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"Do you think those people are full? How could I have anything to do with the young master of the Xi family?" Fang Ruogu answered the phone with one hand, and gnawed a green apple with the other. One bite, the sour taste spread in the mouth immediately.The corners of his mouth twitched, and his facial features were all squeezed together, looking very funny.

"Sister Yang asked me to use his name as a springboard, but I always feel uneasy in my heart." Fang Ruogu gnawed the apple three times, five times and two times, and then threw the core into the trash can. What I want is an exchange of equal value. I get benefits without paying a price, and if the benefactor finds out, then I'm done for."

Xi Qingxi quietly listened to him rambling on the phone, without saying a word from the beginning to the end, and finally couldn't help but speak out after hearing this: "Why do you have to think so much? Isn't it good to let things take their course?"

Fang Ruogu was silent for three seconds: "There is no such thing as a free dinner."

Xi Qingxi: "But you had a free lunch at my house last week."

Fang Ruogu: "..."

He was rendered speechless by the sharp rhetorical question, and finally made up his mind to give it a try. The worst result would be to be blocked by the patron.

Fang Ruogu figured this out, and his heart suddenly became brighter. He confessed with sincerity: "If I succeed in rubbing the heat, I will definitely take you to eat and drink. If I fail, we will fly separately in the face of disaster."

Within half an hour after the two chatted, Xi Qingxi did receive a call from a certain director.

"Why is Director Chen looking for me today?"

Director Chen was one of the banquet guests at Fang Ruogu's banquet.

"Hi, I'm preparing a new drama recently, Mr. Xi, see if you're interested?"

Xi Qingxi clicked on the document sent by the other party. It was an IP adaptation of a small sweet drama with an urban theme in the entertainment industry. There were no ups and downs in the plot, only dog ​​blood and sweet pets.

This kind of pure love script that does not need to use the brain caters to the mainstream orientation, it is easier to explode, and the actors are also easy to get out of the way.

"The original work of this drama is very popular, and the original author wrote the script himself, but the biggest problem now is the actors." Director Chen hesitated for a moment, and said awkwardly: "The male protagonist must have both youthful feeling and acting skills, otherwise It will look greasy. I have seen dozens of young actors who failed to audition, I wonder if Mr. Xi has any good suggestions?"

Xi Qingxi sneered secretly in his heart, this thousand-year-old fox has so many foreshadowings in front of it, just for the last sentence of temptation.Director Chen is so deliberate, he naturally wants to let people get what they want.

"I have a suitable candidate here. His name is Fang Ruogu. He has good acting skills and is from Xingcan Entertainment."

"Okay, then I'll contact him to see if he's free to come and try a mirror."

……

Xi Qingxi hung up the phone and fell asleep on the bed. A sharp pain suddenly came from his stomach, like thousands of silver needles piercing through his entire stomach.Big cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his bloodless lips trembled uncontrollably, and his eyes slowly lost focus.

While still conscious, Xi Qingxi struggled to dial his friend's number.

"Is Boss Xi looking for something good for me, hello? Hello? Xi Qingxi, did you fucking forget to eat again?! Wait, I'll be right over!"

After an unknown amount of time, Xi Qingxi vaguely heard the sound of the door lock turning. Someone walked up to him, held his head up, and fed him a few pills with hot water.The effect of the medicine took effect quickly, the pain in the stomach was no longer severe, and the drowsiness gradually came.

When he woke up, it was already sunset, and the orange sunset slanted into the house, cut into rectangles by the lattice windows, and the quilt was also dyed with dazzling golden light.Xi Qingxi stretched out his hand, letting the setting sun flow in his palm.

He sniffed, smelled the smell of rice wafting from the kitchen, and shouted hoarsely, "Qiu Ci?"

"Hey, are you awake?" Qiu Ci came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and holding a long spoon in his hand, "Is it better now?"

Xi Qingxi nodded: "I'm hungry."

Qiu Ci scolded with a smile: "I am a senior lawyer anyway, and I was used by you as a babysitter... Wait a minute, the porridge has to be cooked again, why didn't you starve to death!"

Xi Qingxi said jokingly: "That can't be helped, the disaster will last for thousands of years."

Qiu Ci was two years older than Xi Qingxi, and loved him as his biological brother since he was a child.He obtained his senior lawyer certificate just after he turned 28 this year, making him the youngest lawyer on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.Qiu Ci kept a spare key of Xi Qingxi's house in his hand, and there have been more than one emergencies like today.

Stomach pain was the root cause of Xi Qingxi's illness when he was young, but he didn't take it seriously, no matter how Qiu Ci tried to persuade him, it was useless.

Qiu Ci filled a bowl of meaty clear soup from the kitchen, carefully brought it to Xi Qingxi to cool it down, and put it in his hands when the temperature was about the same

Xi Qingxi stirred it a few times with a porcelain spoon, and asked inadvertently, "Aren't you busy this afternoon?"

Qiu Ci rolled his eyes at him: "I'm flipping through the files, and if I'm a second late, I'm afraid you'll be gone, so I can only rush over without stopping."

Xi Qingxi smiled and said nothing, picked up a spoonful of the broth, chewed it in two bites, and swallowed it. The temperature of the soup was just right, not burning the mouth but warming the stomach.

"It's not a problem for you to live alone. I can't take care of you all the time. Either you go back to the main house, or you find someone else. Oh, by the way, why did that little star mess with you last time?"

Xi Qingxi paused slightly, his eyes cast a trace of coldness: "He didn't know his identity."

Qiu Ci laughed: "In other words, he wants to date you, right? That's ok, Master Xi, what's your number?"

Xi Qingxi's face became more and more ugly, he gave him a hard look, stopped talking, and drank the soup quietly.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Qiu Ci was very surprised: "Does anyone else know that you live here?"

He murmured and opened the door. For a moment, the two people inside and outside the room looked at each other with suspicion and vigilance.

"May I ask who are you?" Qiu Ci was the first to speak with good self-cultivation, and asked politely.

"Hello, my name is Fang Ruogu, and I'm Xi San's friend."

"Xi San? Oh—" Qiu Ci thought for a few seconds before realizing that Fang Ruogu was referring to Xi Qingxi.His expression became intriguing, and he turned sideways to welcome him into the room, "Come in, Xi San is not feeling well, I'm here to take care of him."

"What's wrong with him?" When Fang Ruogu entered the door, he saw Xi Qingxi leaning against the edge of the bed with a pale face.

"It's an old problem. Remember to watch him eat well in the future, and don't let him eat spicy food." Qiu Ci turned and added, "Don't give him porridge when the stomach attack occurs. Porridge is starch and will turn into acid. Not only will it not have a sustained release effect, but it will also accelerate acid reflux."

"Oh good." Fang Ruogu was forced to accept the entrustment before he could react, "Wait, you..."

"I still have something to do, Xi San will leave it to you first." Qiu Ci walked to the door, then remembered something, turned his head and shouted into the room, "By the way, Zhizhi's birthday is next week, no matter how busy you are, give me some time to get together , do you hear me?"

"Understood." After sending Qiu Ci away, Xi Qingxi glanced suspiciously at Fang Ruogu, "What do you want me to do?"

He just woke up like a dream, and walked to the edge of the bed in three steps and two steps, excited like a dog asking for credit: "I passed the audition."

Xi Qingxi said calmly, "Congratulations."

Fang Ruogu was immersed in joy and couldn't extricate himself: "The company changed me to a high-end residence, why don't you move here and stay with me."

Xi Qingxi: "?"

Fang Ruogu stared at Xi Qingxi intently, his eyes were unusually bright, "You don't have a serious job, and you have to pay rent every month, how can you have money to live? Moving to my house can help you save rent and also help you feed your stomach. Just killed two birds with one stone.”

"Okay, thank you."