novelraw Chapter 1270: Celebrity Showdown (9)
Chapter 1270: Celebrity Showdown (9)
Chapter 1270: Chapter 1270: Celebrity Showdown (9) With a huff, Dabai sat beside his wife: "In my next life, I’ll be both your husband and your brother."
Gu Nuan rolled her eyes at him: "Be both my husband and my brother? You should go learn some biology first!"
Dabai realized he was talking nonsense and covered his face with his hand.
Then he talked about the two little monkeys sleeping next door.
Lingxin raised her little hand to nudge her snoring brother: "Are you awake? Mingli, you’re going to be a star."
"A star?" Mingli blinked his sleepy little eyes, "Being a star is great. Do you get to eat lots of things? Can I shoot a McDonald’s commercial?"
Oh! Lingxin sighed softly.
He didn’t want to be any kind of star. But clearly, mom and dad had plans.
The news about the two monkeys becoming stars and endorsing for Changda soon reached Zhong Qiaohui. Zhong Qiaohui had combined the forces of the Zhong Family and the Zhang Family to form a working team. Because of this, Zhang Sanfeng had exhausted every resource to squeeze into her work team in any way possible.
Zhong Qiaohui was worried he’d reveal the plan to Gu Nuan, so she only let him do odd jobs. This fit perfectly with the lousy idea Dabai and Zhan Dapeng gave to Zhang Sanfeng.
A man in a wheelchair started making tea, brewing coffee, and cooking, just like Dabai did for his wife.
At first, Zhong Qiaohui didn’t think much of it, but once she noticed, she had already gotten used to the tea and coffee he brewed, and the curry fried rice he cooked.
When no one else was around, she questioned him: "How come I didn’t know you could cook?"
Zhang Sanfeng smiled bitterly: "That was a bad time in my life, and being a wheelchair-bound idle person, if I didn’t find some hobby, I’d have been bored to death."
"So you learned to cook?"
This proud man, choosing to cook as a hobby?
"Why not? Nowadays, many big stars cook for themselves. Food is the essential part of life. Making food is truly one of the most enjoyable things; I can teach you."
Now he’s willingly offering to teach her? Before, she would only face rejection when approaching him. Zhong Qiaohui had long run out of patience with Zhang Sanfeng; he had worn her down.
"I don’t have the time." Zhong Qiaohui refused outright.
Zhang Sanfeng didn’t persuade further, but went to make her a cup of floral tea. These past days she had been fighting with all her might because she understood her opponent better than anyone; no one was more aware of how formidable this opponent was.
"Hey—" Zhong Qiaohui suddenly looked up at his back as he sat in the wheelchair.
Zhang Sanfeng turned the wheelchair around, asking: "Is there anything you need me to do?"
Seeing his expression was calm, almost cold, as if he was merely a bystander in all this, Zhong Qiaohui couldn’t help but give a sarcastic smile: "I mean, you’ve spent quite some time with her; wouldn’t you know what she’s like?"
"Hmm?" Zhang Sanfeng seemed incapable of understanding what she meant.
"You know? She’s planning to use her two kids to break into Hollywood. Really, she’s the kind of woman who’ll do anything to achieve her goals. I’m truly impressed!"
"Oh—" Zhang Sanfeng’s reaction seemed hardly surprised.
"Don’t you think this is going too far?" Zhong Qiaohui suddenly felt that this group of brothers really were birds of a feather, all alike. He was like this, Dabai too; none of them showed any intent to stop Gu Nuan.
Zhang Sanfeng cast a meaningful look at her face: "Shouldn’t you know what kind of person she is better than I do? You were with her during those dangerous times."
Speaking of danger, she and Gu Nuan had been together through perils more than once. Truly kindred sisters in adversity. She indeed knew what kind of person Gu Nuan was.
Zhong Qiaohui furrowed her brows, as if pondering his question.
The phone on the table rang. Zhong Qiaohui picked it up and listened.
"Miss Zhong, I’m coming—"
With his cheerful voice, if you didn’t listen carefully, you wouldn’t have realized it was Xiao Family’s youngest, Xiao Shuju.
"You’re coming?" Zhong Qiaohui squinted her eyes slightly.
"Yes. I’m coming to see my fourth sister. I was going to seek out my brother and sister-in-law, but I heard you’re competing in business with my sister-in-law? With this in mind, I think it might not be suitable for me to visit. Earlier, I always did business with you."
This was certainly unexpected.
Even Zhang Sanfeng listening at the side was surprised. What kind of deal was it? Xiao Family’s youngest doing business with Zhong Qiaohui.
Zhong Qiaohui responded lightly: "It’s nothing. I just injected some emergency funds into your almost bankrupt company."
"Don’t mention it, without your money, I’d be finished here. Mainly because of my grandmother, I can’t bring myself to borrow money from my sister-in-law, and had to borrow from you. You’re a good person, I know, Miss Zhong. Plus, with your money, I’ll tell you, I’ve made a fortune. Found royalty to endorse products, did you know?"
Zhong Qiaohui stood up: "What did you say?"