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Chapter 81: Chapter 81: 911 Got Hit, Unlucky Again

"I’m sorry, I didn’t expect to run into him either."

Sitting on a chair in the movie theater lobby, Xia Shiqing looked at Chen Mo, her eyes full of apology.

She hadn’t known they would run into Jiang Qifeng here, and she certainly hadn’t expected Jiang Qifeng to lose it on Chen Mo.

"It’s not your fault. You don’t have to apologize for him."

Chen Mo kissed her on her fair, smooth forehead and said with a smile.

He could tell that Xia Shiqing also found running into Jiang Qifeng to be a bout of bad luck.

"Mhm. If we run into him again, don’t even treat him like a human being. Cuss him out all you want."

Xia Shiqing nodded lightly and spoke to Chen Mo with great seriousness.

"Alright."

Chen Mo couldn’t help but let out a helpless laugh.

"He’s a deputy general manager at an agency now. One of the reasons I got into this line of work was to beat him professionally."

Seeing that Chen Mo wasn’t bothered, Xia Shiqing briefly told him about Jiang Qifeng’s situation and the obsession she held in her heart.

"You’ll get your chance."

Chen Mo nodded.

’With my help, wouldn’t beating Jiang Qifeng be a piece of cake?’

’Besides, I can’t stand that Old Deng. I’d like to take him down too.’

A few minutes later, the movie was about to start. They had their tickets checked and entered the theater to take their seats.

The movie was a comedy with many famous comedians, and its quality was quite good.

The only problem was the single rat dropping that spoiled the whole pot of porridge.

A male "traffic star" played a role with a decent amount of screen time, but his acting was a pile of crap.

It lowered the viewing experience of the entire movie considerably.

If he had come to watch this movie alone, he would have been bored to death whenever the traffic star was on screen.

But with Xia Shiqing beside him, it wasn’t boring at all.

He lifted the armrest between the theater seats, then moved his hand, now unobstructed, onto her gossamer-thin stockings.

This way, when the traffic star wasn’t on screen, he was watching a comedy.

And when the traffic star appeared, he instantly switched over to a romance movie.

When the movie ended, Chen Mo led Xia Shiqing out of the theater by her slender hand, a faint blush still visible on her beautiful face.

They walked out of the theater and took the elevator down to the 1st floor.

"AHHH!!! IT’S HIM!!!"

"I can’t believe he actually came to see his own movie in secret!!"

"His acting is amazing, his singing is incredible—he’s a true all-around artist!"

"Thank goodness someone spotted him! He’s always so low-key, I would have missed my chance to see him. He’s just so humble..."

They had just reached the 1st floor when they saw a group of young women screaming and running ahead.

Each one was afraid that if they were too slow, they would miss their chance to see him.

Soon, a skinny "little fresh meat" up ahead was surrounded by a large crowd of girls.

Curious, Chen Mo and Xia Shiqing went to the edge of the crowd to take a look and discovered that the surrounded "little fresh meat" was the traffic star from the movie they had just seen.

Looking at the merchandise the girls around them were holding up, Chen Mo learned the "little fresh meat’s" name.

Ai Yikun.

He was currently mobbed by a group of fans, completely unable to move.

But soon, a few bodyguards appeared right on cue to protect him as he left.

Chen Mo couldn’t help but laugh when he saw this.

’So much for being "low-key." His own team probably leaked his location on purpose to attract fans.’

’Otherwise, how could the bodyguards have arrived so quickly?’

"That Ai Yikun is with Hongyin Jingtong. He’s the artist the company is pushing the hardest and the pillar of the entire company. He alone accounts for over 50% of the company’s revenue."

"He’s been really popular lately. There’s an awards ceremony in Modu in the next couple of days, and he’s expected to win something."

Xia Shiqing seemed to know quite a bit about Ai Yikun.

"Did you guys buy their stock?"

Seeing how much Xia Shiqing knew, Chen Mo immediately figured that she must have bought stock in this company.

Otherwise, there was no way Xia Shiqing would know so much about Ai Yikun; he didn’t believe for a second that she would be a fangirl.

"Ai Yikun has a lot of momentum. He’s developing as a singer, actor, and variety show personality—a triple threat. He’s one of the top traffic stars, so Hongyin Jingtong has a lot of potential."

"A lot of institutions have been buying up Hongyin Jingtong stock these past few days, just waiting for the price to rise after he wins his award."

"Xihe bought some too."

Xia Shiqing nodded lightly.

She hadn’t known who Ai Yikun was before, only learning about him in the last few days after looking up information on Hongyin Jingtong.

"He seems popular enough, but his acting is just terrible."

Chen Mo smiled, offering his sharp critique.

After all, he had just seen the guy’s movie.

"Awards don’t depend on that nowadays, and investors care even less."

Xia Shiqing gave a faint smile. ’Since when does winning an award depend on acting skills?’

In this day and age, traffic is king.

Afterward, Chen Mo drove Xia Shiqing away from the mall.

「At the entrance to Xia Shiqing’s residential community.」

She had already developed a habit. Without any prompting from Chen Mo, she leaned over to kiss him before getting out of the car.

"The sunset holds such poetry..."

But they had just started kissing when Xia Shiqing’s phone rang. Someone was calling her.

"It’s my mom..."

Seeing that Chen Mo was ignoring it, Xia Shiqing couldn’t help but murmur.

She had set a custom ringtone for her mother.

Hearing this, a flicker of helplessness crossed Chen Mo’s eyes.

’It’s her mom calling, so she really has to pick up.’

"Hello? Mom."

She took a deep breath to steady her slightly ragged breathing and answered the phone.

"Siqing, are you still out?"

A gentle voice came from the other end of the line.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Xia Shiqing nodded. "Mhm."

"Come back quickly. I have something to ask you."

"Okay."

Xia Shiqing agreed and then hung up the phone.

"My mom needs me for something..."

An apologetic look appeared on Xia Shiqing’s beautiful face.

She felt like she had dampened Chen Mo’s mood.

"Your mom might have something urgent. You should head back."

Chen Mo gently stroked her hair and said with a smile.

"Mhm. Drive safe on your way back."

After saying this, Xia Shiqing opened the car door and hurried toward her home.

As she got out, Chen Mo noticed that the stocking on her long leg had a run in it.

’Figures. This stuff really is single-use.’

Chen Mo chuckled, stepped on the gas, and drove away.

When Xia Shiqing hurried back home, she found her mother sitting on the sofa, looking at her with a strange expression.

"Mom, what was so urgent?"

Xia Shiqing glanced at her mother in confusion.

"Why did you buy so many of these?"

Mrs. Xia pointed to a brand-new, unopened pair of stockings on the coffee table and questioned her.

While cleaning her daughter’s room just now, she had discovered 99 brand-new, unopened pairs in the closet.

Counting the one Xia Shiqing was wearing, that made 100 pairs.

She remembered that her daughter never used to wear these. Even if she wanted to try them out, a few pairs would have been enough.

Buying so many was clearly not normal.

This was also why she had called Xia Shiqing and told her to come back quickly.

"My boyfriend likes them, so I bought them."

Hearing this, Xia Shiqing paused for a moment, then replied very naturally.

’And here I was wondering what it was about. So it’s just this.’

’The netizen I talked to told me to buy a lot, so I bought a *ton*.’

"You’re dating someone?"

At these words, Mrs. Xia’s face first filled with shock, which was then replaced by a look of immense, pleasant surprise.

Because of her own experiences and the whole affair with Jiang Qifeng, Xia Shiqing had developed a very warped view of men and women since she was young.

She had always been worried about this.

To think her daughter had secretly started dating someone—this was absolutely wonderful news!

As for the stockings, well, that was all very normal for young people in love.

"Yeah, for almost a month now."

Xia Shiqing had no intention of hiding it and nodded in admission.

"Were you two just on a date? Oh dear, I shouldn’t have called you."

Seeing her daughter admit it, Mrs. Xia was first delighted, then seemed to realize something and slapped her thigh in annoyance.

"Mom, I also ran into Jiang Qifeng just now."

"Why bring up that jinx? Tell me, how far have you two gone...?"

Mrs. Xia waved her hand dismissively, her face full of curiosity as she looked at Xia Shiqing.

...

「Sunday night.」

Chen Mo was driving leisurely, heading neither too fast nor too slow toward the old spot.

Yes, the "old spot" was a hotel.

He thought about the message he’d sent Pan Kejia today, telling her to meet at the old spot.

She hadn’t played hard to get or made any grand declarations about how she would never come, like she had before.

She had simply replied: You getting the room, or am I?

’Looks like she’s been thoroughly broken in.’

Chen Mo smiled, looking forward to Pan Kejia thoughtfully drawing a map for him later.

Soon, he arrived at the hotel and drove into the underground parking garage.

He had just parked the car and hadn’t even turned off the engine.

When he saw an orange supercar next to him coming straight for him.

’?’

Chen Mo was dumbfounded. ’Dude, what the hell are you doing?’

His mind was perfectly reenacting that one viral clip: "Don’t come over here!"

The other driver also realized they were about to crash and reacted to slam on the brakes, but it was too late.

"BANG!"

"DING!"

As the two sounds occurred almost simultaneously, Chen Mo felt his body sway a few times with the car.

Fortunately, he hadn’t unbuckled his seatbelt yet.

So his body only lurched backward for a moment, just like when he hit the wall at the dealership, before the seatbelt caught him.

He wasn’t injured.

But his 911 was definitely hurt.

It was a brand-new car!

’But I just heard a "DING". Did another unlucky event just trigger?’

Remembering the notification sound in his mind, Chen Mo suddenly had no time to feel sad about his damaged 911.

All his attention was focused on this new unlucky event.

’Could the problem be with the person who hit me?’

He saw that the other driver had come to a complete stop, so he unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the door, and got out.

The other person, knowing they were in the wrong, also got out of their car to talk to him.

"Bro, I was distracted for a second and wasn’t paying attention. I accidentally hit your car. It’s my fault, I’ll pay for the damages."

The other person was wearing a face mask and a baseball cap, and their attitude was very sincere.

Right off the bat, he admitted it was his fault and was willing to pay for Chen Mo’s car repairs.

However, as he got closer to Chen Mo, a strong smell of alcohol washed over him.

It was obvious this wasn’t a case of being "distracted" like the person claimed.

He was driving drunk!

Chen Mo didn’t speak. He just stared straight at him, flashes of memory flickering in his eyes.

This person in front of him looked very familiar, and his accent was familiar too, as if he had seen and heard him somewhere before.

The man’s accent was strange—mostly standard Mandarin, but with a hint of something non-standard, making it very distinctive.

And that build, that figure... he had definitely seen it recently.

Suddenly, an image flashed through his mind.

"Ai Yikun?"

Chen Mo stared into his eyes and said the name with confidence and certainty.

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