204: Chapter 204 looks very similar, but I really didn't mean to!

"Do I look that poor to you?" Qin Xun looked at the haughty-faced Ye Lan and said with a mocking smile.

Ye Lan was stunned.

"Mr. Qin, I don't understand what you mean."

Qin Xun sneered.

"Why would you think that after you just tried to coerce Xia Ning into giving up her spot by 'complaining to my mother' and 'terminating the contract' so that you could play my girlfriend, I would still cooperate with you?"

"Just because you're rich?"

The smile on Ye Lan's face vanished, and she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her forehead.

She had always been accustomed to being arrogant.

She had actually forgotten that this was a fierce man who dared to grab her by the throat in front of two bodyguards; how could he be coerced by anyone?

It turned out that the initiative for cooperation had always been in his hands.

At this moment, she heard Qin Xun say again,

"I like money, and I lack money."

"But I'm not short on money for the time being."

Qin Xun draped his arm over Xia Ning's shoulder.

"My current girlfriend is very rich, and I'm excellent at being a kept man."

Xia Ning: "..."

Suddenly.

Ye Lan bowed to Qin Xun.

"I'm sorry!"

"I got carried away just now!"

"Please forgive me!"

She raised her head and pointed to her forehead.

"Or… why don't you hit me a few more times?"

Qin Xun and Xia Ning exchanged a look, both completely bewildered.

Was this young woman always this fast at apologizing?

Last time on the side of the road, she also bowed and apologized directly, offering a suitcase of money, and today, after being criticized just a few times, she bowed and apologized again.

Isn't this a 'bowing immortal'?

At this moment.

A shout came from the house.

"Xiao Xun, come over and serve the dishes!"

Ye Lan rushed into the house, following the voice into the kitchen.

"Mr. Qin, watch how I perform!"

She dashed in like the wind.

Xia Ning frowned slightly, feeling like her chores had been stolen.

The group walked into the house.

Qin Xun brought Xia Ning and Wang Cui to the living room.

It was a self-built rural house without much decoration, and a large round table was set up in the living room.

Next to it were a sofa, a coffee table, and a TV.

The kitchen was adjacent to the living room.

Qin Xun invited Xia Ning and Wang Cui to sit down.

Wang Cui felt a bit uncomfortable; she wanted to go to the kitchen to help Ye Lan but was afraid of disrupting her apology plan.

Xia Ning found it a bit strange.

Although Qin Xun had some charm and Ye Lan wanted to cooperate with him, there was absolutely no need to cancel the Mid-Autumn Festival gala to give Qin Xun some kind of surprise.

This didn't make sense.

She took out her phone and typed into the browser:

[Why did Ye Lan withdraw from the Mid-Autumn Festival gala?]

A piece of news with high engagement immediately popped up.

Just as she was reading it carefully, she heard the conversation between Ye Lan and her mother in the kitchen.

"Young lady, be careful, it's hot. You'd better let Qin Xun do it!"

"Auntie, don't worry, I'm not the type who has never done housework. In the third grade of primary school, we had to serve dishes and wash bowls ourselves at summer camp."

"Uh… alright."

"Just watch and see!"

Immediately after.

Ye Lan let out a scream, "Ah!"

A clattering sound rang out in the kitchen.

Ma Xiugui's exclamation followed.

"My roasted goose!"

"My beer fish!"

"My tomato beef brisket!"

"My stir-fried meat!"

"My… ah!"

"It's all gone!"

The kitchen fell silent.

After a moment, Ye Lan's voice sounded,

"I'm sorry, Auntie."

Qin Xun sat at the table, hands cupping his chin, already able to imagine Ye Lan bowing.

Suddenly.

He heard Ye Lan's voice again.

"But Auntie, there's still a pot of chicken soup on the stove. How about you give me another chance?"

Xia Ning stood up, ready to go to the kitchen to help,

but saw Ma Xiugui walking hurriedly into the living room carrying a clay pot. She placed the pot on the table with a look of terror on her face.

Ma Xiugui leaned over to Qin Xun and whispered,

"Xiao Xun, you absolutely cannot be with that girl in there. She is clumsy and very wasteful!"

Qin Xun: "..."

His mother had crushed someone's million-dollar glasses, and Ye Lan had dropped the dishes she had been cooking all morning.

Karma comes so fast!

Xia Ning smiled lightly and sat back down on the stool.

Qin Xun then saw Ye Lan holding a stack of bowls and chopsticks with both hands, walking carefully step by step toward the dining table, her expression as solemn as if she were holding holy water.

Crash!

Clatter!

She slipped, and the bowls and chopsticks fell to the ground, scattering broken porcelain everywhere.

Ma Xiugui's face turned slightly pale, and she clutched her chest.

"Broken fragments bring peace, year after year of peace."

Ye Lan looked at the mess on the ground and bowed to the people in the room to apologize.

"I'm sorry, although it looks very similar… but I really didn't mean it."

She straightened up.

"I might have been knocked silly by a pomelo."

After speaking, she couldn't bear to look at everyone and walked straight out of the living room.

Qin Xun called out,

"Have some… soup together before you go!"

Ye Lan fled like the wind.

"No thanks."

Wang Cui quickly got up and chased after her.

Ma Xiugui looked at Ye Lan's retreating figure.

"This child, really! Sigh…"

She walked into the kitchen.

"I'll clean up the kitchen and cook you some noodles. Let's have chicken soup noodles today!"

Qin Xun rubbed his temples, feeling like laughing.

Suddenly.

He felt a nudge. He turned his head and saw Xia Ning placing her phone in front of him.

"Ye Lan's state might be off because of this."

Qin Xun looked down and saw a piece of news about Ye Lan withdrawing from the Mid-Autumn Festival gala.

The general content was that Ye Lan could not attend this year's Cheng Tai Mid-Autumn Festival gala due to health reasons; it was a very ordinary piece of fake news.

The comments below were actually quite interesting.

[Dark curtain! Dark curtain! Who is stopping our sister from appearing at the Mid-Autumn Festival gala?]

[What health reasons? She was clearly dropped at the last minute!]

[This year's Mid-Autumn Festival gala is full of big names, so many veteran artists, how could it be Ye Lan's turn?]

[It seems Ye Lan's status as a first-line star is quite inflated!]

[How is Ye Lan not first-line? She is beautiful and has a sweet voice; she is about to advance to super first-line!]

[Ye Lan's songs are all about love, they aren't suitable for the gala, right?]

[If she had a song suitable for the gala now, wouldn't she absolutely crush it?]

[It is said that a big shot at Cheng Tai wanted to sleep with Ye Lan, and was beaten until he was hospitalized, so...]

...

Qin Xun finished reading and sighed.

He could roughly understand Ye Lan's mood.

Replacing someone at the last minute was a humiliation for any star.

Qin Xun also admired that Ye Lan could still smile today, and even thought about coming over to pretend to be his girlfriend to help.

It counted as being very sincere.

Aside from being a bit haughty, having masochistic tendencies, and being clumsy, this Ye Lan wasn't too bad.

Qin Xun stood up, looked at Xia Ning, and explained,

"Ningning."

"The cooperation with Ye Lan is, after all, a 10 million business deal. I previously received 1 million in compensation for mental distress, and I also crushed a pair of her glasses."

"Shall I go and ask Ye Lan to come back and have a bowl of noodles?"

Xia Ning glanced at the kitchen door, looked up at Qin Xun, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice,

"You don't need to ask me about this, and you don't need to get too deep into the role."

Qin Xun flicked Xia Ning on the forehead and walked out of the living room.

"Naughty!"

Xia Ning covered her forehead and murmured,

"It hurts so much."

"I'm not a masochist."

...

Qin Xun walked out of the house and saw Ye Lan on tiptoes in the corner of the yard, picking pomelos.

He hurriedly shouted,

"Hey!"

"Are you being a thief?"

Ye Lan was startled, the pomelo in her hand dropped and hit her foot, causing her face to twist in pain.

She limped over to Qin Xun.

"I'm picking a few of your pomelos to compensate for the glasses; it's a good deal for you, okay?"

Qin Xun shook his head.

"No."

"This money will be deducted from our cooperation fee."

Ye Lan was startled, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Did you agree to write a song for me?"

Qin Xun put his hands behind his back and looked up at the white clouds in the sky.

"I work in marketing."

"If it's just one song, how could I have the nerve to charge you 10.75 million?"

"In at most a month, I will make you a super first-line singer in the country."