135: Chapter 135 Anke is a kind and understanding older sister, Xia, you can't say that about her.

Xia Shujie: ???

He was a bit dazed.

He solicited a prostitute?

And got caught?!

Just as he was about to ask Xia Ning what was going on, he heard her lower her voice on the other end of the line.

"Dad, I'll explain to you later."

"It's not convenient to talk right now, I'm hanging up!"

The call disconnected, followed by a dial tone.

Xia Shujie sat on his stool, thinking for a long time, but he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Suddenly.

His phone's WeChat notification rang.

He picked it up and saw it was a message from his mother.

[Shujie, Shuhao was caught soliciting a prostitute again!]

[I'm absolutely furious!]

[Do you have any way to bail him out?]

Xia Shujie froze, then immediately understood. He slammed his palm on the table in anger.

"What on earth?"

"Xia Ning lied to Qin Xun and said she was Xia Shuhao's daughter?"

"By that logic, then I... doesn't that mean I've been cuckolded?"

He trembled with rage.

"Rebellious child!"

"What a truly rebellious child!"

"How can she just say things like that!"

"Staying by Qin Xun's side, she hasn't learned a single good thing."

After calming down for a moment.

Xia Shujie replied to his mother on WeChat.

[The state has its laws, and the family has its rules.]

[By law and by rule, I cannot bail him out!]

...

Flower City.

Hotel.

Qin Xun lay on the sofa, looking at Xia Ning as she came out of the room, his eyes full of sympathy.

"Xiao Xia, are you... alright?"

Xia Ning's complexion looked a bit poor, and her voice was quiet.

"I'm okay."

Qin Xun thought Xia Ning was remarkably resilient.

Then he heard her say,

"I'm used to it."

Qin Xun felt even more pity for Xia Ning.

Xia Ning sat on the sofa.

The two looked at each other, both feeling that the other was a pitiable person, and sighed simultaneously.

Seeing that Xia Ning didn't seem too affected, Qin Xun went back to playing games.

Xia Ning glanced at the bright sun outside the window and remembered that An Ke had already gone out to inspect the stores without waiting for her.

Besides, she didn't get along very well with An Ke.

She reminded Qin Xun,

"Qin Xun, President Niu posted a notice in the group saying that Dudu Tea has caused a sensation online and brought great fame to Oak Company."

"Now the colleagues in the business department have been told to take on more work and organize a grand opening promotion."

"They've received many expressions of interest for cooperation over the past two days, about thirty or so."

"Do you want to filter through some of these companies now?"

She spoke without blushing or her heart racing; she was getting better and better at pinning things on Niu Xiaojun.

Hearing this, Qin Xun controlled his game character to stab an enemy in the back, his tone somewhat displeased.

"Promotion my ass!"

"This company can't just rely on exploiting me alone!"

"I'm a human being!"

"I'm not an ox!"

The more he spoke, the angrier he got.

"Tell me, is Niu Xiaojun even human?"

"As the president of a company, she doesn't show up even once a week, riding that crappy motorcycle of hers around all day."

"Like some kind of delinquent punk."

"With a president like that, Oak Company will go bankrupt sooner or later!"

Xia Ning had forgotten how many times Qin Xun had cursed her company to go bankrupt, but this time she wasn't angry. Instead, she felt a bit guilty and reminded him,

"You are also a boss of Oak Company; you have a 10% stake."

However, she saw that Qin Xun didn't even look up, focused intently on his game.

"I don't care!"

"I only have one life philosophy: slacking off."

"Whichever company lets me slack off is the one I'll go to."

Saying that, he looked up.

"When the time comes, I'll take you with me, and we'll slack off together."

Xia Ning: "..."

Hearing that he was planning to run away again made her feel a bit unhappy, but then she had another thought.

To promote Dudu Tea, Qin Xun had exposed his own scars and the pain of his youth for everyone to see in public.

She suppressed her anger, and seeing Qin Xun finish a round of the game, she took out her own phone.

"Um... shall we play together?"

Qin Xun looked up, a look of surprise on his face.

"You know how to play too?"

The corner of Xia Ning's mouth curled up slightly, making her look somewhat enigmatic.

"I've always been a quick learner, and I played two or three rounds of this game with my roommates back when I was a student."

Qin Xun was a bit reluctant. Playing with An Ke was fine because An Ke was actually quite good.

But Xia Ning... as a gaming companion...

Her words weren't sweet.

And she had no skill.

Wouldn't she just be a total burden?

But he felt awkward refusing, so he could only agree.

Xia Ning downloaded the game.

The two added each other as friends and started a match.

Xia Ning: "I'll choose... hmm... Meng Tian?"

Qin Xun replied reflexively: "Then I'll choose daji."

Xia Ning looked down at her phone and nodded.

"Mm, okay."

"I'll be Meng Tian, and you be daji then!"

Qin Xun's body stiffened slightly. He stared at his phone, not daring to look up, putting on a serious expression.

Suddenly.

He felt Xia Ning's gaze. He looked up and saw her expression was slightly cold, so he immediately gave a harmless smile.

"Xiao Xia, what's wrong?"

"Why aren't you confirming your hero?"

Xia Ning glanced at him, a trace of suspicion flashing across her face, before she slowly looked back down and confirmed her hero.

Qin Xun let out a sigh of relief.

That was close!

He almost had his hair pulled again!

The two played for the whole morning.

Xia Ning was indeed very smart.

Qin Xun praised her constantly.

"Xiao Xia, your skill shots are getting more and more accurate!"

"Oh wow, you even got a counter-kill with a sliver of health!"

"Nice positioning!"

"Yo yo yo! You've even learned how to be a bush camper and ambush people!"

"Xiao Xia, quick... block the bullets for me!"

"Eh? Why didn't you block them?"

Xia Ning said coldly,

"My life matters too."

Qin Xun: "..."

"Big sister, you're at full health!"

"If it were An Ke, she would block for me until she died without a moment's hesitation."

In the game interface on the phone,

Xia Ning's character slashed her sword several times over Qin Xun's corpse, her voice turning even colder.

"I'm not as much of a 'green tea' as she is."

Qin Xun felt it wasn't good to speak ill of others behind their backs. While looking down at the game, he said,

"Xiao Xia, you shouldn't talk about others like that."

"An Ke is a kind and understanding sister. At first, she also gave me a 'teasy' vibe, and I even thought she was trying to seduce me."

Xia Ning turned and gave Qin Xun a deep look, then looked back down to continue playing.

Qin Xun continued,

"However, after spending more time together,"

"I found that she's weak on the outside but strong on the inside. She's a very ambitious girl."

"The 'soft exterior, hard interior' type."

For some reason, Xia Ning felt a bit annoyed hearing him praise An Ke. She said in a low voice,

"Oh? Really?"

Qin Xun nodded earnestly while playing the game.

"Absolutely."

"That day when she danced during the interview, I thought she would be a wild girl, but now I feel like I couldn't even touch her hand if I tried."

"She's actually very proud."

Xia Ning thought of the sharp edge An Ke showed in private, an aura of doing whatever it takes to achieve her goals; she didn't quite believe him.

She turned to look at Qin Xun, and suddenly a very childish idea popped into her head. She wanted to test Qin Xun, and An Ke as well.

She hesitated for a moment, making her tone as flat as possible.

"How about I create an opportunity for you today to try and touch An Ke?"

"And see if she hits you or not?"