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91: Chapter 91 A Monthly Living Allowance of 70,000, Versailles Critical Hit
A single sentence, like a bolt of lightning, struck Su Wantang's heart, leaving her 'crispy on the outside, tender on the inside'.
"What did you say?" Su Wantang felt as if her soul had left her body; she had heard clearly but dared not believe it.
"I said, what if we turn this fake act into reality?"
"How would I know?"
"You're from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, your acting skills must be pretty good."
"Acting was an elective... it's... it's okay..."
"Is the performance paramount?"
"Mm~ that's what the teacher said..."
"Oh~ then can you perform kissing scenes with me? And hugging ones too..."
"..."
Su Wantang didn't speak, and the two of them had already walked in front of the crowd.
"Luochuan, aren't you going to make some introductions?" Zhu Chen squeezed to the front of the crowd, the wrinkles on his face bunching together; the old man was very happy.
Tang Luochuan hurriedly helped introduce them one by one: "This is Grandpa."
"Hello, Grandpa."
Su Wantang was like a young daughter-in-law meeting her husband's relatives for the first time, her voice gentle and polite.
She was terrified of doing something wrong.
Just then, Tang Luochuan reached out and put his arm around her shoulder.
This was his first time being so intimate with Su Wantang. Su Wantang leaned into his embrace, gazing at him infatuatedly.
The boy's expression was very calm, as if he had figured something out in his heart.
"I should make up my mind too~ he's already being so proactive." Thinking of this, the corners of Su Wantang's mouth curled into a smile, and her body naturally leaned into the boy's embrace.
Beside them, Zhu Jianhua's eyes were wide with shock.
This was completely different from Meng Fanyi.
Meng Fanyi was the school beauty, but only within this small area.
Her perfume was too strong, while the girl in front of him had an even higher level of beauty.
The key was that she exuded a sense of clarity and cleanliness from her very bones.
Meng Fanyi stood quietly in the corner, her heart full of shock.
It had only been a few months since the college entrance exam, and Tang Luochuan had become even more handsome??
The more handsome he was, the more Meng Fanyi felt she had suffered a huge loss.
"No, he's still the same person; it's the clothes that changed him..." She realized then that summer vacation was only two months, plus the month or so since school started.
The two of them hadn't seen each other for just three months; it was impossible for a person to improve so quickly.
But back in high school, everyone wore school uniforms, and they weren't allowed to have long hair.
Now it was different; Tang Luochuan was dressed in clean, sharp luxury clothing, and his hairstyle seemed to have been styled as well.
It directly elevated his entire temperament significantly.
Looking at Su Wantang on the side, Meng Fanyi became increasingly suspicious.
This girl looked soft and squishy, but in reality, she was not simple at all.
In Tang Luochuan's eyes, Su Wantang was one word: 'stupid'.
In the eyes of Zhu Xiumei and Tang Hai, she was obedient and sensible.
But to Meng Fanyi, she only felt that this girl was shrewd in every way, hiding a competitive and strong nature.
Simply because they were women of the same age.
It wasn't that Su Wantang was good at disguising herself, but that she would show different sides of herself when facing different people.
Everyone is like that.
Even the most impressive boss is just an immature son at home, and even the most shrewd career woman is just the most selfless mother in her child's eyes.
Su Wantang being handled by Tang Luochuan wasn't because she was 'stupid', but because she was in love.
But facing Meng Fanyi, Su Wantang was no longer the 'little dummy' who would break the dishes while washing them.
She was the young lady from Shanghai, the top student in the dance department of the Theatre Academy — Su Wantang.
"Hello! My name is Su Wantang." Sure enough, when facing Zhu Jianhua and Meng Fanyi, Su Wantang's introduction was much more confident.
Among peers, there was less restraint.
"H-hello..." Zhu Jianhua was a bit nervous.
Tang Luochuan was also puzzled; he hadn't even introduced them yet, and she had already gone over to greet them.
"This is my cousin, and that... is my cousin-in-law!" When mentioning the cousin-in-law, Tang Luochuan and Meng Fanyi exchanged glances, and he almost wanted to laugh.
What the hell is this.
But he wasn't embarrassed at all; as for the others, he couldn't be bothered to care.
For example, his own mother.
Zhu Xiumei seemed a bit worried that her son would feel uncomfortable, but seeing Tang Luochuan and Su Wantang being so open and natural, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Meng Fanyi also put on a sweet smile: "Hello, my name is Meng Fanyi, come in and sit."
"Mm!" Su Wantang didn't know about the history between Meng Fanyi and Tang Luochuan, assuming the other party was just being hospitable.
Under the gazes of Tang Luochuan and Zhu Xiumei, she walked inside hand-in-hand with Meng Fanyi.
The speed at which their relationship progressed was unexpected.
...
Before Tang Luochuan even went inside, his phone rang.
He picked up his phone, answered the call, and followed the others toward the house.
"Hello, Yueyue... Mm... Is Xinjiang fun? Ah? You're coming back?" Jiang Jinyue had called; she didn't want to go to Xinjiang with her parents anymore.
She lived a life of luxury and had traveled domestically plenty since she was a child.
To her, the most important thing now was to be with Tang Luochuan.
More importantly, she had Su Wantang on WeChat, and she had seen the other girl's Moments.
She really did go to the Tang Family home.
Tang Luochuan being a 'shared boyfriend' was not impossible, but he absolutely could not become someone else's exclusive property!!
So she was coming back.
Hearing Tang Luochuan call out 'Yueyue', the ears of Zhu Xiumei and Tang Hai, who were nearby, perked up.
"Yueyue? Jinyue?" Zhu Xiumei's eyes instantly lit up, and she nudged her son with her elbow.
Tang Luochuan nodded with a bitter face; listening to Jiang Jinyue's cold tone on the other end, he knew she was preparing to come back and turn this into a battlefield.
This is trouble!
Shen Muyan was sensible, but Jiang Jinyue had an extremely strong possessiveness, which also had to do with her family background.
She had been treated like a princess since she was little; after all, Jiang Deming and Ma Ying only had this one daughter, and they pampered her with all their might.
Su Wantang wants to compete with her? Not a chance.
Tang Luochuan: "Yueyue, it's rare to visit Xinjiang, you should just enjoy yourself with your uncle and aunt."
Jiang Jinyue: "It's not rare, I've been many times! I heard you have a pig farm, a chicken coop, and large stretches of farmland there? I think that sounds pretty good."
"How did you know?"
"I saw it on Su Wantang's Moments!"
Tang Luochuan: "Uh... what's fun about that? It's all just country stuff."
"I've never been to such a poor place; it's very fresh to me, so that's settled! My flight is tomorrow morning, I'll arrive at noon!"
"..."
With that, Jiang Jinyue hung up the phone.
"Poor?" Tang Luochuan really didn't think so; his side was indeed the countryside, but it couldn't be called poor.
It belonged to the near suburbs; otherwise, there wouldn't be demolition and relocation.
Of course, it was far from Shanghai, so young ladies like Su Wantang and Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but be curious when they came for the first time.
In the living room, Su Wantang took the initiative to hold Meng Fanyi's hand, sitting on the sofa with her and a few of her girlfriends, chatting and laughing.
That Hermès bag was casually placed on the sofa by her, making several of the girls envious.
Meng Fanyi couldn't help but ask: "Wantang, who gave you this bag?"
"It's from the living expenses my dad gives me; I saved up by scrimping and saving!"
"Oh~~ then you're quite impressive." Meng Fanyi sighed softly; she recognized this style, it wasn't too expensive, 69,000 for one.
It was a relatively basic one among Hermès bags, but it was still not something an ordinary person could afford.
"How long did you save up?" one girl asked. She was also a college student and liked luxury goods, but she hadn't expected that a college student could save up enough money to buy a Hermès.
She hadn't calculated it carefully, but she really didn't have a concept of money in her current life, with a constant supply of milk tea and snacks.
Hearing about Su Wantang saving up to buy a bag, her heart suddenly became active; maybe if she saved the money for milk tea, she could buy a better bag.
"Two months!" Su Wantang replied very seriously: "My dad is so stingy, he says we need to be frugal at home, so he only gives me 70,000 yuan a month! By the end of the month, after eating and drinking, I don't have much left! At the time, I even thought about taking out an online loan!"
She really wasn't humble-bragging; she just had no concept of what other people's lives were like.
Rich people don't understand the poor, and the poor cannot understand the lives of the rich.
But Su Wantang's words carried a bit of complaint, especially when she thought of the even wealthier Jiang Jinyue.
She always wanted to compare.