Shui Lan’er looked at Jiang Baiwan in panic. She never expected that Jiang Baiwan would appear in her dressing room. Especially after seeing Jiang Baiwan shut the door, Shui Lan’er became even more flustered—— She couldn’t help but think of how Jiang Baiwan would lock the door whenever she wanted to teach her a lesson.

“Xiao Wan, Xiao Wan.” Shui Lan’er called out repeatedly. “Xiao Wan, calm down. Don’t hit people casually, okay? I thought the two of us have already reconciled.”

“Have we?” Jiang Baiwan looked at Shui Lan’er intently with a mocking smile on her face. “Why don’t I remember?”

Shui Lan’er heard Jiang Baiwan’s denial and her eyes immediately widened and quickly filled with tears. She looked at Jiang Baiwan mournfully, as if she was looking at some kind of heartless man. “Xiao Wan, so from the past until now, was I only fooling myself?”

Jiang Baiwan rolled her eyes without the slightest regard of her image as she took two steps forward. Despite her girlish makeup, she couldn’t hide the fierce feeling emanating from her body. She sneered. “Yeah, you’re the one fooling yourself. Shui Lan’er…… When did I ever say that I am friends with you?”

Shui Lan’ers figure swayed, as if unable to withstand such a blow. She looked at Jiang Baiwan tearfully. “Xiao Wan, although you don’t like me, I have always regarded you as a friend—”

“Shut up.” Jiang Baiwan stretched out her hand and pointed to Shui Lan’ers nose, scolding her succinctly, “Shui Lan’er, don’t worry, I’m not going to hit you. I just have some things I want to make clear to you. You’ve always say that I bullied you, right? I didn’t like you in school and now that both of us have graduated, I still don’t like you, aren’t you curious as to why?”

Shui Lan’er froze. She really didn’t know why, it’s like when Jiang Baiwan had first saw her, Jiang Baiwan didn’t have a good face towards her.

“Because you, as a person, are disgustingly hypocritical.” Jiang Baiwan’s tone was calm and her voice wasn’t loud, yet the words that came out of her were like thunder in Shui Lan’ers ears. “You always use your own standards to demand others but never bother to put yourself in their place.”

Jiang Baiwan walked in front of Shui Lan’er. She bent down and came closer to Shui Lan’er. “I still remember that you always like to say that one has to love to be human, but I think that loving others and loving yourself are still different after all.”

“I love myself, but I also love others.” Jiang Baiwan curled her lips. “And you, Shui Lan’er, you only love yourself.”

Shui Lan’ers face was full of tears and her eyes were red. She shook her head desperately, refusing to acknowledge what Jiang Baiwan said in any way. “No…… I don’t, I don’t!”

“I didn’t come to argue with you.” Jiang Baiwan smiled instead, her eyes curved and she didn’t look angry. “I just want to tell you what’s on my mind. What I said just now is a warm-up, now, I’m going to get down to business.”

Hearing this, Shui Lan’er couldn’t help sobbing again as she looked at Jiang Baiwan with a beaten expression, unsure of what Jiang Baiwan wanted to say.

She saw Jiang Baiwan smiled brightly and then spat at her. “Ptui!”

Shui Lan’er was caught off guard and was spat on the face by Jiang Baiwan. She sat dumbfounded in her seat, feeling a damp sensation on her cheek. Her mind was in chaos and she couldn’t get back to her senses—— She— she had just been spat at by Jiang Baiwan?

“That’s it.” Jiang Baiwan stood up straight and let out a breath of anger. Her mood suddenly became better. “You’d better pray not to see me again, after all, I’m still very angry now.”

After saying that, Jiang Baiwan threw a glance at the shivering little assistant on the side. She snorted, then turned towards the door.

Jiang Baiwan went out and saw Tan Mi waiting not far away. Seeing her, Tan Mi rushed over to ask, “How did it go?”

Just as Jiang Baiwan was about to say something, they heard a terrifying scream from inside the room. Jiang Baiwan and Tan Mi both jumped up in fright, then they looked at each other. Jiang Baiwan shrugged her shoulders. “It’s like that.”

On the way back, Tan Mi kept looking at Jiang Baiwan with a very strange look. Jiang Baiwan was puzzled. “What’s the matter?”

“Nothing.” Tan Mi retracted her gaze. “I just thought how come you…… seem different from what I imagined?”

Jiang Baiwan lowered her head and smiled. “What do you think I am? Crazy? Living every day like a comedian?”

Tan Mi was inexplicably embarrassed—— These were indeed comments about Jiang Baiwan on the internet. It seemed that she’s not unaware, she just didn’t take them seriously.

Jiang Baiwan sighed softly. “I’m just an ordinary person. At most I like money a little more than you all, the rest is……”

Tan Mi waited for Jiang Baiwan to continue, but she closed her mouth. Tan Mi couldn’t help but glanced at her and finally shook her head with a smile. “What did you do to Shui Lan’er today? She screamed so tragically, I thought you give her……”

Saying that, Tan Mi freed one hand and made a slapping motion.

Jiang Baiwan’s face was full of surprise. “How can you just hit people? In a civilized society, let’s not say that hitting people is wrong, if I hit someone, won’t I be giving them a handle on me?”

Tan Mi: “……”

“I just spat on her.” Jiang Baiwan said lightly. “That must have ended it, right?”

“……That’s more vicious than hitting someone.” Tan Mi chocked out after holding back for a long time. “But I guess after this time, Shui Lan’er should also be a bit more restrained.”

Jiang Baiwan smiled—— It’s okay, it doesn’t matter if Shui Lan’er didn’t restrain herself. She still held a recording in her hand, something she wouldn’t use easily unless necessary. It would definitely press both Shui Lan’er and Chu Yunhan on the ground.

To put it bluntly, she was still soft-hearted after all.

I’m such a nice person.

———

Tan Mi originally wanted to send Jiang Baiwan home, but Jiang Baiwan insisted on inviting Tan Mi to dinner. Tan Mi had no choice but to drive the car to Jiang Baiwan’s Wuhuan Malatang shop.

The weather now was cold and it was already dark when they finished the recording. Both of them couldn’t wait to enter the Malatang shop. As soon as they were inside, the two of them were enveloped by the heat. Jiang Baiwan sneezed a little.

“Hey, you’re back.” Luo Xiao was sitting inside the shop and when he saw Jiang Baiwan coming, he raised his hand to greet her. “I heard them say you went to record the program today?”

Jiang Baiwan pulled Tan Mi to sit at the table with him. “Yes, you’ll probably see it in a while. Come, let me introduce you, this is Miss Tan, Tan Mi.”

Tan Mi looked at Luo Xiao on the opposite side. She squinted her eyes slightly and showed a rather charming smile at him. “Hello.”

“Hello.” Luo Xiao held Tan Mi’s hand and shook it gently. “My name is Luo Xiao. A venture capitalist.”

“Venture capitalist?” Tan Mi smiled. “Young and promising. I’ve watched some of Mr. Luo’s interviews before.”

Luo Xiao waved his hand with a smile. “Miss Tan Mi saying so, I’m a bit flattered. As a matter of fact, I’m a fan of yours.”

The two of them went back and forth, and after a few words, they realized that neither of them was easy to deal with. Just as they were about to continue, Jiang Baiwan, who was sitting on the side, suddenly interrupted their silent battle. “All right, all right, let’s have hot pot tonight, shall we? We can stay in my shop so we don’t have to go out.”

Tan Mi’s face was full of indescribable words. “You said you will treat me to dinner, but in the end we’re still eating in your own restaurant…… The sentence you said earlier is wrong, you don’t like money a little more than other people, you like money more than anyone else.”

Jiang Baiwan comforted Tan Mi with a grin. “It’s okay, let Master Wei do it. Even Malatang can be so delicious, let alone hot pot.”

Tan Mi was stunned. Jiang Baiwan didn’t know Wei Dao’s background, but TanMi knew it very well in her heart. Would the chef really accommodate Jiang Baiwan and make hot pot for her?

With this thought in her mind, Tan Mi couldn’t help but look towards the kitchen. She saw Wei Dao standing at the door, and Jiang Baiwan was greeting him from a distance. “Master Wei, can you make hot pot tonight? Just use the shop’s leftover ingredients.”

Wei Dao nodded very simply. “Okay, do you want spicy?”

“Mandarin ducks’ pot^[1]hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other!” Jiang Baiwan wasted no time to answer. “Must have a clear soup on the side, I can’t eat spicy food.”

Seeing the two talking so familiarly, Tan Mi was taken aback for a moment. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry—— That’s right, no matter how bad-tempered this master was, could it be better than the one behind him?

“Miss Tan seems to be thinking about something?” Luo Xiao’s voice suddenly rang in Tan Mi’s ears, and Tan Mi turned her head, only to see Luo Xiao looking at her. “Can it be that you don’t like hot pot?”

Tan Mi pursed her lips. She didn’t have a good feeling about Luo Xiao for some reason. Tan Mi had been in the entertainment industry for so many years and was different from Jiang Baiwan who was careless. She could tell at first glance that Luo Xiao was far from being as harmless as he appeared to be.

“It’s not that.” Tan Mi’s eyelids drooped and she spoke in a light tone. “I was just thinking, is it just us having dinner tonight?”

While Luo Xiao was taken aback, Jiang Baiwan reacted. “Ji Chen? Should I call Ji Chen over? Won’t he be working overtime right now? I might disturb him if I call rashly.”

It’s not right if you didn’t call people. Tan Mi glared at Jiang Baiwan in frustration. “Just ask. What if he’s willing?”

Jiang Baiwan hesitated but still took out her mobile phone—— She’d seen all the help Ji Chen had given her, and since they were all friends tonight, she’d better ask Ji Chen if he want to come along.

Obviously, Ji Chen’s attitude was very clear. Not long after Jiang Baiwan called, Ji Chen’s reply was immediate——”I’ll be there soon.”