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Chapter 314 Xu Qingmei’s Ruthlessness, Li Wanxuan’s Hint

Chapter 314: Chapter 314 Xu Qingmei’s Ruthlessness, Li Wanxuan’s Hint

The backyard of the museum was full of joy, while the front yard, after a bustling morning, had quieted down.

The staff of the show and the assistants of the guests, naturally, did not have the privilege of being personally invited by Mr. Zhang for a meal. They had lunch boxes, which were ordered early from a nearby restaurant and delivered punctually.

After a busy morning, everyone finally had a chance to rest and didn’t even have the energy to talk. They picked up their lunch boxes and found a place to eat and relax.

Jing Huai was the only guest who didn’t go to the backyard with the others, so a lunch box was also prepared for him.

Jing Huai’s assistant didn’t have time to eat his own portion and first brought the lunch box to the small pavilion in the courtyard. "Brother Huai, please have some lunch first."

He placed the lunch box on the small stone table in the center of the pavilion.

Jing Huai was pondering something with his eyes lowered. Hearing the voice, he looked up at the lunch box in front of him but didn’t move. He only asked, "Where’s my phone? Give me my phone."

The assistant moved his mouth but eventually obediently handed over the phone, looking at the still gloomy face in front of him. He thought for a moment and decided to offer some consolation: "Brother Huai, don’t take..."

The intended words "today’s matters to heart" were cut off by a wave of the hand. "Shut up, go eat your lunch!"

The assistant hesitated but had no choice but to leave.

Jing Huai unlocked the phone, found the first number in his contacts, and called it immediately, waiting anxiously for the other person to answer.

He didn’t notice the two people facing each other, eating lunch boxes, on the wooden corridor across a patch of flowers from the pavilion. They paused their eating movements and, after exchanging a glance, both perked up their ears.

*

The cameras were turned off during lunchtime, not only for the guests and on-site staff to have lunch and replenish energy but also for the judges to leave their seats and head to the cafeteria for a meal after the cameras were off.

Li Wanxuan took her husband’s eagerly extended hand, and the elderly couple led the group towards the door.

As the oldest stood first, others followed suit and stepped out.

Xu Qingmei was about to catch up with Shen Yunqing, considering what topic to choose that wouldn’t be rejected once she caught up when her assistant, holding a phone, called out to her with a jog.

She frowned, suppressing her dissatisfaction, "What’s going on?"

The assistant had a troubled expression, handing over the constantly buzzing phone, and responded with a stiff face: "Sister Qingmei, it’s a call from Jing Huai’s side. It’s the second call already. Could you..."

Xu Qingmei’s face turned cold: "Performed so poorly, and still has the nerve to call me. Don’t answer, hang up!"

The assistant was startled by her ruthless words, and without thinking, hurriedly pressed the reject button obediently.

Unexpectedly, after just two seconds, the phone buzzed again.

"Sister Qingmei, it’s, it’s Jing Huai again. Perhaps we should answer..."

The last two words "for a moment" were halted under the icy gaze.

Xu Qingmei’s lips curled slightly, seemingly gentle and smiling from afar, but her voice was chilling to the bone, "Turn off the phone, or take out the SIM card. Do I need to teach you?"

"N-no need, I know what to do."

After everything was done, the assistant looked up at the gracefully departing silhouette and couldn’t help taking a few deep breaths before moving to catch up.

The cafeteria.

Shen Yunqing, after getting his meal, was about to find a quiet place to eat when he was stopped while passing by the table where Elder Shi and Li Wanxuan were seated.

"Mr. Shen, are you alone? Why not sit with us and eat together?"

Shen Yunqing was about to politely decline to avoid disturbing the couple when he caught a glimpse of Xu Qingmei approaching from the corner of his eye. He immediately changed his tune, "Then I’ll impose on Mr. Li and Elder Shi."

With that, he put down the tray and sat down decisively.

Elder Shi raised his eyebrows, somewhat puzzled. He had thought the young man would refuse; why did he sit down after all?

Li Wanxuan tilted her gaze slightly, unobtrusively glancing at Xu Qingmei, who had halted her steps and turned in another direction, before looking at Shen Yunqing, who was focused on his meal. She nodded subtly, approvingly.

Keeping oneself clean is commendable.

Not every man can so decisively refuse a stunning beauty (even though she felt the perfume was overwhelmingly strong)!

Remembering the earlier discussion with her husband about Jiang Lingxi, she felt a little moved and tentatively asked, "Mr. Shen, are you a friend of Miss Jiang?"

Shen Yunqing paused his eating and nodded, "Yes."

Seeing this, Li Wanxuan’s smile deepened, meaningfully saying, "Mr. Shen, a good girl is very much in demand. Sometimes, there is no need to be too reserved."

"I understand, thank you for your guidance, Mr. Li."

"It’s not really guidance. Anyway, let’s not talk about it anymore. Eat quickly, so you can rest a bit after."

Elder Shi, having just picked out the scallions his wife disliked, looked up quizzically when hearing this.

Guidance on what?

He was just busy with the scallions, and now he didn’t understand the conversation. What’s this about?

"What did you guide him on?"

Li Wanxuan: "...Eat your food!"

"Oh oh oh."

Watching the daily interaction of this couple, who had been together for decades, Shen Yunqing’s eyes filled with deeper laughter.

*

After being hung up on three times in a row, the next calls resulted in a notification that the other party’s phone had been turned off, causing anxiety and panic to quickly escalate.

For a moment, Jing Huai felt like he wanted to smash everything he saw to pieces!

Fortunately, he retained some sanity, realizing this wasn’t his turf.

He ultimately threw the unresponsive phone in his hand out furiously!

Grinding his teeth, he muttered a low curse, "Xu Qingmei!"

The phone calls had gone through; now was a pause in filming. Why wouldn’t she answer his call?

Is she planning to abandon him?

How ruthless!

Jing Huai’s assistant hurried back after finishing lunch, still worried, only to find several familiar pieces of phone debris on the stone-tiled ground of the pavilion and the unopened lunch box on the stone table.

He cautiously looked at the bloodshot eyes of Jing Huai, accumulated in such a short time, and said, "Brother, Brother Huai?"

"Where’s your phone?"

The assistant reluctantly offered his newly purchased phone, wondering if it would be reimbursed later.

"You have the number for Xu Qingmei’s assistant, right? Which one is it?"

The assistant squatted down, picking up the phone debris while replying, "The one marked as Sister Xu’s assistant."

Jing Huai found the number, hesitated, and then dialed it.

After a few rings, the other side finally answered.

"Sister, it’s Jing Huai, I..."

"I know it’s you. You don’t need to say anything; just listen to me."

"Alright, alright, you go ahead."

"Sister Xu was very dissatisfied with your performance on the show, and she didn’t show a good face when you called earlier. In short, you’re on your own; Sister Xu can’t look after you anymore."

Currently following Xu Qingmei, she could see that Xu Qingmei was now more interested in Mr. Shen.

If Jing Huai had performed outstandingly on the show, it might have been different. Xu Qingmei might have left some good impression of him. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as hoped; this challenge, in particular, was underwhelming.

It was always a fleeting passion, and this time it was like being doused with a bucket of icy water. She even felt that Xu Qingmei didn’t want to hear Jing Huai’s name anymore.

"What do you mean by ’I’m on my own and she can’t look after me’? Sister, we can’t be so heartless. You know full well the relationship between me and Sister Xu. Aren’t you afraid I’ll..."

Listening to the sudden reckless words coming from above, the assistant was so scared that he stopped picking up the phone debris, hurriedly stood up to cover his artist’s mouth, and repeatedly signaled with his eyes, "Brother Huai, Brother Huai, has the sun at the museum fried your brains? Should you really be saying this? Sister, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Brother Huai is not in a good state today; the sun has muddled his mind, and he was talking nonsense. Please, on account of your magnanimity, don’t take it to heart, just pretend you didn’t hear..."

Across a patch of flower bushes on the vine-covered corridor, Xu Ling’an and Lu Zhengzheng widened their eyes, biting onto their disposable chopsticks tightly to prevent themselves from gasping out loud.

What kind of luck was this, finding a random spot to eat and ending up eavesdropping on such explosive gossip!