nChapter 45: Displaying Gratitude

n“What’s wrong? You’re not satisfied?” Lu Tingxiao was standing behind her.

nNing Xi touched her forehead, “It’s not a matter of satisfaction…”

n“Then what’s wrong?”

n“CEO Lu…”

n“Use my name.”

n“Okay, Lu Tingxiao, don’t you think you’re treating me… a little too well?” He was treating her so well that she couldn’t help but misunderstand.

n“You’ve finally realised.” Lu Tingxiao had the look of finally having taught something to a child.

nNing Xi: “…”

nSeeing her conflicted expression, Lu Tingxiao’s eyes darkened for a second before returning to normal, “You saved Little Treasure, and Little Treasure still needs your help for a very long period of time. Is there anything wrong with treating you well?”

nHe paused for a moment, then looked at her, “Or do you want me to use other methods to show my gratitude?”

nSo she had just been misunderstanding his intentions. A large rock she had been carrying in her heart seemed to have settled down. She quickly waved her hand and said, “No, no, this is fine… it’s pretty good…”

nShe was not going to mention other ways for him to show his gratitude.

nNing Xi could never run in the same circles as someone like Lu Tingxiao. If he knew of her dirty past, he probably wouldn’t even let her meet Little Treasure anymore.

n“It’s still early, rest for a while. Come down for breakfast later.”

n“Okay.”

nAfter Lu Tingxiao left, Ning Xi laid on the large comfortable bed, wide awake.

nHow would she be able to fall asleep when she was waiting for bad news?

nEven though the directors were happy with her, it didn’t mean that they would be able to withstand the pressure from the sponsors.

nFinally, she could no longer sit and wait for her death.

nNing Xi sat up and opened her laptop to login to MSN.

nMy Lonely Empty Loss: Are you there?

nCorrupted Devil King: Wow, Miss Big Star Ning. You’re free to contact a peasant like me?

nMy Lonely Empty Loss: Do you have money? Can you lend me 8 million?

nCorrupted Devil King: What happened?

nMy Lonely Empty Loss: Please don’t ask about the reason.

nCorrupted Devil King: I just invested my spare money into a winery, it’ll take some time.

nMy Lonely Empty Loss: How long?

nCorrupted Devil King: 3 days.

nMy Lonely Empty Loss: Thanks.

nCorrupted Devil King: Heh heh, my dear. It’s the first time you’ve actually asked me for something.

nMy Lonely Empty Loss: When are you coming back to China? I’ll go fetch you.

nCorrupted Devil King: Ning Xi, you’re heartless!

nSeeing that Corrupted Devil King had gone offline, Ning Xi felt stifled in her heart.

nShe didn’t want to owe anyone favours if she couldn’t help it, especially since this person was one of her exes.

nAlthough she knew that she had hurt him by doing this kind of equivalent exchange, she had no other choice.

nShe had lost the ability to care a long time ago, and she never wanted to feel it again.

nAs for the reason why she didn’t borrow the money from Lu Tingxiao, she was already too involved with the Lu family. She absolutely did not want to get involved even further with them, especially with money matters.

nAfter an hour, Ning Xi finally received a call.

nIt was Chang Li.

nNing Xi pressed her palm and took a deep breath before she picked up the call, “Hello?”

n“Don’t forget that filming starts tomorrow morning at 9. Take a car there yourself. I have to take care of Xueluo, so I don’t have the time to look after you. You don’t even need me since you’re so capable anyway!” Chang Li was still as sharp as usual. The only difference was that her tone was particularly bad today, as if Ning Xi owed her 8 million dollars.

n“What? We’re filming?” Ning Xi was stunned.

n“Are you still sleeping? Wake up! You’re not allowed to be late on the first day!” Chang Li’s tone was impatient, and she immediately hung up.

nNing Xi held onto her phone and remained in a daze for a long while.

nWhat happened? She was still in?

nShe scrambled out of bed and paced around the room, and finally dialed the director’s number, “Hello, Director Guo. Sorry for disturbing you this early, but I had something I wanted to ask you!”

n“You’re asking about the matter of Director Ning trying to switch you out?”

n“Yes.” Ning Xi’s heart clenched, Ning Yaohua had done exactly what he said.

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