Chapter 33
“Sometimes I really want to poison certain people mute. I won’t say who.”
Fu Zhi clenched his fists.
As that “certain person,” Ning Xi didn’t have the slightest bit of self-awareness.
Watching Xie Lanchen pour the water, she asked casually, “Do you want to add tea leaves? I brought some that taste pretty good.”
In her few interactions with Xie Lanchen, Ning Xi hadn’t sensed any ill intent.
In fact, she felt that Xie Lanchen was very polite and easy to get along with.
Ning Xi decided to treat him with a normal attitude.
Of course, the most important thing was that this was a novel world.
She was worried that if she tried too hard to avoid him, it would actually make Xie Lanchen notice her and think she was “special.”
That would be more trouble than it was worth.
Xie Lanchen naturally didn’t know that in those few seconds, Ning Xi’s mind had cycled through so many messy thoughts.
Facing Ning Xi’s sudden kindness, his voice carried a hint of a smile:
“Sure. I’d like to try something you like as well.”
“Then I’ll go find the tea leaves for you,” Ning Xi said.
“NO! NEED! I’LL! DO! IT!” Fu Zhi ground out each word through clenched teeth.
No wonder he found Xie Lanchen so annoying; the guy really was a male vixen.
What kind of decent man tells someone else’s friend, “I’d like to try something you like as well,” at the drop of a hat?
Fu Zhi stomped off to the pantry in a huff.
“Can you even find them?”
Ning Xi waited for a short while, but when Fu Zhi didn’t return, she began to have her doubts.
“Found them!”
Fu Zhi swiftly hid the tea leaves Ning Xi had bought and grabbed a handful of some unknown variety of leaves from the side, tossing them into the cup.
He then handed it to Xie Lanchen with a “friendly” attitude. “Drink up.”
Xie Lanchen stared at the water cup, a look of hesitation in his eyes.
Fu Zhi seized the opportunity to start instigating. “What’s wrong, Feynman? Don’t tell me you don’t like Ning Xi’s tea? Or are you just too picky and think it’s not good enough for you?”
Xie Lanchen’s expression became somewhat subtle:
“Are you sure these are the tea leaves Ning Xi bought?”
Fu Zhi felt a momentary pang of guilt, then raised his voice. “What? Are you suspecting I poisoned the water? If you won’t drink it, fine, I’ll-”
Xie Lanchen looked like he was at a loss for words.
Ning Xi finally couldn’t take it anymore. “Fu Zhi, was your IQ cut off by the doctor along with your umbilical cord? Look at that-is that even tea?!”
Fu Zhi looked down.
He watched as the “tea leaves” in the cup slowly unfurled, growing larger and larger until they floated to the surface…
They had turned into rehydrated wood ears.
Fu Zhi’s face shifted from anger to calm, then to questioning his life choices, and finally to silence.
The kitchen was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
In the midst of this silence, Ning Xi realized she was still in the middle of her Privilege Card task, so she quickly changed her tune:
“The Young Master can’t even tell wood ears from tea leaves; he truly is the most innocent and kind-hearted boy I’ve ever met!”
Fu Zhi cursed feebly, “…Shut up! This Privilege Card task is over! I’m not doing this anymore!”
Ning Xi felt a sense of regret; she hadn’t expected Fu Zhi to be such a sore loser.
Xie Lanchen looked at Ning Xi, a faint smile flickering in his eyes, seemingly finding her amusing.
Even though he didn’t say a word, anyone who knew him could tell he was happy.
He was genuinely happy.
Outside the monitors.
Qin Dao peeked cautiously at the man beside him.
The man had a handsome face and charming peach blossom eyes. With his smiling expression, he seemed very easy to get along with.
But Qin Dao didn’t dare to be presumptuous in the slightest.
Because this Mr. Luo was the biggest financial backer of You Are My Blessing!
On the day the variety show premiered, Luo Ze had contacted the Program Team with a hundred-million-yuan investment.
And recommended Xie Lanchen as a new male guest to appear.
Before the Program Team met Xie Lanchen, they were worried he might be ugly or have some fatal flaw. To their surprise, his appearance, personality, resume, and family background were all top-tier.
He was more than a match for the other male guests.
There was only one special requirement: no cameras were to be installed in his room.
For a hundred million yuan, that kind of request was a piece of cake!
“Mr. Luo, is there anything else you think our Program Team needs to improve?” Qin Dao asked with a fawning smile.
Luo Ze’s peach blossom eyes fell upon the peaceful, gentle Xie Lanchen on the screen. After a long silence, he said, “Let it be.”
Just by seeing that person, Xie Lanchen was already so happy.
He had even overcome his pathologically severe germaphobia just to present his most perfect and best self before that person.
Hopefully, this time, he would truly get what he wished for.