Huh? Are villainous bosses this easy to flirt with?

Chapter 24 Everyone Meets

Fan Qi was taken aback at first, then a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, and a smile appeared on her face.

She stared intently at Chen Mo, who felt a little embarrassed by her gaze. Chen Mo dropped the skewers in her hand and immediately turned to talk to Su Li next to her to avoid her gaze.

As the group chatted, the conversation somehow drifted to Xie Qing, who was quietly grilling skewers nearby.

"Brother Qing, what the bowl in the muddy river says is not at all what I want to say." Su Li chewed something, her words somewhat unclear.

But Xie Qing understood. He flipped his skewer over and asked casually, "What's different?"

Su Li swallowed what was in her mouth. "The internet says you're gloomy, don't like to communicate with others, and will do anything to climb the ladder. They say you got your role as the third male lead through unspoken rules, and that you pursued Gu Yan and interfered in his life."

Chen Mo, who was standing next to him, was terrified and almost couldn't help but cover Su Li's mouth to stop him from speaking.

She inwardly groaned, thinking, "Who would say something like that to someone's face like that?! Isn't this just asking for trouble?!"

Chen Mo once again realized how worrying Su Li's emotional intelligence was!

Xie Qing did not show any anger or displeasure.

He knew that Su Li meant no harm; she was simply recounting the comments about herself that he had seen online.

Xie Qing's lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile.

Xie Qing asked, "And now?"

Su Li answered without hesitation, "Now, I think all those things are false. I think you're a really good person, kind-hearted, and super good-looking. How could you possibly be chasing after someone else? It should be others chasing after you!"

"You're so stupid! How many things on the internet are true? You don't actually believe all those false claims online, do you?" Liang Shun looked at Su Li as if she were an idiot.

Su Li immediately shook her head to prove her innocence.

Xie chuckled. This was the first time someone had said he was kind. It just goes to show that Su Li was too young and could only see the surface of people.

Those who knew Xie Qing in their past lives would laugh their heads off if they heard these words. Xie Qing was someone they dared not provoke in their circle. He could be all smiles and pleasantries on the surface, but he could stab you in the back without hesitation.

Su Li immediately leaned in and said, "Brother Qing, you also think the things said online are funny, right? That's completely different from what you're talking about."

Su Li, that silly child, thought Xie Qing was laughing at the comments online, little did she know he was laughing at her.

Xie nodded lightly, "It is quite funny."

“I think you are different from what is said online.”

Xie Qing mimicked Su Li's tone, which piqued his curiosity.

Sure enough, Su Li immediately said, "What's different? What's different?"

Xie Qing didn't answer immediately, but slowly finished the skewer in his hand. During this time, Su Li kept pestering him to ask what was different.

After finishing their meal, Xie Qing replied, "I think... you're more handsome than the internet says."

Su Li immediately looked at Xie Qing with sparkling eyes, "Brother, do you really think so?"

Su Li grabbed Xie Qing's wrist with emotion, as if she had met a kindred spirit.

"Of course..." Of course it's fake.

Xie Qing thought Su Li was a cool guy, but he turned out to be a silly boy.

He subtly withdrew his hand and patted Su Li on the shoulder, "Go have fun!"

As if injected with stimulants, Su Li went to ask Chen Mo and Fan Qi with great interest, and both received affirmative answers.

However, when he got to Liang Shun's place, he sat back down and didn't ask any more questions.

"What do you mean? Am I not worth your time to ask?"

Su Li said, "I can tell even with my toes that you're going to damage my confidence, so I'm not asking you." She then added, as if to herself, "I'm so smart."

"So, you really want me to ask you that too?" Su Li looked at Liang Shun with a look of sudden realization.

"No, I don't want to."

"You just want to! I've seen through you."

"I said I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to!" Liang Shun raised his voice, filled with anger.

But in Su Li's eyes, he was just embarrassed and angry because his thoughts had been exposed.

Xie Qing glanced at Liang Shun, who was about to explode with anger, and tapped Su Li on the head. "If you keep talking, Liang Shun will beat you up, and we won't help you."

Su Li then stopped thinking about it.

The atmosphere became relaxed and cheerful again. The group sat together, eating and chatting. The cool sea breeze gently caressed their faces, and laughter floated in the sea breeze. The fatigue of the day seemed to disappear at this moment.

...

Xie Qing was eating when someone suddenly nudged his arm. "Brother, there are two people over there, coming this way."

As Su Li spoke, she pointed.

The others looked in the direction he was pointing, and indeed, two people were walking in that direction.

There are seven people participating in the variety show in total, and five of them are here. It goes without saying who the other two are.

As the two approached, the others noticed that they looked rather disheveled, their clothes were dirty, and there were abrasions on their exposed skin.

Xie Nuo and Gu Yan stopped a few meters away from Xie Qing and the others.

Xie Nuo smiled and said, "What a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet you here."

The smile on his face looked forced, as if it were squeezed out, and even looked somewhat ferocious, which did not match the pure and innocent image he had carefully cultivated online.

Liang Shun and he didn't get along in the first place, and seeing his hypocritical greeting, he didn't want to speak at all. Su Li remembered Xie Nuo's sinister look earlier and didn't want to talk to such a two-faced person. Fan Qi was even less of a threat; she was a cold and aloof queen who usually didn't speak. Chen Mo saw that no one spoke, so she didn't speak either.

Thus, the most awkward moment of the entire variety show recording occurred: after Xie Nuo greeted everyone, no one responded to him.

Xie Nuo's smile almost froze. After about a minute, Xie Qing stood up with a smile on her face. "It is indeed a coincidence."

When Xie Nuo saw the clean and beautiful Xie Qing standing in front of him, he felt like a clown in comparison, and jealousy surged in his heart.

He didn't believe Xie Qing could be doing so well on his own; someone else must have been helping him, and Xie Qing was just reaping the benefits. Otherwise, he would definitely be in a worse situation than him.

Xie Nuo suppressed the ugly thoughts in her heart, deliberately took Gu Yan's hand, and said in an intimate tone, "These past few days, I've been with Brother Yan. Today is the last day of the variety show, and I was thinking of changing the venue, but I didn't expect to run into you guys."

"I didn't expect this either." Xie Qing's tone was normal, without the negativity and breakdown that Xie Nuo had expected.

How could that be? Xie Qing likes Gu Yan so much, how could she not react when she heard that he and Gu Yan had been together all the time?

Was he feigning strength to hide his inner pain? Xie Nuo observed Xie Qing's every move but found no flaws.