Qian Xiaoke felt aggrieved.
From childhood to adulthood, no one had ever praised him for being smart, but people often praised him for being good-looking and cute.
He knew that although he was not the reincarnation of Daji1Daji was the favourite consort of King Zhou of Shang, the last king of the Shang dynasty in ancient China. In legends and fictions, she is portrayed as a malevolent fox spirit who kills and impersonates the real Daji. Her identification as a fox spirit seems to have originated from at least the Tang dynasty. who could captivate anyone with his smile, he certainly wasn’t ugly. Jiang Tongyan was definitely seeking revenge on him.
Qian Xiaoke always had a good temper, but the only thing he could not tolerate was others saying he was ugly. However, now that he was in the company and this person was sitting in the boss’s office, Qian Xiaoke had to endure it.
He walked in angrily and served tea and water to the ‘guest’ in a very professional manner.
Jiang Tongyan watched him with a breath held, thinking to himself: I’d better not drink this water; who knows if this little trickster has spat into it.
Jiang Tongyan was a cautious person and would not give the enemy any opportunity to retaliate.
To the casual observer, these two seemed like there was nothing much going on, but in reality, there were undercurrents beneath the surface. Cheng Sen, sitting on the side, was thoroughly entertained, feeling as though he was watching a brilliant pantomime, one that he couldn’t even buy a ticket to see.
Cheng Sen was smart. No matter how the two pretended to be strangers, he didn’t believe that they really had no story.
He didn’t ask questions or interfere; he just let the two of them carry on with their antics.
After returning to the front desk, Qian Xiaoke was upset. He would ask anyone who passed by him, “Am I ugly?”
The answer was, without exception, “No! How can our company’s mascot be ugly!”
As the mascot, Qian Xiaoke was still unhappy, and pulled the colleague who liked to gossip and asked, “What do you think of my appearance?”
“The little face is still good.” The colleague said, “It’s just that the butt is a little flat.”
Then, the colleague began to tell him that a plastic surgery hospital had opened in a certain place that could do buttocks filling, and he suggested that Qian Xiaoke save money and go for one.
Qian Xiaoke: “You go, I have to continue working!”
He would never spend money on that kind of place, not in this life!
However, while sorting out the express delivery to be sent today, he was thinking: Is my butt really so flat that it needs to be filled?
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When Jiang Tongyan and Cheng Sen came out of the office, it was already lunchtime. Qian Xiaoke was sitting there eating his spicy hot pot.
Although he was in a bad mood, he still had to eat.
When Jiang Tongyan passed by him, he smelled the smell and was a little curious. He pretended to take a casual look.
Qian Xiaoke raised his eyes and glared at him, thinking: What are you looking at?!
“What is this food?” Jiang Tongyan turned around and asked Cheng Sen.
It smells pretty good!
When Qian Xiaoke heard it, he complained in his heart: Are all rich people so ignorant? They don’t even know about spicy hot pot?
“Malatang2spicy hot pot.” Cheng Sen said, “Do you want to try it?”
“I’m not eating that,” Jiang Tongyan said, contradicting his true feelings, “It doesn’t even look good.”
Qian Xiaoke rolled his eyes, and after the two entered the elevator, he said, “So sheltered! I despise you!”
After Jiang Tongyan left, Qian Xiaoke felt that the air in the company became fresher–although this fresh smell was actually spicy hotpot-flavoured.
Of course, he also heard from his colleagues that the person they previously suspected to be Chairman Cheng’s affair partner was actually Jiang Tongyan. It turned out there was no affair at all—Cheng Sen had personally gone to pick up Jiang Tongyan and bring him to the company.
The misunderstanding was resolved, and Qian Xiaoke no longer had to think about whether he would lose his job.
For the rest of the afternoon, he didn’t see their Chairman Cheng at all. He stayed at his post, handling over a dozen deliveries and answering five phone calls. Then, when the time came, he happily and contentedly clocked out for the day.
The world without Jiang Tongyan was a real paradise.
When Qian Xiaoke went downstairs, he thought: Let’s not continue this bad fate. Please, God, don’t let us meet again!
He was really afraid—afraid that Jiang Tongyan would make him responsible.
Qian Xiaoke walked out of the office building and walked towards the subway station. While walking, he scanned the snack shops on the roadside with his eyes, thinking about what to eat in the evening.
What to eat in the morning? What to eat at noon? What to eat at night?
These were the three most confusing things for modern humans.
Sometimes, there was no coincidence.
Just a few minutes ago, Qian Xiaoke was thinking he never wanted to see Jiang Tongyan again and that even if he did, he’d keep a ten-meter distance. But he quickly forgot the promise he made to himself.
When he passed by the spicy hot pot restaurant he often went to, he actually saw the familiar yet strange, handsome but somewhat difficult-to-describe figure.
What did this guy say at noon?
“It doesn’t even look good.”— Qian Xiaoke still remembers this sentence!
After all this time, the rich were also honest in words.
He originally didn’t intend to provoke the other party, but suddenly thought of being called ugly by this guy today, and he couldn’t get over it.
Some people’s words could be forgiven, but some people and some words were absolutely unforgivable.
Saying that he was ugly was unforgivable.
Qian Xiaoke would not only not forgive him but would also go over to ridicule him!
Qian Xiaoke walked into the spicy hot pot restaurant, straightened his back, and walked towards Jiang Tongyan.
“Hey! Who is this!” Qian Xiaoke pretended to be surprised and looked at Jiang Tongyan, “This is not… This is not that… That…”
Jiang Tongyan turned his head when he heard the voice, and his eyes almost fell out when he saw Qian Xiaoke.
“Isn’t this Shen Huiming!” Qian Xiaoke did it on purpose. He was so deliberate.
Although he knew that revenge would never end, he felt that it was not a gentleman not to take revenge.
In Jiang Tongyan’s world, Shen Huiming was not a taboo at first, but then it was, all because of this Qian Xiaoke.
“…What did you say?” Jiang Tongyan stared at the person in front of him, his voice as cold as a big ice cube just taken out of the freezer.
Qian Xiaoke was frozen by his tone, and on the night of early autumn, he couldn’t help but shiver.
“I… Humph.” Qian Xiaoke was scared because the man’s eyes were a bit scary.
In fact, Qian Xiaoke was a coward. When he encountered something, he was very good at running away, and it was definitely not okay to confront him head-on.
He leaned aside guiltily and muttered softly, “I-I recognised the wrong person.”
“Recognised the wrong person?”
Jiang Tongyan was irritated. Qian Xiaoke took a step, and he followed, pressing step by step, with no intention of giving up.
He thought Qian Xiaoke was really interesting. He hadn’t settled accounts with this little liar yet, but this guy actually came to pick a fight first. It was obvious that he didn’t want to have an easy life.
Qian Xiaoke was a little panicked, and he suddenly realised that ‘one would not be in trouble had one not asked for it’ is definitely a wise saying.
Why did he even bother?
Being called ugly wouldn’t make his butt shrink by two inches; if the person wanted to say it, so be it.
Now he was cornered, and if things had really turned into a fight later…
He recalled the man’s muscles and felt that he had no chance of winning.
Just when Qian Xiaoke was anxious and guilty, he was suddenly hugged by the shoulders.
Qian Xiaoke was shocked. His body was straight, like a zombie. He turned to look at Jiang Tongyan, “Big brother, what’s the matter?”
Jiang Tongyan smiled at him, “Why call me brother, so polite.”
Qian Xiaoke thought this man might be possessed, otherwise, why would he suddenly become so… amiable?
Jiang Tongyan was certainly not possessed, but he found another way to get revenge.
Life was too boring. It seemed like a good thing to tease this guy who make fun of him and hurt him.
“What do you want to eat?” Jiang Tongyan pinched his shoulders hard, “This gege will treat you.”
This gege will treat you, depending on whether you dare to eat.
Qian Xiaoke should have run away at this time, but when he heard that someone was treating him, Qian Xiaoke suddenly wavered.
“How about this?” Jiang Tongyan pointed to the ‘Deluxe Spicy Hotpot’ on the sign and said, “36 yuan a bowl of spicy hotpot, worthy of your honourable status?”
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