Chapter 15: Inter-provincial diss

In her previous life, Lin Qingqing was not particularly comfortable because she followed Jiang Shi Ning. She entered the palace at a later stage when the harem was already divided into several forces, the most powerful of which should be Jiang Shi Ning. But this also means that others will group together to target Jiang Shi Ning's group.

        However, all this has nothing to do with Lin Qingqing, she has no ambition, she was sent to the palace by her family because of her outstanding looks, in fact, she is not interested in the emperor and the fight for favor, she does not want to climb the dragon and become the phoenix at all. So Lin Qingqing is determined to follow Jiang Shi Ning, not because she is the most powerful, but because she looks the best.

        Good-looking people, generally have a greater chance of winning.

        Only, Lin Qingning is little poor in the head. When Jiang Shi Ning and other concubines are planning, she is high on melon seeds, when Jiang Shi Ning rested, she comes over and invites her to eat cupcakes.

        It is not unheard of to be framed and poisoned, but fortunately Jiang Shi Ning quickly turned the tables and took control of the harem, so Lin Qingqing managed to survive to the end. (TL* It meant that since she eats a lot, she might die from poison sooner)

        What? Jiang Shi Ning killed the emperor by hand?

        It's not as bad as when Jiang Shi Ning died, which made Lin Qingqing really feel sad.

        That's because the two of them had a deep revolutionary friendship! Even if Lin Qingqing was not Jiang Shi Ning's confidante, But so many cupcakes and melon seeds are not for nothing!

        Lin Qingqing imagined that her modern life this time would be one where she would work as a secretary for Jiang Shi Ning, receive a salary, and continue to nibble on melon seeds.

        But she never thought... Jiang Shi Ning has changed!

        "This is a new era now, Lin Qingqing." Jiang Shi Ning said seriously, "Women can no longer rely on men."

        "I didn't! I want to rely on you!" Lin Qingqing said sincerely, "My family is too bad in this life, I can't afford to eat anything good, sister, you can just take care of the food, I can do anything!"

Lin Qingqing is also considered a decent person, with such a perfect figure and a charming appearance, she didn't make a living on it and even lived in a bit of embarrassment. Jiang Shi Ning can see that her clothes and jewelry are very cheap,  but the ladies of the previous life were also cheap but had a good temperament.

        Jiang Shi Ning sighed softly.

        "Let's both sign a contract first and give you two months to make up for it."

        "Okay, okay." Lin Qingqing took the contract and signed it. Her long jet black hair hung on the desk. She didn't look up and said, "Ning Ning, have you seen Xiu Lingfei... Oh, is that Chou, Chou Hao Li?"

        "A one-sided encounter." Jiang Shi Ning said.

        Lin Qingqing wrote and raised her head, "That World Longteng's involvement in the entertainment industry, shouldn't it..."

        "Disgust me." Jiang Shi Neng said with an expressionless face.

        "They're too arrogant." Lin Qingqing tsked, "You had such a big feud with him, I estimated that in the future it'll be a mutual disgust to each other."

        Jiang Shi Ning didn't say anything, she actually had a bad feeling in her heart - Xiu Ling Fei came, what about the other several worlds and her character's male protagonists who had involvement?

        She died not wanting to meet with these scums again! Now the scum group may have to appear to her all together, think about it, it's a big headache. What is this, cross revulsion?

        Jiang Shi Ning knew what Xiu Ling Fei was thinking, he was going to use the norms in this world to defeat her. It is also true that World Longteng is one of the top large enterprises, and Xiu Lingfei is also ranked in the top few on the richest list. In short-term, untouchable. But even if it's a real dragon, Jiang Shi Ning will have to cut off all its little claws!

        As for the other few guys, if they dare to appear, she'll have to clean them up one by one.

        Lin Qingqing raised her head, and saw Jiang Shi Ning pair of peach blossom eyes deepened, so cold that people want to stay away. It seems that she is thinking on how to 'mess up' Xiu Lingfei.

        As a follower, to moderate the atmosphere at the right time, Lin Qingqing then spoke, "By the way, Ning Ning, have you reunited with your two sons?"

        In her last life, she became a titled princess at a young age and watched Jing Yuan manage the world as an emperor and admired him greatly. Unlike Xiu Lingfei, she was still uncomfortable calling Jing Yuan by his name directly.

The coldness on Jiang Shi Ning's face suddenly disappeared, and her gaze turned a little more confused.

        "Jing Xuan I met, but Jing Yuan ......"

        Jing Yuan, where the heck is he?..1

        Normally, Jiang Shi Ning should get together with Lin Qingqing, she has very few friends and this opportunity is very rare. But she just found Guoguo, so her heart really doesn't feel at ease. She and Lin Qingqing had a short dinner, then rushed back home.

        The new villa was located in a wealthy area, and when Jiang Shi Ning drove home, it was already a little dark. She parked the car and opened the door. There was no one on the first floor, but the lights were left on.

        So, Jiang Shi Ning softly walked up to the second floor, a few steps away, she heard a low talk.

        Jing Xuan and Guoguo were nestled in the sofa, Guoguo was lying on Jing Xuan's chest like a small ball, while Jing Xuan was curled up with one of his long leg and the other resting on the coffee table. He was holding a book of fairy tales and patiently reading the story to her.1

        As he read, Guoguo raised her head, blinked her big eyes, and said vaguely with the soft sticky voice of a child, "brother!"

     Jing Xuan then stopped, "Guoguo ~"

        Jiang Shining hooked up the corner of her mouth. This scene was warm and a bit funny. Jing Xuan had been a younger brother for a long time, and when Guo Guo called him for the first time as a brother, his answering voice became quite charming.

        Jiang Shi Ning walked up the last few steps. Guoguo saw her immediately from the other side, she happily called out 'mother!', then flew down from the sofa into the embrace of Jiang Shi Ning. Jing Xuan slowly sat up straight and looked at them enviously, not knowing whether to envy Jiang Shi Ning or Guoguo.

Jiang Shi Ning hugged Guo Guo, she also looked at Jing Xuan, "Jing Xuan, it's a little late today, you should go home early."

        Jing Xuan did not want to, he weakly fought, "I can't stay overnight?"

        Jiang Shi Ning sighed, "You know the reason why you can't, right?"

        There is no other reason, they have no blood relationship in this life. Jing Xuan is even a few years older than her, and others don't know the relationship between them. If this is found and photographed, who knows how the outside world would distort this.

        And... After all, it's a son, and he's already so old. It's really inappropriate. She have to avoid suspicion.3

        Jing Xuan also understood, he sighed gently and stood up. Coming in front of the mother and daughter, he raised his head and lightly kissed Guoguo's forehead, causing the little girl to giggle.

        In the next few days, Jiang Shi Ning and Guoguo never left each other, even when going to work to Nenglu Media, Jiang Shi Ning also took Guoguo, not hiding it at all. After the initial surprise, the staff quickly accepted the boss's newly adopted little girl, mainly because she is too cute, too attractive.

        As for Lin Qingqing, she was coaxed and cheated by Jiang shining and went to the acting class. The reason why Jiang shining insisted on this was that she thought the heroine role fits Lin Qingqing the best. The Nine Tailed white fox should be charming and simple like Qingqing. It's also an ancient background so she would have no problem adapting.

        Sure enough, after trying a scene, Lin Qingqing excitedly called her and thought that filming was really fun.

        Jiang Shi Ning really didn't expect that the first actor she found would be the buddha and glutton Lin Qingqing. (TL* buddha is a slang term in chinese used to describe a carefree person)

At the end of the month, Jiang Shi Ning received a phone invitation - a grand award ceremony for artists was to be held in P City, and the organizer wanted them, the bosses of the entertainment industry, to appear as the guest of honor. In the past, this kind of thing did not turn to for Nenglu media, but the popular variety show brought the company back to the public view.

        There will be a gathering of insiders after the awards, which is a good opportunity to socialize, so Jiang Shi Ning naturally agreed.

        At the World Longteng Group, Xiu Lingfei was leaning back in his boss's chair, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and his hair meticulously slicked back, flipping through the newspaper. In front of him stood his secretary, who was reporting on his work.

        "...... This week we rejected twenty-five invitations to events. The rich man from Port N, surnamed Zhao, wanted to talk business with Longteng, so I sent someone else. There's also the artist award event in P city that has been turned back, as well as a real estate agent-"

        Behind the lenses, Xiu Lingfei's eyes narrowed as he put down the newspaper.

        "The award event in P city?" He pondered for a while, then said, "Go to it."

        "Uh... okay," the secretary didn't know what his big boss was up to again and hurriedly revised his plan, "Who are you going to send?"

        "I'll go myself." Xiu Lingfei said slowly.

        Secretary: ......

        The ten billion dollar tycoon Xiu Lingfei who is too lazy to socialize, actually wants to cross the province to attend a small award ceremony?

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TL notes:  Hey~ I'll just promote the new novel I'm translating, its titled "Is the scum worthy of whitewashing? [Fast Wear]" - its about a male protagonist travelling through novels preventing the scum from whitewashing and saving the female lead from getting abused.

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