292 Master Han (1/2)
When Karen cooked the dinner for her family, she did not let Ye Shuang help her anymore, but his previous performance had already greatly earned her approval. Even though Xia Cheng did feed her some negative impression about Ye Shuang, Karen found it difficult to be hostile toward a man who was so handsome and considerate.
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Karen's husband was a conductor, and her son was in university. The couple looked cultured and refined while their son was outgoing and sunny. From the way they interacted with each other, this was a real happy family. After dinner where she got to know Karen's family, Ye Shuang decided to plant her target on the son who apparently was 'Xia Cheng's good friend'.
No matter what, she really could not figure out the possible relationship between a university student and someone like Xia Cheng. Ye Shuang thought the son might just be a cover to distract from the relationship between Xia Cheng and Karen, but she later thought that to be unlikely. This was Karen's son—he would not have worked with an outsider to trick his own mother.
”I hear Mrs. Karen's son is good friends with Mr. Xia Cheng.” Ye Shuang put down his fork and wiped his lips. He picked up the water glass and smiled. ”I'm surprised Mr. Xia has such a good friend overseas. How did they meet? I'm sure it's an interesting story.”
Karen froze slightly but quickly covered it up. She then looked to her son. The boy was much worse at improv than his mother. With an unnatural expression, he explained, ”Er… we met during a club activity. Xia Cheng happened to be in France, and we had a tennis competition. He came to watch the competition, and then… em, you know, we talked for a while and then became friends…”
”Mr. Xia, you're also interested in tennis?” Ye Shuang continued her assault and even turned to smile at Rong Su. ”One day, we should find a chance to play with Mr. Xia.”
”It's just a hobby of mine.” Xia Cheng was more experienced than the mother and son. He said easily, ”My hobbies are wide-ranging, but because of work, I'm not good at any of them. Out of interest, I occasionally go and watch competitions.”
Ye Shuang noticed that when Xia Cheng answered her, Karen and her son were distracted like they wanted to know how Xia Cheng would answer. However, the evil Ye Shuang purposely changed to Chinese when she talked to Xia Cheng. She even pulled Rong Su into it, and to be courteous to Rong Su, Xia Cheng had to use Chinese to answer. Karen and her son, who could not understand them, were in pain.
”His skill must be very good if you became such good friends with him after watching a match.” Ye Shuang sighed to Rong Su. ”I wonder if we have the chance to witness such skill in the ring.”
Xia Cheng cleared his throat and turned to look at Karen and her son like he was asking them for help. However, all he received was a confused look from the two—they had no idea what the conversation was about.
Thus, Xia Cheng could only rely on himself. ”I hear your schedule will be a bit tight, Miss Rong, so I fear there will not be any chance for that.”
Ye Shuang nodded to show her understanding and then sighed. ”Looks like your relationship with Mrs. Karen is better, Mr. Xia, because you even know about the working schedule of LPA…”
Rong Su lifted her head in confusion. ”That's right. I haven't even gotten the official work schedule yet. How do you know more than me?”
”…I'm just guessing.” Xia Cheng wiped his lips and nodded politely. ”I'm full already. Enjoy your meal.”
”Xia, are you really full already? Do you not have much of an appetite today? Is it because the dishes aren't good enough?” Karen was worried.
In his heart, Xia Cheng was cursing. He looked at Karen, who had just thrown him under the bus. Before he could say anything, Brother Shuang used perfect French to explain for him. ”Don't worry, Mr. Xia has been dieting recently.”
At that moment, Xia Cheng had had enough!
After dinner, the host stayed to chat while Ye Shuang led the group of girls to the garden to chat. Xia Cheng wanted to join the latter, but his presence was too lacking with Brother Shuang around. After being ignored a few times, and the reality that Rong Su's eyes would stay on him for less than two seconds, he thought about it and decided to return his room to lick his wounds. Then, he needed to change his plan of 'nurturing a relationship after being under the same roof for a long time'. First, he needed to eliminate Ye Shuang…
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”Other things aside, I am very impressed by Mr. Xia's spirit.” After Xia Cheng finally left, Ye Shuang turned to his direction and lamented.
”What spirit? Spirit of shamelessness?” Su Zheng stuck out her tongue. ”Everyone knows that he has been fired by Tian Wang Media and his items have even been detained. Even those from the outside know that it must have been because he was involved in some shady things… He still dares to lean so close to Su Su—is he not afraid that Su Su will not give him face?”
”That is exactly what impresses me.” Ye Shuang smiled. ”To be successful, one has to be shameless. If one thinks too highly of oneself and will not bend to others, only wanting to get benefits from others without giving away some of one's own… Those who think too highly of themselves will normally be ignored and isolated by others. I have yet to see the other abilities that Xia Cheng is good at, but at least he is very good at being a pestering nuisance.”