Chapter 207 I will be your shield
They sat down in a corner surrounded by books, and the aroma of two cups of fragrant coffee was already filling them. Xiang Nuan tasted one bite after another, but couldn't open his mouth to ask the questions in his heart.
There were two completely different worlds with or without the window paper, and she still couldn't see through the person behind the paper.
"Since Mina's picture albums are sold here, the number of customers in my store has obviously increased. But -" He paused, and the sly smile spread again.
"However, what everyone is most concerned about is whether you are also responsible for the layout here, whether there is any linkage between us, and whether you and Ran Ran will airborne to hold activities or something."
Xiang Nuan almost choked on the water. The main character is Mina, isn't she?
"Ran Ran's card is my new check-in point here. That corner, right over there, there are many people imitating Ran Ran's paintings."
Xiang Nuan's eyes widened little by little, as if a slow motion effect was on, and finally reached their limit. Crazy? ! Imitation of Jiang Ranran's paintings? The original author's work is so flattering that Jiang Ranran is already a copy of the devilishly modified version, so why is he taking over the title role? !
Well, the word "dove occupying the magpie's nest" is a bit unpleasant, but the fact cannot be avoided.
"No wonder I'm unemployed." She smiled bitterly. Yu Xin was amused by her self-deprecation and laughed.
"Only make one, take it away without any thanks." Xiang Nuan patted his bag, as if he was withdrawing a piece of evidence. "Boss Yu, you are a good person."
Yu Xin nodded in cooperation and laughed loudly again.
But his cheerful and carefree look was nothing like Mu Mu. Xiang Nuan was in a daze again.
After drinking cup after cup of coffee, the caffeine that was supposed to make people sober made Xiang Nuan drunk. However, the only thing that could pretend to be cowardly was wine, and caffeine, which wanted to take the opportunity to transform, had no chance.
"I'm short of a designer here. He can work tomorrow, now, any time."
Yu Xin's sudden invitation sounded so unreal, but it made Xiang Nuan wake up.
"I can help you keep an eye out to see if anyone is interested."
Yu Xin wanted to see Xiang Nuan and said in his heart: "Then you might as well ask now, starting with the ready-made talent in front of you."
Sure enough, the only thing that can defeat magic is sincerity. Yu Xin didn't want to understand the implication at all, he just wanted to be so direct that she had no way to escape.
"Me, I can only read books for free. I can't do any work." Xiang Nuan had no choice but to respond directly.
"That's not impossible." Yu Xin rolled his eyes again, looking like Mu Mu again.
Xiang Nuan shook his head quickly and almost blurted out the harsh words "You don't want to raise me, do you?"
"I know I am not so lucky," Yu Xin handed her a business card: "This is a friend of mine from a cultural and creative company. He does a very good job and should be in line with your style."
Xiang Nuan was really surprised now. Is there any backup plan? Are you really worried about your own livelihood?
"Thank you." She took it without looking at it and put it directly into her bag.
"Not satisfied?"
"I think you all know. Although I am curious as to why you always know, but, you know, I am afraid that my current trouble is not suitable for finding a job."
Her tongue twisters made Yu Xin laugh. He simply leaned forward, almost making people think that he had something to whisper to her.
Xiang Nuan's heart suddenly shook. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to move forward in a roundabout way.
"Why do you think I will come to you?"
Yu Xin raised his eyebrows, his eyes pulling deeper.
Xiang Nuan secretly spat, took a deep breath, forget it, never mind - "Who are you?"
"Haha, that's not what you wanted to ask." Yu Xin suddenly laughed so hard that he fell backwards. "You want to ask what will happen next? Where will the fate of you and Jiang Yunhui go? What will be the outcome of the entanglement with Jiang Chao?"
That’s right! He must have come through a book, and it was the new book in which he changed the story line!
Xiang Nuan's heart was beating so loudly that it hurt his eardrums.
"I'm short of a designer here."
"Is this a condition?"
"This is a request."
Xiang Nuan stopped answering. She suddenly realized that what she was talking about was a deal, and she was the bargaining chip in the deal. She began to feel lucky that she hadn't shown her trump card in a hurry. "I told you, my troubles don't allow me to get a job."
"That's not your trouble, it's Jiang Yunhui's."
Xiang Nuan's face turned red, and his throat suddenly became dry and tight. She remembered a sentence she had read in a book - he slapped the smart-aleck boy hard in the face without raising his hand - she did the same thing now, without raising her hand, and slapped him hard in her heart.
"Don't be angry yet." Of course Yu Xin saw the raging anger in her eyes: "Jiang Yunhui's trouble is just money. Spend money to eliminate disasters. How much money you spend to eliminate disasters. It depends on whether you are worthy of him..."
"I don't have the right to squander other people's efforts at will." Xiang Nuan interrupted him.
"He is the one who has the power to decide whether to squander or not."
"You're such a bastard!"
"...This is exactly what I am working towards."
Xiang Nuan really wanted to throw the cup of coffee in front of him on his face, but the coffee cup had reached the bottom, and there were only a few remaining water stains on his face with a mocking smile.
Yu Xin is not her helper, he is just a person who wants to overturn the original work and rewrite her destiny.
But by the way, shouldn’t we rely on emotion to win relationships? Purely relying on scheming and means?
Xiang Nuan felt a trace of sympathy in her heart when she looked at him. The second boy who she couldn't love in her previous life had turned into a scheming man after traveling through time. He was still in love but couldn't love her... The picture in her mind became strange for no reason, and she laughed inappropriately.
"Isn't it ridiculous?" Yu Xin's face suddenly darkened, and the bastard's mask was taken off, revealing Mu Mu's clear face again.
"I have imagined this scenario many times, thinking about how you would react when I said the previous words. I thought you would be excited, angry, and maybe even slap me twice, but when it really happened, I would still be the most I like you as you are now, the most real you.”
Xiang Nuan can't do it now. What's going on? Confession, brother?
"I'm not the real 'me'."
"I like you now."
Time paused, frozen on a pair of eager and panicked eyes.
"I mean...I mean...uh..." Yu Xin was confused first. Such frankness shocked me.
"I'm not asking you to come here as a threat. You can come to work for me and use me as a shield. As for Jiang Yunhui's contract, you can wait, or you can take advantage of the situation to gain momentum."
"What are you holding back?" Although Xiang Nuan was moved, his eyes still "measured" the bookstore, and the implication was shocking.
"You can't buy and sell by force if you have great wealth, right?" Yu Xin shrugged.
"Do you need to force yourself to kill the ants?" Xiang Nuan muttered. She thought of Ling Zheng, and her eyes dimmed. "Thank you anyway. There's something I've been wanting to ask you."
When she got to the key point, she faltered again, as if she was afraid of hearing the answer.
"I don't know." Yu Xin's answer preceded the question.
"I haven't asked yet."
"I know what you're going to ask. Ask about the future, ask about the end - I don't know."
Yu Xin spread his hands helplessly, and the loneliness in his eyes was even more lonely than Xiang Nuan's.
"I don't understand."
"I really don't know, how can I know something that hasn't happened yet."
Xiang Nuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized how ridiculously stupid he was. The man in front of me is a liar! Such a clumsy deception actually made her dizzy. It was just a random guess, without even a clue that could be verified, so she took it for granted that he was a fellow-traveler of hers.
How can there be so many people wearing books? You can change the plot at will, just rewrite it!
Now she was just glad that she didn't break the topic and put the blame in his hands. Her eyes were like a lie detector, scanning him from head to toe, and she concluded that she was really stupid.
Hey, don’t say it, it’s only a matter of seconds! It must have been his accidental lack of concentration that gave him a chance to perform, as he was almost diverted.
"No matter what happens, you and I will always be together."
In the end, he could only say this pun to himself, because Xiang Nuan had left unexpectedly.