeling we’re about to get some candy. Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry! [Wolf King ripping off clothes.jpg]]

Seeing the Danmaku scrolling faster and faster, Director Qin realized the netizens were all looking forward to interaction from the Xi-Lan Flower CP. For the sake of viewership, he planned to have the following cameraman give Ning Xi a hint.

After all, Xie Lanchen’s location really wasn’t that easy to find.

However, before the cameraman could speak, Ning Xi had already lifted her head in delight toward a certain high spot.

“So you were here! Caught you, hahahahaha.”

Xie Lanchen was standing on the rooftop terrace of a certain house’s third floor.

Behind him stretched an endless sky and layers of clouds like cotton candy.

Xie Lanchen was wearing a white shirt. If you didn’t look closely, he really did seem like he might blend right into the background.

[Ning Xi has seriously sharp eyes.]

[As expected of someone with 5.3 vision in both eyes.]

[Insane, honestly. Even though the Program Team deliberately gave him a shot, if my friend hadn’t pointed him out, I really wouldn’t have found Xie Lanchen at first glance. [facepalm]]

[That’s just how Xiao Xie is. His whole presence is so understated. Aside from when he’s with Ning Xi and talks a little more, when Ning Xi isn’t around, if you don’t specifically look for shots of him, you basically won’t notice he’s there.]

[After all, the other guests on this variety show all have way too much entertainment value. As a normal, low-key person, Xiao Xie really does sometimes have less presence than certain people who cry, make a scene, act stupid, and go crazy, hahaha.]

Did Xie Lanchen have no presence?

Ning Xi had never thought so.

The wind blew Xie Lanchen’s white shirt until it snapped softly, blending together with the soft white clouds.

Because of the distance, even his face was indistinct.

But to Ning Xi, he was so vivid.

…As if his entire being were glowing.

With a single glance, she could find this “hidden” Xiao Xie.