Kidnapping a Daddy as a Gift for Mommy

82. So close.

Translator: Flying Lines

At first, Xia Xingcheng was surprised. Although they were not very close, after all, they lived together, it was easy to run into each other. But these days Sheng Yeting avoided her like he really did not want to see her.

After knowing this, Xia Xingcheng was feeling relieved rather than feeling lost. After all, this might be the best for the two of them.

But, the unhappy feeling in her heart, how could she explain that?

Monday morning, Xia Xingcheng arrived work early to make herself busy, leaving all the disturbing feelings behind.

Just at this time, a phone call came in, it was from the magazine "The Most Pleasant". Xia Xingcheng was surprised because she did not remember she had cooperated with this magazine before.

Still, she picked up the phone politely. Judging from the voice on the phone, it seemed to be a very sophisticated, middle-aged man.

"Excuse me, is this Miss Xia? I am in charge of the magazine 'The Most Pleasant'. We are hoping that Gu Xingxi could be the cover of our next issue. Would there be a problem with his schedule?”

Xia Xingcheng recalled she knew of "The Most Pleasant", it was a magazine dedicated to gourmets, belonged to a high end publishing company. It had a reputation in its circle. Considering Gu Xingxi’s popularity, it was great to receive an offer from such a magazine. Hence, Xia Xingcheng said: "It would be his honor."

"Ok, then we will start shooting tomorrow. Is that okay with you, Miss Xia? We will inform you of the specific time." The person in charge over the phone seemed to be a straight shooter too.

Xia Xingcheng agreed and hung up the phone. She began to work out the schedule for Gu Xingxi.

At present, along with the publicity, Gu Xingxi’s workload was gradually increasing. In addition to shooting "Love Through Time 2" and this magazine, there also had been several other suitable opportunities.

The way it went, she would get busy too and would not be able to do all the work by herself. She decided to hire an assistant to help her deal with the trivial stuff for Gu Xingxi.

After all, with Gu Xingxi getting busier in the future, she would not be able to take care of everything. Thinking of this Xia Xingcheng began to post recruitments online. She believed that in a few days, there would be applicants.

And with the vision and the experiences Xia Xingcheng had accumulated over years of work, she predicted that Gu Xingxi would become very famous in the future, it was only a matter of time.

After finishing these things, it was noon already. As Xia Xingcheng was about to go out for lunch, Gu Xingxi suddenly came in.

Xia Xingcheng was slightly surprised. She especially gave Gu Xingxi the forenoons off these days so that he could spend more time with Yaoxi. So Xia Xingcheng asked: "What are you doing here so early?"

"Yaoxi is recovering quite well. In a few days, 'Love Through Time 2' will begin filming. I don't want to fall behind." Saying that, Gu Xingxi walked to Xia Xingcheng's side.

At this point, Xia Xingcheng noticed that Gu Xingxi was carrying a bag.

"What’s that?"

Gu Xingxi opened the bag and started to look embarrassed. "I noticed you always went to the cafeteria for lunch. This is… I cooked these at home. Please have some, if you do not mind."

Xia Xingcheng could not help but feel funny, she did not imagine that Gu Xingxi could cook.

In the lunch box, there were two dishes and a bowl of soup which looked very delicious. Xia Xingcheng couldn't help but give a compliment: "I did not see that you can cook so well."

Gu Xingxi looked more embarrassed and mumbled: "No one took care of me and my sister, so I learned how to cook. Please have some while they are still hot."

Xia Xingcheng nodded, carried them to the couch and sat down to eat. She motioned Gu Xingxi: "You seem like you haven't eaten lunch yet. Come over, let’s eat together. I can't finish these by myself anyway."

Saying that, Xia Xingcheng took out a pair of chopsticks from the cabinet aside, beckoned Gu Xingxi to come over to eat.

Gu Xingxi didn't stand on ceremony and sat by Xia Xingcheng's side. They all began to eat.

Xia Xingcheng had to say, Gu Xingxi's cooking skill was good, almost at the level of chefs from the restaurants. Thinking of his suffering in his youth, Xia Xingcheng could not help but feel sorry for him.

With Gu Xingxi here, Xia Xingcheng told him about the photoshoot with "The Most Pleasant" magazine during lunch.

Facing his busy schedule, Gu Xingxi was obviously flattered and unprepared. An unconfident look flashed on his face, although it was gone in a second, Xia Xingcheng captured it quickly.

They were about to finish eating, Xia Xingcheng put down her chopsticks and began to console Gu Xingxi: "You should always remember, you are a star. You have a lot of good qualities that no one else has. So no matter what kind of bullying and treatment you had been getting, it will never happen again. You will be a big star in the future. So you have to be confident, okay?"

Gu Xingxi quickly nodded. In fact, since he had been with Xia Xingcheng, he was getting a lot better gradually. As he was about to say something, the phone suddenly rang.

Looking at each other, Xia Xingcheng sensed it was a message from the company. She looked at it, as expected, it was a message from the headquarters group.

It said: Everyone belongs to Stardust Entertainment should attend the party at 7 PM tonight. And below was the address, the hall room of the Kaisheng Hotel.

Because it was sudden news, Gu Xingxi did not prepare a suit. Xia Xingcheng sent him home for his suit. She had taken her gown with her to the company, so she decided to go straight to the party from work.

Around 6 o 'clock, Gu Xingxi showed up at work wearing a decent suit. He was here to find Xia Xingcheng.

At that time, Xia Xingcheng had changed into her gown and finished her makeup. She saw Gu Xingxi as she was going out.

The white gown set Xia Xingcheng off like moonlight. Her delicate face with suitable makeup, looked totally natural, without any affectation. Seeing Xia Xingcheng’s look, Gu Xingxi was amazed, he was staring at her.

"Come on." Xia Xingcheng smiled and walked out holding Gu Xingxi's arm.

This made Gu Xingxi feel nervous and uncomfortable. After smelling the perfume on Xia Xingcheng and realizing how close to him she was, Gu Xingxi could not help but blush a little.