33. Brother's request
Mu Fengmian drank the water and felt much better, so he motioned for them to continue the competition.
Seeing that Xu Xingchen still looked at ease, Gu Xing was obviously about to die.
The numb and spicy sensation hit his taste buds strongly, and his face was so hot that his face was red, like Godzilla who was about to breathe fire.
However, there is no way, the martial arts he has mastered will not help in this match.
If he wants to win Xu Xingchen, unless he invents a medicine that can temporarily paralyze his sense of taste, but it's too late now.
In the last five minutes of the game, the ingredients of the two had been eaten, and Gu Xing's taste buds had reached the limit, and his throat seemed to be rolling a fireball.
Xu Xingchen's face was flushed, his ears were red, and he looked like he was about to die.
But he poured the hot pot base into a large bowl and drank it directly, which stunned Gu Xing and Mu Fengmian.
Gu Xing smiled: "No need to weigh it, I lost." ”
Mu Fengmian looked at Xu Xingchen in surprise: "Brother, dare to ask you if you have a taste disorder?" Even I didn't know you were so spicy! ”
Xu Xingchen coughed a few times, smiled, licked the sauce on his lips, and said, "Anyway, I won, cough cough." ”
Gu Xing drank half a bottle of boiled water, barely suppressed the fire in his throat, and said with a smile: "I admire it!" Willing to gamble and lose, what do you want me to do? ”
Xu Xingchen's complexion changed a few times, he lowered his head and frowned, and unconsciously turned a chopstick in his hand, which seemed to be a little difficult to speak.
Mu Fengmian knew his habitual movements, and every time he turned the things in his hand with this expression, he felt very embarrassed.
"Xiao Feng, brother begs you for something first." Xu Xingchen hesitated for a while, pursed his lips, and finally raised his head and looked at Mu Fengmian, looking a little embarrassed.
"Say anything." Mu Fengmian has known Xu Xingchen for so long, and knows that Xu Xingchen carries everything by himself, and rarely asks for help.
Xu Xingchen was silent for at least a minute before he said, "Can you withdraw the criminal prosecution against Zhu Keren and change it to monetary compensation." ”
Mu Fengmian was stunned. Although she knew that Xu Xingchen and Zhu Keren were both signed artists of Zhu Kemei's film and television studio, they were colleagues, but she knew that Xu Xingchen was a person with a clear distinction between public and private, and she never thought that Xu Xingchen would open his mouth to plead with her for a woman like Zhu Keren.
"Do you know her well? Did her eldest sister Zhu Kemei know about the relationship between you and me and put pressure on you? Mu Fengmian asked.
"It's complicated to say. Yes, it is true that Zhu Kemei has come to me, but I am not because she is my boss..... Actually, I'm ashamed to say that Zhu Keren and I actually knew each other before. Didn't I just break up with my girlfriend when I met you? Zhu Keren is my former girlfriend, she is a year older than me, we are college alumni, she is my senior sister, majoring in modern dance. There was a hint of shyness in Xu Xingchen's voice.
"What? No way! I've often heard you talk about your ex-girlfriend. Although you have never mentioned her name, but from the past events you said, I know that she is a simple, kind and beautiful girl, it is Bai Yueguang, how can she be the kind of person Zhu Keren? You're my brother, and you're not blind, you can't have such a bad eyesight! ”
Mu Fengmian would not believe it if he was killed. , because she knew that Xu Xingchen's taste had always been very high.
Xu Xingchen said helplessly: "She wasn't like this before. In the past, she was really kind and innocent and straightforward, she loved and hated clearly, was happy to enmity and hatred, and pulled out a sword to help when she saw injustice, much like the ancient chivalrous woman. But speaking of which, her background is also very pitiful, and she has been forced by her sister to do things she doesn't want to do since she was a child, but she has always refused to tell me what it is, probably because she is afraid that I will feel distressed when I hear it. I have lived in paradise for a long time, and when I first arrived in Shanghai, I didn't know how to get along with other people, I was not sociable, and I didn't even have a friend around me. And she didn't know why, she always said that she wasn't really happy, that her happiness was fake, and that I was the only real source of happiness in her short life. At that time, I was so poor that it was a problem to even have three meals and clothing, but she did not dislike me at all, always stayed by my side, and always encouraged and supported me. She signed a contract with her sister's studio before finishing college and became an actress, although she is not popular no matter how popular she is, but she is also a little famous, and she still makes a lot of money. She often used her own savings to help me, despite her sister's objections. But one day, she suddenly proposed to break up. Although she was reluctant to explain why, I knew that it was not her fault, that her sister must have forced her. She was sadder than me at the time, drunk every day, insomnia at night, and even had early hair. Later, when I won a modeling contest, my sister approached me and signed me on. Since she also worked in that studio, I agreed, and I had another chance to meet her. She still regards me as her best friend, takes great care of me on weekdays, and highly recommends me to her brother Zhu Keqi. The reason why I was able to play the leading role in last year's TV series was also due to her. Even if she's not my ex-girlfriend, I'll have to intercede for her because of her kindness, don't I? Xiao Feng, I know that you are a jealous and hateful person, but ...... Even if it's my brother begging you, okay? ”
"Uh...... Well, give me some time, I'll think about it. Mu Fengmian's heart softened. Since she met Xu Xingchen, Xu Xingchen has always paid silently, and has never asked her for anything, let alone begged her, she really can't bear to make Xu Xingchen so embarrassed.
Xu Xingchen looked at Gu Xing again and said, "Okay, I beg you something, can you also withdraw the lawsuit and give Zhu Keren a chance to mend his ways." If she really goes to prison, it will be difficult to turn over in this life. I will persuade her to go back to the right path, she is just a ghost who has done the wrong way, and she can get lost. I know it's hard to talk about it, but ......" Xu Xingchen became more and more ashamed the more he spoke, and his voice became lower and lower.
Gu Xing didn't answer, staring at him with a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but feel hot on his face.
"Do you understand everything?" Xu Xingchen asked stubbornly.
"I guess I understood." Gu Xing looked at Mu Fengmian and asked, "Mianmian, what do you think?" ”
"It's hard for me to fail to do what my brother begs me. But I don't care what you do, you better follow your own ideas. Brother said that Zhu Keren was not like this before, so what was she like before, do you know? Mu Fengmian couldn't help but ask Gu Xing.
"Actually, I don't know her very well. But according to her brother, she has been with her former man since then
After the friend broke up, it was like a different person. Perhaps, what bad things really happened to her to become what she is now? Perhaps, she can really change her ways? Do you think we should give me one last chance? I'm just afraid she'll get worse in the future! Gu Xing said.
"My brother said that he would persuade her to return to the right path, and I believe that my brother will do what he says. I'm willing to give her another chance! I hope you'll give her a chance too! Mu Fengmian finally made up his mind and pleaded with Gu Xing for the sake of Xu Xingchen.
"Even my mother interceded on her behalf, I didn't change my position. But now that you've spoken...... It's not just because of you, I do feel a little sorry for my brother. He really is my good brother! These days, he really didn't even say a word of intercession for Zhu Keren, but the more he was like this, the more I felt ashamed of him. Gu Xing sighed helplessly.
Xu Xingchen said: "Thank you! ”
Xu Xingchen touched his full belly and smiled with satisfaction: "It's almost time, I'm leaving, the nanny car is waiting for me in the garage." Xiao Feng, you help me take care of Feifei and wait for me to come back. ”
Mu Fengmian nodded and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, I have something for you." ”
She took out a small and delicate storage bag from her backpack that could hold a lot of things in different categories, took out an ointment from the bag, and said with a smile: "Brother, when you were filming the last drama to hang Weiya, your waist was strained, you must not carry the luggage or anything by yourself, fortunately, you finally have an assistant now!" Don't do any more dangerous strenuous exercise! This is an ointment, after you take a bath every day, remember to ask the assistant to massage your shoulder and back, I bought it from a very famous old Chinese medicine doctor, if you use it well, your strain will be healed in less than half a month."
Xu Xingchen smiled: "I know, why do I think you are becoming more and more like a little housekeeper?" ”
Mu Fengmian put the ointment back in place, took out a bottle of sunscreen spray from the storage bag, and sprayed it lightly on his neck, Xu Xingchen smelled a faint lavender fragrance.
"It's a lavender scented anti-spray and it works great! This is an eye patch! You always stay up late to memorize scripts, you have to take good care of your eyes, and you have to apply it for 15 minutes every night before going to bed. This is eye drops, your eyes will be red when you wear contact lenses for a long time, remember to order eye drops every day! Mu Fengmian continued to chatter.
Xu Xingchen stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, scratched Mu Fengmian's nose "lovingly", and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Gu Xing had already turned into lemon essence.
Mu Fengmian smiled innocently and a little naughty at the same time. It was the first time Gu Xing had seen this kind of innocent and lovely smile like a little angel on her face, which reminded him of the smile of a male classmate's sister because she felt her brother's favor, and the smiles of the two were very similar.
Comparing Mu Fengmian's completely different attitudes towards him and towards Xu Xingchen, Gu Xing could finally understand why Xu Xingchen wanted to recognize Mu Fengmian as his sister.
Mu Fengmian put everything back into the storage bag and handed it to Xu Xingchen, who packed the storage into the backpack.
He put on a bucket hat, sunglasses, and a mask, and wrapped himself tightly.