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Chapter 13: The Rival of the Grand Young Master
Chapter 13: The Rival of the Grand Young Master
Chapter 13
In the camera frame, Li Xiaoya turned around and tightened the cloth covering his face.
"You should go rest," Li Xiaoya said softly.
Although Sheng Yuxiao had been complaining, he obediently continued laying bricks, saying, "How can I leave just a kid here to fix the pigsty?"
To pass the time, Sheng Yuxiao asked with a hint of irritation, "Why didn't you call me earlier when you were feeding the pigs? I didn't even know your family kept pigs."
Li Xiaoya replied quietly, "Because it's very dirty. You'd throw up if you saw it."
Sheng Yuxiao wanted to say that a grown man wouldn't be so delicate.
But at that moment, the stench still filled his nostrils.
Alright.
It was quite nauseating.
He probably wouldn't be able to eat dinner tonight.
The two finally finished repairing the pigsty.
Sheng Yuxiao asked, "This should be sturdy now, right?"
Li Xiaoya nodded, then shook her head, "They might still escape after a while."
Sheng Yuxiao was puzzled, "Are the materials not strong enough?"
Li Xiaoya nodded.
"Then why not use something sturdier?" As soon as the words left his mouth, Sheng Yuxiao realized why. Of course, it was because of money.
Sheng Yuxiao sighed heavily.
He never looked at the numbers when swiping his card in stores, so he had never considered that "a single penny can bring down a hero" was actually true.
"You're hungry," Li Xiaoya stated confidently.
Sheng Yuxiao touched his stomach at her words. He was a bit hungry.
Li Xiaoya scurried into the house, "I'll make you some food."
Since they hadn't finished classes today, they couldn't get food from the cafeteria, so they had to cook for themselves.
When Sheng Yuxiao followed her inside, he saw that Li Xiaoya had already changed her clothes and washed off the dirt.
She set up a small stool in front of the stove, ready to start cooking.
Sheng Yuxiao looked down at his own hands.
For the first time, the young master Sheng felt like he was being made to look utterly useless.
Although he thought he wouldn't have an appetite after fixing the pigsty, young master Sheng couldn't refuse the food Li Xiaoya made.
Mushrooms were fried with a tiny bit of lard, then mixed with chopped greens and mashed potatoes. It smelled irresistible.
After the first bite, his appetite was instantly awakened, and the young master tearfully devoured two large bowls.
*
At the Sheng family villa.
As the morning light filled the hall, Xu Qiulai, who had to go out on business, had risen early. She sat at the dining table and soon heard careful footsteps.
She turned to look and saw Li Qingqing.
"Auntie, I... I want to apologize to you," Li Qingqing stammered.
"Apologize for what?"
"I... I said something wrong yesterday, and it upset you?"
"..." Xu Qiulai was a bit exasperated. She couldn't understand what was going on in such a young girl's mind. She said coldly, "No need to apologize."
Li Qingqing tugged at her skirt.
It was a welcome gift from the Sheng family, a Chanel dress.
Her eyes instantly filled with tears, "Auntie, please don't hate me. I, I really like you. I also like painting, I... I want to learn painting from you..."
Xu Qiulai rubbed her temples, "You want to learn painting?"
"Yes, yes."
Xu Qiulai wanted to say that she had no talent or aesthetic sense. But as the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back. Instead, she said diplomatically, "You misinterpreted my painting. You should first read more books like 'The Philosophy of Art' and '500 Years of Still Life Colors'..."
Li Qingqing stood there, frozen.
She had deliberately turned on the camera when she came, wanting the audience to see Xu Qiulai's coldness and cruelty, as well as her own pitiful state and sincere admiration.
She never expected that Xu Qiulai was implying... that she hadn't read enough?
Li Qingqing didn't believe she had misinterpreted anything.
After all, most of the critics had interpreted it similarly.
Xu Qiulai was just deliberately making things difficult for her!
She gave up trying to understand how Li Xiaoya had managed in her previous life.
Since Xu Qiulai looked down on her, she would make Xu Qiulai regret it!
[Li Qingqing is so pitiful]
[Pitiful my foot, doesn't anyone else think she's trying too hard for attention?]
[To be honest, the young master Sheng's side is more interesting to watch]
[+1, I'm going back to watch the village life, bye]
The scene switched.
Sheng Yuxiao and Li Xiaoya were squatting outside the doorstep again, brushing their teeth and washing their faces.
The icy water made young master Sheng shiver. He frowned and said, "If this keeps up, next year I'll be able to compete with that idiot Qin Sui in winter swimming."
Li Xiaoya looked confused and asked, "What's 'that idiot Qin Sui'?"
Sheng Yuxiao laughed, pressing his cold hand on the back of Li Xiaoya's neck, amused to see the little girl shiver from the cold. He grinned mischievously.
Then he said, "It's a person."
Li Xiaoya rested her chin on her hand, "This is the first time I've heard such a long name for a person."
"Haha, Qin Sui is his name, the rest is an adjective."
Sheng Yuxiao paused, his expression turning slightly serious as he advised Li Xiaoya, "In the future, if you meet him, don't play with him. He's a really bad person."
Li Xiaoya nodded vigorously, indicating that she remembered. Although she thought she would never meet that whatever 'idiot Qin Sui' anyway.
The bullet comments were laughing hysterically at this point.
[The Qin family and the Sheng family are truly long-time enemies]
[Can someone tell me who Qin Sui is?]
[You know the SKP in Hai City? Yes, that top luxury mall that houses all the high-end brands. It belongs to his family.]
[Someone tag him on Weibo? I want to see the drama!]
@QinSui's Weibo was flooded with a vast and chaotic stream of online information.
However, the show "Exchange Lives" did genuinely trend on social media due to the young master chasing pigs.
The trending topic spread so quickly that Sheng Yuxiao's rival, the Qin family's only son: Qin Sui, saw it on his friend's phone.
"Has Sheng Yuxiao been possessed?" Qin Sui's reaction was identical to Xu Qiulai's initial one.
"This is too embarrassing. I can't believe Sheng Yuxiao agreed to be on such a lousy show!" Qin Sui's friend couldn't help but exclaim.
Someone leaned over and pointed at the little girl on the phone screen, "It's because of her, right?"
"Her? Who is she?"
"A local villager from the show. She's quite young, about six or seven years old. Sheng Yuxiao was originally supposed to film at the village head's house, but for some reason, he suddenly changed to her house."
Qin Sui listened to their eager discussion, stood up, and uttered two words: "Boring."
"Hey, hey, Young Master Qin, don't leave. Don't you want to watch Sheng Yuxiao make a fool of himself?"
"Can't be bothered to watch an idiot."
After delivering this haughty statement, Qin Sui had his driver take him home.
It was rare to see both Mr. and Mrs. Qin at home. As soon as Qin Sui entered, he felt the sound from the television was somewhat familiar. He turned his head to look.
Who else could it be on the screen but Sheng Yuxiao?
Why was this thing being watched everywhere?
Qin Sui frowned, about to go upstairs.
But then he heard his mother suddenly blurt out a terrifying statement: "Hey, I think Sheng Yuxiao's transformation is really good now! Just by recording a show, the effect is so quick. Why don't we send Qin Sui there to try it out too?"