Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

Chapter 460: Chapter 264: If You Can’t Choose Between the Royal Sister and the Childhood Friend, Then Don’t Choose at All_4

Losing money doesn’t matter, as Xu Qingyan was penniless to begin with; at worst, he could just start over from scratch.

As for the two minor divas, the money they invested wouldn’t really affect them too much. Allowing Xu Qingyan to have another go was his safety net.

After….after what?

Anyway, it’s not important, this is just serious fun.

After the meal, in the afternoon.

Xu Qingyan suddenly realized that Li Yang seemed to be following him all the time, and he couldn’t help turning his head, asking in confusion.

“I’m going out for a walk, why are you following me?”

“No…not following, I’m going to check on the chili peppers on the rooftop.” Li Yang stammered, quickly making an excuse and slipping away.

“Tsk, weird.” Xu Qingyan was full of doubts, but he didn’t take it to heart, assuming that Li Yang was just not used to him leaving suddenly.

At the same time, he couldn’t help feeling smug internally, thinking that his personal charm was truly off the charts. The only people in the world who dislike him were Ji Chen, that idiot, and that Zou something-or-other.

But one of them is now in oranges, and the other has a broken bone in a cast, so things have come full circle.

Xu Qingyan, while in his own territory, strolled around for half an hour with his hands behind his back, circling beneath the barren chestnut tree on the hilltop twice. Looking up, he saw the brown stout branches.

With a click, he took a photo and sent a copy each to Pei Muchan and Lin Wanzhou. The photo was sent at the same time, but the sharing was unique.

Pei Muchan had returned to Xinghai early, but she didn’t go to the studio. She stayed at home these past days, running and watching TV every day, extremely disciplined in finding her form.

Not long after, Pei Muchan was the first to reply to the message.

“What tree is this?”

“Chestnut tree, I don’t know what variety of chestnuts.” He replied.

“When will they bear fruit? I’ll come to your place to pick some.”

Xu Qingyan: “September I guess, you’ll have to wait until next year.”

“Then we’ll talk about it next year. You can also bring some to me; chestnut cake is pretty tasty.” Pei Muchan typed back, “Did you buy your ticket for tomorrow?”

He had mentioned to Pei Muchan about coming back tomorrow, so of course she knew.

“Bought it. [Screenshot]”

Pei: “Okay, I’ll pick you up at the airport tomorrow.”

His gaze lingered on that word “airport,” and suddenly he felt a surge of anticipation. Flirting with a young girl was something he found hard to give up but was equally wary of pursuing further—he couldn’t resist.

But being with Pei Muchan, he definitely reacted. Suddenly realizing that he hadn’t seen her for half a month, a layer of anticipation hung over him, involuntarily inducing the production of saliva.

Although he knew he was playing with fire, so far things hadn’t gone too deep. Besides, given the special circumstances, he had no choice, and so he wasn’t overly concerned.

Moreover, his way of interacting with Pei Muchan and Lin Wanzhou was different; with the former, it was like dating a mature lady. With the latter, it felt somewhat like playful teasing with a childhood friend.

Only Lin Wanzhou would send him messages in the middle of the night, then say she couldn’t sleep.

Pei Muchan typically slept early at night, putting great emphasis on beauty sleep. Perhaps after women hit that threshold of 200,000 years, they all begin to fear aging catching up with them.@@novelbin@@

In fact, from Xu Qingyan’s perspective, beauty does not wither with the years.

Pei Muchan at twenty-six… indeed was infinitely charming, even he, more rational than Liu Xiaohui, couldn’t resist. But that’s not to say it was lewd.

Pei Muchan had a good figure, but she didn’t wear revealing clothes. Her face wasn’t foxy; it was probably genetic, just a standard beautiful face, quite majestic even.

Her eyes were like those of a phoenix, with nothing seductive about them; her entire demeanor was rather cool and distant.

The more she was like this, the more intoxicating it was when she occasionally showed a hint of confusion and passion. Such moments, to Xu Qingyan, were like poison, impossible to resist.

When you’re hooked, you’re really hooked. Who could refuse a pure and innocent older sister?

Night fell.

Xu Qingyan packed his luggage, and Zhang Hongmei crammed it with everything that could get through security.

Even though he said he had no time to cook and that checked luggage was expensive, nothing could sway Madame Zhang from her determination to pack his things, selecting meticulously only those items that were permitted and filling the suitcase to the brim.

“Mom, the suitcase is so heavy.”

“It’s under eighty-eight pounds, what’s heavy about that?” Zhang Hongmei looked at him unimpressed, turned around and went downstairs, “I’m getting you a pair of insoles, hand-stitched ones.”

Xu Qingyan was at a loss for words, shook his head, and suddenly turned to find Li Yang carefully standing in the doorway of his room. He raised his eyebrows playfully and joked.

“Why? Do you also have something you want me to take?”

“No…” Li Yang shrank back, then reemerged a minute later, “Brother, do you want…”

“Want what?” he asked hesitantly.

“It’s just that…” Li Yang suddenly came closer and, with the carefulness of pulling a glow-in-the-dark watch from under the covers at night, handed him a pair of… Bluetooth headphones!

“This thing.”

Oh, this local specialty was very “college.”

“For me?” he asked.

“Yeah, I noticed you don’t seem to have Bluetooth headphones, Brother,” Li Yang said softly, looking down, “I don’t know if you’ll like them, if you don’t like them…”

She had bought them with her own money, which she would have never dared to spend before. But now, she had claimed her rightful inheritance and was considered a little rich girl among university students.

At the very least, this money could support her through her doctorate if she chose to pursue one. Even if she entered the workforce, these tens of thousands would be enough to save for an apartment.

Of course, these matters were still too distant. If Li Yang was capable in the future, Xu Qingyan would still lend a hand, after all, she was the apple of Madame Zhang’s eye.

“I like them, I’ve been so busy this past half year I didn’t even think to buy them.” Xu Qingyan smiled, accepting the gift, “Thank you, I really like them.”

In fact, he hadn’t used headphones at all in the past six months, too busy to even feel the impulse to listen to music. He didn’t even want to listen to songs sung by others, let alone his own.

This was another way he differed from Pei and Lin; no matter how good they were at transcribing music, how far could they really go with their lack of passion for music?

“Brother, I should be the one thanking you.” Li Yang looked up, her face showing a tinge of surprise, then added, blushing, “I really wouldn’t know what to do without you…”

“Let’s not talk about that, we’re family.” Xu Qingyan waved his hand, not letting Li Yang continue.

“Okay.” Li Yang nodded.

Thinking to herself, “We’re family,” she couldn’t help feeling somewhat discontented. Even though she liked Zhang Hongmei and appreciated this family.

If it hadn’t been for Zhang Hongmei’s helping hand, perhaps… But still, she harbored a little selfishness, suppressing the thoughts in her mind to keep them from wandering.

When she looked up again, Xu Qingyan had gone to get himself a drink.

She sighed softly.

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Early in the morning, Xu Qingyan set off by car, heading towards the city center.

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