Chapter 320

【Xia Xia, what are you doing?】

A friend saw Shu Chen sending a WeChat message and asked with a smile, "You care a lot about your younger sister?"

"If I don't care about my sister, who would?" Shu Chen replied as if it were only natural.

"Doesn't your sister have a boyfriend?" the friend asked again. He remembered seeing a photo of Shu Chen's sister on his phone before; he had been smitten at first sight and asked Shu Chen to introduce them, but Shu Chen had said his sister had a boyfriend.

Upon hearing the word "boyfriend," coldness erupted in Shu Chen's eyes. "That boyfriend of hers is a jerk; they broke up."

The friend's eyes lit up, but before he could say anything more, he heard Shu Chen pass a death sentence.

"You aren't suitable for my sister either. You've dated too many girlfriends, and my sister is simple-minded and wouldn't see through you."

Hearing this, the friend knew he had no chance, and immediately thought that he probably couldn't truly give up a whole forest for one woman anyway.

"If there's no chance, then there's no chance! What exactly is going on between you and Lin Xu? No matter what, he is the second male lead in this drama, and you are only the fourth. Don't go head-to-head with him. I heard people say he's petty and has targeted you a few times before. If you don't give him face again, he might make it impossible for you to survive in the industry. Listen to me, give him some face. With your acting skills, you can go further, and when the time comes, you can step on him. Just suffer a little loss for now."

Shu Chen kept a cold face. "Future matters will be handled in the future. Right now, I just can't stand him."

The friend was speechless. "Fine, fine, suit yourself. I heard that his family's company has been having some problems lately. He used to rely on being a rich second generation and had good resources in the industry, but he'll have a hard time ahead."

Behind his back, few people liked Lin Xu.

He was too arrogant.

After seeing Shu Chen's WeChat message, Shu Xia didn't think much of it and replied that she was eating.

After sitting down, she discovered that the soup base and dishes were almost all served.

"Why didn't you start eating first?"

Looking up, she saw Qiao Muting was also looking at his phone, waiting for her.

"Waiting for you." Qiao Muting then put his phone aside and began to place vegetables into the pot in a slow and orderly manner.

Shu Xia watched the man's slender hands holding the chopsticks and was momentarily distracted.

She thought of that night, when those hands wandered over her body...

She swallowed, then followed suit by putting in the vegetables she liked to eat.

Some people could make even the simple act of eating look pleasing to the eye, and Qiao Muting, right before her, was exactly that—elegant and noble.

However, no matter how good-looking or pleasing to the eye someone was, it was worth nothing in front of a foodie.

Shu Xia was soon completely captivated by the hot pot in front of her.

The ingredients here were fresh to the extreme, and there were some ingredients that other hot pot restaurants couldn't provide; she would be able to feast to her heart's content today.

It was too delicious!

"I heard from a friend before that this chain hot pot restaurant is very popular, but it's ridiculously expensive. I always thought that the ridiculous price was just for the atmosphere, but I didn't expect the taste to be this amazing!" Shu Xia praised it endlessly.

It was a pity that this kind of place wasn't suitable for frequent visits; it felt like every bite she took was eating money.

She could bring her family here once later.

"If you like eating here, you can come often." Qiao Muting's lips curled upward.

Shu Xia shook her head decisively. "It's too expensive; it's fine to come occasionally."

"You are the young mistress of the Qiao Group; as long as it's a restaurant under the group, you can eat for free. Come whenever you want to eat."

Hearing the words "young mistress," Shu Xia's expression became somewhat unnatural.

She wasn't sure when she would be stepping down from this position as young mistress.

Over the past two days, she had thought about it very clearly: Qiao Muting's loss of control that night wasn't because he liked her; it was because their rationality had been swallowed by drugs.

It was hard to say when Qiao Muting might meet a woman he could fall for at first sight.

However, when that time came, she would fulfill his wishes.