“I’m jealous? I would be jealous? Heh… Fourth Brother, you’re truly humorous.”
Qichi turned his face away, no longer wanting to deal with him.
Take tonight’s dinner at the old mansion as an example. Before, he could do whatever he pleased, and no one could stop him.
But now, Fourth Brother was afraid Grandpa would forget him. As long as there was a family gathering, he would always bring him along!
Heh, he knew exactly what schemes Fourth Brother, this sly fox, was plotting!
Xiao Yi also ignored him, replaying the video seven or eight times.
Until Qichi could no longer stand it and looked at him coldly, “Don’t blame me for pouring cold water on you. If you want to achieve your desire, first, she has to become a film empress.”
Xiao Yi thought he made sense and nodded.
Qichi saw that he still hadn’t grasped the core of the problem and chuckled, “Film empress, a film empress! Not a beauty pageant queen! There are so many actors with great acting skills in the industry, many of them naturally talented. Compared to Xia Weiliang, they have been dormant for too long. With just one opportunity, they can soar to the sky! Why do you think she will smoothly allow you to achieve your desire?”
He didn’t say the following words.
Compared to Xia Weiliang, he was more optimistic about Chu Qiao.
Of course, Chu Qiao wouldn’t say things like asking him to be her film empress husband.
Of course, as a mature man, he wouldn’t be jealous of Fourth Brother because of this.
Heh heh.
Xiao Yi was genuinely considering his words.
He tilted his head and thought for a few seconds, then suddenly said, “Because… she has me.”
After speaking, he shrugged, “The legendary capital backing, the big shot’s behind-the-scenes support… whatever you want to call it. If I keep feeding her resources, with her comprehension, it shouldn’t take more than three years for me… uh, no, for her to achieve her goal.”
Qichi’s eyebrows twitched, “Fourth Brother, this is your favorite movie. Can you allow someone to desecrate it so easily?”
Xiao Yi glanced at him, “Helping her grow faster can be called desecration? What, are games also not allowing paying players to enter? Ordinary players don’t have money to buy equipment, so the equipment can only hang in the display window until they have money to buy it? It is precisely because of these paying players that the game market has become so prosperous.”
Qichi suddenly smiled after hearing this, “It’s truly difficult for you, Fourth Brother, to speak of taking shortcuts so elegantly and refinedly.”
If Qichi was considered well-behaved and did not reveal his sharp edge before, today he was clearly out of control and irritable.
Xiao Yi sized him up. Beneath his handsome and refined appearance, the seeds of rebelliousness were starting to sprout.
He withdrew his gaze, “When I went to pick you up, I saw Chu Qiao getting into Lin Zhuonan’s car.”
As expected, the atmosphere nearby became even more oppressive.
Qichi didn’t speak, clearly aware of the situation.
“It’s so late, I wonder where Lin Zhuonan is taking her?”
Xiao Yi habitually spun his tail ring twice and said unhurriedly, “Lin Zhuonan, that person, had a strong personality since childhood, and was especially popular with girls. Chu Qiao is also a person with no schemes. If Lin Zhuonan…”
Qichi couldn’t listen anymore and glanced at him coldly, “A person who kidnapped me, what’s the use of saying these things now? Can you let me go, or can you bring her back? Or, you could cripple Lin Zhuonan.”
Xiao Yi immediately looked at him disapprovingly, “He and I are colleagues from the same workplace. Can you go to work and chop up your colleague with a knife just because you’re speaking up for someone else?”
“…”
Qichi turned his face away, no longer wanting to talk to him.
“Boss, we’ve arrived.”
Da Yang stopped the car.
Xiao Yi pushed the door open and got out, then leaned down to look at the person still sitting inside, “Just a reminder, Grandpa knows you’re back and has already set up a net. From the moment you stepped onto this land, the satellites have been tracking you.”
Qichi took deep breaths, adjusting his emotions bit by bit, while also reminding himself.
Big Brother is my own, and Grandpa is also my own.
It’s fate.
It’s fate.
A grand banquet for the wealthy was underway at the Xiao family’s old mansion.
The Xiao family was a magical existence. It was said that since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Xiao family had opened over a hundred shops, with industries spread across the country.
This wealth had been accumulated generation after generation, and to this day, the Xiao family had never declined. Not to mention being rich enough to rival a nation, they were certainly wealthy merchants in their region.
Only those standing on mountains of gold could interact with the Xiao family; ordinary chairmen and general managers had to consciously stay away!
Seeing the top-tier luxury cars filling the courtyard was like attending an event for some supercar club. If it wasn’t a global limited edition, people wouldn’t dare to park their cars here.
Qichi found this annoying, “Heh, Grandpa is still the same. He gathers everyone for a party whenever he has nothing to do, just to flaunt his inexhaustible wealth from several lifetimes.”
Although Xiao Yi agreed, he was still more composed than his fourth brother.
He walked ahead, his voice so cold it seemed to come through his teeth, “The meaning of urging him to earn more money is to show off his wealth. Now it’s even more excessive, directly showing off his grandsons.”
As they were walking, Qichi suddenly stopped.
He frowned, seeing the person who had just gotten out of the car parked next to them.
“Didn’t you say it was just an ordinary gathering? Big Brother, is this what you call ordinary? Are you and I in the same parallel universe?”
Chu Qiao glanced at the scale of the gathering and knew it was the kind that top tycoons attended, and which she had no connection to.
Lin Zhuonan, wearing orange sunglasses, stood beside her after getting out of the car. He reached out and messed up her hair, a smile on his lips, “Second Brother, didn’t I owe you a favor last time? I thought I’d bring you here to relax, and also to meet more big shots.”
“I thank you!”
Chu Qiao didn’t appreciate it at all. She said righteously, “I want to become a star through my own efforts. What use do I have for these big shots?”
He pushed his glasses down his nose with his finger, smiling at her, “It’s truly rare to see an artist like you nowadays.”
“Of course! People as pure-hearted as me are hard to find even with a lantern!”
However, he shook his head, “No, I mean, cute and foolish.”
After saying that, he walked straight in with a hearty laugh.
Chu Qiao’s face darkened. She ran over, jumped up, and hooked his neck, intending to perform a suplex without a word!
But this time, Lin Zhuonan was clearly prepared. He stabilized his stance, making her efforts futile. He was laughing with great amusement, “Come on! Come again! Are you not eating or have you not eaten enough? Is this all the strength you have?”
Seeing his provocation, Chu Qiao really wanted to hit him!
She rolled up her sleeves and was about to go for his face when a voice echoed from behind, “Isn’t this Miss Chu Qiao? What a coincidence, running into you here too. Oh, right, didn’t Miss Chu say she was going home to read scripts tonight? How did you end up here?”
Upon hearing this voice, Chu Qiao instinctively flinched her shoulders and slowly turned around, “Qichi? You, how are you here?”
At this moment, Xiao Yi also arrived.
Seeing Xiao Yi, she also froze, “God Yi? How are you here? Is everyone here? What, is there an awards ceremony today too?”