My Ex-husband Asked Me to Remarry Him Every Day -
Chapter 38 What Use is This Daughter After All
Chapter 38: Chapter 38 What Use is This Daughter After All
Ning Xuexi’s slap caught her off guard, and Qiao Xi saw a flash of ruthlessness in her eyes, but she didn’t react much, and since the director didn’t call cut, she complied with the routine of an actor and didn’t move.
Her skin was naturally thin, and her left cheek was already swollen.
Qiao Xi, covering her face, whose complexion was far from good, said, "I’m fine."
Luckily, the scenes that didn’t involve Qiao Xi were up next, so the director let her go back to the hotel to rest.
Qin Mo was worried about her, but he had more scenes to film and couldn’t leave.
At this moment, Bei Bei rushed over with ice, extremely distressed, "Sister Xi, let me ice it for you."
Back at the hotel, Bei Bei was still ranting angrily, "This Ning Xuexi is just seeking personal revenge, even daring to change the script. I want to expose her! I’m so angry! How dare she touch the face of the Goddess of Divine Beauty when she is just a low-grade version?"
Qiao Xi’s face was her trademark; exposing Ning Xuexi would certainly attract a fierce backlash from Qiao Xi’s fans!
Bei Bei took a picture of Qiao Xi’s face with a click.
Qiao Xi opened her eyes, which she had closed, "This is part of acting, slapping happens often, and she can claim it was due to situational responsiveness. Exposing her this way would only bring trouble upon us."
Bei Bei couldn’t bear to look at Qiao Xi’s face, feeling a bit creepy, "So we just let her slap you for nothing? I really can’t stand it!"
Qiao Xi gave a cold smile, "Why the rush? I won’t let myself be hit for no reason. Don’t worry."
Qiao Xi’s eyes were dark and shadowy.
A challenge in acting, is it?
She wasn’t afraid.
But she wouldn’t give Ning Xuexi the chance anymore.
She looked up, "But do keep that photo safe."
"Of course!" Bei Bei sobbed, laying her head on her knee, "Sister Xi, your face probably won’t recover by tomorrow."
The pain still lingered subtly on her cheek, and Qiao Xi spoke calmly, "The director will understand."
"I just feel bad for you!"
Just then, Qiao Xi’s phone rang, and Bei Bei helped her grab it, accidentally answering the call.
"Sister Xi, here."
Qiao Xi took the phone, and suddenly, she saw Shen Dang’s stern and refined face.
The evening sun spread behind him, backlighting him; the light was hazy, but his perfect facial contours were still visible.
Why was Shen Dang video-calling her?
Luckily, Bei Bei hadn’t seen it.
"Bei Bei, can you go buy me some ointment? I don’t think icing it will be enough."
"I’ll go right now!" Bei Bei didn’t dare delay.
Once she left, Qiao Xi turned the camera to her face, "You... needed something?"
She thought about hanging up, but it was already too late.
Shen Dang initially intended to explain that he meant to make a voice call but accidentally hit the video call button.
But before he could explain, her swollen face diverted his attention, "Qiao Xi, what happened to your face?"
Her skin was very pale, now swollen quite frightfully.
Shen Dang straightened up, his usual languor nowhere to be seen, his expression unfathomable as he squinted his eyes.
Qiao Xi played it down, "Fighting scene."
Shen Dang suddenly clicked his tongue, his tone hard to decipher, either happy or angry, "Didn’t you say last time that you’d use stunt doubles for fight scenes?"
Being hit like this, was this her idea of using a stunt double?
Qiao Xi paused for a moment, "When was this?"
"At Grandpa’s birthday celebration."
Oh, Qiao Xi remembered now.
Qiao Xi lowered her eyelashes slightly, casually asking, "What’s the reason for your call?"
Shen Dang finished his work and had seen Qiao Xi’s message; thinking they hadn’t been in touch for half a month, he decided to call her on WeChat.
Shen Dang’s dark eyes seemed a bit lighter, lazily arching an eyebrow, "Just wanted to hear you say congratulations."
Boring!
Qiao Xi inwardly scorned.
"Nothing else, bye now."
"Wait, we haven’t even divorced yet, how can you hang up after just a few words?" Shen Dang laughed but not really laughed, "Is that all for congratulations?"
Qiao Xi put her phone on the coffee table, moving the ice pack on her face, "Then what else would you like to say, go ahead."
Shen Dang only saw a stretch of white ceiling, and he chuckled briefly, "You’re making me talk to a ghost."
Qiao Xi heard a hint of coldness in his voice, but didn’t move the phone, "If you don’t have anything to say, I will hang up."
This man is so troublesome.
Shen Dang seemed to grunt before slowly saying, "President Qiao wasn’t willing to hand the project over to me initially, but later he had no choice and came to me. I cut down one-third of the price he initially offered."
A third.
That would be tens of millions less.
"So he still handed the project over?" Qiao Zhenbin probably spat blood, regretting not giving the project to Shen Dang earlier.
Shen Dang scoffed, "Otherwise, the company would go bankrupt, which might be what you wanted, but certainly not what he desired."
"Well, congratulations to Boss Shen for saving quite a sum for himself," Qiao Xi responded with a light sigh.
Shen Dang was just a money-making machine.
He was born to be a businessman, truly cunning.
"Happy now?" Shen Dang rested his chin in his hand, the whole person with the rotating chair facing the floor-to-ceiling window, squinting at the orange sky at the horizon.
The sunset bathed his body, but there was no warmth about him.
He was sometimes just like a puzzle.
Happy, my foot!
Qiao Xi rolled her eyes, "Really hanging up now."
"Mmm."
After waiting a moment, seeing no move from Qiao Xi’s end, Shen Dang hung up the video.
Bei Bei bought the ointment and carefully applied it to Qiao Xi’s face, barely daring to press.
"Sister Li called just now, and I told her about this."
The ointment felt cool and soothing, relieving some of the pain, making Qiao Xi feel less sore.
"Sister Li said from now on we’ll just snatch Ning Xuexi’s endorsements!" Bei Bei was indignant, but then her tone softened, "She told me to tell you to take good care of your face."
"Don’t worry."
Qiao Xi’s phone rang, and she reached for it, slightly arching her brows as she did.
The call connected, but the response wasn’t as infuriated as she expected, "Xixi, I’ve handed the project over to Ah Dang."
Qiao Xi’s expression remained calm, "That’s actually quite good."
"You’re happy now, right? I asked you to speak to Ah Dang on my behalf, and you refused, now our family business has suffered big losses."
That voice even carried a pitiful tone.
Qiao Xi thought, was he also trying to act pitiful in front of her mom?
A man’s occasional show of weakness might easily touch the hearts of foolish women who loved him.
Qiao Xi was unmoved, "Big losses? You got a fair sum for that project, didn’t you? Dad, I might not understand business, but I’m clear on this—you still got the money, even without the project, right?"
Suddenly, Qiao Zhenbin burst into anger, "I didn’t earn at all!"
Oh, how he couldn’t control his emotions.
Qiao Xi’s voice was tinged with helplessness, "Well, what can be done about it now?"
"Why won’t you help your dad? Xixi, we are father and daughter!" Qiao Zhenbin sounded even more helpless.
What use was this daughter, anyway?
Qiao Xi appeared very calm, "Dad, did you forget? I helped out two years ago, remember?"
What more did they expect her to do?
Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
If you find any errors (non-standard content, ads redirect, broken links, etc..), Please let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible.
Report