CHAPTER 501: CHAPTER 499: GRASPING CAREER AND LOVE WITH BOTH HANDS

Wen Qiao flipped through the calendar, and it was Thursday, with just a day and a half left before the next episode’s filming.

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: Is the guest for the next episode decided yet? Any handsome guys? I want a young hottie to pair up with me, okay?]

[Qi Xiaoming: ??? Are you boy crazy?]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: None of your business.]

[Chen Xing: What’s up, trying to mix pleasure with business, huh?]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: How can you say that! I just want to see some cute guys, that’s all.]

[Chen Xing: And if you like what you see, you’ll take the opportunity to advance things?]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: Well, that’s not out of the question. ShyJPG.]

[Qi Xiaoming: Are you desperate to get married? You’re only 20 and already so eager to find someone, don’t you care about your career?]

???

How could he, someone with a girlfriend, have the nerve to say that?

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: Can’t I focus on both career and love?]

Sure, that was doable, but when it came to love, it had to be with her little uncle that it would work.

Qi Ming did a fish flop out of bed, got up, opened his room door, and rushed up to the third floor.

Fu Qiang would be flying to Europe the day after tomorrow, so these past two days Fu Jinghen and Qi Ming had both been staying at the Fu family’s house to keep her company.

Fu Jinghen’s room was the first one on the third floor, right above Qi Ming’s room.

Qi Ming took the stairs three at a time, desperately hammering at Fu Jinghen’s door, all the while shouting, "Little uncle, there’s big trouble."

After waiting three or four seconds, the door was pulled open from the inside. Fu Jinghen had an unamused expression, "You better have something earth-shattering to tell me."

"Does your wife seeking a new love interest count as earth-shattering?"

Qi Ming held up his phone to show him, displaying their group chat on the screen.

Fu Jinghen glanced over it. The words "handsome young man" seemed to suddenly dance on the screen, making their presence wildly known to a money-crazed Fu Jinghen.

His brow twitched, "Add me to the group."

"Uh?"

Fu Jinghen: "Then follow up with a message saying you added me by mistake."

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[Qiaoqiao’s not full: So what, stars aren’t human? Stars don’t need to date? Can’t I engage in some romantic dealings when I see someone I like? It’s! None! Of! Your! Business!]

As she typed, Wen Qiao kept her gaze on the input box. It wasn’t until after she sent the message that she looked up at the chat history.

When she saw the gray text just above her own message, her gaze froze—

Qi Ming invited Fu Jing to join the group.

???

Before her brain could catch up, Wen Qiao’s hand already reflexively retracted the message she just sent.

Realizing what she did made her wonder.

Why did she retract it?

She was single, he was single, there was nothing wrong with dating openly, why feel guilty?

She clicked on the four green characters that read "re-enter," and the retracted message reappeared in the input box; Wen Qiao sent it again.

After the message went out, an odd silence fell over the group chat.

It wasn’t clear whether it was due to Wen Qiao’s actions or Fu Jinghen joining the group, or perhaps both.

Her phone vibrated slightly, and the number of unread messages in the top left corner increased by one.

Wen Qiao blinked.

A woman’s sixth sense told her that this message, with 99.9% certainty, was from Fu Jinghen.

Just as she was hesitating whether to leave the group chat to check, Qi Ming sent a message that broke the silence in the group.