The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 259 Oh, this isn’t…

Xi Cheng has always liked Nan Xiang since he was in middle school. Like many boys in school, in his heart, Nan Xiang is his goddess.

But all this happened before anything unexpected happened at home.

Before that, he was a normal father, but after that, he became a scumbag father.

After his biological mother passed away, Xi Cheng's biological father found him a stepmother, but this stepmother treated him very badly. His biological father didn't care about it. After having a baby with his stepmother, he devoted himself to this new home.

So Xi Cheng began to decline.

Skipping classes, fighting, being a gangster...

You know, when you are a gangster, the most annoying thing is to be accused by other gangsters of being afraid of this and that, and of being submissive to a woman.

So from that time on, his attitude towards Nan Xiang took a sharp turn for the worse.

At the age of ten, Xi Cheng was not mature in his ideas about dealing with things, and during this experience, he developed a hot-tempered personality, but for Nan Xiang, he developed a deep love for her.

Especially Nan Xiang, whose biological father had passed away at that time and who lived with her gambling-addicted mother. Xi Cheng believed that he and Nan Xiang were a perfect match made in heaven.

So he dragged Nan Xiang into depravity and they hung out together outside of school.

The art goddess in school skipped classes and fought with me, and became a problem student in everyone's eyes. It was such an fulfilling thing!
As for whether he really loves Nan Xiang?
Of course it is true love!
In a sense, two people with similar interests are naturally each other's only light.

However, because of Xi Cheng's experience as a gangster, his love is rather deformed.

Or maybe he doesn't know how to love Nan Xiang normally.

Later, Nan Xiang was "rescued" from him by Gu Li. One went to college, and the other dropped out of high school to become a street gangster.

However, they have one thing in common, that is, they both travel in debt.

In Xi Cheng's heart, even though he had beaten and verbally abused Nan Xiang, it did not prevent him from treating Nan Xiang as the goddess in his mind.

Especially now that he and Nan Xiang haven't seen each other for a long time, every time he thinks of Nan Xiang, what comes to his mind are the time they spent on campus.

Huangmao may not be thinking of a gangster girl, but a student girl.

Simple and beautiful.

But now, when Xi Cheng looked at Nan Xiang, who was dancing the social dance in front of the camera on a mobile phone in the distance and dressed more socially than he was, his mentality immediately broke.

Is this still the goddess in my mind?

When Nan Xiang was following him, he also heard and saw that she looked a bit like a little gangster, but she had never dressed so non-mainstream!

Nan Xiang didn't even want to dye her hair yellow.

Didn’t she always think these were too tacky?
Xi Cheng, who stood up from the recliner, was stunned at this moment, not daring to blink.

Nan Xiang over there didn't know that someone had already seen her current appearance. After shaking the camera, she took out her phone and looked at it again.

Feeling that she didn't perform well this time, she rearranged it and shook it again.

After all, it is a video shoot, not a live broadcast. With a professional spirit, she basically does not just shoot once every time.

Record several times and choose the better one to release.

We should really implement the saying that if something can be solved in the early stage, don’t bother it later.

After recording twice more, Nan Xiang nodded with satisfaction and told everyone to finish their work.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and the streets of Shanghai were brightly lit. Although the company had relevant policies and employees who worked overtime would receive benefits, Nan Xiang thought about it and decided to invite them to have dinner together.

Anyway, she usually eats alone after get off work, so it's just right to have someone to keep her company.

It is worth mentioning that since Nan Xiang is the only internet celebrity in Jian Xi’s currently fledgling company who has been incubated from scratch, her team members are basically fully staffed by the company.

She doesn't have to pay salaries to her team members like some other signed internet celebrities.

Some internet celebrities already had their own teams when they signed with Hongye Media. It was impossible for Jian Xi to recruit everyone in those teams into the company, so these internet celebrities also needed to pay their own team members' salaries.

Of course, they don't have to bring a team with them. Jian Xi spent a lot of money to set up a behind-the-scenes team in the company some time ago.

The company currently has the staff including editors, directors, photographers and makeup artists. Although there are not many people at the moment, it is enough for the number of internet celebrities signed so far.

After packing up, they headed towards the nearest hot pot restaurant. Nan Xiang once again wrapped herself tightly with a mask, sunglasses, hat and windbreaker. There was no other way, she still looked the same as when she was filming the video, and she would have to go to the bathroom to remove her makeup later.

After a while, when they arrived at the hot pot restaurant in the mall, Nan Xiang asked them to order first, and she took her bag and went into the bathroom to remove her makeup.

Although she said she was removing makeup, she could only remove the things on her face. The tattoos on her hair and neck could not be removed in a short time, so she could just cover them with a hat and clothes.

In order to prevent someone from coming in and seeing her appearance, Nan Xiang first went into the women's restroom cubicle to simply clean off the makeup on her face. When she was almost done, she came out to wash her face in front of the sink.

Looking at herself in the mirror, whose face had regained its original bright and beautiful look, Nan Xiang couldn't help but smile narcissistically.

But then she sighed again, not knowing how bad her skin would become if she continued like this.

She used to use high-end skin care products bought by Gu Li, but now she uses very affordable ones.

When I have enough money, the first thing I will do is to make up for my face.

Nan Xiang touched her face in the mirror with self-pity, then lowered her head and began to clean up.

When she looked up again and was about to return to her seat, she suddenly found another face in the mirror.

"what!"

Nan Xiang exclaimed in a low voice, but soon realized who the face behind her was.

"Xicheng?!"

Nan Xiang turned around and called out the other person's name.

Seeing again the culprit who almost single-handedly destroyed her previous life, Nan Xiang's eyes began to overflow with complex emotions.

"What? Don't you recognize me?" Xi Cheng showed his signature smirk, "After all, we used to be a perfect couple."

"Fuck your partner!"

As soon as she saw Xi Cheng, Nan Xiang released the vulgar side that had been concealed, especially when she saw his smile. Ever since she was disgusted by Jian Xi's bastard smile, she always felt that her ability to bear it had greatly improved, but she didn't expect that seeing Xi Cheng smile would also make her feel disgusted.

Xi Cheng was stunned for a moment when he was scolded as soon as they met, but he quickly stopped pretending.

After looking his ex-girlfriend up and down for a few times, he suddenly reached out and lifted Nan Xiang's hat up.

Although Nan Xiang quickly protected her hat, her hairstyle was still seen by Xi Cheng.

"Hey, great artist, when did you start to like dressing like this?"

Xi Cheng sneered at Nan Xiang's murderous look, but Nan Xiang stared at him fiercely, and finally said coldly: "It's none of your business!"

"Why are you pretending? Do you think I didn't see you just dressed up like that and jumping around in the park to take a video? Why are you pretending here now?"

When Nan Xiang heard the other party say that he had seen her filming the video just now, panic appeared visibly on her face.

She didn't expect that she would be discovered so quickly.

"What? Are you embarrassed too?" Xi Cheng continued to laugh, and Nan Xiang calmed down immediately after a brief panic, looked at him with a disgusted expression and said:

"It's none of your business how I dress up. I'm going to eat."

After Nan Xiang finished speaking, she was about to walk around him and leave, but Xi Cheng grabbed her arm and said with an unhappy look: "Nan Xiang, do you hate me so much?"

"Yes, if it weren't for you I wouldn't be like this now!"

Nan Xiang struggled to break free from his hand, and when she was about to leave, she suddenly stopped, hesitated for a moment, turned her head, and spoke in a lower tone.

"Xi Cheng, you have to be careful... leave the Demon City."

Leave the Magic City and don’t fall into the hands of that bastard Jian Xi.

Nan Xiang didn't say it directly. She was afraid that Xi Cheng would go looking for Jian Xi after knowing it. Wouldn't that be walking into a trap?

Xi Cheng drugged Gu Li and made her sleep with her. Jian Xi had been keeping this matter to herself. Once she told Gu Yuan about it, she was really worried that Xi Cheng would be drowned in the Huangpu River.

It was true that she hated Xi Cheng. After all, it was because of Xi Cheng that the relationship between her and Gu Li broke down.

But it was also true that she loved Xi Cheng. After all, over the years, they had been the light in each other's eyes. Even though Xi Cheng had hurt her time and time again, but... who made her love this tune?

So in this mixed situation of love and hate, she was worried about Xi Cheng, but at the same time she wanted to stay away from Xi Cheng.

After saying this, Nan Xiang quickly walked out of the bathroom, leaving Xi Cheng standing there in a daze.

At this moment, Xi Cheng felt both uncomfortable and confused.

He didn't understand why Nan Xiang wanted him to leave the Magic City, nor did he understand if Nan Xiang really hated him that much?
It is normal for people like us to speak and act in a trashy way.

But Xi Cheng felt a little regretful now. He regretted why he didn't speak nicely just now. He had clearly decided to show some concern for Nan Xiang before meeting her, but the words changed their tone when they came to his lips.

For example, saying that the two were a perfect couple in the past was just to say that they had been together in the past, in order to ease the relationship. At least in Xi Cheng's mind, the two were indeed like a perfect couple when they were a couple in school.

For example, if she were a great artist, she wouldn't dress like that. I just wanted to ask her why she was different from before and why she dressed like what she once hated the most.

For example, asking her if she hates herself so much means why do you hate me so much, and can we go back to the past?
Including saying that when I saw the way she filmed the video just now, I didn't really want to laugh at her, I just wanted to ask her why she became like this?

As a result, every time he spoke, he either sounded sarcastic or was simply mocking Nan Xiang.

Now that the other party had left indifferently, Xi Cheng was left standing there in a daze.

Also, why did Nan Xiang leave on her own?

……

Nan Xiang returned to her seat feeling a little depressed for a moment. She didn't expect to see Xi Cheng again after such a long time.

It was impossible for her to say that she had not thought about Xi Cheng for such a long time, but even if she thought about him, she would feel uncomfortable if they really met.

After all, the other party has brought so much suffering to himself.

"Sister Xiang, what's wrong?" At this time, the young assistant beside her asked with concern.

Nan Xiang came back to her senses, forced a smile and shook her head: "It's okay, everyone, eat quickly."

I hope Xi Cheng can really leave the Magic City, so that she can breathe a sigh of relief.

When they finished eating hotpot and left, Nan Xiang subconsciously looked around, but did not see Xi Cheng, which made her feel relieved but also a little disappointed.

……

The next day, Nan Xiang, who had been sleepless for most of the night, slept until noon before coming to the company.

The company does not impose too many restrictions on the working hours of its influencers. After all, some of them need to shoot videos in the middle of the night.

However, when Nan Xiang walked into the company yawning and looking tired, she instantly woke up after seeing Xi Cheng sitting in the front hall drinking water.

"Nice to meet you again, Nan Xiang."

Xi Cheng greeted her with a smile.

"..."

Nan Xiang's eyes widened instantly, and she almost screamed out loud: "Why are you here?!"

Nan Xiang's scream attracted the attention of many people nearby, but she didn't care about that. She hurried forward and grabbed Xi Cheng's clothes, asking him to leave.

Xi Cheng put down the cup of water, was pulled up by her, took two steps and then stood still again.

"What's wrong? Can't I come and see you?"

Nan Xiang took a deep breath, looked at the eyes around her that kept glancing over, and asked in a low voice: "How did you find this place?"

Xi Cheng smiled and said extremely disgusting words with an extremely innocent look.

"Didn't you go back to the company last night?"

"..."

Nan Xiang's breathing stagnated, and she frowned and asked, "You followed me?"

"Isn't it right for me to send my girlfriend back to the company?"

Xi Cheng continued to speak shamelessly.

"shameless!"

Nan Xiang cursed in a low voice, and then tried to pull Xi Cheng away. More and more employees were looking over. If they continued like this, Jian Xi would be provoked sooner or later.

"When did you get here? Get out of here now!"

"What's the hurry? I just got here not long ago. I thought you were already at work. I didn't expect I still have to wait for you."

"Go quickly!"

"Now you want me to leave here. Last night you wanted me to leave the Magic City. What do you mean?"

"..."

As the noise of the two people pulling each other became louder and louder, more and more people from the company came to watch the fun. These people all knew Nan Xiang, and they didn't expect that she would be pulling each other with a handsome guy here.

The front desk staff hurried over to tell everyone to go back and stop looking, then said to Nan Xiang, "Sister Xiang, how about you guys go somewhere else to communicate?"

Nan Xiang was now extremely anxious. She nodded to the receptionist and waited until the other person left before she turned around and begged, "Can you please leave first?"

Xi Cheng didn't expect that his visit to Nan Xiang would cause her such a big reaction. Looking at the other party's pleading eyes, Xi Cheng was silent for two and a half seconds and then nodded.

Nan Xiang quickly pulled his clothes and walked out.

As soon as the company's glass door opened, the people from Nanxiang stopped.

Outside the door, Jian Xi, who had just returned from Puxi, was stunned when he saw Nan Xiang and the acquaintance behind him.

"Hey, isn't this Xi Cheng? I haven't seen you for a long time. You look so good now!"

(End of this chapter)