Goddess Strategy GL - Chapter 24
Ye Ruoqing had been wandering around the vicinity these past few days, and was very familiar with the streets and alleys here. She circled a few alleys and successfully shook off Brother Pidan. An underground parking lot appeared before her eyes. Without thinking, she quickly slipped inside, pulling her small handcart.
No matter how smart Pi Dali was, he would never guess that a person with two legs would hide in the territory of four wheels.
However, in the territory of four wheels, there would certainly be no shortage of people with two legs.
Ye Ruoqing pulled the small handcart, looking left and right, preparing to find a cool place without surveillance cameras. Just then, a car in front turned off its engine, the door opened, and a long, fair leg stepped out.
A beauty!
Ye Ruoqing just took an extra look, then immediately withdrew her gaze and continued searching for a place to squat. She brushed past the car, and before she had taken a few steps, the person behind her called out to her.
“Ye Ruoqing?”
Ye Ruoqing instantly froze. That voice was far too familiar; it was in her beautiful dreams, and in her nightmares, the lingering sound refusing to fade away.
She swore this was the first time in her life she had felt such an intense hatred for the rich. With money, what good things couldn’t you do? Why buy so many cars!
“Ye Ruoqing.”
Zhao Xin was now sure it was Ye Ruoqing. Although the girl in front of her wore a ‘cow nose’ bun and a drab gray T-shirt, looking utterly down on her luck, the shiny red rice cooker on the small handcart was exactly the one from the studio back then.
“Hi… are you, are you doing okay?”
Ye Ruoqing turned around and forced a smile: “I’m… I thought you were abroad…”
Zhao Xin walked forward and scrutinized Ye Ruoqing from head to toe: “It looks like you’re homeless?”
Ye Ruoqing gave a sheepish laugh and scratched her head: “Not really. It’s just that the place I was living was demolished, and I haven’t found a cheap room yet.”
“Didn’t you used to have a roommate? Where is she?”
“After the New Year, her parents got sick, and she went back to take care of them. Later, I lived alone.”
Having understood the situation, Zhao Xin nodded, turned around, and unlocked the trunk: “Put all your things inside.”
“Maybe not…”
“Put them in.”
“I won’t.”
“Put them in.”
“I won’t…”
Ye Ruoqing’s voice became softer and softer, while Zhao Xin’s voice grew colder and harder. For the first time in history, the creditor’s voice was louder than the debtor’s. If it were before, Zhao Xin would have been half-dead with anger from Ye Ruoqing’s complaints.
“What is wrong with you? Before, maybe, but now you don’t even have a place to live, and you’re still being stubborn?”
Zhao Xin didn’t bother to say more to her. She walked over and reached for the small handcart in Ye Ruoqing’s hand. The instant their skin touched, Ye Ruoqing blinked, pursed her lips, squatted down, and burst into tears.
“I’m not a human… Boo-hoo-hoo… I’m sorry for you… I can’t face you…”
“Get up and talk.”
Ye Ruoqing ignored whatever Zhao Xin said. She was completely immersed in her tragic fate as a XX criminal, suddenly feeling the sun and moon had lost their light, the world was dark, her future was bleak, and all she saw were the figures of the heartbroken victim.
“Boo-hoo-hoo… Zhao Xin… I didn’t mean it… I truly can’t face you…”
Zhao Xin couldn’t console her, so she leaned against the car, watching Ye Ruoqing cry with snot and tears with a cold eye.
“If you keep crying, the security guards will come.”
“Let me cry for a while, I’ve really held it in for a long time…”
“Alright, then I’ll ask you, why can’t you face me?” Zhao Xin handed her a tissue.
Ye Ruoqing took the tissue, wiped her nose, and said with a mournful expression: “That night, I ate… ate… and then… I…”
“And then you treated the quilt like a lover, calling it ‘sweetheart’ and ‘darling,’ kissing and rubbing it and rolling around all night?”
“Gasp?”
Ye Ruoqing looked up, pointed to herself, and then to Zhao Xin: “It wasn’t me… you…”
Zhao Xin said: “Do you really think the bodyguards and doctors at that private hotel were just for show?”
Ye Ruoqing jumped up: “Then was my appearance at that time not seen by others?!”
Zhao Xin opened the trunk and pointed inside: “No one would look at your stupid state. Put your things in.”
“Holy Mother Mary, Jesus, Buddha, Allah…” Ye Ruoqing was practically a withered tree coming back to life. She shouted and jumped three times on the spot, then happily shoved all her pots and pans into Zhao Xin’s trunk, her eyes shining brightly. “Did I really just roll around with the quilt?”
“What do you think?”
“Zhao Xin, what should I do? I’m practically falling in love with you!”
Ye Ruoqing was ecstatic, she tossed aside the handcart and leaped onto Zhao Xin, completely forgetting that she was seven centimeters taller than Zhao Xin, and also forgetting that Zhao Xin was wearing a short skirt, while her own T-shirt and jeans hadn’t been changed for two days.
When Xiao Yuan and Brother Pidan found this place, Ye Ruoqing was dancing and gesturing as if injected with chicken bl00d (extremely excited), which stunned both of them. Brother Pidan asked Xiao Yuan, “Does this girl have a bit of schizophrenia? Just now she looked lifeless, and now her whole being has blossomed like spring?”
Xiao Yuan thought for a moment: “Little Miss Ye is a face-con (someone who is obsessed with good looks). Maybe seeing a beauty made her feel better.”
Brother Pidan was a little unhappy: “I’m a handsome guy too, why did she run when she saw me?”
Xiao Yuan smiled and patted his shoulder: “Your level isn’t high enough.”
After speaking, she walked over, not minding any smell, and gave Ye Ruoqing a big hug.
Zhao Xin’s studio added a new position. Xiao Yuan stepped down from being an all-purpose assistant to a work assistant, and Ye Ruoqing was put in charge of Zhao Xin’s personal life affairs.
Susan was actually very dissatisfied with this arrangement. Although she had thought of hiring another assistant for Zhao Xin, she had never considered a girl who was too young. Firstly, they were too young and not meticulous enough. Secondly, she wanted someone long-term, and young girls couldn’t settle down; they would jump jobs after a while, and the process of getting used to Zhao Xin’s life habits would start all over again.
It wasn’t until she saw Ye Ruoqing exchange a few moves with Zhao Xin’s bodyguard, and recalled Ye Ruoqing’s brave actions at the party that day, realizing that Ye Ruoqing could also serve as a bodyguard to fend off aggressive fans or paparazzi while taking care of Zhao Xin, that she reluctantly agreed.
Ye Ruoqing signed a probationary contract with the studio and, at Zhao Xin’s suggestion, went to finance to receive a 1,000 yuan salary advance. She knew she was an amateur with no experience. Since Zhao Xin covered her food, clothing, and housing, she voluntarily asked for her salary to be lowered to 1,000 yuan. Xiao Yuan couldn’t talk her out of it and let her have her way.
She took the 1,000 yuan, topped up her phone credit, and immediately called Bai Xiaoli. The moment the call connected, Bai Xiaoli cried upon hearing Ye Ruoqing’s voice. It turned out that after the bald man took Bai Xiaoli’s clothes that day, he informed Bai Xiaoli that their rented place was going to be demolished. Bai Xiaoli felt sorry for Ye Ruoqing and asked the bald man to look after her. However, when the bald man went there the next day, the place was already a ruin, and Ye Ruoqing’s phone could no longer be reached.
Bai Xiaoli cried for a while and then scolded Ye Ruoqing. Ye Ruoqing told her that she had found a very good job, where the company provided food and accommodation, and the hours were flexible. Bai Xiaoli insisted that Ye Ruoqing leave an address for her. Ye Ruoqing left the studio’s address and also managed to get Bai Xiaoli’s bank account number, secretly transferring 800 yuan to her.
During this time, it wasn’t that no one had called her. The moment her phone turned on, missed call notifications and text messages flooded her inbox. She checked all the messages: some from her mother and brother asking where she was, some from Bai Xiaoli and the bald man, some from Xiao Yuan, and even some from Ren Xi, but none from Zeng Jie.
She replied to her mother and brother, saying she was doing well and wasn’t considering going home for the time being, and called the bald man back. As for Ren Xi’s, she thought about it and decided to delete those messages.
She was already an employee of Zhao Xin’s studio, and there was no need to be involved with her rival.
But her not replying did not mean Ren Xi wouldn’t look for her again. That afternoon, after her phone was turned on, Ren Xi’s call came in. According to the record, Ren Xi would call and send a text message every day. Ye Ruoqing almost suspected she was too bored.
To prevent further harassment, Ye Ruoqing answered the call. Ren Xi’s voice on the other end was still lazy: “Disappeared for a month, where did you run off to play?”
The tone was clearly a playful banter between friends. I’m not that familiar with you, Ye Ruoqing complained in her heart, but on the surface, she was pleasant: “Oh, you still remember me? I’m so happy!”
“How could I forget? That little notebook of yours is still with me.”
“…”
Even over the phone, Ye Ruoqing could picture her small lyric notebook innocently floating up and down on turbulent waves.
“Let’s not waste words. Ye Xiaoqing, I want to treat you to dinner, tonight, and return the notebook to you by the way. Will you do me the honor?”