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Chapter 78 :showdown

After 　　, the fans left the cultural center one after another. Only Shen Jie and two roommates stood outside the door.

They waited for ten minutes, and Meng Huo came back.

“You seem to be very happy?”

Shen Jie found the joy on his face, and she was secretly upset, and said goodbye without saying goodbye. How could she be happy to see a beautiful woman?

“Yup.”

Meng Huo smiled. He was indeed very happy. After all, he found He Qian. She was his second regret in his previous life, and now this regret has also been settled.

He found something strange under Shen Jie’s feet.

“What happened to your feet?”

“It’s okay, but the heel is broken.”

Shen Jie took two steps to prove that her foot was not injured.

Meng Huo nodded: “It was done in the background before!”

He guessed the answer, and said with a smile: “You go back later, we will have dinner together, and by the way, I will help you buy another pair of shoes.”

He is in a good mood today and doesn’t mind spending more money. As usual, Shen Jie had refused, but now she seemed to be sulking in her heart, so she did not refuse.

“Okay.”

The two roommates were surprised: “Shen Jie, there is a late repair at night!”

“It’s okay, I’ll call the head teacher, and he will agree.”

Shen Jie’s expression was very disapproving. The head teacher was always tolerant to her, and it was impossible to even ask for leave.

But they didn’t go anywhere else. There are restaurants and shoe shops everywhere in Ninghai City. There is a pedestrian street not far from the cultural center. Meng Huo took three young girls for dinner, and then helped Shen Jie buy shoes at a well-known shoe store.

It’s seven o’clock in the evening after buying the shoes, and the sky is getting dark. The street lights up, and the flow of people out shopping is unabated. The four young people are very happy, and Shen Jie’s sullenness disappeared, and she walked to the bus stop with the new shoes she bought.

“You take these shoes off and get a new one.”

She was still wearing a broken heel, Meng Huo couldn’t help but said seeing her walking crookedly.

“It’s not necessary now, I will wear it tomorrow.” Shen Jie disagreed. She liked the new shoes very much, but didn’t want to owe favors: “Meng Huo, whoever bullies you in the future, you will tell me to squash him!”

After much deliberation, Shen Jie thinks that force is the best way to return favor.

“Then don’t use it.”

Meng Huo smiled and shook his head. He had no plans to fight against others, and then said: “I will compose in the future, and you can sing for me again.”

He thinks Shen Jie’s singing is very good, and there is value in continuing to cooperate.

But Shen Jie refused.

“Singing is okay, but just forget it like today’s performance.” The girl complained: “The noise is too loud. I don’t like such noise. It’s better to be quiet.”

“Quietly?”

Mengxiu raised his eyebrows: “You are the champion of the high school entrance examination again, and you came to Ninghai alone. I thought you were a person who likes to be bustling.”

“That was my parents’ request!” Shen Jie pouted, and explained: “They have high expectations of me. I actually don’t like this city, especially after I came here…”

She looked at the brightly lit street. The dense crowd made her feel annoyed: “I am not suitable for living in the city, it is too noisy here.”

“This is your world.”

She turned her head to look at Meng Huo, and gently squeezed the bag with her fingers: “And I, I will go home one day, and spend my whole life plainly.”

Meng Huo did not answer any more.

He and Shen Jie are two completely different people. Perhaps he knew this from the first meeting. Shen Jie’s eyes are full of vitality, but lacking ambition. She is a girl who has the ability but does not want to show it.

But everyone has their own freedom of outlook on life, this point, Meng Huo can not change.

He sent the three of Shen Jie to the platform, and after bidding them farewell, Meng Huo called Alice: “Alice, are you still in the venue?”

“Just finished getting ready to go.” Alice’s voice looked tired: “Where are you? Haven’t you gone home yet?”

“Well, come pick me up.”

Meng Huo told Alice the address. Not long after, she appeared in a red Porsche.

“I want to meet your dad, is he free now?”

After getting in the car, Meng Huo asked, and Alice nodded: “No problem, I know where he is now.”

She saw that Meng Huo didn’t wear a seat belt, and turned around to help him skillfully. The elegant smell of perfume wafted from her body. Meng Huo felt that he was already familiar with the smell.

Xu Jing is in a retro restaurant in a Jiangnan water town. Alice said this is his favorite restaurant.

There are flowers, grass, bamboo, and lake rockery in the dining room. Even when the two of them found Xu Jing, Meng Huo also found a stream paved with soft cobblestones in the old man’s suite.

“This is the stream from Canglan Mountain.”

The waitress wearing a cheongsam squatted by the stream to collect the water to make tea. Xu Jing was eating. He put down his chopsticks and asked Meng Huo, “What can I do tonight?”

Alice sat down with Meng Huo. She asked the waiter to add two bowls and chopsticks, unceremoniously grabbing food with Xu Jing.

Meng Huo had already eaten, and he arranged his expression: “Can I open a third comic?”

Xu Jing didn’t react as soon as he said this, but Alice was almost choked.

“Cough, cough…”

She picked up the water and drank a glass, finally catching her breath.

“The third manga!”

Alice turned her head to stop Meng Huo’s The Arabian Nights. Both comics are too busy, but three comics are not exhausting him? But she only said one sentence and stopped, because Xu Jing reached out her hand to beckon her not to speak.

The old man shook his head: “For the half-year appointment, I asked you to add “The Legend of Wukong” has made an exception Teacher He Xi has the winning ticket, there is no need to open the third comic.”

He wanted to appease Meng Huo, but Meng Huo refused to give up: “I need money now.”

He asked for money to treat He Qian’s disease. Xu Jing frowned slightly. The old man drank tea for a long time.

“Teacher He Xi.”

He said, “If you promise to stop at 25%, I will promise you.”

Meng Huo’s complexion began to undergo subtle changes, Jiang was still hot, and Xu Jing could see through his other thoughts.

“Sure enough…” Xu Jing observed Meng Huo’s expression and sighed: “Teacher He Xi, let’s showdown.”

“You want to become the largest shareholder of Phoenix Company and oust me, right?”

In the past two months, Meng Huo has even published “Inuyasha” and “Wukong Biography”, and now he wants to open a third comic. If he is allowed to continue, I don’t know how much things will come out in half a year, maybe the 50% of Phoenix Company’s shares will not satisfy him.

“Teacher He Xi, is it not good to be a cartoonist?”

“Okay, it’s good to be a cartoonist…”

Meng was nodded in agreement. Sooner or later he would be seen through. It’s better to be honest now.

He looked at Xu Jing: “But the cartoonist is just a cartoonist. As a content provider, there are many things that can’t be done.

“I want to lead the Phoenix Company. I don’t want to be a person who can only paint.”

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