My Life with Narration-Chapter 362 - 359: It’s Okay, She’s Recharging
One person makes a sacrifice for the whole dorm to secure research positions, knowing the boundaries perfectly. Injured but not dead, otherwise it would just be doing all this for others’ benefit.
The Su Family’s principle has always been that self-interest is okay, but harming others is not. It’s okay to put in effort, but benefiting others is not allowed.
They fear bothering others and are even more afraid of others bothering them. Ideally, they’re self-reliant, forming a small self-sustaining cycle.
Obviously, both siblings have grasped the essence of this.
After lunch, he sent Su He back to her dorm. After all, she still had to continue with her military training in the afternoon, and she had another ten to fifteen days of it left to endure.
As for the so-called welcome party, he wouldn’t be able to wait for that since it would happen after the military training. Luckily, he had mostly completed his tasks on this visit and imparted all his university experience, even sharing shortcuts for entrance exams. Su Qing felt he had nothing left to teach, so it was naturally time to leave.
In the hotel suite, Tang Nan sat on the sofa in an elegant long dress, her legs together side by side, exuding grace.
"I’ve already asked for you. They said they’ll release news to promote their new drama in a week, and you can post whenever you want by then," Tang Nan said.
Hearing this, Su Qing couldn’t help but smile. It was hard enough, finally some news after all this time.
Back then, Tang Nan brought Da Huang to visit the drama set of Miss Nothing and shot a lot of material. It had been almost a month, and the video edits were long done. Finally, it was ready to be released. Su Qing was hoping to use this video to get popular again and was glad the time had finally come.
"That’s great, thanks, Sister Nan!" Su Qing chuckled.
He felt a bit embarrassed for causing her this trouble over such a small issue.
"No need to be so polite. It’s what I should do. But, little brother... are you really not considering staying a few more days? I promise not to make you do anything and just take you out to play every day. If you stay for just three more days, you can take that big G with you. How about it?"
Three days and a big G over two hundred thousand, what a tempting offer. Even he was tempted.
Looking at Tang Nan’s tempting demeanor, Su Qing rolled his eyes jokingly, "You’re being a bit dishonest. You just gave me my ID and now you want to back out?
I’m really curious about why you women are more competitive than men. I’ve seen strong men all my life, but never a woman like that."
Just moments ago, Tang Nan suddenly came to the hotel he was staying at and returned his ID, and he learned the reason from the narration in his head.
Apparently, the landlady back in Jiang City had called Tang and mildly scolded her. Even though it was a joke, Shen Yi was indeed upset over there.
The landlady couldn’t stand Shen Yi moping around her, sighing and complaining, making it impossible to bear.
"You just don’t understand, it’s called saving face or incense for a Buddha. Anyway... you wouldn’t understand women’s matters, but she can test the waters first and if it works, I might as well find a little brother to play with too."
Su Qing: ...
Alright, women’s thoughts, even with the narration in his head, sometimes he couldn’t fully grasp them, as men and women simply think differently.
"Alright, I’ve packed my things, let’s go!" Su Qing stood up, ready to depart.
Upon hearing this, Tang Nan’s expression morphed quickly into a pleading look, "How about leaving tomorrow, it’s already evening!"
Su Qing glanced out the window, laughed softly, and shook his head, "It’s just past six in the afternoon, the sun hasn’t set yet, what do you mean evening? Hurry up, besides, I already booked my ticket!"
"You can cancel it, stay one more night. If you find it boring, I can stay and play games with you. LOL and King of Glory, I can play both and I promise not to drag you down! If not, we can play cards!"
Su Qing: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a
Cards... really? Are you serious? I’m not ready for this. Isn’t this too bold? Are female celebrities all this daring?
Of course, he could only think about this internally, and besides, what if she just really wanted to play cards?
The two of them played the fishing game, playing all night long.
[Due to the landlord event, paparazzi have started tailing her. If a comedic actress of her status spends a night in a hotel, it would become the headline news the next day.]
[Shocking, rumored relationship of a certain actress exposed, spending a night in a hotel with a man, seen leaving together the next day, close behavior, wedding bells likely soon.]
Listening to the narration in his head, Su Qing felt numbed, realizing this is how it felt to have celebrities around you.
"Alright, hurry up and go before it gets too long. Who knows what kind of news might appear tomorrow. After all, you’re a public figure, marching into a hotel to see me. Aren’t you afraid of being caught?" Su Qing said helplessly.
Since he already knew of the paparazzi lurking, they naturally couldn’t deepen misunderstandings further. Hyped-up rumors were a different price.
"What’s there to fear? I don’t have a company tie right now, who’s going to meddle with me? As long as I don’t care, people can say whatever! Besides, I haven’t got anything new recently, the paparazzi don’t even bother with me. I’m not worried, so why are you?"
Even so, they still went downstairs to check out and headed straight to the car in the basement.
While getting in the car, he noticed two groups of people staking out, as he intentionally paid attention.
However, the two maintained a respectable distance throughout, even as Tang Nan saw him off at the airport. They waved goodbye without giving the paparazzi any opportunities to exploit.
Inside a black minivan, a middle-aged man wearing a black t-shirt and a long camera dangling from his neck spat contemptuously:
"Damn, thought there’d be big news, but it was a wild goose chase. Came up and went back down in less than half an hour. Seeing them like this, they’re probably just friends. Who said this tip was reliable?"
"Brother Long, should we still report it?" asked the young driver.
"Of course, report it! Why not? Since we’re here, send the photos to Yao Yao. She’s a pro at creating stories from a single image. We can’t leave empty-handed, right?" Brother Long said, annoyed.
Though he was a paparazzo, he hated those squeaky-clean celebrities who never had any sensational details. How were they supposed to make a living?
Originally, he didn’t want to come. After all, Tang Nan has been fading out of the entertainment circle in the past two years, hasn’t trended for a long time, and her popularity isn’t what it used to be. If it weren’t for hearing that a ’lady boss’ showed up at her company, he wouldn’t have personally come over. Thought there’d be some scoop, but this? Seriously, this! What a waste of emotions.
"Whoosh~~~"
As a plane took off from Capital Airport, Su Qing heard a voiceover in his mind. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
[At this moment, a paparazzo left the airport cursing, but adhering to the principle of having come all this way, there will still be some gossip about Tang Nan. However, as you are an unknown nobody, no significant waves were stirred!]
Hearing this, Su Qing couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile. He didn’t expect that after being so cautious, he still fell into the trap. Truly, being a celebrity isn’t easy — no privacy!
The plane roared past, and two hours later, Su Qing had returned to Jiangcheng Airport.
It was already past ten at night, but fortunately, there were plenty of taxis around the airport. He hailed one and headed straight to the city.
He pushed open the living room door and turned on the light, and a shadow rushed over.
"Woof" [Damn, damn, you’re finally back. Get me some water to drink. The braised chicken drumsticks were salty tonight, no one’s taking care of me!]
Upon a closer look, Da Huang was looking at him with surprise, bouncing around him with lively energy.
He poured water into its small bowl and couldn’t help but laugh, "Haven’t seen you in a few days, your face has healed nicely!"
By now, Da Huang’s originally swollen face had completely recovered.
"Woof woof" [Of course, my handsome face is back, wahahaha!]
"Keep it down, do you want to get us a noise complaint?"
It was already eleven at night, and Da Huang’s barking could easily disturb the neighbors.
While the person and the dog were talking, the bedroom door on the second floor opened, and Shen Yi walked out, groggily rubbing her eyes.
"Hey... isn’t that my little brother? Finally willing to come back, come here, let sister take a look!" Saying this, Shen Yi held onto the staircase railing and walked down.
But Su Qing immediately noticed something amiss. Why was Aunt Shen walking so unsteadily, like she might tumble at any moment?
Seeing this, he stepped forward, and as Shen Yi approached, a waft of alcohol hit him.
"You drank?" Su Qing asked with some astonishment, noticing she seemed to have drunk quite a bit.
Just as he spoke, Shen Yi, only two steps from the bottom, stumbled and fell straight into his arms, bringing a faint floral fragrance with her.
Before he could say anything, Shen Yi’s delicate arms wrapped around his neck like a serpent.
Then, to his shock, Shen Yi buried her head in his neck and took a deep breath.
"Hiss~~~"
Then came a groan that seemed to send shivers down his spine.
"Ah~~~ this is... so comforting~~~ today’s dose~~~ is especially pure!"
With that, she went limp in his arms, like a puddle of mud, motionless.
Seeing this, he hurriedly patted Shen Yi’s face, realizing there was no response, he called the landlady.
"It’s fine, she’s recharging!"
Su Qing: ...
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