Gao Jianfei never dreamed that Liang Xiaoru would come to his house right after finishing her concert, probably without even having a late-night snack!
That's unbelievable!
If Gao Jianfei hadn't sensed the aura of internal martial arts from Liang Xiaoru and Lao Pang, he might have genuinely believed they were there to visit him. In that case, Gao Jianfei would have warmly welcomed them and acted as a good host. But now…
A master of internal martial arts!
That's without a doubt! Lao Pang's aura is similar to Li Yun's; while Liang Xiaoru's aura is half that of Zheng Cuiyun.
Gao Jianfei looked at Liang Xiaoru with a cold smile, remaining silent. A thought flashed through his mind... "Hmm? No wonder Liang Xiaoru suddenly changed the concert originally scheduled for D City to a third-tier city like China. So, it's all aimed at me! Which force is this? Fine! Since they've come to my doorstep, then I'll play along to the end!"
Seeing Gao Jianfei's cold gaze, Liang Xiaoru felt a chill run down her spine, and she was also somewhat displeased. She had been spoiled and pampered by Lao Pang since childhood. She held the dual titles of a top female singer in the Chinese music scene and a master of internal martial arts, and her career had been smooth sailing; she had never had to defer to anyone. In her personal life, Lao Pang and his assistants had taken care of everything perfectly. Therefore, seeing Gao Jianfei's attitude and expression today made her unhappy.
Old Pang smiled awkwardly and ingratiatingly. Old Pang was a shrewd man. He understood the importance of meeting Gao Jianfei today better than Liang Xiaoru did!
The Wudang Sect leader personally instructed Old Pang: "First, investigate Gao Jianfei's background and power. Once it is discovered that the mysterious family behind Gao Jianfei has powerful influence, then do everything possible to win Gao Jianfei over!"
Old Pang understood perfectly what the Wudang Sect leader meant by "at all costs." In other words, the matter concerned the rise and fall of the Wudang Sect. If the price of winning over Gao Jianfei was Old Pang's immediate death, he wouldn't even flinch!
He was a disciple personally taught by the leader of the Wudang Sect and was well aware of the heavy responsibility he bore.
"Mr. Gao, do you think we could sit down and have a proper chat?" Old Pang said to Gao Jianfei with a smile.
At this moment, Chen Xian recovered from her extreme shock and astonishment. She ran straight to Liang Xiaoru's side, feeling somewhat uneasy yet excited, and said, "Miss Liang, how did you get to my house? Please... please sit down."
Although Liang Xiaoru is the same age as Chen Xian, Liang Xiaoru entered the music scene at the age of 12 and began singing classic love songs at the age of 18. At that time, when Chen Xian was in college, she would listen to Liang Xiaoru's songs to fall asleep in her dormitory at night, and she was deeply moved by them.
Liang Xiaoru is Chen Xian's idol. Seeing her in person, Chen Xian was indeed a little flustered.
"Oh, don't be so polite. It's really inconvenient to visit so late at night." In front of Chen Xian, Liang Xiaoru still maintained the social etiquette expected of a celebrity.
"Xiaoxian, you should go back to your room and rest first," Gao Jianfei said directly to Chen Xian.
"Huh?" Chen Xian was taken aback. She glanced at Gao Jianfei's face and noticed his serious expression. Although she admired Liang Xiaoru, she dared not go against her man's wishes. Therefore, she reluctantly said goodbye to Liang Xiaoru and returned to the bedroom.
“Uh… Mr. Gao, then, shall we sit down and have a proper chat?” Seeing Chen Xian leave, Old Pang was also ready to talk to Gao Jianfei about some personal matters.
Gao Jianfei, however, was unmoved… “Alright, you should all leave now! Immediately!”
"This..." Old Pang didn't expect Gao Jianfei to have such a bad temper, showing no respect at all. His face turned bright red instantly.
"Hmph! Uncle Pang, let's go! Since he doesn't welcome us!" Liang Xiaoru's spoiled princess temper flared up, and she was determined to fight for every inch of ground.
In fact, Gao Jianfei was by no means an unreasonable person. Although he didn't know the other party's background or whether they were friend or foe, Gao Jianfei generally wouldn't hit a smiling face. However, the fact that two masters of internal martial arts had sneaked into his home through the city mayor's connections ignited an instinctive displeasure in Gao Jianfei!
Family is the untouchable sore spot in Gao Jianfei's heart!
Subconsciously, Gao Jianfei absolutely would not allow any internal martial arts master to come to his home! Because his family members would have no ability to resist any internal martial arts master, even one with a very low level of skill!
"This... Mr. Gao, please hear me out. We mean no harm!" Old Pang stopped Liang Xiaoru from about to explode with a look, cold sweat dripping down his forehead, and said to Gao Jianfei, "This... we just want to talk to Mr. Gao, and besides, it's so late, it seems a bit inconvenient for us to leave now..."
The dozen or so Wudang Taoist priests who infiltrated ZG City have all been killed. Old Pang also knows that there are people from the Holy Land secretly monitoring and protecting Gao Jianfei in ZG City. Although Old Pang and Liang Xiaoru entered Gao Jianfei's house secretly, partly to conceal their identities as Wudang sect members, they dare not leave Gao Jianfei's house now. They are also afraid that there are experts from the Holy Land monitoring them outside the community, or even inside the community.
Seeing the increasing cold sweat on Lao Pang's forehead, and Liang Xiaoru's delicate and pretty face flushed red with anger, Gao Jianfei's resentment seemed to ease a bit. He thought that if the other party really had malicious intent, then they could have kidnapped his family while he was away from home.
Therefore, Gao Jianfei's attitude became less forceful. "I don't care about you guys. Anyway, I'm going to sleep."
After saying that, Gao Jianfei went to the bathroom to take a shower and went to bed without paying any attention to Lao Pang and Liang Xiaoru.
Gao Jianfei lay on the bed, holding Chen Xian as they slept, his hands roaming restlessly over her delicate skin. However, Gao Jianfei was also using his hearing to its limit, constantly monitoring the movements of Old Pang and Liang Xiaoru in the living room outside. If anything seemed amiss, Gao Jianfei would rush out immediately to nip any potential trouble in the bud!
"Jianfei, what do you think Miss Liang and her agent are doing at our house?" Chen Xian said softly. "Could it really be to visit you? I just thought about it, and it doesn't make sense. What would they want to visit in the middle of the night?" Even Chen Xian noticed the problem.
"That's why I treated them so badly." Gao Jianfei patted Chen Xian's head. "Don't worry, tomorrow I'll find a chance to talk to them alone and ask them directly why they came to see me. As for tonight, let them just make do!"
In the living room.
Liang Xiaoru sat on the sofa, pouting. Old Pang sat beside her, frowning, muttering to himself. "Sigh, perhaps Mr. Gao is somewhat displeased that we visited his home without his permission. Sigh, to be honest, we were indeed a bit rash. But..." Old Pang was a very cautious man; he didn't want to come in during the day to see Gao Jianfei, ultimately worried about being monitored by the Holy Land's people. After all, the Wudang Sect had already lost over a dozen disciples in ZG City!
To put it bluntly, with their cultivation levels, Lao Pang and Liang Xiaoru would be easily exposed by experts from the Holy Land. Therefore, they had no choice but to come in the dark.
"Uncle Pang, Gao Jianfei is really too arrogant! Too haughty and too overbearing!" Liang Xiaoru said indignantly. "We didn't do anything to him. I sang for three and a half hours and I was already very tired. I rushed over to visit him and waited here for more than an hour, and he actually turned us away... That's too much!" After saying that, Liang Xiaoru's stomach rumbled.
She was hungry.
As the saying goes, "Sing when you're full, but not when you're hungry." Before her concert, she didn't even eat dinner to avoid affecting her performance. Although she had practiced internal martial arts, jumping and dancing on stage for several hours had taken a toll on her physical strength, and now her stomach was finally protesting.
Liang Xiaoru touched her stomach with one hand, and glanced awkwardly at Uncle Pang, wanting to say something, but then hesitated.
Old Pang said, "Xiao Ru, let's not worry about Mr. Gao's attitude for now. In short, I'm going to give you a piece of advice: never offend Mr. Gao. If he gives us the cold shoulder, we have to endure it; even if he scolds us, we have to smile and be polite."
"No way? Uncle Pang, what is Master's purpose in sending us to ZG City to find Gao Jianfei? Why can't we offend him? We'd rather suffer ourselves than offend him?" Liang Xiaoru said with a bitter face.
Old Pang said solemnly, "Xiao Ru, there are some things I didn't explain to you clearly before we came to ZG City. Now, I'm telling you, Gao Jianfei could very well affect the rise and fall, the honor and disgrace, and even the life and death of our Wudang Sect! Also, don't be fooled by the calm surface of ZG City; the hidden dangers are considerable! More than a dozen of your senior brothers have been... killed in ZG City... Well, I don't want to say any more, and don't ask any more questions. In short, now that we're at Gao Jianfei's house, let's stay here unless necessary. Until we have a formal negotiation with Gao Jianfei, let's not leave his house. It's safe here!"
Seeing Old Pang's serious expression, Liang Xiaoru stuck out her tongue. "Well, Uncle Pang, since that's how it is, I'll put up with him! But... I'm so hungry!"
Liang Xiaoru stood up, looked around for a while, and then walked straight towards Gao Jianfei's kitchen.
I turned on the kitchen light, opened the refrigerator door, and started rummaging through it.
After searching for a long time, I only found a few packets of instant noodles, a plate of sweet and sour carp that I had eaten a little bit of, and a plate of cold-cooked rabbit.
She took all the food out and then started fiddling with the microwave.
Old Pang knew that Liang Xiaoru was indeed hungry, and he couldn't stop her, so he sat on the sofa and carefully lit a cigarette.
Gao Jianfei was lying in bed when he heard someone operating the microwave in the kitchen. He put on his pajamas, jumped out of bed, patted Chen Xian's head, and then left the bedroom.
The living room was filled with smoke. Old Pang was smoking when he saw Gao Jianfei come out. He quickly stood up and gave a dry laugh.
Gao Jianfei frowned, then rushed into the kitchen.
Liang Xiaoru was seen munching on cold rabbit while cooking noodles.
"You really think this is your own home?" Gao Jianfei scratched his head, a little displeased.
"Hey!" Liang Xiaoru turned around. "How did you appear out of nowhere! You startled me!"
In the kitchen, under the incandescent light, Liang Xiaoru had a beautiful figure and exquisite features without a single flaw. The neckline of her clothes was low, revealing a section of her snow-white skin and a shallow cleavage.
"What are you doing?" Liang Xiaoru was quite perceptive and noticed that Gao Jianfei was deliberately looking at her chest, so she asked warily.
Gao Jianfei found it ridiculous... Just a few hours ago, this woman was surrounded by tens of thousands of fans, performing her hit songs with deep emotion, radiating an aura of fame; but now, she was at home, stealing his own cold-cooked rabbit and even cooking noodles!
Life really is unpredictable!
Gao Jianfei knew that Liang Xiaoru and Lao Pang had come with ulterior motives, so he didn't stand on ceremony and went straight to Liang Xiaoru's side. Liang Xiaoru flinched in fright, but immediately remembered that she practiced internal martial arts and had nothing to fear from Gao Jianfei. She said confidently, "I'm hungry, let me cook some noodles."
At that moment, Old Pang rushed in from the living room, "Mr. Gao, you..."
"Alright, get out. Don't shout, you might wake my family." Gao Jianfei interrupted Lao Pang. "I want to have a few words with this big star who touched my things without my permission."
Old Pang chuckled awkwardly, gave Liang Xiaoru a wink, and reminded her, "Xiaoru, Mr. Gao is a good friend of ours, so don't offend him. Don't make Mr. Gao angry!" After saying that, he left the kitchen.
Liang Xiaoru took a deep breath, trying to soften her expression. "It's just a packet of instant noodles, why are you being so fierce?"
"In fact, your behavior is extremely impolite. You have very poor manners," Gao Jianfei said sarcastically. He had also seen the wink Lao Pang gave Liang Xiaoru just now. Gao Jianfei vaguely understood something… "These two guys seem genuinely afraid to offend me. Could it be that they need something from me?"
Therefore, Gao Jianfei wanted to provoke Liang Xiaoru to see if she was really willing to tolerate anything and if she really dared not offend him.
"You! That's going too far!" Liang Xiaoru said angrily. But she quickly suppressed her anger and forced an unnatural smile. "I'll tolerate it! It was wrong of me to take your instant noodles without your permission. I'll give you the money later, consider it as me buying them, okay?"
"Ha, you tolerate me?" Gao Jianfei was speechless. He sat at the dining table and watched the big star cook noodles.
After cooking the noodles and adding the seasonings, Liang Xiaoru sat down at the table and began to eat heartily, clearly starving.
Just then, Old Pang walked in again. He saw Gao Jianfei and Liang Xiaoru sitting at the dining table, so he quickly sat down as well. Taking this opportunity, he whispered, "Mr. Gao, actually, Xiaoru and I came here with no ill intentions. However, there are some things I need to discuss with you frankly. To be honest, it is a great honor for us to be here and to meet you in person!"
Gao Jianfei smiled. "May I interpret this as you two need my help with something, right?"
“Uh…” Old Pang hesitated for a moment, then thought for a few seconds and said with a wry smile, “Well… Mr. Gao, you can understand it this way. If I were asking for your help, that would make sense. Speaking of which…”
Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers. "Okay, since you're asking for my help, then you have to pay a price! Hmm, let's not talk about anything else for now. After this big star finishes her noodles, I'll have her spend the night with me. I've never tried being with a celebrity before, okay?"
"Huh?" Old Pang was stunned!
"Pfft..." Liang Xiaoru spat out a mouthful of noodles, which, along with the soup, sprayed towards Gao Jianfei's face!
Chapter 397 Cooperation?
Chapter 397 Cooperation?
Gao Jianfei slightly tilted his head, easily dodging the soup and noodles that Liang Xiaoru had inadvertently sprayed at him. Then, he watched with great interest the reactions of Liang Xiaoru and Lao Pang.
Gao Jianfei's comment about wanting Liang Xiaoru to spend the night with him was purely a joke. It was also a way of getting revenge on those two inexplicable guys! Although their breaking into his house might not have been for any ulterior motive, their methods still annoyed Gao Jianfei… Good heavens! They even came to his door through connections with the city mayor! In the middle of the night!
"Huff...huff...huff..." Liang Xiaoru's eyes were bloodshot, like an enraged lioness, glaring angrily at Gao Jianfei. For a woman like Liang Xiaoru, sheltered and delicate, she had never imagined that a man would make such a bizarre and humiliating request to her face-to-face! Never! In her ten years in the industry, nothing like this had ever happened!
Although celebrities are prone to encountering such unspoken rules, Lao Pang's secret identity is that of a disciple of the Wudang Sect. He is capable, resourceful, and well-connected. Whenever any young master from a wealthy family or a high-ranking executive from a record company shows even the slightest interest in pursuing Liang Xiaoru, Lao Pang will directly step in and resolve the matter, so Liang Xiaoru won't have to worry about it at all!
Now, Gao Jianfei's sudden remark enraged Old Pang! However, he quickly suppressed his anger, his body trembling, his eyes filled with a thoughtful expression.
"What did you just say? Say it again if you dare!" Liang Xiaoru slammed her noodle bowl on the table, stood up abruptly, and her inner strength surged from her dantian, ready to slap Gao Jianfei at any moment! She even dared to knock out a few of his teeth!
Of course, Liang Xiaoru didn't know that Gao Jianfei was also a master of internal martial arts. At her level, and even at Lao Pang's level, no one could tell the depth of Gao Jianfei's cultivation.
"Tsk tsk, you want to hit someone?" Gao Jianfei didn't take Liang Xiaoru's anger seriously at all.
At this moment, Old Pang gritted his teeth and quickly grabbed Liang Xiaoru, who had already gone berserk, and whispered repeatedly, "Xiaoru! Calm down! Calm down! Remember, you must not offend Mr. Gao! You must not offend him!"
Liang Xiaoru listened to Lao Pang. Although she was burning with anger, she was pulled back down to her seat by Lao Pang.
"Ahem... Mr. Gao, please don't make such jokes, okay?" Old Pang said with a forced smile.
Old Pang's forbearance and willingness to compromise reminded Gao Jianfei of the eunuchs in Qing Dynasty dramas he had seen on television.
"Seriously? They're still putting up with this?" Gao Jianfei found it both laughable and absurd. "What exactly do they need my help with?"
"I'm not joking!" Gao Jianfei continued to test Lao Pang's patience. "I went to Miss Liang's concert just now, and it was very interesting. Miss Liang has a very gentle voice and is beautiful. It's normal for me to have some improper thoughts about her. Okay, I'll stay with you for one night. After tonight, I promise I won't bother Miss Liang anymore. How about it?"
"Go to hell!" Liang Xiaoru cursed, completely abandoning any semblance of celebrity decorum.
Old Pang held Liang Xiaoru down tightly with one hand, afraid that she would lose her temper and attack Gao Jianfei.
Gao Jianfei merely chuckled with amusement. His gaze deliberately swept over Liang Xiaoru's two not-so-small breasts.
"This... Mr. Gao, are you really not joking?" Old Pang asked cautiously.
"I'm not joking... What kind of joke would I be making with you? I'm not one to joke!" Gao Jianfei said with a faint smile. "It's just one night, nothing to Miss Liang, right?"
"I see!" Old Pang hurriedly said before Liang Xiaoru could start cursing, "Mr. Gao, Xiaoru is a good girl, unlike those entertainment stars you imagine! Xiaoru only sings, she doesn't do anything shady. However..." Old Pang's forehead was covered in sweat, and he changed the subject. "If Mr. Gao really likes Xiaoru, he can date her first. As for your suggestion of a one-night stand, that's really hard to accept!"
Is it okay to date?
Gao Jianfei was speechless!
This old Pang has actually compromised to this extent!