Vase cannon fodder is pampered by the group again

Chapter 43.2 Jealous

Editor: Jodi

Lu Xiao stayed at the Shen family’s house that night. He didn’t plan to pick up the luggage he had left at the villa near the set and even selfishly intended on leaving it as is so he could go live there at anytime.

Mother Shen was very happy to see Lu Xiao, asking him all sorts of questions while Shen Ci pretended to lie on the side playing with his phone when he was actually listening carefully.

“…Oh yes, I remember that the Eldest Miss of the Hai family is back in the country?”

Lu Xiao glanced at Shen Ci, the corners of his lips curving in a smile, “Yes. We have had some cooperations with the Hai family recently, and Jiaxi was specifically called back by Mr. Hai to assist me.”

Mother Shen looked a little worried, “Is it to compete with Lu Shenghai and his group of old men? You have to be careful. Back then your parents… sigh, let’s not mention this.”

The corners of Lu Xiao’s lips hooked up gently, “Don’t worry, I won’t be as kind as my father.”

Shen Ci was lost in thought. It turns out, Sister Jiaxi just had a cooperative relationship with Lu Xiao?

Then, it wasn’t so strange for them to appear at a social gathering together?

The stone in his heart fell a little, then the accumulated depression finally dissipated by quite a bit. Then relaxing, he lay back in the lounge chair to browse through Weibo.

The just-finished campus drama “Neighborhood Sunshine and You” had just wrapped up filming and had entered its first round of publicity.

And under the arrangement of its publicity team, related content of the drama kept on appearing on the hot search every few days. Sometimes it was stills and behind-the-scenes videos, sometimes it was eye-catching plot content and so on.

When in reality… this street-reserved drama had already gained a lot of popularity.

Because with many big shots suddenly joining the crew midway for unknown reasons, coupled with their huge number of fans, every time there was a news leak, it caused the drama’s popularity to skyrocket again and again.

And inexplicably, Shen Ci was brought up every time, causing him to almost become the center of the promotion.

I wonder what’s going on today… Shen Ci tapped open the hot search list and sure enough, saw his own name again.

#Fundraising to Buy Miss Shen a New Script#

Shen Ci: ?

In the most popular post….. Shen Ci’s hands trembled crazily as he looked at it.

He, he, he… his cross-dressing photo! And it was a nine grid one!

Shen Ci, dressed in a bright pink dress, was radiant as he held hands with other big shots who had also cross-dressed. And in the photo, there was a forced yet shy smile on his face as he looked pitiful, as if he were about to cry.

“This script is all rotten… Whoever says Shen Ci isn’t a hardworking vase, I’ll print this script photo into a dictionary and slap him in the face!”

“Shen Ci’s expression after cross-dressing… is so pitiful but I can’t help but want to laugh haha!”

“Damn and double damn! I’m grateful! I declare from today that I’m Xiao Ci’s clay sculpture fan!”

“Is no one looking at the last picture? Who the heck tied the ribbon for my baby? Why are only hands and chin shown? This scene is inexplicably full of charm!”

“It’s clearly to bring in handsome guys…”

“Bring in handsome guys +1!”

“……”

Shen Ci couldn’t bear to watch, so he just locked his screen.

Sure enough, his life’s humiliation was once again mocked by his sand sculpture fans!

He would rather starve to death, die outside, jump down from here than dress up as a girl again!

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Shen Ci twiddled his thumbs at home for several days, then feeling bored, had the idea to go find Lu Xiao to hang out.

After all, they hadn’t seen each other for several days… but it would be weird to go over there for no reason. He didn’t have any excuse.

So squatting in the garden, he plucked petals for a long time, racking his brains before he was able to come up with a reason— and that was to “remind Lu Xiao to eat well”.

He immediately threw the flowers and set off, reminding himself of his purpose several times in his mind as he did so.

Yes, eating on time was very important! It had to be supervised by a responsible expert like him.

The result? He regretted it the minute he stood by the elevator in the Lu Group’s large building.

“Miss Hai, this is a card specially ordered by the president to be given to you. You can swipe the card to take the president’s special elevator over there.” The polite voice of the lady at the front desk sounded.

“Thank you.” A gentle but cool voice responded.

The sound of high heels on the tiled floor approached rhythmically, then the gentle voice of the woman sounded from behind in a somewhat surprised tone: “Ah? Is it Xiao Ci?”

The elevator “dinged” open.

Turning his head stiffly, Shen Ci squeezed out a smile, “Sister Jiaxi…”

Hai Jiaxi looked very happy, yet somewhat at a loss, then she finally reached out to touch Shen Ci’s head, “You still remember me, it’s been such a long time!”

Shen Ci smiled at her helplessly, then both of them took the same elevator and went to Lu Xiao’s office.

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When Lu Xiao saw Hai Jiaxi, he nodded at her politely, “You’ve worked hard, please sit across from me.”

Shen Ci came out from behind her, startling Lu Xiao a little, “Xiao Ci?”

Shen Ci ran to sit on the sofa next to him conscientiously, “I just came here to play, I won’t disturb your work!”

Lu Xiao smiled and waved him over.

Shen Ci walked over, and then received a pat on the head from Lu Xiao who couldn’t hide the smile in his eyes, “I’ll take you to eat something delicious at noon.”

Sister Jiaxi was still here, what take him to eat… Shen Ci could only snort inwardly, however on the surface, he still nodded obediently.

He made an appointment with Wei Shuo to play games, but then was distracted by Lu Xiao and Hai Jiaxi’s actions.

“Stinky Xiao Ci, if you give my head away again I’ll take a taxi to ‘shark’ you right away!”

Wei Shuo’s angry voice came through the headphones, however Shen Ci only replied absentmindedly, his eyes glancing at the two people who were working in the office.

Hai Jiaxi who was sitting across from Lu Xiao was focused and serious as she flipped through the documents in her hand quickly, occasionally exchanging opinions with Lu Xiao.

Shen Ci remembered. She seemed to be a master’s student at Harvard Law School, so her work ability must be quite strong.

She was so outstanding, no wonder she could sit next to Lu Xiao… compared to him, he really was nothing.

Causing Shen Ci to feel depressed, which resulted in him losing all the games he played, making Wei Shuo so mad that he went offline directly.

Sigh, he really was a little waste…. he couldn’t even win a game.

Suddenly, he felt a few pats on his head, and when he looked up, Lu Xiao was already standing next to him.

“It’s time for lunch.” Lu Xiao told him gently.

Unexpectedly it was already time for a lunch break. Shen Ci glanced at Hai Jiaxi subconsciously. She was packing her bag, it seemed like she was also going to eat first as well.

The three of them were going to have lunch together…

Shen Ci felt a sourness flood his heart again.

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