Chapter 354: Receiving a call from Tang Bingyan

Nie Jingjing had been busy eavesdropping just now and hadn't noticed where Murong Xue behind her had gone, nor did she know that the hidden corner she had deliberately brought Zhao Qianqian to wasn't hidden at all.

The expression on Zhao Qianqian's face after seeing Murong Xue could simply be described as despair.

Why was Murong Xue here too? This time she had truly embarrassed herself to the extreme!

"I was already here when you were peeking through the door crack."

Murong Xue pulled out a tissue to wipe the corner of her mouth, then held her teacup and turned to look out the window, looking completely uninterested in their gossip.

"Nie Jingjing, you are an artist under Agent Xu. Tell me, what kind of girl does he actually like?"

Nie Jingjing played hard to get, deliberately looking Zhao Qianqian up and down with a thoughtful look, and only spoke when Zhao Qianqian became impatient: "Never mind what type he likes for now. Tell me, how did you confess in the office earlier?"

"I... I just had Teacher Annie pass my business card to Agent Xu, but I didn't wait for him to call. Then today I went to ask Agent Xu if he had received my card and why he didn't contact me."

Nie Jingjing's mouth twitched, and she asked: "And then?"

"Then Agent Xu rejected me." Zhao Qianqian said with a mournful face.

Nie Jingjing looked at Zhao Qianqian as if she were an alien: "How is that a confession?"

"How is it not a confession? I hinted so obviously; Agent Xu isn't a fool, how could he not know what I meant?"

"Whether he knew or not, such a roundabout and subtle method won't work. Who chases someone by sending a business card and waiting for news?"

"Then how should I chase him?" Zhao Qianqian blinked, her face full of thirst for knowledge.

"Forget it, seeing as you're so stupid, I'll kindly tell you." Nie Jingjing rolled her eyes, suddenly leaned into Zhao Qianqian's ear, and whispered: "Actually, I know what type Mr. Xu likes. If you do as I say, you'll definitely be able to chase him."

"What type?" Nie Jingjing asked curiously.

"He likes those with hot, sexy, and uninhibited figures."

Zhao Qianqian had a face full of question marks.

"Nie Jingjing, you're not playing with me, are you? Agent Xu doesn't look like the kind of person who likes that type of girl."

"Why would I play with you? I've been by his side for so long, how could I not know? The more proactive you are, the more he likes it. Don't play that 'hard to get' or 'pretending to be reserved' game; it's completely useless."

Murong Xue, who had inadvertently heard the conversation between Nie Jingjing and Zhao Qianqian:...

Who is she, where is she, and why did she come to the pantry?

Mr. Xu likes sexy and uninhibited girls? How come she didn't know?

Zhao Qianqian looked at Nie Jingjing suspiciously: "Will it really work if I do as you say?"

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can try."

"Alright then." Zhao Qianqian was thoughtful, "I originally thought Agent Xu liked gentle and sweet girls. I really didn't expect the type he likes to be the complete opposite of what I imagined."

"Alright, now that you've got the hang of it, I don't need to say anything more, right?" Nie Jingjing smiled wickedly as she watched Zhao Qianqian leave.

After Zhao Qianqian left, Murong Xue said with some displeasure: "Nie Jingjing, don't go around talking nonsense and ruining Xu Ge's reputation."

"What nonsense did I talk? And how is Mr. Xu liking sexy and uninhibited women ruining his reputation?" Nie Jingjing was dismissive.

"How do you know Xu Ge likes that kind?"

Nie Jingjing raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and asked back: "Then how do you know he doesn't?"

Murong Xue was rendered speechless, could only glare fiercely at Nie Jingjing, and turned to look out the window.

Ever since Nie Jingjing stood up for Murong Xue, the relationship between the two seemed to have shifted from one extreme to another. Previously, Murong Xue would usually swallow her anger and ignore Nie Jingjing's provocations, but now she dared to talk back boldly.

Of course, the mild-mannered Murong Xue naturally couldn't out-argue the overbearing and arrogant Nie Jingjing, and basically ended in failure every time.

Nie Jingjing seemed very satisfied with the advice she gave Zhao Qianqian and, for the first time, gossiped with Murong Xue: "Just you wait, maybe Zhao Qianqian will succeed very soon."

After saying this, she pushed open the pantry door and walked out.

Murong Xue finished the coffee in her paper cup and followed Nie Jingjing to Xu Tian's office.

As soon as she pushed the door open, Nie Jingjing deliberately dragged out her tone and joked with Xu Tian: "Mr. Xu, someone is throwing themselves into your arms, how come you..."

Before she could finish, Xu Tian threw a gossip magazine at her with an expressionless face.

Nie Jingjing raised her hand to catch the magazine and saw that the cover featured her and a young fresh meat who had just won the championship in an idol variety show.

"Mr. Xu, listen to my explanation, I really have nothing to do with him!" Nie Jingjing panicked and explained urgently, "This is clearly him trying to use a scandal to maintain his heat. I would never like that kind of oily, powdered type!"

"Chasing heat? He's an idol star; wouldn't reporting a scandal at this time be self-destructive to his future?"

Xu Tian had actually already investigated it, but seeing Nie Jingjing's gossipy look just now, he still wanted to deliberately knock her down a peg.

"Really, I have nothing to do with him. Why would I lie to you? As soon as the competition ended, he was exposed for having private contact with a fan-site leader. The company wanted to pull me out to block the gun and shift the focus. After all, having a scandal with me could give him some topic value. If he were labeled with having private contact with a fan-site leader, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to keep a single girlfriend-fan or CP-fan."

"Mr. Xu, you don't believe me, do you? Now I only have your brother, my hoodie male god, in my heart. It's impossible for me to like other men. You must not talk nonsense with your brother and affect my image in his heart."

Xu Tian: Hehe...

Nie Jingjing has no image at all in my eyes.

He set about arranging PR for Nie Jingjing's scandal and worked until off-duty time before Xu Tian returned to the apartment with a thick stack of documents.

During this period, he had been studying materials related to antiques, especially porcelain.

In his past life, Tang Bingyan had always hoped he could enter the Tang Group, but it was a pity that at that time Xu Tian was at odds with her everywhere, ruining every opportunity she gave him, causing the group's senior management and shareholders to complain about him.

In the end, Tang Bingyan saw that he truly had no intention of intervening in the group's internal affairs, so she simply gave up and let him idle away his days.

But this time, Xu Tian absolutely couldn't be as absurd as in his past life. The first test he had to face to enter the Tang Group was to go to Y Country to attend a private auction. This was his first task after entering the Tang Group as the Tang family's son-in-law, so it was very important to him.

However, he hadn't dabbled much in antique porcelain before, only knowing a little bit, and as for appraisal, he was completely ignorant. Therefore, during this period, he had A Wei help him find a large amount of materials to start learning.

However, antique appraisal couldn't be mastered overnight; even those experts had times when they misjudged, let alone a layman like him.

But when Tang Bingyan handed over several recent Tang family projects for Xu Tian to choose from, Xu Tian still chose this project with the highest risk.

The so-called high risk, high return. If he only took over one or two projects that anyone could handle, not only would it be of no help to him, but it would also make the senior executives in the Tang Group look down on him, concluding that he was just a pretty boy relying on Tang Bingyan to climb up.

And that day, when Tang Bingyan saw him choose the most difficult task, not only did she not dissuade him, but a look of appreciation flashed in her eyes.

This made Xu Tian even more certain that although Tang Bingyan in his past life didn't dislike him for being useless, she also hoped he wouldn't live his life in a daze and would make a career of his own.

Now what he had to do was seize every opportunity after his rebirth to accumulate his own power and connections. His ambition now wasn't just to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Tang Bingyan, the business queen, but more so to have enough strength to become her support, to shield her from the wind and rain, so she wouldn't have to be so tired.

After returning to the apartment, Xu Tian continued to study the materials at hand, and at seven o'clock, he received a call from Tang Bingyan. ===== CHAPTER 355 =====