Chapter 20: Xu Qiao Scolds Chu Xiaoran
Lin Huaizhi said he would help Xu Qiao carry water, and in the end, Huo Chen went along with him. Fortunately, the village chief’s house had enough buckets and carrying poles, so Lin Huaizhi didn’t need to borrow from other farmers.
Why didn’t Huo Chen borrow them himself?
With Huo Chen’s fierce and expressionless face, Lin Huaizhi was afraid Huo Chen showing up at a door would cause a bloody incident.
Besides, what’s wrong with spoiling the man he, Lin Huaizhi, likes?
When Xu Qiao learned that the CP she shipped was going to help her carry water, she was moved to tears. “Thank you so much, thank you so much! From today on, you are my brother, my biological brother! Huo Chen, you are my sister-in-law! My biological sister-in-law!”
Huo Chen frowned.
“Speak properly, don’t shout nonsense.”
“Okay, Sister-in-law!” Xu Qiao immediately stood at attention and saluted. The carrying pole tilted with her movement, and the buckets at both ends clattered to the ground, rolling down the edge of the ridge.
“Ouch!!”
Xu Qiao panicked and tried to pick them up, but as soon as she bent down, she bumped heads with someone. She stood up clutching her buzzing head, only to see Hu Xiaoxu also holding her forehead.
“Sister, your head is so hard.”
Hu Xiaoxu: “…”
Hu Xiaoxu didn’t hand her the rolled buckets first. Instead, she leaned over to lift Xu Qiao’s bangs and check her forehead.
“It’s a little red. I’ll blow on it.”
The scent of a fragrant and soft girl wafted over. Xu Qiao instinctively closed her eyes, her excessively long eyelashes trembling like butterfly wings.
“Sister…”
Hu Xiaoxu thought she was in great pain. “Sorry, did I hurt you? Do you want to see a doctor?”
Huameng was wealthy and generous.
To ensure the safety and health of the guests, This Is Love was equipped not only with lifeguards but also doctors.
Xu Qiao wrinkled her nose and continued what she hadn’t finished saying.
“You smell so good.”
Hu Xiaoxu blinked, looking a bit confused. “What did you say?”
“I said you smell so good.” Xu Qiao was outspoken and even leaned into Hu Xiaoxu’s neck to take a deep sniff.
【Holy sh*t?】
【The lilies of my hometown! Finally blooming!】
【I remember when Xu Qiao first appeared in the first episode, she seemed to be wearing Warrior brand old-man shoes. A girl with long flowing hair wearing a T-shirt and shorts, with two red strings wrapped around her wrist, just walking out so carelessly.
Hu Xiaoxu appeared wearing high heels, a white shirt with a pencil skirt, black stockings, and sky-high heels—a proper御姐 (Yujie/Dominant Sister) style. How many guys were shouting ‘Sister, please ravage me’ below? Yet later, it was Xu Qiao who called her ‘Sister’ first.
And who would have thought that Hu Xiaoxu, wearing sky-high heels, standing next to Xu Qiao, is actually a bit shorter than Xu Qiao!】
【Say no more, this isn’t ‘Older dotes on Younger,’ it’s ‘Younger crazy for Older.’ I love younger! I love Yujie!】
The bullet comments were already going crazy shipping them.
Actually, they were indeed quite shippable. Xu Qiao’s net height was 181cm, Hu Xiaoxu was 156cm. Now Hu Xiaoxu was wearing sneakers. When she wanted to look at Xu Qiao’s forehead, Xu Qiao had to spread her legs and squat down a bit so she could look directly at her head.
Hu Xiaoxu didn’t speak.
For a moment, she didn’t know what to say. The sales industry has a natural discrimination against women. Most people, seeing a capable female salesperson, react first by thinking she got resources by using her body.
Hu Xiaoxu had experienced such discrimination often. Many bosses also touched her inappropriately, saying that being in sales was so hard, why not let him keep her and let her enjoy life.
But in all these years, this was the first time a girl had said such ambiguously flirtatious words to her. And looking at Xu Qiao’s bright eyes that could be seen through at a glance, she surprisingly couldn’t generate any feelings of dislike or disgust.
Hu Xiaoxu finally smiled: “Is it really that fragrant?”
Xu Qiao nodded like a puppy.
“Really super fragrant! And this scent is pleasant and not pungent. Sister, what brand of perfume do you use? Recommend it to me too. Those guys at our base stink to death; I’m about to suffocate!”
Hu Xiaoxu paused.
So that’s what she meant.
“I mixed this perfume myself for fun; it’s not sold on the market.”
Xu Qiao had starry eyes again: “Sister is so amazing, you can even mix perfume. Unlike me, I can’t do anything except play games.”
Hu Xiaoxu hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to pat the girl’s head: “Everyone has their strengths; no need to look at fields you aren’t good at. You are also very amazing in the e-sports arena. World Championships and Asian Games—because of you guys, the national flag can rise in the arena, and the national anthem can be played.”
“You are also shining in your field of expertise.”
“Aren’t you?”
The afternoon sun sprinkled on Hu Xiaoxu. With her gentle words and gentle smile, Xu Qiao felt as if her head had been hit by a meteorite from outer space, and her heart beat fiercely.
“Is… is that so?”
Hu Xiaoxu encouraged her: “Of course it is. You can’t mix perfume, but you can play games. I can’t play games, but I can mix perfume. Things have multiple facets; no need to use others’ strengths to limit your own shortcomings.”
Xu Qiao nodded like a puppy.
“Okay Sister, I’ll listen to you.”
“Good girl.” Hu Xiaoxu smiled and patted Xu Qiao’s head. She paused, “If you like that perfume, after this episode finishes recording, I’ll give you two bottles.”
Xu Qiao nodded like a puppy again.
“Great, great! Thank you, Sister! I like Sister the most.”
Just as the atmosphere bubbled with pink bubbles, an uninvited guest suddenly intruded.
“If you want to flirt, can you go somewhere else? Don’t block the middle of the road. You guys don’t want to complete the task, but I still want to. And Hu Xiaoxu, if you don’t need to be punished, you can go do something else. What are you doing causing trouble here?”
【Chu Xiaoran!! Why do you have no ability to read the room! Didn’t you see the CP I ship giving out candy (sweet moments)? What are you jumping out for!】
【Completely turned from fan to hater. How did I ever become a fan of this thing before? No IQ, no EQ. From beginning to end, he’s self-righteous and condescending. Does he really think he’s an emperor just because he played one?】
Xu Qiao raised her head. When she looked at Chu Xiaoran, her face was completely cold.
Lin Huaizhi and Huo Chen had left at some point. Only she and Hu Xiaoxu remained on the ridge.
And the idiot who just arrived.
“The one with no ability to read the room is you, right? Went out to sell goods today; if not for you being picky, refusing to sit here and there, and not helping me shout to sell… I finally shouted over a few customers, and you did f*ck all, standing there acting like a lord, as if others owed you a million or something.”
“No eloquence, no attitude. If not for you, would I be reduced to carrying water here?”
Chu Xiaoran: “…?”
Chu Xiaoran was stunned for a moment. He never expected even if he broke his head thinking about it: the girl who said she was his fan the first time they met, showed vague disdain the second time they met, and the third time they met, she directly unleashed her ultimate move right in his face.
Chu Xiaoran truly couldn’t figure it out. In his trance, he asked directly: “Aren’t you my fan?”
Xu Qiao stood up and brushed her bangs, which looked a bit oily. Whether she used too much force or not, she suddenly pulled off her entire shoulder-length black hair.
【Ahhhh—!】
【I’m watching a dating show! Not in a chemistry class! Not watching a horror movie either! Is this woman Xu Qiao too ruthless?! Tearing off her own scalp along with her hair alive!!】
【Day by day, don’t know what you guys are thinking. Open your eyes and look carefully; Xu Qiao didn’t tear off her scalp, she was wearing a wig!】
【Eh? Seems it really is a wig. My black-long-straight female e-sports player suddenly became a short-haired handsome tomboy?】
Xu Qiao had never liked keeping long hair since she was little. Becoming a professional e-sports player, her hair became even shorter. Because she was too lazy to take care of it, she originally wanted to throw this wig away. But thinking of Hu Xiaoxu touching it repeatedly just now, she still held it in her hand in the end.
“Unfollowed (stopped being a fan).”
Chu Xiaoran didn’t react for a moment: “What?”
“I said I unfollowed!”
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