CHAPTER 623: CHAPTER 613: CHANGING SEATS, LUNCHTIME TURMOIL

"Hey, you..."

His answer was the small partition that closed without hesitation.

Jiang Kaiyuan sat in his seat with his mouth open, completely immersed in shock, not saying a word for a while.

He was, after all, a top-rated popular actor this year! How could a mere artist assistant be even more arrogant than he was?

Shen Yunqing raised the partition, sat down, and put down the bouquet in his hand. His phone was still on, so he quickly dealt with the work he hadn’t finished in the lounge earlier.

This was the price of being willful and going on an international holiday before the end of the year.

As for Jiang Kaiyuan sitting in the neighboring seat? Who was that?

It was not important at all.

When the plane took off and was steadily flying through the clouds, Jiang Lingxi had almost finished exploring all the features of her little suite.

Only then did she turn her head to look at Shen Yunqing’s seat.

The distance wasn’t too far; she didn’t need to raise her voice much for the other party to hear her.

After all, having the assistant in the same cabin with the celebrity was for convenience, so they could hear any orders or special needs from the artist they were responsible for.

Besides that, there was also the task of companionship and chit-chat during the long flight. Even though everyone had a full set of entertainment equipment, you couldn’t watch for several hours straight.

But since the plane had just taken off, she didn’t have anything to instruct, so she withdrew her gaze and prepared to raise the partition.

"Excuse me, Teacher Jiang."

Jiang Lingxi looked up and recognized that it was someone from the opposite seat, probably that guy Jiang Kaiyuan’s assistant.

Seemed like his name was Lele or something like that.

Jiang Kaiyuan’s assistant Lele couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous under her gaze, "Well, I just noticed that Teacher Jiang’s assistant’s seat and mine are diagonally opposite each other, so I wanted to ask if we could switch seats?"

Jiang Lingxi didn’t notice that Jiang Kaiyuan was sitting across the aisle from Shen Yunqing. Switching seats would indeed make them closer, "Sure."

She unbuckled her seatbelt, "I’ll go with you."

"Thank you, thank you so much, Teacher Jiang, it’s really a bother to you."

"You’re welcome."

Gu Qiantong was still sulking in her seat.

Finding out in the lounge that Shen Yunqing was willing to be Jiang Lingxi’s assistant was the first shock to her.

On the plane to the International Fashion Town, her favorite seat number three was assigned to someone else. She wouldn’t be so upset if it were anyone else, but it just had to be assigned to Jiang Lingxi!

She held this resentment from the ground to the sky, unable to let it go.

Upon hearing the commotion from the front, she instinctively looked up.

She saw Jiang Lingxi walking to the back with someone, and her gaze couldn’t help but follow.

When they reached Shen Yunqing’s little suite, Jiang Lingxi knocked on the small partition, and when it lowered, she said briskly and quietly, "Come on, I’ve got you a seat next to mine."

Shen Yunqing immediately picked up his phone and bouquet from beside him, standing up without a second thought.

The seat change was completed quickly.

Jiang Kaiyuan was experimenting with the noise-canceling headphones provided to passengers. When he took the headphones off, he heard a knock on the partition. As he put it down, he saw his assistant with a slightly smug expression.

He raised an eyebrow, "What good thing happened?"

"I switched seats with Teacher Jiang’s assistant, so if you need anything, just turn your head and you can tell me."

Now praise me, praise me!

Jiang Kaiyuan was stunned for several seconds before he reacted, raising a hand to slap his forehead, "Why didn’t you tell me before the switch!"

"But Teacher Jiang agreed to let us switch! This way we can both be closer to our artists, isn’t that a good thing?"

It was indeed a good thing. However, he hadn’t yet figured out this new assistant of Sister Xi’s, or why he was so arrogant towards him.

Besides, the guy always wore a mask, and he was curious about what he looked like — was he so ugly that he couldn’t show his face?

When lunchtime came around, he thought he’d finally see the person’s face when the mask was taken off.

All his plans got ruined by his own ’considerate’ little assistant!

"Never mind, never mind, it’s done," Jiang Kaiyuan said with a tired wave of the hand, "go sit at your new seat."

Soon after, several others in the cabin were negotiating seat swaps.

Though the event organizers arranged everything meticulously for the invited guests, they were more casual regarding the artists brought by the celebrities.

As long as both parties agreed, they were free to swap seats as they liked.

This made the initial seat swap not seem so special or abrupt.

When the seat-swapping commotion mostly settled down, a flight attendant came over with an order-taking tablet, softly starting to offer order consulting services to the passengers.

Jiang Lingxi looked at the tablet filled with foreign dish names and, after a moment of silence, chose to give up.

Her only experience with foreign cuisine made her doubt her ordering skills altogether.

Some dishes had names that seemed good and presentations that were pleasing, but the taste was, to her, decidedly malicious.

And each dish’s portion was as if the restaurant’s main point was to display the plates!

"Let my assistant order for me." She said, handing the tablet to Shen Yunqing across the aisle.

Shen Yunqing smoothly accepted it.

The flight attendant waiting to the side was momentarily caught off guard but continued to maintain a professional smile.

Gu Qiantong, who was sitting one position behind and waiting to order, couldn’t help but take a deep breath as she watched this scene.

She strongly suspected this was all deliberately done by Jiang Lingxi just for her to see!

When Shen Yunqing carefully ordered according to Jiang Lingxi’s taste, the flight attendant took the tablet and, following the queue, walked to Gu Qiantong.

"I’ll have the same as that gentleman, plus a glass of red wine."

"Alright."

Hearing Qiantong’s request ahead, Jiang Lingxi felt only one thing: baffled!

After the orders were placed, it was about a quarter of an hour before the meals started arriving.

Jiang Lingxi watched as dishes were placed on the small table in front of her, each announced by the flight attendant as it came.

Although the names were unfamiliar, thankfully the food and flavors were recognizable.

After the flight attendant left, she gave Shen Yunqing a thumbs-up in his direction.

Managing to pick out familiar dishes from a list of foreign names was no easy feat!

However, when Gu Qiantong saw the heap of either stir-fried or stewed dishes in front of her, with portions that were not only excessive but without a hint of elegance, paired with a solitary glass of wine in the corner, her face turned green!

What celebrity eats this much in one meal?

Moreover, how did Shen Yunqing manage to pick out the exact dishes she would never order?

But having spoken, she had no choice but to swallow her words bitterly.

By the end, all that remained touched among the table of dishes was the glass of wine she finished, most of the dishes were barely touched, and some were completely untouched.

When the flight attendant came to clear the plates, she noticeably paused for a moment, while Gu Qiantong turned her face, pretending not to see.

"Miss Gu, were you satisfied with your lunch today?"

Gu Qiantong almost couldn’t keep her expression in check, "Can you not see for yourself?"

"Apologies, we will make improvements."

"In my opinion, all these dishes should be struck off your menu."

"We will earnestly consider your suggestion."

The flight attendant internally recited the principles of professionalism as a flight attendant, maintaining a practically painted-on smile as she walked to the forward seats.

She remembered that the meals ordered for the front and back seats were identical, expecting another round of nearly untouched meals but found almost empty plates and cups instead, and couldn’t help but be surprised.

Jiang Lingxi, having tidied her tray, handed it over, and before the flight attendant could routinely inquire about passenger satisfaction, "Thank you, the food tasted great."

The flight attendant realized, and her smile became much more sincere, her tone carrying a bit of excitement and relief, "Thank you for liking it, have a pleasant journey!"

Gu Qiantong, picking up on the change in the flight attendant’s tone from start to finish: "..."

There was nothing left on this plane that she had any fondness for, and vowed never to fly it again!

She swore!