Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity-Chapter 413 - 248: In the Alley, I Met Three Benefactors, I Really Want to Improve!
Chapter 413: Chapter 248: In the Alley, I Met Three Benefactors, I Really Want to Improve!
As the countdown to New Year’s Eve dwindled to twelve hours, the daily routine at the Chang’an venue’s directorial team continued as usual.
Gan Wenchang seemed preoccupied with heavy thoughts, sighing long and short breaths at the dinner table. After sighing three times in a row, seeing Xu Qingyan across from him eating without reacting, he couldn’t help but get angry!
“Why don’t you ask me why I’m sighing!”
“With the number of Jie Baos you’ve asked, it’s likely the date was a failure.” Xu Qingyan didn’t even lift his head, eating while checking his phone, one of the few in the director team not obliged to eat the boxed meals.
Xu Qingyan was one of the creators, entitled to this privilege, though he could also proactively choose to eat boxed meals. It mainly depended on personal taste, and boxed meals weren’t necessarily bad.
“How do you know?” Gan Wenchang was astonished.
Xu Qingyan put down his chopsticks and looked at his confused face, speaking with a speechless expression.
“Last time, I saw you chatting with that girl, she asked if you were ticklish and you said no. She asked where you were most sensitive, and you said your political stance.”
“Wasn’t I just cautious of being led into a trap?” Gan Wenchang was slightly embarrassed, “Besides, I thought… that answer shouldn’t be a problem.”
“It’s not a problem, both of you are pretty quirky.” Xu Qingyan looked at his phone, engaged in a verbal spar with Shen Jinyue, an exchange of wits and sarcasm.
“Sigh, why is dating so difficult these days?” Gan Wenchang lost his appetite upon hearing this, “Bro, I guess I’m out of luck for the New Year, I’ll cover your shift this afternoon.”
“No need, who celebrates New Year’s in the afternoon?” he said.
“Huh?” Gan Wenchang turned to look at him, surprised, “Aren’t you going to find a girl for New Year’s Eve? Don’t tell me you’re also… done for? Then I will really die laughing.”
“Sort of, uh…”
In truth, Lin Wanzhou and Qi Ting were arriving in Chang’an by evening, so Xu Qingyan was naturally expected to work as usual in the afternoon. New Year’s wasn’t all that exciting; with more people, events would be cancelled.
His lack of excitement had another layer of reason.
Pei Muchan wasn’t coming.
If she had come, she would have definitely been alone. Having just kissed her a few days ago, even if nothing happened, spending New Year’s Eve together would have advanced their relationship.
Unfortunately, she was hijacked by the dull-witted Shen Jinyue.
It wasn’t that he was unhappy with Lin Wanzhou’s arrival; it was just… different. After all, he had the buff of being childhood sweethearts, New Year’s… could be spent showing her around.
No matter what, it wasn’t a day to expect getting something in return.
If it were Pei Muchan, he would have at least a few threads of desire in his mind. As for Lin Wanzhou, and in the company of Qi Ting, adding the childhood sweetheart’s pure filter.
You could say, he had no improper thoughts whatsoever.
Today’s agenda was…
Finish work, then take the childhood sweetheart to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Lunch break.
Xu Qingyan habitually replied to messages before sleeping, and Pei Muchan told him she was going to have dinner with Shen Jinyue tonight, then go for a drive together.
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“She’s bringing her? Does Shen Jinyue even rate that high?”
Pei Muchan sent a smiley yellow face emoji, “Don’t talk about the moon like that, constantly bickering with her, are you guys still kids?”
“Alright then.”
Putting down the phone, Xu Qingyan went to take a nap, and upon waking up, impatiently began attacking Shen Jinyue’s messages. This escalated into a shouting match, and the two of them ended up on the phone.
“Are you sick, Xu Qingyan!”
“You’re the one who’s sick!”
“Pssh, you’re the sick one!”
In the midst of their back-and-forth, Shen Jinyue suddenly said.
“My mom’s at Sister Pei’s studio, I told her not to come. She just can’t stop worrying about me, hold on a sec, I’m going downstairs and you better not talk nonsense!”
Xu Qingyan responded with an “Ok,” but did not hang up.
Presumably, Shen Jinyue was thinking about a half-time break before continuing their tussle.
He heard some rustling noises, guessing Shen Jinyue had put her phone in her pocket. Then, there were thumping sounds of going downstairs, and judging by the timing, it was about right.
When he heard her call out “Mom,” Xu Qingyan originally wanted to play a prank. But that thought only flashed through his mind momentarily, and he immediately dismissed it.
He put the phone on the table and went to fetch hot water for tea.
Returning, Xu Qingyan picked up the phone to see the call was still connected. He listened for a while but heard no sound.
He tentatively called out, “Shen Jinyue?”
There was no response on the other end, and Xu Qingyan thought Shen Jinyue had forgotten to hang up. So he didn’t mind it and was about to hang up himself when suddenly he heard a flurry of rustling noises again.
“You heard all that?” Shen Jinyue’s voice sounded somewhat aggrieved.
Used to sparring verbally with her, Xu Qingyan was quick to reply before his brain could catch up.
“Yeah, what about it…”
“Don’t you dare tell anyone!” Shen Jinyue sniffled and hung up the phone.
On the other end, Xu Qingyan looked at the call log in contemplation.
What had he just overheared?
Ah well, it’s not as if it were some murderous secret. Next time they met, he could use it to scare her a bit; they probably indeed had incompatible zodiac signs.
The afternoon went by without incident.
Amid Gan Wenchang’s deep sighs and brief lamentations, the time to leave work arrived.
As Xu Qingyan was preparing to clear his desk, he took the chance to borrow a car, planning to pick someone up from the airport later. Looking up, he noticed a lingering gaze on him and inquired.
“Something to say, spit it out?”
“Didn’t you get stood up too?” Gan Wenchang wondered.
“That’s right.”
“Then what are you doing now?”
“New Year’s Eve, picking up somebody.”
“A girl?”
Xu Qingyan hesitated for a moment, then held up two fingers and said.
“Sort of, but it’s two of them.”
“Wow, you are truly a beast.” Gan Wenchang jumped up from his workstation, “Seriously, you leave a brother here all alone, and you snag two dates?”
The situation wasn’t quite what Gan Wenchang thought, Xu Qingyan opened his mouth, but then was too lazy to explain.
“The more you explain, the dirtier it seems, it’s just New Year’s Eve.”
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