Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 217 216. Lin Xiao Eavesdropped
Return to the room.

As soon as the door was closed, Lin Xiao pushed his wife against the door.

Han Xixi was startled and looked at him blankly: "What are you doing..."

Before she could finish her words, Lin Xiao leaned over and kissed her fiercely, catching her off guard.

"Well……"

Han Xixi was caught off guard.

After a moment of confusion, she came to her senses and beat the robber's chest in panic and shyness.

It took a long time to push him away.

"You...what are you doing?!"

Han Xixi's face flushed, her breathing was uneven, and she stared at him half-shyly and half-angry.

Lin Xiao acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He took advantage of her unpreparedness and pecked her on the little mouth again.

"You!!!" Xixi was so angry that her cheeks became redder.

"You what?"

Lin Xiao was proud and lifted her chin, "Is it not okay for me to kiss my own wife?"

Han Xixi was arrogant and angry, and warned: "Lin Xiao! Don't be so arrogant! We are in my house now, you...you better behave yourself!"

Lin Xiao looked at her sideways with a strange expression.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xixi asked puzzledly.

"Hmph, Han Xixi, you're exposed!" Lin Xiao looked as if he had discovered a blind spot.

"What's the secret?"

"Humph!"

Lin Xiao let go of him, folded his hands in front of his chest, and asked arrogantly, "It's been nine months since you and I got married, and you're still calling it 'my home'. Is this your home? This is your mother's home, please put yourself in the right place, okay?"

Han Xixi: “???”

She looked surprised and confused, and couldn't understand why her husband suddenly started to find fault with this.

Lin Xiao answered and cleared up the confusion: "I finally understand. No wonder when we talked about holding a wedding, I agreed, your parents agreed, even your sister agreed, the whole family agreed, but you were the only one who kept hesitating and hemming and hawing, and you even gave a bunch of high-sounding excuses, such as severe morning sickness, or I need to prevent floods... It's obvious that you can't bear to leave the home that gave birth to you and raised you, and you don't want to give me a name!"

Lin Xiao said this while pretending to sob: "Forget it, forget it, I was wrong after all..."

Han Xixi leaned against the door, speechless.

"Brother, can we watch less palace fighting dramas?"

"Humph!"

"I didn't make any excuses for not getting married with you!"

Han Xixi knew that he was deliberately playing tricks, but she still patiently explained, "If I really didn't want to give you a name, I wouldn't have agreed to your proposal last time!"

Lin Xiao's eyes were hooked: "Oh, so you regret agreeing to my proposal?"

Han Xixi's eyes widened.

"Lin Xiao, stop it, don't go too far!"

“Who’s overdoing it?”

Lin Xiao counterattacked, "If you don't regret it, where is the wedding ring? Where is the big engagement ring that I carefully selected?"

He grabbed Han Xixi's left hand. Her five fingers were slender, white and tender like onions, without any decoration.

Xixi was a little embarrassed: "I...I'm recording a show, and I'm afraid that netizens will see it and talk about it..."

Lin Xiao clapped his hands: "Well, after all this talk, you still don't want to give me a name, you think I can't see the light of day!"

Han Xixi: “…”

In the past, she didn’t understand why men found women’s unreasonableness annoying.

Now she understands.

Faced with her husband who never stops finding fault, Han Xixi believes she is no match for him and is left defenseless after being beaten by his unreasonable combination of punches.

Finally, I had to admit defeat and said truthfully, "I admit that I don't want to hold a wedding now. It's not because of pregnancy relapses, nor because you've been busy with flood prevention recently. But it's definitely not as outrageous as you said, like not giving you a legitimate status... I don't want to hold a wedding now for another reason!"

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, raised the corners of his mouth, and looked indifferent.

He has been with his wife for nine months. Although they are not together day and night, they have gone through the whole process from knowing each other to becoming familiar with each other and then to being inseparable and in love.

He knew very well what kind of personality Han Xixi had and what her attitude towards feelings was.

Although she is now a big star and is materially rich, and although she lives under the spotlight, she is packaged by the company as an orchid in the valley.

But she is only 23 years old after all, to put it bluntly, she is just a little girl.

All the fantasies of girls of this age can be found in her. As for "marrying the person she loves in a grand manner", no matter how wrong the timing is, she will never refuse.

As soon as Lin Xiao heard this, he knew something was fishy.

Now this unreasonable trick was indeed revealed by him.

Keep calm for now and wait for further developments.

Xixi looked embarrassed and didn't know where to start. Finally, she took out her phone and tapped on it for a while before handing the screen to him.

Lin Xiao took it and looked at it suspiciously.

I found that the mobile page was the Weibo hot search list, and the second place on the list was the topic name "Han Xixi's "Dark Sky"".

He paused.

I just remembered that today is Friday, the day when "The Sound of Life" will be launched.

This program is recorded and the production cycle is about ten days.

So it is usually recorded on Tuesday, and then released on Mango TV’s self-made platform at 12 noon on Friday of the following week.

The episode in which Xixi sang "It's Dark" happened to be when grandma was admitted to the ICU again.

She rushed back from Star City after recording the show and saw her grandmother for the last time. The old lady passed away after fulfilling her wish.

In order to catch this last one.

Lin Xiao specially wrote the song "It's Dark" for her and used the name "Ma Yao" to win privileges for her from the director, allowing her to be the first to appear on stage without any backstage recording. After singing the song, she left the TV station directly and returned to Ninghai.

So in this episode, Han Xixi's shots were unexpectedly few, only five or six minutes in total, including the four minutes when he sang "Hei Hei" solo on stage.

Lin Xiao knew all the causes and consequences.

So when he saw this topic, he didn't think there was anything wrong. After all, his wife's singing of the song "Dark Sky" was indeed very touching, and it was completely expected that it would become a hot topic.

"What's up with that?" he asked.

"..."

Xixi looked dejected, and hesitated to speak, "Click in and take a look..."

Lin Xiao clicked on it with doubt.

I scrolled through the comments section and my eyes widened.

He originally thought that this trending search would be filled with praise for the song and his wife's emotional performance.

But a quick look revealed that there were voices of praise, but they accounted for less than one-tenth of the total, while most of the comments were sarcastic, complaining and abusive.

"It's different when you have someone to back you up. Others sing in chorus, but she sings solo!"

"So many seniors recorded the show from beginning to end, but this young lady was different. She was completely ignored after five minutes of her appearance. She is really just trying to be a big shot!"

"I asked for leave last time, but I only appeared for five minutes in this episode. Is it so easy to make money in the entertainment industry?"

"That's too disrespectful to other seniors!"

"Is she so arrogant after marrying a man named Qu? Do you really think that the banner of the new generation of singers depends on her, Han Xixi?"

"Without Ma Yao, Han Xixi is nothing!"

"I admit that she sang the song 'Dark Sky' well, but if someone else sang it, it wouldn't necessarily be worse than her. To put it bluntly, her resources and status were obtained through sleeping with others!"

"This time the road has really taken a dark turn. This is unacceptable!"

"..."

A quick look shows that it's all criticism.

Lin Xiao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper as he watched, and then he realized, no wonder he felt that his wife was unhappy all night.

He threw his phone on the bed, calmed down and asked, "These bad comments are obviously your opponents deliberately stirring up trouble. You can completely clarify and explain that you asked for leave because your grandmother was seriously ill. Netizens will understand!"

Han Xixi shook her head and said in a low but firm voice, "I've been in the industry for almost a year, and I've seen what netizens say many times. I know that after I explain myself, most netizens will understand, but there will definitely be some people who will continue to attack me, and even attack my grandmother..."

She paused, her expression becoming more resolute: "I'm not afraid of being scolded, but I don't want my grandmother to bear these unwarranted stigmas, so I told Sister Hui that I won't clarify it, and let this hot search digest it on its own!"

Lin Xiao nodded, thinking that what his wife said made sense.

In this world, the difference between people is greater than the difference between people and pigs. On the surface, they all look gentle and polite, but hiding behind the Internet are all monsters.

Xixi really wanted to tell everyone about her grandmother's death.

You may find netizens applauding and saying that it was a good death or something like that.

When this voice appeared, it was more painful than killing Han Xixi.

Lin Xiao understood her instantly.

Xixi continued, "Besides, even if my absence from the show and my early departure can be clarified, there is one thing I cannot deny, that is, I was able to get so many masterpieces in less than a year, all because of you, not because of my own ability!"

Lin Xiao frowned and tried to comfort her: "I am willing to write this song for you. Even if I don't sing it for you, I have to sing it for others. Is it possible that in your circle, only original singers can stand up straight, and other singers have to kneel in front of the songwriters before they can sing?"

Han Xixi was amused by him and couldn't help laughing for a moment.

After a long while, he said, "That's what I said, but if I wasn't your wife, would you write so many songs for me?"

Lin Xiao was choked for a moment.

The fact is, it definitely won’t.

Xixi spread her hands and said helplessly, "We all know that it won't happen. So, it's right for netizens to dislike me, because my current popularity and fame completely violate the fine tradition of our country that has lasted for thousands of years - not relying on hard work, it's completely unearned."

"Isn't this... a bit exaggerated?"

"It's no exaggeration. The words and deeds of celebrities have their own amplification effect!"

Han Xixi said seriously, "Netizens see me as a young person who has just debuted and has done nothing. Just because I married a good husband who can write songs, I can release new songs one after another, quickly gain a foothold in the music industry, and become extremely popular... Let alone my peers and predecessors, any ordinary person can accept it?"

Lin Xiao thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

Humans are very complex animals and cannot be simply judged as good or bad.

Most people feel sympathy when they see those who are suffering, and they can't help but feel jealous when they see those who are doing well. This is human nature.

Han Xixi's current situation is indeed so smooth that it makes people jealous.

It was only at this moment that Lin Xiao suddenly realized.

Xixi has been repeatedly attacked in the past few months. Although there are factors such as smears from opponents and attacks from black fans, in the final analysis, it is because her rise to fame has been too smooth, which can easily break the defenses of netizens who are working hard but living a mess.

It’s no wonder that as soon as there’s any news about her, netizens will attack her in droves and curse her harshly.

Netizens are angry with her - everyone was beaten and bloodied, but you popped out and got the green light all the way, rising rapidly. Who else should everyone hate if not you?
As for these psychological factors.

Han Xixi's current situation is very embarrassing: he has many representative works, and is very popular and famous, but his fan base is very unstable and he can easily turn against her.

"So, the reason you don't want to have a wedding... is because you don't want everyone to see you marrying Ma Yao openly, and then get scolded even more, right?"

Lin Xiao finally understood the whole story and said with a helpless tone.

Han Xixi looked a little panicked

She quickly grabbed her husband's hand, shook it and said coquettishly: "Brother, I know I am very timid and selfish, but I really don't want the relationship I cherish most to be excessively discussed by netizens, or even criticized as worthless by various conspiracy theories... Can you understand?"

Lin Xiao sighed and smiled.

"I understand, of course I understand!"

He reached out and rubbed his wife's head, watching her being bullied time and time again, from being fragile and helpless at the beginning to being able to digest it on her own now.

She has made great progress and is now a qualified artist.

However, no matter how well an artist can handle criticism, he or she will not abuse himself or herself so much as to seek criticism.

That's not mental strength, that's illness. So Lin Xiao understands that his wife doesn't want to over-expose her feelings and marital status to avoid excessive discussion and interpretation.

"But...even if we don't have a wedding now, what about later? Will we never have one?"

"It must be done!"

Xixi smiled playfully, "But it can wait a little longer."

Lin Xiao was puzzled: "When will we wait? When your son is born and gets married in his twenties or thirties, we can take an oath at his wedding?"

Han Xixi: “…”

The young couple looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

After laughing for a long time, they hugged each other naturally.

Xixi acted like a spoiled child more and more like a fish in water: "Brother...husband, please indulge me this time and let me escape for a while. After I give birth to the child, when I have come to my senses and no longer take the voices on the Internet seriously, we will have the wedding, okay?"

What else could Lin Xiao say? He could only obey her.

However, since this girl was begging for help, he would not give up this good opportunity to blackmail her openly.

"I can agree to it, but since you've deprived me of my status...don't you have to give me some benefits?" Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with a lustful look.

Han Xixi understood immediately as soon as she saw his expression.

She couldn't help but look charming, lowered her head and said shyly: "You come again... It's not possible now..."

Lin Xiaolang laughed: "I didn't say now, I said later."

Xixi was puzzled.

"Later? After the baby is born?"

"Of course!"

"???"

Han Xixi was full of confusion, thinking, hasn't everything that was supposed to happen happened? Is there any need to emphasize it in the future?
Lin Xiao knew that she had misunderstood and felt a little embarrassed for a moment, not knowing how to bring it up.

After much thought, I couldn't bear to let go of this opportunity.

So, despite being labeled "shameless", he leaned close to her ear and whispered a few suggestions on posture, body position, and so on.

Han Xixi was stunned and her face turned redder and even the back of her neck was so red that it seemed like water could be squeezed out of it.

After a long while, she glared at me in shame and ran away angrily.

Lin Xiao felt that he had messed up and was a little embarrassed.

Lying on the bed at night, I quietly went over and hugged my wife in my arms, and what was rare was that she was not rejected.

"Wife, I was wrong. I am shameless. It doesn't matter if you don't agree..."

Lin Xiao took the initiative to admit his mistake. A real man should be able to bend and stretch.

Han Xixi didn't move.

Lin Xiao waited for a moment and thought that his wife was very angry, so he continued to apologize.

At this moment, a faint response came from the darkness.

"I agree……"

……

The next day, Saturday.

Lin Xiao had breakfast at his mother-in-law's house and then drove back to his hometown.

Today is my cousin Zhou Zhenpeng’s wedding day.

Country people usually choose to get married around the Chinese New Year. By that time, relatives who have worked away from home have basically returned home, and the wedding will be held in a lively manner.

My cousin's wedding is scheduled for July, which is unusual.

Lin Xiao even asked his mother about this, and the answer he got was: the woman strongly requested it!
Lin Xiao was stunned.

After further questioning, he finally understood the whole story.

It turns out that Zhou Zhenpeng, as the actual operator of Chaobai Town’s first chain brand, Coolie Coffee, has achieved very good performance in the past few months and has made a lot of money.

The owner of this store is actually Han Xixi.

But Han Xixi's original intention in opening this coffee shop was to allow her husband to drink hot coffee anytime and anywhere while at work.

She was not looking to make money, and she also had no plans to expand and become stronger or create greater glory.

So after the store opened, she just became a hands-off boss, leaving all business matters to the actual store manager Zhou Zhenpeng, and did not even ask about the use of funds and profit sharing.

This complete trust makes Zhou Zhenpeng full of motivation.

Generally speaking, coffee shops close at around 9 or in the evening. Even shopping malls in the city close at at most.

But Zhou Zhenpeng closes the shop at 10 pm every day and opens it at 6 am every day.

In fact, with such long business hours, we can’t sell more than a few cups of coffee in the morning or evening.

After all, Chaobai Town is just a small town. There are no white-collar workers who get up early to go to work, nor are there hard-working workers who work overtime late at night.

But Zhou Zhenpeng has a positive attitude. First, he truly runs this store as if it were his own. Second, he knows that CoolDi is the only well-known chain brand in Chaobai Town and in a sense it can be regarded as the face of Chaobai Town.

Ever since Laoya Mountain became popular on the Internet some time ago, there has been a constant stream of tourists to the town. Although the number of people is not large, there are always a few coming almost every day.

When tourists arrive and discover that there is a chain store in the town, they will go to the store and order a cup of coffee.

This gave Zhou Zhenpeng an inexplicable sense of mission.

So for the past two months, I have been working diligently and conscientiously, devoting my whole self to the store.

Of course, the returns are also very good.

After Han Xixi found out she was pregnant, she discussed with Lin Xiao and planned to transfer the store completely to her cousin.

This is a considerable investment for Zhou Zhenpeng.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was pie in the sky - all the risks before the opening were borne by the boss Han Xixi, and now that it had generated profits, the business was transferred to him at the original price. You wouldn't find such a good thing anywhere in the world.

Zhou Zhenpeng decided to take over without thinking, but he didn't have that much money.

So he discussed with his fiancée and decided to invest all the money he had prepared for the wedding gift and the money for buying a house into this store.

I thought my girlfriend would object.

Unexpectedly, the girl agreed immediately and even took the initiative to get married quickly and then run the business together.

So the wedding date was moved forward to July in the middle of summer.

After listening to the whole story, Lin Xiao came to the conclusion: this cousin’s wife is a smart person!

In the countryside, no matter how high the bride price is or how expensive the three golds are, they are all empty talk.

Because this money will most likely be left in the woman's parents' home and will have nothing to do with her life after marriage.

However, this cousin's wife could see that Zhou Zhenpeng had an opportunity to turn things around. If he seized it, he would be a boss in the future with stable income and a prosperous life.

If she still holds on to the betrothal gift at this critical juncture.

Zhou Zhenpeng may not give up the good opportunity to take over the coffee shop in order to marry her. It is likely that the two will go their separate ways.

And if she gives a generous betrothal gift, it is equivalent to supporting her husband's career. Any man will be devoted to her, and whatever money he earns in the future will be yours!

This multiple-choice question seems simple.

But most women are short-sighted and only see the present, but not the longer-term future.

This cousin's wife is obviously the latter.

After hearing the whole story from his mother, Lin Xiao was very surprised and immediately had more sincere blessings for this marriage - Zhou Zhenpeng had an honest character and actually had many shortcomings as a boss. With such a smart wife in charge, the couple's business will only become more prosperous in the future.

Of course he had to attend his relative's wedding, and Zhou Zhenpeng even insisted on inviting his boss Han Xixi to attend as well.

But Xixi is pregnant now and her identity makes things difficult for her.

So even though she wanted to go, she was persuaded by Lin Xiao and drove to Zhoujia Village alone.

Zhoujia Village is within the scope of Chaobai Town.

After Lin Xiao took office as deputy mayor, he had been there several times for work reasons, and now he rarely appears as a guest.

The wedding was a grand one.

Although it is summer, the weather was cooperative today and it was a rare cool and cloudy day.

So more than twenty tables of buffet were set up in the vast natural scenery of the mountains.

To some extent, Lin Xiao's identity today is more important than that of the bride and groom - he is not only a relative, but also the representative of the groom's boss, and the parent official of Chaobai Town. He has all the buffs.

As soon as he showed up, he was treated with the utmost courtesy by his relatives and neighbors. He was constantly addressed as "Mayor Lin" and "Big Star," which made him feel very embarrassed.

In order not to steal the groom's limelight, he found a secluded place to hide behind a wall after showing up, and waited quietly for the banquet to begin.

As a result, when I squatted down and took out my cell phone, I heard a familiar voice coming from the side.

"no!"

Lin Xiao was surprised, and within a second he recognized the voice as his younger brother Lin Yu.

Another young man nearby soon questioned, "Still trying to quibble! Zhang Min told me everything. She saw you buy milk tea with a girl. The girl was very beautiful and she offered to buy you milk tea..."

"Zhang Min said she was beautiful?" Lin Yu interrupted and asked.

"Zhang Min said she looked like a vixen, and I knew right away that she was definitely a beauty!"

"..."

Lin Yu: I am speechless!

Zhang Zihang said curiously and excitedly: "You are really good, it's only been a few days since summer vacation and you've found such a beautiful girlfriend, it's so awesome!"

"It's really not..." Lin Yu was tired of explaining.

But Zhang Zihang didn't believe it at all.

He is not from Chaobai Town, but coincidentally is a relative of the bride, so he appeared at the wedding with his deskmate Lin Yu.

Zhang Zihang was a little angry and said, "Lin Yu, you are so boring. Just fall in love. I won't tell the teacher. Why are you hiding it from me?"

Lin Yu's voice remained calm, with a hint of death.

"I really didn't talk about it..."

"You're lying! If you weren't dating, why didn't you go online when I asked you to? Instead, you went shopping with a girl... Give me a reasonable explanation!"

"..."

Lin Yu opened his mouth several times, but had nothing to say.

Zhang Zihang clapped his hands as if he had solved a case: "Haha, there's nothing to say, the truth is out... Lin Yu, ah Lin Yu, you have come to this day, you bastard, you simply forget your friends for the sake of beauty!"

"..."

For the first time, Lin Yu realized what it meant to be unable to explain himself.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Zihang became even more excited and proud. He jumped up and down and asked him for all kinds of information about his girlfriend.

It's even more exciting than talking to yourself.

Lin Yu couldn't really avoid it, so he just threw it out and said, "How could a young lady from Jingzhou like a country bumpkin like me... Stop kidding me!"

After hearing this, Zhang Zihang was suddenly speechless.

Apparently, even he felt that the disparity in their identities was too great, and Lin Yu was not worthy of this legendary beauty.

At the corner of the wall, Lin Xiao was squatting there playing with his mobile phone, his face looking very embarrassed.

I never thought that one day, I would be able to eat the melon on my own brother's head.

That feeling... is so exciting!
However, although it was stimulating, the content of the conversation made him deeply uneasy.

"It turns out that Xixi's guess was correct. There really is something fishy going on between these two people..."

"As expected of my brother, he has a very discerning eye. He actually fell in love with Liang Tian..."

"You are also the one who has to endure the pain of love!"

Lin Xiao immediately imagined in his mind a bloody drama of a young boy and a girl falling in love for the first time, but being forcibly separated by their parents, complete with car accidents and cancer, and of course BE is the standard.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became...he was actually a little high!
(End of this chapter)