CHAPTER 42: CHAPTER 41: BECAUSE OF YOU (1)

After touching up her makeup, Zhou Huaiyi went to the restroom.

Xiang Qichen tidied up some small items in the trailer, then went to the lounge to fetch a pot of warm water without a break. Due to an urgent matter at the company, Yan Qing needed to return temporarily to Yanchuan, and Yang Li took her to the airport. Therefore, the only people accompanying Zhou Huaiyi at the moment, besides the stylist and makeup artist, were Xiang Qichen.

After acting for so long, occasionally doing some odd jobs seems like a rather good experience.

After getting the water from the lounge, Xiang Qichen was suddenly called by a stranger...

To be precise, a stranger to Xiang Qichen, but for Zhou Huaiyi...couldn’t be more familiar.

Seeing Zhou Huaiyi here again, Liang Lufei was extremely surprised for a moment. She grabbed her shoulders and shook them, exclaiming, "Zhou Huaiyi? You’re back again?"

Xiang Qichen was stunned for a while. As he did not recognize her, he just nodded in response: "Mm."

"Are you back to intern with the recording group?" Liang Lufei’s face lit up with joy, "Are you going to stay in the same room with me this time?"

"No..." Xiang Qichen replied truthfully, "This time I’m not with the recording group. Accommodations have already been arranged."

Liang Lufei: "If you’re not with the recording group, where are you?"

Xiang Qichen: "Artist assistant."

Liang Lufei exclaimed: "Whoa! You’re so capable? Daring to be an artist assistant!"

Xiang Qichen nodded.

Liang Lufei added: "Aren’t you afraid of angering them and being scolded harshly?"

"Afraid." Xiang Qichen went along with it, "That’s why I need to hurry and deliver this pot of water to him..."

Liang Lufei: "..."

After getting rid of Liang Lufei, Xiang Qichen returned to the trailer, where Zhou Huaiyi was already sitting down reading the script.

Xiang Qichen walked over, placed the kettle on the low table, and casually asked, "What was the name of that girl who lived with you in the group before?"

Zhou Huaiyi looked up at him, answered, "Liang Lufei... Why? Did you meet her?"

Xiang Qichen: "Mm."

Zhou Huaiyi sprung up nervously, quickly asking, "Did she say anything? Did she see through it?"

Xiang Qichen: "...No, she just exchanged a couple of greetings."

Zhou Huaiyi breathed a sigh of relief: "That’s good, that’s good."

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It was already past ten o’clock when they got off work and returned to the hotel that night.

Zhou Huaiyi had spent an exhausting day, both mentally and physically.

However...

She still couldn’t sleep TAT

Right after taking a shower and putting on her clothes, the doorbell rang.

"Com-ing~" Zhou Huaiyi dragged her words unwillingly as she bent over and opened the door.

This might be the only time she didn’t want to see her idol...

Xiang Qichen had also just finished showering, wearing a hoodie and shorts, looking fresh and crisp.

Upon entering, he casually pulled off the hood of his hoodie and immediately took the script, sitting at the foot of the bed.

Zhou Huaiyi walked over to sit next to him, gazing at him with a longing look, hoping for special treatment.

Xiang Qichen: "..."

Her phone vibrated twice, and Zhou Huaiyi swiped it open to take a look.

A few seconds later, she suddenly wailed, "Idol... I want to cry..."

Xiang Qichen: "..."

Zhou Huaiyi held up the phone screen to Xiang Qichen; it displayed a WeChat message interface, the sender being Teacher Liu.

[Teacher Liu: Huaiyi, on October 1st and 2nd, there’s a welcome string quartet performance at the Venus Hotel, two consecutive days, three hundred bucks an hour; are you interested?]

After reading the message, Xiang Qichen looked at her face: "You still take part-time jobs often?"

Zhou Huaiyi nodded tearfully: "Yes... Because this part-time job is easy and pays well."

After finishing, the air was silent for a few seconds. Zhou Huaiyi suddenly had an idea and turned her head sharply towards Xiang Qichen: "What if... you went for me?"

Xiang Qichen: "...No way."

Zhou Huaiyi: "Didn’t you learn violin, and besides, it’s really easy to play anything just following the sheet music... Three hundred bucks an hour, that’s a lot of money..."

Xiang Qichen: "I learned that for acting purposes..."

Zhou Huaiyi pleaded: "You’re almost there, at least you know the pitches; please, idol..."

Xiang Qichen pressed down on her head, pushing her back: "Aren’t you working for me? The employee handbook’s first rule is no unauthorized part-time jobs."

Zhou Huaiyi was stunned, asking back: "I work for you? Since when do I work for you?"

"Aren’t you working as an assistant? Oh, more precisely, it should be me working for you currently."

"Does that count as mine too! Then do I get a salary!" Zhou Huaiyi’s eyes sparkled.

"Yes."

"How much!"

Xiang Qichen cleared his throat twice, standing up and teasingly waving the script in his hand: "That depends on your performance."

Zhou Huaiyi grabbed the script earnestly: "There’s no time to waste, boss. Let’s start."

Xiang Qichen: "..."