Chapter Twenty-Three: The Dusty Past

"Alright."

After confirming the terms, the two signed their names, pressed their fingerprints, and put away the contracts in triplicate.

"I'll send you back."

It just so happened that Ji Ling also wanted to see Xie Lili's living environment, and offered to send the two of them home.

"I'm sorry."

Jiang Jinqiu replied gently and politely.

Ji Ling followed the navigation and drove to Xicheng District, and drove into an urban village under the guidance of Xie Lili, saying that it was an urban village, but it was actually an old-fashioned community that had not been demolished.

The tallest of 'Ju'an Yuan' is only seven storeys high, and the buildings are like iron barrels in a circle.

The mottled faΓ§ade is plastered and peeling, revealing the faded red bricks inside. The entrance to the community is an old-fashioned iron gate that is manually propelled by an elderly couple.

Seeing the mother and son walk into the iron gate, Ji Ling sighed. To live, you have to look forward! I think she didn't have as much life as this mother and son, didn't she survive.

"You really want to be very concerned about Aunt Lily's affairs?"

Seeing that Ji Ling seemed to care about Xie Lili, Ji Xian was a little curious, she always thought that she was a nosy person.

Ji Ling let out a breath of turbidity, looked at the rearview mirror, and drove the car out of various narrow alleys with difficulty.

"When I saw her, I remembered the days of hardship in the past, but there are thousands of people who have suffered in the world, but each has its own difficulty."

The car finally drove out of the urban village and got on the viaduct, and the eyes suddenly opened up, at five or six o'clock in the afternoon, just in time for the rush hour of commuting, the car was stuck on the road for more than ten minutes and could not move.

Ji Ling was bored, so he simply told Ji Xian about Xie Lili's life experience.

"You went downstairs during the dinner just now, and I inquired about your Aunt Lily's background, which is really sad."

Ji Ling was honest with Xie Lili, and Xie Lili was moved and told her story.

"Your Aunt Lili, she dropped out of junior high school, followed Jin Qiu and his father at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and gave birth to Jin Qiu in her hometown at the age of eighteen. Later, Jin Qiu's father made a fortune in the city without knowing what to do. ”

"Picked up their mother and son and came to City A, and they have lived a good life for a few years. Later, I learned that Jin Qiu and his father were doing illegal things. is still eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling outside, and owes a bunch of debts. ”

The man was relaxed and imprisoned in Jianyu. It's a pity that Lily pulls the child alone and has to pay back, and she can't find a high-paying job if she has no education and no skills. I sold all the valuable things in the house to pay back some of them. ”

Speaking of Xie Lili's life experience, Ji Ling was angry and helpless. How can a girl choose to enjoy comfort in the best years, instead of learning a little more knowledge to fight for her own career. This puzzled her.

"Then why did she work so hard to send Brother Jin Qiu to Yuying?"

Xie Lili and Ji Ling stood together, no one could see that she was younger than Ji Ling, and the burden of life had crushed this woman. Ji Xian couldn't figure out why she was still obsessed with Yuying, who was known as a 'top university'.

"Perhaps, this is her hope to keep herself alive."

When their family conditions were good, Jin Qiu, like other children, was studying a lot of extracurricular art homework. Since then, he has shown a talent for the piano. Although Lily is uneducated, she also knows the difference between these nouveau riche and the pianist. After that incident, Dad Jiang almost became a stain on Jin Qiu. ”

"In order for Jin Qiu to have a bright future and not live in the shadow of Jiang's father, she will make money in spite of her body like this, just to make up for all kinds of tuition and miscellaneous fees in addition to Yuying's tuition."

After saying this, there was a long silence in the car, such a dramatic life, only those who are in it will understand how much to endure.

"Didi! Horn! ”

There was the sound of someone honking the horn in the back, and Ji Ling reacted at this time, it turned out that the front had begun to move slowly.

Busy waved behind him.

"I'm sorry!"

The cars on the road gradually became scarce, and the car of the two drove to the Qijiang River, and Ji Ling stopped by the river and opened the window to breathe.

"Hey, Xiao, Zhang Ni's affairs have been handed over to you, right?"

Assistant Yu Xiaoye is a native of City A, lively and funny, cautious and careful. This time, Zhang Ni was on vacation and handed over everything to him, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to exercise him.

"Yes, what does the leader command? Please instruct! ”

The witty tone came, although he tried hard to be serious, Ji Ling was still more accustomed to his usual appearance.

"I made an appointment with Director Xu for dinner before, you call and ask if his assistant is free tonight, and by the way, I will bring a friend and let Director Xu give me some pointers."

"Okay, sister. Guaranteed completion of the task. Is there anything else you command? ”

Yu Xiaoye was a little excited, he tried his best to squeeze into Ji Ling's hand because of Ji Ling's treatment, and after coming in, he found that except for that Zhang Ni, everyone else was stunned and couldn't feel the benefits of resources at all.

Several other people who came at the same time couldn't bear the loneliness and went elsewhere, only he was content to be an idler, staying here to grind, and he was stunned when he received the notice from the company not long ago.

said that if he performed well during this time, the company would send him to study and examine, and also give him artist belts. In the future, he Yu Xiaoye will no longer be a humble assistant who is called around, but an agent who can shine with artists, which makes him not excited.

"Well, help me find a reliable driver. Must have a clean and reliable family background. ”

Ji Ling felt that she might be too careful, but for Ji Xian's safety, she was better off doing less than more.

Some time ago, I saw the old news - 'The daughter of a well-known singer was kidnapped, and the ticket was torn up because the singer was suspected of reporting Jin's daughter'.

This news made her shudder, although the social order is good now, but in the face of the temptation of huge wealth, she is still afraid that someone will poison her.

Hire a reliable driver, you can pick up and drop off Xie Lili during this time, and avoid her taking the bus all day, not to mention the delay, it is not safe. After a while, I can just follow to City C to pick up two children to school.

Ji Ling has a big villa in City C, and he hasn't lived in it for so many years. Beautiful scenery and pleasant surroundings. It is located in the suburbs, far from the city, not to mention Yuying from the city center.

"Good! Leave it to me. ”

Yu Xiaoye patted his chest on his mobile phone and promised, God gave him a chance, he must behave well. I haven't heard that the assistant under the other artist can be mixed up as an agent, it seems that it must be the kind words of his own boss.

He guessed right, this was indeed her proposal to the company's top management.

Artist assistants are the people who have the most contact with artists in addition to agents, if there are people with good conduct and good potential, it will be seen that they can be seen as assistants for a few years, and it is very good to directly promote a few newcomers from it.

"I'm sorry, I can't accompany you at night, I want to fight for the script last time as soon as possible, and I just happened to solve your sister Jinna's matter together."

Ji Xian obediently lay on the window blowing the river breeze, at this time the sun was setting little by little, and the sky gradually turned into an orange-yellow curtain, and a faint halo was sprinkled on her face.

"It's okay, you go. I'll figure it out for dinner. ”

"Otherwise, I'll call someone to accompany you."

If Ji Xian goes out alone, she is really a little uneasy, so she can ask the assistant Xiaomeng to accompany her.

"No, I'll do it myself at home, just follow my phone to school, just get a little bit of it. If you're really worried, then I'll order takeout. ”

In fact, she doesn't like to be alone with strangers, although this person is someone Ji Ling knows.

Ji Xian looked at a fenced platform on the riverbank.

"Well, it's worthy of our brother Ze. It's handsome to pose casually. ”

"Rong Ze, look at this, yes, your chin is slightly lowered. Handsome! ”

There was a burst of compliments from the audience, and the young man on the stage leaned on the set up scene, and the river behind him was sparkling, hitting the handsome and enchanting side face of the young man. Ji Xian seems to be handsome, but he can't talk about handsome, he looks weird and feminine, and he is not as handsome as Ah Yushuai, who has not grown in her house.

The young man glanced disdainfully at the complimenting camera, a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, and the whole person revealed an arrogant and rude atmosphere.

"It sounds familiar."

Ji Ling felt as if he had heard this name somewhere.

"Xie Rongze, who should have been mentioned by Sister Zhang Ni before, said that he is the nephew of President Lan of your company, who has been a trainee abroad for several years, and now he is returning to China to participate in the talent show."

Ji Xian remembered what Zhang Ni told Ji Ling, Ji Ling usually doesn't care much about these idol traffic artists, so she doesn't pay much attention to them, but she pays attention to these very much.

Coupled with this Xie Rongze, there were many media accounts promoting him before returning to China, so she still knew a little bit, and now she is out of the media filter and sees him in real life is not so good, it looks a little difficult to get along with.

"Oh, it's him. I can't figure out what these idols are now. Some time ago, I followed Zhang Ni Xingchong to watch a talent show. As a result, as soon as the show ended, the children were gone. ”

When encountering an unfamiliar field, Ji Ling said that she was really lagging behind, and the current idol change speed was really beyond her imagination, and gradually, she didn't want to pay attention to these anymore.

After driving all the way, Ji Ling's eyes were a little sore, and he automatically avoided the flashing lights on Rong Ze's side, so he didn't recognize that this was the next-door neighbor who had greeted him before.

"Let's go, I'll take you home."

"Hmm."

The beautiful scenery by the river was left behind, Xie Rongze looked at the car in the distance, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a sly smile.

"I don't know if the little corn scared them, haha."

The photographers and assistants in the audience were confused, and they didn't know what good things made the prince so happy.

Looking in the direction he was looking, it was clearly an empty street.

"Alright, that's all for today. I am tired. ”

Xie Rongze couldn't help but say that he began to take off the clothes on his body, and almost fell to the ground when he threw it away, but fortunately, the assistant on the side quickly caught it.