Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 182 181. Various forces are ready to take action
Early the next morning, the alarm clock rang.

Lin Xiao hugged his wife's warmth and smelled her faint fragrance, and he finally experienced what it meant to be inseparable.

He buried his head in his wife's neck, rubbing and rubbing, hugging her tighter and tighter.

"I don't want to get up..."

Han Xixi was half asleep. She touched his prickly short hair and muttered, "Well, I can't get up. I can't get up..."

A few seconds of tenderness.

It wasn't until Lin Xiao's hand began to explore places it shouldn't go that Xixi woke up in a second.

It was still seven in the morning.

A faint light filtered through the curtains, and the room was dimly warm.

"What are you doing?!" Xixi asked coldly.

She deliberately made a fierce face, but the fiercer her chubby face became, the cuter she looked, with her long hair falling like a waterfall.

Her hazy and graceful look was even more charming in Lin Xiao's eyes.

"Wife, it's been seventeen hours!" he said coquettishly.

"What seventeen hours?"

"..."

"Wife...you know!"

Han Xixi blushed for a second, then kicked him, almost kicking him off the bed.

"Lin Xiao! You're a pervert!"

"As long as you agree, I will admit that I am a pervert, not to mention a lecher!"

"I disagree!"

"Why?!"

Lin Xiao said with a straight face, "We are about to separate, and we won't be able to see each other for several days. Don't you know that life is precious, and the time to create life is even more precious?"

Han Xixi was speechless.

I have seen in the past two days how much men have no bottom line when it comes to this matter, and they can come up with all kinds of crooked reasons.

She rolled her eyes and said, "All I know is that if you don't get up, you'll be late for work!"

Lin Xiao glanced at his watch and continued his attack: "It's okay, there's still time..."

"Hey hey!"

Xixi laughed tenderly, came over and leaned on his shoulder and said, "Mr. Lin, it started again, didn't you say that men can't say that word?"

"Which word?"

"What do you say?"

"'Quick'? I didn't say that. I said quick and decisive action!"

"..."

Han Xixi was speechless. She shouldn't have an argument with someone who studied Chinese and entered the system.

She immediately smiled softly and blew into his ear.

"Brother, don't underestimate yourself!"

"..."

Lin Xiao’s mind went blank.

The wife's skill level is not high, and she focuses on being sincere. The words she just said were obviously meant to coax him to get up quickly, but her soft and sweet voice and cute demeanor directly made his blood vessels burst!
He didn't care about anything and just pounced on him.

Xixi refused to obey, and the two of them rolled and played in the bed for more than ten minutes, until they were breathless, their clothes were messy, and their bodies were covered with charming spring light.

The unique morning exercise ended with Lin Xiao being kicked off the bed!
I spent a minute washing up, and another five minutes reluctantly talking to my wife before I went out.

After leaving the city, I stepped on the accelerator all the way on the national highway.

In the end, I still arrived at work ten minutes late.

I missed breakfast and learned that because Qin Zhenggang had something to do, the morning meeting would be moved to the afternoon.

Lin Xiao's desire to resign reached its peak.

"If I had known this would happen, I should have finished my work first. Now I have lost both the wife and the army!"

"Whoever falls in love with this crappy class can join!"

……

In the morning, Deputy Mayor Lin was in a bad mood at work.

One word – sleepy!

Last night I watched a movie with my wife until almost 12 o'clock.

His wife fell asleep in his arms, but he had long hair that matted his nose and eyes, and his wife held his arm and chin up, so he couldn't sleep comfortably at all.

This is not sleeping, it's torture.

Lin Xiao was wondering the whole night. Ms. Han was clearly not like this when they first slept together!
She was sleeping so soundly at that time, with her back to him, lying quietly, her hair gathered in front of her, leaving him with only the feeling of having her warmth and softness in his arms.

But now, the little girl seems like a different person.

As soon as she lay down, she snuggled into his arms and was very naughty. Her hair was scattered all over the bed, and she tossed and turned, lying on her back. She kept chasing after him, as if she wanted to chase him from the left to the right.

The whole truth is revealed.

Lin Xiao couldn't sleep well at all. His mental activities were very rich at night. In the end, he could only reluctantly comfort himself: his wife is completely confident in him, which is why she is so unguarded and doesn't care about her image when sleeping.

He could only accept his wife's trust with a smile.

Thanks to Ms. Han's invisible kick in her sleep last night, Lin Xiao slept for about four hours in a daze. He drove a long distance to work early this morning and was really sleepy.

I ordered an American coffee and drank it in one gulp.

Still top-heavy.

After being busy for the whole morning, Lin Xiao had no idea what he had done or what documents he had signed.

At about noon, Leng Tao knocked on the door and came in to report: "Lin Town, the cost company has reported the adjusted cost for the ancient village renovation project of Jiajia Village. The control price is 385 million. If you think it's okay, the next step is to go through the bidding process!"

Put the cost report on his desk.

Leng Tao is the village official of Xiaguan Village. Because of his expertise in video shooting, he was asked by Lin Xiao to make a promotional video for "A Small Town Not So Legendary" last time, and the effect of the promotion was very good.

Lin Xiao observed him for a while and felt that he was steady, down-to-earth, and quick-witted.

Just don't like to talk.

But this is not a problem. It’s just that it’s not appropriate for him to be a village official in the village, so he was asked to join the tourism team.

In name, it was to help, but in reality, it was just to help him with external publicity and handle clerical and internal affairs.

——Don’t ask, the answer is exercise!
Leng Tao is an introvert and doesn't like dealing with villagers. However, he feels at ease under Lin Xiao and works very hard.

Listening to Leng Tao's report, Lin Xiao nodded, took the cost book from him, and started flipping through it while yawning.

"What was the previous offer?" he asked.

“It was 145 million before!”

Leng Tao reported, "Before, it was a pure rural infrastructure renovation project, including road hardening, public toilet construction, and dilapidated house renovation. The project volume was not large and the requirements were simple. After taking over from Jia Town, we cooperated with the ancient village packaging and rural tourism development, added exterior wall renovation, style restoration, and overall packaging design of the ancient village, so the project volume and price went up immediately!"

Lin Xiao listened to Leng Tao's fluent report and nodded: "Okay, I'll take a look!"

Leng Tao nodded and was about to go out, but he looked a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lin Xiao put down the cost estimate book.

"what happened?"

“…It’s okay, Lin Zhen!”

"Just say what you want to say. I don't like beating around the bush!"

"..."

Leng Tao had a psychological struggle, and finally said, "Just now, the cost company sent the cost report to me, but they didn't give it to me directly. Instead, they went to Jia Zhen's office first..."

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows, but was not surprised.

"The rural reconstruction project was previously in charge of Brother Jia. It's normal for him to be concerned about it!"

"Oh……"

Leng Tao said nothing more.

Lin Xiao said seriously: "But you are very vigilant! This project is already a hot commodity. After being included in our town's key rural tourism projects, the investment has more than doubled. I don't know how many eyes are watching. You have to be cautious in the future. If there is anything wrong, you must report it to me immediately - it is better to kill the wrong person than to let the wrong person go!"

The choice of words in the last sentence startled Leng Tao.

However, Lin Zhen's attitude made him feel relieved.

In fact, he was very nervous about making this report, fearing that his leader would not appreciate it and would instead think that his thoughts were not on the right track.

Not bad now!

"Then Lin Zhen, you watch first, I'm going out!"

Leng Tao left the office.

Lin Xiao flipped through the cost estimate book and his expression slowly relaxed.

He personally drafted the project requirements, and the cost estimation company made a detailed analysis based on his requirements and calculated the cost for each item one by one. The entire workload was very strict and meticulous, and the final price was reasonable, only 30 higher than Lin Xiao's estimate.

The work results of the cost estimation company are worthy of recognition.

But this vision is indeed a bit shallow.

It is true that the rural renovation project was originally in the hands of Deputy Mayor Jia Minglu, but after the Chaobai Town Rural Tourism Development Project was approved by Anyang County, this project was merged with the Rural Tourism Development Project and directly assigned to the tourism development team.

The leader of the tourism development task force is the town mayor Qin Zhenggang.

It was not a big deal for Jia Minglu to have the top leader personally in charge of this project. Lin Xiao was only in charge of specific matters as the executive deputy team leader. Every step of the procedure had to be approved by Qin Zhenggang before it would be implemented.

So if Jia Minglu holds a grudge against Lin Xiao for this, there is no need to do so!
Of course, the two major projects in Deputy Mayor Jia’s hands have disappeared. Lin Xiao doesn’t know how his attitude towards him will change because of this incident.

At least we are polite to each other when we meet in the corridor.

But this cost estimation company obviously doesn’t understand the situation, and it feels like they are in Cao’s camp but their heart is with Han!

Lin Xiao didn't feel much about this.

Anyway, as long as it doesn't affect his work, he doesn't care what other people think of him, let alone what others think of him.

I learned that Qin Zheng had just returned from a meeting in the county.

He took the cost book and went to the Qin Town Office to report.

……

Finished lunch at noon.

Lin Xiao opened the folding bed and planned to have a good sleep.

Before going to bed, he was still worried about his wife, so he sent a WeChat message to Xixi, asking her where she was.

She responded quickly—she had been picked up by her agent and was on the way to Star City.

The new variety show Han Xixi is recording is from Mango TV, called "The Sound of Life".

She is the youngest and least famous guest, but the most popular one.

This program will take three months to record. It is Mango TV's S+ blockbuster program and also Han Xixi's most important task in the near future.

Ninghai is very close to Xingcheng, only three hours' drive away, but taking a plane would take even longer.

So Zhou Hui directly applied for a nanny car from the company.

Stay in Ninghai for Han Xixi to use when traveling to and from Mango TV to record programs.

The two chatted for a while.

Han Xixi noticed the time and asked, "You didn't sleep well last night, aren't you going to take a nap?"

Lin Xiao was surprised: "How do you know I didn't sleep well last night?"

Xixi said: "I can tell from the way you yawned this morning."

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes twice.

He immediately listed in detail the feat of Ms. Han practicing the Shadowless Kick on the bed last night.

Han Xixi looked at the accusations that came out one after another, his face changing from angry to shy, and he couldn't even get a word in.

Finally, he could only say: "Then I won't chat with you anymore, so as not to disturb your nap!!!"

As soon as Lin Xiao saw the three exclamation marks, he knew he had been too presumptuous again. "In fact, it's my fault that you didn't sleep well last night!" He quickly reflected on himself.

"Why do you blame me?"

"I took you to a barbecue last night!"

Lin Xiao reflected, "You haven't had a midnight snack for so long. You suddenly ate so much greasy food at night. Your stomach must be uncomfortable, so you can't sleep well!"

Han Xixi couldn't help but burst out laughing as she watched this serious explanation.

This sweet feeling of being alone made Zhou Hui next to her and Chen Jiajia in front of her stunned. They looked at each other, and everything was expressed without words.

Han Xixi said proudly: "Humph, it's good that you know it!"

Lin Xiao sent two awkward smiley faces: "I feel like I am the bad student in school now, taking you, a good student, over the wall to go online!"

Xixi said, "It's good that you know! I looked in the mirror this morning and found that my face was swollen. Just now, Sister Hui said that I was fat!"

Lin Xiao laughed and said, "You think you're fat? Then when I successfully sow the seeds, you'll get even fatter. What should I do then?"

Han Xixi: “…”

The young couple joked around for a long time.

Finally, Lin Xiao reminded her to remember to take folic acid every day, and ended this afternoon online hug!
Put down the phone.

Xixi just realized that her agent Zhou Hui and assistant Chen Jiajia were both looking at her, and she forced herself to suppress the smile on her face.

Chen Jiajia looked very excited: "Sister, I'm happy again!"

Xixi pursed her lips, completely unable to control her smile and raised an eyebrow at her.

Zhou Hui couldn't bear to watch it anymore and couldn't help but said, "Xixi, I won't interfere with your love life, but you should at least control yourself... Tomorrow when we're recording the show, you have to put an extra layer of foundation on your neck to cover it up. If some sharp-eyed netizens find it and post it online, it will spark another round of discussion!"

Han Xixi quickly pulled up her collar to cover the purple and black spots on her neck, feeling extremely shy.

When she washed up in the morning, she discovered the marks left on her neck by the bad guy after the madness yesterday afternoon.

I even wore a collared dress today.

Unexpectedly, I was so engrossed in the conversation just now that Zhou Hui still caught the spoiled black strawberry as the car body swayed.

I'm not ashamed at the moment.

She could only look out the window to hide her embarrassment, silently hating her husband who was so frustrated.

"Lin Xiao! I'll let you touch me again next time!!"

At 1:30 pm, the three arrived at the hotel.

I went to Han Xixi's room first.

Zhou Hui asked Chen Jiajia to help pack her luggage and take a short rest before going to the TV station to rehearse and record tomorrow's program.

Chen Jiajia obeyed the order, put down the suitcase and started looking for clothes for her.

When Han Xixi came out of the toilet, she found that her suitcase had been opened. She remembered that her folic acid was still inside and immediately rushed over in fright.

"Jia Jia, I can clean it up myself..."

She was not flustered.

However, it was too late. Chen Jiajia held up several bottles and jars in her hands, looking puzzled: "Sister, why do you have so many medicines? Are you feeling unwell?"

Han Xixi looked embarrassed.

Knowing that she would be unable to hide it sooner or later, she hesitated and told him directly that she was preparing to get pregnant.

When Chen Jiajia heard the words "preparing for pregnancy", her pupils suddenly trembled.

"Preparing for pregnancy?!!!" she exclaimed.

"Keep your voice down, it'll be over if Sister Hui hears it!" Han Xixi said hurriedly.

Chen Jiajia quickly pursed her lips, but the surprise and horror in her eyes could not be suppressed at all.

After two seconds of digestion.

These exaggerated emotions were transformed into shouts and cheers from CP fans.

She lowered her voice and said, "Sister, you and my brother-in-law are progressing too fast. We were still innocent a while ago, but it's only been a few days and you're already pregnant?"

Han Xixi smiled sweetly but said nothing.

Although she and Chen Jiajia are now close friends, preparing for pregnancy is still quite embarrassing for her.

She was still a little embarrassed after such a loud discussion.

"But I can understand it!" Jia Jia suddenly said.

"Ok?"

Han Xixi was surprised. "Do you understand?"

Chen Jiajia said seriously: "I understand! People say that the deepest love a woman has for a man is to give birth to a child for him! You are in such a state of passionate love now, I can tell at a glance that my brother-in-law treats you very well, and you are very happy, so you want to give birth to a child for him!"

Han Xixi raised his eyebrows, surprised by this interpretation.

To be honest, even she herself had never thought about why she wanted to have a child.

Although she grew up in her grandparents' home, she was not the kind of person who had a defective childhood. She could still see her parents often, and their love for her was not diminished at all.

Therefore, she grew up surrounded by love and had no need to have a child to make up for her childhood.

She is only 23 years old, which is far below the average age for childbearing in today's social context.

Considering the special nature of her career, she is even further away from considering having children.

A combination of the above.

Even she herself didn't know why she suddenly became so determined to prepare to have a baby.

After Chen Jiajia's explanation, she suddenly understood and a smile as gentle as spring breeze lingered on her cheeks.

"Maybe...right..."

She admitted.

Seeing her like this, Chen Jiajia's CP fans became more and more ecstatic, and she sighed: "But my brother-in-law is indeed a rare good man, sister, you won't lose out by investing in it!"

Han Xixi was surprised: "You haven't met him many times, how do you know he is a good man?"

Chen Jiajia said seriously: "He can write songs for you, and each one is better than the last! If it weren't for the songs he wrote, to be honest, you might not be in the position you are today. Doesn't this prove that he is a good man?"

Han Xixi tilted his head.

I always feel that their relationship shouldn't be characterized in this way, but I can't say anything to refute it.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Jia Jia shouted when she saw her in a daze.

"Oh it's all right……"

Han Xixi was stunned for a moment, then stopped thinking about it.

Thinking of Lin Xiao's instructions, she quickly took today's folic acid. After eating, she did not forget to remind him: "Jia Jia, you must not tell anyone about my pregnancy plan, especially Sister Hui!"

Chen Jiajia was surprised: "Why? You and your brother-in-law are a legitimate couple, and it is natural for you to have a child. She doesn't interfere with your love life now, so even if she knows that you are preparing for pregnancy, she probably won't care, right?"

Han Xixi shook her head and said seriously, "Relationships are relationships, and having a baby is having a baby. These are two different things. Dating doesn't affect your work, but once you get pregnant, you won't be able to work for at least half a year, which has a huge impact!"

Chen Jiajia nodded.

Han Xixi continued, "As my manager, Sister Hui has taken my career development into consideration. She certainly doesn't want me to have a baby so early. I guess she wouldn't have expected me to consider having a baby so soon. Of course, I'm only in the pregnancy preparation stage now, so it's hard to say whether I'll get pregnant so soon.

"So before I really have a child, I'd better not tell her, so that she won't keep nagging me and come to persuade me every other day. When I get pregnant, I will tell her the truth as soon as possible. Anyway, there are still several months from pregnancy to birth, so there is still enough time to arrange work!"

Chen Jiajia also understood after hearing this.

"For things like this, it's better to wait until the matter is settled before it's too late!"

As Jia Jia was talking, she suddenly thought of something and became very excited. "Doesn't that mean that I'm the only one who knows about your pregnancy?"

Han Xixi nodded: "Really!"

Before she could finish her words, she shouted and rushed over to hug her.

"Sister, you are so good to me. I will definitely be your fan forever, and I will also be my brother-in-law forever!"

"Uh... that's an exaggeration!"

Han Xixi smiled sweetly and said, "It's fine if you're a fan of me for the rest of your life, but if you're a fan of him for the rest of your life...what if we break up?"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jiajia's face changed drastically and she pouted three times at the ground.

"Sister, can you please be nice to yourself?!"

"..."

Han Xixi also realized that the joke was too much, and quickly pursed her lips, looking as if she had done something wrong.

The two girls smiled at each other and decided to keep the matter a secret.

During the afternoon rehearsal, the Vanity Fair was full of glitter and glamour.

As the least famous guest in this season of "The Voice of China", Han Xixi had to bow and nod in front of several big names and seniors in the music industry from the moment she appeared.

No matter whether you really respect them in your heart, at least you have to show it on the surface.

Anything disrespectful.

As soon as the program is broadcast, it will definitely be criticized by netizens - the seniority and qualifications that have been hidden in the blood of the Chinese nation for thousands of years cannot be easily changed by a few decades of modern civilization!

So, even though those so-called predecessors all have a lot of negative news.

But as long as the newcomers are disrespectful to them, public opinion will be 100% in their favor, and there will not be any sympathy for the newcomers.

As for Han Xixi, his situation is special.

He is the youngest and has the least experience, but he is the most popular.

And she is not only popular. Within less than a year after her debut, she already has five or six representative works, and they are all extremely popular.

Such a record made her predecessors feel particularly embarrassed in front of her.

In terms of age and debut ability, he is definitely her senior.

But when it comes to achievements in the music industry, few can surpass her.

However, the more this happened, the more these middle-aged people held their breath, desperately needing to find a sense of existence and value from her calling them "teacher" and feel that their singing careers had taken a qualitative leap.

Zhou Hui had already analyzed this point for her a long time ago.

So before going on the show, I gave her several reminders - she has to sing the song well, but also have to keep the right attitude.

Han Xixi took it to heart. She herself was not the kind of person who would become arrogant when she succeeded.

So during the entire rehearsal process, she behaved very modestly and politely, which greatly changed the impression of those middle-aged singers who had some malicious assumptions about her.

The whole rehearsal process went smoothly.

Han Xixi, however, felt exhausted both physically and mentally after nodding and smiling and saying "Hello, teacher" all afternoon, and missed yesterday even more.

On that rainy afternoon.

She and Lin Xiao chatted, drank coffee, watched movies, and ate barbecue in that small house. They felt relaxed, comfortable, and sweet. Every detail of those few hours was filled with deep love and warmth.

At this moment, looking at the bright spotlights on the stage, Han Xixi was a little dazed.

Amid the grand and solemn music, my longing for my husband reached its peak!
What she didn't know was that Lin Xiao had the same feeling as her at this moment.

After a busy Black Monday, Lin Xiao was originally planning to go home after get off work and have a good rest.

As a result, just before getting off work, the new deputy mayor Qiao Xuyang suddenly knocked on the door and came in. He greeted him with a smile, and then tactfully said that he had not had in-depth contact with him since he came to Chaobai Town, and wanted to invite him to have a simple meal to exchange feelings.

The invitation came unexpectedly.

However, Lin Xiao found it difficult to refuse. After all, they were in the same team, and they were at the same level, and the other party was a few years older than him.

I had to give him some face, so I agreed.

Finally, we arrived at the county and entered a private room of the hotel.

Lin Xiao then realized that they were not the only ones having dinner. There were also some people with ulterior motives who came up to shake hands with Deputy Mayor Lin with sticky smiles on their faces.

Lin Xiao didn't hit anyone who smiled at him. Walking away would only embarrass Qiao Xuyang, so he could only sit down reluctantly.

Exquisite specialties were served one after another.

Exaggerated flattery came one after another.

Lin Xiao looked at the table full of exquisite food and wine. In this seemingly lively but actually treacherous atmosphere, he missed the bowl of tomato and egg noodles made by his wife more and more.

Although the taste and appearance are average, it is hearty, comfortable and warm to eat.

At this moment, my longing for my wife reached its peak.

(End of this chapter)