Yes, Cheng Qing only lost two out of nine matches, one of which was against Losi.
Unexpectedly, Luo Xi cared about this. Cheng Qing was taken aback for a moment, but quickly smiled brightly: "Can you promise me you won't be angry?"
Losi turned her head away, but still nodded.
Cheng Qing then looked at her and sighed, "I know you're competitive, but Losi, if it's a contest with you, I'll always choose paper." Because Losi likes to choose scissors first, and I... am willing to lose.
Luo Xi blushed and didn't say anything more. She pointed to the house behind Cheng Qing and said, "This one is nicely decorated, and there are eggs to eat. This is the one!"
Luo Xi wasn't angry, so Cheng Qing smiled calmly and replied, "Okay."
Author's Note:
The poem quotes Wang Wei's
Thank you everyone for your support and for the "throwing tantrums" (*￣︶￣), thank you for liking Orange (づ￣ 3￣)づ
Chapter 74
Cheng Qing helped Luo Xi settle on a house, and the others also chose their own houses.
There are five houses standing side by side. Behind each house is a vegetable garden of one acre, which extends all the way to a low hill.
In front of the house is a clear stream; the original residents dug ditches to divert water into their vegetable gardens. A cement bridge over the stream connects to the roadside road, which is only two lanes wide and doesn't seem very large.
Opposite the house is a row of small buildings with two shops on the ground floor. Behind the buildings opposite is a mountain, which is quite low, and you can see vegetable gardens planted by farmers halfway up the mountain.
The house Cheng Qing chose had a large yard in front, where she set aside a plot of land to raise six hens. There was a warehouse on the first floor filled with feed for the hens.
This is one of the reasons why Cheng Qing likes this place; she doesn't need to find food for these hens separately.
In addition, the family dug a well, built a rockery, and installed a wooden swing chair. The overall style is a luxurious pastoral aesthetic that looks relaxing but doesn't compromise on quality of life.
The house's interior was also glittering, though in Losi's opinion, the decor was rather tacky. But you couldn't help it being the best-decorated of the five houses, and naturally, it would be the most convenient and comfortable place to live.
Kong Mingyan had his staff bring luggage for the two of them; in fact, besides two bags, there were only two suitcases. Autumn clothes weren't too thick, and the suitcases also contained some commonly used skincare products.
After the staff left, only the cameraman stayed behind to film Cheng Qing and Luo Xi.
Seeing the staff leave, Cheng Qing reached out to push the luggage. Luo Xi also calmed down; she had always known Cheng Qing's words were sweet, but when she became ruthless, they were like needles.
Therefore, she did not let Cheng Qing's sweet words make her feel better.
Instead, when Cheng Qing reached out to help, she quickly snatched her suitcase and stared at Cheng Qing with an arrogant look.
Cheng Qing chuckled, but didn't press the matter, pushing her suitcase ahead to lead the way. She had noticed this when she was showing Luo Xi the apartment earlier, and knew that the film crew had arranged for them to have a room on the second floor.
Therefore, upon entering the lobby, they carried their luggage upstairs. Losi, not to be outdone, also carried her own luggage upstairs.
Hearing the straining sounds behind her, Cheng Qing turned around and glanced at her, asking, "Shall I help you carry it up in a bit?"
Losi looked up and glared at her: "Who do you think you are!"
Cheng Qing chuckled softly and said gently, "No, I just wanted to help you." The sunlight was so beautiful, and it always seemed to favor Cheng Qing. The halo surrounding her always added to her beauty.
Lossie snorted, silently warning herself: she's all sweet talk and a treacherous heart.
After thinking it over, he carried his luggage with even more force and followed behind Cheng Qing, as if this would prove his strength.
The second floor has two adjacent rooms, not much different, each with a balcony. One is the master bedroom with an ensuite bathroom, while the other has a shared bathroom located outside the room.
Cheng Qing placed the suitcase at the door and then let Luo Xi choose first.
Losi refused to choose and questioned Cheng Qing, "Why should I choose first?"
[Hahaha, my princess's arrogance towards Teacher Cheng has no reason left.]
Now I don't even give Teacher Cheng a friendly look _(:з」∠)_
[It's because Teacher Cheng "abandoned" her; the princess is still angry!]
[Hahaha, Teacher Cheng's blank expression is just hilarious.]
Cheng Qing knew Luo Xi was angry, but she hadn't expected her to be this angry. She paused for a moment, then said, "Then I'll choose first?"
Luo Xi frowned, looked up at Cheng Qing, and said with great dissatisfaction, "Why do you have to choose first? Why should you?"
Cameraman: "..."
[Hahaha, this is a life-or-death question.]
I think Professor Cheng is about to kneel down.
I'm curious how Professor Cheng will overcome this difficult situation?
Cheng Qing pondered for a moment, then chuckled softly, her eyes filled with alluring charm as she stared at Luo Xi.
Feeling guilty under her gaze, Losi stammered, "What...what are you looking at?"
Cheng Qing parted her thin lips slightly, and a gentle, soothing voice flowed out: "Otherwise, let's not choose, let's sleep together!"
Bang
Luo Xi blushed instantly, while Cheng Qing leaned closer to her, gently coaxing, "Is this suggestion alright?"
Is it...okay? It's not like we've never slept together before!!! But now it's two people per group, and we only have one apartment for two people...
Lossie felt something was wrong, so she slapped Cheng Qing across the face and pushed the damned woman away.
That still didn't seem enough. She hurriedly entered a room and finally breathed a sigh of relief, calming her wildly beating heart.
Then he glared fiercely at Cheng Qing and said loudly, "I don't care."
Then the door slammed shut with a loud bang.
Cheng Qing shrugged and asked the cameraman behind her with a relaxed expression, "We've finished selecting our luggage. Now we need to pack our bags. We're not going to film the room too, are we?"
Cheng Qing had learned her lesson from not studying the law, so before coming this time she made sure to carefully read up on all aspects of common sense about the world.
I know that in today's variety shows, bedrooms are considered a private space and cannot be shown without consent.
The cameraman pouted, "This is a live broadcast, can you leave the door open so I can film it? So the netizens can see it?"
Cheng Qing closed the door with a smile.
Cameraman: "..." So...so heartless.
***
Cheng Qing didn't actually have much luggage to pack. Her suitcase only contained some changes of clothes and a few bottles of skincare products. She simply put everything into the closet, and that was it.
She checked the time; it was 12:30. She knew that once her stream ended, it would naturally move to someone else's channel.
Knowing that it would take at least half an hour for Luo Xi to tidy up, Cheng Qing simply took a half-hour nap.
As a result, when I came out of the room, I saw the cameraman's aggrieved face.
"You might not know this, but this live stream has an on-demand mode. The so-called on-demand mode means that you can choose which team to watch while watching the live stream, without having to wait for the camera to switch. In other words, the live stream is running even if you don't leave home for an hour."
Cheng Qing was greatly shocked, but even more speechless: "...Couldn't you have said something like this sooner?"
Cameraman: "The explanation was already very clear on the bus."
Cheng Qing, who hadn't listened at all, was speechless.
[Waaaaah, she really didn't listen to Director Kong's explanation.]
[Waaaaah, I stared at their bedroom door for an hour, can you believe it?]
[Yeah, I didn't dare change the channel while staring at the bedroom door.]
Why bother? I've started watching other movies, and I'm almost finished with them.
Cheng Qing was still feeling guilty. On the bus, Kong Mingyan must have explained the new model very carefully.
But at that time, she was completely focused on Losi, and she would fall into a deep sleep as soon as the car started moving.
In the past few days, she has been working with a lawyer to review the contract and has been traveling back and forth by plane.
Although she would come back no matter what the final contract was, Cheng Qing didn't want to be too badly hurt by the contract since she wanted to develop a good relationship with Luo Xi.
These past few busy days have meant I've barely had a full night's sleep. That's why I managed to drift off to sleep during Kong Mingyan's explanation.
"Um... I'll be more careful next time." Cheng Qing said sheepishly.
The cameraman suppressed a laugh: "It's alright. The director understands that your unwavering gaze isn't on him. After all, Losi is the undisputed beauty of the entertainment industry."
Cheng Qing blushed slightly at Kong Mingyan's teasing, and could only utter a faint "I think so too."
The cameraman was completely speechless and could only carry his heavy camera and follow her downstairs.
As Cheng Qing passed by Losi's room, she noticed the door was still closed and wondered, "She hasn't come out yet?"
The cameraman said, "She didn't sleep all night, she's probably in a deep sleep."
Cheng Qing was taken aback, feeling a pang of sadness: "Why aren't you asleep?"
The cameraman wasn't entirely sure, but he had a general idea: "I heard it was because her manager called and said something that made her so angry that she smashed her phone. Didn't you see the screen is cracked?"
I really didn't see that.
Cheng Qing didn't ask any more questions and turned to go downstairs. It was 1 p.m., so she could prepare a simple lunch before Luo Xi woke up.
As he spoke, Cheng Qing rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen, but the refrigerator was empty. After searching for a long time, Cheng Qing only found a packet of instant noodles in the shelf.
Cheng Qing: "..."
[Haha, poor Teacher Cheng, she was originally planning to show off her skills.]
The road to winning back his wife was long and arduous!
The comments section was filled with schadenfreude; no one sympathized with Cheng Qing.
Cheng Qing didn't make things difficult. She left the instant noodles in the kitchen, turned around, and went to the chicken coop. Sure enough, the eggs hadn't been collected yet; there were still four eggs in the coop.
Cheng Qing nimbly entered the chicken coop, grabbed the eggs, and ruthlessly returned to the kitchen.
Then, she took a vegetable basket from the kitchen cabinet, grabbed a kitchen knife, and went to the backyard. The villa had a front door and a back door, so she didn't need to go all the way around from the front door to get to the backyard.
The backyard door is right next to the living room. In the summer, when the door is open, it's very cool and ventilated on both sides.
There was a pair of new shoes by the door, probably for changing into when going to the vegetable garden in the backyard.
This family must be quite well-off; they grow most of the chickens in the front yard and the vegetables in the backyard for their own consumption.