"Fighting a duel?!"
Baby wants to fight a duel?
This isn't something Baby would do!
Mo Qiyu swallowed and repeated, "You? Song Zhekun? A duel?"
Ming Zheng looked at Mo Qiyu, who was incredulous on the screen, and said, "Mm."
"Then Song Zhekun is finished tonight!" How desperate must one be to duel Baby? Someone like Song Zhekun, whom Baby could defeat with a single finger!
Ming Zheng narrowed her dark eyes. "Are you going or not?"
"Going, going, going! How could I not go when Baby wants to duel?" Mo Qiyu puffed out his chest and patted it. "Even if I don't need to make a move, I can be Baby's cheerleader, cheering and encouraging Baby!"
He was extremely excited, slapped the table, and said, "It's almost dinner time anyway. Baby, let's go, I'll treat you to a meal! We can discuss tonight's plan in person!"
Ming Zheng touched her stomach.
She had just eaten a lot of breakfast and wasn't hungry.
But...
She had indeed planned to meet Mo Qiyu and also needed to ask what that video call this morning meant.
She thought for a moment. "Let's go to Zui Xian Lou then."
The breakfast Chi Xian bought tasted very much to her liking.
Mo Qiyu: "...Baby, aren't you making things difficult for me?"
What kind of place was Zui Xian Lou?
It was Xia Du's premier private kitchen.
It was a place where you had to book half a month in advance just to have a meal!
Mo Qiyu pouted, muttering under his breath as if complaining.
But less than two minutes after the video call ended.
Mo Qiyu sent over a private room number along with a smug emoji.
[Domineering President Yu]: Baby, booked it!
When Ming Zheng walked out of the computer room, the aunt had already tidied up the living room.
The aunt pointed to a set of broken teacups, carefully packed in a box: "Miss Ming, as per your request, all the fragments have been collected here."
Ming Zheng nodded and thanked her.
Then she sat on the sofa, took out a pen, wrote an address on a piece of paper, took out a hundred-yuan bill, and gave it to the aunt along with the address.
"Pack this box of fragments and mail it to this address."
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When Ming Zheng arrived at Zui Xian Lou, a very familiar piece of music reached her ears.
A deep male voice was softly singing a highly popular song.
Ming Zheng paused, tilting her head slightly.
She saw a large screen hanging outside Zui Xian Lou playing a promotional video for a talent show.
And standing at the center of the mentor lineup was a man with messy, flaxen-colored short hair, wearing a leather top with many trendy elements. The tassels hanging down swayed gently with his movements.
The man's handsome, unruly eyes were both arrogant and cool.
It was indeed a face that could easily captivate people.
This man...
Was the popular star of Xia Guo, the second young master Ming, Ming Huai Zhi.
Ming Zheng's second elder brother.
No, more accurately, Ming Zhi Rou's second elder brother.
As expected of a top star.
Throughout the entire promotional video, other mentors occupied 10%, contestants 20%, and the rest was all Ming Huai Zhi's face.
Ming Zheng clicked her tongue.
Feeling a bit unlucky.
Everywhere she went, she saw Ming family members.
Lingering like ghosts.
Ming Zheng withdrew her gaze, preparing to enter Zui Xian Lou.
Suddenly, a sharp voice sounded from behind her: "Yo, isn't this Ming Zheng?"
Ming Zheng turned her head to look.
She saw a woman dressed in gaudy and luxurious attire, walking towards her with several other women dressed in similar expensive outfits.
The woman leading the group, the one who had called her, was someone Ming Zheng recognized.
Ming Zhi Rou's best friend and little follower, Miss Lu Man Qin from the second-tier Lu family.
The Lu family itself was not a prominent clan.
It was just that the Lu family's elder had been teaching at the Imperial Capital Academy and was very capable, serving as one of the Imperial Capital's esteemed scholars.
This, in turn, had elevated the Lu family's status, allowing them to join the ranks of second-tier families.
This Lu Man Qin had always followed Ming Zhi Rou around and also had a good relationship with her several brothers from the Lu family.
To curry favor with Ming Zhi Rou, she had often bullied Ming Zheng.
In the past, out of consideration for the Ming family, Ming Zheng hadn't bothered with Lu Man Qin.
To Lu Man Qin, who had been brainwashed by Ming Zhi Rou and believed Ming Zheng was not favored in the Ming family, this meant Ming Zheng was humble and timid, not daring to get angry.
Seeing Ming Zheng now, staring blankly at the face of Ming Huai Zhi on the large screen, she became angry.
Furthermore, she had several close friends behind her.
Lu Man Qin naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to show off in front of her friends.
She stepped in her high heels and walked with her sisters to Ming Zheng.
She raised her phone, pointing the screen at Ming Zheng.
On the screen was Ming Zheng, who had just tilted her head up and was engrossed in watching Ming Huai Zhi's promotional video on the large screen.
This video was being sent into a chat window.
The remark above the chat window was clearly—
[Brother Huai Zhi]
Lu Man Qin sent this video to Ming Huai Zhi.
Ming Huai Zhi was probably resting, as he replied quickly.
[Brother Huai Zhi]: ?
[Brother Huai Zhi]: Don't show me her, it's disgusting.
Two consecutive messages entered Ming Zheng's sight.
Lu Man Qin put her phone away. Upon seeing the replies, her eyes lit up, and a hint of girlish shyness appeared on her cheeks.
She quickly held her phone and typed a reply to Ming Huai Zhi.
After replying, she arrogantly raised her head and smiled mockingly at Ming Zheng. "Ming Zheng, see? Brother Huai Zhi thinks you're disgusting."
"No matter how infatuated you are with Brother Huai Zhi, it's useless. Brother Huai Zhi is the sun in the sky, a light you can never reach."
She sneered and then turned to her sisters behind her. "Look at her just now, staring at Brother Huai Zhi. Doesn't she look like a little dog begging its owner for pity?"
Her sisters nodded repeatedly, bursting into laughter.
Lu Man Qin clicked her tongue and scanned Ming Zheng with a condescending look. "Stop daydreaming. Brother Huai Zhi will always belong to Zhi Rou!"
Ming Zheng: "..."
She had merely found Ming Huai Zhi irritating.
She only glanced at him.
In their eyes, it became her staring blankly at Ming Huai Zhi?
They had such vivid imaginations?
She glanced at the blush on Lu Man Qin's cheeks. Even while shouting at her, her eyes kept darting to her phone, clearly waiting for Ming Huai Zhi's reply.
These girlish thoughts were exceptionally obvious.
Lu Man Qin was willing to be Ming Zhi Rou's little follower, not only to cling to the Ming family but also, to a large extent, because of Ming Huai Zhi.
Ming Zheng casually raised her eyebrows and said in a cool, indifferent tone, "Mm, Ming Zhi Rou's Brother Huai Zhi."
Her calm and indifferent tone suggested she didn't care whose brother Ming Huai Zhi was.
Lu Man Qin frowned.
Just as she was about to mock her, she heard Ming Zheng say in a cool, indifferent tone, "But have you forgotten, Ming Zhi Rou is not of the Ming family bloodline."